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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000035527-12-000114
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20121212
FILED AS OF DATE:		20121214
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20121214

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000035527
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35462
		FILM NUMBER:		121265653

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		38 FOUNTAIN SQ PLZ
		STREET 2:		FIFTH THIRD CENTER
		CITY:			CINCINNATI
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			45263
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5135795300

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Vantiv, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001533932
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389]
		IRS NUMBER:				264532998
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8500 GOVERNOR'S HILL DRIVE
		CITY:			SYMMES TOWNSHIP
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			45249
		BUSINESS PHONE:		513-900-5250

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8500 GOVERNOR'S HILL DRIVE
		CITY:			SYMMES TOWNSHIP
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			45249
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        <footnote id="F1">The Class B Common Stock provides Fifth Third Bank and FTPS Partners, LLC (together with their affiliates, the &quot;Fifth Third Investors&quot;) with up to 18.5% of the aggregate voting power of Vantiv, Inc.'s common stock (other than in connection with a stockholder vote with respect to a change of control, in which event the Class B Common Stock will provide the Fifth Third Investors with the full number of votes equal to the number of shares of Class B Common Stock they own) but has no economic rights. If the Fifth Third Investors acquire shares of Class A Common Stock in the future, the voting power of the Class B Common Stock will be reduced by an equivalent amount. Upon an exchange of Class B Units of Vantiv Holding, LLC for shares of Class A Common Stock of Vantiv, Inc. as described in note 5, an equivalent number of shares of Class B Common Stock of Vantiv, Inc. will be cancelled.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">On December 12, 2012, Fifth Third Bank and FTPS Partners, LLC completed the sale of an aggregate 13,700,000 shares of Class A Common Stock of Vantiv, Inc. as part of a registered secondary offering.  In connection with the offering, Fifth Third Bank sold 8,020,966 shares of Class A common stock, and FTPS Partners, LLC sold 5,679,034 shares of Class A common stock.  All of the shares of Class A common stock sold by Fifth Third Bank and FTPS Partners, LLC were issued to Fifth Third Bank and FTPS Partners, LLC, respectively, in exchange for 8,020,966 and 5,679,034 Class B Units of Vantiv Holding, LLC, respectively, pursuant to the terms of the exchange right described in note 5.  Simultaneously with the exchange, an equivalent number of shares of Class B Common Stock of Vantiv, Inc. held by Fifth Third Bank and FTPS Partners, LLC, respectively, automatically were cancelled.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Immediately following completion of the secondary offering, Fifth Third Bank held 70,219,136 Class B Units of Vantiv Holding, LLC and 70,219,136 shares of Class B Common Stock of Vantiv, Inc., and FTPS Partners, LLC no longer held a beneficial interest in Vantiv, Inc. and Vantiv Holding, LLC.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">FTPS Partners, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fifth Third Bank, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fifth Third Financial Corporation, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fifth Third Bancorp.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Fifth Third Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fifth Third Financial Corporation, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fifth Third Bancorp.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">The Fifth Third Investors have the right, following the expiration of the 90-day underwriters' lock-up and pursuant to and subject to the limitations in the Exchange Agreement among Fifth Third Bank, FTPS Partners, LLC, Vantiv, Inc. and Vantiv Holding, LLC (the &quot;Exchange Agreement&quot;), to exchange Class B Units of Vantiv Holding, LLC, a subsidiary of Vantiv, Inc., for shares of Class A Common Stock of Vantiv, Inc. on a one-for-one basis or, at Vantiv, Inc.'s option, for cash. Upon such exchange for Class A Common Stock, an equivalent number of shares of Class B Common Stock of Vantiv, Inc. will be cancelled. The Fifth Third Investors are prohibited by the Exchange Agreement from owning more than 18.5% of the Class A Common Stock at any time.</footnote>
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