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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 11-K
FOR ANNUAL REPORTS OF EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE, SAVINGS
AND SIMILAR PLANS PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Mark One):
     
þ   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
      For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007
OR
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
      For the transition period from                      to                     
Commission File Number 1-10706
A.   Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:
COMERICA INCORPORATED PREFERRED SAVINGS PLAN
B.   Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:
COMERICA INCORPORATED
Comerica Bank Tower
1717 Main Street
MC 6404
Dallas, Texas 75201
 
 

 


 

Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2007
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Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedules
 
 
Financial Statements:
 
 
 
 
 
Exhibit
 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 


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Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedules
Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan
December 31, 2007 and 2006, and
Year Ended December 31, 2007
with Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 


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Comerica Incorporated
Preferred Savings Plan
Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedules
December 31, 2007 and 2006, and
Year Ended December 31, 2007
Contents
         
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
    1  
 
Financial Statements
       
 
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
    2  
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
    3  
Notes to Financial Statements
    4  
 
Supplemental Schedule
       
 
Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Audit Committee
Comerica Incorporated
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2007. 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 the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (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. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and 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 net assets available for benefits of the Plan at December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2007, 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 schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2007 is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but is 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. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audits of the financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
May 21, 2008
Detroit, Michigan

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
                 
    December 31
    2007   2006
Assets
               
Investments, at fair value:
               
Mutual and money market funds
  $ 350,797,318     $ 306,331,451  
Collective trust funds
    287,385,768       266,290,580  
Comerica Incorporated Common Stock
    173,626,198       234,483,984  
Participant loans
    22,758,287       21,557,127  
     
Total investments
    834,567,571       828,663,142  
 
               
Accrued income receivable
    2,507,784       2,342,217  
Employer contributions receivable
          6,715,613  
     
Net assets available for benefits
  $ 837,075,355     $ 837,720,972  
     
See accompanying notes.

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
Year Ended December 31, 2007
         
Additions
       
Participant contributions
  $ 47,357,034  
Employer contributions
    19,609,396  
Dividend and interest income
    44,545,358  
Other additions
    1,136,280  
 
     
Total additions
    112,648,068  
 
       
Deductions
       
Distributions to participants
    68,353,005  
Administrative expenses and other deductions
    27,457  
 
     
Total deductions
    68,380,462  
 
       
Net depreciation in fair value of investments
    (44,913,223 )
 
     
Net decrease for the year
    (645,617 )
Net assets available for benefits:
       
Beginning of year
    837,720,972  
 
     
End of year
  $ 837,075,355  
 
     
See accompanying notes.

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2007 and 2006, and
Year Ended December 31, 2007
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 Department.
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 ($15,500, plus an additional $5,000 for participants age 50 or over, in 2007, and $15,000, plus an additional $5,000 for participants age 50 or over, in 2006).
Effective January 1, 2007, the Corporation amended the Plan and prospectively changed its core matching contribution to 100 percent of the participant’s elective contributions, not to exceed four percent of the participant’s qualified earnings (up to the current IRS compensation limit), invested based on the participant’s investment elections. Previously, the Corporation’s matches were based on a declining percentage of participant contributions, as well as a performance-based matching contribution. Under the prior plan, the matching contributions were made in the Corporation’s common stock and were restricted until the end of the calendar year.
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 at December 31, 2006, represented amounts due from the Corporation under the performance match program, which rewarded employees through a corporate contribution to the participants’ accounts.

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
1. Description of the Plan (continued)
Participants direct the investment of their accounts 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.
Under the prior plan, the Corporation’s matching contributions were held in a restricted Comerica Incorporated Common Stock account until the end of the calendar year, when the assets held in such account became unrestricted and, therefore, eligible to be reallocated by the participants to other fund options. As a result of the Plan changes, approximately $6.3 million held in the restricted Comerica Incorporated Common Stock account at December 31, 2006 became unrestricted and therefore eligible to be reallocated by the participants to other fund options effective January 1, 2007.
Unallocated matching employer contributions resulting from employee forfeitures are retained in the Plan and used to reduce future employer contributions. Employee forfeitures during the period are included in employer contributions in the accompanying statement of changes in assets available for benefits and are primarily retained in the Comerica Incorporated Common Stock balance as of December 31, 2007. Effective January 1, 2007, participants were fully vested in employer contributions when made, therefore there were no employee forfeitures under this plan feature for participants who terminated employment subsequent to December 31, 2006.
The following table presents a summary of changes in unallocated matching employer contributions during the plan year:
         
Balance at January 1, 2007
  $ 562,429  
Employee forfeitures during the year
    208,902  
Reduction of employer contributions
    (770,795 )
Net depreciation in fair value of investments
    (4,408 )
Dividend income
    5,631  
 
     
Balance at December 31, 2007
  $ 1,759  
 
     

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
1. Description of the Plan (continued)
In addition, on January 1, 2007, the Corporation added a defined contribution feature to the Plan for the benefit of substantially all full-time employees hired on or after January 1, 2007. Under the defined contribution feature, the Corporation will make an annual contribution to the individual account of each eligible employee ranging from three to eight percent of annual compensation, determined based on combined age and years of service. The contributions will be invested based on employee investment elections. The employee fully vests in the defined contribution account after three years of service. The plan feature, effective January 1, 2007, requires one year of service before an employee is eligible to participate. As a result, no contributions for this plan feature were made for the year ended December 31, 2007.
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.
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.
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 for loans originated prior to July 1, 2004, which is reported in administrative expenses and other deductions in the accompanying statement of changes in assets available for benefits.
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.

