Company: FITBI
Filing Date: 2025-10-09
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-234729
Chunk: 97

Company: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-09
Form: 425
Chunk 97
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” and the “,” respectively), to be held as soon as reasonably practicable after the S-4 is declared effective, for the purpose of obtaining (a) the Requisite Comerica Vote and the Requisite Fifth Third Vote required in connection with this Agreement and the Merger and (b) if so desired
and mutually agreed, a vote upon other matters of the type customarily brought before a meeting of shareholders or stockholders in connection with the approval of a merger agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby, and each of Comerica and
Fifth Third shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such meetings to occur as soon as reasonably practicable and on the same date and to set the same record date for such meetings. Such meetings may be held virtually, subject to applicable
law and the Organizational Documents of each party. Each of Fifth Third and Comerica and their respective Boards of Directors shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain from the shareholders or stockholders of Fifth Third and Comerica, as
applicable, the Requisite Fifth Third Vote and the Requisite Comerica Vote, as applicable, including by communicating to the respective shareholders or stockholders of Fifth Third and Comerica, as applicable, its recommendation (and including such
recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement) that, in the case of Fifth Third, the shareholders of Fifth Third approve the Stock Issuance (the “”), and in the case of Comerica, that the stockholders
of Comerica adopt this Agreement (the “”). Each of Fifth Third and Comerica and their respective Boards of Directors shall not (i) withhold,

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withdraw, modify or qualify in a manner adverse to the other party the Fifth Third Board Recommendation, in the case of Fifth Third, or the Comerica Board Recommendation, in the case of Comerica,
(ii) fail to make the Fifth Third Board Recommendation, in the case of Fifth Third, or the Comerica Board Recommendation, in the case of Comerica, in the Joint Proxy Statement, (iii) adopt, approve, recommend or endorse an Acquisition
Proposal or publicly announce an intention to adopt, approve, recommend or endorse an Acquisition Proposal, (iv) fail to publicly and without qualification (A) recommend against any Acquisition Proposal or (B) reaffirm the Fifth Third
Board Recommendation, in the case of Fifth Third, or the Comerica Board Recommendation, in the case of Comerica, in each case within ten (10) business