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8-K filed January 2, 2026, 6:59 PM ET ticker CBSH CIK 0000022356
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Commerce Bancshares completes FineMark acquisition; issued ~9.9M shares valued at $528.5M

COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC /MO/

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COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC /MO/ completed an acquisition involving FineMark Holdings, Inc. for All-stock acquisition; each share of FineMark common stock converted into 0.7245 shares of Commerce common stock (adjusted for stock dividend), with cash in lie (closed 2026-01-01).

the Certificate of Designation of the FineMark Preferred Stock) (other than certain excluded shares as described in the Merger Agreement) was converted into the right to receive 0.7245 of a share (as adjusted in accordance with the Merger Agreement for a stock dividend paid by Commerce to Commerce shareholders of record as of December 2, 2025, as previously

SEC 8-K Item 2.01/5.01 confidence 0.9 SEC evidence

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the Certificate of Designation of the FineMark Preferred Stock) (other than certain excluded shares as described in the Merger Agreement) was converted into the right to receive 0.7245 of a share (as adjusted in accordance with the Merger Agreement for a stock dividend paid by Commerce to Commerce shareholders of record as of December 2, 2025, as previously

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the Certificate of Designation of the FineMark Preferred Stock) (other than certain excluded shares as described in the Merger Agreement) was converted into the right to receive 0.7245 of a share (as adjusted in accordance with the Merger Agreement for a stock dividend paid by Commerce to Commerce shareholders of record as of December 2, 2025, as previously

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the Certificate of Designation of the FineMark Preferred Stock) (other than certain excluded shares as described in the Merger Agreement) was converted into the right to receive 0.7245 of a share (as adjusted in accordance with the Merger Agreement for a stock dividend paid by Commerce to Commerce shareholders of record as of December 2, 2025, as previously

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the Certificate of Designation of the FineMark Preferred Stock) (other than certain excluded shares as described in the Merger Agreement) was converted into the right to receive 0.7245 of a share (as adjusted in accordance with the Merger Agreement for a stock dividend paid by Commerce to Commerce shareholders of record as of December 2, 2025, as previously

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the Certificate of Designation of the FineMark Preferred Stock) (other than certain excluded shares as described in the Merger Agreement) was converted into the right to receive 0.7245 of a share (as adjusted in accordance with the Merger Agreement for a stock dividend paid by Commerce to Commerce shareholders of record as of December 2, 2025, as previously

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the Certificate of Designation of the FineMark Preferred Stock) (other than certain excluded shares as described in the Merger Agreement) was converted into the right to receive 0.7245 of a share (as adjusted in accordance with the Merger Agreement for a stock dividend paid by Commerce to Commerce shareholders of record as of December 2, 2025, as previously

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the Certificate of Designation of the FineMark Preferred Stock) (other than certain excluded shares as described in the Merger Agreement) was converted into the right to receive 0.7245 of a share (as adjusted in accordance with the Merger Agreement for a stock dividend paid by Commerce to Commerce shareholders of record as of December 2, 2025, as previously

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the Certificate of Designation of the FineMark Preferred Stock) (other than certain excluded shares as described in the Merger Agreement) was converted into the right to receive 0.7245 of a share (as adjusted in accordance with the Merger Agreement for a stock dividend paid by Commerce to Commerce shareholders of record as of December 2, 2025, as previously

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