Fifth Third Bancorp to Announce Second Quarter 2009 Results, Host Conference Call...

Fifth Third Bancorp to Announce Second Quarter 2009 Results, Host Conference
Call on Thursday, July 23, 2009 at 9:00 AM

CINCINNATI, June 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fifth Third Bancorp (Nasdaq:
FITB) is scheduled to report second quarter 2009 financial results on July 23,
2009. The announcement will be available at www.53.com at approximately 7:00
AM ET. The Company will host a conference call at 9:00 AM ET to discuss
results.

This conference call will be webcast live by Thomson Financial and may be
accessed through the Fifth Third Investor Relations website at www.53.com
(click on "About Fifth Third" then "Investor Relations"). The webcast also is
being distributed over Thomson Financial's Investor Distribution Network to
both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen
to the call through Thomson Financial's individual investor center at
www.earnings.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in Thomson
Financial's Individual Investor Network. Institutional investors can access
the call via Thomson Financial's password-protected event management site,
StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com).

Those unable to listen to the live call may access a webcast replay through
the Fifth Third Investor Relations website at the same web address.
Additionally, a telephone replay of the conference call will be available
until approximately Thursday, August 6 by dialing (800) 642-1687 for domestic
access or (706) 645-9291 for international access (passcode 17561949#).

Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services company headquartered
in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Company has $119 billion in assets, operates 16
affiliates with 1,317 full-service Banking Centers, including 99 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 December 31,
2008, has $179 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(R) National Global Select Market under
the symbol "FITB."

SOURCE Fifth Third Bancorp

Jim Eglseder (Investors), +1-513-534-8424, Rich Rosen (Investors),
+1-513-534-3307, or Debra DeCourcy, APR (Media), +1-513-534-4153, all of Fifth
Third Bancorp