HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC/MD (Form: 10-Q)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED June 30, 2005

Commission File Number 0-2525

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated


Maryland		31-0724920
(State or other jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)		Identification No.)

41 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43287

Registrant’s telephone number (614) 480-8300

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes þ No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes þ No o

There were 230,820,842 shares of Registrant’s without par value common stock outstanding on July 31, 2005.

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated

INDEX


Part I. Financial Information

Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited)

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 30, 2005, December 31, 2004, and June 30, 2004			3

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004			4

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity for the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004			5

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004			6

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements			7

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations			24

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk			81

Item 4. Controls and Procedures			81

Part II. Other Information

Item 2. Changes in Securities, Use of Proceeds, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities			82

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Shareholders			82

Item 5. Other			82

Item 6. Exhibits			82

Signatures			84
EX-10(B)
EX-31.1
EX-31.2
EX-32.1
EX-32.2

Part 1. Financial Information

Item 1. Financial Statements

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets



	June 30,			December 31,			June 30,
(in thousands, except number of shares)	2005			2004			2004
	*(Unaudited)*						(Unaudited)

Assets
Cash and due from banks	$	976,432		$	877,320		$	1,162,995
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under resale agreements		121,310			628,040			193,772
Interest bearing deposits in banks		22,758			22,398			24,009
Trading account securities		328,715			309,630			20,577
Loans held for sale		395,053			223,469			314,262
Investment securities		3,849,955			4,238,945			4,991,439
Loans and leases		24,567,148			23,560,277			21,775,669
Allowance for loan and lease losses		(254,784	)		(271,211	)		(286,935	)

Net loans and leases		24,312,364			23,289,066			21,488,734

Operating lease assets		353,678			587,310			888,612
Bank owned life insurance		983,302			963,059			944,892
Premises and equipment		356,697			355,115			354,534
Goodwill and other intangible assets		217,576			215,807			216,215
Customers’ acceptance liability		7,509			11,299			6,613
Accrued income and other assets		1,063,625			844,039			814,552

Total Assets	$	32,988,974		$	32,565,497		$	31,421,206


Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Liabilities
Deposits	$	22,330,576		$	20,768,161		$	19,465,146
Short-term borrowings		1,266,535			1,207,233			1,130,830
Federal Home Loan Bank advances		903,864			1,271,088			1,270,455
Other long-term debt		3,034,154			4,016,004			4,557,373
Subordinated notes		1,046,283			1,039,793			1,011,506
Allowance for unfunded loan commitments and letters of credit		37,511			33,187			31,193
Bank acceptances outstanding		7,509			11,299			6,613
Deferred federal income tax liability		784,504			783,628			699,148
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		947,263			897,466			862,573

Total Liabilities		30,358,199			30,027,859			29,034,837


Shareholders’ equity
Preferred stock — authorized 6,617,808 shares; none outstanding		—			—			—
Common stock — without par value; authorized 500,000,000 shares; issued 257,866,255 shares; outstanding 230,842,020; 231,605,281 and 229,475,821 shares, respectively		2,487,981			2,484,204			2,482,069
Less 27,024,235; 26,260,974 and 28,390,434 treasury shares, respectively		(526,814	)		(499,259	)		(539,852	)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(720	)		(10,903	)		(27,204	)
Retained earnings		670,328			563,596			471,356

Total Shareholders’ Equity		2,630,775			2,537,638			2,386,369

Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity	$	32,988,974		$	32,565,497		$	31,421,206

See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

(Unaudited)


	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
(in thousands, except per share amounts)	2005			2004			2005		2004

Interest and fee income
Loans and leases
Taxable	$	352,608		$	268,651		$	678,276	$	539,014
Tax-exempt		116			202			355		707
Investment securities
Taxable		37,042			46,591			75,042		93,760
Tax-exempt		4,341			4,582			8,648		9,072
Other		8,219			4,141			16,110		7,545

Total interest income		402,326			324,167			778,431		650,098

Interest expenses
Deposits		104,559			59,372			193,727		118,998
Short-term borrowings		7,086			2,789			11,914		6,102
Federal Home Loan Bank advances		8,663			8,098			17,346		16,139
Subordinated notes and other long-term debt		40,118			31,345			78,346		63,611

Total interest expense		160,426			101,604			301,333		204,850

Net interest income		241,900			222,563			477,098		445,248
Provision for credit losses		12,895			5,027			32,769		30,623

Net interest income after provision for credit losses		229,005			217,536			444,329		414,625

Operating lease income		38,097			78,706			84,829		167,573
Service charges on deposit accounts		41,516			43,596			80,934		85,433
Trust services		19,113			16,708			37,309		33,031
Brokerage and insurance income		13,544			13,523			26,570		28,720
Bank owned life insurance income		10,139			11,309			20,243		21,794
Other service charges and fees		11,252			10,645			21,411		20,158
Mortgage banking income (loss)		(2,376	)		23,322			9,685		19,026
Securities gains (losses)		(343	)		(9,230	)		614		5,860
Gain on sales of automobile loans		254			4,890			254		13,894
Other income		24,974			24,659			42,371		50,278

Total non-interest income		156,170			218,128			324,220		445,767

Personnel costs		124,090			119,715			248,071		241,339
Operating lease expense		28,879			62,563			66,827		133,273
Net occupancy		17,257			16,258			36,499		33,021
Outside data processing and other services		18,113			17,563			36,883		36,025
Equipment		15,637			16,228			31,500		32,314
Professional services		9,347			7,836			18,806		15,135
Marketing		7,441			8,069			13,895		15,908
Telecommunications		4,801			4,638			9,683		9,832
Printing and supplies		3,293			3,098			6,387		6,114
Amortization of intangibles		204			204			408		408
Other expense		19,074			25,981			37,454		44,438

Total non-interest expense		248,136			282,153			506,413		567,807

Income before income taxes		137,039			153,511			262,136		292,585
Provision for income taxes		30,614			43,384			59,192		78,285

Net income	$	106,425		$	110,127		$	202,944	$	214,300


Average common shares — basic		232,217			229,429			232,021		229,328
Average common shares — diluted		235,671			232,659			235,362		232,787

Per common share
Net income — basic	$	0.46		$	0.48		$	0.87	$	0.93
Net income — diluted		0.45			0.47			0.86		0.92
Cash dividends declared		0.215			0.175			0.415		0.350

See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity


												Accumulated
												Other
	Common Stock					Treasury Shares						Comprehensive			Retained
(in thousands)	Shares		Amount			Shares			Amount			Income			Earnings/			Total

Six Months Ended June 30, 2004 (Unaudited):
Balance, beginning of period		257,866	$	2,483,542			(28,858	)	$	(548,576	)	$	2,678		$	337,358		$	2,275,002
Comprehensive Income:
Net income																214,300			214,300
Unrealized net holding losses on securities available for sale arising during the period, net of reclassification adjustment for net gains included in net income													(52,165	)					(52,165	)
Unrealized gains on derivative instruments used in cash flow hedging relationships													22,283						22,283

Total comprehensive income																			184,418

Cash dividends declared ($0.35 per share)																(80,302	)		(80,302	)
Stock options exercised				(951	)		442			8,467									7,516
Other				(522	)		26			257									(265	)


Balance, end of period (Unaudited)		257,866	$	2,482,069			(28,390	)	$	(539,852	)	$	(27,204	)	$	471,356		$	2,386,369


Six Months Ended June 30, 2005 (Unaudited):
Balance, beginning of period		257,866	$	2,484,204			(26,261	)	$	(499,259	)	$	(10,903	)	$	563,596		$	2,537,638
Comprehensive Income:
Net income																202,944			202,944
Unrealized net holding gains on securities available for sale arising during the period, net of reclassification adjustment for net gains included in net income													5,248						5,248
Unrealized gains on derivative instruments used in cash flow hedging relationships													4,935						4,935
Total comprehensive income																			213,127

Cash dividends declared ($0.415 per share)																(96,212	)		(96,212	)
Treasury shares purchased							(1,818	)		(44,178	)								(44,178	)
Stock options exercised				2,153			910			17,264									19,417
Other				1,624			145			(641	)								983


Balance, end of period (Unaudited)		257,866	$	2,487,981			(27,024	)	$	(526,814	)	$	(720	)	$	670,328		$	2,630,775

See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)


	Six Months Ended
	June 30,
(in thousands of dollars)	2005			2004

Operating Activities
Net Income	$	202,944		$	214,300
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Provision for credit losses		32,769			30,623
Depreciation on operating lease assets		61,263			120,915
Amortization of mortgage servicing rights		9,948			9,398
Other depreciation and amortization		39,153			45,829
Mortgage servicing rights impairment charges (recovery)		6,471			(4,759	)
Deferred income tax expense		4,305			66,243
Increase in trading account securities		(19,085	)		(12,988	)
Originations of loans held for sale		(1,065,372	)		(955,589	)
Principal payments on and proceeds from loans held for sale		893,788			867,806
Gains on sales of investment securities		(614	)		(5,860	)
Gains on sales/securitizations of loans		(254	)		(13,894	)
Increase of cash surrender value of bank owned life insurance		(20,243	)		(21,794	)
(Decrease) increase in payable to investors in securitized loans		(134,561	)		33,032
Other, net		(114,428	)		(20,897	)

Net Cash (Used for) Provided by Operating Activities		(103,916	)		352,365


Investing Activities
(Increase) decrease in interest bearing deposits in banks		(360	)		9,618
Proceeds from:
Maturities and calls of investment securities		207,874			545,089
Sales of investment securities		1,476,685			885,554
Purchases of investment securities		(1,273,933	)		(1,457,477	)
Proceeds from sales/securitizations of loans		54,913			1,382,596
Net loan and lease originations, excluding sales		(1,111,747	)		(2,234,989	)
Purchases of equipment operating lease assets		(8,353	)		(7,965	)
Proceeds from sale of operating lease assets		174,427			248,488
Proceeds from sale of premises and equipment		989			334
Purchases of premises and equipment		(28,500	)		(29,298	)
Proceeds from sales of other real estate		41,899			6,460

Net Cash Used for Investing Activities		(466,106	)		(651,590	)


Financing Activities
Increase in deposits		1,562,607			982,401
Increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings		59,302			(321,474	)
Proceeds from issuance of subordinated notes		—			148,830
Maturity of subordinated notes		—			(100,000	)
Proceeds from Federal Home Loan Bank advances		557,789			455
Maturity of Federal Home Loan Bank advances		(925,013	)		(3,000	)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt		—			625,000
Maturity of long-term debt		(975,000	)		(600,000	)
Dividends paid on common stock		(92,520	)		(80,239	)
Repurchases of common stock		(44,178	)		—
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock		19,417			7,516

Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities		162,404			659,489

Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents		(407,618	)		360,264
Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Period		1,505,360			996,503

Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period	$	1,097,742		$	1,356,767


Supplemental disclosures:
Income taxes paid	$	95,611		$	9,490
Interest paid		279,823			206,500
Non-cash activities
Mortgage loans securitized		—			115,929
Common stock dividends accrued, paid in subsequent quarter		39,613			31,562

See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 1 — Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Huntington or the Company) reflect all adjustments consisting of normal recurring accruals, which are, in the opinion of Management, necessary for a fair presentation of the consolidated financial position, the results of operations, and cash flows for the periods presented. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared according to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) and, therefore, certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP) have been omitted. The Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements appearing in Huntington’s 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K (2004 Form 10-K), which include descriptions of significant accounting policies, as updated by the information contained in this report, should be read in conjunction with these interim financial statements.

