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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 11-K
FOR ANNUAL REPORT 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, 2005
OR
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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 the address of its principal executive office:
COMERICA INCORPORATED
Comerica Tower at
One Detroit Center
500 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48226
 
 

 


 

Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan
Financial Statements
and Supplemental Schedules
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2005
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Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedules
Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan
December 31, 2005 and 2004, and
Year Ended December 31, 2005
with Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 


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Comerica Incorporated
Preferred Savings Plan
Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedules
December 31, 2005 and 2004, and
Year Ended December 31, 2005
Contents
         
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
    1  
 
       
Financial Statements
       
 
       
Statements of Assets Available for Benefits
    2  
Statement of Changes in Assets Available for Benefits
    3  
Notes to Financial Statements
    4  
 
       
Supplemental Schedules
       
 
       
Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
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Schedule H, Line 4j – Schedule of Reportable Transactions
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The 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 31, 2005 and 2004, and the related statement of changes in assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2005. 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 assets available for benefits of the Plan at December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the changes in its assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2005, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
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 31, 2005, 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.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
May 18, 2006
Detroit, Michigan

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan
Statements of Assets Available for Benefits
                 
    December 31,
    2005   2004
     
Assets
               
Investments, at fair value:
               
Mutual and money market funds
  $ 258,741,798     $ 226,402,970  
Collective trust funds
    232,496,757       222,784,933  
Comerica Incorporated Common Stock
    233,973,874       263,011,408  
Participant loans
    21,026,092       20,348,615  
     
Total investments
    746,238,521       732,547,926  
 
               
Accrued income
    2,283,511       2,665,167  
Employer contributions receivable
    8,507,135       6,198,000  
     
Assets available for benefits
  $ 757,029,167     $ 741,411,093  
     
See accompanying notes.

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan
Statement of Changes in Assets
Available for Benefits
Year Ended December 31, 2005
         
Additions
       
Participant contributions
  $ 39,739,946  
Employer contributions
    14,852,452  
Interest and dividend income
    22,257,926  
 
     
Total additions
    76,850,324  
 
       
Deductions
       
Distributions to participants
    63,879,601  
Loan fees
    125,738  
 
     
Total deductions
    64,005,339  
 
       
Net appreciation in fair value of investments
    2,773,089  
 
     
Net increase
    15,618,074  
Assets available for benefits:
       
Beginning of year
    741,411,093  
 
     
End of year
  $ 757,029,167  
 
     
See accompanying notes.

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005 and 2004, and
Year Ended December 31, 2005
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 ($14,000, plus an additional $4,000 for participants age 50 or over, in 2005, and $13,000, plus an additional $3,000 for participants age 50 or over, in 2004).
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 current period’s 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 31, 2005 and 2004, and
Year Ended December 31, 2005
1. Description of the Plan (continued)
The Corporation’s matching contributions based on the first $3,000 of the participant’s pretax 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 unrestricted and, therefore, eligible to be reallocated by the participants to other fund options. Approximately $7.1 million of restricted common stock was transferred to unrestricted funds during the plan year ended December 31, 2005.
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, 2005.
The following table presents a summary of changes in unallocated matching employer contributions during the plan year:
         
Balance at January 1, 2005
  $ 612,546  
Employee forfeitures during the year
    537,709  
Reduction of employer contributions
    (436,157 )
Net depreciation in fair value of investments
    (56,129 )
Dividend income
    18,322  
 
     
Balance at December 31, 2005
  $ 676,291  
 
     
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.
Effective January 1, 2004, the Plan year changed to a calendar year ending December 31. Transactions occurring on December 31, 2003 are included in the plan period ended December 31, 2004.
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.

