Form of Proxy for Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

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Exhibit 99.1

[Form of Proxy for 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated]






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Annual Meeting Proxy Card

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A	Proposals — The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR all the nominees for director listed and FOR eacb of the other proposals.

For

Against

Abstain

1. Approval of the issuance of the Corporation’s common stock, without par value, in connection with the merger contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 20, 2006, by and among the Corporation, Penguin Acquisition, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Corporation, and Sky Financial Group, Inc.

2. Election of Class II Directors:

For

Withhold

For

Withhold

For

Withhold

01 - Thomas E. Hoaglin

02 - David P. Lauer

03- Kathleen H. Ransier


	For	Against	Abstain
3. Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche, LLP to serve as independent registered public accounting firm for the Corporation for the year 2007.	¨	¨	¨

4. Approval of the 2007 Stock and Long-Term Incentive Plan.	¨	¨	¨

5. Approval of the First Amendment to the Management Incentive Plan.	¨	¨	¨

6. In their discretion to vote upon such other matters as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.

B	Non-Voting Items

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Proxy Solicited by the Board of Directors for Annual Meeting

The undersigned shareholder of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated hereby appoints Mary Beth Clary, John W. Liebersbach and Elizabeth B. Moore, or any of them, as attorneys and proxies with full power of substitution to vote all of the Common Stock of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (the “Corporation”) which the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Corporation to be held in the King Arts Complex, 867 Mt. Vernon Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, on _______________, and at any adjournment or adjournments thereof as designated on the reverse.

The Corporation’s Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR each of the nominees for director and each of the other proposals.

IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE STOCK ISSUANCE, FOR THE ELECTION OF THE DIRECTOR NOMINEES NAMED HEREIN, FOR THE RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP, FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE 2007 STOCK AND LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN AND FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE PLAN.

(Continued and to be signed on reverse side.)