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Form 10-Q for COMERICA INC /NEW/


31-Jul-2009

Quarterly Report


ITEM 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Forward-Looking Statements

This report includes forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any statements in this report that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "anticipates," "believes," "feels," "expects," "estimates," "seeks," "strives," "plans," "intends," "outlook," "forecast," "position," "target," "mission," "assume," "achievable," "potential," "strategy," "goal," "aspiration," "outcome," "continue," "remain," "maintain," "trend," "objective" and variations of such words and similar expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "would," "should," "could," "might," "can," "may" or similar expressions, as they relate to the Corporation or its management, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are predicated on the beliefs and assumptions of the Corporation's management based on information known to the Corporation's management as of the date of this report and do not purport to speak as of any other date. Forward-looking statements may include descriptions of plans and objectives of the Corporation's management for future or past operations, products or services, and forecasts of the Corporation's revenue, earnings or other measures of economic performance, including statements of profitability, business segments and subsidiaries, estimates of credit trends and global stability. Such statements reflect the view of the Corporation's management as of this date with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Should one or more of these risks materialize or should underlying beliefs or assumptions prove incorrect, the Corporation's actual results could differ materially from those discussed. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are further economic downturns, changes in the pace of an economic recovery and related changes in employment levels, changes in real estate values, fuel prices, energy costs or other events that could affect customer income levels or general economic conditions, the effects of recently enacted legislation, such as the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and actions taken by the U.S. Department of Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Texas Department of Banking and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the effects of war and other armed conflicts or acts of terrorism, the effects of natural disasters including, but not limited to, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, fires, droughts and floods, the disruption of private or public utilities, the implementation of the Corporation's strategies and business models, management's ability to maintain and expand customer relationships, changes in customer borrowing, repayment, investment and deposit practices, management's ability to retain key officers and employees, changes in the accounting treatment of any particular item, the impact of regulatory examinations, declines or other changes in the businesses or industries in which the Corporation has a concentration of loans, including, but not limited to, the automotive production industry and the real estate business lines, the anticipated performance of any new banking centers, the entry of new competitors in the Corporation's markets, changes in the level of fee income, changes in applicable laws and regulations, including those concerning taxes, banking, securities and insurance, changes in trade, monetary and fiscal policies, including the interest rate policies of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, fluctuations in inflation or interest rates, changes in general economic, political or industry conditions and related credit and market conditions, the interdependence of financial service companies and adverse conditions in the stock market. The Corporation cautions that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. For discussion of factors that may cause actual results to differ from expectations, please refer to our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. The Corporation does not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect facts, circumstances, assumptions or events that occur after the date the forward-looking statements are made. For any forward-looking statements made in this report, the Corporation claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

Results of Operations

Net income for the three months ended June 30, 2009 was $18 million, a decrease of $38 million, or 68 percent, from $56 million reported for the three months ended June 30, 2008. The decrease in net income in the second quarter 2009 from the comparable prior year quarter resulted primarily from increases of $131 million in the provision for credit losses ($142 million increase in the provision for loan losses, $11 million decrease in the provision for credit losses on lending-related commitments) and $43 million in Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insurance expense, and a $40 million decline in net interest income, partially offset by a $99 million increase in net securities gains and a $31 million decrease in salaries expense. The second quarters of both 2009 and 2008 contained large tax adjustments which, in addition to the decline in pre-tax income, resulted in a $94 million decrease in the provision for income taxes. After preferred dividends of $34 million, the net loss applicable to common stock was $16 million for the second quarter 2009, compared to net income applicable to common stock of $56 million in the same period a year ago. The diluted net loss per common share was $0.10 in the second quarter 2009, compared to diluted net income per common share of $0.37 for the same period a year ago.


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Net income for the first six months of 2009 was $27 million, a decrease of $138 million, or 83 percent, from $165 million reported for the six months ended June 30, 2008. The decrease in net income in the six months ended June 30, 2009 from the comparable period last year resulted primarily from a $170 million increase in the provision for credit losses ($186 million increase in the provision for loan losses, $16 million decrease in the provision for credit losses on lending-related commitments), a $132 million decline in net interest income and a $56 million increase in FDIC insurance expense, partially offset by a $90 million increase in net securities gains and a $60 million decrease in salaries expense. Both the six-month periods ended June 30, 2009 and June 30, 2008 contained large tax adjustments which, in addition to the decline in pre-tax income, resulted in a $136 million decrease in the provision for income taxes. After preferred dividends of $67 million, the net loss applicable to common stock was $40 million for the first six months of 2009, compared to net income applicable to common stock of $165 million in the same period a year ago. The diluted net loss per common share was $0.26 for the first six months of 2009, compared to diluted net income per common share of $1.09 for the comparable period last year.