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005 and 2004, and
Year Ended December 31, 2005
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
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 for loans originated prior to July 1, 2004, 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 was charged directly to the participant’s account for each new loan originated prior to July 15, 2005.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles 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 31,
    2005   2004
     
Comerica Incorporated Common Stock *
  $ 233,973,874     $ 263,011,048  
Comerica S&P 500 Index Fund
    110,537,314       112,775,898  
Comerica Stable Value Fund
    111,341,571       110,009,035  
Neuberger Berman Genesis Fund
    39,726,948     **
 
*   Includes nonparticipant-directed investments
 
**   Less than 5%

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005 and 2004, and
Year Ended December 31, 2005
3. Investments (continued)
During the year ended December 31, 2005, 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,  
    2005  
Mutual and money market funds
  $ 10,737,270  
Collective trust funds
    9,398,636  
Comerica Incorporated Common Stock
    (17,362,817 )
 
     
 
  $ 2,773,089  
 
     
4. Nonparticipant-Directed Investments
The following information represents the assets and the significant components of changes in assets related to the nonparticipant-directed portion of the Comerica Incorporated Common Stock investment.
                 
    December 31,   December 31,
    2005   2004
     
Investment, at fair value:
               
Comerica Incorporated Common Stock
  $ 6,516,035     $ 7,525,374  
     
         
    Year Ended  
    December 31,  
    2005  
Changes in assets:
       
Employer contributions
  $ 6,327,265  
Interest and dividend income
    88,839  
Distributions to participants
    (83,241 )
Net depreciation in fair value of investments
    (282,047 )
Transfer of assets from restricted common stock account to unrestricted account
    (7,060,155 )
 
     
Decrease in assets
  $ (1,009,339 )
 
     

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005 and 2004, and
Year Ended December 31, 2005
5. Transactions With Parties-in-Interest
The following is a summary of transactions (at cost) with parties-in-interest:
                                                                         
                    Munder                        
    Comerica   Comerica   Cash   Munder   Munder   Munder   Munder   Munder   Munder
    Incorporated   Stable Value   Investment   Bond   Large Cap   U.S. Government   S&P Small Cap   MidCap Core   S&P MidCap
    Common Stock   Fund   Fund   Fund   Value Fund   Income Fund   Index Fund   Growth Fund   Index Fund
     
Balance at December 30, 2003
  $ 183,575,414     $ 102,454,457     $     $ 5,251,834     $ 8,161,643     $ 15,763,123     $ 1,943,118     $ 7,254,094     $ 8,968,470  
Purchases in 2004
    36,968,655       32,176,888       80,973,490       2,852,385       3,155,708       4,182,319       4,115,306       5,311,889       3,578,390  
Sales in 2004
    31,099,912       29,525,580       79,839,514       1,838,765       1,599,739       4,180,382       1,545,327       1,481,414       1,852,325  
Transfer to/from funds
    (4,002,624 )     4,903,270             (64,170 )     (38,462 )     (77,647 )           (75,493 )     (20,316 )
     
Balance at December 31, 2004
    185,441,533       110,009,035       1,133,976       6,201,284       9,679,150       15,687,413       4,513,097       11,009,076       10,674,219  
Purchases in 2005
    37,696,217       28,550,883       31,371,312       2,571,169       5,366,520       2,570,238       3,308,229       7,117,361       4,561,017  
Sales in 2005
    33,500,583       31,908,656       32,505,288       1,496,391       3,902,228       1,688,852       2,621,001       2,589,146       2,443,756  
Transfer to/from funds
    (3,889,261 )     1,037,985             (10,068 )     15,145,328       (16,568,799 )           (31,256 )      
     
Balance at December 31, 2005
  $ 185,747,906     $ 107,689,247     $     $ 7,265,994     $ 26,288,770     $     $ 5,200,325     $ 15,506,035     $ 12,791,480  
     
 
    Comerica   Comerica   Comerica   Comerica   Comerica   Comerica   Comerica            
    Destination   Destination   Destination   Destination   Destination   S&P 500 Index   S&P 500 Index            
    Retirement Fund   2015 Fund   2025 Fund   2035 Fund   2045 Fund   Fund   Fund I   Total        
             
Balance at December 30, 2003
  $     $     $     $     $     $     $ 77,731,701     $ 411,103,854          
Purchases in 2004
                                  112,123,677       7,968,185       293,406,892          
Sales in 2004
                                  7,626,811       85,699,886       246,289,655          
Transfer to/from funds
                                              624,558          
             
