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LOGO

LOGO

NOTICEOFTHE

2016 ANNUAL MEETING

OF SHAREHOLDERS

AND PROXY STATEMENT

 

UMB Financial Corporation

Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders

and Proxy Statement

FOR

ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD

 

April 23, 201326, 2016, at

9:00 a.m. CDT

UMB Bank BuildingFinancial Corporation

1010 Grand Boulevard

Kansas City, Missouri 64106

 

Important Notice Regarding The Availability Of Proxy Materials

For The Shareholders Meeting To Be Held On April 23, 2013:

This Proxy Statement and Annual Report to Shareholders are available

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LOGOLOGO

NOTICE OF THE 2016 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD APRIL 23, 2013SHAREHOLDERS OF UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION

 

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of UMB Financial Corporation (the “Company”) will be held at the Company offices located at 1010 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri, 64106 on April 23, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. CDT. We are holding the Annual Meeting for the following purposes:

1) To elect ten (10) directors who will hold office until the Annual Meeting of 2014;

2) To ratify the Audit Committee’s retention of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and to examine and audit the consolidated financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year 2013;

3) To approve proposed amendments to the UMB Financial Corporation Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan;

4) To act upon a shareholder proposal regarding the adoption of a policy to require an Independent Board Chairman;

5) To transact such other matters as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournments thereof.

Only shareholders of record at the close of business on March 1, 2013, will be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, this meeting or any adjournments thereof. This Proxy Statement is being mailed, sent or otherwise provided to shareholders on or about March 13, 2013.

It is important that your shares be represented at the meeting. Please submit your proxy through the internet or by telephone or mark, sign, date and return your proxy in the enclosed envelope, regardless of the number of shares you may own and whether or not you plan to attend the meeting in person. You may revoke your proxy and vote your shares in person if revoked in accordance with the procedures described in the attached proxy statement.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

LOGO

Dennis R. Rilinger

Secretary

Date and Time:

Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. CDT

Place:

UMB Financial Corporation

1010 Grand Boulevard

Kansas City, Missouri 64106

Items of Business:

The following matters will be presented to our shareholders:

1.     the election of 11 directors for terms ending at the 2017 annual meeting of shareholders;

2.     the ratification of the Corporate Audit Committee’s engagement of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2016;

3.     if properly introduced at the meeting, a shareholder proposal for the adoption of a policy requiring an independent Chair of our Board of Directors; and

4.     any other business that may be properly considered at the meeting or any adjournment or postponement of the meeting.

Afterward, we will present a report on our business and operations.

Record Date:

You may vote at the meeting or any adjournment or postponement of the meeting only if you were a shareholder of record at the close of business on March 1, 2016.

Voting:

It is important that your shares be represented at the meeting, regardless of how many you own, and we strongly encourage you to vote by proxy even if you are planning to attend in person. Please submit your proxy through the internet or by telephone, or please complete, sign, date, and return your proxy card in the provided envelope. You may revoke your proxy and vote your shares in person according to the procedures described in the attached proxy statement.

The date of this notice is March 13, 2013.14, 2016. The attached proxy statement and the related form of proxy are first being sent, given, or made available to shareholders on or about March 14, 2016.

 

By Order of the Board of Directors,
LOGO

Scott A. Stengel

Secretary

Important Notice Regarding Thethe Availability Ofof Proxy Materials

For The Shareholdersfor the Shareholder Meeting To Be Held Onon April 23, 2013:26, 2016:

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

   1  

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING, THESE PROXY MATERIALS, AND VOTING YOUR SHARES

   12  

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

5
STOCK OWNERSHIP6

Principal Shareholders

   6  

Principal Shareholders

6

Stock Owned by Directors, Nominees, and by Executive Officers

7

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Compliance

   8  

CORPORATE GOVERNANCESection 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

   9  

Corporate Governance GuidelinesCORPORATE GOVERNANCE

   910  

Code of Ethics

9

The Board of Directors

9

Overview

9

Board Leadership Structure

   10  

Board’s Role in Risk OversightCorporate Governance Guidelines

   10  

Director IndependenceCode of Ethics

10

The Board of Directors

10

Overview

10

The Board’s Leadership Structure

   11  

Committees of the Board of DirectorsThe Board’s Role in Risk Oversight

   12  

Governance CommitteeIndependent Directors

   12  

Audit CommitteeCommittees of the Board of Directors

   13  

Compensation Committee

   13  

CompensationAudit Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

   14  

Attendance at the Board of Directors Meetings,Governance Committee Meetings and Shareholders Meetings

