Board Approves Share Repurchase Authorization of 100 million shares
Fifth Third Bancorp today declared cash dividends on its common shares,
Series J preferred shares, and Series I preferred shares.
Fifth Third Bancorp (Nasdaq: FITB) today declared a cash dividend on its
common shares of $0.13 for the first quarter of 2016. The dividend is
payable on April 21, 2016 to shareholders of record as of March 31, 2016.
Fifth Third also declared a cash dividend on its 4.90% Fixed-to-Floating
Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series J, at the rate of
$612.50 per preferred share, which equates to approximately $24.50 for
each depositary share. Each depositary share represents a 1/25th
ownership interest in a share of Series J Preferred Stock. The Series J
dividend is payable on March 31, 2016 to shareholders of record as of
March 25, 2016.
Fifth Third also declared a cash dividend on its 6.625%
Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series
I (Nasdaq: FITBI), at the rate of $414.06 per preferred share, which
equates to approximately $0.41406 for each depositary share. Each
depositary share represents a 1/1000th ownership interest in a share of
Series I Preferred Stock. The Series I dividend is payable on March 31,
2016 to shareholders of record as of March 25, 2016.
Fifth Third also announced that its Board of Directors approved a new
share repurchase authorization of up to 100 million shares, which
replaces the previous authorization from 2014 under which approximately
16 million shares remain.
Future capital distributions prior to June 30, 2016 are subject to the
2015 Comprehensive Capital Analysis & Review (“CCAR”) authorization for
Fifth Third announced on March 11, 2015. Capital Distributions beginning
July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017 will be subject to the 2016 CCAR
authorization that is expected to be announced on or before June 30,
2016. Any future capital distributions are subject to evaluation and
approval by the Board of Directors at any given time, Fifth Third’s
performance, the state of the economic environment, market conditions,
regulatory factors, and other risks and uncertainties.
The new repurchase authorization does not have an expiration date, does
not include specific price targets, may be executed through open market
purchases or one or more private negotiated transactions, including Rule
10b5-1 programs, and may be suspended at any time.
Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services company
headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. As of December 31, 2015, the Company
had $141 billion in assets and operated 1,254 full-service Banking
Centers, including 95 Bank Mart® locations, most open seven days a week,
inside select grocery stores and 2,593 ATMs in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana,
Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Pennsylvania,
Missouri, Georgia and North Carolina. Fifth Third operates four main
businesses: Commercial Banking, Branch Banking, Consumer Lending, and
Investment Advisors. Fifth Third also has an 18.3% interest in Vantiv
Holding, LLC. Fifth Third is among the largest money managers in the
Midwest and, as of December 31, 2015, had $297 billion in assets under
care, of which it managed $26 billion for individuals, corporations and
not-for-profit organizations. Investor
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Fifth Third’s common stock is traded on the NASDAQ® Global Select Market
under the symbol “FITB.”
Fifth Third Bancorp
Sameer Gokhale (Investors), 513-534-2219
Jim Eglseder (Investors), 513-534-8424
Larry Magnesen (Media), 513-534-8055