Company: FITBI
Filing Date: 2025-10-08
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001193125-25-234686
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Company: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-08
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 1.01
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 not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

  Exhibit No.      Description                                                                                                                                                                                
  2.1*             Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 5, 2025, by and among Fifth Third Bancorp, Fifth Third Financial Corporation, Comerica Incorporated and Comerica Holdings Incorporated.  
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  Schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule will be furnished supplementally to the SEC upon request; provided, however, that the pa...  

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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