-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, E2qc+bJuUrmF7wLEBHhWO1imD8JppMCgitf/68pWiB2MYS8jf5BdCpQDEzwv6pe1 oSiJfJ1sS3+r11QWs2fYGg== 0001193125-10-139538.txt : 20100615 0001193125-10-139538.hdr.sgml : 20100615 20100615130033 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-10-139538 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 11-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20091231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20100615 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100615 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000035527 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 310854434 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 11-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33653 FILM NUMBER: 10896883 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 38 FOUNTAIN SQ PLZ STREET 2: FIFTH THIRD CENTER CITY: CINCINNATI STATE: OH ZIP: 45263 BUSINESS PHONE: 5135795300 11-K 1 d11k.htm FORM 11-K Form 11-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 11-K

 

 

 

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (NO FEE REQUIRED)

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission file number 001-33653

 

 

 

A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

THE FIFTH THIRD BANCORP FROZEN SUCCESSOR PLAN

38 Fountain Square Plaza, Cincinnati, Ohio 45263

 

B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

FIFTH THIRD BANCORP

38 Fountain Square Plaza, Cincinnati, Ohio 45263

 

 

 


FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

The following financial statements and exhibits are filed as part of this annual report:

 

Exhibit 23    Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
Exhibit 99    Financial Statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 and Supplemental Schedule as of December 31, 2009 for The Fifth Third Bancorp Frozen Successor Plan.


SIGNATURES

The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, The Fifth Third Bank Pension and Profit Sharing Committee has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

THE FIFTH THIRD BANCORP

FROZEN SUCCESSOR PLAN

Date: June 15, 2010   By:  

/s/ Paul L. Reynolds

    Paul L. Reynolds
    Member, Pension and Profit Sharing Committee
EX-23 2 dex23.htm CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Exhibit 23

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement No. 333-108996 of Fifth Third Bancorp on Form S-8 of our report dated June 15, 2010, relating to the financial statements of the Fifth Third Bancorp Frozen Successor Plan appearing in this Annual Report on Form 11-K of the Fifth Third Bancorp Frozen Successor Plan for the year ended December 31, 2009.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE, LLP

Cincinnati, Ohio

June 15, 2010

EX-99 3 dex99.htm FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FIFTH THIRD BANCORP FROZEN SUCCESSOR PLAN Financial Statements for The Fifth Third Bancorp Frozen Successor Plan

Exhibit 99

Fifth Third Bancorp Frozen Successor Plan

Financial Statements as of and for the Years Ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, Supplemental Schedule as of December 31, 2009, and Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


FIFTH THIRD BANCORP FROZEN SUCCESSOR PLAN

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

   1

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:

  

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2009 and 2008

   2

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the Years Ended December 31, 2009 and 2008

   3

Notes to Financial Statements as of and for the Years Ended December 31, 2009 and 2008

   4 - 11

SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE -

  

Schedule H, Part IV, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2009

   13

 

NOTE:   All other schedules required by Section 2520.103-10 of the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 have been omitted because they are not applicable.


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To Fifth Third Bancorp and the Pension and Profit Sharing Committee of the Fifth Third Bancorp Frozen Successor Plan:

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Fifth Third Bancorp Frozen Successor Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Fifth Third Bancorp Frozen Successor Plan as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2009, is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements, but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Such schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audit of the basic 2009 financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE, LLP

Cincinnati, Ohio

June 15, 2010


FIFTH THIRD BANCORP FROZEN SUCCESSOR PLAN

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008

 

 

     2009    2008

INVESTMENTS - At fair value:

     

Common stock of Fifth Third Bancorp

   $ 389,585    $ 183,085

Collective funds:

     

Cash equivalents

     10,718      46,795

Stable value funds

     832,979      1,221,859

Mutual funds

     2,139,252      2,024,150

Participant notes receivable

     23,410      27,983
             

Total investments

     3,395,944      3,503,872
             

ACCRUED INVESTMENT INCOME

     400      283
             

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS AT FAIR VALUE

     3,396,344      3,504,155
             

Adjustments from fair value to contract value for fully benefit- responsive investment contracts

