Company: FITBI
Filing Date: 2025-03-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-045653
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Company: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-04
Form: DEF 14A
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 meeting via the online platform. Shareholders may submit questions by signing into the virtual meeting platform at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/FITB2025 , and by typing a question into the “Ask a Question” field and clicking submit. Shareholders may submit questions beginning on April 8, 2025 by logging onto proxyvote.com with their 16-digit control number. Questions that are germane to the purpose of the Annual Meeting will be answered during the meeting, subject to time constraints. Questions regarding personal matters or matters not relevant to the Annual Meeting will not be answered. Substantially similar questions may be combined. Shareholders of Common Stock may vote during the Annual Meeting. Shareholders may also vote before the date of the Annual Meeting using one of the methods provided on the proxy card. Holders of depositary shares representing Preferred Stock may only submit voting instructions prior to the Annual Meeting using one of the methods provided on the proxy card. We recommend that shareholders vote by mail, internet, or telephone prior to the Annual Meeting, even if they plan to attend the Annual Meeting virtually.

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PROXY STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS

About Our Company

| Fifth Third is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio and is the indirect holding company of Fifth Third Bank, National Association. The Bancorp operates three main businesses: Commercial Banking, Consumer and Small Business Banking, and Wealth & Asset Management. Fifth Third has approximately 19,000 employees, banking centers across 11 states, and commercial and consumer lending presence across the United States. |     | Key Strategic Priorities   Stability • Resilient balance sheet   • Strong credit profile   Profitability • Diverse fee mix with high total revenue contribution   • Expense discipline   • NII growth and NIM expansion   Growth • Southeast demographics   • Midwest and renewables infrastructure investments   • Technology-enabled product innovation |

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PROXY STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS Corporate Performance Highlights

Strong financial performance, reflecting solid operating results

| • |     | Our adjusted full-year return on assets, return on tangible common equity excluding AOCI, and efficiency ratio all finished among the top in our peer group |

| • |     | Prudently managed expenses throughout the year while continuing to invest in the business |

| • |     | Generated consumer household growth of 2.3%