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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 11-K

Annual Report Pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the Fiscal Year Ended December 30, 2003
Commission File Number 33-42485

A. Full title of the Plan and address of the Plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

COMERICA INCORPORATED PREFERRED SAVINGS PLAN

B. Name of issuer of securities held pursuant to the Plan and address of its principal executive office:

COMERICA INCORPORATED
Comerica Tower at
One Detroit Center
500 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48226



 


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INFORMATION FURNISHED WITH RESPECT TO THE PLAN

The following financial statements, notes to financial statements and consents are included in this Report:

  1.   Financial statements for the Plan consisting of:

  A.   Report of Independent Auditors.
 
  B.   Financial Statements

  1.   Statements of Assets Available for Benefits as of December 30, 2003 and 2002.
 
  2.   Statement of Changes in Assets Available for Benefits for the Year Ended December 30, 2003.
 
  3.   Notes to Financial Statements

  C.   Supplemental Schedules to Financial Statements.

  2.   Consent of Independent Auditors.

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SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the administrator of the Plan has duly caused this Annual Report to be signed by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

         
  Comerica Incorporated
Preferred Savings Plan
 
 
  By:   /s/ Carol H. Rodriguez    
    Carol H. Rodriguez   
    Vice President, Senior Counsel and
Assistant Secretary,
Comerica Incorporated 
 
 

Dated:  May 21, 2004

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INDEX

Name of Document

     
1.
  Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings
  Plan Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedules as of
  December 30, 2003 and 2002 and Year Ended December 30, 2003
  (Including Report of Independent Auditors).
 
   
2.
  Consent of Ernst and Young LLP.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULES

Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan

December 30, 2003 and 2002 and Year Ended December 30, 2003
with Report of Independent Auditors

 


Comerica Incorporated
Preferred Savings Plan

Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedules

December 30, 2003 and 2002 and
Year Ended December 30, 2003

Contents

         
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Financial Statements
       
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Report of Independent Auditors

Employee Benefits Committee
Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets available for benefits of the Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan as of December 30, 2003 and 2002 and the related statement of changes in assets available for benefits for the year ended December 30, 2003. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the assets available for benefits of the Plan at December 30, 2003 and 2002 and the changes in its assets available for benefits for the year ended December 30, 2003, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

Our audits were made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements taken as a whole. The accompanying supplemental schedules of assets (held at end of year) as of December 30, 2003 and reportable transactions for the year then ended, are presented for purposes of additional analysis and are not a required part of the financial statements but are supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. These supplemental schedules are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedules have been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audits of the financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.

May 17, 2004

 

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan

Statements of Assets Available for Benefits

                 
    December 30,
    2003
  2002
Assets
               
Investments, at fair value:
               
Mutual and money market funds
  $ 174,208,361     $ 122,110,720  
Collective trust funds
    205,849,619       167,015,973  
Comerica Incorporated Common Stock
    252,859,573       194,380,609  
Participant loans
    18,555,301       19,005,399  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total investments
    651,472,854       502,512,701  
 
               
Accrued income
    2,517,042       2,568,172  
Contribution receivable
    5,940,374       2,066,000  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total assets
  $ 659,930,270     $ 507,146,873  
 
   
 
     
 
 
See accompanying notes.
               

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan

Statement of Changes in Assets
Available for Benefits

Year Ended December 30, 2003

         
Additions
       
Participant contributions
  $ 37,201,978  
Employer contributions
    12,093,765  
Interest and dividend income
    17,218,902  
 
   
 
 
Total additions
    66,514,645  
 
Deductions
       
Distributions to participants
    28,852,388  
Loan fees
    174,861  
 
   
 
 
Total deductions
    29,027,249  
 
               
 
       
Net appreciation in fair value of investments
    115,296,001  
 
   
 
 
Net increase
    152,783,397  
Assets available for benefits:
       
Beginning of year
    507,146,873  
 
   
 
 
End of year
  $ 659,930,270  
 
   
 
 

See accompanying notes.

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements

December 30, 2003 and 2002 and
Year Ended December 30, 2003

1.   Description of the Plan

The Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan (the “Plan”) is a defined contribution plan covering all eligible employees of Comerica Incorporated (the “Corporation”) and certain subsidiaries.