     13,688      52,036
             

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

   $ 3,410,032    $ 3,556,191
             

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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FIFTH THIRD BANCORP FROZEN SUCCESSOR PLAN

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008

 

 

     2009     2008  

ADDITIONS:

    

Investment income (loss) :

    

Dividends

   $ 73,153      $ 166,133   

Interest

     19,147        2,567   

Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments

     456,167        (1,357,959
                

Net investment income (loss)

     548,467        (1,189,259
                

Transfers from other retirement plans

     47,820        380,412   

Other additions

     1,753        8,528   
                

Total additions

     598,040        (800,319
                

DEDUCTIONS:

    

Benefits paid to participants

     (740,021     (420,071

Administrative expenses

     (4,178     (1,914
                

Total deductions

     (744,199     (421,985
                

DECREASE IN NET ASSETS

    

AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

     (146,159     (1,222,304
                

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS:

    

Beginning of year

     3,556,191        4,778,495   
                

End of year

   $ 3,410,032      $ 3,556,191   
                

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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FIFTH THIRD BANCORP FROZEN SUCCESSOR PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008

 

 

1. DESCRIPTION OF PLAN

The following brief description of the Fifth Third Bancorp Frozen Successor Plan (the Plan) is provided for general information purposes only. Participants should refer to the Plan agreement for more complete information.

General - The Plan is a defined contribution profit sharing plan, with a 401(k) feature, that maintains separate accounts for each participant. The Plan was established to continue retirement plan accounts transferred or merged from qualified retirement plans of employers acquired by Fifth Third Bancorp (Bancorp). The Plan was initially created on December 31, 2001, as a merger of the National Bank of Cynthiana Retirement Savings Plan and the 1st National Bank of Falmouth Retirement Savings Plan. Upon the merger or transfer from a predecessor plan, an individual not already a participant, but who has an account merged or transferred to this Plan becomes a participant.

The Plan is frozen and no employer or employee contributions of any type will be made to this Plan, other than rollover contributions. While employed by the Bancorp, participants in this Plan may contribute to the Plan a distribution received from another tax-qualified plan if the distribution qualifies as a rollover amount under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). Amounts attributable to deductible employee contributions may not be rolled over to the Plan. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The Bancorp is the Plan Sponsor. The Plan was last amended on November 18, 2009.

Amendments to the Plan during 2009 include:

 

   

Effective January 1, 2008, the Plan was amended to define the treatment of Section 415 compensation. Section 415 compensation must be paid or treated as paid to an employee prior to the employee’s severance from employment with the Employer.

 

   

Effective July 13, 2009, Appendix IV was added to the plan which covers participants in the First Charter Frozen Money Purchase Pension Plan. Those participants shall have those accounts and related plan assets transferred to this Plan in connection with, and pursuant to the termination of, the First Charter Frozen Money Purchase Pension Plan.

The amendment to the Plan during 2008, effective September 1, 2008, was to allow participants who are currently employed and have attained the age of 59- 1/2 the right to make in-service withdrawals (of all or a portion) from their vested account balance, except to the extent a loan is secured. Requests for withdrawal are allowed only once per Plan year quarter.

Investment Options - At December 31, 2009, participants can direct their accounts to be invested in Fifth Third Bancorp common stock, two collective funds or 16 mutual funds offered by the Plan as investment options.

 

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Administration - Fifth Third Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bancorp, serves as the trustee of the Plan. The investment assets of the Plan are held in separate trust funds by Fifth Third Investment Advisors where such assets are managed. The Bancorp has engaged Fifth Third Bank to be the Plan’s recordkeeper and to provide custodial services for the Plan.

Participant Accounts - Individual accounts are maintained for each Plan participant. Each participant’s account is credited with an allocation of Plan earnings and charged with withdrawals and an allocation of Plan losses and administrative expenses. Allocations are based on participant earnings or account balances, as defined. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.

Funding and Vesting - The Plan is frozen and no employer or employee contributions of any type will be made to this Plan, other than rollover contributions. Gains and losses under the Plan are valued on a daily basis. The rights of participant accounts (including all sub-accounts) are fully vested and nonforfeitable at all times.