   15  

Communications with the Board of DirectorsRisk Committee

   15  

Transactions With Related PersonsCompensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

   1516  

Attendance at Board Meetings, Committee Meetings, and Annual Meetings of Shareholders

16

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION—COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSISCommunications with the Board of Directors

16

Transactions with Related Persons

17

Statement of Policy and Process

17

Transactions Since January 1, 2015

   18  
COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS20

Executive Compensation ObjectivesOverview

   1820  

Executive Compensation ComponentsObjectives of Our Executive-Compensation Program

   1820  

2012 Compensation HighlightsDesign of Our Executive-Compensation Program

   21  

How the2015 Business Highlights

21

Elements of Executive Compensation Committee Makes Compensation Decisions

   22  

Role of the Compensation CommitteeBase Salary

22

Role of the Chief Executive Officer and other Company Personnel

22

Role of the Compensation Consultant

22

Use of Competitive Data

   23  

Committee’s Consideration of the Company’s 2011 Advisory Shareholder Vote on ExecutiveShort-Term Incentive Compensation

23

Long-Term Incentive Compensation

23

Other Benefits and Perquisites

   24  

General Principles Relating to the Development of the Executives’The Compensation PackagesCommittee and Our Executive-Compensation Process

   24  

Decisions as to the Mix of Compensation ComponentsOther Executive-Compensation Policies and Practices

   25  

SalaryNo Employment Agreements

   25  

Annual Cash Awards under the Short-Term PlanOwnership of UMB Stocks

25

No Hedging of UMB Stock

26

Claw-Back of Compensation

26

Say-on-Pay Advisory Vote

26

Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m)

   27  

Equity Grants (Options, Performance-Based Shares, and Service-Based Shares) Under the Company’s Long-Term PlanOptions

   30

Deferred Compensation Plan

35

Benefits

35

Perquisites

36

Additional Payments and Benefits

36

Stock Ownership Guidelines

36

Hedging of Company Stock

37

Committee Actions Relating to 2012 Executive Compensation

37

Claw-back of Compensation

3927  


Compensation Awarded to the Executives for 2015

27

General Considerations for 2015

27

Considerations Involving Short-Term Incentive Compensation for 2015

29

Considerations Involving Long-Term Incentive Compensation for 2015

30

Mr. Kemper’s Compensation for 2015

31

Mr. Hagedorn’s Compensation for 2015

32

Mr. Iseman’s Compensation for 2015

33

Mr. Stengel’s Compensation for 2015

34

Mr. Fischer’s Compensation for 2015

35

Mr. Walker’s Compensation for 2015

36

Mr. deSilva’s Compensation for 2015

37

Performance Shares Certified in January 2016 as Having Vested under the 2013 LTIP

38

Deferred Compensation Plan

38

Benefits and Perquisites

38

Additional Payments or Benefits

39

Executive-Compensation Actions in 2016

40
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT

   41  

CONSIDERATION OF COMPENSATION POLICIES AND PRACTICES IMPACT ON COMPANYRELATING TO RISK MANAGEMENT

41

COMPENSATION TABLES

   42  
COMPENSATION TABLES43

20122015 Summary Compensation

   4243  

20122015 Grants of Plan BasedPlan-Based Awards

   44  

20122015 Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End

   45  

20122015 Option Exercises and Stock Vested

47

2012 Nonqualified Deferred Compensation

   48  

2012 Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control2015 Nonqualified Deferred Compensation

   49  

Director CompensationPotential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control

   5249

2015 Director Compensation

53
DIRECTOR QUALIFICATIONS55
PROPOSAL #1—ELECTION OF DIRECTORS59  

DIRECTOR QUALIFICATIONS

52

PROPOSAL #1—ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

58

PROPOSAL #2—RATIFICATION OF SELECTIONTHE CORPORATE AUDIT COMMITTEE’S ENGAGEMENT OF KPMG LLP AS UMB’S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR 2016

61

REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

   62  

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees

63

PROPOSAL #3—APPROVAL OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OF THE UMB FINANCIAL LONG TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLANReport of the Corporate Audit Committee

   63  

PROPOSAL #4—#3—SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REGARDINGFOR THE ADOPTION OF A POLICY TO REQUIREREQUIRING AN INDEPENDENT CHAIR OF THE BOARD CHAIRMAN

   7165  

HOUSEHOLDINGINFORMATION ABOUT THE DELIVERY OF PROXY MATERIALS

   7467  

SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS

   7468  

APPENDIX AINDEX OF DEFINED TERMS

   A-169  

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UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION

