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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>As filed with the Securities Exchange
Commission on April 16, 2019</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 333-_______ </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8 </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FIFTH THIRD BANCORP </B></P>

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in its Charter) </B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Ohio</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>31-0854434</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>

        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>

        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>38 Fountain Square Plaza </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Cincinnati, Ohio 45263 </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Address, including zip code, of Registrant&rsquo;s
Principal Executive Offices) </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Fifth Third Bancorp 2019 Incentive Compensation
Plan </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Saema Somalya, Esq. </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Fifth Third Bancorp </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>38 Fountain Square Plaza </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>MD 10909F </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Cincinnati, Ohio 45263 </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(513) 534-4300 </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Name, address and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service) </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>With a copy to: </I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Christopher England, Esq. </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Fifth Third Bancorp </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>38 Fountain Square Plaza </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>MD 10909F </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Cincinnati, Ohio 45263 </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(513) 534-4300 </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions
of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company,&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging
growth company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Large accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9746;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated file</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Smaller reporting company</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Emerging growth company</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the
registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. &#9744;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Calculation of Registration Fee </B></P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Title of securities</B></P>
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        registered(1)</B></P>
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 8pt"><B>Proposed</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 8pt"><B>maximum </B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 8pt"><B>offering price</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 8pt"><B>per share (2)</B></FONT></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Proposed<BR>
        maximum<BR>
        aggregate</B></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>offering price(2)</B></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Amount of</B></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>registration fee</B></P>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Common Stock, no par value per share</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">40,000,000 shares</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$27.41</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$1,096,400,000.00</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$132,883.68</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), this registration statement covers such additional shares as may be issued by reason of stock splits, stock dividends, or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration that results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of Fifth Third Common Stock. </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Estimated solely for
    purposes of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h)(1), based upon the average of
    the $27.76 (high) and $27.06 (low) sale prices of Fifth Third Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on
    April     15, 2019, which date is within five business days prior to filing this Registration Statement. </FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &ldquo;Registration
Statement&rdquo;) is filed by Fifth Third Bancorp (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;), to cover shares
of common stock, with no par value per share (&ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;), of the Registrant authorized for issuance under the
Fifth Third Bancorp 2019 Incentive Compensation Plan.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART I </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>ITEMS 1 AND 2. Plan Information; Registrant Information and
Employee Plan Annual Information. </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The documents containing the information specified in Parts
I and II of Form S-8 have been or will be sent or given to participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated
by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) under the Securities Act. Such documents need not be filed
with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule
424. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of
this Form, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. <I>See</I>
Rule 428(a)(1).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT </B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>ITEM 3.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 92%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">The following documents, as filed with the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), are incorporated herein by reference
and made a part hereof:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; padding-left: 4.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 4%; padding-left: 4.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 93%; padding-left: 4.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018; </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 4.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 4.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 4.5pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; padding-left: 4.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 4%; padding-left: 4.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 93%; padding-left: 4.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the Registrant&rsquo;s current reports on Form 8-K filed after the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018; </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 4.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 4.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 4.5pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; padding-left: 4.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 4%; padding-left: 4.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(3)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 93%; padding-left: 4.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the Registrant&rsquo;s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on March 6, 2019; and </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 4.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 4.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 4.5pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; padding-left: 4.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 4%; padding-left: 4.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(4)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 93%; padding-left: 4.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the description of the Registrant&rsquo;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&rsquo;s registration statement filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 4.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 4.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 4.5pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents, except for
information furnished in any such filings, which information is not deemed filed and is not incorporated by reference herein.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">Any statement contained in a document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>ITEM 4.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 92%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Description of Securities. </B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in">Not
Applicable.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>ITEM 5.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Not applicable.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>ITEM 6.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="width: 8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 91%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">Section 1701.13(E) of the Ohio Revised Code provides
that a corporation may indemnify or agree to indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to
any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, other
than an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee, or
agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, member,
manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership,
joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorney&rsquo;s fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding, if he acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect
to any criminal action or proceeding, if he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any
action, suit, or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent,
shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, that he
had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">Section 1701.13(E)(2) further specifies that a corporation
may indemnify or agree to indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending,
or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, by reason of the fact that
he is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation
as a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or
for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses, including
attorney&rsquo;s fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit,
if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation,
except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any of the following: (a) any claim, issue, or matter as to which such
person is adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the corporation unless, and only
to the extent, that the court of common pleas or the court in which such action or suit was brought determines, upon application,
that, despite the adjudication of liability, but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court of common pleas or such other court shall deem proper; and (b) any action
or suit in which the only liability asserted against a director is pursuant to Section 1701.95 of the Ohio Revised Code concerning
unlawful loans, dividends and distribution of assets.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">In addition, Section 1701.13(E)(5)(a) requires a corporation
to pay any expenses, including attorney&rsquo;s fees, of a director in defending an action, suit, or proceeding referred to above
as they are incurred, in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by
or on behalf of the director in which he agrees to both (i) repay such amount if it is proved by clear and convincing evidence
in a court of competent jurisdiction that his action or failure to act involved an act or omission undertaken with deliberate intent
to cause injury to the corporation or undertaken with reckless disregard for the best interests of the corporation and (ii) reasonably
cooperate with the corporation concerning the action, suit, or proceeding.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">The indemnification provided by Section 1701.13(E)
shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under the articles of
incorporation or code of regulations of the Registrant.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">The code of regulations of the Registrant provides
that the Registrant shall indemnify each director and each officer of the Registrant, and each person employed by the Registrant
who serves at the written request of the President of the Registrant as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, to the full extent
permitted by Ohio law, subject to the limits of applicable federal law and regulation. The Registrant may indemnify assistant officers,
employees and others by action of the Board of Directors to the extent permitted by Ohio law, subject to the limits of applicable
federal law and regulation.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">The Registrant carries directors&rsquo; and officers&rsquo;
liability insurance coverage which insures its directors and officers and the directors and officers of its subsidiaries in certain
circumstances.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>ITEM 7.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 92%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed. &nbsp;</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in">Not
applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>ITEM 8.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 92%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibits. </B></FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in">The
list of exhibits is set forth under &ldquo;Exhibit Index&rdquo; immediately preceding the signature pages hereto and is incorporated
by reference herein.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>ITEM 9.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 92%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Undertakings.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in">(a)
<I>Rule 415 Offering</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in">The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in">(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt"></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(i)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</FONT></TD>
</TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in"></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left">(ii)</TD><TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would
not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &ldquo;Calculation
of Registration Fee&rdquo; table in the effective Registration Statement; and</TD>
</TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 4.5pt; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>



