John Handy compensation by year
Commerce Bancshares Summary Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held| Component | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $399,279 | $408,853 | $420,211 | $511,882 | $527,705 |
| Bonus | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Stock awards | $761,215 | $274,299 | $353,996 | $507,103 | $522,476 |
| Option awards | $49,997 | $54,990 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Non-equity incentive | $383,900 | $340,506 | $336,963 | $409,386 | $662,918 |
| Pension and deferred compensation | $0 | $18,929 | $17,114 | $749 | $5,109 |
| All other | $20,972 | $21,322 | $21,822 | $26,564 | $27,064 |
| Total | $1,615,363 | $1,118,899 | $1,150,106 | $1,455,684 | $1,745,272 |
Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Commerce Bancshares Inc DEF 14A filed March 13, 2026, accession 0000022356-26-000107, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.
How this page was built: the Commerce Bancshares Inc filed document, accession 0000022356-26-000107. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 13, 2026.
Equity holdings
unvested awards at FY2025 year-end| Type | Unvested units | Value at year-end | Exercise price |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSU | 36,687 | $1,920,198 | — |
Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Commerce Bancshares Inc's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.
Commerce Bancshares’s named executive officers, FY2025
as the company reported each| Named executive officer | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| John Kemper | President and CEO | $6,498,082 |
| Charles Kim | Executive Vice President and CFO | $2,052,252 |
| Kevin Barth | Executive Vice President | $2,037,072 |
| John Handy · this page | Executive Vice President | $1,745,272 |
| Robert Holmes | Executive Vice President | $1,663,981 |
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