1010 Grand Boulevard

Kansas City, Missouri 64106

PROXY STATEMENT

GENERAL INFORMATION

This Proxy Statement isproxy statement and the related form of proxy are first being mailed andsent, given, or made available on oura website beginningof UMB Financial Corporation (“we” or “UMB”) on or about March 13, 2013,14, 2016, to the shareholders of record of theour common stock, par value of one dollar ($1.00) per share (the “(“Company StockUMB stock”), at the close of UMB Financial Corporationbusiness on March 1, 2016 (the “Company” or “UMBrecord date”) as of March 1, 2013 (the “Record Date”), in connection with the 2013 Annual Meetingour 2016 annual meeting of shareholders and any adjournment or postponement of the Company’s shareholders which will be held at 9:00 a.m. CDT on April 23, 2013 at the Company offices located at 1010 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri, 64106, and any adjournments thereofmeeting (the “Annual Meeting”).

ShareholdersThe Annual Meeting will meetbe held at 9:00 a.m. CDT on April 26, 2016, at our principal executive offices located at 1010 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri 64106, for the purposes described in this proxy statement.

The following purposes:matters will be presented to our shareholders:

 

 1)1.To elect ten (10)

the election of 11 directors who will hold office untilfor terms ending at the Annual Meeting2017 annual meeting of 2014;shareholders;

 

 2)2.To ratify

the ratification of the Corporate Audit Committee’s retentionengagement of Deloitte & ToucheKPMG LLP to serve as the Company’sour independent registered public accounting firm and to examine and audit the consolidated financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year 2013;2016;

 

 3)3.To approve proposed amendments to

if properly introduced at the UMB Financial Corporation Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (the “LTIP”);meeting, a shareholder proposal for the adoption of a policy requiring an independent Chair of our Board of Directors; and

 

 4)4.To act upon a shareholder proposal regarding the adoption of a policy to require an Independent Board Chairman; and

5)To transact such

any other matters asbusiness that may be properly come beforeconsidered at the meeting or any adjournments thereof.adjournment or postponement of the meeting.

Afterward, we will present a report on our business and operations.

Shareholders do not have any dissenters’ rightsNo shareholder has a dissenter’s right of appraisal or similar rightsright in connection with any of these matters.

Attendance at the Annual Meeting iswill be limited to shareholders of record or their proxies, beneficial owners of Company Stock having evidenceUMB stock who present proof of such ownership, and guestsour guests. Attendees may be required to present a valid form of the Company. government-issued photo identification (such as a driver’s license) in order to gain admittance.

Proxies are being solicited to giveafford all shareholders of record an opportunity to vote on matters to be presented at the Annual Meeting. This Proxy Statement contains information on matters to

It is important that your shares be voted uponrepresented at the Annual Meeting, or any adjournmentsregardless of that meeting.how many you own, and we strongly encourage you to vote by proxy even if you are planning to attend in person.


QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT

THE ANNUAL MEETING,

THESE PROXY MATERIALS, AND VOTING

YOUR SHARES

Why did I receive thisthese proxy statement?materials?

You received our proxy statement, annual report, or notice of internet availability of proxy materials, (proxy statement, proxy card, Annual Report on Form 10-K, Annual Report to Shareholders and/or Notice of Internet Availability)as applicable, because theUMB’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) of UMB is soliciting your proxy to vote at the Annual Meeting. This proxy statement contains information that UMB iswe are required to provide to you under the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “CommissionSEC”) and is intended to assist you in voting your shares.


What is a proxy?

A proxy is your grant of authority to another person to vote your shares. The person granted this authority is also called a proxy. When you designate a proxy, you may direct the proxy how to vote your shares.

Who may vote at the Annual Meeting?

Shareholders of Company Stockrecord at the close of business on the Record Daterecord date may vote at the Annual Meeting. Such shareholders include As of the record date, 49,452,492 shares of UMB stock were issued and outstanding and, therefore, eligible to be voted at the Annual Meeting. Each share of UMB stock is entitled to one vote.

Who is a shareholder of record or a beneficial owner?

Registered Shareholders of recordwhoseor “record holders” have shares areof UMB stock registered in their name atnames with our transfer agent, Computershare Trust Company, as well asCompany.Beneficial Ownersowners,whosein contrast, own shares of UMB stock that are held in “street name” atthrough a broker, bank, or other nominee. At

Beneficial owners generally cannot vote their shares directly and must instead instruct their brokers, banks, or other nominees how to vote the closeshares. If you are a beneficial owner of businessUMB stock, your proxy is being solicited through your broker, bank, or other nominee.

