Company: FITBI
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-267273
Chunk: 353

Company: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form: S-4
Chunk 353
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 prior to and after the Effective Time, it is desirable that
Comerica Insiders not be subject to a risk of liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law in connection with the conversion of shares of Comerica Common Stock, Comerica Preferred Stock and
Comerica Equity Awards in the Merger, and for that compensatory and retentive purpose agree to the provisions of this . The Boards of Directors of Fifth Third and of Comerica, or a committee of non-employee directors thereof (as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 16b-3(d) under the Exchange Act), shall prior to the Effective Time, take all such steps as
may be necessary or appropriate to cause (x) in the case of Comerica, any dispositions of Comerica Common Stock, Comerica Preferred Stock or Comerica Equity Awards by Comerica Insiders and (y) in the case of Fifth Third, any acquisitions
of Fifth Third Common Stock, New Fifth Third Preferred Stock or equity awards of Fifth Third into which the Comerica Equity awards are converted by any Comerica Insiders who, immediately following the Merger, will be officers or directors of Fifth
Third subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, in each case pursuant to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, to be exempt from liability pursuant to Rule
16b-3 under the Exchange Act to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

7.20. . Fifth Third shall cause the shares of Fifth Third Common Stock and the depositary shares in respect of the New Fifth Third Preferred Stock to be issued in the Merger to be approved for listing on NASDAQ, subject to official
notice of issuance, prior to the Effective Time.

ARTICLE VIII

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

8.1.
. The respective obligations of the parties to effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Effective Time of the following
conditions:

(a) . The Stock Issuance shall have been approved by the shareholders of Fifth Third by the
Requisite Fifth Third Vote and this Agreement shall have been adopted by the stockholders of Comerica by the Requisite Comerica Vote.

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(b) . The shares of Fifth Third Common Stock and the depositary shares
in respect of the New Fifth Third Preferred Stock that shall be issuable pursuant to this Agreement shall have been authorized for listing