Richard A. Cheap

Richard A. Cheap
Vice President, Director
Huntington Preferred Capital, Inc.

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0001235444 CHEAP RICHARD A HUNTINGTON CENTER 41 S. HIGH STREET COLUMBUS 43287 1 General Counsel & Sec'y

Richard A. Cheap is general counsel and secretary for Huntington Bancshares Incorporated.He joined Huntington in 1998.Previously, he was a partner of the law firm Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur.Cheap's practice is concentrated on corporate and federal income taxation advice with an emphasis on transactional matters, including reorganizations, leveraged buy-outs, acquisitions and public and private offerings.Cheap received a bachelor's degree from John Carroll University; a law degree from Northwestern University and a master's of law in taxation from Georgetown University.He is a member of the American Bar Association.

Richard Cheap is the chief legal officer of Huntington Bancshares Inc., based in Columbus, Ohio.He was, relative to the size of his company and the riskiness of his pay package, the fifth-lowest-paid U.S. chief legal office in 2004.