Company: CMA
Filing Date: 2025-11-25
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-297173
Chunk: 327

Company: COMERICA INC
Filing Date: 2025-11-25
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 327
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 in compliance with
Regulation O or that are exempt therefrom.

5.18. . The Board of Directors of Fifth Third has approved this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and has taken all such other necessary actions as required to render inapplicable to such agreements and transactions the provisions of any potentially applicable Takeover Statutes.

5.19. . Fifth Third has not taken any action and is not aware of the existence of any fact or circumstance that could
reasonably be expected to prevent or impede (i) each of the Merger or the Bank Mergers from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code or (ii) the Second Step Merger from qualifying
as a “liquidation” as described in Section 332 of the Code.

5.20. . Prior to the execution of this
Agreement, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC rendered its oral opinion (to confirmed in writing by delivery of a written opinion) to the Board of Directors of Fifth Third, that as of the date of such opinion and based upon and subject to the
factors and assumptions set forth therein, the Exchange Ratio pursuant to this Agreement is fair from a financial point of view to Fifth Third. Such opinion has not been amended or rescinded as of the date of this Agreement.

5.21. . The information relating to Fifth Third and its Subsidiaries or that is provided by Fifth Third or its
Subsidiaries or their respective representatives for inclusion in the Joint Proxy Statement and the S-4, or in any other document filed with any Regulatory Agency or Governmental Entity in connection herewith,
will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading. The Joint Proxy Statement (except for such
portions thereof that relate only to Comerica or any of its Subsidiaries) will comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.

5.22. . Except as would not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect
on Fifth Third, (a) Fifth Third and its Subsidiaries are insured with reputable insurers against such risks and in such amounts as the management of Fifth Third reasonably has determined to be prudent and consistent with industry practice, and
Fifth Third and its Subsidiaries are in