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): March 14, 2013

 

 

 

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)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing 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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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On March 14, 2013, Fifth Third Bancorp (“Fifth Third”) issued a press release announcing that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System did not object to its capital plan submitted under the Comprehensive Capital Analysis & Review (“CCAR”) process. A copy of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. Additionally, Fifth Third disclosed results of its company-run stress test as required by the Dodd-Frank Act stress testing rules. A copy of these results is attached as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Form 8-K and the Exhibits attached hereto shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1 Fifth     Third Bancorp Press Release dated March 14, 2013

Exhibit 99.2 Fifth     Third Bancorp Company-Run Stress Test Disclosures

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)
March 14, 2013      

/s/ Daniel T. Poston

      Daniel T. Poston
      Executive Vice President and
      Chief Financial Officer