Company: FITBI
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-267273
Chunk: 31

Company: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form: S-4
Chunk 31
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 to submit the Comerica merger proposal to the Comerica stockholders even if the Comerica board of directors has withdrawn or modified its recommendation. |

| Q: | Are Fifth Third common shareholders or holders of Fifth Third preferred stock entitled to appraisal or 
 dissenters’ rights?                                                                                    |

| A: | No. Holders of Fifth Third common stock and holders of Fifth Third preferred stock (including depositary                                                                                                                   
 shares in respect of Fifth Third preferred stock) are not entitled to appraisal or dissenters’ rights under the OGCL. For more information, see the section entitled “The Mergers — Appraisal or Dissenters’ Rights in the 
 First Merger” beginning on page 118.                                                                                                                                                                                       |

| Q: | Are Comerica common stockholders, holders of Comerica preferred stock or holders of Comerica depositary 
 shares entitled to appraisal or dissenters’ rights?                                                     |

| A: | No. Comerica common stockholders, holders of Comerica preferred stock and holders or Comerica depositary                                                                                                   
 shares are not entitled to appraisal or dissenters’ rights under the DGCL. For more information, see the section entitled “The Mergers — Appraisal or Dissenters’ Rights in the First Merger” beginning on 
 page 118.                                                                                                                                                                                                  |

| Q: | Are there any risks that I should consider in deciding whether to vote for the adoption or approval, as      
 applicable, of the proposals to be voted on at the Fifth Third special meeting and Comerica special meeting? |

| A: | Yes. You should read and carefully consider the risk factors set forth in the section entitled                                                                                                                    
 “Risk Factors” beginning on page 50. You also should read and carefully consider the risk factors of Fifth Third and Comerica contained in the documents that are incorporated by reference into this joint proxy 
 statement/prospectus.                                                                                                                                                                                             |

| Q: | What are the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the first merger to holders of Comerica common 
 stock?                                                                                                       |

| A: | The first merger is intended to qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of                                            
 Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). It is a condition to Fifth Third’s obligation to |

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| effect the first merger that Fifth Third receives an opinion from Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, dated as of the closing date, to the