Company: FITBI
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-267273
Chunk: 236

Company: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form: S-4
Chunk 236
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 Third according to
their respective rights and preferences.

For purposes of this section, the sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock, securities
or other consideration) of all or substantially all of the property and assets of Fifth Third will not be deemed a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of Fifth Third, nor will the merger, consolidation or
any other business combination of any other corporation or person into or with Fifth Third be deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of Fifth Third.

The new Fifth Third preferred stock may be fully subordinate to interests held by the U.S. government in the event of a receivership, insolvency, liquidation
or similar proceeding, including a proceeding under the “orderly liquidation authority” provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

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Voting Rights

Except as provided below or as expressly required by law, the holders of shares of new Fifth Third preferred stock will have no voting power, and no right to
vote on any matter at any time.

Right to Elect Two Directors Upon Nonpayment of Dividends

Whenever dividends payable on the shares of new Fifth Third preferred stock have not been paid for six quarterly dividend periods, or their equivalent, whether
or not consecutive, then the holders of new Fifth Third preferred stock will have the right, with holders of any other equally ranked series of preferred stock that have similar voting rights and on which dividends likewise have not been paid (the
“Voting Parity Securities”), voting together as a class, at a special meeting called at the request of the holders of at least 20% of the voting power of new Fifth Third preferred stock and any Voting Parity Securities (unless such
request for a special meeting is received less than 90 calendar days before the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting of Fifth Third shareholders, in which event such election will be held only at such next annual or special meeting of
Fifth Third shareholders) or at Fifth Third next annual or special meeting of Fifth Third shareholders, to elect two additional directors to Fifth Third’s board of directors; provided, that the election of any such director does not
cause Fifth Third to violate the applicable corporate governance requirements of the exchange or trading market where Fifth Third common stock is then listed or quoted, as the case may be. At any meeting held for the purpose of electing such
directors, the presence in person, virtually or by