Current Report Filing (8-k)
March 22 2019 - 6:08AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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): March 21, 2019
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
OHIO
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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001-33653
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31-0854434
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.)
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Fifth Third Center
38 Fountain Square Plaza, Cincinnati, Ohio
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45263
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip Code)
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(800) 972-3030
(Registrants 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
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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240.13e-4
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this
chapter) or
Rule 12b-2 of
the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (§240.12b-2 of
this chapter).
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If an
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Introductory Note
This Current Report on
Form 8-K
is being filed in connection with the closing on March 21,
2019 of the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 20, 2018 (the Merger Agreement), by and among Fifth Third Bancorp (Fifth Third), its wholly-owned subsidiary, Fifth
Third Financial Corporation and MB Financial, Inc. (MB Financial).
Effective March 22, 2019, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, a newly formed subsidiary of Fifth Third merged with and into MB Financial
(the Merger). As a result of the Merger, MB Financial is now a subsidiary of Fifth Third.
On March 22, 2019, Fifth Third
issued a press release announcing the completion of the Merger, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01
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Financial Statements and Exhibits
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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.
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FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
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(Registrant)
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March 22, 2019
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/s/ TAYFUN TUZUN
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Tayfun Tuzun
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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