COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: To elect three Directors to the 2027 Class for a term of three years: John W. Kemper

COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: John W. Kemper”): 93,193,610 for, 1,520,227 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed April 18, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The three nominees for the three directorships received the following votes: Based on the votes set forth above, the foregoing persons were duly elected to serve as directors for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2027 and until their respective successors have been duly elect…”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 92 asset managers below reported 44,627,282 for, 44,406 withheld.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect three Directors to the 2027 Class for a term of three years: Jonathan M. Kemper

COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Jonathan M. Kemper”): 92,203,841 for, 2,509,996 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed April 18, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The three nominees for the three directorships received the following votes: Based on the votes set forth above, the foregoing persons were duly elected to serve as directors for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2027 and until their respective successors have been duly elect…”
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 92 asset managers below reported 44,467,772 for, 203,916 withheld.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect three Directors to the 2027 Class for a term of three years: Terry D. Bassham

COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Terry D. Bassham”): 88,048,529 for, 6,665,308 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed April 18, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The three nominees for the three directorships received the following votes: Based on the votes set forth above, the foregoing persons were duly elected to serve as directors for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2027 and until their respective successors have been duly elect…”
Support: 93% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 92 asset managers below reported 43,405,327 for, 1,266,361 withheld.

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Description as filed by funds: ADVISORY APPROVAL OF THE COMPANY'S EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.

COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. Advisory approval of the Company's executive compensation as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K”): 86,062,202 for, 8,088,604 against, per its Form 8-K filed April 18, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 91% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Also reported under other wordings, matched to the same row of COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC.’s official tally and shown with their own fund figures; their managers are not in the figures or the table on this card: “Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation” (10 managers, Fund and manager reports combined; may count the same shares twice; no share total shown).

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 90 managers: 41,613,505 for, 2,940,772 against, 1 withheld, 25,080 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 309 managers: 32,947,081 for, 5,460,359 against, 4,718 not voted, 100,474 mixed, 466 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: TO RATIFY THE SELECTION OF KPMG LLP AS THE COMPANY'S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR 2024.

COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC.’s own tally for this item (“(2) Ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2024. The proposal received the following votes:”): 113,324,892 for, 1,442,714 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed April 18, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Based on the votes set forth above, the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm to serve for 2024 was duly ratified by the shareholders.”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 92 asset managers below reported 44,646,222 for, 386 against, 25,080 abstained.

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