Form 8-K/A

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K/A

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): April 14, 2015

 

 

FIFTH THIRD BANCORP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

OHIO

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

001-33653   31-0854434

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

Fifth Third Center

38 Fountain Square Plaza, Cincinnati, Ohio

   45263
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(800) 972-3030

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The purpose of this amendment is to add item (d) below regarding the frequency of shareholder votes on the compensation of executives.

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On April 14, 2015, Fifth Third Bancorp held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders for which the Board of Directors solicited proxies. At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders voted on the following proposals stated in the Proxy Statement dated March 5, 2015, which is incorporated by reference herein.

The proposals voted on and approved or disapproved by the shareholders at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

1. Election of all members of the Board of Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2016:

 

     Number of Common Shares  
     For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Vote		  

Nicholas K. Akins

      611,033,244         2,538,976         853,470         82,494,205   

B. Evan Bayh III

      598,624,849         14,741,700         1,059,135         82,494,211   

Katherine B. Blackburn

      610,006,308         3,577,475         841,905         82,494,207   

Ulysses L. Bridgeman, Jr.

      610,302,450         3,252,800         870,438         82,494,207   

Emerson L. Brumback

      610,905,951         2,686,385         833,354         82,494,205   

James P. Hackett

      608,017,309         5,548,103         860,276         82,494,207   

Gary R. Heminger

      543,826,501         69,734,475         864,710         82,494,209   

Jewell D. Hoover

      610,283,841         3,306,855         834,993         82,494,206   

Kevin T. Kabat

      609,862,458         3,688,107         875,122         82,494,208   

Michael B. McCallister

      611,026,462         2,527,093         872,135         82,494,205   

Hendrik G. Meijer

      606,948,351         6,620,254         857,083         82,494,207   

Marsha C. Williams

      610,123,757         3,425,487         876,441         82,494,210   

2. Approval of the appointment of the firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the independent external audit firm for Fifth Third Bancorp for the year 2015 was approved by a vote of the common shareholders of 688,723,238 for, 7,291,956 against, and 904,701 abstain, with no broker non-votes.

3. The advisory vote on executive compensation was approved by a vote of the common shareholders of 578,313,718 for, 32,761,260 against, and 3,349,550 abstain, with 82,495,367 broker non-votes.

4. In the advisory vote to determine whether the shareholder vote on the compensation of executives will occur every 1, 2, or 3 years, every 1 year was approved by a vote of the common shareholders of 587,842,337 for every 1 year, 4,739,482 for every 2 years, and 20,291,602 for every 3 years, and 1,551,220 abstain, with 82,495,254 broker non-votes.

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(d) In light of the approval at the April 14, 2015 Annual Meeting by its shareholders in an advisory vote of its recommendation to hold an advisory vote for the approval of the compensation of the named executive officers every 1 year, Fifth Third will include a shareholder vote on the compensation of executives in its proxy materials every 1 year until its next vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on the compensation of executives.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
(Registrant)
June 16, 2015

/s/ KEVIN T. KABAT

Kevin T. Kabat
Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer