---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000035527-23-000133"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FITB"
cik: "0000035527"
company_name: "FIFTH THIRD BANCORP"
filed_at: "2023-03-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T12:20:26.808229+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fifth Third Bancorp Executive Chair Greg D. Carmichael to retire at April 2023 Annual Meeting

## Summary
- Greg D. Carmichael announced retirement from Board and Company, effective at Annual Meeting on April 18, 2023.
- Carmichael has not been renominated for re-election at the Annual Meeting.
- Board voted to decrease Board size so no vacancies result from his retirement.
- Carmichael served as Executive Chair since July 5, 2022 and as Chair since February 2018.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000035527-23-000133
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FITB
- cik: 0000035527
- company_name: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
- filed_at: 2023-03-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/35527/000003552723000133/0000035527-23-000133-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/35527/000003552723000133/fitb-20230228.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000035527-23-000133
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000035527-23-000133.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000035527-23-000133.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Greg D. Carmichael departed as Executive Chair of the Board of Directors at FIFTH THIRD BANCORP.
  - Action: announced his retirement
  - Role: Executive Chair of the Board of Directors
  source text: On February 28, 2023 Greg D. Carmichael, the Company’s Executive Chair of the Board of Directors, announced his retirement from the Board of Directors and the Company. His retirement will be effective at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders which is scheduled to be held on April 18, 2023, and he has not been renominated for re-election at that meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/35527/000003552723000133/0000035527-23-000133-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.