2009 Outlook

† Management continues to focus on developing new and expanding existing customer relationships. Management expects subdued loan demand in light of a domestic economy that is expected to continue contracting in the near term.

† Management expects the net interest margin to benefit from improved loan pricing and maturities of higher-cost wholesale funding. Excess liquidity is expected to offset those benefits for the near-term, with the third quarter 2009 net interest margin expected to be relatively unchanged from the second quarter. Excess liquidity is expected to diminish during the fourth quarter from maturities of wholesale funding, resulting in net interest margin expansion. The target federal funds and short-term LIBOR rates are expected to remain flat for the remainder of 2009.

† Based on no significant further deterioration of the economic environment, management expects net credit-related charge-offs in the third quarter 2009 to be similar to second quarter 2009 and to improve modestly in the fourth quarter 2009. The provision for credit losses is expected to continue to exceed net charge-offs.

† Management expects additional securities gains from the sale of mortgage-backed government agency securities. Mortgage-backed government agency securities are expected to average about 10 percent of average assets.

† Management expects a mid- to high-single digit decrease in full-year 2009 noninterest expenses, compared to full-year 2008, due to control of discretionary expenses and workforce.

Net Interest Income

Net interest income was $402 million for the three months ended June 30, 2009, a decrease of $40 million compared to $442 million for the same period in 2008. The decrease in net interest income in the second quarter 2009, compared to the same period in 2008, resulted primarily from a decrease in earning assets, the reduced contribution of noninterest-bearing funds in a significantly lower rate environment, a competitive environment for deposit pricing and the impact of a higher level of nonaccrual loans, partially offset by a $30 million tax-related non-cash charge to lease income in the second quarter 2008. The rate-volume analysis in Table I of this financial review details the components of the change in net interest income on a fully taxable equivalent (FTE) basis for the three months ended June 30, 2009, compared to the same period in the prior year. On a FTE basis, net interest income decreased $39 million to $404 million for the three months ended June 30, 2009, from $443 million for the comparable period in 2008. Average earning assets decreased $1.6 billion, or three percent, to $59.5 billion in the second quarter 2009, compared to the second quarter 2008, primarily due to a $4.7 billion, or nine percent, decrease in average loans to $47.6 billion, partially offset by increases of $1.8 billion in average interest-bearing deposits with the Federal Reserve Bank and $1.5 billion in average investment securities available-for-sale. The net interest margin (FTE) for the three months ended June 30, 2009 was 2.73 percent, compared to 2.91 percent for the comparable period in 2008. The 18 basis point decline in the net interest margin (FTE) resulted primarily from the reasons cited for the decrease in net interest income discussed above. In addition, the net interest margin was reduced by approximately eight basis points in the second quarter 2009 from excess liquidity, represented by $1.8 billion of average balances deposited with the Federal Reserve Bank. This excess liquidity resulted from strong deposit growth and securities sales at a time when loan demand remained weak. These declines were partially offset by a 19 basis point increase resulting from the second quarter 2008 tax-related non-cash charge to lease income discussed above and an increase in loan spreads.

Net interest income was $786 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009, a decrease of $132 million compared to $918 million for the same period in 2008. The decrease in net interest income in the six months ended 2009, compared to the same period in 2008, was primarily due to the same reasons cited in the quarterly discussion above. Table II provides an analysis of net interest income for the first six months of 2009 on a FTE basis compared to the same period in the prior year. On a FTE basis, net interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2009 was


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$790 million, compared to $920 million for the same period in 2008, a decrease of $130 million. Average earning assets increased $328 million, or one percent, to $60.6 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2009, compared to $60.3 billion for the same period in the prior year, primarily due to increases of $2.2 billion in average investment securities available-for-sale and $1.8 billion in average interest-bearing deposits with the Federal Reserve Bank, partially offset by a $3.5 billion, or seven percent, decrease in average loans to $48.6 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2009. The net interest margin (FTE) for the six months ended June 30, 2009 decreased to 2.63 percent from 3.07 percent for the same period in 2008, primarily due to the same reasons cited in the quarterly discussion above. The impact of average balances deposited with the Federal Reserve Bank, as discussed above, was a reduction of approximately eight basis points to the net interest margin (FTE) for the six months ended June 30, 2009. The impact of the 2008 tax-related non-cash charge to lease income on the change in the net interest margin, discussed above, was an increase of 10 basis points.

Net interest income and net interest margin are impacted by the operations of the Corporation's Financial Services Division. Financial Services Division customers deposit large balances (primarily noninterest-bearing) and the Corporation pays certain expenses on behalf of such customers ("customer services" included in "noninterest expenses" on the consolidated statements of income) and/or makes low-rate loans to such customers (included in "net interest income" on the consolidated statements of income). Footnote (a) to Tables I and II of this financial review displays average Financial Services Division loans and deposits, with related interest income/expense and average rates.

