Company: CMA
Filing Date: 2025-11-25
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-297173
Chunk: 195

Company: COMERICA INC
Filing Date: 2025-11-25
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 195
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holder Meetings and Recommendation of Comerica’s and Fifth Third’s Boards of Directors

Each of Comerica and Fifth Third has agreed to call a meeting of its shareholders or stockholders, as
applicable, for the purpose of voting upon the adoption of the merger agreement, in the case of Comerica, or the Fifth Third stock issuance proposal, in the case of Fifth Third, and to use reasonable best efforts to cause the meetings to occur as
promptly as reasonably practicable and on the same date. Each of the boards of directors of each of Comerica and Fifth Third has agreed to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain from its shareholders or stockholders, as applicable, the vote
required to adoption the merger agreement, in the case of Comerica stockholders, and the Fifth Third stock issuance proposal, in the case of Fifth Third voting shareholders, including by communicating to its shareholders or stockholders, as
applicable, the Comerica board recommendation and the Fifth Third board recommendation, as applicable. Each of Fifth Third and Comerica has agreed that each of Comerica and Fifth Third and their respective boards of directors will not
(i) withhold, withdraw, modify or qualify in a manner adverse to the other party the Comerica board recommendation, in the case of Comerica, or the Fifth Third board recommendation, in the case of Fifth Third, (ii) fail to make the
Comerica board recommendation, in the case of Comerica, or the Fifth Third board recommendation, in the case of Fifth Third, (iii) adopt, approve, recommend or endorse an acquisition proposal (as defined in “—Agreement Not to Solicit Other Offers” below) or publicly announce an intention to adopt, approve, recommend or endorse an acquisition proposal, (iv) fail to publicly and without qualification (A) recommend against any acquisition proposal or
(B) reaffirm the Comerica board recommendation, in the case of Comerica, or the Fifth Third board recommendation, in the case of Fifth Third, in each case within ten (10) business days (or such fewer number of days as remains prior to the
Comerica special meeting or the Fifth Third special meeting, as applicable) after an acquisition proposal is made public or any request by the other party to do so, or (v) publicly propose to do any of the foregoing (any of the foregoing a
“recommendation change”).

However, subject to certain termination rights described in “—Termination of