Company: CMA
Filing Date: 2025-11-25
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-297173
Chunk: 276

Company: COMERICA INC
Filing Date: 2025-11-25
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 276
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 required applications, filings and notices, as applicable, with the Texas Department of Banking, and approval of such applications, filings and notices, (iv) the filing of any required applications, filings
or notices listed on of the Comerica Disclosure Schedule or of the Fifth Third Disclosure Schedule and approval or non-objection, as
applicable, of such applications, filings and notices, (v) the filing of any required applications, filings or notices with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“”) and approval of such applications, filings and
notices, (vi) the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “”) of a joint proxy statement in definitive form relating

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to the meetings of Comerica’s stockholders and Fifth Third’s shareholders to be held in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including any
amendments or supplements thereto, the “”), and the registration statement on Form S-4 in which the Joint Proxy Statement will be included as a prospectus, to be filed
with the SEC by Fifth Third in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “”) and the declaration by the SEC of the effectiveness of the S-4, (vii) the filing of the First Step Certificates of Merger and the Second Step Merger Certificates with the Delaware Secretary and the Ohio Secretary, as applicable, the filing of the Bank Merger Certificates
with the applicable Governmental Entities as required by applicable law and (viii) such filings and approvals as are required to be made or obtained under the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of various states in connection with the
issuance of the shares of Fifth Third Common Stock and New Fifth Third Preferred Stock (and, in the case of the New Fifth Third Preferred Stock, depositary shares in respect thereof) pursuant to this Agreement, no consents or approvals of or filings
or registrations with any court, administrative agency or commission or other governmental or regulatory authority or instrumentality or self-regulatory organization (an “” and, each of the preceding, a “”) are necessary in connection with (x) the execution and delivery by Comerica and Comerica Holdings of this Agreement or (y) the consummation by Comerica and Comerica Holdings of the Mergers and the other transactions
contemplated hereby (including the Bank Merger). As of the date hereof, neither Comerica nor Comerica Holdings is aware of any reason why any of the necessary