Fifth Third Bancorp Announces Second Quarter 2009 Dividends
CINCINNATI, June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fifth Third Bancorp today declared its second quarter 2009 cash dividends on its common shares, Series G preferred shares and Series F preferred shares.
Fifth Third declared a second quarter 2009 cash dividend on its common shares (Nasdaq: FITB) of $0.01. The cash dividend is payable on July 23, 2009 to shareholders of record as of June 30, 2009.
Fifth Third also declared a second quarter cash dividend on its 8.50% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, Series G, at the rate of $531.25 per share, which equates to approximately $2.125 for each depositary share. Each depositary share represents a 1/250th ownership interest in a share of Series G Preferred Stock (Nasdaq: FITBP). The Series G dividend is payable on June 30, 2009 to shareholders of record as of June 26, 2009.
Fifth Third also declared a cash dividend on its Fixed-Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series F, at the rate of $312.50 per share. The Series F dividend is payable on June 30, 2009 to the shareholder of record as of June 15, 2009.
Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. As of March 31, 2009, the Company had $119 billion in assets, operates 16 affiliates with 1,317 full-service Banking Centers, including 98 Bank Mart(R) locations open seven days a week inside select grocery stores and 2,355 ATMs in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Georgia and North Carolina. Fifth Third operates five main businesses: Commercial Banking, Branch Banking, Consumer Lending, Investment Advisors and Fifth Third Processing Solutions. Fifth Third is among the largest money managers in the Midwest and, as of March 31, 2009, has $166 billion in assets under care, of which it managed $23 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(R) National Global Select Market under the symbol "FITB."