Information about the Plan agreement, participants’ investment alternatives and the vesting and benefit provisions is contained in the summary plan description captioned Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan. Copies of this summary plan description are available through the Corporation’s Human Resources Office.

Participants may make annual contributions to the Plan on a pre-tax basis, not to exceed the lesser of 50%, of the participant’s annual compensation or the IRS allowed maximum ($12,000, plus an additional $2,000 for participants over 50 years of age, in 2003 and $11,000, plus an additional $1,000 for participants over 50 years of age, in 2002).

The Corporation will match a percentage of the first $3,000 of the participant’s pre-tax contributions, as defined by the Plan. In addition, the Corporation may make discretionary contributions based upon attaining certain corporate financial performance measurements. Both the Corporation match and discretionary contribution are invested in the Corporation’s common stock.

Participants’ investments in the Corporation’s common stock, including vested corporate matching contributions, are held in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Participants may elect to either reinvest the dividends in the Corporation’s common stock within the Plan or receive the dividends as cash with their regular pay.

Contributions receivable represent amounts due from the Corporation under a performance match program, which rewards employees through a corporate contribution to the participants’ accounts.

Participants direct the investment of their accounts, except the nonparticipant–directed investment in the Corporation’s common stock, among the investment funds offered by the Plan. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s account.

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements

December 30, 2003 and 2002 and
Year Ended December 30, 2003

1.   Description of the Plan (continued)

Employer matches and employer contributions are held in a restricted Comerica Incorporated common stock account until the end of the calendar year, when the assets held in such account become vested and unrestricted and, therefore, eligible to be reallocated to other fund options. Approximately $6.2 million of restricted common stock was transferred to unrestricted funds during the plan year ended December 30, 2003.

Unallocated matching employer contributions are retained in the Plan and used to reduce future employer contributions. Such amounts totaled $490,826 in 2003 and are combined with employer contributions in the accompanying statement of changes in assets available for benefits. There are $4,707 and $1,323 of unallocated matching employer contributions in the Comerica Incorporated Stock Fund balance as of December 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

The Corporation has the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time. In the event the Plan is terminated, all participants’ accounts become fully vested and nonforfeitable.

2.   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The fair values of the participation units owned by the Plan in mutual and collective trust funds are based on the net asset values on the last business day of the plan year.

Marketable securities are stated at fair value. Securities traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last reported sales price on the last business day of the plan year. Investments traded in the over-the-counter market and listed securities for which no sale was reported on that date are valued at the average of the last reported bid and ask prices.

The fair value of investments in the Corporation’s common stock is based on the last reported sales price on the last business day of the plan year as traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

The participant loans are valued at their outstanding balances, which approximate fair value.

Administrative expenses incurred in connection with the operation of the Plan are borne by the Corporation, except for a $10 per quarter loan fee paid by participants, which is reported in loan fees in the accompanying statement of changes in assets available for benefits. In addition, a one-time $50 loan application fee is paid by the participant directly to the Plan Trustee for each new loan.

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements

December 30, 2003 and 2002 and
Year Ended December 30, 2003

2.   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

3.   Investments

The fair value of individual investments that represent 5% or more of the Plan assets at the end of the respective years are as follows:

                 
    December 30
    2003
  2002
*Comerica Incorporated Common Stock
  $ 252,859,573     $ 194,380,609  
Comerica S&P 500 Index Fund
    103,395,162       78,030,248  
Comerica Stable Value Fund
    102,454,457       88,985,725  

                           *includes nonparticipant–directed investment

During 2003, the Plan’s investments (including investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated in fair value as follows:

         
    Year Ended
    December 30,
    2003
Mutual and money market funds
  $ 31,504,417  
Collective trust funds
    22,694,453  
Common Stock
    61,097,131  
 
   
 
 
 
  $ 115,296,001  
 
   
 
 

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements

December 30, 2003 and 2002 and
Year Ended December 30, 2003

4.   Nonparticipant-Directed Investments

The following information represents the net assets and the significant components of changes in net assets related to the nonparticipant-directed portion of the Comerica Incorporated Common Stock investment.