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
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 31,
    2007   2006
     
Comerica Incorporated Common Stock *
  $ 173,626,198     $ 234,483,984  
Comerica Stable Value Fund
    126,514,374       121,069,705  
Comerica S&P 500 Index Fund
    117,789,023       116,840,734  
William Blair International Growth Fund
    57,183,066       42,568,839  
Neuberger Berman Genesis Fund
    43,457,727       **  
 
*   Includes nonparticipant-directed investments at December 31, 2006
 
**   Less than 5%
During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Plan’s investments (including investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated (depreciated) in fair value as follows:
         
    Year Ended  
    December 31,  
    2007  
Mutual and money market funds
  $ (1,622,633 )
Collective trust funds
    14,757,566  
Comerica Incorporated Common Stock
    (58,048,156 )
 
     
 
  $ (44,913,223 )
 
     

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
4. Nonparticipant-Directed Investments
The following information represents the restricted assets and the significant components of changes in restricted assets related to the nonparticipant-directed portion of the Comerica Incorporated Common Stock investment. Effective with the January 1, 2007 plan amendment, the Corporation’s matching contributions were invested based on the participant’s investment elections and any remaining restricted common stock account balances were transferred to unrestricted status.
         
    December 31,  
    2006  
Investment, at fair value:
       
Comerica Incorporated Common Stock
  $ 7,069,690  
 
     
         
    Year Ended  
    December 31,  
    2007  
Changes in assets:
       
Employee forfeitures
  $ (744,007 )
Distributions to participants
    (4,823 )
Net depreciation in fair value of investments
    (48,854) )
Transfer of assets from restricted common stock account to unrestricted account
    (6,272,006 )
 
     
Decrease in assets
  $ (7,069,690 )
 
     

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
5. Transactions With Parties-in-Interest
The following is a summary of transactions (at cost) with parties-in-interest:
                                                                         
    Comerica     Comerica     Comerica     Comerica     Comerica     Comerica     Comerica     Comerica     Comerica  
    Incorporated     Stable Value     S&P 500 Index     Destination     Destination     Destination     Destination     Destination     Short Term  
    Common Stock     Fund     Fund     Retirement Fund     2015 Fund     2025 Fund     2035 Fund     2045 Fund     Fund  
     
Balance at December 31, 2005
  $ 185,747,906     $ 107,689,247     $ 98,332,486     $ 1,715,934     $ 4,990,806     $ 2,789,623     $ 471,741     $ 317,101     $  
Purchases in 2006
    37,439,783       31,179,300       12,488,210       4,098,705       5,667,575       3,947,138       2,210,403       1,857,706       398,617  
Sales in 2006
    (36,319,953 )     (25,563,206 )     (19,290,726 )     (535,725 )     (818,400 )     (572,360 )     (227,892 )     (459,948 )      
Transfer to non-party in interest status
                                                     
     
Balance at December 31, 2006
    186,867,736       113,305,341       91,529,970       5,278,914       9,839,981       6,164,401       2,454,252       1,714,859       398,617  
Purchases in 2007
    44,404,720       41,899,807       14,050,121       3,124,417       6,277,630       6,339,822       3,728,548       4,233,565       134,305  
Sales in 2007
    (39,195,460 )     (39,160,126 )     (14,929,933 )     (2,246,555 )     (2,678,099 )     (3,002,011 )     (1,059,014 )     (952,795 )     (395,437 )
     
Balance at December 31, 2007
  $ 192,076,996     $ 116,045,022     $ 90,650,158     $ 6,156,776     $ 13,439,512     $ 9,502,212     $ 5,123,786     $ 4,995,629     $ 137,485  
     
                                                 
    Munder     Munder     Munder     Munder     Munder        
    S&P MidCap     S&P Small Cap     Bond     Large Cap     MidCap Core        
    Index Fund     Index Fund     Fund     Value Fund     Growth Fund     Total  
     
Balance at December 31, 2005
  $ 12,791,480     $ 5,200,325     $ 7,265,994     $ 26,288,770     $ 15,506,035     $ 469,107,448  
Purchases in 2006
    5,065,265       4,010,602       3,396,149       8,849,144       6,160,193       126,768,790  
Sales in 2006
    (3,654,812 )     (2,242,861 )     (1,900,862 )     (5,089,383 )     (4,390,894 )     (101,067,022 )
Transfer to non-party in interest status
                (8,761,281 )     (30,048,531 )     (17,275,334 )     (56,085,146 )
     
Balance at December 31, 2006
    14,201,933       6,968,066                         438,724,070  
Purchases in 2007
    6,858,903       3,944,278                         134,996,116  
Sales in 2007
    (3,539,440 )     (2,302,221 )                       (109,461,091 )
     
Balance at December 31, 2007
  $ 17,521,396     $ 8,610,123     $     $     $     $ 464,259,095  
     
The Munder mutual funds are managed by Munder Capital Management, which was a consolidated subsidiary of Comerica Incorporated until December 29, 2006, when it was sold to an unaffiliated investor group.
The Munder index funds are sub-advised by World Asset Management, a consolidated subsidiary of Comerica Incorporated, and therefore continue to hold party-in-interest status at December 31, 2007.