What are my voting rights?

You may vote “FOR” or “WITHHOLD on the Record Date, there were 40,518,468 sharesnominees under Proposal #1. You may vote “FOR,” “AGAINST,” or “ABSTAIN” on Proposals #2 and #3.

Cumulative voting will apply in connection with Proposal #1—election of common stock outstanding (such shares being the only shares of the Company entitled to vote). Each sharedirectors.SeeWhat vote is entitled to one voterequired for each proposal?” later in this section. Cumulative voting will not apply in connection with respect to eachany other matter to be voted on at the Annual Meeting except for the election of directors which is done by cumulative voting (see “What Vote is Required for each Proposal -- Proposal #1”below).Meeting.

How does the Board recommend that I vote?

The Board recommends that you vote as follows:

 

•      Proposal 1#1:

 

“FOR”FOR the election of each of the ten (10) director nominees;11 nominees to our Board.

•      Proposal 2#2:

 

“FOR”FOR the ratification of Deloitte & Touchethe Corporate Audit Committee’s engagement of KPMG LLP to serve as the Company’sour independent registered public accounting firm for 2013;2016.

•      Proposal 3#3:

 

“FOR”AGAINST the adoption of proposed amendments to the LTIP; and,

•    Proposal 4

“AGAINST” approval of the shareholder proposal regardingfor the adoption of a policy to requirerequiring an Independent Board Chairman.independent Chair of our Board.

What vote is required for each proposal?

 

•      Proposal 1#1:

 The ten (10) director

Plurality voting will apply—that is, the 11 nominees receiving the highest number of“FOR”FOR votes will be elected. This

Cumulative voting will also apply—that is, commonly knowneach shareholder will have a total number of votes equal to the holder’s number of shares as “plurality voting”. You have cumulative voting rights that you may use forof the electionrecord date multiplied by the number of directors. Under such cumulative voting rights, you have one vote per share for each nominee. Under cumulative voting, youdirectors to be elected, and the shareholder may cast all of yourthose votes for a specificsingle nominee or you may distribute yourwhole (though not fractional) votes among all nomineesmore than one nominee in whateverany proportion you wish.desired. If you desirewant to useutilize cumulative voting, please contact the Company’snotify our transfer agent, Computershare Trust Company, at (312) 499-7033,(636) 600-1714 prior to the annual meetingAnnual Meeting or vote in personby ballot at the Annual Meeting. Withholding authority to vote for some

Voting “WITHHOLD” on one or allmore of the director nominees or not voting, will have no effect on the election of directors. YourIf you are a beneficial owner of shares, your broker, bank, or other nominee is not permitted to vote your shares on this matter if no instruction is received from you.

•      Proposal 2#2:

 The

Majority voting will apply—that is, ratification of Deloitte & Touchethe Corporate Audit Committee’s engagement of KPMG LLP to serve as the Company’sour independent registered public accounting firm for 2013 requires2016 will require the affirmative (“(“FOR”FOR) vote of the majority of the shares present and entitled to votecast at the Annual Meeting. You may vote

Voting ““FOR”ABSTAIN or“AGAINST” the proposal, or you may“ABSTAIN” from voting” on this matter will have no effect on the Proposal. Abstentions will have the same effect as votes against ratification. Youroutcome. If you are a beneficial owner of shares, your broker, bank, or other nominee can exercise discretion in voting your shares on this matter if no instruction is received from you.

•      Proposal #3:

Majority voting will apply—that is, approval of the shareholder proposal for the adoption of a policy requiring an independent Chair of our Board will require the affirmative (“FOR”) vote of the majority of the shares cast at the Annual Meeting.

Voting “ABSTAIN” on this matter will have no effect on the outcome. If you are a beneficial owner of shares, your broker, bank, or other nominee is not permitted to vote your shares on this matter if no instruction is received from you.

How do I vote my shares?

We strongly encourage all shareholders to submit their votes in advance of the Annual Meeting.

•      Record Holders:

You may vote your shares (1) through the internet, (2) by telephone, (3) by completing, signing, dating, and returning your proxy card in the provided envelope, or (4) in person by ballot at the Annual Meeting. Other proxy materials that you receive together with this proxy statement contain the website address and the telephone number for internet or telephone voting. Internet or telephone votes must be received by 1:00 a.m. CDT on April 26, 2016, in order to be counted. Completed, signed, and dated proxy cards must be received prior to the Annual Meeting in order to be counted.

