Company: CMA
Filing Date: 2025-11-25
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-297173
Chunk: 353

Company: COMERICA INC
Filing Date: 2025-11-25
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 353
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 Comerica Bank & Trust, Fifth Third, Fifth Third Intermediary or Fifth Third Bank, as applicable, shall, to the extent permitted thereunder and required thereby, assume the due and punctual performance and
observance of the covenants to be performed by Comerica, Comerica Bank or Comerica Bank & Trust pursuant to the definitive documents governing the short-term and long-term borrowings set forth on of
the Comerica Disclosure Schedule, and the due and punctual payment of the principal of such borrowings (and premium, if any) and interest thereon. In connection therewith, (i) Fifth Third and Comerica shall, and shall cause Fifth Third Bank, in
the case of Fifth Third, and Comerica Bank and Comerica Bank & Trust, in the case of Comerica, to, cooperate and use reasonable best efforts to execute and deliver any supplemental indentures, if applicable, and (ii) Comerica shall,
and shall cause Comerica Bank and Comerica Bank & Trust to, use reasonable best efforts to execute and deliver any officer’s certificates or other documents, and to provide any opinions of counsel to the trustee thereof, in each case,
required to make such assumption effective as of the Effective Time or the effective time of the Bank Merger, as applicable.

7.19.
. Comerica and Fifth Third agree that, in order to most effectively compensate and retain the Comerica Insiders, both prior to and after the Effective Time, it is desirable that
Comerica Insiders not be subject to a risk of liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law in connection with the conversion of shares of Comerica Common Stock, Comerica Preferred Stock and
Comerica Equity Awards in the Merger, and for that compensatory and retentive purpose agree to the provisions of this . The Boards of Directors of Fifth Third and of Comerica, or a committee of non-employee directors thereof (as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 16b-3(d) under the Exchange Act), shall prior to the Effective Time, take all such steps as
may be necessary or appropriate to cause (x) in the case of Comerica, any dispositions of Comerica Common Stock, Comerica Preferred Stock or Comerica Equity Awards by Comerica Insiders and (y) in the case of Fifth Third, any acquisitions