Termination - Although it has not expressed its intention to do so, the Bancorp has the right under the Plan to amend or terminate the Plan subject to the provisions set forth in ERISA. If the Plan were to be terminated, the value of the proportionate interest of each participant would be determined as of the date of termination, and this amount would be fully vested and non-forfeitable.

Payment of Benefits - The Plan provides for payment of benefits of accumulated vested amounts upon termination of employment. Benefits are generally payable in the form of lump-sum payments or periodic payments.

Tax Status - The Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed the Bancorp by a letter dated February 11, 2005 that the Plan and related trust are designed in accordance with applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). The Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter. However, the Plan administrator and the Plan’s tax counsel believe that the Plan is designed and is currently being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC. Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan’s financial statements. The Plan document was restated and the Plan administrator submitted the Plan for an updated IRS determination letter during January 2010, however, the Plan administrator has not received the determination letter as of June 15, 2010 (the date of this report). The Plan administrator submitted an application for an updated determination letter in accordance with IRS regulations, which require filing for a new determination letter by the end of the filing period for the Plan’s assigned filing cycle.

Participant Notes Receivable - New loans are not being granted under the Plan. Loans granted under a predecessor plan may be transferred to the Plan with the consent of the Plan administrator, provided the Plan administrator determines that all legal requirements and contributions as stated in the Plan document have been met. Loans may not exceed the lesser of $50,000 or 50% of the nonforfeitable portion of the participant’s account. Each loan, by its terms, is required to be repaid within five years unless the loan was used to purchase a participant’s primary residence. The loans are secured by the balance in the participant’s account and bear interest at a rate equal to the rate charged by the Bancorp on a similar loan as determined quarterly by the Plan administrator. Interest rates on loans at December 31, 2009 and 2008 ranged from 6.0% - 8.75% for both years. Principal and interest is paid by the participant through payroll deductions authorized by the participant. Terminated employees must repay the outstanding loan principal balance in full or take a deemed distribution equal to the outstanding loan principal balance.

 

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Withdrawals - Subject to the Plan administrator’s sole and absolute discretion, certain participants are allowed to withdraw an amount not to exceed the total amount of that participant’s voluntary contributions for financial hardship purposes.

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following are the significant accounting policies followed by the Plan:

Basis of Accounting - The accounting records of the Plan are maintained on the accrual basis of accounting. The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP).

Use of Estimates - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Plan administrator to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Risk and Uncertainties - The Plan invests in various securities, which may include U.S. governmental securities, corporate debt instruments and corporate stocks. Investment securities, in general, are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit and overall market volatility. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the financial statements.

Valuation of Investments - The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (ASC 820). Quoted market prices, when available, are used to value equity securities and mutual funds. Collective funds are stated at fair value, as determined by the issuer of the collective funds, based on the net asset value per share or its equivalent, without adjustment, as quoted by the issuer or the collective fund. For further information on fair value measurements, see Note 5.

Collective funds with underlying investments in investment contracts are valued at the fair market value of the underlying investments and then adjusted by the issuer to contract value. The adjustment from fair value to contract value on the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits relates to the Fifth Third Bank Stable Value Fund for Employee Benefit Plans, which is a stable value fund that is a common collective fund of the Plan. The fund invests in a diversified portfolio of stable assets, which include, but are not limited to, units of collective trust funds consistent with the fund’s objective of stable value, guaranteed investment contracts, alternative and separate account investment contracts as well as short-term money market instruments. Participants in the Fifth Third Bank Stable Value Fund for Employee Benefit Plans may direct the withdrawal or transfer of all or a portion of their investment at contract value. Contract value represents contributions made to the fund, plus earnings, less participant withdrawals.

Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Management fees and operating expenses charged to the Plan for investments in the mutual funds and collective funds are deducted from income earned on a daily basis and are not separately reflected. Consequently, management fees and operating expenses are reflected as a reduction of investment return for such investments.

 

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Administrative Expenses - Certain administrative expenses of the Plan are paid by the Plan as provided in the Plan document. Fifth Third Bank provides the Plan with certain accounting and administrative services for which no fees are charged. A portion of the legal fees incurred in the administration of the Plan were also allocated to participants’ accounts on a pro-rata basis.

