Cleveland Home & Garden Show Announces Fifth Third Bank as the New Title Sponsor

CLEVELAND, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Expositions, Inc., owner and
producer of the Cleveland Home & Garden Show, announces Fifth Third Bank as
the new title sponsor of the annual event, which will now be called the Fifth
Third Bank Home & Garden Show.
The Show, running from February 7-15, 2009, will carry the theme of "The
Romance of France." Now in its 66th year, the Show is the largest home and
garden show in America, attracting approximately 200,000 visitors during its
nine-day run of high-end exhibits and garden displays at the International
Exposition Center (I-X Center).
"Much like the Cleveland Home & Garden Show, Fifth Third Bank has a deep-
rooted commitment to offering residents of Northeastern Ohio the very best
financial solutions to help build their lives," says Chris Fassnacht,
president and CEO of Expositions, Inc. "We couldn't be more pleased to have
Fifth Third Bank as a partner for this celebrated event within the community."
"We're delighted to align with the Cleveland Home & Garden Show," said
Nancy Huber, Market President for Fifth Third Bank, Northeastern Ohio. "Fifth
Third Bank is not only here to help the residents of Northeastern Ohio realize
a dream of owning a house, but shares the show's goal of assisting them in
making their house the perfect home."
According to Fassnacht, USA Expositions, LLC of Cleveland and its
president, Brian Roggenburk, deserve the credit for forging the partnership
between Fifth Third Bank and the Cleveland Home & Garden Show. USA Expositions
provides consulting and marketing services to major consumer events and has a
stellar record of bringing sponsorship opportunities to home shows, auto shows
and boat shows throughout North America.
ABOUT FIFTH THIRD BANK
Fifth Third Bank, Northeastern Ohio operates -- 86 branches and employs
nearly 1,000 people. Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services
company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Company has $111 billion in
assets, operates 18 affiliates with 1,245 full-service Banking Centers,
including 105 Bank Mart(R) locations open seven days a week inside select
grocery stores and 2,229 ATMs in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois,
Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Missouri and Georgia. 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, 2008, has $212 billion in assets under care, of which it managed $31
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."
SOURCE Expositions, Inc.

Chris Fassnacht, President & CEO, of Expositions, Inc., +1-216-529-1300 ext.
32; or Laura Passerallo, Director of Marketing, of Fifth Third Bank,
+1-216-274-5349; Brian Roggenburk, President, of USA Expositions,
+1-216-619-2345 ext. 222; or Jamie Maier, Director of Publicity-Special
Events, +1-216-464-4850, ext. 3072