Certain amounts in the prior-year’s financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the 2005 presentation.

For statement of cash flows purposes, cash and cash equivalents are defined as the sum of “Cash and due from banks” and “Federal funds sold and securities purchased under resale agreements.”

Note 2 — New Accounting Pronouncements

Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Statement No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment (Statement 123R) — Statement 123R was issued in December 2004, requiring that the compensation cost relating to share-based payment transactions be recognized in the financial statements. That cost will be measured based on the fair value of the equity or liability instruments issued. Statement 123R covers a wide range of share-based compensation arrangements including share options, restricted share plans, performance-based awards, share appreciation rights, and employee share purchase plans. Statement 123R replaces FASB Statement No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation (Statement 123), and supersedes Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees (APB 25). Statement 123, as originally issued in 1995, established as preferable a fair-value-based method of accounting for share-based payment transactions with employees. However, that Statement permitted entities the option of continuing to apply the guidance in APB 25, as long as the footnotes to financial statements disclosed pro forma net income under the preferable fair-value-based method. In its 2004 Form 10-K, Huntington disclosed adopting Statement 123R effective January 1, 2005. Subsequently however, new guidance was issued by the SEC that provides the option to postpone adoption of Statement 123R until the first annual reporting period that begins after June 15, 2005. As such, Huntington has postponed the adoption of Statement 123R until January 1, 2006. (Pro forma disclosures required by Statement 123 are provided in Note 10.)

Statement 123R will require the immediate recognition at the grant date of the full share-based compensation expense for grants to retirement eligible employees, as the explicit vesting period is non-substantive. The estimated effect of applying the explicit vesting period approach versus the non-substantive approach is not material to any period presented.

Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107, Share Based Payments (SAB 107) — On March 29, 2005, the SEC issued SAB 107 to provide public companies additional guidance in applying the provisions of Statement 123R. Among other things, SAB 107 describes the SEC staff’s expectations in determining the assumptions that underlie the fair value estimates and discusses the interaction of Statement 123R with certain existing SEC guidance. Huntington will adopt the provisions of SAB 107 in conjunction with the adoption of FAS 123R beginning January 1, 2006.

FASB Interpretation No. 47, Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations (FIN 47) — In March 2005, the FASB issued FIN 47, which clarifies that the term “conditional asset retirement obligation” as used in FASB Statement No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations . FIN 47 refers to a legal obligation to perform an asset retirement activity in which the timing and/or method of settlement are conditional on a future event that may or may not be within the control of the entity. An entity is required to recognize a liability for the fair value of a conditional asset retirement obligation if the fair value of the liability can be reasonably estimated. FIN 47 becomes effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2005. Huntington does not expect the impact of adopting FIN 47 will be significant.

Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Statement No. 154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections — a replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FASB Statement No. 3 (Statement 154) — In May 2005, the FASB issued Statement 154, which replaces APB Opinion No. 20, Accounting Changes , and FASB Statement No. 3, Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements . Statement 154 changes the requirements for the accounting for and reporting of a change in accounting principle. Statement 154 is effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. The impact of this new pronouncement is not expected to be material to Huntington’s financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.

FASB Staff Position No. 106-2, Accounting and Disclosure Requirements Related to the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (FSP 106-2) — In December 2003, a law was enacted that expands Medicare benefits, primarily adding a prescription drug benefit for Medicare-eligible retirees beginning in 2006. The law also provides a federal subsidy to companies that sponsor postretirement benefit plans providing prescription drug coverage. FSP 106-2 specifies that any Medicare subsidy must be taken into account in measuring the employer’s postretirement health care benefit obligation and will also reduce the net periodic postretirement cost in future periods. During the first quarter of 2005, government authorities issued further clarification on certain aspects of the Medicare Act. Huntington is currently in the process of determining whether to register for the Medicare subsidy and therefore the postretirement benefit obligations and net periodic costs reported in the accompanying financial statements and notes do not reflect the impact of this legislation. The impact of this new pronouncement is not expected to be material to Huntington’s financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.

Proposed FASB interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 — Accounting for Uncertain Tax Positions — In July 2005, the FASB issued an exposure draft of a proposed interpretation on accounting for uncertain tax positions under SFAS No. 109 “Accounting for Income Taxes” . The Exposure Draft contains proposed guidance on the recognition and measurement of uncertain tax positions. If adopted as proposed, the Company would be required to recognize, in its financial statements, the best estimate of the impact of a tax position, only if that tax position is probable of being sustained on audit based solely on the technical merits of the position. The proposed effective date for the Interpretation is December 31, 2005, with a cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle to be recorded upon the initial adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this proposed interpretation will have on its financial statements. The proposed Interpretation is subject to a 60-day comment period followed by final deliberations by the FASB and, therefore, is subject to change.

Note 3 — Securities and Exchange Commission Formal Investigation

On June 26, 2003, Huntington announced that the Securities and Exchange Commission staff was conducting a formal investigation into certain financial accounting matters relating to fiscal years 2002 and earlier and certain related disclosure matters.

On June 2, 2005, Huntington announced that the five-member Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) approved the settlement of its previously announced formal investigation into certain financial accounting matters. As a part of the settlement, the Commission instituted a cease and desist administrative proceeding and entered a cease and desist order, as well as filed a civil action in federal district court pursuant to which, without admitting or denying the allegations in the complaint, Huntington, its chief executive officer, Thomas Hoaglin, its former chief financial officer, Michael McMennamin, and its former controller, John Van Fleet have consented to pay civil money penalties. Huntington consented to pay a penalty of $7.5 million, which may be distributed pursuant to the Fair Fund provisions of Section 308(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This civil money penalty had no 2005 financial impact on Huntington’s results, as reserves for this amount were established and expensed in 2004.

violations of these provisions. Additionally, Hoaglin, McMennamin, and Van Fleet agreed to pay disgorgement, pre-judgment interest, and penalties in the amounts of $667,609, $415,215, and $51,660, respectively. Van Fleet consented to a suspension from appearing or practicing before the Commission as an accountant for two years pursuant to Rule 102(e) of the Commission’s Rules of Practice. McMennamin consented to an undertaking that he will not act as an officer or director of a public company for five years.

Note 4 — Formal Regulatory Supervisory Agreements

On March 1, 2005, Huntington announced that it had entered into a formal written agreement with the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (FRBC) and that the Bank had entered into a formal written agreement with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), providing for a comprehensive action plan designed to enhance its corporate governance, internal audit, risk management, accounting policies and procedures, and financial and regulatory reporting. The agreements call for independent third-party reviews, as well as the submission of written plans and progress reports by Management and remain in effect until terminated by the banking regulators.

Management has been working with its banking regulators over the past several months and has been taking actions and devoting significant resources to address all of the issues raised. Management believes that the changes it has already made, and is in the process of making, will address these issues fully and comprehensively. No assurances, however, can be provided as to the ultimate timing or outcome of these matters.

Note 5 — Pending Acquisition

On January 27, 2004, Huntington announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Unizan Financial Corp. (Unizan), a financial holding company based in Canton, Ohio. On November 12, 2004, Huntington and Unizan jointly announced they had entered into an amendment to their January 26, 2004 merger agreement extending the term of the agreement for one year from January 27, 2005 to January 27, 2006, and Huntington had withdrawn its application with the Federal Reserve to acquire Unizan. On March 1, 2005, Huntington announced that it intends to resubmit the application for regulatory approval of the merger once the regulatory written agreements have been terminated. No assurances, however, can be provided as to the ultimate timing or outcome of these matters.

Note 6 — Loan Sales and Securitizations

Automobile loans

Huntington sold $53.4 million and $500.9 million of automobile loans in the second quarter of 2005 and 2004, respectively. For the six-month periods ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, sales of automobile loans totaled $53.4 million and $1.4 billion, respectively. Pre-tax gains from the sales of automobile loans totaled $0.3 million and $4.8 million in second quarter of 2005 and 2004, respectively, and $0.3 million and $13.9 million for the six-months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

A servicing asset is established based on the relative fair values of both assets sold and retained at the time of the loan sale. The servicing asset is then amortized against servicing income. Impairment, if any, is recognized when carrying value exceeds the fair value as determined by calculating the present value of expected net future cash flows. The primary risk characteristic for measuring servicing assets is payoff rates of the underlying loan pools. Valuation calculations rely heavily on the predicted payoff assumption, and if actual payoff is quicker than expected, then future value would be impaired.

Changes in the carrying value of automobile loan servicing rights for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, and the fair value at the end of each period were as follows:


	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
(in thousands of dollars)	2005			2004			2005			2004

Carrying value, beginning of period	$	17,046		$	23,913		$	20,286		$	17,662
New servicing assets		332			5,546			332			14,395
Amortization		(3,050	)		(3,537	)		(6,290	)		(6,135	)
Impairment charges		(66	)		—			(66	)		—

Carrying value, end of period	$	14,262		$	25,922		$	14,262		$	25,922



Fair value, end of period	$	14,842		$	26,797		$	14,842		$	26,797

Huntington has retained servicing responsibilities and receives annual servicing fees from 0.55% to 1.00% of the outstanding loan balances. Servicing income, net of amortization of capitalized servicing assets, amounted to $2.6 million and $2.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, servicing income was $5.0 million and $4.2 million, respectively. There were no pre-tax gains from automobile loan securitization in 2005 or 2004.

Residential Mortgage Loans

No sales or securitizations of residential mortgage loans held for investment were made in the first half of 2005. For the three months and six months ended June 30, 2004, Huntington sold $22.9 million and $43.7 million of residential mortgage loans held for investment, resulting in a net pre-tax gain of $0.3 million and $0.4 million respectively. Huntington also securitized $115.9 million of residential mortgage loans in the first quarter of 2004, and retained all of the resulting securities. Accordingly, the securitized amounts were reclassified from loans to investment securities.

A mortgage servicing right (MSR) is established only when the loans are sold or when servicing is contractually separated from the underlying mortgage loans by sale or securitization of the loans with servicing rights retained. The initial carrying value of the asset is established based on its fair value at the time of sale using assumptions that are consistent with assumptions used at the time to estimate the fair value of the total MSR portfolio. All servicing rights are subsequently carried at the lower of the initial carrying value, adjusted for amortization, or fair value, and are included in other assets.

Changes in the carrying value of mortgage servicing rights for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, and the fair value at the end of each period were as follows:


	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
(in thousands of dollars)	2005			2004			2005			2004

Carrying value, beginning of period	$	80,972		$	60,379		$	77,107		$	71,087
New servicing assets		5,596			8,018			10,582			12,782
Amortization		(5,187	)		(4,046	)		(9,948	)		(9,397	)
Temporary impairment (charges) recovery		(10,231	)		14,880			(6,471	)		4,759
Sales		—			(64	)		(120	)		(64	)

Carrying value, end of period	$	71,150		$	79,167		$	71,150		$	79,167



Fair value, end of period	$	75,974		$	94,936		$	75,974		$	94,936

Servicing rights are evaluated quarterly for impairment based on the fair value of those rights, using a disaggregated approach. The fair value of the servicing rights is determined by estimating the present value of future net cash flows, taking into consideration market loan prepayment speeds, discount rates, servicing costs, and other economic factors. Temporary impairment is recognized in a valuation allowance against the mortgage servicing rights. Huntington also analyzes its mortgage servicing rights periodically for other-than-temporary impairment. Other-than-temporary impairment is recognized as a direct reduction of the carrying value of the mortgage servicing right and cannot be recovered. Servicing rights are amortized over the period of, and in proportion to, the estimated future net servicing revenue. Amortization is recorded as a reduction of servicing income, which is reflected in non-interest income in Huntington’s consolidated income statement.