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
6. Tax Status
The Plan has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service dated December 11, 2007, 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. 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.
8. Pending Accounting Pronouncements
In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements,” (SFAS 157), which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 applies whenever other standards require (or permit) assets or liabilities to be measured at fair value, and therefore, does not expand the use of fair value in any new circumstances. Fair value refers to the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants in the market in which the Plan transacts. SFAS 157 clarifies that fair value should be based on the assumptions market participants would use when pricing an asset or liability and establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the information used to develop those assumptions. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets and the lowest priority to unobservable data. SFAS 157 requires fair value measurements to be separately disclosed by level within the fair value hierarchy. While not expanding the use of fair value, SFAS 157 may change the measurement of fair value. Any change in the measurement of fair value would be considered a change in estimate and included in the results of operations in the period of adoption. SFAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. Accordingly, the Plan expects to adopt the provisions of SFAS 157 for the year ended December 31, 2008. The Plan does not expect the adoption of the provisions of SFAS 157 to have a material effect on the Plan’s financial condition and results of operations.

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan
EIN: #38-1998421 Plan #002
Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets
(Held at End of Year)
December 31, 2007
                     
    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  
 
Mutual and Money Market Funds
                   
Munder **
S&P MidCap Index Fund – 1,541,392 shares
    ***     $ 16,924,487  
 
S&P Small Cap Index Fund – 549,625 shares
    ***     7,392,457  
 
  Large Cap Value Fund – 2,270,288 shares     ***     34,689,998  
 
  MidCap Core Growth Fund – 996,236 shares     ***     30,245,722  
 
                   
Neuberger Berman
  Neuberger Berman Genesis Fund – 881,853 shares     ***     43,457,727  
 
                   
Franklin/Templeton Investments
  Franklin Rising Dividends Fund – 625,777 shares     ***     21,088,679  
 
  Templeton Growth Fund – 1,265,201 shares     ***     30,453,393  
 
                   
William Blair Funds
  William Blair Growth Fund – 622,217 shares     ***     7,279,940  
 
  William Blair International Growth Fund – 1,963,704 shares     ***     57,183,066  
 
                   
Heritage Funds
  Heritage Small Cap Stock Fund – 695,741 shares     ***     23,022,068  
 
                   
Van Kampen Funds
  Van Kampen Equity & Income Fund – 3,008,645 shares     ***     26,596,426  
 
  Van Kampen Government Securities – 1,624,993 shares     ***     18,000,053  
 
                   
American Funds
  The Growth Fund of America – 681,421 shares     ***     23,168,307  
 
                   
Goldman Sachs Funds
  Goldman Sachs Core Fixed Income Fund – 1,072,232 shares     ***     11,294,995  
 
                 
Total Mutual and Money Market Funds
                350,797,318  
 
                   
Collective Trust Funds
                   
*Comerica Incorporated
  Stable Value Fund – 11,112,178 units     ***     126,514,374  
 
  S&P 500 Index Fund – 8,737,047 units     ***     117,789,023  
 
  Destination Retirement Fund – 556,893 units     ***     6,721,213  
 
  Destination 2015 Fund – 1,198,682 units     ***     14,973,464  
 
  Destination 2025 Fund – 804,063 units     ***     10,409,719  
 
  Destination 2035 Fund – 414,534 units     ***     5,523,908  
 
  Destination 2045 Fund – 387,563 units     ***     5,316,582  
 
  Short Term Fund – 137,485 units   $ 137,485       137,485  
 
                 
Total Collective Trust Funds
                287,385,768  
 
                   
*Comerica Incorporated
  Common Stock – 3,988,656 shares     ***     173,626,198  
 
                   
*Participant loans
  Interest rate range: 6.99% to 11.74%, with various maturity dates           22,758,287  
 
                 
 
                   
Total investments
              $ 834,567,571  
 
                 
 
*   Party-in-interest
 
**   The Munder mutual funds are managed by Munder Capital Management, a consolidated subsidiary of Comerica Incorporated until December 29, 2006, when it was sold to an unaffiliated investor group. The Munder index funds are sub-advised by World Asset Management, a consolidated subsidiary of Comerica Incorporated, and therefore continue to hold party-in-interest status.
 
***   Disclosure of historical cost information is not required for participant-directed investments

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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/ Jon W. Bilstrom    
    Jon W. Bilstrom   
    Executive Vice President - Governance,
Regulatory Relations and Legal Affairs
Comerica Incorporated 
 
 
Dated: May 23, 2008

 


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Exhibit Index
     
Exhibit No.   Description
23.1
  Consent of Independent Registered Accounting Firm