0001127602-19-017724.txt : 20190508 0001127602-19-017724.hdr.sgml : 20190508 20190508143628 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001127602-19-017724 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190506 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190508 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190508 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Handy John K CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001729970 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36502 FILM NUMBER: 19806217 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8000 FORSYTH BLVD CITY: ST. LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63105 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 2019-05-06 0000022356 COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC /MO/ CBSH 0001729970 Handy John K 8000 FORSYTH BLVD ST. LOUIS MO 63105 1 Executive Vice President Common Stock 2019-05-06 4 S 0 3541 61.7908 D 35251 D Common Stock 749 I 401(k) Common Stock 1409 I By Daughter Common Stock 1877 I By Son Common Stock 4582 I By Spouse Sales prices ranged from $61.785 to $61.81. /s/ By: Paul A. Steiner For: John K. Handy 2019-05-08 EX-24 2 doc1.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY John K. Handy 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/ John K. Handy
John K. Handy