•      Proposal 3Beneficial Owners:

 Approval of the proposed amendments to the LTIP requires the affirmative(“FOR”) vote of the majority of the shares present and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.

You may vote“FOR” or“AGAINST” the proposal, or you may“ABSTAIN” from voting on the Proposal. An “Abstain”not vote will have the same effect as voting against the proposal. Youryour shares directly but instead may instruct your broker, bank, or other nominee is not permittedhow to vote your shares. You should receive materials from your broker, bank, or other nominee with directions on this matter if no instruction is received from you.how to provide voting instructions. Those materials also will identify the time by which your broker, bank, or other nominee must receive your voting instructions. The availability of internet or telephone voting will depend on the processes adopted by your broker, bank, or

other nominee. If you want to vote your shares in person at the Annual Meeting, you will need to obtain a legally enforceable proxy from your broker, bank, or other nominee in advance and present that proxy to the inspectors of election together with a valid form of government-issued photo identification (such as a driver’s license).

•      Proposal 4UMB Plans:

 The shareholder proposal regarding adoption

Holders of a policy to require an Independent Board Chairman requires an affirmativeshares through the UMB Profit-Sharing and 401(k) Savings Plan (the “Profit-Sharing Plan”) or the UMB Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the “ESOP”) may not vote (“FOR”) of a majority ofyour shares directly but instead may instruct the shares present and entitledtrustee for theProfit-Sharing Plan or the ESOP how to vote atyour shares. Each holder who is a current employee of UMB and who has a valid UMB e-mail address will receive an e-mail from our transfer agent, Computershare Trust Company, describing how to access our proxy materials and how to provide voting instructions to the Annual Meeting. You may vote “FOR”trustee. If you hold shares through the Profit-Sharing Plan and the ESOP, you will receive only one e-mail about both of them. Each holder who is not a current employee of UMB or“AGAINST” who does not have a valid UMB e-mail address will receive our proxy materials in the proposal,or you may“ABSTAIN”frommail and will be able to provide voting oninstructions to the Proposal. An “Abstain” vote will havetrustee in the same effectmanner as record holders. In all cases, however, voting againstinstructions must be received by the proposal. Your broker, bank or nominee is not permitted to votetrustee by 1:00 p.m. CDT on this matter if no instruction is received from you.April 21, 2016.

How doIf I vote my shares?

Registered Shareholders

If you aream a Registered Shareholder, you may vote your shares on the internet, by telephone, by completing, signing and returning the proxy card by mail in the envelope provided, or by attending the Annual Meeting in person. The proxy materials that you receive will provide you a website address and telephone number to vote your shares by internet or telephone. To be valid, your internet or telephone vote must be received by 1:00 a.m. (CDT) on April 23, 2013. If you are voting by mail, please mail your signed proxy card in early to ensure that it arrives prior to the Annual Meeting.

Shares held by Beneficial Owners at a Broker, Bank or other Nominee

If your shares are held in street name through your broker, bank or other nominee, you are considered a “Beneficial Owner.” Beneficial Owners must vote your shares through the broker, bank, or nominee because that entity is considered the shareholder of record. If you are a Beneficial Owner, you should receive a form from the broker, bank or other nominee asking how you want to vote your shares. The availability of internet or telephone voting for Beneficial Owners will depend on the voting processes of your broker, bank or nominee. Therefore, you should follow the voting instructions provided in the proxy materials that you receive to vote your shares. The time by which the broker, bank or nominee must receive your instruction on how you want to vote your shares will be included in the materials you receive. If you desire to vote your shares in person at the Annual Meeting, you must obtain a legal proxy from your broker, bank or other nominee prior to the meeting and provide such proxy and an acceptable form of photo identification to the inspectors of the election at the meeting.

Shares allocated to me in the UMB Profit Sharing and 401(k) Savings Plan and the Employee Stock Ownership Plan

If you hold your shares of Company Stock in the UMB Profit Sharing and 401(k) Savings Plan (the “Profit Sharing Plan”) or in the UMB Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the “ESOP”) and you are a current employee of UMB with a valid Company e-mail address, you will receive an e-mail from the Company’s transfer agent, Computershare Trust Company, describing how to access proxy materials and instruct the trustee on how you would like your shares voted. If you hold shares in both the Profit Sharing Plan and the ESOP, you will only receive one e-mail representing the shares held in both plans. Individuals that are no longer employees of UMB, or are employees without a valid Company e-mail address, will receive the proxy materials in the mail and will be able to provide instructions to the trustee in the same manner as Registered Shareholders. To be valid, your instructions as to how you want your shares voted must be received by 1:00 p.m (CDT) on April 19, 2013.

