Fifth Third Bank Donates Over $100,000 to National Charities Selected by Clients

Contributions Were Selected as Part of Annual Client Experience Survey

Fifth Third Private Bank, a division of Fifth Third Bank (NASDAQ:FITB), has donated $104,250 to eight national charities selected by its clients. The donation was made based on feedback provided during the company’s annual client experience survey.

The charities that received donations this year included: the American Cancer Society, Disabled American Veterans, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Inc., the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International and 17 regional divisions of United Way of America.

Fifth Third Private Bank clients were invited as part of the online survey to select one of eight charities to which the Private Bank would donate $50 in their honor. Over the past six years, Fifth Third Private Bank has donated more than $479,000 to many worthy charitable organizations as part of this effort.

"Each year we use the client experience survey to gain insights into how we can better meet the needs of our clients,” says Phil McHugh, executive vice president and president of Fifth Third Private Bank. “We also use it as an opportunity to thank our clients in a unique way, improving our communities through charitable donations to worthy organizations they support.”

Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Company had $142 billion in assets and operates 1,295 full-service Banking Centers, including 99 Bank Mart® locations, most open seven days a week, inside select grocery stores and 2,650 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 is among the largest money managers in the Midwest and, as of September 30, 2015, had $297 billion in assets under care, of which it managed $25 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® Global Select Market under the symbol “FITB.” Fifth Third Bank was established in 1858. Member FDIC.

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