Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
(Re: Huntington Investment and Tax Savings Plan)
Each director and officer of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (the “Corporation”), whose
signature appears below, hereby appoints Richard A. Cheap, Thomas E. Hoaglin, and Donald R. Kimble,
or any of them, as his or her attorney-in-fact, to sign, in his or her name and behalf and in any
and all capacities stated below, and to cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, the Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) for
the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, up to 25,000,000 shares of
the common stock of the Corporation in connection with: the Corporation’s Investment and Tax
Savings Plan, along with an indeterminate amount of plan interests thereunder, and likewise to sign
and file any amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement, hereby
granting to such attorneys, and to each of them, individually, full power and authority to do and
perform in the name and on behalf of each of the undersigned, and in any and all such capacities,
every act and thing whatsoever necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully as any of
the undersigned could or might do in person, hereby granting to each such attorney-in-fact full
power of substitution and revocation and hereby ratifying all that any such attorney-in-fact or his
substitute may do by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Power of Attorney, in counterparts if
necessary, effective as of September 15, 2008.
DIRECTORS/OFFICERS:
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/s/ Thomas E. Hoaglin
Thomas E. Hoaglin
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President,
and
Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
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/s/ Donald R. Kimble
Donald R. Kimble
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Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and
Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer) |
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/s/ Thomas P. Reed
Thomas P. Reed
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Senior Vice President and Controller
(Principal
Accounting Officer) |
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/s/ Raymond J. Biggs
Raymond J. Biggs
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Director |
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/s/ Don M. Casto, III
Don M. Casto, III
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Director |
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/s/ Michael J. Endres
Michael J. Endres
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Director |
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/s/ Marylouise Fennell
Marylouise Fennell
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Director |
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/s/ John B. Gerlach, Jr.
John B. Gerlach, Jr.
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Director |
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