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

Company: COMERICA INC
Filing Date: 2025-11-25
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 11
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS The following are some questions that you may have about the mergers and the Fifth Third special meeting or the Comerica special meeting, and brief answers to those questions. We urge you to read carefully the remainder of this joint proxy statement/prospectus because the information in this section does not provide all of the information that might be important to you with respect to the mergers and the Fifth Third special meeting or the Comerica special meeting. Additional important information is also contained in the documents incorporated by reference into this joint proxy statement/prospectus. See the section titled “Where You Can Find More Information” beginning on page 179 for additional information. In this joint proxy statement/prospectus, unless the context otherwise requires:

| • |     | “Comerica” refers to Comerica Incorporated, a Delaware corporation; |

| • |     | “Comerica Bank” refers to Comerica Bank, a Texas banking association and a wholly owned subsidiary 
 of Comerica;                                                                                       |

| • |     | “Comerica Bank & Trust” refers to Comerica Bank &                                                             
 Trust, National Association, a national banking association and wholly owned subsidiary of Comerica Holdings; |

| • |     | “Comerica common stock” refers to common stock of Comerica, par value $5.00 per share; |

| • |     | “Comerica depositary shares” refers to the depositary shares, each representing a 1/40th interest 
 in a share of Comerica preferred stock;                                                           |

| • |     | “Comerica Holdings” refers to Comerica Holdings Incorporated, a Delaware corporation and a wholly 
 owned subsidiary of Comerica;                                                                     |

| • |     | “Comerica preferred stock” refers to the 6.875% Fixed-Rate Reset               
 Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B, no par value, of Comerica; |

| • |     | “Comerica stockholders” refers to holders of shares of Comerica common stock; |

| • |     | “Fifth Third” refers to Fifth Third Bancorp, an Ohio corporation; |

| • |     | “Fifth Third Bank” refers to Fifth Third Bank, National Association, a national banking 
 association and wholly owned subsidiary of Fifth Third Intermediary;                    |

| • |     | “Fifth Third common stock” refers to common stock of