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Filed under: Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933 and deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Filed by: Money Market Obligations Trust, on behalf of its portfolio Federated Treasury Obligations Fund.
Subject Company: Huntington U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund.
Subject Company Commission File No. 811-05010 and 033-11905
Date: October 30, 2015
The date of the Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Huntington U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund (the “Huntington Fund”), a portfolio of The Huntington Funds, has been changed from November 18, 2015 to December 2, 2015. Accordingly, the Huntington Fund will hold a special meeting of the shareholders of the Huntington Fund (“Special Meeting”) on December 2, 2015 to approve or disapprove the proposed Agreement and Plan of Reorganization pursuant to which Federated Treasury Obligations Fund, a portfolio of Money Market Obligations Trust, would acquire all (or substantially all) of the assets of the Huntington Fund, in complete liquidation and termination of the Huntington Fund. If approved, the reorganization is expected to close on or about December 4, 2015.
The Huntington Fund’s Board of Trustees has fixed October 2, 2015 as the record date (“Record Date”) for determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the Special Meeting.
Accompanying this communication you will find a copy of the Prospectus/Proxy Statement informing Huntington Fund shareholders of the Special Meeting and detailing the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization.
After the completion of the printing and mailing of the Prospectus/Proxy Statement, the Huntington Fund determined that there was an error in the number of Record Date outstanding shares and certain related information. As such, the Huntington Fund has determined to issue this communication to provide shareholders with corrected information.
Also, as noted above, the Huntington Fund has determined to change the date of the Special Meeting from November 18, 2015 to December 2, 2015 and the anticipated closing date from November 20, 2015 to December 4, 2015 and to re-mail the Prospectus/Proxy Statement and additional materials.
This communication serves as notice of the changes from the information included in the Prospectus/Proxy Statement. Specifically, the following information replaces and supersedes the information contained throughout the Prospectus/Proxy Statement regarding the date of the Special Meeting, the anticipated closing date and the shares of the Huntington Fund outstanding as of the Record Date:
Special Meeting Date: December 2, 2015 Anticipated Closing Date: December 4, 2015 Huntington Fund’s Record Date Shares Outstanding: 961,026,570.87
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In addition, the information provided below replaces and supersedes the information contained in the Section titled “SHARE OWNERSHIP OF THE FUNDS” as it relates to the Huntington Fund:
At the close of business on the Record Date, Officers and Trustees of the Huntington Fund owned less than 1% of each class of the Huntington Fund’s outstanding shares.
At the close of business on the Record Date, the following persons owned to the knowledge of management 5% or more of the outstanding Class A Shares of the Huntington U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund: Carey and Company, Columbus, OH, owned approximately 40,090,075 Shares (49.26%) and NFS LLC, New York, NY, owned approximately 41,087,523 Shares (50.48%).
At the close of business on the Record Date, the following persons owned to the knowledge of management 5% or more of the outstanding Institutional Shares of the Huntington U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund: Carey and Company, Columbus, OH, owned approximately 879,638,614 Shares (100.00%).
Shareholders owning 25% or more of outstanding Shares may be in control and be able to affect the outcome of certain matters presented for a vote of shareholders:
NFS LLC is organized in the state of Delaware and is a subsidiary of FMR LLC, organized in the state of Delaware.
Carey & Company is organized in the state of Maryland.
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All other information contained in the Prospectus/Proxy Statement otherwise remains unchanged.
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET VOTED ON THE PROPOSAL, PLEASE VOTE AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE. A NEW PROXY CARD IS INCLUDED WITH THIS MATERIAL FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE. VOTING EARLY, RATHER THAN WAITING, HELPS AVOID ADDITIONAL EXPENSES RELATING TO THE SOLICITATION OF VOTES. IF YOU ALREADY VOTED ON THE PROPOSAL AND DO NOT DESIRE TO CHANGE YOUR VOTE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO VOTE AGAIN. IF YOU ALREADY VOTED ON THE PROPOSAL AND YOU DESIRE TO CHANGE HOW YOU VOTED ON THE PROPOSAL, YOU CAN DO SO BY VOTING AGAIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED FOR VOTING.
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Federated Treasury Obligations Fund, a portfolio of Money Market Obligations Trust, (File Nos.: 811-5950 and 33-31602) (“Federated”), together with Huntington U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund, a portfolio of The Huntington Funds, has filed a prospectus/proxy statement and other relevant documents, concerning the planned transaction with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
INVESTORS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROSPECTUS/PROXY STATEMENT, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLANNED TRANSACTION, OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE PROSPECTUS/PROXY STATEMENT, BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRANSACTION AND RELATED MATTERS.
