Company: FITBI
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001193125-25-267273
Chunk: 371

Company: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form: S-4
Chunk 371
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 by virtue of each Bank Merger without any deed, conveyance or other transfer.

(c) Immediately following the applicable
Effective Time, the Surviving Bank shall continue to operate the main office and each of the branches of Comerica Bank and Comerica Bank & Trust, National Association, as applicable, existing as of the Effective Times as branches of the
Surviving Bank at the officially designated address of each such office or branch and shall continue to operate each of the branches of the Surviving Bank existing at the Effective Times, in each case without limiting the authority under applicable
law of Fifth Third Bank, National Association or of the Surviving Bank (as applicable) to close, relocate or otherwise make any change regarding any such branch.

Section 1.03 . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and applicable law, the closing of the Bank Mergers
will take place remotely by electronic exchange of documents at such date and time as shall be determined by the Fifth Third Bank, National Association, but in no case prior to the date and time on which all of the conditions precedent to the
consummation of the Bank Mergers specified in this Agreement shall have been satisfied or duly waived by the party or parties entitled to satisfaction thereof.

EXA-2

Section 1.04 . On the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement and subject to applicable law, each Bank Merger shall become effective as set forth in the certification of merger issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“”) (the date and time of each such
effectiveness being herein referred to as an “”).

Section 1.05 . The national bank charter, articles of association and bylaws of Fifth Third Bank, National Association in effect immediately prior to each Effective Time shall be the national bank
charter, articles of association and the bylaws of the Surviving Bank following each Bank Merger, in each case until amended in accordance with applicable law and the terms thereof.

Section 1.06 . The name of the Surviving Bank in each Bank Merger shall be “Fifth Third Bank, National
Association” and the main office of the Surviving Bank in each Bank Merger shall be located at 38 Fountain Square Plaza, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45263.

Section 1.07 . It is the intention of the parties that (i) each Bank Merger be treated for U.S. federal income
tax purposes as a “tax free reorganization” pursuant to Section