Company: FITBI
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-267273
Chunk: 351

Company: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form: S-4
Chunk 351
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 advance of such issuance or (ii) for such releases, announcements or
statements that are consistent with other such releases, announcement or statements made after the date of this Agreement in compliance with this .

7.15. . Fifth Third and Comerica shall be empowered, upon their mutual agreement, at any time prior to the Effective
Time, to change the method or structure of effecting the combination of Comerica and Fifth Third (including the provisions of ), if and to the extent they both deem such change to be necessary, appropriate or desirable; provided,
however, that no such change shall (i) alter or change the Exchange Ratio or the number of shares of Fifth Third Common Stock received by holders of Comerica Common Stock in exchange for each share of Comerica Common Stock, (ii) adversely
affect the tax treatment of Fifth Third’s shareholders or Comerica’s stockholders pursuant to this Agreement, (iii) adversely affect the tax treatment of Fifth Third or Comerica pursuant to this Agreement or (iv) materially
impede or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in a timely manner. Fifth Third and Comerica agree to reflect any such change in an appropriate amendment to this Agreement executed by the parties in accordance
with .

7.16. . If either Comerica or Fifth Third shall have failed to
obtain the Requisite Comerica Vote or the Requisite Fifth Third Vote at the duly convened Comerica Meeting or Fifth Third Meeting, as applicable, or any adjournment or postponement thereof, each of the parties shall in good faith use its reasonable
best efforts to negotiate a restructuring of the transactions provided for herein (it being understood that neither party shall have any obligation to alter or change any material terms, including the amount or kind of the consideration to be issued
to holders of the capital stock of Comerica or Fifth Third as provided for in this Agreement, in a manner adverse to such party or its shareholders or stockholders, as applicable) and/or resubmit this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby (or as restructured pursuant to this ) to its respective shareholders or stockholders, as applicable, for approval.

7.17. . None of Comerica, Comerica Holdings, Fifth Third, Fifth Third Intermediary or their respective Boards of
Directors shall take any action that would cause any Takeover Statute to become applicable to this Agreement, the Mergers, the Bank Mergers or any