Fifth Third Bancorp (Nasdaq: FITB) has announced that its shareholders
have re-elected the following directors at the Bancorp’s Annual Meeting
held earlier today at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Cincinnati:
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Nicholas K. Akins, chairman, president, CEO, American Electric
Power.
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B. Evan Bayh III, partner, McGuireWoods LLP.
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Jorge L. Benitez, retired CEO of North America of Accenture plc.
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Katherine B. Blackburn, executive vice president, Cincinnati
Bengals, Inc.
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Emerson L. Brumback, retired president and COO, M&T Bank.
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Jerry W. Burris, retired president and CEO, Associated
Materials Group, Inc.
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Greg D. Carmichael, president and CEO, Fifth Third Bancorp.
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Gary R. Heminger, president, CEO and chair, Marathon Petroleum
Corporation.
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Jewell D. Hoover, retired senior official with the Office of
the Comptroller of the Currency.
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Eileen A. Mallesch, retired senior vice president and CFO,
Nationwide Insurance, Property & Casualty Segment
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Michael B. McCallister, retired chairman and former CEO of
Humana, Inc.
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Marsha C. Williams, retired senior vice president and CFO,
Orbitz Worldwide, Inc.
Hendrik G. Meijer retired at the Annual Meeting, as previously
announced. The Board of Directors will decrease the size of the Board
such that no vacancies will result from this retirement.
Fifth Third shareholders also approved the following:
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The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent
external audit firm for 2017.
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By advisory vote, the Company’s executive compensation plan.
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By advisory vote, determination that a shareholder vote on executive
compensation practices will occur every one year.
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The Fifth Third Bancorp 2017 Incentive Compensation Plan, including
the issuance of common stock thereunder.
Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services company
headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. As of December 31, 2016, the Company
had $142 billion in assets and operates 1,191 full-service Banking
Centers, and 2,495 ATMs in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois,
Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Georgia and North Carolina. Fifth
Third operates four main businesses: Commercial Banking, Branch Banking,
Consumer Lending and Wealth & Asset Management. Fifth Third also has a
17.9% interest in Vantiv Holding, LLC. Fifth Third is among the largest
money managers in the Midwest and, as of December 31, 2016, had $315
billion in assets under care, of which it managed $31 billion for
individuals, corporations and not-for-profit organizations through its
Trust and Brokerage businesses. Investor
information and press
releases can be viewed at www.53.com.
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
Larry Magnesen (Media), 513-534-8055