For further discussion of the effects of market rates on net interest income, refer to "Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk" in Part I of this financial review.

Management expects the net interest margin to benefit from improved loan pricing and maturities of higher-cost wholesale funding. Excess liquidity is expected to offset those benefits for the near-term, with the third quarter 2009 net interest margin expected to be relatively unchanged from the second quarter. Excess liquidity is expected to diminish during the fourth quarter from maturities of wholesale funding, resulting in net interest margin expansion. The target federal funds and short-term LIBOR rates are expected to remain flat for the remainder of 2009.


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   Table I - Quarterly Analysis of Net Interest Income & Rate/Volume - Fully
                            Taxable Equivalent (FTE)



                                                         Three Months Ended
                                        June 30, 2009                         June 30, 2008
                                Average                 Average     Average                 Average
(dollar amounts in millions)    Balance     Interest     Rate       Balance     Interest     Rate

Commercial loans (a) (b)        $ 25,657     $    225      3.55 %   $ 29,280     $    357      4.90 %
Real estate construction
loans                              4,325           32      2.95        4,843           59      4.89
Commercial mortgage loans         10,476          108      4.17       10,374          141      5.47
Residential mortgage loans         1,795           26      5.74        1,906           29      6.03
Consumer loans                     2,572           24      3.65        2,549           32      5.06
Lease financing (c)                1,227            8      2.48        1,352          (19 )     N/M
International loans                1,596           16      3.90        2,063           25      4.86
Business loan swap income              -            9         -            -           10         -
Total loans (b)                   47,648          448      3.77       52,367          634      4.87

Auction-rate securities
available-for-sale                 1,052            4      1.48            -            -         -
Other investment securities
available-for-sale                 8,734          100      4.70        8,296          101      4.89
Total investment securities
available-for-sale                 9,786          104      4.35        8,296          101      4.89

Federal funds sold and
securities purchased under
agreements to resell                  13            -      0.33          150            1      2.17
Interest-bearing deposits
with banks                         1,876            1      0.28           20            -      1.61
Other short-term investments         199            1      1.88          255            2      3.90
Total earning assets              59,522          554      3.75       61,088          738      4.86

Cash and due from banks              881                               1,217
Allowance for loan losses           (913 )                              (664 )
Accrued income and other
assets                             4,766                               4,322
Total assets                    $ 64,256                            $ 65,963

Money market and NOW
deposits (a)                    $ 12,304           15      0.49     $ 14,784           46      1.26
Savings deposits                   1,354            -      0.11        1,405            2      0.45
Customer certificates of
deposit                            8,721           55      2.53        8,037           64      3.20
Total interest-bearing core
deposits                          22,379           70      1.26       24,226          112      1.86

Other time deposits                5,124           36      2.75        7,707           61      3.21
Foreign office time deposits         734            -      0.26        1,183            8      2.77
Total interest-bearing
deposits                          28,237          106      1.50       33,116          181      2.20

Short-term borrowings              1,010            -      0.20        3,326           19      2.33
Medium- and long-term debt        14,002           44      1.27       12,041           95      3.15
Total interest-bearing
sources                           43,249          150      1.40       48,483          295      2.45

Noninterest-bearing deposits
(a)                               12,546                              10,648
Accrued expenses and other
liabilities                        1,308                               1,639
Total shareholders' equity         7,153                               5,193
Total liabilities and
shareholders' equity            $ 64,256                            $ 65,963

Net interest income/rate
spread (FTE)                                 $    404      2.35                  $    443      2.41

FTE adjustment                               $      2                            $      1

Impact of net
noninterest-bearing sources
of funds                                                   0.38                                0.50
Net interest margin (as a
percentage of average
earning assets) (FTE)
(b) (c)                                                    2.73 %                              2.91 %

N/M - Not meaningful

(a) FSD balances included
above:
Loans (primarily low-rate)      $    216     $      1      1.71 %   $    469     $      2      1.42 %
Interest-bearing deposits            452            1      0.70          994            4      1.81
Noninterest-bearing deposits       1,414                               1,823
(b) Impact of FSD loans
(primarily low-rate) on the
following:
Commercial loans                                          (0.01 )%                            (0.06 )%
Total loans                                               (0.01 )                             (0.03 )
Net interest margin (FTE)
(assuming loans were funded
by noninterest-bearing
deposits)                                                     -                               (0.01 )

(c) Second quarter 2008 net interest income declined $30 million and the net interest margin declined 19 basis points due to a non-cash lease income charge. Excluding this charge, the net interest margin would have been 3.10% in the second quarter 2008.


