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Huntington Bancshares Incorporated to Announce 2009 First Quarter Earnings and Hold Earnings Conference Call April 21, 2009

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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- March 26, 2009 -- Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Nasdaq: HBAN) expects to report its first quarter earnings on Tuesday, April 21, 2009, prior to the market opening. A news release and supporting financial data will be available at that time on the company's website at www.huntington-ir.com.

Conference Call / Webcast Information

Huntington's senior management will host an earnings conference call the same day at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). The call may be accessed via a live Internet webcast at www.huntington-ir.com or through a dial-in telephone number at (800)223-1238; conference ID 92645511. Slides will be available at www.huntington-ir.com just prior to 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on April 21, 2009 for review during the call.

A replay of the webcast will be archived in the Investor Relations section of Huntington's web site www.huntington.com. A telephone replay will be available two hours after the completion of the call through April 30, 2009 at (800)642-1687; conference ID 92645511.

About Huntington

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is a $54 billion regional bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Huntington has more than 143 years of serving the financial needs of its customers. Huntington's banking subsidiary, The Huntington National Bank, provides innovative retail and commercial financial products and services through over 600 regional banking offices in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Huntington also offers retail and commercial financial services online at huntington.com; through its technologically advanced, 24-hour telephone bank; and through its network of almost 1,400 ATMs. The Auto Finance and Dealer Services group offers automobile loans to consumers and commercial loans to automobile dealers through offices located in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Selected financial service activities are also conducted in other states including: Private Financial Group offices in Florida; and Mortgage Banking offices in Maryland and New Jersey. International banking services are made available through the headquarters office in Columbus, a limited purpose office located in the Cayman Islands, and another located in Hong Kong.

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