Changes in the impairment allowance of mortgage servicing rights for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, were as follows:


	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
(in thousands of dollars)	2005			2004			2005			2004

Balance, beginning of period	$	(1,015	)	$	(16,274	)	$	(4,775	)	$	(6,153	)
Impairment charges		(10,231	)		(414	)		(11,411	)		(10,535	)
Impairment recovery		—			15,294			4,940			15,294

Balance, end of period	$	(11,246	)	$	(1,394	)	$	(11,246	)	$	(1,394	)

Note 7 — Investment Securities

Listed below are the contractual maturities (under 1 year, 1-5 years, 6-10 years, and over 10 years) of investment securities at June 30, 2005, December 31, 2004, and June 30, 2004:


	June 30, 2005				December 31, 2004				June 30, 2004
	Amortized				Amortized				Amortized
(in thousands of dollars)	Cost		Fair Value		Cost		Fair Value		Cost		Fair Value

U.S. Treasury
Under 1 year	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	796	$	800
1-5 years		23,949		23,821		24,233		24,304		24,480		24,404
6-10 years		248		267		754		832		754		824
Over 10 years		—		—		—		—		—		—

Total U.S. Treasury		24,197		24,088		24,987		25,136		26,030		26,028

Federal Agencies
Mortgage-backed securities
Under 1 year		—		—		—		—		—		—
1-5 years		15,221		15,010		1,362		1,390		14,181		14,548
6-10 years		19,775		19,568		38,814		38,589		155,460		155,628
Over 10 years		1,118,023		1,108,410		945,670		933,538		1,352,082		1,331,790

Total mortgage-backed securities		1,153,019		1,142,988		985,846		973,517		1,521,723		1,501,967

Other agencies
Under 1 year		—		—		500		503		116,357		118,776
1-5 years		410,298		403,883		535,502		530,670		728,472		719,339
6-10 years		198,210		193,763		450,952		441,072		343,226		322,398
Over 10 years		—		—		—		—		—		—

Total other agencies		608,508		597,646		986,954		972,245		1,188,055		1,160,512

Total U.S. Treasury and Federal Agencies		1,785,724		1,764,722		1,997,787		1,970,898		2,735,808		2,688,507

Municipal securities
Under 1 year		65		65		5,997		6,032		8,141		8,193
1-5 years		166		165		9,990		10,392		15,541		15,774
6-10 years		102,460		103,599		83,102		83,771		70,218		69,285
Over 10 years		393,905		402,053		311,525		316,029		311,972		303,309

Total municipal securities		496,596		505,882		410,614		416,224		405,872		396,560

Private Label CMO
Under 1 year		—		—		—		—		—		—
1-5 years		—		—		—		—		—		—
6-10 years		—		—		—		—		—		—
Over 10 years		424,521		420,103		462,394		458,027		585,920		577,013

Total Private Label CMO		424,521		420,103		462,394		458,027		585,920		577,013

Asset backed securities
Under 1 year		—		—		—		—		—		—
1-5 years		34,625		34,636		30,000		30,000		30,000		30,038
6-10 years		—		—		8,084		8,155		11,187		11,339
Over 10 years		1,011,868		1,015,621		1,160,212		1,161,827		1,074,239		1,075,608

Total asset backed securities		1,046,493		1,050,257		1,198,296		1,199,982		1,115,426		1,116,984

Other
Under 1 year		1,200		1,200		2,100		2,118		1,611		1,642
1-5 years		12,109		12,382		9,102		9,384		9,703		9,877
6-10 years		1,555		1,573		2,913		2,980		2,854		2,948
Over 10 years		87,657		87,939		169,872		173,131		193,652		190,545
Marketable equity securities		5,657		5,897		5,526		6,201		6,658		7,364

Total other		108,178		108,991		189,513		193,814		214,479		212,375

Total investment securities	$	3,861,512	$	3,849,955	$	4,258,604	$	4,238,945	$	5,057,504	$	4,991,439


(1)		The average duration of total investment securities as of June 30, 2005, December 31, 2004, and June 30, 2004, was 3.0 years, 2.8 years, and 3.2 years, respectively.

Based upon its assessment, Management does not believe any individual unrealized loss at June 30, 2005, represents an other-than-temporary impairment. In addition, Huntington has both the intent and the ability to hold these securities for a time necessary to recover the amortized cost. There were no other-than-temporary impairments of any securities recognized in either of the six-month periods ended June 30, 2005 and 2004.

Note 8 — Other Comprehensive Income

The components of Huntington’s Other Comprehensive Income in the three and six months ended June 30 were as follows:


	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
(in thousands of dollars)	2005			2004			2005			2004

Unrealized holding gains and losses on securities available for sale arising during the period:
Unrealized net gains (losses)	$	39,881		$	(136,458	)	$	8,716		$	(74,755	)
Related tax (expense) benefit		(14,067	)		47,760			(3,069	)		26,399

Net		25,814			(88,698	)		5,647			(48,356	)


Reclassification adjustment for net gains from sales of securities available for sale realized during the period:
Realized net losses (gains)		343			9,230			(614	)		(5,860	)
Related tax (benefit) expense		(120	)		(3,231	)		215			2,051

Net		223			5,999			(399	)		(3,809	)


Total unrealized holding gains (losses) on securities available for sale arising during the period, net of reclassification adjustment for net gains included in net income		26,037			(82,699	)		5,248			(52,165	)


Unrealized gains and losses on derivatives used in cash flow hedging relationships arising during the period:
Unrealized net (losses) gains		(12,417	)		52,315			7,592			34,282
Related tax benefit (expense)		4,346			(18,310	)		(2,657	)		(11,999	)

Net		(8,071	)		34,005			4,935			22,283


Total Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	17,966		$	(48,694	)	$	10,183		$	(29,882	)

Activity in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income for the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004 was as follows:


				Unrealized gains and
				losses on derivative
	Unrealized gains and			instruments used in
	losses on securities			cash flow hedging			Minimum pension
(in thousands of dollars)	available for sale			relationships			liability			Total

Balance, December 31, 2003	$	9,429		$	(5,442	)	$	(1,309	)	$	2,678
Period change		(52,165	)		22,283			—			(29,882	)

Balance, June 30, 2004	$	(42,736	)	$	16,841		$	(1,309	)	$	(27,204	)


Balance, December 31, 2004	$	(12,683	)	$	4,252		$	(2,472	)	$	(10,903	)
Period change		5,248			4,935			—			10,183

Balance, June 30, 2005	$	(7,435	)	$	9,187		$	(2,472	)	$	(720	)

Note 9 — Earnings per Share

Basic earnings per share is the amount of earnings for the period available to each share of common stock outstanding during the reporting period. Diluted earnings per share is the amount of earnings available to each share of common stock outstanding during the reporting period adjusted for the potential issuance of common shares upon the exercise of stock options. The calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share for each of the three and six months ended June 30 is as follows:


	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
(in thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)	2005		2004		2005		2004

Net Income	$	106,425	$	110,127	$	202,944	$	214,300

Average common shares outstanding		232,217		229,429		232,021		229,328
Dilutive potential common shares		3,454		3,230		3,341		3,459

Diluted Average Common Shares Outstanding		235,671		232,659		235,362		232,787


Earnings Per Share
Basic	$	0.46	$	0.48	$	0.87	$	0.93
Diluted		0.45		0.47		0.86		0.92

The average market price of Huntington’s common stock for the period was used in determining the dilutive effect of outstanding stock options. Common stock equivalents are computed based on the number of shares subject to stock options that have an exercise price less than the average market price of Huntington’s common stock for the period.

Options on approximately 2.6 million and 2.8 million shares were outstanding at June 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively, but were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the effect would be antidilutive. The weighted average exercise price for these options was $26.92 per share and $26.70 per share at the end of the same respective periods.

On January 7, 2005, Huntington released from escrow 86,118 shares of Huntington common stock to former shareholders of LeaseNet, Inc., which were previously issued in September 2002. A total of 373,896 common shares, previously held in escrow, was returned to Huntington. All shares in escrow had been accounted for as treasury stock.

Note 10 — Stock-Based Compensation

Huntington’s stock-based compensation plans are accounted for based on the intrinsic value method promulgated by APB Opinion 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees , and related interpretations. Compensation expense for employee stock options is generally not recognized if the exercise price of the option equals or exceeds the fair value of the stock on the date of grant.

The following pro forma disclosures for net income and earnings per diluted common share is presented as if Huntington had applied the fair value method of accounting of Statement No. 123 in measuring compensation costs for stock options. The fair values of the stock options granted were estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. This model assumes that the estimated fair value of the options is amortized over the options’ vesting periods and the compensation costs would be included in personnel expense on the income statement. The following table also includes the weighted-average assumptions that were used in the option-pricing model for options granted in each of the periods presented:


	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2005			2004			2005			2004

Number of stock options granted during the period *(in thousands)*		27.5			60.0			124.4			95.0

Weighted - average fair value of options granted during the period		$4.85			$5.56			$4.89			$5.55

Assumptions
Risk-free interest rate		3.63	%		3.89	%		4.02	%		3.82	%
Expected dividend yield		3.24			3.33			3.42			3.28
Expected volatility of Huntington’s common stock		26.3			30.9			26.3			30.9
Expected option term (years)		6.0			6.0			6.0			6.0

Pro Forma Results *(in millions of dollars)*
Net income, as reported	$	106.4		$	110.1		$	202.9		$	214.3
Pro forma expense, net of tax, related to options granted		(2.9	)		(2.7	)		(5.8	)		(5.6	)

Pro Forma Net Income	$	103.5		$	107.4		$	197.1		$	208.7


Net Income Per Common Share:
Basic, as reported	$	0.46		$	0.48		$	0.87		$	0.93
Basic, pro forma		0.45			0.47			0.85			0.91
Diluted, as reported		0.45			0.47			0.86			0.92
Diluted, pro forma		0.44			0.46			0.84			0.90

Note 11 — Benefit Plans

Huntington sponsors the Huntington Bancshares Retirement Plan (the Plan), a non-contributory defined benefit pension plan covering substantially all employees. The Plan provides benefits based upon length of service and compensation levels. The funding policy of Huntington is to contribute an annual amount that is at least equal to the minimum funding requirements but not more than that deductible under the Internal Revenue Code. In addition, Huntington has an unfunded, defined benefit post-retirement plan (Post-Retirement Benefit Plan) that provides certain healthcare and life insurance benefits to retired employees who have attained the age of 55 and have at least 10 years of vesting service under this plan. For any employee retiring on or after January 1, 1993, post-retirement healthcare benefits are based upon the employee’s number of months of service and are limited to the actual cost of coverage. Life insurance benefits are a percentage of the employee’s base salary at the time of retirement, with a maximum of $50,000 of coverage.

