OREANDA-NEWS. April 25, 2016. The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced that the public comment period has been extended through May 16, 2016, for the application by Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, Columbus, to acquire FirstMerit Corporation and thereby acquire FirstMerit Bank, N.A., both of Akron, all of Ohio, pursuant to section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended. The comment period is being extended to allow interested persons more time to review and provide comments concerning the proposal.

Comments regarding these applications must be received at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Attention: Mr. Allen M. Brown, Banking Supervisor, 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101; comments.applications@clev.frb.org) or the Office of the Secretary of the Board (20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20551) on or before May 16, 2016.

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