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Fifth Third Bancorp Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend on its Series G Preferred Stock

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^{Published in Business and Finance on Tuesday, June 14th 2011 at 13:00 GMT by Market Wire}  

CINCINNATI--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Fifth Third Bancorp announced that on June 14, 2011, the board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on its 8.50% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, Series G (Nasdaq: FITBP), at the rate of $531.25 per share, which equates to approximately $2.125 for each depositary share. Each depositary share represents a 1/250^th ownership interest in a share of Series G Preferred Stock. The Series G dividend is payable on Thursday, June 30, 2011 to shareholders of record as of Friday, June 24, 2011.

Fifth Third Bancorp (Nasdaq: FITB) is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Company has $110 billion in assets and operates 15 affiliates with 1,316 full-service Banking Centers, including 103 Bank Mart® locations open seven days a week inside select grocery stores and 2,444 ATMs in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Georgia and North Carolina. Fifth Third operates four main businesses: Commercial Banking, Branch Banking, Consumer Lending, and Investment Advisors. Fifth Third also has a 49% interest in Fifth Third Processing Solutions, LLC. Fifth Third is among the largest money managers in the Midwest and, as of March 31, 2011, had $274 billion in assets under care, of which it managed $26 billion for individuals, corporations and not-for-profit organizations. [ Investor information ] and [ press releases ] can be viewed at [ www.53.com ]. Fifth Third's common stock is traded on the NASDAQ® National Global Select Market under the symbol "FITB."