Company: FITBI
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-267273
Chunk: 345

Company: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form: S-4
Chunk 345
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 qualifying as a “liquidation” as described in Section 332 of the Code, and each of Fifth Third and Comerica shall, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to, use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Mergers
and the Bank Mergers to so qualify.

(b) Fifth Third shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain the Fifth Third Tax Opinion, and Comerica
shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain the Comerica Tax Opinion (and, if the SEC requires any opinion regarding the U.S. federal income tax treatment of the Merger to be submitted in connection with the declaration of the effectiveness of the S-4, such opinions). In connection with the foregoing, each party shall deliver duly executed certificates (dated as of the necessary date and signed by an officer of Fifth Third, Fifth Third Intermediary or
Comerica, as applicable) containing such representations and warranties as shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Fifth Third’s counsel and Comerica’s counsel and reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable such
counsel to render such opinions (but only to the extent Fifth Third and Comerica in good faith believe they are able to make such representations and warranties truthfully).

7.7. .

(a) From and after the Effective Time, Fifth Third shall indemnify and hold harmless and shall advance expenses as incurred, in each case to
the extent (subject to applicable law) such persons are indemnified as of the date of this Agreement by Comerica pursuant to the Comerica Charter, the Comerica Bylaws, the Organizational Documents of any Subsidiary of Comerica and any
indemnification agreements in existence as of the date hereof and disclosed in of the Comerica Disclosure Schedule, each present and former director, officer or employee of Comerica and its Subsidiaries (in
each case, when acting in such capacity) (each, a “”) against any costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, damages or liabilities incurred in connection with any
threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether arising before or after the Effective Time, arising out of the fact that such person is or was a director,
officer or employee of Comerica or any of its Subsidiaries and pertaining to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time, including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;