Balance at December 31, 2004
                                  104,496,866             458,845,649          
Purchases in 2005
    1,729,267       5,365,008       2,824,107       495,582       319,455       10,511,854             144,358,219          
Sales in 2005
    13,333       374,202       34,484       23,841       2,354       16,676,234             129,780,349          
Transfer to/from funds
                                              (4,316,071 )        
             
Balance at December 31, 2005
  $ 1,715,934     $ 4,990,806     $ 2,789,623     $ 471,741     $ 317,101     $ 98,332,486     $     $ 469,107,448          
             
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 31, 2005 and 2004, and
Year Ended December 31, 2005
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. At December 31, 2005, there were no claims approved but not yet paid. The amount allocated on Form 5500 to withdrawn participants at December 31, 2004 was $2,739,391.
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.

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Supplemental Schedules

 


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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, 2005
                 
    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 – 1,244,607 shares
  **   $ 15,258,883  
   
S&P Small Cap Index Fund – 361,138 shares
  **     5,749,320  
   
Large Cap Value Fund – 1,844,931 shares
  **     28,153,646  
   
MidCap Core Growth Fund – 870,495 shares
  **     19,890,817  
   
Bond Fund – 756,811 shares
  **     7,106,458  
   
 
           
Neuberger Berman  
Neuberger Berman Genesis Fund – 818,269 shares
  **     39,726,948  
   
 
           
Fidelity Advisor  
Fidelity Advisor Equity Growth Fund – 291,009 shares
  **     13,991,693  
   
 
           
Franklin/Templeton Investments  
Franklin Rising Dividends Fund – 585,225 shares
  **     18,949,575  
   
Templeton Growth Fund – 1,029,723 shares
  **     23,621,847  
   
 
           
William Blair Funds  
William Blair Growth Fund – 205,070 shares
  **     2,323,439  
   
William Blair International Growth Fund – 1,123,747 shares
  **     28,340,909  
   
 
           
Heritage Funds  
Heritage Small Cap Stock Fund – 522,634 shares
  **     17,435,063  
   
 
           
Van Kampen Funds  
Van Kampen Equity & Income Fund – 2,563,847 shares
  **     22,254,193  
   
Van Kampen Government Securities – 1,583,261 shares
  **     15,939,007  
   
 
         
       Total Mutual and Money Market Funds
 
      258,741,798  
   
 
           
Collective Trust Funds  
 
           
*Comerica Incorporated  
Stable Value Fund – 10,742,382 units
  **     111,341,571  
   
S&P 500 Index Fund – 10,025,515 units
  **     110,537,314  
   
Destination Retirement Fund – 169,440 units
  **     1,753,462  
   
Destination 2015 Fund – 492,143 units
  **     5,148,804  
   
Destination 2025 Fund – 273,834 units
  **     2,897,004  
   
Destination 2035 Fund – 46,101 units
  **     490,434  
   
Destination 2045 Fund – 30,349 units
  **     328,168  
   
 
         
       Total Collective Trust Funds  
 
        232,496,757  
   
 
           
*Comerica Incorporated  
Common Stock – 4,122,161 shares
$ 185,747,906     233,973,874  
   
 
           
*Participant loans  
Interest rate range: 6% to 10.5%, with various maturity dates
      21,026,092  
   
 
         
   
 
           
Total investments  
 
      $ 746,238,521  
   
 
         
 
*   Party-in-interest.
 
**   Disclosure of historical cost information is not required for participant-directed investments.

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Comerica Incorporated Preferred Savings Plan
EIN: #38-1998421                      Plan #002
Schedule H, Line 4j – Schedule of Reportable Transactions
Year Ended December 31, 2005
                                                                       
    Description                                            
    of Asset                           Expense           Current Value    
    (Including Interest                           Incurred           of Asset on    
    Rate and Maturity   Purchase   Selling   Lease   With   Cost of   Transaction   Net Gain
    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:                                                        
 
  652 purchases   $ 37,696,217                             $ 37,696,217     $ 37,696,217          
 
    1,055 sales           $ 44,299,007                       33,500,583       44,299,007     $ 10,798,424  
 
*   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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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: June 27, 2006
               


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Exhibit Index
     
Exhibit No.   Description
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