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Shareholders' Equity Shareholders' Equity (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]  
Schedule Of Share Repurchase Activity
In November 2010, the Board authorized the repurchase of up to 12.6 million shares of Comerica Incorporated outstanding common stock and authorized the purchase of up to all 11.5 million of the Corporation’s original outstanding warrants. On April 24, 2012, the Board authorized the repurchase of an additional 5.7 million shares of Comerica Incorporated outstanding common stock. There is no expiration date for the Corporation's share repurchase program. Open market repurchases of common stock totaled 4.1 million shares in 2011. There were no open market repurchases of warrants in 2011 and no open market repurchases of common stock or warrants in 2010. The following table summarizes the Corporation’s share repurchase activity for the year ended December 31, 2012.
(shares in thousands)
Total Number of Shares and Warrants Purchased as 
Part of Publicly Announced Repurchase Plans or Programs
 
Remaining
Repurchase
Authorization (a)
 
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased (b)
 
Average Price
Paid Per 
Share
 
Average Price Paid Per 
Warrant (c)
Total first quarter 2012
1,125

 
18,822

 
1,257

 
29.28

 

Total second quarter 2012
2,884

 
21,596

(d)
2,908

 
30.51

 

Total third quarter 2012
2,928

 
18,668

 
2,931

 
30.71

 

October 2012
1,343

 
17,325

 
1,346

 
30.72

 

November 2012
1,274

 
16,051

 
1,274

 
29.09

 

December 2012
500

 
15,551

 
500

 
29.14

 

Total fourth quarter 2012
3,117

 
15,551

 
3,120

 
29.80

 

Total 2012
10,054

 
15,551

 
10,216

 
$
30.20

 
$

(a)
Maximum number of shares and warrants that may yet be purchased under the publicly announced plans or programs.
(b)
Includes approximately 162,000 shares shares purchased pursuant to deferred compensation plans and shares purchased from employees to pay for taxes related to restricted stock vesting under the terms of an employee share-based compensation plan during the year ended December 31, 2012 . These transactions are not considered part of the Corporation's repurchase program.
(c)
The Corporation made no repurchases of warrants under the repurchase program during the year ended December 31, 2012.
(d)
Includes the impact of the additional share repurchase authorization approved by the Board on April 24, 2012.