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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 and change-in-control scenarios) for its Named Executive Officers are reasonable, appropriate, and align our executive officers’ interests with the long-term interests of our shareholders. Shareholders are encouraged to read the section of this Proxy Statement titled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” as well as the tabular disclosure regarding Named Executive Officer compensation together with the accompanying narrative disclosure. We conduct “Say-on-Pay” advisory votes on an annual basis. Vote Required Proxies received by Fifth Third Bancorp and not revoked prior to or at the Annual Meeting will be voted in favor of this non-binding advisory proposal unless otherwise instructed by the shareholder. Pursuant to the Company’s Code of Regulations, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the Company’s Common Stock and Series A, Class B Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class, present electronically or by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on this proposal is required to approve this advisory proposal. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE ADVISORY APPROVAL OF THE COMPENSATION OF THE NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AS DISCLOSED PURSUANT TO THE DISCLOSURE RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.

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Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation In 2024, the Human Capital and Compensation Committee members were Messrs. Akins, Benitez, Brumback, Heminger, and McCallister and Mses. Clement-Holmes, Rogers, and Williams. No executive officer of Fifth Third serves on any board of directors or compensation committee of an entity that compensates any member of the Human Capital and Compensation Committee.

| Fifth Third 2025 Proxy Statement |     | 87 |

Certain Beneficial Owners Under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, a beneficial owner of a security is any person who directly or indirectly has or shares voting power or investment power over such security. Such beneficial owner under this definition need not enjoy the economic benefit of such security. Pursuant to publicly available information and filings, the following table contains information regarding the only persons who, to our knowledge, beneficially own more than five percent of our common stock as of February 15, 2025:

| Title of Class |     | Name and Address of Beneficial Owner                                                   |     | Amount and Nature of 
 Beneficial Ownership |     |               |     | Percent  
 of Class |     |        |
| Common stock   |     | The Vanguard Group