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AMENDED AND RESTATED COMERICA INCORPORATED NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR FEE DEFERRAL PLAN

Deferred Unit Award Agreement

AMENDED AND RESTATED COMERICA INCORPORATED

                     NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR FEE DEFERRAL PLAN
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Title: AMENDED AND RESTATED COMERICA INCORPORATED NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR FEE DEFERRAL PLAN
Governing Law: Delaware     Date: 3/9/2004
Industry: Regional Banks     Sector: Financial

AMENDED AND RESTATED COMERICA INCORPORATED

                     NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR FEE DEFERRAL PLAN
, Parties: comerica inc /new/
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.14

 

                                     Amended and Restated as of January 27, 2004

        Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee Approval: January 27, 2004

                                                 Board Approval: January 27, 2004

 

                   AMENDED AND RESTATED COMERICA INCORPORATED

                     NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR FEE DEFERRAL PLAN

 

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                   AMENDED AND RESTATED COMERICA INCORPORATED

                     NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR FEE DEFERRAL PLAN

 

                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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SECTION I - PURPOSE.......................................................       1

 

SECTION II - DEFINITIONS..................................................       1

 

SECTION III - ELIGIBILITY.................................................       3

 

SECTION IV - PROCEDURES RELATING TO DEFERRALS.............................       3

 

SECTION V - CREDITING AND ADJUSTING ACCOUNTS..............................       4

 

SECTION VI - DISTRIBUTION OF DEFERRED FEES................................       6

 

SECTION VII - DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY..................................       7

 

SECTION VIII - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS...................................       8

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                   AMENDED AND RESTATED COMERICA INCORPORATED

                     NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR FEE DEFERRAL PLAN

 

SECTION I -- PURPOSE

 

         The purpose of the Amended and Restated Comerica Incorporated

Non-Employee Director Fee Deferral Plan (the "Plan") is to allow eligible

directors to defer their Director Fees, under the conditions provided herein,

into a Mutual Fund Unit Account. Eligible directors of the Corporation,

directors of any Subsidiary or directors of any Advisory Board may defer all or

any portion of their Director Fees into a Mutual Fund Unit Account, as requested

by such director.

 

         The Plan was originally established as the "Comerica Incorporated Plan

for Deferring the Payment of Director's Fees." In 1997, such plan was amended

and restated as the "Comerica Incorporated Director Fee Deferral Plan." Then on

May 21, 1999, the plan was divided into two plans, one of which became the

"Comerica Incorporated 1999 Discretionary Director Fee Deferral Plan," and which

was subsequently amended and restated on November 26, 2002 as the "Comerica

Incorporated Director Fee Deferral Plan," the plan continued herein.(1)

 

SECTION II - DEFINITIONS

 

         The following words and phrases, wherever capitalized, shall have the

following meanings respectively:

 

         A. "Advisory Board" means a special board of directors appointed to

advise a Subsidiary or unit of the Corporation.

 

         B. "Beneficiary(ies)" means such individual(s) or entity(ies)

designated on the most recent valid Beneficiary Designation Form that the

Participant has properly submitted to the Corporation or in accordance with

Section VII of this Plan, if there is no valid Beneficiary designation.

 

         C. "Beneficiary Designation Form" is the form used to designate the

Participant's Beneficiary(ies),C. as modified by the Plan Administrator or the

Committee from time to time.

 

          D. "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any

successor statute.

 

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(1) The second plan which resulted from the division was named the "Comerica

Incorporated 1999 Common Stock Director Fee Deferral Plan," which was amended

and restated on November 26, 2002 as the "Comerica Incorporated Common Stock

Director Fee Deferral Plan" and was further amended and restated on January 27,

2004 as the "Amended and Restated Comerica Incorporated Common Stock

Non-Employee Director Fee Deferral Plan."

 

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         E. "Committee" means the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee

of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or any successor committee duly

authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

          F. "Corporation" means Comerica Incorporated, a Delaware corporation,

and its successors and assigns.

 

         G. "Deferral Election Form" is the form used to defer the payment of

unearned Director Fees timely submitted by a Participant, as modified by the

Plan Administrator or the Committee from time to time.

 

         H. "Director Fees" means a director's annual retainer, if any, fees

earned by the director for performing director duties, including fees for

attending board meetings, fees for attending meetings of any committee of the

board of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries or Advisory Boards, if any, and

fees for serving as chair of any committee of the board of the Corporation or

its Subsidiaries or an Advisory Board, if any.

 

         I. "Mutual Fund Unit" means a unit equivalent to a mutual fund share

that is maintained for the benefit of a Participant in a Mutual Fund Unit

Account of such Participant.

 

         J. "Mutual Fund Unit Account" means an account established under

Section V of this Plan, solely for bookkeeping purposes, in the name of each

Participant to record those Director Fees that have been deferred to such

account and the earnings thereon.

 

         K. "Participant" means an eligible director meeting the requirements of

Section III below, for whom a Mutual Fund Unit Account is maintained under the

Plan.

 

         L. "Plan" means the Amended and Restated Comerica Incorporated

Non-Employee Director Fee Deferral Plan, the provisions of which are set forth

herein, as it may be further amended and restated from time to time.

 

         M. "Plan Administrator" means one or more individuals appointed by the

Committee to handle the day-to-day administration of the Plan.

