Ownership Submission
FORM 4
Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
SULLIVAN ROBERT A
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
FIFTH THIRD BANCORP [FITB]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
SeniorExecutive Vice President
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
38 FOUNTAIN SQUARE PLAZA
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/27/2008
(Street)

CINCINNATI, OH 45263
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 05/27/2008   J(1)(2)(3)   50,000 D $ 19.55 (1) (2) (3) 0 I By Trust (4)
Common Stock               87,687 D  
Common Stock               16,300 I by Spouse
Common Stock               1,364.7432 I by 401(k)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Contract (1) (2) (3) (1) (2) (3) 05/27/2008   X(5)     1 (1) (2) (3)   (1)(2)(3)   (1)(2)(3) Common Stock 50,000 (1) (2) (3) 0 (1) (2) (3) I by Trust (4)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
SULLIVAN ROBERT A
38 FOUNTAIN SQUARE PLAZA
CINCINNATI, OH 45263
      SeniorExecutive Vice President  

Signatures

 Paul L. Reynolds, Attorney-in-Fact for Robert A. Sullivan   05/29/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) This report on Form 4 relates to the settlement of a variable prepaid forward contract ("VPF Agreement") that the reporting person entered into on May 26, 2005 (the "Trade Date"), through a revocable trust (the "Trust") of which he is the grantor and trustee, with an unrelated third party (the "Buyer") relating to 50,000 shares of Common Stock and with respect to which the reporting person filed a Form 4 with the SEC on May 27, 2005. Under the VPF Agreement, the Trust agreed to sell the shares in accordance with footnotes 2 and 3 below. The Trust received a prepayment from the Buyer in the amount of $1,703,592 within 3 business days of the Trade Date. Such proceeds were used for tax planning and estate planning purposes. The transaction settled in one tranche on May 27, 2008. In settlement of the VPF Agreement, the Trust delivered to Buyer 50,000 shares of Common Stock.
(2) On the settlement date, the Trust, unless it had elected cash settlement as described in the following sentence, would deliver to Buyer a number of shares of Common Stock. In lieu of delivering shares, the Trust could have elected cash settlement. The number of shares to be delivered is determined as outlined in footnote 3 below.
(3) If the "Final Price" (a market-based price as determined under the terms of the VPF Agreement) was less than or equal to the Floor Price, the Trust would deliver 50,000 shares; if the Final Price was greater than the Floor Price but less than the Cap Price, the Trust would deliver that number of shares equal to 50,000 multiplied by (x) the Floor Price, divided by (y) the Final Price, and if the Final Price is greater than or equal to the Cap Price, the Trust would deliver that number of shares equal to 50,000 multiplied by (x) the sum of (i) the Floor Price (expressed as an amount) and (ii) the product of (a) one and (b) any amount by which the Final Price exceeds the Cap Price (expressed as an amount), divided by (y) the Final Price. This transaction had a Floor Price of $43.02 and a Cap Price of $55.926. Transaction Codes S and K also apply to the transaction reported.
(4) A revocable Trust of which the reporting person is the grantor and trustee.
(5) Transaction code K also applies to this transaction.

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