The following table shows the components of net periodic benefit expense:


	Pension Benefits						Post Retirement Benefits
	Three Months Ended						Three Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
(in thousands of dollars)	2005			2004			2005		2004

Service cost	$	3,547		$	3,040		$	353	$	326
Interest cost		4,754			4,371			778		802
Expected return on plan assets		(6,716	)		(5,383	)		—		—
Amortization of transition asset		(1	)		—			276		276
Amortization of prior service cost		—			—			95		146
Settlements		750			1,000			—		—
Recognized net actuarial loss		2,672			1,984			—		—

Benefit Expense	$	5,006		$	5,012		$	1,502	$	1,550


	Pension Benefits						Post Retirement Benefits
	Six Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
(in thousands of dollars)	2005			2004			2005		2004

Service cost	$	7,092		$	6,078		$	706	$	650
Interest cost		9,507			8,741			1,556		1,604
Expected return on plan assets		(12,812	)		(10,764	)		—		—
Amortization of transition asset		(2	)		—			552		552
Amortization of prior service cost		1			—			189		291
Settlements		1,500			2,000			—		—
Recognized net actuarial loss		5,345			3,968			—		—

Benefit Expense	$	10,631		$	10,023		$	3,003	$	3,097

There is no expected minimum contribution for 2005 to the Plan. Although not required, Huntington made a contribution to the Plan of $63.7 million in April 2005.

Huntington also sponsors other retirement plans, the most significant being the Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan and the Supplemental Retirement Income Plan. These plans are nonqualified plans that provide certain former officers and directors of Huntington and its subsidiaries with defined pension benefits in excess of limits imposed by federal tax law.

Huntington has a defined contribution plan that is available to eligible employees. Matching contributions by Huntington equal 100% on the first 3%, then 50% on the next 2%, of participant elective deferrals. The cost of providing this plan was $2.4 million and $2.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. For the respective six-month periods, the cost was $4.9 million and $4.7 million.

Note 12 — Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

Commitments to extend credit :

In the ordinary course of business, Huntington makes various commitments to extend credit that are not reflected in the financial statements. The contract amount of these financial agreements at June 30, 2005, December 31, 2004, and June 30, 2004, were as follows:

June 30,

December 31,

June 30,

(in millions of dollars)

2005

2004

Contract amount represents credit risk

Commitments to extend credit Commercial

5,156

5,076

4,993

Consumer

3,136

2,928

2,803

Commercial real estate

1,388

854

586

Standby letters of credit

968

945

937

Commercial letters of credit

132

Commitments to extend credit generally have fixed expiration dates, are variable-rate, and contain clauses that permit Huntington to terminate or otherwise renegotiate the contracts in the event of a significant deterioration in the customer’s credit quality. These arrangements normally require the payment of a fee by the customer, the pricing of which is based on prevailing market conditions, credit quality, probability of funding, and other relevant factors. Since many of these commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, the contract amounts are not necessarily indicative of future cash requirements. The interest rate risk arising from these financial instruments is insignificant as a result of their predominantly short-term, variable-rate nature.

Standby letters of credit are conditional commitments issued to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. These guarantees are primarily issued to support public and private borrowing arrangements, including commercial paper, bond financing, and similar transactions. Most of these arrangements mature within two years. The carrying amount of deferred revenue associated with these guarantees was $3.2 million, $4.1 million, and $3.2 million at June 30, 2005, December 31, 2004, and June 30, 2004, respectively.

Commercial letters of credit represent short-term, self-liquidating instruments that facilitate customer trade transactions and generally have maturities of no longer than 90 days. The merchandise or cargo being traded normally secures these instruments.

Commitments to sell loans:

Huntington enters into forward contracts relating to its mortgage banking business. At June 30, 2005, December 31, 2004, and June 30, 2004, Huntington had commitments to sell residential real estate loans of $534.3 million, $311.3 million, and $309.6 million, respectively. These contracts mature in less than one year.

During the second quarter, Huntington entered into a two-year agreement to sell a minimum of 50% of monthly automobile loan production, provided the production meets certain pricing, asset quality, and volume parameters. At June 30, 2005, approximately $75 million of automobile loans related to this commitment were classified as held for sale.

Litigation:

In the ordinary course of business, there are various legal proceedings pending against Huntington and its subsidiaries. In the opinion of Management, the aggregate liabilities, if any, arising from such proceedings are not expected to have a material adverse effect on Huntington’s consolidated financial position.

Note 13 — Derivative Financial Instruments

A variety of derivative financial instruments, principally interest rate swaps, are used in asset and liability management activities to protect against the risk of adverse price or interest rate movements on the value of certain assets and liabilities and on future cash flows. These instruments provide flexibility in adjusting the Company’s sensitivity to changes in interest rates without exposure to loss of principal and higher funding requirements. By using derivatives to manage interest rate risk, the effect is a smaller, more efficient balance sheet, with a lower wholesale funding requirement and a higher net interest margin. All derivatives are reflected at fair value in the consolidated balance sheet. Huntington also uses derivatives, principally loan sale commitments, in the hedging of its mortgage loan commitments and its mortgage loans held for sale.

Market risk, which is the possibility that economic value of net assets or net interest income will be adversely affected by changes in interest rates or other economic factors, is managed through the use of derivatives. Derivatives are also sold to meet customers’ financing needs and, like other financial instruments, contain an element of credit risk, which is the possibility that Huntington will incur a loss because a counter-party fails to meet its contractual obligations. Notional values of interest rate swaps and other off-balance sheet financial instruments significantly exceed the credit risk associated with these instruments and represent contractual balances on which calculations of amounts to be exchanged are based. Credit exposure is limited to the sum of the aggregate fair value of positions that have become favorable to Huntington, including any accrued interest receivable due from counterparties. Potential credit losses are minimized through careful evaluation of counterparty credit standing, selection of counterparties from a limited group of high quality institutions, collateral agreements, and other contractual provisions.

Asset and Liability Management

Derivatives that are used in asset and liability management are classified as fair value hedges or cash flow hedges and are required to meet specific criteria. To qualify as a hedge, the hedge relationship is designated and formally documented at inception, detailing the particular risk management objective and strategy for the hedge. This includes identifying the item and risk being hedged, the derivative being used, and how the effectiveness of the hedge is being assessed. A derivative must be highly effective in accomplishing the objective of offsetting either changes in fair value or cash flows for the risk being hedged. Correlation is evaluated on a retrospective and prospective basis using quantitative measures. If a hedge relationship is found to be ineffective, the derivative may no longer qualify as a hedge. Any excess gains or losses attributable to ineffectiveness are recognized in other income.

For fair value hedges, deposits, short-term borrowings, and long-term debt are effectively converted to variable-rate obligations by entering into interest rate swap contracts whereby fixed-rate interest is received in exchange for variable-rate interest without the exchange of the contract’s underlying notional amount. Forward contracts, used primarily in connection with its mortgage banking activities, settle in cash at a specified future date based on the differential between agreed interest rates applied to a notional amount. The changes in fair value of the hedged item and the hedging instrument are reflected in current earnings.

For cash flow hedges, interest rate swap contracts are entered into that pay fixed-rate interest in exchange for the receipt of variable-rate interest without the exchange of the contract’s underlying notional amount, which effectively converts a portion of its floating-rate debt to fixed-rate. This reduces the potentially adverse impact of increases in interest rates on future interest expense. In like fashion, certain LIBOR-based commercial and industrial loans are effectively converted to fixed-rate by entering into contracts that swap variable-rate interest for fixed-rate interest over the life of the contracts.

To the extent these derivatives are effective in offsetting the variability of the hedged cash flows, changes in the derivatives’ fair value will not be included in current earnings but are reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income in shareholders’ equity. These changes in fair value will be included in earnings of future periods when earnings are also affected by the changes in the hedged cash flows. To the extent these derivatives are not effective, changes in their fair values are immediately included in earnings.

Derivatives used to manage Huntington’s interest rate risk at June 30, 2005, are shown in the table below:


			Average					Weighted-Average
	Notional		Maturity		Fair			Rate
(in thousands of dollars)	Value		(years)		Value			Receive			Pay

Asset conversion swaps
Receive fixed — generic	$	350,000		2.8	$	(4,866	)		3.41	%		3.17	%
Pay fixed — generic		50,000		2.0		215			3.41			3.83

Total asset conversion swaps		400,000		2.7		(4,651	)		3.41	%		3.25	%

Liability conversion swaps
Receive fixed — generic		1,480,000		6.2		19,749			4.22	%		3.41	%
Receive fixed — callable		646,000		2.5		(5,753	)		4.31			3.17
Pay fixed — generic		1,766,000		2.0		17,518			3.27			3.09
Pay fixed — forwards		200,000		4.7		(1,569	)		N/A			4.57

Total liability conversion swaps		4,092,000		3.7		29,945			3.80	%		3.29	%

Total Swap Portfolio	$	4,492,000		3.6	$	25,294			3.77	%		3.29	%

N/A, not applicable

These values must be viewed in the context of the overall financial structure of Huntington, including the aggregate net position of all on- and off-balance sheet financial instruments.

As is the case with cash securities, the fair value of interest rate swaps is largely a function of the financial market’s expectations regarding the future direction of interest rates. Accordingly, current market values are not necessarily indicative of the future impact of the swaps on net interest income. This will depend, in large part, on the shape of the yield curve as well as interest rate levels. Management made no assumptions regarding future changes in interest rates with respect to the variable-rate information presented in the table above.

The next table represents the gross notional value of derivatives used to manage interest rate risk at June 30, 2005, identified by the underlying interest rate-sensitive instruments. The notional amounts shown in the tables above and below should be viewed in the context of overall interest rate risk management activities to assess the impact on the net interest margin.


	Fair Value		Cash Flow
(in thousands of dollars)	Hedges		Hedges		Total

Instruments associated with:
Investment securities	$	50,000	$	25,000	$	75,000
Loans		—		325,000		325,000
Deposits		676,000		45,000		721,000
Federal Home Loan Bank advances		—		876,000		876,000
Subordinated notes		500,000		—		500,000
Other long-term debt		950,000		1,045,000		1,995,000

Total Notional Value at June 30, 2005	$	2,176,000	$	2,316,000	$	4,492,000

Collateral agreements are regularly entered into as part of the underlying derivative agreements with Huntington’s counterparties to mitigate the credit risk associated with both the derivatives used for asset and liability management and used in trading activities. At June 30, 2005 and 2004, aggregate credit risk associated with these derivatives, net of collateral that has been pledged by the counterparty, was $26.5 million and $23.3 million, respectively. The credit risk associated with interest rate swaps is calculated after considering master netting agreements.

These derivative financial instruments were entered into for the purpose of altering the interest rate risk embedded in Huntington’s assets and liabilities. Consequently, net amounts receivable or payable on contracts hedging either interest earning assets or interest bearing liabilities were accrued as an adjustment to either interest income or interest expense. The

net amount resulted in an increase to net interest income of $6.9 million, and $5.1 million, for the three months ended June 30, 2005, and 2004, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, the impact to net interest income was an increase of $14.5 million and $10.0 million, respectively.

