August 3, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) said that John F. Barrett has resigned from the company’s board, effective immediately. Barrett, who chaired the board’s risk and compliance committee and also was a member of its audit committee, has served as a member of the Fifth Third board for more than two decades. Fifth Third said it would immediately begin a search for a new director to replace him.

Barrett currently serves as chairman, president and CEO of Western & Southern Financial Group.

Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bancorp is a financial services company that operates 16 affiliates with 1,320 full-service banking centers, including 99 locations inside grocery stores and 2,353 ATMs in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Georgia and North Carolina.

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