Exhibit 10.22
Amended and Restated as of December 31,
2008
Governance, Compensation and Nominating
Committee Approval: November 18, 2008
Board Approval: November 18,
2008
AMENDED AND RESTATED COMERICA
INCORPORATED
NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR FEE
DEFERRAL PLAN
(EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 31,
2008)
AMENDED AND RESTATED COMERICA
INCORPORATED
NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR FEE DEFERRAL PLAN
(EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 31,
2008)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION I
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PURPOSE
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SECTION II
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DEFINITIONS
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SECTION III
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ELIGIBILITY
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SECTION IV
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PROCEDURES RELATING TO
DEFERRALS
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SECTION V
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CREDITING AND ADJUSTING
ACCOUNTS
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SECTION VI
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DISTRIBUTION OF DEFERRED
FEES
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SECTION VII
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DESIGNATION OF
BENEFICIARY
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SECTION VIII
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AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
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SECTION IX
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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AMENDED AND RESTATED COMERICA
INCORPORATED
NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR FEE DEFERRAL PLAN
(EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 31,
2008)
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 an Investment 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 an Investment 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,” and on January 27, 2004 as the
“Comerica Incorporated Non-Employee Director Fee Deferral
Plan”.(1) Subsequently, on November 18, 2008, the
Plan was amended and restated, effective December 31, 2008, to
accurately reflect its administration and to comply with the
requirements of Code Section 409A.
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.
“Aggregated
Plan” means all agreements methods, programs, and other
arrangements sponsored by the Corporation that would be aggregated
with this Plan under Section 1.409A-1(c) of the
Regulations.
(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” and again amended and restated, effective
November 18, 2008.
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C.
“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.
D.
“Beneficiary
Designation Form” is the form used to designate the
Participant’s Beneficiary(ies), as modified by the Plan
Administrator or the Committee from time to time.
E.
“Code” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor
statute.
F.
“Committee” means
the Governance, Compensation 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.
G.
“Corporation”
means Comerica Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, and its
successors and assigns.
H.
“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.
I.
“Director
Fees” means the fees paid in connection with the performance
of duties as an Eligible Director, including attendance fees,
retainer fees and fees for serving as chair or vice-chair of any
committee of the board of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries or an
Advisory Board.
J.
“Eligible
Director” means a director of the Corporation, a Subsidiary
or Advisory Board who is not an employee of the Corporation or any
Subsidiary.
K.
“Investment
Fund Unit” means a unit equivalent to a fund share that is
maintained for the benefit of a Participant in an Investment Fund
Unit Account of such Participant.
L.
“Investment
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.
M.
“Participant”
means an Eligible Director for whom an Investment Fund Unit Account
is maintained under the Plan.
N.
“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.
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O.
“Plan
Administrator” means one or more individuals appointed by the
Committee to handle the day-to-day administration of the
Plan.
P.
“Regulations”
means the Treasury Regulations promulgated under the
Code.
Q.
“Retirement”
means the date of the next annual shareholder’s meeting of
the Corporation immediately following the Director’s 70th
birthday.
R.
“Subsidiary”
means any corporation, partnership or other entity, a majority of
whose stock or interests is or are owned by the
Corporation.
S.
“Unforeseeable
Emergency” means a severe financial hardship to the
Participant resulting from a sudden and unexpected illness or
accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, or a
dependent (as defined in Code Section 152, without regard to
Section 152(b)(1), (b)(2), and (d)(1)(B)) of the Participant;
loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty (including
the need to rebuild a home following damage to a home not otherwise
covered by insurance, for example not as a result of a natural
disaster); or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable
circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of
the Participant. This definition shall be construed in a
manner that is consistent with Code Section 409A and the
Regulations promulgated thereunder.
SECTION III
ELIGIBILITY
Each Eligible Director shall be
eligible to participate in the Plan.
SECTION IV
PROCEDURES RELATING TO DEFERRALS
A.
Deferral of
Director Fees . Eligible Directors
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 Eligible Director or Participant in a Deferral
Election Form. The minimum deferral period for Director Fees
deferred pursuant to this Section IV(A) shall be the
lesser of the number of years remaining before Retirement, as
defined in Section II(R), or five (5) years from the date
of service for which the Director Fees became payable,
notwithstanding the deferral election under this Plan. With
respect to a Director whose service commences during a calendar
year, the deferral period with respect to Director Fees earned
during such year shall include the full calendar year in which his
or her services commence.
