0001193125-11-214345.txt : 20110808 0001193125-11-214345.hdr.sgml : 20110808 20110808164444 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-11-214345 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 15-12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110808 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110808 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20110808 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: STERLING BANCSHARES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000891098 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 742175590 STATE OF INCORPORATION: TX FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 15-12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34768 FILM NUMBER: 111017716 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2950 NORTH LOOP WEST, 12TH FLOOR CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77092 BUSINESS PHONE: 7134668300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2950 NORTH LOOP WEST, 12TH FLOOR CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77092 15-12B 1 d1512b.htm FORM 15 Form 15

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 15

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS

UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

Commission File Number

001-34768

STERLING BANCSHARES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

2950 North Loop West, Suite 1200

Houston, Texas 77092

Telephone: (713) 466-8300

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share

Warrants (expiring December 12, 2018)

(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

None

(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

 

Rule 12g-4(a)(1)    x
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)    ¨
Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)    x
Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)    ¨
Rule 15d-6    ¨

Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: 0

Effective July 28, 2011, Sterling Bancshares, Inc. merged with and into Comerica Incorporated, with Comerica Incorporated surviving the merger as the surviving corporation.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Comerica Incorporated (as successor to Sterling Bancshares, Inc.) has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

Comerica Incorporated, as successor to Sterling Bancshares, Inc.

 

Date: August 8, 2011     By:  

/s/ Jon W. Bilstrom

    Name:   Jon W. Bilstrom
    Title:   Executive Vice President - Governance, Regulatory Relations and Legal Affairs, and Secretary

Instruction: This form is required by Rules 12g-4, 12h-3 and 15d-6 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The registrant shall file with the Commission three copies of Form 15, one of which shall be manually signed. It may be signed by an officer of the registrant, by counsel or by any other duly authorized person. The name and title of the person signing the form shall be typed or printed under the signature.