Company: FITBI
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-267273
Chunk: 176

Company: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form: S-4
Chunk 176
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“DGCL”), Comerica’s stockholders will not be entitled to appraisal rights in connection with the transactions contemplated in the merger agreement if, on the record date of the Comerica’s special meeting, shares of
Comerica’s common stock listed on a national securities exchange are held of record by more than two thousand (2,000) stockholders, and Comerica’s stockholders are not required to accept as consideration for their shares anything other
than the shares of Fifth Third, shares of another corporation which at the effective date of the first merger are either listed on a national securities exchange or held of record by more than two thousand (2,000) stockholders, cash paid in lieu of
fractional shares or any combination of the foregoing. Comerica’s common stock is currently listed on the NYSE, a national securities exchange, and is expected to continue to be so listed on the record date for the Comerica special meeting. In
addition, Comerica stockholders will receive shares of Fifth Third common stock as consideration in the first merger, which shares are currently listed on NASDAQ, a national securities exchange, and are expected to continue to be so listed at the
effective time. Holders of Comerica common stock will receive cash in lieu of fractional shares. Accordingly, the holders of Comerica common stock are not entitled to any appraisal rights in connection with the first merger. For more information,
see “Risk Factors — Fifth Third shareholders and Comerica stockholders will not have dissenters’ rights or appraisal rights in the firstmerger.” on page 56.

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THE MERGER AGREEMENT

This section of the joint proxy statement/prospectus describes the material terms of the merger agreement. The description in this section and elsewhere in this joint proxy statement/prospectus is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the complete text of the merger agreement, which is attached asAnnexAto this document and incorporated by reference herein. This summary does not purport to be complete and may not contain all of the information about the merger agreement that is important to you. We urge you to read the full text of the merger agreement, as it is the legal document governing the mergers. This section is not intended to provide you with any factual information about Fifth Third or Comerica. Such information can be found elsewhere in this joint proxy statement/prospectus and in the public filings Fifth Third and Comerica make with the SEC, as described in