                 
    December 30    
    2003
  2002
Investment, at fair value:
               
Comerica Incorporated Common Stock
  $ 8,400,910     $ 4,893,961  
 
   
 
     
 
 
         
    Year Ended
    December 30,
    2003
Changes in net assets:
       
Employer contributions
  $ 6,148,754  
Interest and dividend income
    215,132  
Distributions to participants
    (120,012 )
Net appreciation in fair value of investments
    3,503,111  
Transfer of assets from restricted common stock account to unrestricted account
    (6,240,036 )
 
   
 
 
Increase in net assets
  $ 3,506,949  
 
   
 
 

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

December 30, 2003 and 2002 and
Year Ended December 30, 2003

5. Transactions with Parties–in–Interest

The following is a summary of transactions (at cost) with parties–in–interest:

                                                 
            Comerica   Munder            
    Comerica   Stable   Cash   Munder   Munder Instl.   Munder
    Incorporated   Value   Investment   Multi-Season   S&P 500 Index   Bond
    Common Stock
  Fund
  Fund
  Growth Fund
  Fund
  Fund
Balance at December 31, 2001
  $ 180,489,263     $ 77,591,044     $     $ 42,927,608     $ 66,907,301     $ 2,525,558  
Purchases in 2002
    39,250,331       42,185,250       61,927,192       1,765,085       10,649,958       3,871,291  
Sales in 2002
    38,873,346       30,790,569       61,927,192       4,636,211       12,767,450       1,987,973  
Transfer to/from funds
                      (40,056,482 )     (64,789,809 )      
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Balance at December 30, 2002
    180,866,248       88,985,725                         4,408,876  
Purchases in 2003
    36,143,023       34,404,499       69,859,087                   3,557,806  
Sales in 2003
    29,925,077       25,637,771       69,859,087                   2,696,465  
Transfer to/from funds
    (3,508,780 )     4,702,004                         (18,383 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Balance at December 30, 2003
  $ 183,575,414     $ 102,454,457     $     $     $     $ 5,251,834  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
                                                         
    Munder   Munder   Munder   Munder   Munder   Comerica    
    Large Cap   U.S. Government   S&P Small Cap   MidCap   S&P MidCap   S&P 500 Index    
    Value Fund
  Income Fund
  Index Fund
  Select Fund
  Index Fund
  Fund
  Total
Balance at December 31, 2001
  $ 7,539,942     $ 10,972,324     $     $     $     $     $ 388,953,040  
Purchases in 2002
    1,808,156       8,743,124       378,060             8,033,517       2,533,253       181,145,217  
Sales in 2002
    1,543,629       4,018,779       52,578             789,690       2,950,237       160,337,654  
Transfer to/from funds
                                  73,609,185       (31,237,106 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Balance at December 30, 2002
    7,804,469       15,696,669       325,482             7,243,827       73,192,201       378,523,497  
Purchases in 2003
    1,740,277       4,990,772       2,281,395       1,677,130       3,004,979       15,277,141       172,936,109  
Sales in 2003
    1,343,341       4,833,889       663,759       878,159       1,280,303       10,737,641       147,855,492  
Transfer to/from funds
    (39,762 )     (90,429 )           6,455,123       (33 )           7,499,740  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Balance at December 30, 2003
  $ 8,161,643     $ 15,763,123     $ 1,943,118     $ 7,254,094     $ 8,968,470     $ 77,731,701     $ 411,103,854  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

The Munder mutual funds are managed by Munder Capital Management, a consolidated subsidiary of Comerica Incorporated.

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements

December 30, 2003 and 2002 and
Year Ended December 30, 2003

6.   Tax Status

The Plan has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service dated November 14, 2003, stating that the Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) and, therefore, the related trust is exempt from taxation. Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in conformity with the Code to maintain its qualification. The plan administrator believes the Plan is being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code and, therefore, believes that the Plan is qualified and the related trust is tax exempt.

7.   Differences Between Financial Statements and Form 5500

Amounts allocated to withdrawn participants are recorded on the Form 5500 for benefit claims that have been processed and approved for payment prior to year-end but not yet paid. Amounts allocated on Form 5500 to withdrawn participants at December 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively, were $2,522,459 and $1,422,494.

8.   Risks and Uncertainties

The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of assets available for benefits.

9.   Subsequent Event — Corrective Contribution

As a result of a Department of Labor finding in 2004 related to the method of payment of the participant loan origination fees from 1998 through 2003, the Corporation plans to make a corrective contribution to the Plan in 2004, of approximately $400,000. The final amount will be included in the 2004 financial statements.

