---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-004377"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FITB"
cik: "0000035527"
company_name: "FIFTH THIRD BANCORP"
filed_at: "2026-01-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:35:05.675948+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fifth Third and Comerica shareholders approve merger; deal expected to close Q1 2026

## Summary
- Fifth Third shareholders voted 99.7% in favor (536.8M for) of stock issuance for Comerica acquisition.
- Comerica stockholders voted 97.0% in favor; merger to create 9th largest US bank with $290B assets.
- Combined bank will have footprint in 17 of 20 fastest-growing large US markets.
- Deal expected to close in Q1 2026 subject to remaining customary conditions.
- Fifth Third Chairman Tim Spence highlights combining retail/digital with Comerica's middle-market franchise.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-004377
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FITB
- cik: 0000035527
- company_name: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
- filed_at: 2026-01-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/35527/000119312526004377/0001193125-26-004377-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/35527/000119312526004377/d89288d8k.htm

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