Derivatives Used in Mortgage Banking Activities

Huntington also uses derivatives, principally loan sale commitments, in the hedging of its mortgage loan commitments and its mortgage loans held for sale. For derivatives that are used in hedging mortgage loans held for sale, ineffective hedge gains and losses are reflected in mortgage banking revenue in the income statement. Mortgage loan commitments are derivatives that are not included in FAS 133 relationships. These derivative financial instruments are carried at fair value on the consolidated balance sheet with changes in fair value reflected in mortgage banking revenue. The following is a summary of the derivative assets and liabilities that Huntington used in its mortgage banking activities as of June 30, 2005 and 2004:


	At June 30,
(in thousands of dollars)	2005			2004

Derivative assets:
Interest rate lock agreements	$	1,333		$	876
Forward trades		243			798

Total derivative assets		1,576			1,674


Derivative liabilities:
Interest rate lock agreements		(861	)		(420	)
Forward trades		(2,122	)		(1,990	)

Total derivative liabilities		(2,983	)		(2,410	)


Net derivative liability	$	(1,407	)	$	(736	)

Derivatives Used in Trading Activities

Various derivative financial instruments are offered to enable customers to meet their financing and investing objectives and for their risk management purposes. Derivative financial instruments used in trading activities during the first six months of 2005 and 2004 consisted predominantly of interest rate swaps, but also included interest rate caps, floors, and futures, as well as foreign exchange options. Interest rate options grant the option holder the right to buy or sell an underlying financial instrument for a predetermined price before the contract expires. Interest rate futures are commitments to either purchase or sell a financial instrument at a future date for a specified price or yield and may be settled in cash or through delivery of the underlying financial instrument. Interest rate caps and floors are option-based contracts that entitle the buyer to receive cash payments based on the difference between a designated reference rate and a strike price, applied to a notional amount. Written options, primarily caps, expose Huntington to market risk but not credit risk. Purchased options contain both credit and market risk. They are used to manage fluctuating interest rates as exposure to loss from interest rate contracts changes.

Supplying these derivatives to customers results in fee income. These instruments are carried at fair value in other assets with gains and losses reflected in other non-interest income. Total trading revenue for customer accommodation was $2.0 million and $3.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, total trading revenue was $3.7 million and $4.8 million respectively. The total notional value of derivative financial instruments used by Huntington on behalf of customers (for which the related interest rate risk is offset by third parties) was $4.5 billion and $4.7 billion at June 30, 2005 and 2004 respectively. Huntington’s credit risk from interest rate swaps used for trading purposes was $49.7 million and $59.9 million at the same dates.

In connection with its securitization activities, interest rate caps were purchased with a notional value totaling $1 billion. These purchased caps were assigned to the securitization trust for the benefit of the security holders. Interest rate caps were also sold totaling $1 billion outside the securitization structure. Both the purchased and sold caps are marked to market through income in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

Note 14 — Shareholders’ Equity

Share Repurchase Program:

Effective April 27, 2004, the board of directors authorized a new share repurchase program (the 2004 Repurchase Program) which cancelled the 2003 Repurchase Program and authorized Management to repurchase not more than 7,500,000 shares of Huntington common stock. On June 9, 2005, Huntington reactivated its share repurchase program upon settlement of the SEC formal investigation. During the second quarter, Huntington repurchased 1,818,000 shares under the 2004 Repurchase Program. Huntington expects to repurchase the remaining authorized shares from time-to-time in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions depending on market conditions.


					Total Number of		Maximum Number
			Average		Shares Purchased		of Shares that May
			Price		as Part of Publicly		Yet Be Purchased
	Total Number of		Paid Per		Announced Plans		Under the Plans or
Period	Shares Purchased		Share		or Programs		Programs ⁽¹⁾

April 1, 2005 to April 30, 2005		—		—		—		7,500,000
May 1, 2005 to May 30, 2005		—		—		—		7,500,000
June 1, 2005 to June 30, 2005		1,818,000	$	24.28		1,818,000		5,682,000

Total		1,818,000	$	24.28		1,818,000		5,682,000


⁽¹⁾		Information is as of the end of the period.

Rights Agreement:

Holders of Huntington common stock are entitled to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement dated as of February 22, 1990, amended August 16, 1995, and as it may be amended from time to time (the “Rights Agreement), between Huntington and The Huntington National Bank, successor to The Huntington Trust Company, N.A., as rights agent. These rights are evidenced by the certificates representing shares of Huntington common stock, each of which bears a legend referencing the rights. The Rights Agreement expires on August 16, 2005. Huntington’s directors have not taken any action to extend the term of the Rights Agreement or to redeem the rights. Upon expiration of the Rights Agreement, the legend on Huntington common stock certificates referencing the rights will have no force or effect.

Pending expiration of the Rights Agreement, each share of Huntington common stock would have one associated preferred share purchase right. Generally, if a person acquires or announces a tender offer to acquire 10% or more of Huntington’s outstanding common stock, each right will become exercisable and entitle its holder to purchase 1/100 share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (the economic equivalent of one share of Huntington’s common stock) for $49.68. This exercise price is subject to further adjustment for stock dividends and splits. Once the acquiring person acquires 10% or more of Huntington’s outstanding common stock, each right held by such acquiring person will become null and void and each right held by all other holders will entitle such holders to purchase the number of Huntington’s Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock having a value equal to twice the exercise price. In addition, if Huntington is acquired in a merger or other business combination or a significant portion of Huntington’s assets are sold or transferred, each holder will be entitled to purchase shares of the acquiring company that have a market value of twice the exercise price or twice the book value, if the acquiring company’s shares are not publicly traded. A copy of the Rights Agreement has been filed with the SEC.

Note 15 — Segment Reporting

Huntington has three distinct lines of business: Regional Banking, Dealer Sales, and the Private Financial and Capital Markets Group (PFCMG). A fourth segment includes the Company’s Treasury function and other unallocated assets, liabilities, revenue, and expense. Lines of business results are determined based upon the Company’s management reporting system, which assigns balance sheet and income statement items to each of the business segments. The process is designed around Huntington’s organizational and management structure and, accordingly, the results below are not necessarily comparable with similar information published by other financial institutions. During the second quarter of 2005, the Capital Markets Group was removed from the Treasury / Other segment and combined with the Private Financial Group to form the Private Financial and Capital Markets Group segment. Since the Capital Markets Group is now managed through the Private Financial Group, combining these two segments better reflects the management accountability and decision-making structure. Prior periods have been restated to reflect this change in methodology. An overview of this system is provided below, along with a description of each segment and discussion of financial results.

The following provides a brief description of the four operating segments of Huntington:

Regional Banking: This segment provides products and services to consumer, small business, and commercial customers. These products and services are offered in seven operating regions within the five states of Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia, Indiana, and Kentucky through the Company’s banking network of 336 branches, over 800 ATMs, plus Internet and telephone banking channels. Each region is further divided into Retail and Commercial Banking units. Retail products and services include home equity loans and lines of credit, first mortgage loans, direct installment loans, small business loans, personal and business deposit products, as well as sales of investment and insurance services. Retail Banking accounts for approximately 60% and 80% of total Regional Banking loans and deposits, respectively. Commercial Banking serves middle market and large commercial banking relationships, which use a variety of banking products and services including, but not limited to, commercial loans, international trade, cash management, leasing, interest rate protection products, capital market alternatives, 401(k) plans, and mezzanine investment capabilities.

Dealer Sales: This segment serves more than 3,500 automotive dealerships within Huntington’s primary banking markets, as well as in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. The segment finances the purchase of automobiles by customers of the automotive dealerships, purchases automobiles from dealers and simultaneously leases the automobiles to consumers under long-term operating or direct finance leases, finances the dealership’s floor plan inventories, real estate, or working capital needs, and provides other banking services to the automotive dealerships and their owners.

Private Financial and Capital Markets Group: The Private Financial segment provides products and services designed to meet the needs of the Company’s higher net worth customers with revenue derived through trust, asset management, investment advisory, brokerage, insurance, and private banking products and services. The Capital Markets segment focuses on financial solutions for corporate and institutional customers including investment banking, sales and trading of securities, mezzanine capital financing, and risk management products.

Treasury / Other: This segment includes revenue and expense related to assets, liabilities, and equity that are not directly assigned or allocated to one of the other three business segments. Assets included in this segment include investment securities and bank owned life insurance.

Use of Operating Earnings to Measure Segment Performance

Management uses earnings on an operating basis, rather than on a GAAP basis, to measure underlying performance trends for each business segment and to determine the success of strategies and future earnings capabilities. Operating earnings represent GAAP earnings adjusted to exclude the impact of the significant items listed in the reconciliation table below. For the three months and six months ending June 30, 2005, operating earnings were the same as reported GAAP earnings.

Listed below is certain operating basis financial information reconciled to Huntington’s second quarter and year-to-date 2005 and 2004 reported results by line of business.


	Three Months Ended June 30,
Income Statements	Regional			Dealer						Treasury/			Huntington
(in thousands of dollars)	Banking			Sales			PFCMG			Other			Consolidated

2005
Net interest income	$	193,924		$	36,887		$	19,417		$	(8,328	)	$	241,900
Provision for credit losses		(8,501	)		(4,635	)		241			—			(12,895	)
Non-interest income		76,474			46,052			33,066			578			156,170
Non-interest expense		(148,906	)		(47,823	)		(32,801	)		(18,606	)		(248,136	)
Income taxes		(39,547	)		(10,668	)		(6,973	)		26,574			(30,614	)

Operating earnings and net income, as reported	$	73,444		$	19,813		$	12,950		$	218		$	106,425


2004
Net interest income	$	163,312		$	37,886		$	15,167		$	6,198		$	222,563
Provision for credit losses		3,916			(8,283	)		(660	)		—			(5,027	)
Non-interest income		82,060			88,374			31,533			11,271			213,238
Non-interest expense		(147,443	)		(85,766	)		(31,746	)		(17,198	)		(282,153	)
Income taxes		(35,646	)		(11,274	)		(5,003	)		10,251			(41,672	)

Operating earnings		66,199			20,937			9,291			10,522			106,949
Gain on sale of automobile loans, net of tax		—			2,068			—			1,110			3,178

Net income, as reported	$	66,199		$	23,005		$	9,291		$	11,632		$	110,127


	Six Months Ended June 30,
Income Statements	Regional			Dealer						Treasury/			Huntington
(in thousands of dollars)	Banking			Sales			PFCMG			Other			Consolidated

2005
Net interest income	$	379,127		$	74,794		$	36,139		$	(12,962	)	$	477,098
Provision for credit losses		(20,916	)		(11,494	)		(359	)		—			(32,769	)
Non-Interest income		147,826			99,195			65,109			12,090			324,220
Non-Interest expense		(298,546	)		(104,419	)		(66,250	)		(37,198	)		(506,413	)
Provision for income taxes		(72,622	)		(20,326	)		(12,124	)		45,880			(59,192	)

Operating earnings and net income, as reported	$	134,869		$	37,750		$	22,515		$	7,810		$	202,944


2004
Net interest income	$	320,637		$	72,955		$	29,656		$	22,000		$	445,248
Provision for credit losses		1,743			(29,956	)		(2,410	)		—			(30,623	)
Non-Interest income		154,123			184,819			67,405			25,526			431,873
Non-Interest expense		(294,360	)		(177,132	)		(64,422	)		(31,893	)		(567,807	)
Provision for income taxes		(63,750	)		(17,740	)		(10,580	)		18,648			(73,422	)

Operating earnings		118,393			32,946			19,649			34,281			205,269
Gain on sale of automobile loans, net of tax		—			8,214			—			817			9,031

Net income, as reported	$	118,393		$	41,160		$	19,649		$	35,098		$	214,300


	Assets at						Deposits at
Balance Sheets	June 30,		December 31,		June 30,		June 30,		December 31,		June 30,
(in millions of dollars)	2005		2004		2004		2005		2004		2004

Regional Banking	$	18,789	$	17,864	$	16,532	$	17,643	$	17,411	$	16,662
Dealer Sales		6,021		6,100		6,162		68		75		71
PFCMG		2,004		1,959		1,834		1,159		1,176		1,017
Treasury / Other		6,175		6,642		6,893		3,461		2,106		1,715

Total	$	32,989	$	32,565	$	31,421	$	22,331	$	20,768	$	19,465

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

INTRODUCTION

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Huntington or the Company) is a multi-state diversified financial holding company organized under Maryland law in 1966 and headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Through its subsidiaries, Huntington is engaged in providing full-service commercial and consumer banking services, mortgage banking services, automobile financing, equipment leasing, investment management, trust services, and discount brokerage services, as well as reinsuring credit life and disability insurance, and selling other insurance and financial products and services. Huntington’s banking offices are located in Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia, Indiana, and Kentucky. Selected financial services are also conducted in other states including Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. Huntington has a foreign office in the Cayman Islands and a foreign office in Hong Kong. The Huntington National Bank (the Bank), organized in 1866, is Huntington’s only bank subsidiary.

