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accession: "0000022356-22-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CBSH"
cik: "0000022356"
company_name: "COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC /MO/"
filed_at: "2022-02-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T10:50:22.611451+00:00"
event_type: "other"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Commerce Bancshares approves 2022 executive compensation packages

## Summary
- CEO John W. Kemper: base salary $1,001,530, cash bonus $1,598,549, 28,193 restricted shares, 31,383 SARs.
- Executive Chairman David W. Kemper: salary $400k, bonus $200k, 4,558 restricted shares, no SARs.
- CFO Charles G. Kim: salary $543,476, bonus $562,472, 5,375 restricted shares, 4,889 SARs.
- EVPs Barth and Handy: each salary ~$543k/$480k, bonuses ~$562k/$460k, restricted stock 6,579/6,258 shares, no SARs.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000022356-22-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CBSH
- cik: 0000022356
- company_name: COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC /MO/
- filed_at: 2022-02-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/22356/000002235622000006/0000022356-22-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/22356/000002235622000006/cbsh-20220202.htm

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