8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 15, 2022

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Ohio	001-33653	31-0854434
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Fifth Third Center
38 Fountain Square Plaza	,	Cincinnati	,	Ohio	45263
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)					(Zip Code)

(800) 972-3030

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below)

    ☐    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

    ☐    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

    ☐    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

    ☐    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, Without Par Value	FITB	The	NASDAQ	Stock Market LLC
Depositary Shares Representing a 1/1000th Ownership Interest in a Share of 6.625% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series I	FITBI	The	NASDAQ	Stock Market LLC
Depositary Shares Representing a 1/40th Ownership Interest in a Share of 6.00% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Class B Preferred Stock, Series A	FITBP	The	NASDAQ	Stock Market LLC
Depositary Shares Representing a 1/1000th Ownership Interest in a Share of 4.95% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series K	FITBO	The	NASDAQ	Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company    ☐            

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

Item 8.01 Other Events

As previously announced, on December 6, 2022, Fifth Third Bancorp (“Fifth Third”) entered into an accelerated share repurchase transaction with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“Morgan Stanley”) pursuant to which Fifth Third would purchase approximately $100 million of its outstanding common stock. Fifth Third is repurchasing the shares of its common stock as part of its 100 million share repurchase program previously announced in a press release on June 18, 2019 and a current report on Form 8-K filed on June 20, 2019.

On December 15, 2022, Fifth Third was notified by Morgan Stanley that it had finished purchasing shares under the December 6th agreement. A total of 2,636,476 shares were repurchased upon execution of the agreement and an additional 442,986 shares were repurchased upon final settlement today. In total, 3,079,462 shares were repurchased under the December 6th agreement, at an average price of $32.93 per share.

After the completion of the December 6th agreement, Fifth Third has approximately 37.7 million shares of remaining repurchase authority under the aforementioned share repurchase program.

Morgan Stanley and certain of its affiliates have performed, and in the future may perform, various financial advisory and other services for Fifth Third and Fifth Third’s affiliates for which they have received, and may in the future receive, customary fees and expenses.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

FIFTH THIRD BANCORP

(Registrant)

December 19, 2022 By:     /s/ BRYAN PRESTON            

Bryan Preston

Executive Vice President and Treasurer

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Cover Page	Dec. 15, 2022
Entity Information [Line Items]
Document Type	8-K
Document Period End Date	Dec. 15, 2022
Entity Registrant Name	Fifth Third Bancorp
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Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	OH
Entity File Number	001-33653
Entity Tax Identification Number	31-0854434
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Entity Address, City or Town	Cincinnati
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Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	45263
City Area Code	800
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Common Stock
Entity Information [Line Items]
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Trading Symbol	FITB
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ
Depositary Shares Representing a 1/1000th Ownership Interest in a Share of 6.625% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series I
Entity Information [Line Items]
Title of 12(b) Security	Depositary Shares Representing a 1/1000th Ownership Interest in a Share of 6.625% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock
Trading Symbol	FITBI
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ
Depositary Shares Representing a 1/40th Ownership Interest in a Share of 6.00% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Class B Preferred Stock, Series A
Entity Information [Line Items]
Title of 12(b) Security	Depositary Shares Representing a 1/40th Ownership Interest in a Share of 6.00% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Class B Preferred Stock, Series A
Trading Symbol	FITBP
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ
Depositary Shares Representing a 1/1000th Ownership Interest in a Share of 4.95% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series K
Entity Information [Line Items]
Title of 12(b) Security	Depositary Shares Representing a 1/1000th Ownership Interest in a Share of 4.95% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series K
Trading Symbol	FITBO
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