Company: FITBI
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-267273
Chunk: 385

Company: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form: S-4
Chunk 385
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FIFTH THIRD BANCORP

A new Paragraph (A)(4)(a) of Article Fourth of the Amended Articles of Incorporation of Fifth Third Bancorp is added to read as follows:

(a)

Section 1. . The series of Preferred Stock shall be designated as the “6.875% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series M” (the “Series M Preferred
Stock”), and the number of shares so designated shall be 400,000. Such number may from time to time be increased (but not in excess of the total number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock) or decreased (but not below the number of shares
of Series M Preferred Stock then outstanding) by the Board of Directors. Shares of Series M Preferred Stock that are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued shares
of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series. The Corporation may in the future from time to time, without notice to or consent of the holders of the Series M Preferred Stock, issue additional shares of the Series M Preferred Stock; provided,
that any such additional shares may only be issued on a Series M Dividend Payment Date, will accrue dividends from the date they are issued, are not treated as “disqualified preferred stock” within the meaning of Section 1059(f)(2)
of the Internal Revenue Code and are otherwise treated as fungible with the Series M Preferred Stock for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Each share of Series M Preferred Stock shall have a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (the
“”).

Section 2. . As used herein with respect to the Series M Preferred
Stock, the following terms shall have the following meaning:

“Authorized Committee”shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3(a).

“Articles of Incorporation”shall mean the Amended Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation,
dated as of May 7, 2021, as it may be amended, modified or restated from time to time.

“Board of Directors”shall
mean the board of directors of the Corporation.

“Business Day” means any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday
or (ii) a day on which banking institutions in Cincinnati, Ohio or New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

“Corporation”shall mean Fifth Third Bancorp, an Ohio corporation.

“Code of Regulations” shall