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan

EIN: 38-1998421                    Plan Number: 002

Schedule H, Line 4i—Schedule of Assets
(Held at End of Year)

December 30, 2003

                     
    Description of Investment Including            
Identity of Issue, Borrower,   Maturity Date, Rate of Interest,           Current
Lessor or Similar Party
  Collateral, Par or Maturity Value
  Cost
  Value
 
                   
*Munder Mutual Funds
  S&P MidCap Index Fund—1,007,829 shares
S&P Small Cap Index Fund—167,860 shares
MidCap Select Fund—505,205 shares
Bond Fund—547,229 shares
Large Cap Value Fund—651,137 shares
U.S. Government Income Fund—1,514,973 shares
    **
**
**
**
**
**
    $ 10,824,086
2,198,963
8,462,176
5,302,647
8,380,136
15,634,517
 
 
                   
AIM Funds
  AIM Basic Value Fund—467,874 shares
AIM Blue Chip Fund—1,086,241 shares
    **
**
      13,671,277
12,144,169
 
 
                   
Neuberger Berman
  Genesis Fund—544,427 shares     **       20,328,891  
 
                   
Fidelity Advisor
  Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund—23,314 shares     **       365,098  
 
                   
Franklin/Templeton Investments
  Franklin Rising Dividends Fund—620,381 shares
Templeton Growth Fund—683,446 shares
    **
**
      18,400,509
14,051,646
 
 
                   
MFS
  MFS New Discovery Fund—986,556 shares     **       15,252,155  
 
                   
Putnam Investments
  Putnam International Growth Fund—725,040 shares     **       14,892,324  
 
                   
Van Kampen Funds
  Van Kampen Equity & Income Fund—1,812,391 shares     **       14,299,767  
 
                   
*Comerica Collective Trust Funds
  Stable Value Fund—102,454,457 shares
S&P 500 Index Fund—10,947,775 shares
    **
**
      102,454,457
103,395,162
 
 
                   
*Comerica Incorporated
  Common Stock—4,489,827 shares   $ 183,575,414       252,859,573  
 
                   
*Participant Loans
  Interest rate range: 6% to 10.5%, with various maturity dates           18,555,301  
               
 
 
 
                   
Total Investments
              $ 651,472,854  
               
 
 

*Party-in-interest.
** Disclosure of historical cost information is not required for participant-directed investments.

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan

Employer ID # 1998421
Plan # 002

Schedule H, Line 4j — Schedule of Reportable Transactions

Year Ended December 30, 2003

                                                                 
    Description                                            
    of Asset                           Expense           Current Value    
    (Including Interest                           Incurred           of Asset on    
    Rate and Maturity   Purchase   Selling   Lease   with   Cost of   Transaction   Net Gain
Identity of Party Involved
  in Case of a Loan)
  Price
  Price
  Rental
  Transaction*
  Asset
  Date
  (Loss)
 
                                                               
Category (iii)—A series of transactions involving securities of the same issue which, when aggregated, involve an amount in excess of 5% of the current value of plan assets:
                                                               
Comerica Incorporated
  Common
Stock:
                                                       
 
  235 purchases   $ 36,143,023                             $ 36,143,023     $ 36,143,023          
 
  337 sales           $ 34,679,477                         29,925,077       34,679,477     $ 4,754,400  

* The commissions and fees related to purchases and sales of investments are included in the cost of investment or
proceeds from the sale and are not separately identified by the Trustee.

There were no category i), ii), or iv) reportable transactions.

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Consent of Independent Auditors

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements listed below, of our report on the financial statements and supplemental schedules of Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan dated May 17, 2004 included in this Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 30, 2003:

     Registration Statement No. 33-42485 on Form S-8 dated August 29, 1991

     Registration Statement No. 33-49964 on Form S-8 dated July 23, 1992

     Registration Statement No. 33-49966 on Form S-8 dated July 23, 1992

     Registration Statement No. 33-53220 on Form S-8 dated October 13, 1992

     Registration Statement No. 333-00839 on Form S-8 dated February 9, 1996

     Registration Statement No. 333-24567 on Form S-8 dated April 4, 1997

     Registration Statement No. 333-50966 on Form S-8 dated November 30, 2000

/s/Ernst & Young LLP

Detroit, Michigan
May 17, 2004