DALLAS, Dec. 3, 2008 — Comerica Bank today announced the Top 10 designs in its first annual Vote for the Float design contest. The contest, which was introduced to Dallas ISD officials over the summer and teachers earlier in the fall, invites middle school students to create float designs around the central theme of the parade, Celebrate Community.

A judging committee, made up of Ralph Babb (CEO, Comerica Bank), Laura V. Estrada (Chairman of the Board, Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau), Heather Hayes (Anchor, FOX 4 Evening News), Tom Leppert (Mayor, City of Dallas), Stephen Ross (Curator of Education, Nasher Sculpture Center) and Clyde Watts (Owner, Lone Star Floats) determined the Top 10 float designs, out of 56 entries, that will be built and featured in the 2009 Comerica Bank New Year’s Parade lineup.

The Top 10 floats will be judged “American Idol style” by parade attendees and viewers who send text messages and make phone calls to dedicated phone lines provided by AT&T during the parade and through the rebroadcast of the parade on January 2, 2009 just before the Cotton Bowl game begins. Voters can also go to www.comericabankparade.com to vote for their favorite floats during the same time period. All voting will conclude at 11:59 p.m. on January 2, 2009.

“The Vote for the Float design contest is a wonderful opportunity for Comerica Bank to work with Dallas ISD and provide students with a stage on which they can showcase their creativity and artistic talents and in the end, reward the schools, teachers and students who participated,” said Ralph Babb, Chairman and CEO Comerica Bank. The Top 10 teams and designs are
(In alphabetical order by school name):

Trinity River Audubon Center Thomas Alva Edison Middle School Teacher - Marilyn Mulhollan	Heroes Among Us - WWII Veterans John B. Hood Middle School Teacher - Lisa Del Monte
Save the Earth W.E. Greiner Middle School Teacher - Joanna Henry	All Roads Lead Home (I-30) J.L. Long Middle School Teacher - Cassandra Soniat
Community is our Strength (longhorns/city) W.E. Greiner Middle School Teacher - Joanna Henry	Dallas Cityscape with Airplane Henry W. Longfellow Middle School Teacher - Sally Read
Incienso Vivo W.E. Greiner Middle School Teacher - Joanna Henry	Keep Dallas Clean Quintanilla Middle School Teacher - Kate Foster
Community All-Stars (sports) W.E. Greiner Middle School Teacher - Joanna Henry	Celebrate Community/We are Family Alex W. Spence Middle School Teacher - Teri Stedman

The winning float will be announced on January 9, 2009 at Dallas ISD headquarters on Ross Avenue where Comerica Bank will present the winning school with $20,000.00, the second place school with $1,000.00 and the rest of the Top 10 team’s schools with $500.00 each.

“The Dallas ISD Fine Arts Department is so excited to be involved in a creative and fun competition like the Vote for the Float design contest,” said Elaine Thomas, Director, Dallas ISD Fine Arts Department. “We need to be involved in more events like the Comerica Bank New Year’s Parade that enhance the learning experience for the students we teach and serve.”

For more information about the contest or for copies of the Top 10 team’s designs, please call Erin Ragsdale with Allyn & Company at 214.871.7723 or eragsdale@allynco.com. About Comerica Bank
Comerica Bank is a subsidiary of Comerica Incorporated, a financial services company headquartered in Dallas and strategically aligned into three major business segments: the Business Bank, the Retail Bank, and Wealth & Institutional Management. Comerica focuses on relationships and helping businesses and people to be successful. In addition to Dallas, Houston and Austin, Texas, Comerica Bank locations can be found in Michigan, California, Florida and Arizona, with select businesses operating in several other states, and Canada and Mexico. Comerica Incorporated reported total assets of $65.2 billion at September 30, 2008. To receive e-mail alerts of breaking Comerica news, go to http://www.comerica.com/newsalerts.