Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer · FIFTH THIRD BANCORP (FITB)

James Leonard

A named executive officer of FIFTH THIRD BANCORP in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$4,615,180

FY2024: $6,321,001

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 9, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-09-24.

James Leonard compensation by year

FIFTH THIRD BANCORP Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as FIFTH THIRD BANCORP reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$679,616$723,462$736,712
Bonus—$0$0
Stock awards$1,598,835$4,056,258$2,550,037
Option awards$262,502$375,000$0
Non-equity incentive$753,500$1,042,188$1,165,000
Pension and deferred compensation—$0$0
All other$133,807$124,093$163,431
Total$3,428,260$6,321,001$4,615,180

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: FIFTH THIRD BANCORP DEF 14A filed March 9, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-098679, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$3.4M
$6.3M
$4.6M
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU58,875$2,755,939—
PSU36,096$1,689,654—
PSU34,499$1,614,898—
PSU25,289$1,183,778—
RSU22,999$1,076,583—
RSU16,845$788,514—
RSU5,901$276,226—
Option9,654—$26.72
Option8,342—$37.19
Option4,965—$33.17
Option18,834—$49.51
Option25,747—$33.51

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in FIFTH THIRD BANCORP's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it. The 12 largest of 16 award rows shown.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

12 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 9, 2026)
current to 2026-09-24 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-07-20Exercise or conversion—8,772$26.52296,789
2026-07-20Tax withholding—6,041$57.40290,748
2026-07-20Exercise or conversion—4,965$33.17295,713
2026-07-20Tax withholding—3,753$57.40291,960
2026-07-20Exercise or conversion—9,654$26.72301,614
2026-07-20Tax withholding—6,667$57.40294,947
2026-07-20Exercise or conversion—8,248$29.64303,195
2026-07-20Tax withholding—5,939$57.40297,256

The 8 most recent of 12 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

FIFTH THIRD BANCORP’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Timothy SpencePresident and Chief Executive Officer$11,052,366
James Leonard · this pageExecutive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer$4,615,180
Bryan PrestonExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$3,748,675
Robert ShafferExecutive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer$3,694,555
Kevin LavenderVice Chairman of Commercial Bank$3,676,931
Jude SchrammExecutive Vice President and Chief Information Officer$2,530,021

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How this record is built

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