UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
__________________________
Form 8-K/A

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 24, 2018
Commerce Bancshares, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Missouri
 
0-2989
 
43-0889454
(State of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1000 Walnut,
 
 
Kansas City, MO
 
64106
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
 
(816) 234-2000
 
 
 
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
 
 
 
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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On January 24, 2018, Commerce Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Initial Form 8-K”) reporting the 2018 base salaries for named executive officers and the amount of performance-based cash bonuses paid by the Company to its named executive officers.  This Form 8-K/A amends the Initial Form 8-K to reflect that a portion of the bonus paid by the Company to David W. Kemper is a discretionary award.


Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

(e) On January 24, 2018, the Compensation and Human Resources Committee of the Board of Directors of Commerce Bancshares, Inc. (the Company) approved the base salary for 2018 (effective April 1, 2018) and the payment of cash bonuses to the Company’s CEO and its other named executive officers, as listed in the table below. The performance-based bonuses shown below were paid pursuant to the Company’s Executive Incentive Compensation Plan (EICP), except that $106,339 of the amount for Mr. Kemper is a discretionary performance-based bonus outside the limits of the EICP. The Committee also approved the grant to those individuals of restricted stock awards and stock appreciation rights under the Company’s 2005 Equity Incentive Plan.


 
 
 
2017
Restricted
Stock
 
 
2018
Performance-
Stock
Appreciation
 
 
Salary
Based Bonus
Awards
Rights
Executive Officer
Title
$
$
#
#
David W. Kemper
Chairman & CEO
1,000,000
1,606,339
29,926
35,277
John W. Kemper
President & COO
625,000
849,431
10,512
10,898
Jonathan M. Kemper
Vice Chairman
515,500
538,615
5,279
5,944
Charles G. Kim
Executive Vice President & CFO
477,000
456,084
6,304
6,638
Kevin G. Barth
Executive Vice President
477,000
456,084
6,304
6,638










SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
COMMERCE BANCSHARES, INC.
 
By:  
/s/ Jeffery D. Aberdeen  
 
 
Jeffery D. Aberdeen 
 
 
Controller
(Chief Accounting Officer) 
Date: February 15, 2018