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accession: "0000022356-25-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CBSH"
cik: "0000022356"
company_name: "COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC /MO/"
filed_at: "2025-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T04:55:15.369633+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Commerce Bancshares approves CEO base salary of $1.05M, bonus of $1.96M, and RSU grant for 2025

## Summary
- CEO John Kemper: $1,050,000 base salary (effective March 29, 2025), $1,964,441 performance-based cash bonus, 43,931 RSUs.
- CFO Charles Kim: $601,093 salary, $705,904 bonus, 7,946 RSUs.
- Three Executive VPs (Barth, Holmes, Handy): salaries $531,738–$601,093, bonuses $409,386–$705,904, RSUs 6,316–7,946.
- Bonuses include performance-based compensation under the Executive Incentive Compensation Plan.
- Restricted stock awards granted under the Equity Incentive Plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000022356-25-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CBSH
- cik: 0000022356
- company_name: COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC /MO/
- filed_at: 2025-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/22356/000002235625000009/0000022356-25-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/22356/000002235625000009/cbsh-20250128.htm

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