Commerce Bancshares CEO John Kemper's 2019 pay jumps 36% to $3.7M

Commerce Bancshares reports 2019 executive compensation

By ExecPay News

Published: March 6, 2020

Commerce Bancshares reported fiscal year 2019 executive compensation information on March 6, 2020.
In 2019, six executives at Commerce Bancshares received on average a compensation package of $1.8M, a 18% decrease compared to previous year.
Average pay of disclosed executives at Commerce Bancshares
John W. Kemper, Chief Executive Officer, received $3.7M in total, which increased by 36% compared to 2018. 40% of Kemper's compensation, or $1.5M, was in stock awards. Kemper also received $749K in non-equity incentive plan, $400K in option awards, $920K in salary, as well as $139K in other compensation.
For fiscal year 2019, the median employee pay was $58,414 at Commerce Bancshares. Therefore, the ratio of John W. Kemper's pay to the median employee pay was 63 to one.
David W. Kemper, Chairman, received a compensation package of $2.2M, which decreased by 53% compared to previous year. 53% of the compensation package, or $1.1M, was in stock awards.
Charles G. Kim, Chief Financial Officer, earned $1.4M in 2019, a 4% decrease compared to previous year.
Kevin G. Barth, Executive Vice President, received $1.4M in 2019, which decreases by 4% compared to 2018.
John K. Handy, Executive Vice President, earned $1.1M in 2019, a 31% decrease compared to previous year.
Robert S. Holmes, Executive Vice President, received $993K in 2019, which decreases by 21% compared to 2018.

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Source: SEC filing on March 6, 2020.