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Huntington Mortgage Securities Fund Honored With CONTACT: COLUMBUS, Ohio -- April 19, 2005 -- At the recent
2005 Lipper Fund Awards in New York City, Lipper recognized the Huntington
Mortgage Securities Fund Trust Shares as the best U.S. Mortgage Fund
in its class for the three-year period ending Dec. 31, 2004 based
on risk-adjusted performance. Lipper selected the fund over 68 of
its peers in the U.S. Mortgage Funds category. Only one fund within
each category wins a Lipper Fund Award for a particular time period,
and less than two percent of mutual fund portfolios received this
award this year. The Lipper Fund Awards program spotlights funds and
fund families that have excelled in delivering consistently strong
risk-adjusted performance, relative to peers. For more information,
including methodology, visit http://www.lipperweb.com/2005FA/main.html For more complete information about Huntington Funds,
please call 1-800-253-0412 for prospectuses. You should consider the
fund's investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully
before you invest. Information about these and other important subjects
is in the fund's prospectus, which you should read carefully before
investing. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Lipper Awards do not take sales charges into account. Bond prices are sensitive to changes in interest rates
and a rise in interest rates can cause a decline in their prices. Investment in real estate investment trusts ("REITs")
involves special risk associated with an investment in real estate,
such as limited liquidity and interest rate risks. * Not A Deposit * Not FDIC Insured * Not Insured By
Any Government Agency * No Bank Guarantee * May Lose Value Edgewood Services, Inc. is the distributor of the funds,
and is not affiliated with The Huntington National Bank. Huntington
Asset Advisors, Inc. is the Investment Advisor of Huntington Funds. About Huntington Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Nasdaq: HBAN) is a $33 billion regional bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Through its affiliated companies, Huntington has more than 139 years of serving the financial needs of its customers. Huntington provides innovative retail and commercial financial products and services through more than 300 regional banking offices in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio 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 approximately 800 ATMs. Selected financial service activities are also conducted in other states including: Dealer Sales offices in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and Arizona; Private Financial Group offices in Florida; and Mortgage Banking offices in Florida, Maryland, and New Jersey. International banking services are made available through the headquarters office in Columbus and an office located in the Cayman Islands and an office located in Hong Kong.
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