Company: FITBI
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-267273
Chunk: 370

Company: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form: S-4
Chunk 370
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 the board of directors of Comerica Bank & Trust, National Association have deemed the

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Bank Mergers advisable and in the best interests of their respective banks, and have each adopted resolutions authorizing and approving the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby; and

WHEREAS, Fifth Third Intermediary, as the sole shareholder of Fifth Third Bank, National
Association, Comerica, as the sole shareholder of Comerica Bank, and Comerica Holdings, as the sole shareholder of Comerica Bank & Trust, National Association, have adopted and approved this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties, intending to be legally
bound, hereto do hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

BANK MERGER

Section 1.01 . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the applicable Effective Time, Comerica
Bank and Comerica Bank & Trust, National Association shall each be merged with and into Fifth Third Bank, National Association in accordance with the provisions of, and with the effects provided in, applicable law (including 12 U.S.C.
§ 215a-1, 12 U.S.C. § 1831u , 12 U.S.C. § 1828(c) and Texas Fin. Code § 32.501). At each Effective Time, the separate existence of Comerica Bank and Comerica Bank & Trust, National Association, as applicable, shall
cease, and Fifth Third Bank, National Association, as the surviving entity in each Bank Merger (the “”), shall continue its existence under the laws of the United States as a national banking association.

Section 1.02 .

(a) The Surviving Bank shall be responsible for all of the liabilities of every kind and description, including liabilities arising from the
operation of any trust department, of each of Comerica Bank, Comerica Bank & Trust, National Association, and Fifth Third Bank, National Association existing as of the applicable Effective Time.

(b) All assets and all rights, franchises and interests of each of Comerica Bank and Comerica Bank & Trust, National Association in
and to every type of property (including intellectual, real, personal and mixed), tangible and intangible, and choses in action, in each case, as they exist immediately prior to the applicable Effective Time, shall be transferred to and vested in
the Surviving Bank