Company: CMA
Filing Date: 2025-11-25
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-297173
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Company: COMERICA INC
Filing Date: 2025-11-25
Form: DEFM14A
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 Solicitation of Proxies Fifth Third and Comerica will share equally the expenses incurred in connection with the printing and mailing of this joint proxy statement/prospectus. To assist in the solicitation of proxies, Comerica has retained Innisfree M&A Incorporated, and will pay Innisfree M&A Incorporated a fee of $40,000. Comerica and its proxy solicitor may also request banks, brokers and other intermediaries holding shares of Comerica common stock beneficially owned by others to send this document to, and obtain proxies from, the beneficial owners and may reimburse such record holders for their reasonable out-of-pocketexpenses in so doing. Solicitation of proxies by mail may 68

be supplemented by telephone and other electronic means, advertisements and personal solicitation by the directors, officers or employees of Comerica. No additional compensation will be paid to
our directors, officers or employees for solicitation.

Other Matters to Come Before the Comerica Special Meeting

Comerica management knows of no other business to be presented at the Comerica special meeting, but if any other matters are properly presented to the meeting
or any adjournments thereof, the persons named in the proxies will vote upon them in accordance with the board of directors’ recommendations.

Assistance

If you need assistance in completing your proxy card, have questions regarding Comerica’s special meeting or would like
additional copies of this joint proxy statement/prospectus, please contact Comerica Incorporated, Attention: Investor Relations, 1717 Main Street, MC 6404, Dallas, TX 75201, telephone (833) 571-0486, or
Comerica’s proxy solicitor, Innisfree, by calling toll-free at (877) 717-3926.

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COMERICA PROPOSALS

PROPOSAL 1: COMERICA MERGER PROPOSAL

Comerica is asking holders of Comerica common stock to adopt the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby. Holders of Comerica common stock
should read this joint proxy statement/prospectus carefully and in its entirety, including the annexes, for more detailed information concerning the merger agreement, the first merger and other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement.
After careful consideration, the Comerica board of directors unanimously determined that the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the first merger, are advisable and fair to and in the best interests of Comerica and
its stockholders and declared it advisable to enter into