Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 27, 2015

 

 

 

LOGO

(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)

 

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d) On May 27, 2015, the Board of Directors of Fifth Third Bancorp (the “Registrant”) elected Jorge L. Benitez as a Director. The Board of Directors increased the size of the Board to thirteen Directors and appointed Mr. Benitez as a Director to fill the vacancy created by the increase. The Board has not yet determined the committees to which Mr. Benitez is to be appointed.

Mr. Benitez’s compensation for service as a Director will be consistent with that of the Registrant’s other non-employee directors, as described in the Registrant’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 5, 2015 and the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

A copy of the related press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 99.1 Press release dated May 29, 2015 relating to the appointment of Jorge L. Benitez as a Director of Fifth Third Bancorp.

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)
May 29, 2015 By:

/s/ KEVIN T. KABAT

Kevin T. Kabat
Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer