Company: FITBI
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-267273
Chunk: 247

Company: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form: S-4
Chunk 247
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% of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Comerica entitled to vote.                                                                                 |
| Forum Selection Bylaw:                        |     | Fifth Third’s code of regulations provide that the federal courts of the United States shall be the exclusive forum for resolving any claim arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.                          |     | Comerica’s bylaws do not require any exclusive forum with respect to legal actions against or involving Comerica.                                                                                                                |

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LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the Fifth Third common stock and new Fifth Third preferred stock to be issued in connection with the first merger will be passed upon by
Christian Gonzalez, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Fifth Third, and the validity of the new Fifth Third depositary shares to be issued in connection with the first merger will be passed upon for Fifth Third by
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, New York, counsel to Fifth Third. As of October 31, 2025, the last practicable trading day before the date of the accompanying joint proxy statement/prospectus, Mr. Gonzalez beneficially owned
shares of Fifth Third common stock and options to acquire shares of Fifth Third common stock representing less than one percent (1%) of the total outstanding shares of Fifth Third common stock.

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, New York, counsel for Fifth Third, and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, counsel for Comerica, will provide
prior to the effective time opinions regarding certain federal income tax consequences of the first merger for Fifth Third and Comerica, respectively.

EXPERTS

FIFTH THIRD.The consolidated financial statements of Fifth Third Bancorp and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2024, and 2023, and for each of the
three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, incorporated by reference in this Prospectus, and the effectiveness of Fifth Third Bancorp’s internal control over financial reporting have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an
independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their reports. Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated by reference in reliance upon the reports of such firm given their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

COMERICA.The consolidated financial statements of Comerica appearing in Comerica’s Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, and the effectiveness of Comerica’s internal control over financial reporting as of December