2.
Deferred
Director Fees . Once Director Fees
are deferred under this Plan, the Participant may not receive
distributions of such deferred amounts, except in accordance with
Section VI of this Plan.
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B.
Deferral
Procedures . Any Eligible Director
wishing to defer Director Fees must submit a Deferral Election
Form to Human Resources, Compensation, Comerica Bank Tower,
1717 Main Street, MC 6515, Dallas, Texas 75201 or to such other
unit or person as designated by the Committee from time to time,
within the time frame permitted by the Plan Administrator, which
shall in no event be later than the last business date preceding
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 investment
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 (5) 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.
C.
Modifications/Irrevocability
. The
Participant’s deferral election shall remain in effect with
respect to all unearned Director Fees unless the Participant
modifies such election prior to the date on which the election
becomes irrevocable with respect to such fees. Except to the extent
expressly provided under the Plan or permitted under Code
Section 409A and the Regulations promulgated thereunder, the
provisions of the Deferral Election Form relating to an
election to defer Director Fees and the selection of the deferral
period and manner of payment of the deferrals shall be irrevocable
as of the last date on which such Deferral Election Form may
be submitted in accordance with Article IV(B). 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 at any time prior to the date on which such election is
irrevocable with respect to such fees.
D.
Subsequent
Elections . A Director is not
permitted to make a subsequent election with respect to the timing
or form of payment of any Director Fees deferred under this Plan
pursuant to a Deferral Election Form that has become
irrevocable in accordance with Article IV(C)above.
SECTION V
CREDITING AND ADJUSTING ACCOUNTS
A.
Value of
Investment Fund Unit Account . Director Fees which
have been deferred under this Plan, and deemed earnings thereon,
shall be credited to Investment Fund Unit Accounts created by and
recorded on the books of the Corporation from time to time.
Each Investment Fund Unit Account shall be adjusted as
follows:
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1.
Each
Participant’s Investment Fund Unit Account shall be deemed to
be invested in one or more of the investment funds offered for
investment and designated by such Participant in the manner
determined by the Plan Administrator. In the event the
Corporation purchases investment fund shares on the open market
that may be used for meeting its obligations to provide benefits
under this Plan, whether such shares are held in a rabbi trust
established in the Corporation’s sole and absolute discretion
for its own benefit to fund the Corporation’s obligations
under this Plan or otherwise held in the Corporation’s own
name or for its own account (as general assets of the Corporation),
the purchase price for Investment Fund Units shall be the actual
price of the corresponding shares purchased by the Corporation on
the open market, provided such purchase(s) occurs within forty
(40) business days of the date the Director Fees would have
otherwise been paid to the director had they not been
deferred. The Investment Fund Unit Accounts of Participants
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 investment fund shares are purchased on different
days. No Participant shall have any right to vote any shares
of the investment funds held in the rabbi trust or otherwise owned
by the Corporation in respect of its obligations
hereunder.
In the event that the Corporation
has not purchased shares on the open market that may be used for
meeting its obligations to provide benefits under this Plan, the
purchase price for Investment Fund Units under this Plan shall be
based upon the closing price for the corresponding investment fund
shares on the exchange on which the relevant investment fund is
listed or the market on which such investment fund is traded on the
day that the Director Fees would have otherwise been paid to the
Participant had they not been deferred.
2.
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Participant’s Investment Fund Unit Account shall be charged
each business day with any distributions made on such day.
Such Investment Fund Unit Account shall also be credited with
deemed earnings, gains and losses each business day,
using the closing price for the designated investment fund on
the exchange on which such investment fund is listed or the market
on which such investment fund is traded as of the most recent
prior trading day. Dividends shall be deemed to be
reinvested in like investment funds and shall be credited at the
time actual dividends are paid, with the number of Investment Fund
Units attributable to a dividend being calculated by dividing
the dollar amount of the dividend by the closing price of a share
of the designated investment fund on the dividend payment date;
provided that if 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, then dividends shall be credited based on the purchase
price(s) for the investment fund shares, as determined under
Section V.A.1. above. Finally, a Participant’s
Investment Fund Unit Account shall be credited with the amount, if
any, of Director Fees deferred and designated to be credited to
such
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account during
each quarter, or on a more frequent basis if deemed appropriate by
the
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