Company: FITBI
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-267273
Chunk: 84

Company: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form: S-4
Chunk 84
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ETING This section contains information for Fifth Third voting shareholders about the special meeting that Fifth Third has called to allow shareholders of Fifth Third to consider and vote on the Fifth Third stock issuance proposal and other related matters. This joint proxy statement/prospectus is accompanied by a notice of the Fifth Third special meeting, and a form of proxy card that the Fifth Third board of directors is soliciting for use by Fifth Third voting shareholders at the special meeting and at any adjournments or postponements of the special meeting. Date, Time and Place of the Meeting The Fifth Third special meeting will be held virtually via the Internet on January 6, 2026, at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Standard Time. The Fifth Third special meeting is expected to be held in a virtual-only meeting format conducted via live webcast. Fifth Third shareholders may participate in the virtual meeting by accessing www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/FITB2026SM. Matters to Be Considered At the Fifth Third special meeting, Fifth Third voting shareholders will be asked to consider and vote on, voting together as a single class, the following proposals:

| • |     | the Fifth Third stock issuance proposal; and |

| • |     | the Fifth Third adjournment proposal. |

Recommendation of Fifth Third’s Board of Directors The Fifth Third board of directors unanimously recommends that you vote “FOR” the Fifth Third stock issuance proposal and “FOR” the Fifth Third adjournment proposal. See “ The Mergers — Fifth Third Reasons for the Mergers; Recommendation of Fifth Third’s Board of Directors” beginning on page 79 for a more detailed discussion of the Fifth Third board of directors’ recommendation. Record Date and Quorum The board of directors of Fifth Third has fixed the close of business on November 24, 2025 as the record date for the Fifth Third special meeting. Only holders of record of Fifth Third common stock and Fifth Third voting preferred stock as of the close of business on the record date for the Fifth Third special meeting are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Fifth Third special meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Holders of depositary shares representing Fifth Third voting preferred stock may not vote directly at the Fifth Third special meeting but should follow the directions given to them as to how to instruct the depositary, Equiniti Trust Company LLC, to vote the Fifth Third voting preferred stock represented by such holder’s depositary shares, using Fifth Third’s proxy card, which also serves as voting instructions to the depositary