DETROIT, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of directors of Comerica
Incorporated today appointed Joseph J. Buttigieg III to the board. Mr. Buttigieg
is vice chairman of Comerica Incorporated and Comerica Bank and serves as a
member of the Management Council.

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Mr. Buttigieg is responsible for Comerica's Business Bank, which includes
Corporate Banking, Treasury Management and International Banking activities. He
also is responsible for Comerica Bank-California and Comerica Bank-Texas.

Mr. Buttigieg began his banking career in 1971 with Manufacturers Bank, where he
went on to hold various lending management positions on the state, national, and
international level. He was promoted to executive vice president in 1990.
Following the 1992 merger of Manufacturers and Comerica, Mr. Buttigieg was named
officer-in-charge of Corporate Banking and, later, Institutional Trust. He
assumed responsibility for the Global Corporate Banking Division in 1995 and was
named to his present position in 1999.

Mr. Buttigieg holds a bachelor degree in business administration from the
University of Notre Dame and a Juris Doctorate degree from Michigan State
University-Detroit College of Law.

Among his business and community affiliations, Mr. Buttigieg is trustee of
Michigan State University-Detroit College of Law. He serves as a director of
Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit Regional
Chamber, YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit and City Year Detroit. Mr. Buttigieg is a
member of the Michigan State Bar Association and The Economic Club of Detroit.

Comerica Incorporated is a multi-state financial services provider headquartered
in Detroit, with banking subsidiaries in Michigan, California and Texas, banking
operations in Florida, and businesses in several other states. Comerica has an
investment services affiliate, Munder Capital Management, commercial banking
operations in Canada and a commercial banking subsidiary in Mexico. Comerica
reported total assets of $51 billion at December 31, 2001.

SOURCE Comerica Incorporated

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or Investor Contact:
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