CINCINNATI, Dec. 21, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fifth
Third Bancorp (Nasdaq: FITB) today declared its fourth quarter 2010
cash dividends on its common shares and Series F preferred
shares.
Fifth Third declared a fourth quarter 2010 cash dividend on its
common shares of $0.01. The cash
dividend is payable on Thursday, January 20,
2011 to shareholders of record as of Friday, December 31, 2010.
Fifth Third also declared a cash dividend on its Fixed-Rate
Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series F, at the rate of
$312.50 per share. The Series F
dividend is payable on Friday, December 31,
2010 to the shareholder of record as of Wednesday, December 15, 2010.
Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services company
headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Company has $112 billion in
assets and operates 16 affiliates with 1,311 full-service Banking
Centers, including 103 Bank Mart® locations open seven days a week
inside select grocery stores and 2,434 ATMs in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West
Virginia, Pennsylvania,
Missouri, Georgia and North
Carolina. Fifth Third operates four main businesses:
Commercial Banking, Branch Banking, Consumer Lending, and
Investment Advisors. Fifth Third also has a 49% interest in Fifth
Third Processing Solutions, LLC. Fifth Third is among the largest
money managers in the Midwest and, as of September 30, 2010, had $190 billion in assets under care, of which it
managed $26 billion for individuals,
corporations and not-for-profit organizations. Investor information
and press releases can be viewed at www.53.com. Fifth Third's
common stock is traded on the NASDAQ® National Global Select Market
under the symbol "FITB."
SOURCE Fifth Third Bancorp