How will my shares be voted at the Annual Meeting?

If you vote by mail, through the internet, by telephone, or in person, your shares will be voted as you direct. If yourecord holder, what happens if I submit a valid proxy prior to the Annual Meeting but do not completeprovide voting instructions?

If you as a record holder submit a valid proxy prior to the Annual Meeting but do not provide voting instructions, your shares will be voted:

“FOR” Proposal 1 – Election of Directors.Equally in favorvoted according to the recommendations of the election of all nominees listed onBoard.SeeHow does the proxy card;Board recommend that I vote?

“FOR” Proposal 2 – Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm;

“FOR” Proposal 3 – Approval of Proposed Amendments to the LTIP;

“AGAINST”Proposal 4 – Approval of a Shareholder ProposalRegarding the Adoption of a Policy to Require an Independent Chairman.

” earlier in this section.

If I am a Beneficial Owner and I hold my shares atbeneficial owner, will my broker, bank, or nominee, and I don’t vote, will the broker bank orother nominee vote for me?

me if I do not provide voting instructions?

If you are a beneficial owner and do not giveprovide voting instructions, to your broker, bank, or other nominee the broker, bank or nominee will determine if it has discretionary authority to vote your shares on the particular matter. Brokers, banks and nominees are permitted to vote if the matter is considered “routine”, but not on other matters. Proposal 2 for the #2—ratification of Deloitte & Touchethe Corporate Audit Committee’s engagement of KPMG LLP to serve as theour independent registered public accounting firm for 2013 is a routine matter, and brokers who have not received instructions from their customers will be permitted to vote on this proposal. Proposals 1, 3 and 4 are not routine matters, and unless you provide instructions to your broker as to how you want your shares voted, the2016. Your broker, bank, or other nominee, willhowever, does not be entitledhave discretionary authority to vote them; this is called a “broker non-vote”. These broker non-voteyour shares will be counted toward the quorum requirement of the Annual Meeting, but they will not affect the determination of whether the non-routine proposals will be approved.on Proposals #1 or #3.

If I hold my shares inthrough the UMB Profit SharingProfit-Sharing Plan or the ESOP, and I don’t vote, will the trustee vote for me?me if I do not provide voting instructions?

The trustee ofIf you hold shares through the plans is the shareholder of record for all of the shares in the Profit SharingProfit-Sharing Plan and ESOP. The trustee will vote the shares held for the account of each employee or former employee according to the instructions provided by the employee or former employee. If yourdo not provide voting instructions, are not received by the trustee by 1:00 p.m., (CDT) on April 19, 2013, the trustee will vote the unvotedyour shares held in the Profit Sharing Plan insame proportion to the way that the other Profit Sharing Plan shares were voted, and the trustee will vote the unvoted shares in the Profit-Sharing Plan are voted. If you hold shares through the ESOP according toand do not provide voting instructions, the trustee’s discretion.trustee can exercise discretion in voting your shares.

Can other matters be decided at the meeting?Annual Meeting?

On the date thatWhen this proxy statement was printed, UMBwe did not know of any other mattersmatter to be raisedpresented at the Annual Meeting other than those includeddescribed in this proxy statement. If you submit a valid proxy andany other matters arematter may be properly presentedconsidered at the Annual Meeting, thenyour proxy can exercise discretion in voting your shares on the individuals appointed as proxies will have the discretion to vote those matters for you. UMB doesmatter. We do not anticipate that any other mattersmatter will be raisedpresented at the Annual Meeting.

How doCan I revoke or change my vote?

proxy?

You may revoke or change your proxy at any time before the vote is taken at the Annual Meeting.

If you are a registered shareholder,the record holder of UMB stock, you may do this by:revoke or change your proxy in the following ways:

 

Executingby executing and delivering a later-dated proxy for the same shares;shares in compliance with the requirements described in this proxy statement;

 

Votingby voting the same shares again usingover the internet or telephone;telephone by 1:00 a.m. CDT on April 26, 2016;

 

Notifying the Corporate Secretary prior to the Annual Meeting;

Votingby voting a ballot at the Annual Meeting.Meeting; or

 

by notifying the Secretary of your revocation of the proxy prior to the Annual Meeting.