<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in"></P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; width: 100%"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(iii)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;</FONT></TD>
</TR></TABLE>


<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)
and (a)(1)(ii) of this Item do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">(b) <I>Filings Incorporating Subsequent Exchange Act
Documents By Reference </I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that,
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&rsquo;s annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">(c) <I>Indemnification</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions referred to in Item 6, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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<TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 90%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><B>Exhibit</B><BR>
<B>No.&nbsp;</B></P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><B>Description&nbsp;</B></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/35527/000119312514226503/d739691dex41.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/35527/000119312514226503/d739691dex41.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The Second Amended Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Ohio on July 3, 1989 and as subsequently amended on June 3, 2014 and effective June 3, 2014 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant&rsquo;s Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-33653) filed with the Commission on June 5, 2014).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/35527/000119312514344408/d791641dex31.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/35527/000119312514344408/d791641dex31.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Code of Regulations of the Registrant, as amended as of September 14, 2014 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-33653) filed with the Commission on September 17, 2014).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="dp105168_ex0403.htm">4.3</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="dp105168_ex0403.htm">Fifth Third Bancorp 2019 Incentive Compensation Plan (filed herewith).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="dp105168_ex0501.htm">5.1</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="dp105168_ex0501.htm">Opinion of Thompson Hine LLP (filed herewith).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="dp105168_ex0501.htm">23.1</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="dp105168_ex0501.htm">Consent
    of Thompson Hine LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 and filed herewith).</A> </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="dp105168_ex2302.htm">23.2</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="dp105168_ex2302.htm">Consent of Independent Registered Accounting Firm (filed herewith).</A> </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><A HREF="#pow"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">24.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="#pow"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">S</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>IGNATURES</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Cincinnati, State of Ohio on April 16, 2019.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-collapse: collapse">
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 61%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 34%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>FIFTH THIRD BANCORP</B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Greg D. Carmichael</P>
</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Greg D. Carmichael</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><A NAME="pow"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints
<B>GREG D. CARMICHAEL,</B> his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him or her in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all annexes and exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 16<SUP>th</SUP>
day of April, 2019.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TR>
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 46%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 8pt">Name</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 8pt">Title</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Greg
        D. Carmichael</P>

