Company: FITBI
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-267273
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Company: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form: S-4
Chunk 205
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 such expense, except that the costs and expenses of printing and mailing this joint proxy statement/prospectus and all filing and other fees paid to governmental entities in connection with the mergers and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement will be borne equally by Fifth Third and Comerica. 135

Amendment, Waiver and Extension of the Merger Agreement

Subject to compliance with applicable law, the merger agreement may be amended by the parties at any time before or after the receipt of the requisite Fifth
Third vote or the requisite Comerica vote, except that after the receipt of the requisite Fifth Third vote or the requisite Comerica vote, there may not be, without further approval of the holders of common stock of Fifth Third or Comerica, as
applicable, any amendment of the merger agreement that requires such further approval under applicable law.

At any time prior to the completion of the
first merger, each of the parties may, to the extent legally allowed, extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other party, waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the other party
contained in the merger agreement or in any document delivered by such other party pursuant to the merger agreement, and waive compliance with any of the agreements or satisfaction of any conditions for its benefit contained in the merger agreement,
except that after the receipt of the requisite Fifth Third vote or the requisite Comerica vote, there may not be, without further approval of the holders of common stock of Fifth Third or Comerica, as applicable, any extension or waiver of the
merger agreement or any portion thereof that requires further approval under applicable law.

Governing Law

The merger agreement is governed by and will be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio, without any regard to any applicable conflicts of
law principles (except that matters relating to the fiduciary duties of the Comerica board of directors will be subject to the laws of the State of Delaware).

Specific Performance

Fifth
Third and Comerica will be entitled to specific performance of the terms of the merger agreement, including an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of the merger agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of
the terms and provisions of the merger agreement (including the parties’ obligations to consummate the mergers), in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.

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MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE