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| EX-99.1 - EX-99.1 - FIFTH THIRD BANCORP | d599306dex991.htm |
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): September 18, 2013
(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)
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events |
The Company’s board of directors recently approved changes to its corporate governance guidelines in order to further clarify and enhance its corporate governance practices. Specifically, the board revised its corporate governance guidelines to clarify that the independent chairman of the board would lead executive sessions of the board and to specify the requirements for certain corporate actions to be approved by the full board or a committee thereof of the holding company, versus the board or a committee thereof of a subsidiary, and those items that are delegated to management for approval.
The amended and restated Fifth Third Bancorp Corporate Governance Guidelines are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. This document will also be available on the Company’s website at www.53.com.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
Exhibit 99.1 – Fifth Third Bancorp Corporate Governance Guidelines, as amended and restated.
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) | ||||||
| September 20, 2013 | /s/ MARY E. TUUK | |||||
| Mary E. Tuuk | ||||||
| Executive Vice President of Corporate Services and Board Secretary | ||||||