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): November 27, 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)

 

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events

Fifth Third Bancorp (the “Company”) has submitted a redemption notice to the trustee to redeem the trust preferred securities related to the trust listed below, which will result in the redemption of the securities identified below on the date specified. The redemptions will be funded with excess cash currently available to the Company.

Pursuant to the terms of the trust preferred securities, the securities of Fifth Third Capital Trust IV may be called within ninety (90) days of a “Capital Treatment Event.” The Company has determined that a Capital Treatment Event occurred on the publication of a Final Rule regarding Regulatory Capital Rules jointly by the Federal Reserve System and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

 

Trust

    Security    Principal Amount      Redemption date  

Fifth Third Capital

    6.50% Trust    $ 750,000,000         12/30/2013   

Trust IV

    Preferred Securities      

On November 27, 2013, the Company issued a press release announcing this redemption. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1 – Press Release dated November 27, 2013.

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)
November 27, 2013      

/s/ TAYFUN TUZUN

      Tayfun Tuzun
      Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer