Your Retirement Plan Is on the Move
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Your retirement plan is on the move Your future is the only one you’ve got. And your Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) What’s Savings Plan is an important part of having the future you want. Empower happening? Retirement, your Plan’s service provider, helps you connect the dots Your retirement account between your current savings strategy and your retirement readiness. will automatically move to a new system at Empower Effective the week of May 22, 2016, your Plan will have a new, enhanced effective the week of system at Empower, so we can continue to improve your overall May 22, 2016. retirement planning experience. Your investment options will not change with this move. Also, we’re introducing these features: We want to make sure you • A new online experience featuring an enhanced tool that estimates your monthly get all the details you need. income in retirement, including healthcare expenses If you have more than one • More automated phone options to help you get to the right place more quickly account with Fifth Third • A new platform for self-directed brokerage accounts in the Plan Bank, you will get information specific to each account. At Empower, you’ll find a commitment to providing resources to help you turn your future into the one you want. Important dates and contact information 4 p.m. EDT, May 16, 2016 4 p.m. EDT, May 20, 2016 • Transition period for brokerage accounts to move to the • Account transition period begins. new Empower Brokerage platform. Transfers and trades • Last day for transaction requests on the current system. between your retirement account and brokerage account will be restricted. • Your contribution information will transfer to the new system. • There will be a short trading restriction period from close • During the transition, you’ll be able to view your account of market on May 16, until the week of May 29. If you have but won’t be able to make changes. a brokerage account, you’ll receive more information in • Using the advisory services offered by Advised Assets Group, the coming weeks. LLC (AAG)? The availability of these services will continue • Your shares will transfer in kind to Empower Brokerage uninterrupted. See page 5 for additional information. and will not be out of the market during the move. Week of May 22, 2016 • If you have holdings that are not allowed by Empower Brokerage, you will be notified to take action to liquidate • Transition period ends and access to your account the nontransferable holdings. If you do not liquidate is restored. them, those shares may be liquidated and transferred to • You will receive a Welcome Guide with more information your new brokerage account as cash. Once the move is about the tools and services available to help you meet complete, you will be able to place trades on that cash. your retirement goals. See the brokerage section on page 4 and the Empower • Brokerage account holders must log on and complete Brokerage fee schedule on page 7 for additional details. the application process at Empower Brokerage to begin trading. You will not be able to trade in your brokerage account until this process is complete. 4 p.m. EDT, May 19, 2016 • Last day to access any portion of your account in the Week of May 29, 2016 Fifth Third stock investment option in the Plan. Transfers • Brokerage account transition period ends and access to in and out of company stock will be restricted. See page 4 your brokerage account is restored. for more information. • Brokerage account holders will receive an Empower Brokerage Welcome Kit with additional information. At Empower Retirement, we’re helping nearly 7.6 million people save for retirement. We’re the second largest retirement services company in the United States1. We define success as helping people like you securely replace — for life — the income they earned while working. 1 Source: PLANSPONSOR, December 2015. Information based on total number of participant accounts for all retirement businesses of Great- West Life & Annuity Insurance Company and its subsidiaries on the Empower Retirement recordkeeping system. Total participant accounts on this recordkeeping system, as of December 2015. Main contact information will stay the same: However, this number will change after the move: 53retirement.com International number - 303-737-7204 866-233-6446 TTY 800-345-1833 (TTY) 2 New tools — new connections Website — 53retirement.com Knowing your estimated income in retirement can impact your retirement readiness. That estimate will continue to be an important part of your experience at Empower. Through your new website, you’ll get an easy-to-understand monthly estimate that: • Gives you a savings goal. • Simplifies planning for your future. • Shows how you compare with other savers. Please note: If you are currently employed by Fifth Third Bank, you may still access your account through single sign- on by clicking on the 53retirement.com link from the Quick Links tab on the Employee Center, or clicking on any of the 401(k) links in HR Direct. However, if you access your account from home, or you are no longer with the Bank, you will need to create a new username and password when you access your account through 53retirement.com. View your online retirement income, which: Translates savings Allows you to easily Offers next steps to Provides a Lets you implement into estimated model different help boost income convenient way to changes immediately monthly income in saving scenarios in retirement adjust contributions retirement and rebalance your portfolio Self-directed brokerage Call us at 866-233-6446 If you have a self-directed brokerage account, it will move You’ll be able to do these things using the automated from J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (JPMS) to a new account phone service: with Empower Brokerage, which offers you simple, direct access using the same website and phone number as your • Request past statements. Fifth Third 401(k) Plan account. • Transfer investments. • Change your contributions. It’s automatic — a new brokerage account will be set up for you. After the move, log on to 53retirement.com, After the move, our representatives are available choose My Accounts and the Plan name. Then select weekdays between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. EDT. The TTY Brokerage and click Enroll to get started. The first time you number is 800-345-1833 and the new international access your account, you’ll answer a few questions to verify number is 303-737-7204. your account status. With the move to Empower Brokerage, some fees may change. See page 7 for more information. 3 The fine print Important notice concerning your rights under the Once this period ends, you will have access to your Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan account information. You can check the status of the blackout period at any time by contacting Empower If you’re invested in Company stock or have a self-directed brokerage account at 866-233-6446. This notice is to inform you that your account is Because of the blackout period, it is very important that transitioning to an enhanced recordkeeping system at you review and consider the appropriateness of your Empower Retirement effective the week of May 22, 2016. current investments in light of your inability to change Because of this change, any portion of your account those investments during this time. For your long-term that contains Company stock and brokerage assets will retirement security, you should give careful consideration temporarily be unavailable to direct or diversify investments to the importance of a well-balanced and diversified or obtain a loan or distribution. This period, during which you investment portfolio, taking into account all your assets, will be unable to exercise these rights otherwise available income and investments. under the Plan, is called a blackout period. You should be aware that there is a risk to holding Whether or not you are planning retirement in the near substantial portions of your assets in the securities of any future, we encourage you to carefully consider how the one company, as individual securities tend to have wider blackout period may affect your retirement planning, as well price swings, both up and down in short periods of time, as your overall financial plan. than investments in diversified funds. Stocks that have wide price swings might have a large loss during the blackout period, and you would not be able to direct the sale of such Self-directed brokerage transition period stocks from your account during the blackout period. The blackout period for self-directed brokerage accounts If you have any questions concerning this notice, you will begin after 4 p.m. EDT May 16, 2016, and will end the should contact Empower at 866-233-6446 or P.O. Box week of May 29. During this time, you will not be able 419784, Kansas City, MO 64179-0654. The TTY number is to move money between your self-directed brokerage 800-345-1833. account and retirement account, or request a distribution or loan from your self-directed brokerage account assets. Company stock transition period The blackout period for Fifth Third stock will begin at 4 p.m. EDT May 19, 2016, and will end the week of May 22. During this time, you will not be able to move money between Fifth Third stock and other investments in the Fifth Third 401(k) Plan, or request a distribution or loan from your Fifth Third stock assets. 4 Other updates Change to trading policies Company stock trades Most fund companies have adopted excessive trading With the move to the new recordkeeping system at Empower, policies to discourage frequent, short-term trading in their we’re changing the timing for Company stock transactions.