Company: FITBI
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-267273
Chunk: 138

Company: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form: S-4
Chunk 138
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the analyses performed by Goldman Sachs in connection with the fairness opinion and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the written opinion of Goldman Sachs attached as Annex B.

Goldman Sachs and its affiliates (collectively, “Goldman Sachs Affiliated Entities”) are engaged in advisory, underwriting, lending and financing,
principal investing, sales and trading, research, investment management and other financial and non-financial activities and services for various persons and entities. Goldman Sachs and its affiliates and
employees, and funds or other entities they manage or in which they invest or have other economic interests or with which they co-invest, may at any time purchase, sell, hold or vote long or short positions
and investments in securities, derivatives, loans, commodities, currencies, credit default swaps and other financial instruments of Fifth Third, Comerica and any of their respective affiliates and third parties (collectively, “Relevant
Parties”), or any currency or commodity that may be involved in the mergers. Goldman Sachs acted as financial advisor to Fifth Third in connection with, and participated in certain of the negotiations leading to, the transactions contemplated
by the merger agreement. Goldman Sachs has provided certain financial advisory and/or underwriting services to Fifth Third and/or its affiliates from time to time for which Goldman Sachs Investment Banking has received, and may receive,
compensation, including having acted as bookrunner with respect to the public offering of Fifth Third’s senior notes, in January 2025. During the two-year period ended October 5, 2025, Goldman Sachs
has recognized compensation for financial advisory and/or underwriting services provided by Goldman Sachs Investment Banking to Fifth Third and/or its affiliates of approximately $0.5 million. During the
two-year period ended October 5, 2025, Goldman Sachs Investment Banking has not been engaged by Comerica or its affiliates to provide financial advisory or underwriting services for which Goldman Sachs
has recognized compensation. As of October 5, 2025, Goldman Sachs Investment Banking was not mandated by Comerica and/or its Related Entities (as defined below) to provide to any such person financial advisory and/or underwriting services. In
addition, as of October 5, 2025, Goldman Sachs Investment Banking was not soliciting Comerica and/or its Related Entities to work on financial advisory and/or underwriting matters for any such persons on which it had not been mandated. Goldman
Sachs may also in the future provide financial advisory and/or underwriting services to