FIFTH THIRD BANCORP — Director's Dealing 2004

Jul 22, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP (FITB)
CIK: 0000035527
Period of Report: 2004-07-20

Reporting Person: NIEHAUS ROBERT P (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-07-20	Common Stock	G	107505	—	Disposed	149749.6388	Direct
2004-07-20	Common Stock	G	107505	—	Acquired	107505	Indirect
2004-07-20	Common Stock	G	42495	—	Disposed	30432	Indirect
2004-07-20	Common Stock	G	42495	—	Acquired	150000	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	57365	Indirect
Common Stock	50897	Indirect
Common Stock	1170.9907	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Transfer of shares to a family limited partnership of which the reporting person and his spouse are the only partners.

F2: This transaction is a gift in which the transaction price is not required to be reported.

F3: Includes 1,111.6388 shares acquired pursuant to dividend reinvestments since the date of the reporting person's last ownership report.

F4: A family limited partnership of which the reporting person and his spouse are the only partners.

F5: Various Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts of which reporting person is a beneficiary.

F6: Niehaus Investors Limited Partnership (a family limited partnership) of which the reporting person, his spouse and their three children are the only partners.

F7: Includes 7.8935 shares acquired pursuant to dividend reinvestments since the date of the reporting person's last ownership report.