FIFTH THIRD BANCORP — Director's Dealing 2003

Oct 9, 2003

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP (FITB)
CIK: 0000035527
Period of Report: 2003-10-08

Reporting Person: NIEHAUS ROBERT P (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2003-10-08	Common Stock	G	342	—	Disposed	140234	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	75000	Indirect
Common Stock	50897	Indirect
Common Stock	73427	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: This is a gift in which the transaction price is not required to be reported.

F2: Various Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (GRATs) of which reporting person is a beneficiary.

F3: Niehaus Investors Limited Partnership (a family limited partnership) of which the reporting person, his spouse and their three children are the only partners.