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Get filing alertsFifth Third completes $1.27B debt exchange, retires 94% of Comerica legacy notes
Filed June 10, 2026 · Period ending June 8, 2026 · ~1 min read
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Fifth Third closed exchange offers for $1.27 billion of notes originally issued by Comerica, with 94% participation on the 2030 notes and 61% on the 2029 notes. Tendered notes will be retired; remaining notes stay outstanding under modified terms.
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Company issued new Fifth Third senior notes mirroring the old Comerica notes: 4.000% due 2029 and 5.982% fixed-to-floating due 2030. New notes are direct obligations of Fifth Third Bancorp, not subsidiary FTFC.
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Fifth Third eliminated restrictive covenants from remaining unexchanged notes, including maintenance of properties, payment of taxes, and certain default triggers. Changes became effective June 10, 2026.
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New notes issued under private placement exemption. Fifth Third committed to file exchange offer registration statement within 365 days or pay additional interest as penalty.
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Summary
Fifth Third Bancorp successfully completed a debt exchange tied to its earlier acquisition of Comerica, swapping $1.27 billion of legacy Comerica notes for new Fifth Third senior debt. The exchange saw strong participation—94% of the $1 billion 5.982% notes due 2030 and 61% of the $550 million 4.000% notes due 2029 were tendered.
The tendered notes will be retired, simplifying the capital structure and moving debt obligations from subsidiary FTFC directly to the parent company. Retail holders should care because this transaction reduces complexity in Fifth Third's debt stack and eliminates restrictive covenants that previously constrained the company's financial flexibility.
The covenant removal applies to both exchanged and remaining notes, giving management more operational freedom. The new notes carry the same rates and maturities as the old ones, so there's no immediate economic impact, but the shift to parent-level obligations may affect credit ratings or investor perception. Watch for the registration statement filing over the next 12 months. If Fifth Third misses the 365-day deadline, it will owe penalty interest to new noteholders—a sign of execution risk. Also monitor whether the company uses its newfound covenant flexibility to pursue acquisitions, buybacks, or other capital allocation moves that were previously restricted.
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Event · Item 8.01 — Other Events
Fifth Third completed exchange offers for $1.27B of assumed Comerica notes, issuing new Fifth Third notes and eliminating certain covenants.
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On June 10, 2026 (the “Final Settlement Date”), Fifth Third Bancorp completed its previously announced (a) offers to exchange (each an “Exchange Offer” and collectively, the “Exchange Offers”) certain outstanding notes originally issued by Comerica Incorporated and assumed by Fifth Third Financial Corporation (“FTFC”) as successor by merger (the “Existing FTFC Notes”) for (1) new notes issued by Fifth Third Bancorp (the “New Fifth Third Notes”) and (2) cash
Fifth Third Bancorp completed exchange offers for notes originally issued by Comerica and assumed by its subsidiary FTFC. Holders exchanged these notes for new Fifth Third notes plus cash. The exchange closed on June 10, 2026, after the June 8 expiration date.
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$ 550,000,000 | $ 334,781,000 | $ 215,219,000 | 4.000% Senior Notes due 2029 | 5.982% Fixed-To-Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2030 | $ 1,000,000,000 | $ 938,170,000 | $ 61,830,000
Of the $550 million 4.000% notes due 2029, $334.8 million were tendered (61% participation). Of the $1 billion 5.982% notes due 2030, $938.2 million were tendered (94% participation). All tendered notes were accepted and will be retired. The remaining $215.2 million and $61.8 million, respectively, stay outstanding under modified terms.
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As previously announced, FTFC received the requisite number of consents to adopt the Proposed Amendments with respect to each of the two outstanding series of Existing FTFC Notes that were subject to the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations. Accordingly, FTFC and the trustee for each such outstanding series of Existing FTFC Notes executed and delivered a supplemental indenture effecting the Proposed Amendments, which supplemental indenture became effective and operational on the Final Settlement Date.
FTFC obtained sufficient consents to eliminate certain covenants, restrictive provisions, and events of default from the indentures governing the old notes. The amendments became effective June 10, 2026, and apply to both the exchanged notes (now retired) and the remaining unexchanged notes. Deleted provisions include maintenance of properties, payment of taxes, existence covenants, and certain default triggers.
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Upon completion of the Exchange Offers, Fifth Third Bancorp issued approximately $1,272,791,000 billion in aggregate principal amount of New Fifth Third Notes in exchange for Existing FTFC Notes that were tendered and accepted.
Fifth Third issued approximately $1.27 billion in new senior unsecured notes to complete the exchange. The new notes mirror the maturity dates and interest rates of the old notes but are direct obligations of Fifth Third Bancorp rather than its subsidiary FTFC. The new notes were not registered with the SEC and were issued under an exemption.
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Under the Registration Rights Agreement, Fifth Third agreed, among other things, to use commercially reasonable efforts, to file with the SEC and cause to become effective a registration statement with respect to an offer to exchange each series of New Fifth Third Notes for new notes within 365 days of the Final Settlement Date.
Fifth Third entered into a registration rights agreement committing to file an exchange offer registration statement within 365 days. If Fifth Third fails to meet these registration obligations, it must pay additional interest on the new notes. This provides liquidity protection for holders of the unregistered new notes.
Event · Item 9.01 — Financial Statements and Exhibits
Item 9.01 — Financial Statements and Exhibits filed; see Key Changes for terms.
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Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 10, 2026 between Fifth Third Bancorp and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee, to the Indenture for Senior Debt Securities dated as of April 30, 2008 between Fifth Third Bancorp and the Trustee, as amended by Article 4 of the Twelfth Supplemental Indenture dated April 25, 2022 between Fifth Third Bancorp and the Trustee.
Fifth Third Bancorp executed a supplemental indenture on June 10, 2026 to issue new senior debt securities. This supplements the company's existing senior debt indenture framework originally established in 2008.
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Form of 4.000% Senior Notes due 2029 (144A). ... Form of 4.000% Senior Notes due 2029 (Reg S).
The company issued 4.000% fixed-rate senior notes maturing in 2029 under both Rule 144A (for qualified institutional buyers) and Regulation S (for offshore investors). These notes represent new debt obligations with a three-year maturity from issuance date.
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Form of 5.982% Fixed-To-Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2030 (144A). ... Form of 5.982% Fixed-To-Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2030 (Reg S).
The company issued 5.982% fixed-to-floating rate senior notes maturing in 2030 under both Rule 144A and Regulation S. These notes carry a higher initial rate and will transition to a floating rate at some point, providing investors with interest rate protection while giving the company four-year debt financing.
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Registration Rights Agreement dated June 10, 2026 by and between Fifth Third Bancorp, as issuer, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as dealer manager.
Fifth Third entered into a registration rights agreement with J.P. Morgan Securities as dealer manager. This agreement typically obligates the company to register the privately-placed notes with the SEC, providing liquidity to initial purchasers.
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