Company: CMA
Filing Date: 2025-11-25
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-297173
Chunk: 152

Company: COMERICA INC
Filing Date: 2025-11-25
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 152
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Comerica of any business or strategic decision or action that has been or will be taken as a result of the merger agreement having been executed, or the effect of any business or strategic decisions or actions which would likely have been taken if
the merger agreement had not been executed, but which were instead altered, accelerated, postponed or not taken in anticipation of the mergers. Further, the prospective financial information does not take into account the effect of any possible
failure of the mergers to occur. The prospective financial information does not take into account any circumstances or events that have occurred after the date it was prepared and no assurances can be given that if the prospective financial
information and the underlying assumptions had been prepared as of the date of this joint proxy statement/prospectus, the results would have been the same. In addition, the prospective financial information may not reflect the manner in which Fifth
Third and Comerica would operate after the mergers.

The prospective financial information, to the extent prepared by Comerica’s or Fifth
Third’s senior management, was not prepared for the purpose of, or with a view toward, public disclosure or with a view toward complying with the guidelines established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for preparation
and presentation of prospective financial information, published guidelines of the SEC regarding forward-looking statements or generally accepted accounting principles.

Subject to the above, the prospective financial information included in this section has been provided by Fifth Third’s management and Comerica’s
management as described in this section. Neither Deloitte & Touche LLP (as Fifth Third’s independent registered public accounting firm) nor Ernst & Young LLP (as Comerica’s independent registered public accounting firm)
nor any other independent registered public accounting firm, has audited, reviewed, examined, compiled or applied any agreed-upon procedures with respect to the prospective financial information contained herein and, accordingly, Deloitte &
Touche LLP and Ernst & Young LLP do not express an opinion or any other form of assurance on such information or its achievability, and assume no responsibility for, and disclaim any association with, the prospective financial information.
The reports by Deloitte & Touche LLP and Ernst & Young LLP incorporated by reference in this joint proxy statement/prospectus relate to Fifth Third’s and Comerica’s previously issued financial statements. They do not
extend to the prospective financial information and should not be read to do so.

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Fifth Third Prospective Financial Information Used by Goldman Sachs The following table presents the forecasts of