Item 2. PROPERTIES

The Bancorp’s executive offices and the main office of the Bank are located on Fountain Square Plaza in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio in a 32-story office tower and a five-story office building with an attached parking garage known as the Fifth Third Center and the William S. Rowe Building, respectively. The Bancorp’s main operations campus is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is comprised of a three-story building with an attached parking garage known as the George A. Schaefer, Jr. Operations Center, and a two-story building with surface parking known as the Madisonville Office Building. The Bank owns 100% of these buildings.

At December 31, 2023, the Bancorp, through its banking and non-banking subsidiaries, operated 1,088 banking centers, of which 727 were owned, 192 were leased and 169 were in owned buildings but on leased land. The banking centers are located in the states of Ohio, Florida, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina and West Virginia. The Bancorp’s significant owned properties are owned free from mortgages and major encumbrances.