Company: FITBI
Filing Date: 2025-10-09
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-234729
Chunk: 19

Company: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-09
Form: 425
Chunk 19
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 are necessary to effectuate the treatment of the Comerica Options, the Comerica RSU Awards, the Comerica PSU Awards and the Comerica DSU Awards (collectively, the “”) as
contemplated by this .

(h) . The Comerica Employee Stock Purchase
Plan (the “”) shall terminate, effective as of no later than the fifth trading day before the Effective Time, but subsequent to the exercise of purchase rights on such purchase date (in accordance with the terms of
the Comerica ESPP); , that, if requested by Fifth Third in writing at least ten (10) business days prior to the first day of the enrollment period for the offering period immediately following the offering period in progress as
of the date hereof (the “”), Comerica shall take all actions that are reasonably necessary to ensure that no additional offering period shall commence following the conclusion of the Current Offering Period.

1.9. . At the Effective Time, the Articles of Incorporation of Fifth Third
Intermediary (the “”), as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be the Articles of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended in accordance with
applicable law.

1.10. . At the Effective Time, the Code of Regulations of Fifth Third
Intermediary (the “”), as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be the Code of Regulations of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended in accordance with
applicable law.

1.11. .

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, immediately following the Effective Time, at the Second Step Effective Time,
Comerica Holdings shall be merged with and into the Surviving Corporation (the “,” and together with the Merger, the “”) in accordance with the OGCL and the DGCL. The Surviving
Corporation shall be the surviving corporation in the Second Step Merger and shall continue its corporate existence under the laws of the State of Ohio. Upon consummation of the Second Step Merger, the separate corporate existence of Comerica
Holdings will cease. At and after the Second Step Effective Time, the Second Step Merger shall have the effects set forth in the applicable provisions of the DGCL and OGCL.

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(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on or before the Closing Date,
the parties will cause a certificate of merger with respect to the Second Step Merger to be filed with the Delaware Secretary and a