DETROIT, May 18, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Shareholders of Comerica
Incorporated (NYSE: CMA) elected six directors to the board at today's annual
meeting, held at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit. In addition,
shareholders approved and ratified the Comerica Incorporated Amended and
Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan; approved the Comerica Incorporated
Incentive Plan for Non-Employee Directors; and, ratified the appointment of
Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2004.
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Elected to the board of directors for a three-year term of office expiring
in 2007 were: Ralph W. Babb Jr., chairman, president and chief executive
officer, Comerica Incorporated and Comerica Bank; James F. Cordes, retired
executive vice president, The Coastal Corporation; Peter D. Cummings,
chairman, Ram Realty Services; Todd W. Herrick, chairman, president and chief
executive officer, Tecumseh Products Company; William P. Vititoe, retired
chairman, president and chief executive officer, Washington Energy Company;
and, Kenneth L. Way, retired chairman and chief executive officer, Lear
Corporation.
Other members of the Comerica Incorporated Board of Directors are:
Lillian Bauder, vice president, Corporate Affairs, Masco Corporation; Joseph
J. Buttigieg, vice chairman, Comerica Incorporated and Comerica Bank; J.
Philip DiNapoli, president, JP DiNapoli Companies, Inc.; Anthony F. Earley
Jr., chairman and chief executive officer, DTE Energy Company; Max M. Fisher,
investor; Roger Fridholm, president, St. Clair Group; David Baker Lewis,
chairman, Lewis & Munday, P.C.; Alfred A. Piergallini, retired chairman,
president and chief executive officer, Novartis Consumer Health Worldwide, and
consultant, Desert Trail Consulting; Robert S. Taubman, chairman, president
and chief executive officer, The Taubman Company; Patricia M. Wallington,
president, CIO Associates; and, Gail L. Warden, president emeritus, Henry Ford
Health System.
Howard F. Sims, chairman and chief executive officer, Sims Design Group,
Inc., has retired from the board.
Comerica Incorporated is a financial services company headquartered in
Detroit, strategically aligned into the Business Bank, Small Business &
Personal Financial Services, and Wealth & Institutional Management. Comerica
focuses on relationships, and helping businesses and people be successful.
Comerica reported total assets of $55 billion at March 31, 2004. To receive
e-mail alerts of breaking Comerica news, go to www.comerica.com/newsalerts .
SOURCE Comerica Incorporated
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+1-313-222-2840, Judith M. Chavis, +1-313-222-6317, all of Comerica
Incorporated
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