Severability Contract Clauses (27,855)

Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void, unenforceable or against its regulatory policy, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and this Agreement shall be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction such that the invalid, illegal or unen...forceable provision or portion thereof shall be interpreted to be only so broad as is enforceable. View More

Severability. The unenforceability of any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall not affect the enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement. If, for any reason, any provision of this agreement is held invalid, all other provisions of this agreement shall remain in effect. If this agreement is held invalid or cannot be enforced, then to the full extent permitted by law any prior agreement between the Company (or any predecessor thereof) and the Employee shall be deemed reinstated as if thi...s agreement had not been executed. -3- 17. Entire Understanding. This Agreement, along with Schedule A, contains the entire understanding of the parties relating to the employment of the Employee by the Company. It may be changed only by an agreement in writing signed by the party or parties against whom enforcement of any waiver, change, modification, extension or discharge is sought. View More

Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement or the performance thereof shall be invalid or unenforceable to any extent, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect or 37 render invalid or unenforceable any other provision of this Agreement and this Agreement shall be valid and enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Severability. If any one or more of the provisions of the Agreement shall be held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall be unimpaired, and the invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision shall be replaced by a mutually acceptable provision, which, being valid, legal, and enforceable, comes closest to the intention of the parties underlying the invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereby waive any pr...ovision of law, which renders any provision of this Agreement prohibited or unenforceable in any respect. View More

Severability. If any provision hereof is invalid or unenforceable, the other provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect.

Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of Law, or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as either the economic or legal substance of is the Parties' obligations hereunder are not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party or such party waives its rights under this Section with respect thereto. Upon such determina...tion that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the end that the obligations hereunder are fulfilled to the extent possible. View More

Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, void or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity or unenforceability of that provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be determined by a court to be void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain effective and legally binding, and the void or unenforceable term shall be deemed not to be a part of this Agreement.

Severability. This Agreement shall become effective and enforceable on the eighth (8th) day following its execution by Executive, provided Executive does not exercise Executive's right of revocation as described above (the "Effective Date"). If Executive revokes Executive's signature, this Agreement will be without force or effect, and Executive shall not be entitled to any of the rights and benefits hereunder. Comerica Incorporated By: /s/ John D. Buchanan Name:John D. Buchanan Title:Executive Vice President..., Governance, Regulatory Relations & Legal Affairs Date:July 21, 2016 Restrictive Covenants and General Release Agreement 21 of 22 I, JON W. BILSTROM, HAVING READ THE FOREGOING SEPARATION AND RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS AGREEMENT, UNDERSTANDING ITS CONTENT AND HAVING HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, AND BEEN ADVISED, TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL OF MY CHOICE, DO HEREBY KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY SIGN THIS AGREEMENT, THEREBY AGREEING TO THE TERMS THEREOF AND WAIVING AND RELEASING MY CLAIMS, ON July 21, 2016. /s/ Jon W. Bilstrom Jon W. Bilstrom Restrictive Covenants and General Release Agreement 22 of 22 EX-10.1 2 bilstromjonexecuted2016.htm EXHIBIT 10.1 BILSTROM RESTRICTED COVENANTS AND GENERAL RELEASE AGREEMENT Exhibit RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS AND GENERAL RELEASE AGREEMENTTHIS RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS AND GENERAL RELEASE AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is entered into on July 21, 2016 between Jon W. Bilstrom (hereafter "Executive") and Comerica Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, for the benefit of Comerica Incorporated, Comerica Bank, a Texas banking association, all of their past, present and future subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors, and successors, and all of their subsidiaries and affiliates, (hereafter all individually and collectively referred to as "Comerica"). This Agreement sets forth the complete understanding and agreement between Comerica and Executive relating to Executive's employment and cessation of employment with Comerica. This Agreement shall be effective as of the Effective Date (as defined in Paragraph 18 below), and in the event the Effective Date does not occur, this Agreement shall be void ab initio.Accordingly, Executive and Comerica hereby agree as follows:1.Separation from Employment. Executive and Comerica agree that Executive's employment with Comerica shall terminate effective July 31, 2016 (the "Separation Date"). View More

Severability. The provisions of this Amendment are severable. If any provision or the scope of any provision is found to be unenforceable or is modified by a court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions or the affected provisions as so modified shall remain fully valid and enforceable.