Tractor Supply Company and Bob Evans Renew with Fifth Third Processing Solutions

CINCINNATI, July 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fifth Third Processing
Solutions is pleased to announce that two long-standing merchant customers
have signed contact extensions for merchant processing services:
-- Tractor Supply Company, headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee, is the
largest retail farm and ranch store chain in the United States. The Company
operates more than 800 retail stores in 43 states. Tractor Supply has signed
a contract extension for credit card processing.
-- Bob Evans Farms, Inc. has renewed its contract with Fifth Third for
credit and gift card processing. Bob Evans specializes in bringing farm-fresh
foods to its customers through its restaurants and retail food products. Bob
Evans Farms, Inc. owns and operates 571 Bob Evans Restaurants in 18 states,
primarily in the Midwest, mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions of the United
States. Bob Evans Farms, Inc is also a leading producer and distributor of
pork sausage and a variety of convenience food items under the Bob Evans and
Owens brand names.
"We are always pleased to renew relationships with long-standing national
clients such as Bob Evans and Tractor Supply," said Donald Boeding, Fifth
Third Processing Solutions senior vice president and general manager of
Merchant Services. "These renewed endorsements validate our commitment to
providing quality products and services to the most sophisticated
organizations."
Fifth Third Processing Solutions processes over 26.7 billion ATM and POS
transactions per year for more than 2,880 financial institutions and over
158,356 retail locations worldwide, including the Armed Forces Financial
Network (AFFN), First Niagara Financial Group, Sovereign Bank, The Kroger Co.,
AutoZone, Abercrombie & Fitch and The Finish Line. Annually, Fifth Third
processes $179.1 billion in credit card sales. According to The Nilson Report
(March 2008), Fifth Third Bank is the fourth largest bankcard acquirer.
Fifth Third Bancorp (Nasdaq: FITB) is a diversified financial services
company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Company has $115 billion in
assets, operates 18 affiliates with 1,308 full-service Banking Centers,
including 97 Bank Mart(R) locations open seven days a week inside select
grocery stores and 2,329 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 June 30, 2008, has $207 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
http://www.53.com . Fifth Third's common stock is traded on the NASDAQ(R)
National Global Select Market under the symbol "FITB."
SOURCE Fifth Third Bancorp

Stephanie Honan, Fifth Third Bancorp, +1-513-534-6957