Company: FITBI
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-267273
Chunk: 51

Company: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form: S-4
Chunk 51
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the “Fifth Third board recommendation”); (ii) fails to make the Fifth 
 Third board recommendation in this joint proxy statement/prospectus; (iii) adopts, approves, recommends or endorses an acquisition proposal (as defined below in “The Merger Agreement — Agreement Not to Solicit Other                       
 Offers” beginning on page 132) or publicly announces an intention to adopt, approve, recommend or endorse an acquisition proposal; (iv) fails to publicly and without qualification (A) recommend against any acquisition                     
 proposal or (B) reaffirm the Fifth Third board recommendation within ten (10) business days (or such fewer number of days as remains prior to the Fifth Third special meeting) after an acquisition proposal is made public or any request by 
 Comerica to do so; or (v) publicly proposes to do any of the foregoing; or                                                                                                                                                                    |

| • |     | Fifth Third or the Fifth Third board of directors breaches in any material respect its obligations relating to non-solicitation of acquisition proposals or its obligations related to shareholder approval and the Fifth Third board recommendation. |

Neither Fifth Third nor Comerica is permitted to terminate the merger agreement as a result of any increase or decrease in the market price of Fifth Third common stock or Comerica common stock. Termination Fee (page 134) If the merger agreement is terminated under certain circumstances, including circumstances involving alternative acquisition proposals and changes in the recommendation of Fifth Third’s or Comerica’s respective boards, Fifth Third or Comerica, as applicable, may be required to pay a termination fee to the other equal to $500 million.

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Accounting Treatment (page 116) Fifth Third and Comerica each prepare their respective financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). The mergers will be accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting, and Fifth Third will be treated as the accounting acquirer. Comparison of Shareholders’ and Stockholders’ Rights (page 162) The rights of holders of Comerica common stock are governed by Delaware law and by the Comerica’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as amended, the “Comerica charter”) and Comerica’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Comerica bylaws”). Upon the effective time of the first merger, holders of Comerica common stock will become holders of Fifth Third common stock, and holders of Comerica preferred stock will become holders of new Fifth Third preferred stock, and their rights will