Document:

Supplemental Indenture

 EXHIBIT 4.2 

FIFTH THIRD BANCORP 
 TO 
 WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, 

Trustee 

First Supplemental Indenture 
 Dated as of January 25, 2011 
 SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 
  

 

							
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	ARTICLE 1	  
	SCOPE OF FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE	  
			
	 Section 1.01.
	  	Scope	  	 	2	  
	ARTICLE 2	  
	DEFINITIONS	  
			
	 Section 2.01.
	  	Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application	  	 	2	  
	 Section 2.02.
	  	Other Definitions	  	 	2	  
	
	ARTICLE 3	  
	FORM AND TERMS OF THE NOTES	  
	 Section 3.01.
	  	Form and Dating	  	 	3	  
	 Section 3.02.
	  	Terms of the Notes	  	 	3	  
	ARTICLE 4	  
	SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES	  
			
	Section 4.01.	  	Supplemental Indentures	  	 	6	  
	
	ARTICLE 5	  
	MISCELLANEOUS	  
			
	 Section 5.01.
	  	Trust Indenture Act of 1939	  	 	7	  
	 Section 5.02.
	  	Governing Law	  	 	7	  
	 Section 5.03.
	  	Duplicate Originals	  	 	7	  
	 Section 5.04.
	  	Separability	  	 	7	  
	 Section 5.05.
	  	Ratification	  	 	7	  
	 Section 5.06.
	  	Effectiveness	  	 	7	  
	 Section 5.07.
	  	Successors	  	 	7	  
	 Section 5.08.
	  	Trustee’s Disclaimer	  	 	7	  
		
	 EXHIBIT A – Form of 3.625% Senior Note due 2016
	  	 	A-1	  

  
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 FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “First Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of January 25, 2011, between FIFTH
THIRD BANCORP, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Ohio (the “Company”), having its principal office at Fifth Third Center, 38 Fountain Square Plaza, Cincinnati, Ohio and Wilmington Trust
Company, a banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, as trustee (the “Trustee”). 
 RECITALS OF THE COMPANY 
 WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee
executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of April 30, 2008 (the “Base Indenture” and as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), to provide for the issuance by the Company from
time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the “Securities”); 

WHEREAS, Sections 201, 301 and 901 of the Base Indenture provide that the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the
Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental to the Indenture, without the consent of any Holders, to, among other things, establish the terms of Securities of any series as permitted by the
Indenture; 
 WHEREAS, the issuance and sale of $1,000,000,000 aggregate Principal amount of a new series of the
Securities of the Company designated as its 3.625% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Notes”) have been authorized by resolutions adopted by the board of directors of the Company; 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to issue and sell $1,000,000,000 aggregate Principal amount of the Notes as of the date hereof;

 WHEREAS, the Company desires to establish the terms of the Notes; 

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a legal and binding supplement to the Base Indenture in
accordance with its terms and the terms of the Base Indenture have been done; 
 WHEREAS, the Company has complied with
all conditions precedent provided for in the Base Indenture relating to this First Supplemental Indenture; and 

WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this First Supplemental Indenture. 

 NOW, THEREFORE: 

For and in consideration of the premises stated herein and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, the Company and the Trustee
covenant and agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of the Holders of the Notes, as follows: 
 ARTICLE 1 

SCOPE OF FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 

Section 1.01. Scope. This First Supplemental Indenture constitutes a supplement to the Base Indenture and an integral part of
the Indenture and shall be read together with the Base Indenture as though all the provisions thereof are contained in one instrument. Except as expressly amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, the terms and provisions of the Base Indenture
shall remain in full force and effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this First Supplemental Indenture shall only apply to the Notes. 
 ARTICLE 2 
 DEFINITIONS 

Section 2.01. Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application. For all purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture
unless otherwise specified herein: 
 (a) all terms used in this First Supplemental Indenture which are not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings they are given in the Base Indenture; 
 (b) the provisions of general application stated in
Sections 102 through 113 of the Base Indenture shall apply to this First Supplemental Indenture, except that the words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereto” and “hereunder” and other words
of similar import refer to this First Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to the Base Indenture or any particular Article, Section or other subdivision of the Base Indenture or this First Supplemental Indenture; 