If you are a Beneficial Owner andthe beneficial owner but not the record holder of UMB stock, you wish to revoke your proxy, you shouldmust follow the instructionsdirections provided to you by theyour broker, bank, or other nominee. Beneficial OwnersAny beneficial owner of shares who wishwants to revoke their priora proxy at the Annual Meeting will need to bringpresent to the inspectors of election a legallegally enforceable proxy from the broker, bank, or other nominee to the Annual Meeting indicating that they arethe person is the beneficial owner of the shares.

If you hold shares through the Profit-Sharing Plan or the ESOP, you must follow the directions provided to you by the trustee.

Who pays the expensescosts of preparing the proxy solicitation?materials and soliciting proxies?

UMBWe will pay the costs of preparing the proxy solicitation. materials and soliciting proxies, including the reasonable charges and expenses of brokers, banks, and other nominees for forwarding proxy materials to beneficial owners and updating proxy cards and directions. We also have engaged Okapi Partners LLC to assist in the solicitation of proxies for an estimated fee of $10,000 plus disbursements.

In addition to theour solicitation of proxies by mail, your proxy may be solicited by telephone, mailfacsimile, internet, or internete-mail or in person by certaindirectors, officers, or regular employees officers and directors of UMB andor its affiliates who will receive no additional compensation for their services. UMB also has engaged Okapi Partners LLC (“Okapi”)doing so.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This proxy statement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to assisthistorical or current facts—such as our statements about expected cost savings and other results of efficiency initiatives. Forward-looking statements often use words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “project,” “outlook,” “forecast,” “target,” “trend,” “plan,” “goal,” or other words of comparable meaning or future-tense or conditional verbs such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “would,” or “could.” Forward-looking statements convey our expectations, intentions, or forecasts about future events, circumstances, results, or aspirations. All forward-looking statements are subject to assumptions, risks, and uncertainties, which may change over time and many of which are beyond our control. You should not rely on any forward-looking statement as a prediction or guarantee about the future. Our actual future objectives, strategies, plans, prospects, performance, condition, or results may differ materially from those set forth in any forward-looking statement. Some of the factors that may cause actual results or other future events, circumstances, or aspirations to differ from those in forward-looking statements are described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form 8-K, or other applicable documents that are filed or furnished with the solicitationSEC. Any forward-looking statement made by us or on our behalf speaks only as of proxies at an estimated feethe date that it was made. We do not undertake to update any forward-looking statement to reflect the impact of $10,000 plus disbursements. UMB will also reimburse brokers andevents, circumstances, or results that arise after the date that the statement was made. You, however, should consult further disclosures (including disclosures of a forward-looking nature) that we may make in any subsequent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K, or other custodians, nomineesapplicable document that is filed or fiduciaries for their expenses in forwarding proxy materials to shareholders and updating their proxies.furnished with the SEC.

STOCK OWNERSHIP

Principal Shareholders

The following persons owned of record or beneficially owned (as defined in SEC Rule 13d-3) more than five percent5% of UMB stock—which is the common sharesonly class of the Company (the only outstandingUMB’s voting securities of the Company) securities—at the close of business on March 1, 2013:2016:

 

Name and Address

Of Beneficial Owner


  Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership


  Percent of Class

 

R. Crosby Kemper

    1010 Grand Blvd.

    Kansas City, Missouri

   5,181,246(1)   12.79

FMR LLC

    82 Devonshire Street

    Boston, MA 02109

   2,941,978(2)   7.26

Blackrock, Inc

    40 East 52nd Street

    New York, NY 10022

   2,463,867(3)   6.08

The Vanguard Group.

    100 Vanguard Blvd.

    Malvern, PA 19355

   2,172,443(4)   5.36

Name and Address

of Beneficial Owner

Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership
Percent
of Class

J. Mariner Kemper

4,731,266 (1)9.57%

1010 Grand Boulevard

Kansas City, Missouri 64106

Blackrock, Inc.

3,894,519 (2)7.88%

55 East 52nd Street

New York, New York 10055

The Vanguard Group

3,305,980 (3)6.69%

100 Vanguard Boulevard

Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355

FMR LLC

3,010,999 (4)6.09%

245 Summer Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

(1)

The total stock ownership reported for Mr.J. Mariner Kemper includes:is comprised of the following:

 

 (a)3,429,186

90,013 shares that Mr. Kemper owns directly;are owned directly.

 

 (b)13,058

1,856 shares held by Mary S. Kemper (wife of R. Crosby Kemper);are owned through the ESOP.

 

 (c)

65,378 shares of unvested restricted stock are under Mr. Kemper’s authority to vote.

 (d)

Options for 150,090 shares are owned directly, currently vested, and “in the money.”