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Table I - Quarterly Analysis of Net Interest Income & Rate/Volume - Fully Taxable Equivalent (FTE) (continued)

                                                                 Three Months Ended
                                                             June 30, 2009/June 30, 2008
                                                     Increase         Increase          Net
                                                    (Decrease)       (Decrease)       Increase
                                                                   Due to Volume
(in millions)                                      Due to Rate          (a)          (Decrease)
Loans                                                 $    (144 )       $     (42 )    $    (186 )
Investment securities available-for-sale                     (6 )               9              3
Federal funds sold and securites purchased under
agreements to repurchase                                     (1 )               -             (1 )
Interest-bearing deposits with banks                          -                 1              1
Other short-term investments                                  -                (1 )           (1 )
Total earning assets                                       (151 )             (33 )         (184 )

Interest-bearing deposits                                   (58 )             (17 )          (75 )
Short-term borrowings                                       (18 )              (1 )          (19 )
Medium- and long-term debt                                  (57 )               6            (51 )
Total interest-bearing sources                             (133 )             (12 )         (145 )

Net interest income/rate spread (FTE)                 $     (18 )       $     (21 )    $     (39 )

(a) Rate/Volume variances are allocated to variances due to volume.


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Table II - Year-to-date Analysis of Net Interest Income & Rate/Volume - Fully
Taxable Equivalent (FTE)



                                                           Six Months Ended
                                         June 30, 2009                        June 30, 2008
                                 Average                Average     Average                 Average
(dollar amounts in millions)     Balance    Interest     Rate       Balance    Interest      Rate

Commercial loans (a) (b)         $ 26,413    $    453      3.47 %   $ 29,230    $    786       5.41 %
Real estate construction loans      4,417          65      2.97        4,827         130       5.40
Commercial mortgage loans          10,454         217      4.19       10,258         300       5.88
Residential mortgage loans          1,821          52      5.70        1,911          58       6.02
Consumer loans                      2,573          48      3.72        2,499          69       5.53
Lease financing (c)                 1,263          17      2.66        1,349          (8 )      N/M
International loans                 1,655          32      3.88        2,036          55       5.42
Business loan swap income
(expense)                               -          17         -            -          15          -
Total loans (b)                    48,596         901      3.74       52,110       1,405       5.42

Auction-rate securities
available-for-sale                  1,098           9      1.60            -           -          -
Other investment securities
available-for-sale                  8,858         205      4.76        7,759         189       4.91
Total investment securities
available-for-sale                  9,956         214      4.40        7,759         189       4.91

Federal funds sold and
securities purchased under
agreements to resell                   35           -      0.32          115           1       2.56
Interest-bearing deposits with
banks                               1,862           2      0.26           20           -       2.19
Other short-term investments          182           2      1.78          299           7       4.21
Total earning assets               60,631       1,119      3.73       60,303       1,602       5.34

Cash and due from banks               915                              1,229
Allowance for loan losses            (872 )                             (630 )
Accrued income and other
assets                              4,816                              4,043
Total assets                     $ 65,490                           $ 64,945

Money market and NOW deposits
(a)                              $ 12,319          34      0.56     $ 15,063         125       1.67
Savings deposits                    1,316           1      0.14        1,382           4       0.54
Customer certificates of
deposit                             8,788         113      2.60        8,161         148       3.64
Total interest-bearing core
deposits                           22,423         148      1.33       24,606         277       2.26

Other time deposits                 5,699          82      2.89        7,482         139       3.73
Foreign office time deposits          702           1      0.33        1,190          19       3.29
Total interest-bearing
deposits                           28,824         231      1.62       33,278         435       2.63

Short-term borrowings               1,682           2      0.26        3,411          48       2.82
Medium- and long-term debt         14,461          96      1.33       10,949         199       3.66
Total interest-bearing sources     44,967         329      1.48       47,638         682       2.88

Noninterest-bearing deposits
(a)                                11,958                             10,635
Accrued expenses and other
liabilities                         1,411                              1,479
Total shareholders' equity          7,154                              5,193
Total liabilities and
shareholders' equity             $ 65,490                           $ 64,945

Net interest income/rate
spread (FTE)                                 $    790      2.25                 $    920       2.46

FTE adjustment                               $      4                           $      2

Impact of net
noninterest-bearing sources of
funds                                                      0.38                                0.61
Net interest margin (as a
percentage of average earning
assets) (FTE) (b) (c)                                      2.63 %                              3.07 %

N/M - Not meaningful

(a) FSD balances included
above:
Loans (primarily low-rate)       $    214    $      2      1.84 %   $    635    $      4       1.23 %
Interest-bearing deposits             534           2      0.65        1,044          12       2.31
Noninterest-bearing deposits        1,342                              1,858
(b) Impact of FSD loans
(primarily low-rate) on the
following:
Commerical loans                                          (0.01 )%                            (0.10 )%
Total loans                                               (0.01 )                             (0.05 )
Net interest margin (FTE)
(assuming loans were funded by
noninterest-bearing deposits)                                 -                               (0.02 )

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