        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Greg D. Carmichael</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer</P>

        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(Principal Executive Officer)</P>
</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Tayfun
        Tuzun</P>

        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Tayfun Tuzun</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Mark
        D. Hazel</P>

        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Mark D. Hazel</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Senior Vice President and Controller</P>

        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(Principal Accounting Officer)</P>
</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Nicholas
        K. Akins</P>

        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Nicholas K. Akins</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">&nbsp;        </P>

        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">B. Evan Bayh III</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Jorge
        L. Benitez</P>

        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Jorge L. Benitez</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE>

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<TR>
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 46%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Katherine
        B. Blackburn</P>
</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Katherine B. Blackburn</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Emerson
        L. Brumback</P>

        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Emerson L. Brumback</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Jerry
        W. Burris</P>

        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Jerry W. Burris</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ C.
        Bryan Daniels</P>

        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">C. Bryan Daniels</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
<DIV STYLE="padding: 0in; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">

        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">/s/ Thomas H. Harvey</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"></P>
</DIV>

        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Thomas H. Harvey</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Director</P>
</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Gary
        R. Heminger</P>

        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Gary R. Heminger</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Jewell
        D. Hoover</P>

        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Jewell D. Hoover</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Eileen
        A. Mallesch</P>

        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Eileen A. Mallesch</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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As filed with the Securities Exchange
Commission on April 16, 2019
Registration No. 333-_______
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified
in its Charter)
Ohio
31-0854434
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
38 Fountain Square Plaza
Cincinnati, Ohio 45263
(Address, including zip code, of Registrant's
Principal Executive Offices)
Fifth Third Bancorp 2019 Incentive Compensation
Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Saema Somalya, Esq.
Fifth Third Bancorp
38 Fountain Square Plaza
MD 10909F
Cincinnati, Ohio 45263
(513) 534-4300
(Name, address and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
With a copy to:
Christopher England, Esq.
Fifth Third Bancorp
38 Fountain Square Plaza
MD 10909F
Cincinnati, Ohio 45263
(513) 534-4300
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions
of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging
growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☒
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated file
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the
registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
Calculation of Registration Fee
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount
to be
registered(1)
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share (2)
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price(2)
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock, no par value per share
40,000,000 shares
$27.41
$1,096,400,000.00
$132,883.68
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement covers such additional shares as may be issued by reason of stock splits, stock dividends, or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration that results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of Fifth Third Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for
    purposes of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h)(1), based upon the average of
    the $27.76 (high) and $27.06 (low) sale prices of Fifth Third Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on
    April     15, 2019, which date is within five business days prior to filing this Registration Statement.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration
Statement") is filed by Fifth Third Bancorp (the "Company" or the "Registrant"), to cover shares
of common stock, with no par value per share ("Common Stock"), of the Registrant authorized for issuance under the
Fifth Third Bancorp 2019 Incentive Compensation Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS
ITEMS 1 AND 2. Plan Information; Registrant Information and
Employee Plan Annual Information.
The documents containing the information specified in Parts
I and II of Form S-8 have been or will be sent or given to participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated
by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act. Such documents need not be filed
with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule
424. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of
this Form, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
See
Rule 428(a)(1).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
ITEM 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, as filed with the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated herein by reference
and made a part hereof:
(1)
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018;
(2)
the Registrant's current reports on Form 8-K filed after the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018;
(3)
the Registrant's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on March 6, 2019; and
(4)
the description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's registration statement filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents, except for
information furnished in any such filings, which information is not deemed filed and is not incorporated by reference herein.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
ITEM 4.
Description of Securities.
Not
Applicable.
ITEM 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
ITEM 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 1701.13(E) of the Ohio Revised Code provides