(c) Section 101 of the Base Indenture is amended and supplemented, solely with respect to the Notes, by inserting the following
additional defined terms in their appropriate alphabetical positions: 
 “Issue Date” means January 25,
2016. 
 Section 2.02. Other Definitions. Each of the following terms is defined in the section set forth opposite
such term: 

  
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	 Term
	  	Section	 
	“Dodd-Frank Act”	  	 	Section 3.02(q	) 
	“SIPA”	  	 	Section 3.02(q	) 

 ARTICLE 3 

FORM AND TERMS OF THE NOTES 

Section 3.01. Form and Dating. 
 (a) The Notes shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto. The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its
President or one of its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The Notes may have a legend or legends or endorsements as may be required to comply with any law or
with any rules of any securities exchange or usage. The Notes shall be dated the date of their authentication. 
 (b) The terms
contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of the Indenture as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture and the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this First Supplemental
Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. 
 Section 3.02. Terms of the Notes.
The following terms relating to the Notes are hereby established: 
 (a) Title. The Notes shall constitute a series
of Securities having the title “Fifth Third Bancorp 3.625% Senior Notes due 2016” and the CUSIP number 316773CK4.” 
 (b) Principal Amount. The aggregate Principal amount of the Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture, as amended hereby, shall be $1,000,000,000 on the Issue Date. Provided
that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Notes, the Company may, without notice to or the consent of the Holders, create and issue additional Securities having the same terms as, and ranking equally and ratably
with, the Notes in all respects and so that such additional Notes will be consolidated and form a single series with, and have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as, the Notes initially issued, provided that such additional
Notes are fungible for U.S. federal income tax purposes with this Note. 
 (c) Person to Whom Interest is Payable.
Interest payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will be paid to the Person in whose name the Notes are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the
January 10 or July 10 

  
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(whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to
the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof
shall be given to Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be
listed and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, as provided for in the Base Indenture. 
 (d) Maturity
Date. The entire outstanding Principal of the Notes shall be payable on January 25, 2016. 
 (e) Interest. The
rate at which the Notes shall bear interest shall be 3.625% per annum; the date from which interest shall accrue on the Notes shall be January 25 or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for; the Interest Payment Dates for the Notes shall be January 25 and July 25 of each year, beginning July 25, 2016. 
 (f) Place of Payment of Principal and Interest. Payment of the Principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that
purpose in Cincinnati, Ohio, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of
interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register. 
 (g) Redemption. The Notes shall not be subject to redemption prior to the Maturity Date. 
 (h) Sinking Fund. There shall be no sinking fund for the Notes. 
 (i)
Denomination. The Notes and any beneficial interest in the Notes shall be in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. 
 (j) Index. Payment of interest on the Notes will not be determined with reference to any index or formula. 
 (k) Currency of the Notes. The Notes shall be denominated, and payment of Principal and interest of the Notes shall be payable in, the currency of the United States of America. 

(l) Currency of Payment. The Principal of and interest on the Notes shall be payable in the currency of the United States of
America. 

  
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 (m) Acceleration. 100% of the Principal amount of the Notes shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof. 
 (n) Stated Maturity. [Reserved.] 

(o) Defeasance. Article 13 of the Base Indenture shall apply to the Notes. 

