Open approximately 25 branches per year through FY25

Delivered by the deadline

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Announced: 14 Sep 2021
Due: 31 Dec 2025

Deadline
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Late
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Today

What the company said

“Targeting ~25 branch openings per year through FY25”

SourceFifth Third Bancorp Form 8-K press release, 2021-09-14
FilingSEC filing index
Deadline as statedthrough FY25
Deadline used31 Dec 2025, the last day of the stated period
TypeFacility
Permanent referenceKI-C-2021-FITB-006788
Cite as https://keptindex.org/c/KI-C-2021-FITB-006788/ — this address never changes.

What we found

Evidence strength A What the grades mean

A January 2026 8-K states the company opened 50 branches in 2025, above the roughly 25 per year target, within the FY25 period.

A
Fifth Third Bancorp 8-K filed 2026-01-20 Regulatory filing · published 20 Jan 2026 · retrieved 11 Oct 2026 · kept permanently by the SEC · fingerprint 7f72470f3776
“In 2025, we opened 50 branches in our high-growth Southeast markets and grew consumer households by 2.5%.” ✓ confirmed on the page

Market reaction: the shares moved +3.9% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (16 Jan 2026 to 22 Jan 2026). What this measures

Checked 11 Oct 2026.

Commitment lineage

Every time the company restated this commitment. The original is never changed, and the outcome is always measured against version 1.

Deadline drift +1096 days
Scope drift +40.0%
2 versions

Version 1 · original · stated 14 Sep 2021

Deadline 31 Dec 2025 (“through FY25”) · target 25 branches per year · wording aspirational
Version 2 · stated 2 Nov 2023

Deadline 31 Dec 2028 (“through 2028”) · target 35 branches per year · wording expected

“Expect to open ~35 branches a year through 2028”
Source for this version

Commitment DNA

The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.

Event type: Facility other
Indicative materiality: Medium rules
Action: Open
Deliverable: Branch openings at roughly 25 per year
Target: 25 branches per year
Language: Aspirational (“aims”, “intends”)
In the company’s control: High
Specificity: Medium

How this entry was checked

Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
First checkAn AI model, Claude (Anthropic), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
Second check: agreesA different AI model, Gemini (Google), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.

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