Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF ELIMINATION
OF
·
FIXED RATE CUMULATIVE PREFERRED
STOCK, SERIES B
·
SERIES D PARTICIPATING PREFERRED
STOCK
·
FIXED/ADJUSTABLE RATE
NONCUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES E
·
FIXED RATE CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL
PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES F
OF
COMERICA
INCORPORATED
Comerica Incorporated, a corporation duly
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the
“Corporation”), in accordance with Section 151(g)
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the
“DGCL”), certifies as follows:
FIRST: Pursuant to the provisions of
Section 151(g) of the DGCL, the Board of Directors of the
Corporation adopted the following resolutions at a meeting held on
July 27, 2010:
WHEREAS, on June 18, 1992, Comerica
Incorporated (the “Corporation”) filed with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a Certificate of
Designation (the “Series B Certificate of Designation”)
constituting part of the Corporation’s Restated Certificate
of Incorporation, as amended from time to time (the
“Certificate of Incorporation”), authorizing the
issuance of 860,000 shares of Fixed Rate Cumulative Preferred
Stock, Series B of the Corporation (the “Series B Preferred
Stock”);