 

         N. "Reallocation of Existing Account Balances Form" is the form used to

reallocate previously deferred Director Fees, as modified by the Plan

Administrator from time to time.

 

         O. "Reallocation of Future Deferrals Form" is the form used to

reallocate Director Fees to be earned in the future, as modified by the Plan

Administrator from time to time.

 

         P. "Subsidiary" means any corporation, partnership or other entity, a

majority of whose stock or interests is or are owned by the Corporation.

 

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         Q. "Unforeseeable Emergency" means a severe financial hardship to the

Participant resulting from a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the

Participant or of a dependent (within the meaning of Code Section 152(a)) of the

Participant, loss of the Participant's property due to casualty, or other

similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of

events beyond the control of the Participant.

 

SECTION III - ELIGIBILITY

 

         Each director of the Corporation, each director of any Subsidiary and

each director of any Advisory Board shall be eligible to participate in the

Plan, provided any such director is not an employee of the Corporation or any

Subsidiary of the Corporation.

 

SECTION IV - PROCEDURES RELATING TO DEFERRALS

 

    A.        Deferral of Director Fees. Eligible directors of the

    Corporation, of any Subsidiary, and of any Advisory Board may defer any

    portion (0% - 100%) of their Director Fees under this Plan.

 

         1.        Deferral Period. Director Fees may be deferred pursuant to

                  this Section IV(A) for the period specified by the Participant

                  in a Deferral Election Form; provided, however, that in no

                  event shall the period of deferral exceed ten (10) years from

                  the date of distribution of the first installment. The minimum

                  period of deferral for Director Fees deferred pursuant to this

                  Section IV(A) shall be the lesser of the number of years

                   remaining before regular retirement, as defined in Section

                  IV(B), or five years from the date of service for which the

                  Director Fees became payable, notwithstanding the deferral

                  election under this Plan.

 

         2.        Deferred Director Fees. Once Director Fees are deferred under

                  this Plan, a director may not receive distributions of such

                  deferred amounts, except in accordance with Section VI of this

                   Plan.

 

         B.           Regular Retirement. An eligible director of the Corporation

shall retire from the board of the Corporation as provided in the Corporation's

Corporate Governance Guidelines, as amended from time to time. An eligible

director of any Subsidiary or of any Advisory Board shall retire from the board

on which he or she serves as determined from time to time by the Corporation.

Nothing contained in this Plan shall entitle a Participant to serve beyond the

term for which he or she was elected or appointed to the board(s) on which he or

she serves.

 

         C.           Deferral Procedures. Any eligible director wishing to defer

Director Fees must submit a Deferral Election Form to Retirement Services,

Deferred Compensation Group, MC 3431, P.O. Box 75000, Detroit, Michigan

48275-3431 or to such other unit or person as designated by the Committee from

time to time, prior to the beginning of

 

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the calendar year during which the Director Fees are to be earned. However, any

newly-appointed or newly-elected director may submit a Deferral Election Form

with respect to unearned Director Fees within thirty (30) days of his or her

appointment or election. A deferral election pursuant to this Plan may cover all

or a portion (0% - 100%) of the Director Fees which may be deferred, and shall

designate into which mutual fund and in what proportions the Director Fees

should be recorded.

 

         In the event a Participant does not indicate an appropriate minimum

deferral period in a Deferral Election Form, such Participant's applicable

Director Fees shall be deferred for a period of five years from the date of

service for which the Director Fees became payable, notwithstanding the deferral

election under this Plan. If a Participant does not indicate the method of

deferral, such Director Fees shall be paid out in a single lump sum at the end

of the deferral period.

 

         D. Modifications/Irrevocability. If a director has submitted a Deferral

Election Form relating to Director Fees to be earned in the future, he or she

may modify or cancel such election by submitting a new Deferral Election Form,

so long as the modification or cancellation is made prior to the beginning of

the calendar year in which such Director Fees will be earned. Any such Deferral

Election Form will supersede any previous Deferral Election Form as it relates

to Director Fees to be earned in future calendar years. No revocation or

modification can be made with respect to Director Fees which have already been

earned.

 

SECTION V - CREDITING AND ADJUSTING ACCOUNTS

 

    A. Value of Mutual Fund Unit Account. Director Fees which have been deferred

    under this Plan shall be credited to Mutual Fund Unit Accounts created by

    and recorded on the books of the Corporation from time to time. Each Mutual

    Fund Unit Account shall be adjusted as follows:

 

         1. A Participant's Mutual Fund Unit Account shall be deemed to be

            invested in one or more of the mutual funds offered for investment

            by the Committee and designated by each Participant for his or her

            account. In the event the Corporation, in its sole and absolute

            discretion, has established a rabbi trust for its own benefit to

             fund the Corporation's obligations under this Plan, or otherwise

            purchased shares to be held in its own name, or for its own account

            (as general assets of the Corporation), that may be used for meeting

            its obligations to provide benefits under this Plan, the purchase

            price for Mutual Fund Units shall be the actual price of the

            corresponding shares purchased by the Corporation on the open

            market, provided such purchase(s) occur within 40 business days of

            the date the Director Fees would have otherwise been paid to the

            director had they not been deferred. The Mutual Fund Unit Accounts

            of directors deferring fees from the same annual retainer payment or

            the same meeting will be credited on the same basis (e.g., by

            averaging prices) if stock is purchased on different days. No

            Participant shall


 
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