Accounting and Reporting Developments –

Subsequent Events - In May 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued guidance which establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued. The guidance reflects the principles underpinning previous subsequent event guidance in existing accounting literature and U.S. Auditing Standards (AU) Section 560, Subsequent Events, therefore the Plan’s adoption of this guidance on December 31, 2009 did not result in changes in the subsequent events that the Plan reports either through recognition or disclosure in the Plan’s financial statements.

Accounting Standards Codification - In June 2009, the FASB issued an Accounting Standards Update which amended the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) for the issuance of Statement No. 168, The FASB Accounting Standards Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. This Update established the Codification as the single source of authoritative U.S. GAAP recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. The Plan has incorporated the disclosure requirements of this Update by reference to the ASC in these Notes to Financial Statements.

Updates to Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures

In 2009, FASB Staff Position 157-4, Disclosures Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly, was issued and later codified into ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, which expanded disclosures and required that major category for debt and equity securities in the fair value hierarchy table be determined on the basis of the nature and risks of the investments.

In September 2009, the FASB issued Auditing Standards Update No. 2009-12, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures: Investments in Certain Entities That Calculate Net Asset per Share (or Its Equivalent) (ASU 2009-12), which amended ASC Subtopic 820-10, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures — Overall. ASU 2009-12 is effective for the first reporting period ending after December 15, 2009. ASU 2009-12 expands the required disclosures for certain investments with a reported net asset value (NAV). ASU 2009-12 permits, as a practical expedient, an entity holding investments in certain entities that calculate net asset value per share or its equivalent for which the fair value is not readily determinable, to measure the fair value of such investments on the basis of that net asset value per share or its equivalent without adjustment. The ASU requires enhanced disclosures about the nature and risks of investments within its scope. Such disclosures include the nature of any restrictions on an investor’s ability to redeem its investments at the measurement date, any unfunded commitments, and the investment strategies of the investee. The Plan has adopted ASU 2009-12 on a prospective basis for the year ended December 31, 2009. Adoption did not have a material impact on the fair value determination and disclosure of applicable investments. The effect of the adoption of the ASU had no impact on the statements of net assets available for benefits and statement of changes in net assets available for benefits.

In January 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-06, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (ASU 2010-06), which amends ASC 820, adding new disclosure requirements for Levels 1 and 2, separate disclosures of purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements relating to Level 3 measurements and clarification of existing fair value disclosures. ASU 2010-06 is effective for periods beginning after

 

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December 15, 2009, except for the requirement to provide Level 3 activity of purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements on a gross basis, which will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010. The Plan is currently evaluating the impact ASU 2010-06 will have on the financial statements.

 

3. INVESTMENTS

Investments representing 5% or more of net assets available for benefits at December 31, 2009 and 2008 are as follows:

 

     2009    2008

Fifth Third Bank LifeModel Moderate Fund * (125,107 and 128,278 shares, respectively)

   $ 1,196,025    $ 1,074,966

Fifth Third Bank Stable Value Fund for Employee Benefit Plans * (67,834 and 101,256 shares, respectively) (1)

     834,348      1,273,895

Common Stock of Fifth Third Bancorp * (39,968 and 22,170 shares, respectively)

     389,585      183,085

Fifth Third Bank Quality Growth Fund * (15,049 and 17,610 shares, respectively)

     211,891      192,130

Fifth Third Bank Bond Fund * (22,785 shares)

     197,771      < 5%

Fifth Third Bank Disciplined Large Cap Value Fund * (22,820 shares)

     < 5%      182,786

 

(1) Investment amounts at contract value. The fair value of the investments were $832,979 and $1,221,859 at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
* Denotes a party-in-interest

The following table presents the net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments for the Plan for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008.

 

     2009    2008  

Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments:

     

Mutual funds *

   $ 261,691    $ (982,895

Fifth Third Bancorp common stock *

     194,476      (375,064
               

Total

   $ 456,167    $ (1,357,959
               

 

* Denotes a party-in-interest

 

4. EXEMPT PARTY-IN-INTEREST TRANSACTIONS

Certain Plan investments are shares of mutual and collective funds managed by Fifth Third Bank. Fifth Third Bank is the trustee as defined by the Plan and, therefore, these transactions qualify as exempt party-in-interest transactions. Fees paid by the Plan for the investment management services were included as a reduction of the return earned on each fund.

