Company: CMA
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000028412-25-000135
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Company: COMERICA INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form: DEF 14A
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�Farmer has been Chairman (since January 2020); Chief Executive Officer (since April 2019); President (since April 2015); Vice Chairman (April 2011 to April 2015) and Executive Vice President (October 2008 to April 2011) of Comerica Incorporated and Comerica Bank. Prior to joining Comerica, Mr. Farmer served as Executive Vice President and Wealth Management Director of Wachovia Corporation from October 2005 to October 2008. During his 23 years of service at Wachovia, he held a variety of positions of increasing scope and responsibility. He has been a director of Texas Instruments Incorporated since April 1, 2023. |
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|        |     | Mr. Farmer is an experienced financial services executive who has been nominated to serve on the Board because of his extensive skills and institutional knowledge in the areas of business and consumer banking, as well as wealth management. As Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of Comerica, he has a deep understanding of all aspects of Comerica’s core businesses and markets and has also supervised Comerica’s credit, marketing, enterprise technology and operations functions. At Comerica, Mr. Farmer successfully guided the Commercial Bank, Retail Bank and Wealth Management — along with several support functions — through the GEAR Up efficiency initiative and laid the foundation for Comerica to undergo the digital transformation that is underway today. Mr. Farmer is active in the banking industry and serves on the boards of the Bank Policy Institute and The Clearing House. He also has broad experience in wealth management and leadership through his long tenure at Wachovia Corporation. |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |

#### PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS13
|        |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |     | M. Alan Gardner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
 Age:65                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 Director Since:2023                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Skills |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |     | Mr. Gardner has been the Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at Frontier Communications Parent, Inc., a high-speed broadband connectivity provider, since June 2021