that a corporation may indemnify or agree to indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to
any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, other
than an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee, or
agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, member,
manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership,
joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorney's fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding, if he acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect
to any criminal action or proceeding, if he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any
action, suit, or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent,
shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, that he
had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
Section 1701.13(E)(2) further specifies that a corporation
may indemnify or agree to indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending,
or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, by reason of the fact that
he is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation
as a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or
for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses, including
attorney's fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit,
if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation,
except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any of the following: (a) any claim, issue, or matter as to which such
person is adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the corporation unless, and only
to the extent, that the court of common pleas or the court in which such action or suit was brought determines, upon application,
that, despite the adjudication of liability, but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court of common pleas or such other court shall deem proper; and (b) any action
or suit in which the only liability asserted against a director is pursuant to Section 1701.95 of the Ohio Revised Code concerning
unlawful loans, dividends and distribution of assets.
In addition, Section 1701.13(E)(5)(a) requires a corporation
to pay any expenses, including attorney's fees, of a director in defending an action, suit, or proceeding referred to above
as they are incurred, in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by
or on behalf of the director in which he agrees to both (i) repay such amount if it is proved by clear and convincing evidence
in a court of competent jurisdiction that his action or failure to act involved an act or omission undertaken with deliberate intent
to cause injury to the corporation or undertaken with reckless disregard for the best interests of the corporation and (ii) reasonably
cooperate with the corporation concerning the action, suit, or proceeding.
The indemnification provided by Section 1701.13(E)
shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under the articles of
incorporation or code of regulations of the Registrant.
The code of regulations of the Registrant provides
that the Registrant shall indemnify each director and each officer of the Registrant, and each person employed by the Registrant
who serves at the written request of the President of the Registrant as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, to the full extent
permitted by Ohio law, subject to the limits of applicable federal law and regulation. The Registrant may indemnify assistant officers,
employees and others by action of the Board of Directors to the extent permitted by Ohio law, subject to the limits of applicable
federal law and regulation.
The Registrant carries directors' and officers'
liability insurance coverage which insures its directors and officers and the directors and officers of its subsidiaries in certain
circumstances.
ITEM 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not
applicable.
ITEM 8.
Exhibits.
The
list of exhibits is set forth under "Exhibit Index" immediately preceding the signature pages hereto and is incorporated
by reference herein.
ITEM 9.
Undertakings.
(a)
Rule 415 Offering
The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would
not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation
of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii)
To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)
and (a)(1)(ii) of this Item do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof; and
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
Filings Incorporating Subsequent Exchange Act
Documents By Reference
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that,
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)
Indemnification
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions referred to in Item 6, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
The Second Amended Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Ohio on July 3, 1989 and as subsequently amended on June 3, 2014 and effective June 3, 2014 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant's Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-33653) filed with the Commission on June 5, 2014).
4.2
Code of Regulations of the Registrant, as amended as of September 14, 2014 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-33653) filed with the Commission on September 17, 2014).
4.3
Fifth Third Bancorp 2019 Incentive Compensation Plan (filed herewith).
5.1
Opinion of Thompson Hine LLP (filed herewith).
23.1
Consent
    of Thompson Hine LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 and filed herewith).
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Accounting Firm (filed herewith).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
S
IGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Cincinnati, State of Ohio on April 16, 2019.
FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
By:
/s/ Greg D. Carmichael
Greg D. Carmichael
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints
GREG D. CARMICHAEL,
his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him or her in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all annexes and exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 16
th
day of April, 2019.
Name
Title
/s/ Greg
        D. Carmichael
Greg D. Carmichael
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Tayfun
        Tuzun
Tayfun Tuzun
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Mark
        D. Hazel
Mark D. Hazel
Senior Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Nicholas
        K. Akins
Nicholas K. Akins
Director
B. Evan Bayh III
Director
/s/ Jorge
        L. Benitez
Jorge L. Benitez
Director
/s/ Katherine
        B. Blackburn
Director
Katherine B. Blackburn
/s/ Emerson
        L. Brumback
Emerson L. Brumback
Director
/s/ Jerry
        W. Burris
Jerry W. Burris
Director
/s/ C.
        Bryan Daniels
C. Bryan Daniels
Director
/s/ Thomas H. Harvey
Thomas H. Harvey
Director
/s/ Gary
        R. Heminger
Gary R. Heminger
Director
/s/ Jewell
        D. Hoover
Jewell D. Hoover
Director
/s/ Eileen
        A. Mallesch
Eileen A. Mallesch
Director
Michael B. McCallister
Director
/s/ Marsha
        C. Williams
Marsha C. Williams
Director