The following discussion and analysis provides investors and others with information that Management believes to be necessary for an understanding of Huntington’s financial condition, changes in financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows, and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements, notes, and other information contained in this report.

Forward-Looking Statements

This report, including Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, contains forward-looking statements about Huntington. These include descriptions of products or services, plans or objectives of Management for future operations, including pending acquisitions, and forecasts of revenues, earnings, cash flows, or other measures of economic performance. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts.

By their nature, forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks, and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual conditions, events, or results to differ significantly from those described in the forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, those set forth below and under the heading “Business Risks” included in Item 1 of Huntington’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 (2004 Form 10-K), and other factors described in this report and from time-to-time in other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Management encourages readers of this report to understand forward-looking statements to be strategic objectives rather than absolute forecasts of future performance. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Huntington assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date the forward-looking statements were made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Risk Factors

Huntington, like other financial companies, is subject to a number of risks, many of which are outside of Management’s control. Management strives to mitigate those risks while optimizing returns. Among the risks assumed are: (1) credit risk , which is the risk that loan and lease customers or other counter parties will be unable to perform their contractual obligations, (2) market risk , which is the risk that changes in market rates and prices will adversely affect Huntington’s financial condition or results of operations, (3) liquidity risk , which is the risk that Huntington and / or the Bank will have insufficient cash or access to cash to meet operating needs, and (4) operational risk , which is the risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people, or systems, or external events. The description of Huntington’s business contained in Item 1 of its 2004 Form 10-K, while not all-inclusive, discusses a number of business risks that, in addition to the other information in this report, readers should carefully consider.

SEC Formal Investigation

In the administrative proceeding, the Commission charged that in its 2001 and 2002 fiscal years Huntington violated Sections 17(a)(2) and 17(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities Act”) and Sections 13(a) and 13(b)(2)(A) and (B) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”), and Exchange Act Rules 12b-20 and 13a-1; that Hoaglin violated Exchange Act Rule 13a-14 and caused Huntington’s violations of Securities Act Section 17(a)(2) and Exchange Act Sections 13(a) and 13(b)(2)(A) and (B), and Exchange Act Rules 12b-20 and 13a-1 with respect to fiscal year 2002; that McMennamin and Van Fleet violated Securities Act Sections 17(a)(2) and 17(a)(3), Exchange Act Section 13(b)(5) and Exchange Act Rule 13b2-1, and caused Huntington’s violations of Exchange Act Sections 13(a) and 13(b)(2)(A) and (B) and Exchange Act Rules 12b-20 and 13a-1 in fiscal years 2001 and 2002; and that McMennamin directly violated Exchange Act Rule 13a-14 in 2002. Without admitting or denying the charges in the administrative proceeding, Huntington and the individuals each agreed to cease and desist from committing and/or causing the violations charged as well as any future violations of these provisions. Additionally, Hoaglin, McMennamin, and Van Fleet agreed to pay disgorgement, pre-judgment interest, and penalties in the amounts of $667,609, $415,215, and $51,660, respectively. Van Fleet consented to a suspension from appearing or practicing before the Commission as an accountant for two years pursuant to Rule 102(e) of the Commission’s Rules of Practice. McMennamin consented to an undertaking that he will not act as an officer or director of a public company for five years.

Formal Regulatory Supervisory Agreements and Pending Acquisition

Management has been working with its banking regulators over the past several months and has been taking actions and devoting significant resources to address all of the issues raised. Management believes that the changes that it has already made, and is in the process of making, will address these issues fully and comprehensively.

No assurances, however, can be provided as to the ultimate timing or outcome of these matters.

SUMMARY DISCUSSION OF RESULTS

Earnings comparisons from the first quarter of 2004 through the second quarter of 2005 were impacted by a number of factors, some related to changes in the economic and competitive environment, while others reflected specific Management strategies or changes in accounting practices. Understanding the nature and implications of these factors on financial results is important in understanding the company’s income statement, balance sheet, and credit quality trends and the comparison of the current quarter and year-to-date performance with comparable prior-year periods. The key factors impacting the current reporting period comparisons are more fully described in the Significant Factors Influencing Financial Performance Comparisons section, which follows the summary of results below.

2005 Second Quarter versus 2004 Second Quarter

Net income for the second quarter of 2005 was $106.4 million, or $0.45 per common share, down 3% and 4%, respectively, from $110.1 million and $0.47 per common share in the year-ago quarter. This $3.7 million decrease in net income primarily reflected:

	•		$62.0 million, or 28%, decline in non-interest income, due primarily to a $40.6 million decline in operating lease income, as that portfolio continued to run-off, and a $25.7 million decline in mortgage banking income, reflecting a $10.2 million temporary impairment of mortgage servicing rights (MSR) in the current quarter compared with a $14.9 million recovery of MSR temporary impairment in the year-ago quarter. Other factors influencing the decline in non-interest income between quarters included lower gains from the sale of automobile loans, a decline in service charges on deposit accounts, as well as other service charges and fees, which were partially offset by higher securities gains, and trust services income.

	•		$7.8 million increase in the provision for credit losses as the year-ago quarter included a $9.7 million one-time commercial loan recovery.

Partially offset by:

	•		$34.0 million, or 12%, decline in non-interest expense, reflecting a $33.7 million decline in operating lease expenses.

	•		$19.3 million, or 9%, increase in net interest income reflecting a 6% increase in average earning assets and an effective 2% increase in the net interest margin. The increase in average earnings assets reflected 13% growth in average total loans and leases, including 15% growth in average consumer loans and 10% growth in average total commercial loans, partially offset by a 24% decline in average investment securities.

	•		$12.8 million decline in income tax expense as the effective tax rate in the 2005 second quarter was 22.3%, down from 28.3% in the year-ago quarter. The 2005 tax expense includes the benefit of a federal tax loss carry back and lower income before income taxes.

The return on average assets (ROA) and return on average equity (ROE) in the 2005 second quarter were 1.31% and 16.3%, respectively, down from 1.41% and 19.1%, respectively, in the year-ago quarter. Period end capital was strong with a June 30, 2005, tangible equity to assets ratio of 7.36%, up from 6.95% at the end of the year-ago period.

2005 Second Quarter versus 2005 First Quarter

Compared with 2005 first quarter net income of $96.5 million, or $0.41 per common share, 2005 second quarter net income and earnings per share increased 10%. This $9.9 million, or $0.04 per common share, increase in net income primarily reflected:

	•		$10.1 million, or 4%, decline in non-interest expense, reflecting a $9.1 million decline in operating lease expenses, as well as lower net occupancy expense.

	•		$7.0 million decline in provision for credit losses, reflecting a decline in net charge-offs and improvement in credit quality.

	•		$6.7 million, or 3%, increase in net interest income primarily reflecting the benefit of an effective 2% increase in the net interest margin, as average earnings assets were little changed. A 3% increase in average loans and leases was mostly offset by an 8% decline in average investment securities. The growth in average total loans and leases

included 2% growth in average consumer loans and 3% growth in average total commercial loans.

Partially offset by:

	•		$11.9 million decline in non-interest income, primarily reflecting a $14.4 million decline in mortgage banking income, as the current quarter included a $10.2 million MSR temporary impairment compared with a $3.8 million recovery of MSR temporary impairment in the prior quarter, and an $8.6 million decline in operating lease income. These declines were partially offset by a $7.6 million increase in other income, reflecting higher MSR hedge-related trading gains partially offset by the current period write-off of an equity investment, and a $2.1 million increase in service charges on deposit accounts.

	•		$2.0 million increase in income tax expense due to higher pre-tax income.

The ROA and ROE in the 2005 first quarter were 1.20% and 15.5%, respectively, with a tangible equity to assets ratio of 7.42% at March 31, 2005.

2005 First Six Months versus 2004 First Six Months

Net income for the first six months of 2005 was $202.9 million, or $0.86 per common share, down 5% and 7%, respectively, from $214.3 million, or $0.92 per common share, in the comparable year-ago period. This $11.4 million decrease in net income primarily reflected:

	•		$121.5 million, or 27%, decline in non-interest income, due primarily to a $82.7 million decline in operating lease income, as that portfolio continued to run-off, a $13.6 million decline in gains from the sale of automobile loans, a $9.3 million decline in mortgage banking income, reflecting a $6.5 million MSR temporary impairment in the current six-month period compared with a $4.8 million recovery of MSR temporary impairment in the year-ago period. Other factors influencing the decline in non-interest income between six-month periods was a decline in other income, mostly due to non-recurring items, lower securities gains, and a decline in service charges on deposit accounts, which were partially offset by higher trust services and other service charges and fee income.

	•		$2.1 million increase in the provision for credit losses, reflecting a growth in the loan portfolio.

Partially offset by:

	•		$61.3 million, or 11%, decline in non-interest expense, reflecting a $66.4 million decline in operating lease expenses.

	•		$31.9 million, or 7%, increase in net interest income reflecting a 7% increase in average earning assets as the net interest margin improved only slightly. The increase in average earning assets reflected 12% growth in average total loans and leases, including 14% growth in average consumer loans and 9% growth in average total commercial loans, partially offset by a 20% decline in average investment securities.

	•		$19.1 million decline in income tax expense as the effective tax rate for the first six months of 2005 was 22.6%, down from 26.8% in the year-ago period.

The ROA and ROE for the 2005 first six months were 1.26% and 15.9%, respectively, down from 1.39% and 18.7%, respectively, in the year-ago period.

Table 1 — Selected Quarterly Income Statement Data


	2005						2004									2Q05 vs 2Q04
(in thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)	Second			First			Fourth			Third			Second			Amount			Percent

Interest income	$	402,326		$	376,105		$	359,215		$	338,002		$	324,167		$	78,159			24.1	%
Interest expense		160,426			140,907			120,147			110,944			101,604			58,822			57.9

Net interest income		241,900			235,198			239,068			227,058			222,563			19,337			8.7
Provision for credit losses		12,895			19,874			12,654			11,785			5,027			7,868			N.M.

