DBRS Publishes Report on Fifth Third Bancorp & Rel Entities

Dominion Bond Rating Service (“DBRS”) has issued a credit rating report on Fifth Third Bancorp (the “Company”). The report discusses the rationale behind DBRS’s recent new rating of the Company.

DBRS assigned an AA (low) Issuer & Senior Debt rating, an A (high) Subordinated Debt rating, and an R-1 (middle) Short-Term Instruments rating for the Company. In addition, DBRS assigned an AA Deposit & Senior Debt rating and an R-1 (middle) Short-Term Instruments rating to the Company’s banking subsidiaries; Fifth Third Bank and Fifth Third Bank (Michigan). In addition, an AA (low) rating was assigned to Fifth Third Bank’s Subordinated Debt. All trends are Stable.