Fifth Third Bank provides the Plan with certain accounting and administrative services for which no fees are charged.

At December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Plan held 39,968 and 22,170 shares of the Bancorp’s common stock, respectively, with fair values of $389,585 and $183,085, respectively. Total dividends received from shares of the Bancorp’s common stock totaled $1,472 and $26,587 for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

 

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5. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The Plan measures certain financial assets and liabilities at fair value in accordance with U.S. GAAP, which defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP also establishes a fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). A financial instrument’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the instrument’s fair value measurement. The three levels within the fair value hierarchy are described as follows:

Level 1 - Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Plan has the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level 2 - Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs include: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability; and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability for which there is little, if any, market activity at the measurement date. Unobservable inputs reflect the Plan’s own assumptions about what market participants would use to price the asset or liability. The inputs are developed based on the best information available in the circumstances, which might include the Plan’s own financial data such as internally developed pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies, as well as instruments for which the fair value determination requires significant management judgment.

The following tables summarize assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

 

     Fair Value Measurements Using

As of December 31, 2009

   Level 1    Level 2    Level 3    Total Fair Value

Assets:

           

Common stock

   $ 389,585    —      —      $ 389,585

Collective funds

     —      843,697    —        843,697

Mutual funds

     2,139,252    —      —        2,139,252

Participant notes receivable

     —      —      23,410      23,410
                       

Total assets

   $ 2,528,837    843,697    23,410      3,395,944
                       

 

     Fair Value Measurements Using

As of December 31, 2008

   Level 1    Level 2    Level 3    Total Fair Value

Assets:

           

Common stock

   $ 183,085    —      —      $ 183,085

Collective funds

     —      1,268,654    —        1,268,654

Mutual funds

     2,024,150    —      —        2,024,150

Participant notes receivable

     —      —      27,983      27,983
                       

Total assets

   $ 2,207,235    1,268,654    27,983    $ 3,503,872
                       

 

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The following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for instruments measured at fair value, as well as the general classification of such instruments pursuant to the valuation hierarchy.

Common stock

The Plan measures its Fifth Third Bancorp common stock using the stock’s quoted price, which is available in an active market. Therefore, this investment is classified within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy.

Collective funds – cash equivalents

Cash equivalent investments have a maturity of one month or less and fair value is equal to cost as these funds are considered to be cash equivalents. Therefore, the Plan classifies cash equivalents as Level 2 securities in the fair value hierarchy.

Collective funds – stable value funds

Stable value funds have underlying investments that consist of cash equivalents, collective funds, guaranteed investment contracts, and alternative investment contracts. Cash equivalents are short term investment funds that have a maturity of one month or less and are valued at cost. The collective trust funds value is derived by their respective net asset values (NAV). The collective trust funds consist of bonds and asset-backed securities whose value is derived from observable inputs based on the pricing of similar instruments that are publicly traded. Guaranteed investment contracts are valued based on their underlying securities, which consist of bonds whose value is derived from observable inputs including London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) forward interest rate curves. The bonds are valued based on the pricing of similar bonds that are publicly traded. In determining fair value, factors such as the benefit-responsiveness of the investment contracts and the ability of the parties to the investment contracts to perform in accordance with the terms of the contracts; such inputs were not significant to the valuation. Alternative investment contracts are valued based on their underlying securities, which consists of common funds consisting of bonds and asset-backed securities whose value is derived from observable inputs based on the pricing of similar instruments that are publicly traded. Therefore, the Plan classifies stable value funds as Level 2 securities in the fair value hierarchy.

Mutual funds

The Plan measures its mutual funds that are exchange-traded using the fund’s quoted price, which is in an active market. Therefore, these investments are classified within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy.

Participant notes receivable

Participant notes receivable are stated at cost, which approximates fair value. The Plan measures participant notes receivable through the utilization of unobservable inputs based on loans with similar interest rate and credit characteristics. Therefore, the receivables are classified within Level 3 of the valuation hierarchy.