Net interest income after provision for credit losses		229,005			215,324			226,414			215,273			217,536			11,469			5.3

Operating lease income		38,097			46,732			55,106			64,412			78,706			(40,609	)		(51.6	)
Service charges on deposit accounts		41,516			39,418			41,747			43,935			43,596			(2,080	)		(4.8	)
Trust services		19,113			18,196			17,315			17,064			16,708			2,405			14.4
Brokerage and insurance income		13,544			13,026			12,879			13,200			13,523			21			0.2
Bank owned life insurance income		10,139			10,104			10,484			10,019			11,309			(1,170	)		(10.3	)
Other service charges and fees		11,252			10,159			10,617			10,799			10,645			607			5.7
Mortgage banking income (loss)		(2,376	)		12,061			8,822			4,448			23,322			(25,698	)		N.M.
Securities gains (losses)		(343	)		957			2,100			7,803			(9,230	)		8,887			96.3
Gain on sales of automobile loans		254			—			—			312			4,890			(4,636	)		(94.8	)
Other income		24,974			17,397			23,870			17,899			24,659			315			1.3

Total non-interest income		156,170			168,050			182,940			189,891			218,128			(61,958	)		(28.4	)

Personnel costs		124,090			123,981			122,738			121,729			119,715			4,375			3.7
Operating lease expense		28,879			37,948			48,320			54,885			62,563			(33,684	)		(53.8	)
Net occupancy		17,257			19,242			26,082			16,838			16,258			999			6.1
Outside data processing and other services		18,113			18,770			18,563			17,527			17,563			550			3.1
Equipment		15,637			15,863			15,733			15,295			16,228			(591	)		(3.6	)
Professional services		9,347			9,459			9,522			12,219			7,836			1,511			19.3
Marketing		7,441			6,454			5,581			5,000			8,069			(628	)		(7.8	)
Telecommunications		4,801			4,882			4,596			5,359			4,638			163			3.5
Printing and supplies		3,293			3,094			3,148			3,201			3,098			195			6.3
Amortization of intangibles		204			204			205			204			204			—			—
Restructuring reserve releases		—			—			—			(1,151	)		—			—			—
Other expense		19,074			18,380			26,526			22,317			25,981			(6,907	)		(26.6	)

Total non-interest expense		248,136			258,277			281,014			273,423			282,153			(34,017	)		(12.1	)

Income before income taxes		137,039			125,097			128,340			131,741			153,511			(16,472	)		(10.7	)
Provision for income taxes		30,614			28,578			37,201			38,255			43,384			(12,770	)		(29.4	)

Net income	$	106,425		$	96,519		$	91,139		$	93,486		$	110,127		$	(3,702	)		(3.4	)%


Average common shares — diluted		235,671			235,053			235,502			234,348			232,659			3,012			1.3	%

Per common share
Net income — diluted	$	0.45		$	0.41		$	0.39		$	0.40		$	0.47		$	(0.02	)		(4.3	)%
Cash dividends declared		0.215			0.200			0.200			0.200			0.175			0.040			22.9

Return on average total assets		1.31	%		1.20	%		1.13	%		1.18	%		1.41	%		(0.10	)%		(7.1	)%
Return on average total shareholders’ equity		16.3			15.5			14.6			15.4			19.1			(2.8	)		(14.7	)
Net interest margin ⁽¹⁾		3.36			3.31			3.38			3.30			3.29			0.07			2.1
Efficiency ratio ⁽²⁾		61.8			63.7			66.4			66.3			62.3			(0.5	)		(0.8	)
Effective tax rate		22.3			22.8			29.0			29.0			28.3			(6.0	)		(21.2	)

Revenue — fully taxable equivalent (FTE)
Net interest income	$	241,900		$	235,198		$	239,068		$	227,058		$	222,563		$	19,337			8.7	%
FTE adjustment		2,961			2,861			2,847			2,864			2,919			42			1.4

Net interest income ⁽¹⁾		244,861			238,059			241,915			229,922			225,482			19,379			8.6
Non-interest income		156,170			168,050			182,940			189,891			218,128			(61,958	)		(28.4	)

Total revenue ⁽¹⁾	$	401,031		$	406,109		$	424,855		$	419,813		$	443,610		$	(42,579	)		(9.6	)%


N.M., not a meaningful value.


⁽¹⁾		On a fully taxable equivalent (FTE) basis assuming a 35% tax rate.

⁽²⁾		Non-interest expense less amortization of intangibles divided by the sum of FTE net interest income and non-interest income excluding securities gains (losses).

Table 2 — Selected Year to Date Income Statement Data


	Six Months Ended June 30,						Change
(in thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)	2005			2004			Amount			Percent

Interest income	$	778,431		$	650,098		$	128,333			19.7	%
Interest expense		301,333			204,850			96,483			47.1

Net interest income		477,098			445,248			31,850			7.2
Provision for credit losses		32,769			30,623			2,146			7.0

Net interest income after provision for credit losses		444,329			414,625			29,704			7.2

Operating lease income		84,829			167,573			(82,744	)		(49.4	)
Service charges on deposit accounts		80,934			85,433			(4,499	)		(5.3	)
Trust services		37,309			33,031			4,278			13.0
Brokerage and insurance income		26,570			28,720			(2,150	)		(7.5	)
Bank owned life insurance income		20,243			21,794			(1,551	)		(7.1	)
Other service charges and fees		21,411			20,158			1,253			6.2
Mortgage banking income (loss)		9,685			19,026			(9,341	)		(49.1	)
Securities gains		614			5,860			(5,246	)		(89.5	)
Gain on sales of automobile loans		254			13,894			(13,640	)		(98.2	)
Other income		42,371			50,278			(7,907	)		(15.7	)

Total non-interest income		324,220			445,767			(121,547	)		(27.3	)

Personnel costs		248,071			241,339			6,732			2.8
Operating lease expense		66,827			133,273			(66,446	)		(49.9	)
Net occupancy		36,499			33,021			3,478			10.5
Outside data processing and other services		36,883			36,025			858			2.4
Equipment		31,500			32,314			(814	)		(2.5	)
Professional services		18,806			15,135			3,671			24.3
Marketing		13,895			15,908			(2,013	)		(12.7	)
Telecommunications		9,683			9,832			(149	)		(1.5	)
Printing and supplies		6,387			6,114			273			4.5
Amortization of intangibles		408			408			—			—
Other expense		37,454			44,438			(6,984	)		(15.7	)

Total non-interest expense		506,413			567,807			(61,394	)		(10.8	)

Income before income taxes		262,136			292,585			(30,449	)		(10.4	)
Provision for income taxes		59,192			78,285			(19,093	)		(24.4	)

Net income	$	202,944		$	214,300		$	(11,356	)		(5.3	)%


Average common shares — diluted		235,362			232,787			2,575			1.1	%

Per Common Share
Net income per common share — diluted	$	0.86		$	0.92		$	(0.06	)		(6.5)	%
Cash dividends declared		0.415			0.350			0.065			18.6

Return on average total assets		1.26	%		1.39	%		(0.13	)%		(9.4	)%
Return on average total shareholders’ equity		15.9			18.7			(2.8	)		(15.0	)
Net interest margin ⁽¹⁾		3.34			3.32			0.02			0.6
Efficiency ratio ⁽²⁾		62.7			63.7			(1.0	)		(1.6	)
Effective tax rate		22.6			26.8			(4.2	)		(15.7	)

Revenue — fully taxable equivalent (FTE)
Net interest income	$	477,098		$	445,248		$	31,850			7.2	%
FTE adjustment		5,822			5,942			(120	)		(2.0	)

Net interest income ⁽¹⁾		482,920			451,190			31,730			7.0
Non-interest income		324,220			445,767			(121,547	)		(27.3	)

Total revenue ⁽¹⁾	$	807,140		$	896,957		$	(89,817	)		(10.0	)%


N.M., not a meaningful value.


⁽¹⁾		On a fully taxable equivalent (FTE) basis assuming a 35% tax rate.

⁽²⁾		Non-interest expense less amortization of intangibles divided by the sum of FTE net interest income and non-interest income excluding securities gains.

Significant Factors Influencing Financial Performance Comparisons

Automobile leases originated through April 2002 are accounted for as operating leases. Automobile leases originated before May 2002 are accounted for using the operating lease method of accounting because they do not qualify as direct financing leases. Operating leases are carried in other assets with the related rental income, other revenue, and credit recoveries reflected as operating lease income, a component of non-interest income. Under this accounting method, depreciation expenses, as well as other costs and charge-offs, are reflected as operating lease expense, a component of non-interest expense. With no new operating leases originated since April 2002, the operating lease assets have declined rapidly. It is anticipated that the level of operating lease assets and related operating lease income and expense will decline to a point of diminished materiality sometime in 2006. However, until that point is reached, and since operating lease income and expense represented a significant percentage of total non-interest income and expense, respectively, throughout these reporting periods, their downward trend influenced total non-interest income and non-interest expense trends.

In contrast, automobile leases originated since April 2002 are accounted for as direct financing leases, an interest-bearing asset included in total loans and leases with the related income reflected as interest income and included in the calculation of the net interest margin. Credit charge-offs and recoveries are reflected in the allowance for loan and lease losses (ALLL), with related changes in the ALLL reflected in the provision for credit losses. The relative newness and rapid growth of the direct financing lease portfolio has resulted in higher reported automobile lease growth rates than in a more mature portfolio. To better understand overall trends in automobile lease exposure, it is helpful to compare trends in the combined total of direct financing leases plus operating leases (see the Company’s 2004 Form 10-K for additional discussion).

Generally recovering economic environment throughout this period. This has been reflected in improving demand for loans, including middle market commercial and industrial (C&I) loans, most notably beginning in the second half of 2004, as well as contributing to good growth in other consumer portfolios. This recovering trend has also been a contributing factor to generally improving credit quality performance throughout this period.

Mortgage servicing rights (MSRs) and related hedging. Interest rate levels throughout this period have remained low by historical standards. Though generally increasing throughout this period, they have also been volatile, with increases in one period followed by declines in another and vice versa. This has impacted the valuation of MSRs, which are volatile when rates change.

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Since the second quarter of 2002, the Company generally has retained the servicing on mortgage loans it originates and sells. MSR values are very sensitive to movements in interest rates as expected future net servicing income depends on the projected outstanding principal balances of the underlying loans, which can be greatly reduced by prepayments. Prepayments usually increase when mortgage interest rates decline and decrease when mortgage interest rates rise. Thus, as interest rates decline, less future income is expected and the value of MSRs declines and becomes impaired when the valuation is less than the recorded book value. The Company recognizes temporary impairment due to change in interest rates through a valuation reserve and records a direct write-down of the book value of its MSRs for other-than-temporary declines in valuation. Changes and fluctuations in interest rate levels between quarters resulted in some quarters reporting an MSR temporary impairment, with others reporting a recovery of previously reported MSR temporary impairment. Such swings in MSR valuations have significantly impacted quarterly mortgage banking income and quarterly trends throughout this period.