(p) Registered Form. The Notes shall be issuable as registered Global Securities, and the depositary for the Notes shall be the
Depository Trust Company in The City of New York (“DTC”) or any successor depositary appointed by the Company within 90 days of the termination of services of DTC (or any successor to DTC). Sections 204 and 305 of the Base Indenture
shall apply to the Notes. 
 (q) Events of Default. The Events of Default provided for in Section 501 of the Base
Indenture shall apply to the Notes, provided that the text of clauses (6) and (7) of Section 501 shall be substituted with the following: 
 “(6) (A) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (i) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any Principal Subsidiary Bank in an involuntary case or
proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law, (ii) a decree or order adjudging the Company or any Principal Subsidiary Bank bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a
petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or any Principal Subsidiary Bank under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any Principal Subsidiary Bank or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and, in the case of each of (A)(i) and (ii), the continuance
of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days, (B) the appointment of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as receiver or conservator of any Principal
Subsidiary Bank or any substantial part of the property of the Company or any Principal Subsidiary Bank pursuant to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended, or (C) the appointment of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the
Securities Investment Protection Corporation, other Federal or State agency or other person as receiver or trustee of the Company or any Principal Subsidiary Bank or of any substantial part of the property of the Company or any Principal Subsidiary
Bank pursuant to Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, as may be amended from time to time (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) or the Securities Investor Protection Act, as amended
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 (7) the commencement by the Company or any Principal Subsidiary Bank of a
voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any Principal Subsidiary Bank in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of
any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to
the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, conservator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any Principal Subsidiary Bank or of any substantial part of its property,
including pursuant to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act or SIPA, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of
corporate action by the Company or any Principal Subsidiary Bank in furtherance of any such action; or” 
 (r)
Covenants. The covenants set forth in Article 10 of the Base Indenture shall apply to the Notes. 
 (s) Additional
Terms. Other terms applicable to the Notes are as otherwise provided for below. 
 ARTICLE 4 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES 
 Section 4.01. Supplemental Indentures. The following paragraph shall be added to the end of Section 901 of the Base Indenture and shall only apply to the Notes: 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of any Holder of Securities, the Company and the Trustee may amend or
supplement the Indenture or the Securities to conform the terms of the Indenture and the Securities to the description of the Securities in the prospectus supplement dated January 20, 2011 relating to the offering of the Securities. 

  
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 ARTICLE 5 
 MISCELLANEOUS 
 Section 5.01. Trust Indenture Act of
1939. This First Supplemental Indenture shall incorporate and be governed by the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. 

Section 5.02. Governing Law. The laws of the State of New York shall govern this First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes.

 Section 5.03. Duplicate Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this First Supplemental
Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. 
 Section 5.04.
Separability. In case any provision in this First Supplemental Indenture or the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby. 
 Section 5.05. Ratification. The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this First
Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed. The Base Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument. All provisions included in this First Supplemental
Indenture supersede any conflicting provisions included in the Base Indenture unless not permitted by law. The Trustee accepts the trusts created by the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, and agrees to perform the
same upon the terms and conditions of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture. 

Section 5.06. Effectiveness. The provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture shall become effective as of the date
hereof. 
 Section 5.07. Successors. All agreements of the Company in this First Supplemental Indenture shall bind
its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this First Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors. 

Section 5.08. Trustee’s Disclaimer. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company and
the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Notes, or for or in respect of the
recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Company. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be
duly executed as of the date first above written. 
  

			
	 FIFTH THIRD BANCORP

as the Company

		
	By:	 	 /s/ MAHESH SANKARAN

	Name:	 	Mahesh Sankaran
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 Attest

  

			
	By:	 	 /s/ JAMES R. HUBBARD

	Name:	 	James R. Hubbard
	Title:	 	 Senior Vice President and Chief
 Legal Officer

 [Signature Page to First Supplemental
Indenture] 

 
			
	 WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as
Trustee

		
	By:	 	 /s/ MICHAEL H. WASS

	Name:	 	Michael H. Wass
	Title:	 	Senior Financial Services Officer

 Attest:

  

					
	By:	 	 /s/ PRITAL K. PATEL

		 	Name:	 	Prital K. Patel
		 	Title:	 	Senior Financial Services Officer

[Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture] 

 EXHIBIT A 
 [FORM OF NOTE] 
 CUSIP No. 316773CK4 

ISIN: US316773CK41 
 Common Code: 56300961 
 THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE
INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE
REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. 
 FIFTH THIRD BANCORP 
 3.625% Senior Notes due 2016 

THIS SECURITY IS NOT A DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE BANK INSURANCE FUND, THE SAVINGS ASSOCIATION
INSURANCE FUND OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY. 
  

					
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 Fifth Third Bancorp,
a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Ohio (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000) on January 25, 2016 (the “Maturity Date”), and to pay interest thereon from January 25, 2016 (the “Original Issue
Date”) or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on January 25 and July 25 in each year, commencing July 25, 2016, at the rate of 3.625% per annum,
until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, provided that any principal and premium, and any such installment of interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of 3.625% per annum (to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to 

  
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the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the
January 10 or July 10 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. “Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday, and that is not a day on which banking
institutions are generally authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close in the City of New York. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular
Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the
Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. 
 Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in Cincinnati, Ohio, in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register. 
 Reference is hereby made to the
further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
 Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed. 

