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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i7d28058949cf4483967fb022b0ca93e2_1"></div><div style="min-height:33.12pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:7pt double #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">As filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on September&#160;29, 2023</font></div><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Registration No. 333-             </font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">_______________</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">FORM S-8</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">_______________</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">FIFTH THIRD BANCORP </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">_______________</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">38 Fountain Square Plaza,</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Cincinnati, Ohio 45263</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:104%">(Address, including zip code, of Registrant&#8217;s Principal Executive Offices)</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Fifth Third Bancorp Unfunded Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">The Fifth Third Bancorp Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(Full Title of Plans)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:104%">Susan B. Zaunbrecher</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:104%">Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Fifth Third Bancorp </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">38 Fountain Square Plaza </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">MD 10907F</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Cincinnati, Ohio 45263 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(513) 534-4300 </font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">With a copy to&#58; </font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">H. Samuel Lind, Esq. </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Fifth Third Bancorp </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">38 Fountain Square Plaza </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">MD 10907F</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Cincinnati, Ohio 45263 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(513) 534-4300 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:14.4pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:106%">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 &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  (Check one)</font></div><div style="text-indent:14.4pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:236.25pt"><tr><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:85.00pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:30.25pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:96.25pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:16.75pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:11pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Large accelerated filer</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:9pt"><font 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style="height:35.28pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i7d28058949cf4483967fb022b0ca93e2_4"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">EXPLANATORY NOTE</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) is being filed to register an additional $75,000,000 of unsecured obligations of Fifth Third Bancorp to pay deferred compensation in the future (&#8220;Deferred Compensation Obligations&#8221;) in accordance with the terms of the Fifth Third Bancorp Unfunded Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors and The Fifth Third Bancorp Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Company registered $32,000,000 of Deferred Compensation Obligations on a Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-214542) (the &#8220;Original Registration Statement&#8221;) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) on November 10, 2016.  The Company registered an additional $45,000,000 of Deferred Compensation Obligations on a Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-227468) filed with the SEC on September 21, 2018 and an additional $50,000,000 of Deferred Compensation Obligations on a Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-251914) filed with the SEC on January 6, 2021 (together, the &#8220;Additional Registration Statements&#8221;).  Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Original Registration Statement and the Additional Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference, except that the provisions contained in Part II of the Original Registration Statement and the Additional Registration Statements are modified as set forth in this Registration Statement.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">PART II</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:48.95pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">The following documents that Fifth Third Bancorp (the &#8220;Company&#8221; or &#8220;Fifth Third&#8221;) has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;) are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement&#58; </font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:48.95pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:91.025%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:4.533%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:93.267%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8226;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022&#59;</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:91.025%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:4.533%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:93.267%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8226;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">the Company&#8217;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2023 and June 30, 2023&#59;</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:91.025%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:4.533%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:93.267%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8226;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">the Company&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 23, 2023, January 27, 2023, March 6, 2023, April 21, 2023, June 14, 2023, July 24, 2023, July 27, 2023, and August 21, 2023.</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:48.95pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">In addition, all reports and other documents subsequently filed (but not furnished) by the Company pursuant to Sections&#160;13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents with the Commission. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement, modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement contained in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in a subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">No document or information deemed to be furnished and not filed in accordance with rules of the Commission shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference unless such document or information expressly provides to the contrary.</font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">The validity of the Obligations offered hereby has been passed upon by Thompson Hine LLP. A copy of their opinion is attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">ITEM 8.  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Document
As filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on September 29, 2023
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
_______________
38 Fountain Square Plaza,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45263
(Address, including zip code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
Fifth Third Bancorp Unfunded Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors
The Fifth Third Bancorp Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan
(Full Title of Plans)
Susan B. Zaunbrecher
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
Fifth Third Bancorp
38 Fountain Square Plaza
MD 10907F
Cincinnati, Ohio 45263
(513) 534-4300
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With a copy to:
H. Samuel Lind, Esq.
Fifth Third Bancorp
38 Fountain Square Plaza
MD 10907F
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.  (Check one)
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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Smaller reporting company
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Emerging growth company
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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.  ☐
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") is being filed to register an additional $75,000,000 of unsecured obligations of Fifth Third Bancorp to pay deferred compensation in the future ("Deferred Compensation Obligations") in accordance with the terms of the Fifth Third Bancorp Unfunded Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors and The Fifth Third Bancorp Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan.