These documents are available free of charge on the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov. You may obtain additional information by calling the Huntington Funds at 1-800-253-0412 or at https://www.proxyonline.com/docs/HuntingtonUSTreasuryMM.pdf.
Filed under: Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933 and deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Filed by: Money Market Obligations Trust, on behalf of its portfolio Federated Treasury Obligations Fund.
Subject Company: Huntington U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund.
Subject Company Commission File No. 811-05010 and 033-11905
Date: October 30, 2015
The date of the Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Huntington U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund (the “Huntington Fund”), a portfolio of The Huntington Funds, has been changed from November 18, 2015 to December 2, 2015. Accordingly, the Huntington Fund will hold a special meeting of the shareholders of the Huntington Fund (“Special Meeting”) on December 2, 2015 to approve or disapprove the proposed Agreement and Plan of Reorganization pursuant to which Federated Treasury Obligations Fund, a portfolio of Money Market Obligations Trust, would acquire all (or substantially all) of the assets of the Huntington Fund, in complete liquidation and termination of the Huntington Fund. If approved, the reorganization is expected to close on or about December 4, 2015.
The Huntington Fund’s Board of Trustees has fixed October 2, 2015 as the record date (“Record Date”) for determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the Special Meeting.
After the completion of the printing and mailing of the Prospectus/Proxy Statement, the Huntington Fund determined that there was an error in the number of Record Date outstanding shares and certain related information. As such, the Huntington Fund has determined to issue this communication to provide shareholders with corrected information.
Also, as noted above, the Huntington Fund has determined to change the date of the Special Meeting from November 18, 2015 to December 2, 2015 and the anticipated closing date from November 20, 2015 to December 4, 2015.
This communication serves as notice of the changes from the information included in the Prospectus/Proxy Statement. Specifically, the following information replaces and supersedes the information contained throughout the Prospectus/Proxy Statement regarding the date of the Special Meeting, the anticipated closing date and the shares of the Huntington Fund outstanding as of the Record Date:
Special Meeting Date: December 2, 2015 Anticipated Closing Date: December 4, 2015 Huntington Fund’s Record Date Shares Outstanding: 961,026,570.87
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In addition, the information provided below replaces and supersedes the information contained in the Section titled “SHARE OWNERSHIP OF THE FUNDS” as it relates to the Huntington Fund:
At the close of business on the Record Date, Officers and Trustees of the Huntington Fund owned less than 1% of each class of the Huntington Fund’s outstanding shares.
At the close of business on the Record Date, the following persons owned to the knowledge of management 5% or more of the outstanding Class A Shares of the Huntington U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund: Carey and Company, Columbus, OH, owned approximately 40,090,075 Shares (49.26%) and NFS LLC, New York, NY, owned approximately 41,087,523 Shares (50.48%).
At the close of business on the Record Date, the following persons owned to the knowledge of management 5% or more of the outstanding Institutional Shares of the Huntington U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund: Carey and Company, Columbus, OH, owned approximately 879,638,614 Shares (100.00%).
Shareholders owning 25% or more of outstanding Shares may be in control and be able to affect the outcome of certain matters presented for a vote of shareholders:
NFS LLC is organized in the state of Delaware and is a subsidiary of FMR LLC, organized in the state of Delaware.
Carey & Company is organized in the state of Maryland.
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All other information contained in the Prospectus/Proxy Statement otherwise remains unchanged.
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET VOTED ON THE PROPOSAL, PLEASE VOTE AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE. VOTING EARLY, RATHER THAN WAITING, HELPS AVOID ADDITIONAL EXPENSES RELATING TO THE SOLICITATION OF VOTES. IF YOU ALREADY VOTED ON THE PROPOSAL AND DO NOT DESIRE TO CHANGE YOUR VOTE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO VOTE AGAIN. IF YOU ALREADY VOTED ON THE PROPOSAL AND YOU DESIRE TO CHANGE HOW YOU VOTED ON THE PROPOSAL, YOU CAN DO SO BY VOTING AGAIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED FOR VOTING.
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Federated Treasury Obligations Fund, a portfolio of Money Market Obligations Trust, (File Nos.: 811-5950 and 33-31602) (“Federated”), together with Huntington U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund, a portfolio of The Huntington Funds, has filed a prospectus/proxy statement and other relevant documents, concerning the planned transaction with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
INVESTORS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROSPECTUS/PROXY STATEMENT, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLANNED TRANSACTION, OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE PROSPECTUS/PROXY STATEMENT, BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRANSACTION AND RELATED MATTERS.
These documents are available free of charge on the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov. You may obtain additional information by calling the Huntington Funds at 1-800-253-0412 or at https://www.proxyonline.com/docs/HuntingtonUSTreasuryMM.pdf.
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