Company: CMA
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000028412-25-000108
Chunk: 210

Company: COMERICA INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 210
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 and the Bank and its subsidiaries.

Federal and state laws impose notice and approval requirements for mergers and acquisitions of other depository institutions or bank holding companies. In many cases, no FRB approval is required for a financial holding company to acquire a company engaged in activities that are financial in nature or incidental to activities that are financial in nature, as determined by the FRB. Prior approval is required before a financial holding company may acquire the beneficial ownership or control of more than 5% of any class of voting shares or substantially all of the assets of another bank holding company (including a financial holding company) or a bank. In considering applications for approval of acquisitions, the banking regulators may take several factors into account, including whether the financial holding company and its subsidiaries are well capitalized and well managed, are in compliance with anti-money laundering laws and regulations, or have CRA ratings of less than “Satisfactory.” The Bank's current CRA rating is "Outstanding." 

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Acquisitions of Ownership of Comerica

Acquisitions of Comerica’s voting stock above certain thresholds are subject to prior regulatory notice or approval under federal banking laws, including the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and the Change in Bank Control Act of 1978. Under the Change in Bank Control Act, a person or entity generally must provide prior notice to the FRB before acquiring the power to vote 10% or more of a subject company’s outstanding common stock. Investors should be aware of these requirements when acquiring shares of Comerica’s stock.

Capital and Liquidity

Comerica and its bank subsidiaries are subject to risk-based capital requirements and guidelines imposed by the FRB, FDIC and/or the OCC. In calculating risk-based capital requirements, a depository institution’s or holding company’s assets and certain specified off-balance sheet items (such as unused commitments and standby letters of credit) are assigned to various risk categories defined by those agencies, each weighted differently based on the level of risk that is ascribed to such assets or commitments, based on counterparty type, asset class and maturity. A depository institution’s or bank holding company’s capital is divided into three tiers: Common Equity Tier 1 (“CET1”), additional Tier 1, and Tier 2. CET1 capital predominantly includes common shareholders’ equity, less certain deductions for goodwill, intangible assets and deferred tax assets that arise from net operating losses and tax credit carry-forwards, if any. Comerica has also made the election to permanently exclude accumulated other comprehensive income