Company: FITBI
Filing Date: 2025-10-09
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-234729
Chunk: 27

Company: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-09
Form: 425
Chunk 27
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 the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on (i) the business, properties, assets, liabilities, results of operations or financial condition of such party and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole (, , that, with respect to this clause (i), Material
Adverse Effect shall not be deemed to include the impact of (A) changes, after the date hereof, in U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“”) or applicable regulatory accounting requirements, (B) changes,
after the date hereof, in laws, rules or regulations of general applicability to companies in the industries in which such party and its Subsidiaries operate, or interpretations thereof by courts or Governmental Entities, (C) changes, after the
date hereof, in global, national or regional political conditions (including the outbreak of war or acts of terrorism) or in economic or market (including equity, credit and debt markets, as well as changes in interest rates) conditions affecting
the financial services industry generally and not specifically relating to such party or its Subsidiaries, (D) changes, after the date hereof, resulting from hurricanes, earthquakes, tornados, floods or other natural or manmade disasters or
from any outbreak of any disease or other public health event, (E) public disclosure of the transactions contemplated hereby or actions expressly required by this Agreement or that are taken with the prior written consent of the other parties
in contemplation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or (F) a decline in the trading price of a party’s common stock or the failure, in and of itself, to meet earnings projections or internal financial forecasts, but not, in either
case, including any underlying causes thereof; except, with respect to , , or , to the extent that the effects of such change are materially disproportionately adverse to the
business, properties, assets, liabilities results of operations or financial condition of such party and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to other companies in the industry in which such party and its Subsidiaries operate) or
(ii) the ability of such party to timely consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. As used in this Agreement, the word “” when used with respect to any person, means any corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, bank or other organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, or person of which (x) such first person directly or indirectly owns or controls at least a majority of the