 

							
	Date:	 		 	FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
				
		 		 	By	 	  

		 		 		 	Mahesh Sankaran
		 		 		 	Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 Attest: 

 

					
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:	 	James R. Hubbard
		 	Title:	 	 Senior Vice President and

Chief Legal Officer

  
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 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the Indenture referred to hereinafter. 

 

							
	Dated:	 		 	 WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as
 trustee

				
		 		 	By:	 	  

		 		 		 	Authorized Officer

  
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 [Reverse of Security] 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued
and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of April 30, 2008 (herein called the “Base Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company and Wilmington
Trust Company, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture) as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 25, 2011, between the Company and the
Trustee (herein called the “First Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations
of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on
the face hereof. The Company may, without notice to or the consent of any Holder, issue additional Securities having the same ranking, interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Securities of this series, provided that such additional
Securities are fungible for U.S. federal income tax purposes with this Security. Any such additional Securities may be considered to be part of this series of Securities. The Company may, without notice to or the consent of any Holder, issue or
incur Senior Indebtedness. 
 The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this
Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture. 
 If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the
effect provided in the Indenture. 
 The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof
and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the
time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver
by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the 

  
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consent of any Holder of Securities, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Securities to conform to the terms of the Indenture and the Securities to the
description of the Securities in the prospectus supplement dated January 20, 2011 relating to the offering of the Securities. 
 As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a
receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in
principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the
Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days
after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after
the respective due dates expressed herein. 
 No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is
registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed
by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this
series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 
 The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same. 
 No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may
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 Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent
shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
 All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have
the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 

  
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 EXHIBIT 4.3 

CUSIP No. 316773CK4 
 ISIN: US316773CK41 
 Common Code: 56300961 

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN
THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. 
 FIFTH THIRD BANCORP 

3.625% Senior Notes due 2016 
 THIS SECURITY IS NOT A DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE BANK INSURANCE FUND, THE SAVINGS ASSOCIATION INSURANCE FUND OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.

  

					
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	  	$	500,000,000	  

 Fifth Third Bancorp,
a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Ohio (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000) on January 25, 2016 (the “Maturity Date”), and to pay interest thereon from January 25, 2011 (the “Original Issue
Date”) or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on January 25 and July 25 in each year, commencing July 25, 2011, at the rate of 3.625% per annum,
until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, provided that any principal and premium, and any such installment of interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of 3.625% per annum (to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, which shall be the January 10 or July 10 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. “Business Day” means 

 
any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday, and that is not a day on which banking institutions are generally authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close in the City of
New York. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to
such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. 
 Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on
this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in Cincinnati, Ohio, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register. 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
 Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed. 

 

					
	Dated: January 25, 2011	 	FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
			
		 	By	 	 /s/ MAHESH SANKARAN

		 		 	Mahesh Sankaran
		 		 	Senior Vice President and Treasurer

  

			
	Attest:
		
	By:	 	 /s/ JAMES R. HUBBARD

		 	Name: James R. Hubbard
		 	Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

  
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 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 
 This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the Indenture referred to hereinafter. 
  

					
	Dated: January 25, 2011	 	 WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as
 trustee

			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ MICHAEL H. WASS

		 		 	Authorized Officer

  
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 [Reverse of Security] 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued
and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of April 30, 2008 (herein called the “Base Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company and Wilmington
Trust Company, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture) as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 25, 2011, between the Company and the
Trustee (herein called the “First Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations
of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on
the face hereof. The Company may, without notice to or the consent of any Holder, issue additional Securities having the same ranking, interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Securities of this series, provided that such additional
Securities are fungible for U.S. federal income tax purposes with this Security. Any such additional Securities may be considered to be part of this series of Securities. The Company may, without notice to or the consent of any Holder, issue or
incur Senior Indebtedness. 
 The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this
Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture. 
 If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the
effect provided in the Indenture. 
 The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof
and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the
time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver
by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the 

  
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consent of any Holder of Securities, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Securities to conform to the terms of the Indenture and the Securities to the
description of the Securities in the prospectus supplement dated January 20, 2011 relating to the offering of the Securities. 
 As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a
receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in
principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the
Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days
after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after
the respective due dates expressed herein. 
 No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is
registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed
by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this
series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 
 The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same. 
 No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. 

  
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 Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent
shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
 All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have
the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 

  
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