---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000022356-26-000128"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CBSH"
cik: "0000022356"
company_name: "COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC /MO/"
filed_at: "2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T03:19:32.247242+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Commerce Bancshares authorizes up to 7.5M share repurchase

## Summary
- Board authorized repurchase of up to 7,500,000 shares, inclusive of remaining prior authorization from Oct 31, 2025.
- Authorization announced via press release on April 28, 2026; repurchase program effective immediately.
- With 147.3M shares outstanding, 7.5M shares represent ~5.1% of common stock.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000022356-26-000128
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CBSH
- cik: 0000022356
- company_name: COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC /MO/
- filed_at: 2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/22356/000002235626000128/0000022356-26-000128-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/22356/000002235626000128/cbsh-20260424.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000022356-26-000128
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000022356-26-000128.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000022356-26-000128.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Steven A. Brandjord was appointed as Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC /MO/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: The Board of Directors of Commerce Bancshares, Inc. (“Company”) approved the Company's appointment of Steven A. Brandjord in the role of Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, effective May 15, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/22356/000002235626000128/0000022356-26-000128-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.