Company: FITBI
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-267273
Chunk: 332

Company: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form: S-4
Chunk 332
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 take any action or knowingly
fail to take any action where such action or failure to act could reasonably be expected to prevent (i) each of the Merger and the Bank Mergers from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the
Code or (ii) the Second Step Merger from qualifying as a “liquidation” as described in Section 332 of the Code;

(j)
amend its articles of incorporation, its bylaws or comparable governing documents of its Subsidiaries that are “significant subsidiaries” within the meaning of Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X of the SEC (“”);

(k) other than in prior consultation
with Fifth Third, materially restructure or materially change its investment securities or derivatives portfolio or its interest rate exposure, through purchases, sales or otherwise, or the manner in which the portfolio is classified or reported;

(l) implement or adopt any change in its financial accounting principles or methods, other than as may be required by GAAP;

(m) enter into any new line of business or, other than in the ordinary course of business (which may include partnering with third parties in
origination, flow, servicing and other capacities) consistent with past practice, change in any material respect its lending, investment, underwriting, risk and asset liability management and other banking and operating, securitization and servicing
policies (including any change in the maximum ratio or similar limits as a percentage of its capital exposure applicable with respect to its loan portfolio, any segment thereof or individual loans), except as required by applicable law, regulation
or policies imposed by any Governmental Entity;

(n) merge or consolidate itself or any of its Significant Subsidiaries with any other
person, or restructure, reorganize or completely or partially liquidate or dissolve it or any of its Significant Subsidiaries;

(o) make
(other than in the ordinary course of business), change or revoke any material Tax election, change an annual Tax accounting period, adopt or change any material Tax accounting method, file any material amended Tax Return, enter into any closing
agreement or similar agreement with a Tax authority with respect to a material amount of Taxes, or settle any material Tax claim, audit, assessment or dispute or surrender any material right to claim a refund of Taxes; or

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(p) agree to take, make any commitment to take, or adopt any resolutions of its Board of
Directors or similar governing body in support of, any of