The Company registered $32,000,000 of Deferred Compensation Obligations on a Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-214542) (the "Original Registration Statement") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on November 10, 2016.  The Company registered an additional $45,000,000 of Deferred Compensation Obligations on a Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-227468) filed with the SEC on September 21, 2018 and an additional $50,000,000 of Deferred Compensation Obligations on a Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-251914) filed with the SEC on January 6, 2021 (together, the "Additional Registration Statements").  Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Original Registration Statement and the Additional Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference, except that the provisions contained in Part II of the Original Registration Statement and the Additional Registration Statements are modified as set forth in this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents that Fifth Third Bancorp (the "Company" or "Fifth Third") has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
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the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022;
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the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2023 and June 30, 2023;
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the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 23, 2023, January 27, 2023, March 6, 2023, April 21, 2023, June 14, 2023, July 24, 2023, July 27, 2023, and August 21, 2023.
In addition, all reports and other documents subsequently filed (but not furnished) by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents with the Commission. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement, modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement contained in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in a subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
No document or information deemed to be furnished and not filed in accordance with rules of the Commission shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference unless such document or information expressly provides to the contrary.
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ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
The validity of the Obligations offered hereby has been passed upon by Thompson Hine LLP. A copy of their opinion is attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement.
ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
The Fifth Third Bancorp Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan (as amended and restated effective as of September 1, 2020) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2020 (File No. 001-33653))
4.2
Fifth Third Bancorp Unfunded Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (as amended and restated effective September 1, 2020) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2020 (File No. 001-33653))
5.1
Opinion of Counsel*
23.1
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)*
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP*
24.1
Power of Attorney (set forth on signature page)*
107
Calculation of Filing Fee Tables*
*
Filed herewith.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company 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 September 29, 2023.
FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
By:
/s/  Timothy N. Spence
Timothy N. Spence
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWERS OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned officers and directors do hereby constitute and appoint Timothy N. Spence, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, as our true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, to do any and all acts and things in our name and behalf in our capacities as directors and officers, and to execute any and all instruments for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, that such person may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Commission in connection with this Registration Statement, including specifically, but not limited to, power and authority to sign for us, any of us, in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments hereto (including post-effective amendments); and we do hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on September 29, 2023.
Name
Title
/s/ Timothy N. Spence
Timothy N. Spence
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ James C. Leonard
James C. Leonard
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Mark D. Hazel
Mark D. Hazel
Executive Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Nicholas K. Akins
Nicholas K. Akins
Chair of the Board
/s/ B. Evan Bayh III
B. Evan Bayh III
Director
/s/ Jorge L. Benitez
Jorge L. Benitez
Director
/s/ Katherine B. Blackburn
Katherine B. Blackburn
Director
/s/ Emerson L. Brumback
Emerson L. Brumback
Director
/s/ Linda W. Clement-Holmes
Linda W. Clement-Holmes
Director
/s/ C. Bryan Daniels
C. Bryan Daniels
Director
/s/ Laurent Desmangles
Laurent Desmangles
Director
/s/ Mitchell S. Feiger
Mitchell S. Feiger
Director
/s/ Thomas H. Harvey
Thomas H. Harvey
Director
/s/ Gary R. Heminger
Gary R. Heminger
Director
/s/ Eileen A. Mallesch
Eileen A. Mallesch
Director
/s/ Michael B. McCallister
Michael B. McCallister
Director
/s/ Kathleen A. Rogers
Kathleen A. Rogers
Director
Marsha C. Williams
Director
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