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):  April 17, 2012

FIFTH THIRD BANCORP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

OHIO

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

001-33653	31-0854434
(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):

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On April 17, 2012, Fifth Third Bancorp held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders for which the Board of Directors solicited proxies. At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders voted on the following proposals stated in the Proxy Statement dated March 8, 2012, which is incorporated by reference herein.

The proposals voted on and approved or disapproved by the shareholders at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

1. Election of all of the Board of Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2013.

	Number of Common Shares
	For		Withheld
Darryl F. Allen		705,134,015		13,612,643
B. Evan Bayh III		709,814,200		8,932,458
Ulysses L. Bridgeman, Jr.		711,342,217		7,404,441
Emerson L. Brumback		701,092,456		17,654,202
James P. Hackett		706,599,472		12,147,186
Gary R. Heminger		699,569,739		19,176,919
Jewell D. Hoover		711,180,577		7,566,081
William M. Isaac		711,298,560		7,448,098
Kevin T. Kabat		708,411,366		10,335,292
Mitchel D. Livingston, Ph.D		695,131,652		23,615,006
Michael B. McCallister		711,216,316		7,530,342
Hendrik G. Meijer		695,558,901		23,187,757
John J. Schiff, Jr.		707,629,741		11,116,917
Marsha C. Williams		709,422,055		9,324,603

There were 85,771,982 broker non-votes in the election of directors.

2. The appointment of the firm Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm for Fifth Third Bancorp for the year 2012 was approved by a vote of the common shareholders of 785,767,185 for, 17,808,241 against, and 943,214 abstain, with no broker non-votes.

3. The Proposal described in the proxy statement to amend the Articles of Incorporation and Code of Regulations to provide for a majority voting standard for uncontested elections of directors unless cumulative voting is in effect was approved by a vote of the common shareholders of 711,333,632 for, 5,759,684 against, and 1,651,637 abstain, with 85,773,687 broker non-votes, and a vote of the Series G preferred shareholders of 14,970 for, 5 against, and 55 abstain, with no broker non-votes.

Copies of these documents as revised will be filed with Fifth Third’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2012.

4. The advisory vote on executive compensation was approved by a vote of the common shareholders of 686,192,809 for, 28,875,683 against, and 3,676,381 abstain, with 85,773,767 broker non-votes.

5. In the advisory vote to determine whether the shareholder vote on the compensation of executives will occur every 1, 2, or 3 years, every 1 year was approved by a vote of the common shareholders of 620,930,389 for every 1 year, 3,782,478 for every 2 years, 91,608,282 for every 3 years, and 2,423,796 abstain, with 85,773,695 broker non-votes.

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)
April 18, 2012	/s/ PAUL L. REYNOLDS
	Paul L. Reynolds Executive Vice President, Secretary and Chief Risk Officer