Close the acquisition of Cadence Bank
Delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 27 Oct 2025
- Due
- 31 Mar 2026
- Delivered
- 1 Feb 2026
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026, subject to regulatory approvals, approval by Huntington and Cadence shareholders and other customary closing conditions.”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
A later 10-Q states the Cadence Bank acquisition was completed effective February 1, 2026, before the March 31, 2026 deadline.
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A Huntington Bancshares 10-Q filed 2026-07-28
“Effective February 1, 2026, Huntington completed the acquisition of Cadence Bank (“Cadence”), a regional bank headquartered in Houston, Texas and Tupelo, Mississippi” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved -0.8% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (27 Jul 2026 to 30 Jul 2026). What this measures
Checked 11 Oct 2026.
Commitment DNA
The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.
- Event type
- Acquisition close
- Indicative materiality
- High rules
- Action
- Close
- Deliverable
- Acquisition of Cadence Bank by Huntington Bancshares
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- Medium
- Specificity
- High
- Conditional
- Yes: subject to regulatory approvals; subject to Huntington and Cadence shareholder approval; other customary closing conditions
- Depends on
- Regulatory, Shareholder
How this entry was checked
- Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
- First checkAn AI model, Claude (Anthropic), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
- Second check: agreesA different AI model, Gemini (Google), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.
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