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Fifth Third Bank: United States
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Fifth Third and First Charter and their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from First Charter's shareholders in connection with the Merger. Information about the directors and executive officers of Fifth Third and First Charter and information about other persons who may be deemed participants in the Merger will be included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. You can find information about Fifth Third's executive officers and directors in its definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on March 9, 2007. You can find information about First Charter's executive officers and directors in its definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on March 25, 2007. You can obtain free copies of these documents from the websites of Fifth Third, First Charter or the SEC.
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Fifth Third is adding approximately $2.8 billion in assets and $1.7 billion in deposits to its existing Florida franchise, bringing the totals for the state of Florida to approximately $10 billion in assets and $7 billion in deposits. Additionally, Fifth Third now has a total of 133 locations and 150 ATMs in Florida.
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This press release ... contains statements about First Charter, a proposed merger of First Charter with or into Fifth Third and a distribution to First Charter's shareholders of either cash, Fifth Third common stock or a combination thereof. These statements are not historical facts and are considered forward-looking within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based upon current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to: the satisfaction of the closing conditions in the merger agreement, including the receipt of shareholder and regulatory approvals; the risk that the merger will not close; the risk that customer and employee relationships may be disrupted by the merger, or in the event the merger does not close; the reactions of First Charter's customers to the merger; possible changes in economic and business conditions and other risks detailed from time to time in First Charter's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006. First Charter does not undertake any obligation to update these forward- looking statements.
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