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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): September 22, 2021

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Ohio |  | 001-33653 |  | 31-0854434
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |  | (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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: |  |  |  |
Title of each class |  | Trading Symbol(s) |  | Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, Without Par Value |  | FITB |  | The | NASDAQ | Stock Market LLC
Depositary Shares Representing a 1/1000th Ownership Interest in a Share of 6.625% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series I |  | FITBI |  | The | NASDAQ | Stock Market LLC
Depositary Shares Representing a 1/40th Ownership Interest in a Share of 6.00% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Class B Preferred Stock, Series A |  | FITBP |  | The | NASDAQ | Stock Market LLC
Depositary Shares Representing a 1/1000th Ownership Interest in a Share of 4.95% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series K |  | FITBO |  | The | NASDAQ | Stock Market LLC

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).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
On September 22, 2021, Fifth Third Bancorp (“Fifth Third”) published the required Basel III Pillar 3 Regulatory Capital Disclosures, which are available on Fifth Third’s Investor Relations website at https://ir.53.com under “Quarterly and Annual Reports”. These disclosures reference the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2021, the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the Consolidated Financial Statements for Holding Companies - FR-Y-9C for the period ended June 30, 2021, which are also available on Fifth Third’s Investor Relations website at https://ir.53.com under “Quarterly and Annual Reports”. These disclosures will be published quarterly and will be available on Fifth Third’s Investor Relations website. Fifth Third intends to discontinue filing a Form 8-K to announce publication for these reports for future periods.
The information in this Form 8-K 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.

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)
Dated: September 22, 2021 |  | /s/ James C. Leonard
|  | James C. Leonard
|  | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer