COMERICA INCORPORATED
as Guarantor
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
as Guarantee Trustee
COMERICA CAPITAL TRUST II
Dated as of February 20,
2007
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ARTICLE II TRUST INDENTURE ACT
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Section 2.1. Trust Indenture Act;
Application
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Section 2.2. List of Holders
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Section 2.3. Reports by the Guarantee
Trustee
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Section 2.4. Periodic Reports to the
Guarantee Trustee
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Section 2.5. Evidence of Compliance with
Conditions Precedent
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Section 2.6. Events of Default;
Waiver
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Section 2.7. Event of Default;
Notice
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Section 2.8. Conflicting
Interests
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ARTICLE III POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF THE
GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
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Section 3.1. Powers and Duties of the
Guarantee Trustee
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Section 3.2. Certain Rights of Guarantee
Trustee
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Section 3.3. Compensation; Indemnity;
Fees
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ARTICLE IV GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
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Section 4.1. Guarantee Trustee;
Eligibility
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Section 4.2. Appointment, Removal and
Resignation of the Guarantee Trustee
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Section 5.2. Waiver of Notice and
Demand
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Section 5.3. Obligations Not
Affected
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Section 5.4. Rights of Holders
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Section 5.5. Guarantee of
Payment
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Section 5.7. Independent
Obligations
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ARTICLE VI COVENANTS AND
SUBORDINATION
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Section 6.1. Subordination
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Section 6.2. Pari Passu
Guarantees
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 8.1. Successors and
Assigns
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Section 8.5. Governing Law
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Section 8.6. Counterparts
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GUARANTEE
AGREEMENT, dated as of February 20, 2007, between COMERICA
INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (the “ Guarantor
”), having its principal office at Comerica Tower at Detroit
Center, 500 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48226, and THE BANK
OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the
“ Guarantee Trustee ”), for the benefit of the
Holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the Capital
Securities (as defined herein) of COMERICA CAPITAL TRUST II, a
Delaware statutory trust (the “ Issuer Trust
”).
WHEREAS, pursuant
to an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust
Agreement, of even date herewith (the “ Trust
Agreement ”), among Comerica Incorporated, as Depositor,
the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative
Trustee (each as named therein) and the holders from time to time
of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer
Trust, the Issuer Trust is issuing $500,000,000 aggregate
Liquidation Amount (as defined in the Trust Agreement) of its
6.576% Capital Securities (liquidation amount $1,000 per capital
security) (the “ Capital Securities ”),
representing preferred undivided beneficial interests in the assets
of the Issuer Trust and having the terms set forth in the Trust
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the
Capital Securities will be issued by the Issuer Trust, and the
proceeds thereof, together with the proceeds from the issuance of
the Issuer Trust’s Common Securities (as defined herein),
will be used to purchase the Debentures of the Guarantor, which
Debentures will be deposited with The Bank of New York, as Property
Trustee under the Trust Agreement, as trust assets; and
WHEREAS, as an
incentive for the Holders to purchase Capital Securities, the
Guarantor desires irrevocably and unconditionally to agree, to the
extent set forth herein, to pay to the Holders of the Capital
Securities the Guarantee Payments (as defined herein) and to make
certain other payments on the terms and conditions set forth
herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the purchase of Capital Securities by each Holder,
which purchase the Guarantor hereby acknowledges shall benefit the
Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and delivers this Guarantee
Agreement for the benefit of the Holders from time to
time.
Section 1.1.
Definitions .
For all purposes
of this Guarantee Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided
or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms
defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) all other
terms used herein that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act,
either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned
to them therein;
(c) the words
“include,” “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation”;
(d) all
accounting terms used but not defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with United States generally
accepted accounting principles;
(e) unless
the context otherwise requires, any reference to an
“Article” or a “Section” refers to an
Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Guarantee
Agreement; and
(f) the words
“hereby,” “herein,” “hereof”
and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer
to this Guarantee Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision.
“
Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other
Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under
direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For
the purposes of this definition, “control,” when used
with respect to any specified Person, means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“ Board
of Directors ” means the board of directors of the
Guarantor or any committee of the board of directors of the
Guarantor, comprised of one or more members of the board of
directors of the Guarantor or officers of the Guarantor, or
both.
“ Capital
Securities ” has the meaning specified in the recitals to
this Guarantee Agreement.
“ Common
Securities ” means the securities representing common
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer
Trust.
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Debentures ” shall have the meaning specified in the
Trust Agreement.
“
Distributions ” shall have the meaning specified in
the Trust Agreement.
“ Event
of Default ” means (i) a default by the Guarantor in
any of its payment obligations under this Guarantee Agreement or
(ii) a default by the Guarantor in any other obligation
hereunder that remains unremedied for 30 days.
“
Guarantee Agreement ” means this Guarantee Agreement,
as modified, amended or supplemented from time to time.
“
Guarantee Payments ” means the following payments or
distributions, without duplication, with respect to the Capital
Securities, to the extent not paid or made by or on behalf of the
Issuer Trust: (i) any accumulated and unpaid Distributions
required to be paid on the Capital Securities, to the extent the
Issuer Trust shall have funds on hand available therefor
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such time;
(ii) the Redemption Price with respect to any Capital
Securities called for redemption by the Issuer Trust, to the extent
the Issuer Trust shall have funds on hand available therefor at
such time; and (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary
dissolution, winding-up or liquidation of the Issuer Trust, unless
Debentures are distributed to the Holders, the lesser of
(a) the Liquidation Distribution with respect to the Capital
Securities, to the extent that the Issuer Trust shall have funds on
hand available therefor at such time, and (b) the amount of
assets of the Issuer Trust remaining available for distribution to
Holders on liquidation of the Issuer Trust.
“
Guarantee Trustee ” means The Bank of New York, solely
in its capacity as Guarantee Trustee and not in its individual
capacity, until a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed
and has accepted such appointment pursuant to the terms of this
Guarantee Agreement, and thereafter means each such Successor
Guarantee Trustee.
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Guarantor ” has the meaning specified in the first
paragraph of this Guarantee Agreement.
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Holder ” means any Holder (as defined in the Trust
Agreement) of any Capital Securities; provided, however, that in
determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of
Capital Securities have given any request, notice, consent or
waiver hereunder, “Holder” shall not include the
Guarantor, the Guarantee Trustee, or any Affiliate of the Guarantor
or the Guarantee Trustee.
“
Indenture ” means the Indenture, dated as of
July 31, 2001, between Comerica Incorporated and The Bank of
New York (as successor to Chase Manhattan Trust Company, National
Association), as trustee, as supplemented by the First Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of February 20, 2007, between Comerica
Incorporated and The Bank of New York, as trustee, as the same may
be further modified, amended or supplemented from time to
time.
“ Issuer
Trust ” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph
of this Guarantee Agreement.
“
Liquidation Distribution ” shall have the meaning
specified in the Trust Agreement.
“ List of
Holders ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.2(a).
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Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities
” means, except as provided by the Trust Indenture Act,
Capital Securities representing more than 50% of the aggregate
Liquidation Amount (as defined in the Trust Agreement) of all
Capital Securities then Outstanding (as defined in the Trust
Agreement).
“
Officers’ Certificate ” means, with respect to
any Person, a certificate signed by the Chairman or a Vice Chairman
of the Board of Directors of such Person or the President or a Vice
President of such Person, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person.
Any Officers’ Certificate delivered with respect to
compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this
Guarantee Agreement shall include:
(a) a
statement by each officer signing the Officers’ Certificate
that such officer has read the covenant or condition and the
definitions relating thereto;
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(b) a brief
statement of the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation undertaken by such officer in rendering the
Officers’ Certificate;
(c) a
statement that such officer has made such examination or
investigation as, in such officer’s opinion, is necessary to
enable such officer to express an informed opinion as to whether or
not such covenant or condition has been complied with;
and
(d) a
statement as to whether, in the opinion of such officer, such
condition or covenant has been complied with.
“
Person ” means a legal person, including any
individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint stock company, company, limited liability
company, trust, business trust, unincorporated association, or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any
other entity of whatever nature.
“
Redemption Price ” shall have the meaning specified in
the Trust Agreement.
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Responsible Officer ” means, with respect to any
Guarantee Trustee that is not an individual, any officer having
direct responsibility for the administration of this Guarantee
Agreement and also means, with respect to a particular matter, any
other officer to whom such matter is referred because of that
officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
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Successor Guarantee Trustee ” means a successor
Guarantee Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Guarantee
Trustee under Section 4.1.
“ Trust
Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust and Trust Agreement of the Issuer Trust referred to in the
recitals to this Guarantee Agreement, as modified, amended or
supplemented from time to time.
“ Trust
Indenture Act ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as
in force at the date as of which this Guarantee Agreement was
executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture
Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
“ Vice
President ,” when used with respect to the Guarantor,
means any duly appointed vice president, whether or not designated
by a number or a word or words added before or after the title
“vice president.”
Section 2.1.
Trust Indenture Act; Application .
Except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, the Trust Indenture Act shall
apply as a matter of contract to this Guarantee Agreement for
purposes of interpretation, construction and defining the rights
and obligations hereunder, and this Guarantee Agreement, the
Guarantor and
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the Guarantee
Trustee shall be deemed for all purposes hereof to be subject to
and governed by the Trust Indenture Act to the same extent as would
be the case if this Guarantee Agreement were qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act on the date hereof. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, if and to the extent that any provision
of this Guarantee Agreement limits, qualifies or conflicts with the
duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust
Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.
Section 2.2.
List of Holders .
(a) The
Guarantor shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Guarantee
Trustee (a) semiannually, on or before June 30 and
December 31 of each year, a list, in such form as the
Guarantee Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and
addresses of the Holders (a “ List of Holders ”)
as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the delivery
thereof, and (b) at such other times as the Guarantee Trustee
may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by
the Guarantor of any such request, a List of Holders as of a date
not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is
furnished, in each case to the extent such information is in the
possession or control of the Guarantor and has not otherwise been
received by the Guarantee Trustee in its capacity as such. The
Guarantee Trustee may destroy any List of Holders previously given
to it on receipt of a new List of Holders.
(b) The
Guarantee Trustee shall comply with the requirements of
Section 311(a), Section 311(b) and Section 312(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
Section 2.3.
Reports by the Guarantee Trustee .
Within
60 days after May 15 each year, commencing May 15,
2008, the Guarantee Trustee shall provide to the Holders such
reports as are required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture
Act, if any, in the form and in the manner provided by
Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act. If this Guarantee
Agreement shall have been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act,
the Guarantee Trustee shall also comply with the requirements of
Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 2.4.
Periodic Reports to the Guarantee Trustee .
The Guarantor
shall provide to the Guarantee Trustee and the Holders such
documents, reports and information, if any, as required by
Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act and the compliance
certificate required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture
Act, in the form, in the manner and at the times required by
Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act, provided that such
documents, reports and information shall be required to be provided
to the Securities and Exchange Commission only if this Guarantee
Agreement shall have been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the
Guarantee Trustee is for informational purposes only, and the
Guarantee Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute
constructive notice of any information contained therein or
determinable from information contained therein, including the
Guarantor’s Sponsors’ or Administrative Trustee’s
compliance with any of their covenants hereunder (as to which the
Guarantee Trustee is entitled to conclusively rely exclusively on
an Officers’ Certificate.
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Section 2.5.
Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent
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The Guarantor
shall provide to the Guarantee Trustee such evidence of compliance
with such conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this
Guarantee Agreement that relate to any of the matters set forth in
Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or
opinion required to be given by an officer of the Guarantor
pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) may be given in the form of an
Officers’ Certificate.
Section 2.6.
Events of Default; Waiver .
The Holders of at
least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities
may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all the Capital
Securities, waive any past default or Event of Default and its
consequences. Upon such waiver, any such default or Event of
Default shall cease to exist, and any default or Event of Default
arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Guarantee Agreement, but no such waiver shall
extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or
impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 2.7.
Event of Default; Notice .
(a) The
Guarantee Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence
of an Event of Default known to the Guarantee Trustee, transmit by
mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Holders, notice of any
such Event of Default known to the Guarantee Trustee, unless such
Event of Default has been cured before the giving of such notice,
provided that, except in the case of a default in the payment of a
Guarantee Payment, the Guarantee Trustee shall be protected in
withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors,
the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or
Responsible Officers of the Guarantee Trustee in good faith
determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests
of the Holders.
(b) The
Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any
Event of Default unless the Guarantee Trustee shall have received
written notice, or a Responsible Officer charged with the
administration of this Guarantee Agreement shall ha
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