UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

~~March 25~~April 22, 2021

TCF FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Michigan	001-39009	38-2022454
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
(State or other jurisdiction ofincorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

333 W. Fort Street, Suite 1800, Detroit, Michigan 48226

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

(866) 258-1807

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


(Title of each class)	(Trading Symbol(s))	(Name of exchange on which registered)
Common Stock (par value $1 per share)	TCF	The NASDAQ Stock Market
Depositary shares, each representing a 1/1000th interest in a share of the 5.70% Series C Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock	TCFCP	The NASDAQ Stock Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

☐ Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨☐

Item 52.~~07 Submission~~02 Results of ~~Matters~~Operations toand aFinancial ~~Vote of Security Holders~~Condition.

~~TCF~~On ~~Financial Corporation ("TCF") held a special meeting of its shareholders on Thursday~~April 22, ~~March 25,~~ 2021, ~~in Detroit, Michigan related to~~ TCF's ~~proposed~~Financial ~~merger~~Corporation ~~with Huntington Bancshares Incorporated~~ (the "~~Huntington~~Corporation"). Atissued ~~the~~an ~~special~~earnings ~~meeting,~~press ~~TCF's~~release ~~shareholders~~for ~~voted~~the onquarter ~~three~~ended ~~proposals~~March 31, as2021. A ~~described~~copy inof the ~~joint~~press ~~proxy~~release ~~statement~~is ~~and~~attached ~~prospectus~~as ofExhibit ~~TCF~~99.1 and ~~Huntington~~is ~~dated~~incorporated ~~February~~by ~~17,~~reference ~~2021,~~in ~~and~~this ~~cast~~Item ~~their votes as described below:~~2.02.

~~Proposal~~The information contained in this Item 2.02 and in Exhibit 99.1 -shall ~~Approval~~not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the ~~Merger~~Securities ~~Agreement~~Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

TCF's shareholders approved the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated December 13, 2020, by and between TCF and Huntington (the "merger agreement"), under which TCF will merge with and into Huntington, with Huntington continuing as the surviving entity. The following is a tabulation of the voting results:

Votes For						Votes Against						Abstentions						Broker Non-Votes
121,750,066						2,764,456						116,306						0

Proposal 2 - Compensation Proposal

TCF's shareholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation that may be paid or become payable to TCF's named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the merger. The following is a tabulation of the voting results:

Votes For						Votes Against						Abstentions						Broker Non-Votes
114,903,781						9,274,150						452,897						0

Proposal 3 - Adjournment Proposal

TCF's shareholders approved a proposal to adjourn the TCF special meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to permit further solicitation of proxies in favor of Proposal 1, the TCF merger proposal. Although Proposal 3 was approved, the adjournment of the special meeting was not necessary because TCF's shareholders approved Proposal 1. The following is a tabulation of the voting results:

Votes For						Votes Against						Abstentions						Broker Non-Votes
111,612,224						12,715,562						303,042						0

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On March 25, 2021, TCF and Huntington issued a joint press release announcing that each company's shareholders approved the merger agreement. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

ExhibitNumber		Description
Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Earnings Press Release of TCF Financial Corporation, dated April 22, 2021	~~Joint Press Release dated March 25, 2021~~
104	Interactive Data File	~~Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document~~

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, ~~hereunto~~thereunto duly authorized.


			TCF FINANCIAL CORPORATION


			/s/ David T. Provost
			David T. Provost, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)


			/s/ Brian W. Maass
			Brian W. Maass, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)


			/s/ Kathleen S. Wendt
			Kathleen S. Wendt, Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)

Dated: ~~March 26~~April 22, 2021

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