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The Company uses gains or losses on investment securities, and beginning in 2004, gains or losses and net interest income on trading account assets, to offset MSR temporary valuation changes. Valuation of trading and investment securities generally reacts to interest rate changes in an opposite direction compared with MSR valuations. As a result, changes in interest rate levels that impacted MSR valuations also resulted in securities or trading gains or losses. As such, in quarters where an MSR temporary

impairment is recognized, investment securities and/or trading account assets are sold resulting in a gain on sale, and vice versa. Investment securities gains or losses are reflected in the income statement in a single non-interest income line item, whereas trading gains or losses are a component of other non-interest income on the income statement. The earnings impact of the MSR valuation change, and the combination of securities and/or trading gains/losses may not exactly offset due to, among other factors, the difference in the magnitude and/or timing of when the MSR valuation is determined and recorded, compared with when the securities are sold and any gain or loss is recorded (see Table 3).

	4.		The sale of automobile loans. A key strategy over this time period was to lower the credit exposure to automobile loans and leases to 20% or less of total credit exposure, primarily by selling automobile loans. This objective was realized during the 2005 first quarter. These sales of higher-rate, higher-risk loans impact results in a number of ways including: lower growth rates in automobile, total consumer, and total loans; the generation of gains reflected in non-interest income; and lower net interest income and margin than otherwise would be the case if the loans were not sold (see Table 3).

	5.		Significant C&I and CRE charge-offs and recoveries. A single commercial credit recovery in the 2004 second quarter on a loan previously charged off in the 2002 fourth quarter favorably impacted the 2004 second quarter provision expense (see Table 14) , as well as middle-market commercial and industrial, total commercial, and total net charge-offs for the quarter (see Table 15). In addition, in the 2005 first quarter, a single large commercial credit was charged-off. This impacted 2005 first quarter total net charge-offs and provision expense (see Tables 3, 14, and 15)

	6.		Expenses and accruals associated with the SEC formal investigation and banking regulatory formal written agreements. On June 26, 2003, Huntington announced that the Securities and Exchange Commission staff was conducting a formal investigation into certain financial accounting matters relating to fiscal years 2002 and earlier and certain related disclosure matters. In addition, on March 1, 2005, Huntington announced that it had entered into a formal written agreement with the FRBC and that the Bank had entered into a formal written agreement with the OCC, providing for a comprehensive action plan designed to enhance its corporate governance, internal audit, risk management, accounting policies and procedures, and financial and regulatory reporting. These matters resulted in certain expenses and accruals as detailed below:


2004				2005

First quarter	$	0.7	million	First quarter	$	2.0	million
Second quarter		0.9		Second quarter		1.7

First six months		1.6	million	First six months	$	3.7	million

Third quarter		5.5
Fourth quarter		6.5

Full year	$	13.6	million

Other significant non-run rate items . The 2005 second quarter results included $3.6 million of severance and other expenses associated with the consolidation of certain operations functions, including the closing of an item-processing center in Michigan, which influences comparisons with both the year-ago quarter, as well as prior quarter. These expenses included $2.0 million in severance-related personnel costs, $0.8 million in net occupancy, $0.5 million in equipment expense, and $0.3 million in other expense.

The 2005 second quarter results also included a $2.1 million write-off of an equity investment.

Effective tax rate. The 2005 first and second quarter effective tax rate included the after-tax positive impact on net income due to a federal tax loss carry back, tax exempt income, bank owned life insurance, asset securitization activities, and general business credits from investment in low income housing and historic property partnerships. The lower effective tax rate is expected to impact each quarter of 2005. In 2006, the effective tax rate is anticipated to increase to a more typical rate slightly below 30%.

Table 3 — Significant Items Influencing Earnings Performance Comparisons ⁽¹⁾


	Impact ⁽²⁾
(in millions, except per share amounts)	Amount ⁽³⁾			EPS

Three Months Ended:

June 30, 2005 — GAAP earnings	$	106.4	⁽⁴⁾	$	0.45
Federal tax loss carry back		6.6	⁽⁴⁾		0.03
MSR temporary impairment net of hedge-related trading income		(4.0	)		(0.01	)
Severance and consolidation expenses		(3.6	)		(0.01	)
Write-off of equity investment		(2.1	)		(0.01	)

March 31, 2005 — GAAP earnings	$	96.5	⁽⁴⁾	$	0.41
Federal tax loss carry back		6.4	⁽⁴⁾		0.03
Single C&I charge-off impact, net of allocated reserves		(6.4	)		(0.02	)
SEC and regulatory related expenses		(2.0	)		(0.01	)

June 30, 2004 — GAAP earnings	$	110.1	⁽⁴⁾	$	0.47
Gain of sale of automobile loans		4.9			0.01
MSR temporary impairment recovery net of investment securities losses		1.2			—
Single C&I recovery		9.7			0.03

March 31, 2004 — GAAP earnings	$	139.1	⁽⁴⁾	$	0.45
Gain of sale of automobile loans		9.0			0.03
MSR temporary impairment net of investment securities gains		5.0			0.01

Six Months Ended:

June 30, 2005 — GAAP earnings	$	202.9	⁽⁴⁾	$	0.86
Federal tax loss carry back		13.0	⁽⁴⁾		0.06
MSR temporary impairment net of hedge-related trading income		(4.0	)		(0.01	)
Severance and consolidation expenses		(3.6	)		(0.01	)
Write-off of equity investment		(2.1	)		(0.01	)
Single C&I charge-off impact, net of allocated reserves		(6.4	)		(0.02	)
SEC and regulatory related expenses		(3.7	)		(0.01	)

June 30, 2004 — GAAP earnings	$	214.3	⁽⁴⁾	$	0.92
Gain of sale of automobile loans		13.9			0.04
MSR temporary impairment net of investment securities losses/hedge-related gains		6.2			0.01
Single C&I recovery		9.7			0.03

⁽¹⁾ Includes significant items with $0.01 EPS impact or greater

⁽²⁾ Favorable (unfavorable) impact on GAAP earnings

⁽³⁾ Pre-tax unless otherwise noted

⁽⁴⁾ After-tax

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Net Interest Income

(This section should be read in conjunction with Significant Factors 1, 2 and 4.)

2005 Second Quarter versus 2004 Second Quarter

Fully taxable equivalent net interest income increased $19.4 million, or 9%, from the year-ago quarter, reflecting the favorable impact of a $1.7 billion, or 6%, increase in average earning assets, and a 7 basis point, or an effective 2%, increase in the net interest margin. The fully taxable equivalent net interest margin increased to 3.36% from 3.29% in the year-ago quarter. The increase in the net interest margin from the year-ago quarter reflected a shift from lower-yielding investments to higher-yielding loans as a result of decreasing the level of excess liquidity, redirecting part of the proceeds of securities sales to fund loan growth, and higher yields on mezzanine-related loans. In addition, the margin also benefited from the increase of the impact of non-interest bearing funds.

Average total loans and leases increased $2.7 billion, or 12%, from the 2004 second quarter, reflecting growth in consumer loans, and to a lesser degree, growth in commercial loans. Total average consumer loans increased $1.7 billion, or 15%, from the year-ago quarter primarily due to a $1.1 billion, or 37%, increase in average residential mortgages as mortgage loan rates remained near historically low levels. Average home equity loans increased $0.5 billion, or 13%.

Average total automobile loans decreased $0.3 billion, or 11%, from the year-ago quarter reflecting the sale of automobile loans over this 12-month period as part of a strategy of reducing automobile loan and lease exposure as a percent of total credit exposure. Partially offsetting the decline in automobile loans was growth in direct financing leases due to the continued migration from operating lease assets, which have not been originated since April 2002. Average direct financing leases increased $0.3 billion, or 15%, from the year-ago quarter. Total automobile loan and lease production was 22% below the year-ago quarter, reflecting continued aggressive competition in this sector.

Average total commercial loans increased $1.0 billion, or 10%, from the year-ago quarter. This increase reflected a $0.4 billion, or 12%, increase in middle market commercial real estate (CRE) loans, a $0.3 billion, or 8%, increase in middle market commercial and industrial (C&I) loans, and a $0.2 billion, or 11%, increase in average small business C&I and CRE loans.

Average total investment securities declined $1.3 billion, or 24%, from the year-ago quarter. This decline reflected a combination of factors including lowering the level of excess liquidity, a decision to sell selected lower yielding securities, and partially funding loan growth with the proceeds from the sale of securities.

Average total core deposits in the 2005 second quarter were $17.0 billion, up $0.7 billion, or 5%, from the year-ago quarter, reflecting a $0.5 billion, or 7%, increase in average interest bearing demand deposit accounts, primarily money market accounts, a $0.3 billion, or 13%, increase in retail certificates of deposit, and a $0.1 billion, or 4%, increase in non-interest bearing deposits. These increases were partially offset by a $0.2 billion, or 6%, decline in savings and other domestic time deposits.

Tables 3 and 4 reflect quarterly average balance sheets and rates earned and paid on interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities.

2005 Second Quarter versus 2005 First Quarter

Compared with the 2005 first quarter, fully taxable equivalent net interest income increased $6.8 million, or 3%, reflecting a 5 basis point, or an effective 2%, increase in the net interest margin to 3.36% from 3.31% in the 2005 first quarter, and a slight increase in average earning assets. The increase in the net interest margin from the first quarter reflected the reduction in excess liquidity positions, a mix change in earning assets from investment securities to loans, and higher yields on mezzanine-related loans.

Average total loans and leases increased $0.6 billion, or 3%, from the 2005 first quarter with growth in average commercial loans and consumer loans contributing equally to the increase.

Total average commercial loans increased $0.3 billion, or 3%, from the first quarter primarily due to a $0.2 billion, or 4%, increase in average C&I loans. Average CRE loans increased 2%. As expected, this was a bit slower than in the prior quarter. The growth in C&I and CRE loans was more weighted toward loans to new, rather than existing customers. For commercial loans of $1 million or more made during the quarter, 61% represented loans to new borrowers with the dollar amount of growth led by the Central Ohio, Southern Ohio/Kentucky, Indiana, and East Michigan regions. On the same basis, those regions contributing most to the dollar amount of loan growth to existing customers were Northeast Ohio, Central Ohio, West Michigan, and East Michigan. Growth in average small business C&I and CRE loans was also 2% and was comparable to the growth rate in the 2005 first quarter.

Compared with the 2005 first quarter, average total consumer loans increased $0.3 billion, or 2%, reflecting a $0.2 billion, or 4%, increase in residential mortgages and a $0.1 billion, or 1%, increase in average home equity loans. Growth rates in residential mortgages and home equity loans remained strong, though they have slowed in each of the last two linked quarters. Average home equity loans increased $0.5 billion, or 13%, though annualized linked-quarter growth rates for the first two quarters of 2005 have been at rates roughly half that, at 6% and 7%, for the first and second quarters, respectively. Average automobile loans and leases increased $0.1 billion, or 2%, due to growth in automobile loans and, to a much lesser degree, growth in direct financing leases. This growth was in spite of a 2% decline in total automobile loan and lease production from the 2005 first quarter.

Average investment securities declined $0.3 billion, or 8%, from the 2005 first quarter reflecting a combination of factors including the release of excess liquidity, the lack of attractive investment options due to the current flat yield curve environment, and a strategy of partially funding strong loan growth with proceeds from investment securities sales.

Compared with the 2005 first quarter, average total core deposits declined slightl