0001127602-19-033907.txt : 20191202 0001127602-19-033907.hdr.sgml : 20191202 20191202104542 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001127602-19-033907 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20191127 FILED AS OF DATE: 20191202 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20191202 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KIM CHARLES G CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001184695 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36502 FILM NUMBER: 191262432 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 419248 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64141-6248 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC /MO/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000022356 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 430889454 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MO FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1000 WALNUT CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 BUSINESS PHONE: 8162342000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 419248 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64141-6248 4 1 form4.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2019-11-27 0000022356 COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC /MO/ CBSH 0001184695 KIM CHARLES G 8000 FORSYTH BLVD. CLAYTON MO 63105 1 Exec. Vice President and CFO Common Stock 2019-11-27 4 M 0 14288 29.1173 A 85387 D Common Stock 2019-11-27 4 F 0 3624 67.23 D 81763 D Common Stock 2019-11-27 4 D 0 6189 67.23 D 75574 D Common Stock 2019-11-27 4 S 0 4475 67.3411 D 71099 D Common Stock 31461 I 401(k) Stock Appreciation Rights 29.1173 2019-11-27 4 M 0 14288 0 D 2014-04-17 2023-04-17 Common Stock 14288 0 D Sale prices ranged from $67.21 to $67.56. This stock appreciation right vests in four equal annual installments beginning on April 17, 2014. By: Paul A. Steiner For: Charles G. Kim 2019-12-02 EX-24 2 doc1.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Charles G Kim POA

EXHIBIT 24

Commerce Bancshares Inc /mo/

Power of Attorney
for Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5

Know all men by these presents, that the undersigned, director or officer, or both, of Commerce Bancshares Inc /mo/, hereby constitutes and appoints each of Thomas J. Noack, Paul A. Steiner, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Commerce Bancshares Inc /mo/ (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities of Commerce Bancshares Inc /mo/ unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 17th day of April, 2019
/s/ Charles G Kim
Charles G Kim