TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF TRADING UNDER REGISTRANT'S EMPLOYEE BENEFIT ITEM 5.04 PLANS.
Comerica maintains the Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan, including its Defined Contribution Feature (collectively, the "401(k) Plan"), and one of the investments in the 401(k) Plan is common stock ofComerica , par value$5.00 per share ("Comerica Common Stock"), which is held through a Comerica Common Stock fund (the "Comerica Stock Fund "). Under the 401(k) Plan, theComerica Stock Fund has been generally frozen to new investments sinceSeptember 16, 2008 (other than the continuing reinvestment of cash dividends onComerica Stock Fund investments that existed prior toSeptember 16, 2008 ). In order to transition the administrative record-keeping of the 401(k) Plan from the current service provider to a new service provider,Fidelity Investments , a "blackout period" will be imposed on transactions involving theComerica Stock Fund under the 401(k) Plan. During the blackout period, account files will be moved to the new service provider, processed and verified for accuracy. During the blackout period, participants in the 401(k) Plan will be temporarily unable, among other things, to change investment elections and fund allocations in the 401(k) Plan with respect to theComerica Stock Fund , to take distributions (including final distributions) of amounts invested in theComerica Stock Fund under the 401(k) Plan, and to take loans of money invested in theComerica Stock Fund under the 401(k) Plan. The blackout period for the 401(k) Plan is expected to begin at4 p.m. Eastern Time onJune 26, 2020 and is expected to end during the calendar week ofJuly 12, 2020 . The Company received a notice under section 101(i)(2)(E) of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 with respect to the blackout period onApril 27, 2020 . As a result of the foregoing, onApril 30, 2020 , the Company sent a notice to its directors and executive officers informing them of the blackout period, during which time they will be prohibited from engaging in certain transactions in equity securities of the Company (the "Notice"). The Notice was provided to the Company's directors and executive officers pursuant to the requirements of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 104 of theSecurities and Exchange Commission's Regulation BTR. A copy of the Notice is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein. The individuals designated to respond to inquiries regarding the blackout period areNicole Gersch , Senior Vice President and General Counsel,Corporate Finance and Securities ,Comerica Incorporated ,1717 Main Street , MC 6506,Dallas, Texas , 75201, Telephone: (214) 462-4302 orJennifer Perry , Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel,Corporate Finance and Securities ,Comerica Incorporated ,1717 Main Street , MC 6506,Dallas, Texas , 75201, Telephone: (214) 462-4311. During the blackout period and for a period of two years after the ending date of the blackout period, a security holder or other interested person may obtain, without charge, the actual beginning and ending dates of the blackout period by contacting either of the above individuals.
ITEM 5.07 SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
(i) the election of eleven directors; (ii) the ratification of the appointment ofErnst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year endingDecember 31, 2020 ; and the approval of a non-binding, advisory proposal approving executive (iii) compensation.
The final number of votes cast for, against or withheld (if applicable), as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, with respect to each matter is set forth below.
Proposal 1
The director nominees listed below each received a majority of the votes cast that were present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on the proposal, and such individuals were each elected to serve as a director with a one-year term expiring in 2021. The results were as follows:
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Director Nominees For Against Abstained Broker Non-Vote Michael E. Collins 104,414,402 645,852 156,055 14,702,863 Roger A. Cregg 100,566,773 4,520,646 128,890 14,702,863 T. Kevin DeNicola 100,249,650 4,844,572 122,087 14,702,863 Curtis C. Farmer 98,599,348 5,851,208 765,753 14,702,863 Jacqueline P. Kane 101,885,810 3,186,234 144,265 14,702,863 Richard G. Lindner 101,226,484 3,852,961 136,864 14,702,863 Barbara R. Smith 104,606,617 495,266 114,426 14,702,863 Robert S. Taubman 101,331,275 3,750,245 134,789 14,702,863 Reginald M. Turner, Jr. 100,432,589 4,658,208 125,512 14,702,863 Nina G. Vaca 102,042,250 3,008,420 165,639 14,702,863 Michael G. Van de Ven 104,252,069 835,038 129,202 14,702,863 Proposal 2
The proposal to ratify the appointment of
For Against Abstained Broker Non-Vote 113,968,105 5,862,512 88,555 0 Proposal 3
The nonbinding, advisory proposal approving executive compensation was approved. The results were as follows:
For Against Abstained Broker Non-Vote
100,060,981 4,631,051 524,277 14,702,863
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