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
Chunk 29
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.The Technology Committee oversees Fifth Third’s information security and privacy programs. The Technology Committee is comprised of Board members with extensive technology backgrounds. Its primary purpose is to assist the Board in its oversight of technology and innovation strategies, plans, and operations related to information technology, cybersecurity, and data privacy. In 2024, the Technology Committee held sessions with the Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Officer to ensure the Bank’s approach to safeguarding customer data and other sensitive information was adequate, appropriate, and reflective of best practices in order to stay ahead of emerging cyber threats. The Risk and Compliance Committee oversees risks related to information security, technology, cyber security, and data privacy and receives reports from the Technology Committee on the same. The Technology and Risk and Compliance Committees meet jointly at least once per year to discuss the Company’s programs and risks. The full Board also directly received reports on Fifth Third’s cybersecurity and organizational defense.

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Communication with the Board. Shareholders may communicate directly with the Board of Directors in writing by sending a letter to the Board at: Fifth Third Bancorp Board of Directors, c/o Fifth Third Legal Department, Office of the Corporate Secretary, 38 Fountain Square Plaza, MD 10907F, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. All communications directed to the Board of Directors will be received and processed by the Fifth Third Legal Department and will be transmitted to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Audit Committee has also established Fifth Third’s EthicsLine, a toll-free hotline and web portal through which employees or third parties may raise confidential and anonymous complaints regarding: illegal or fraudulent activity; questionable accounting, internal controls, or auditing matters; conflicts of interest, dishonest or unethical conduct, including inappropriate sales practices; disclosures in the Company’s SEC reports, bank regulatory filings, and other public disclosures that are not full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable; violations of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics; and/or any other violations of laws, rules, or regulations. The contact information for the EthicsLine is available in the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, which is available at our website. EthicsLine matters and the results of our reviews are presented to management, as appropriate, and the Audit Committee on a regular, periodic basis.

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Shareholder Engagement. We are committed to engaging with and listening to our shareholders, and we continued our engagement in 2024. In addition to our regular and continuing