The following tables are a reconciliation of assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3):

 

For the year ended December 31, 2009

   Participant
Notes
Receivable
    Total
Fair Value
 

Beginning balance

   $ 27,983      $ 27,983   

Total gains or losses (realized/unrealized):

    

Included in earnings

     —          —     

Purchases, sales, issuances and settlements, net

     (4,573     (4,573

Transfers in and/or out of Level 3

     —          —     
                

Ending balance

   $ 23,410      $ 23,410   
                

 

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For the year ended December 31, 2008

   Participant
Notes
Receivable
    Total
Fair Value
 

Beginning balance

   $ 32,231      $ 32,231   

Total gains or losses (realized/unrealized):

    

Included in earnings

     —          —     

Purchases, sales, issuances and settlements, net

     (4,248     (4,248

Transfers in and/or out of Level 3

     —          —     
                

Ending balance

   $ 27,983      $ 27,983   
                

 

6. PLAN ASSETS FROM ACQUIRED COMPANIES

During 2009, the remaining assets of the First Charter Frozen Money Purchase Pension Plan were transferred into the Plan on July, 13 2009 totaling $47,820. During 2008, the remaining assets of the R-G Crown Bank 401(k) Employee Savings Plan and CMC Employees Profit Sharing & 401(k) Plan were transferred into the Plan on September 26, 2008 and December 22, 2008, respectively, totaling $243,999 and $136,413, respectively.

 

7. RECONCILIATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO FORM 5500

 

     2009     2008  

Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements

   $ 3,410,032      $ 3,556,191   

Adjustment from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

     (13,688     (52,036
                

Total assets (current value column) per Form 5500

    

Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

   $ 3,396,344      $ 3,504,155   
                

Decrease in net assets per the financial statements

   $ (146,159   $ (1,222,304

Net change in adjustment from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

     38,348        (49,700
                

Net loss per Form 5500

   $ (107,811   $ (1,272,004
                

 

8. SUBSEQUENT EVENT

The Plan was amended and restated effective January 1, 2010 in conjunction with filing for an updated determination letter with the IRS. Changes to the Plan documents did not materially affect the day-to-day administration of the Plan.

* * * * * *

 

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SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE

 

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FIFTH THIRD BANCORP FROZEN SUCCESSOR PLAN

SCHEDULE H, PART IV, LINE 4i -

SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009

 

 

Asset Description

   Current
Fair Value  **

COMMON STOCK -

  

*  Fifth Third Bancorp

   $ 389,585
      

COLLECTIVE FUNDS:

  

Cash equivalents -

  

*  Fifth Third Banksafe Trust

     10,718

Stable value funds -

  

*  Fifth Third Bank Stable Value Fund for Employee Benefit Plans ***

     832,979
      

Total collective funds

     843,697
      

MUTUAL FUNDS:

  

*  Fifth Third Bank LifeModel Moderate Fund

     1,196,025

*  Fifth Third Bank Quality Growth Fund

     211,891

*  Fifth Third Bank Bond Fund

     197,771

*  Fifth Third Bank Disciplined Large Cap Value Fund

     160,587

    Dodge and Cox Income Fund

     118,300

    Allianz CCM Mid Cap Institutional Fund

     98,645

*  Fifth Third Bank International Equity Fund

     65,013

    Columbia Technology Fund

     27,761

    Fidelity Advisor Small Cap Fund

     14,952

    Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund

     12,717

*  Fifth Third Bank Equity Index Fund

     11,815

    Lazard Emerging Markets Fund

     6,541

*  Fifth Third Bank LifeModel Conservative Fund

     5,916

*  Fifth Third Bank Small Cap Value Fund

     4,637

*  Fifth Third Bank LifeModel Aggressive Fund

     4,071

*  Fifth Third Bank LifeModel Moderately Aggressive Fund

     2,610
      

Total mutual funds

     2,139,252
      

LOAN FUND -

  

*  Participant notes receivable (Interest rate 6.00%–8.75% matures on various dates through October 2021)

     23,410
      

TOTAL

   $ 3,395,944
      

 

* Denotes a party-in-interest.
** Cost information is not required for participant-directed investments and, therefore, is not included.
*** Contract value is $846,667

 

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