Fifth Third Bancorp to Participate in the 2007 Credit Suisse Financial Services Forum

CINCINNATI, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) will present at the 2007 Credit Suisse Financial Services Forum on Wednesday, February 7, 2007 at approximately 2:00 PM (ET).

Christopher G. Marshall, executive vice president and chief financial officer will be representing Fifth Third Bancorp. Slides and audio webcast may be viewed live and for approximately 30 days after the conference through the Investor Relations section of http://www.53.com/. Slides used in the presentation will also be made separately available in a printer-friendly format on the company's website.

Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Company has $100.7 billion in assets, operates 19 affiliates with 1,156 full-service Banking Centers, including 110 Bank Mart(R) locations open seven days a week inside select grocery stores and 2,098 Jeanie(R) ATMs in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Missouri. 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, 2006, has $220 billion in assets under care, of which it managed $34 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 through the NASDAQ(R) National Global Select Market System under the symbol "FITB."