-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, E4bIEvi+8IQwsGqTzZy4C8Ysp+BMB2HIpYptgsjNWCPSaq6ZiMOtlv/hmxPRhNCZ b+6cJZrlMhB/JLTJ8J8eiA== 0000950137-07-002616.txt : 20070222 0000950137-07-002616.hdr.sgml : 20070222 20070222144533 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950137-07-002616 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070220 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure FILED AS OF DATE: 20070222 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070222 FILER: 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 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-02989 FILM NUMBER: 07641758 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1000 WALNUT CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 BUSINESS PHONE: 8162342000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 13686 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64199 8-K 1 c12649e8vk.htm CURRENT REPORT e8vk
 

 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
Form 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 20, 2007
 
Commerce Bancshares, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Missouri   0-2989   43-0889454
         
(State of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
         
1000 Walnut,
Kansas City, MO 		      64106
         
(Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip Code)
(816) 234-2000
 
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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     The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K is furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section. Furthermore, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of Commerce Bancshares, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure
     Pursuant to the authority granted by its Board of Directors to repurchase up to 4,000,000 shares of its stock, on February 20, 2007 the Company purchased 400,000 shares of its common stock from family limited partnerships established by James M. Kemper, Jr. as part of the partnerships’ desire to diversify their holdings. The purchases were accomplished by private sale at a per share price of $50.67. Mr. Kemper is the former Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Company and father of current Chairman and CEO David W. Kemper and current Vice Chairman Jonathan M. Kemper.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  COMMERCE BANCSHARES, INC.
 		  
  By:   /s/ Jeffery D. Aberdeen    
    Jeffery D. Aberdeen   
    Controller
(Chief Accounting Officer) 		  
 
Date: February 22, 2007

 

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