(e)

290,397 shares heldare owned by Kemper Realty Company, and 395,989 shares heldare owned by Pioneer Service Corporation. Each of these are entities through which voting and investment decisions may be controlled, directly or indirectly, by R. CrosbyMr. Kemper.

 

 (d)(f)1,052,616

3,737,543 shares are held by UMB Bank, n.a.National Association as either sole trustee or co-trustee; inco-trustee. In each case, R. CrosbyMr. Kemper has or shares voting or investment powers.power. Of these shares:

 

 (i)291,274

2,161,386 shares are owned by the R. Crosby Kemper Irrevocable Trust, but sole voting and dispositive authority is held inby Mr. Kemper.

(ii)

87,888 shares are owned by trusts established under the will of Rufus Crosby Kemper, and 70,362 shares are held inowned by the Enid and Crosby Kemper Foundation. In both cases, the shares may be voted or disposed of byeach case, UMB Bank, n.a.National Association as trustee has sole voting and dispositive authority but may act only uponon the direction of R. CrosbyMr. Kemper, Mary S.Alexander C. Kemper, and Alexander C.Heather Kemper Miller, or any two of them.

(ii)624,302 shares are owned by the R. C. Kemper, Sr. Charitable Trust and Foundation but may be voted or disposed of only by the co-trustees, R. Crosby Kemper, J. Mariner Kemper, and Sheila Kemper Dietrich, or any two of them.

 

 (iii)

469,810 shares are owned by the R.C. Kemper Charitable Trust and Foundation, but sole voting and dispositive authority is held by the co-trustees: Mr. Kemper, Thomas J. Wood III, and Sheila Kemper Dietrich.

 12,756(iv)

829,756 shares are owned by the R. C. Kemper, Jr. Charitable Trust and Foundation, but sole voting and may be voted or disposeddispositive authority is held by the majority of the non-corporate co-trustees: Mr. Kemper, Mary S. Kemper, R. Crosby Kemper III, and Mary Kemper Wolf.

(v)

59,775 shares are owned by trusts created by R. Crosby Kemper, J. MarinerJr. for five of his children, but sole voting authority is held by the majority of Mr. Kemper, and Mary S. Kemper, or any two of them.R. Crosby Kemper III, Sheila Kemper Dietrich, Alexander C. Kemper, Heather Kemper Miller, and Mary Kemper Wolf.

 

 (iv)(vi)53,922

58,566 shares are owned by the William T. Kemper Foundation and may be voted or disposed of by UMB Bank, n.a., but only upon the direction of R. Crosby Kemper.Kemper Irrevocable Dynasty Trust, but sole voting and dispositive authority is held by the majority of Mr. Kemper, R. Crosby Kemper III, Sheila Kemper Dietrich, Alexander C. Kemper, Heather Kemper Miller, and Mary Kemper Wolf.

 

(2)According

This is according to information provided to the CompanyUMB in a Schedule 13G13G/A filed by Blackrock, Inc. with the CommissionSEC on February 14, 2013.January 27, 2016. According to the Schedule 13G/A, Blackrock, Inc. has sole voting power over 3,808,160 shares of UMB stock.

(3)According

This is according to information provided to the CompanyUMB in a Schedule 13G13G/A filed by The Vanguard Group with the CommissionSEC on February 5, 2013.11, 2016. According to the Schedule 13G/A, The Vanguard Group has sole voting power over 51,282 shares of UMB stock, shared voting power over 2,000 shares of UMB stock, sole dispositive power over 3,254,998 shares of UMB stock, and shared dispositive power over 50,982 shares of UMB stock.

 

(4)According

This is according to information provided to the CompanyUMB in a Schedule 13G filed by FMR LLC with the CommissionSEC on February 11, 2013.12, 2016. According to the Schedule 13G, FMR LLC has sole voting power over 21,536 shares of UMB stock and sole dispositive power over 3,010,999 shares of UMB stock.

Stock Owned Byby Directors, Nominees, and By Executive Officers

The followingThis table sets forth the number of shares of UMB stock—which is the Company’s common stock (the only outstandingclass of UMB’s voting securities of the Company)securities—that were beneficially owned (as defined in SEC Rule 13d-313d-3) at the close of the Exchange Act), as ofbusiness on March 1, 2013,2016, by eacha director, eacha nominee, or an Executive (as defined in “Compensation Discussion and by the executive officers namedAnalysis—Overview” later in the Summary Compensation Table.this proxy statement). It also includes the number of shares that were beneficially owned (as defined in SEC Rule 13d-3) at the close of business on March 1, 2016, by all directors and Section 16 Officers (as defined in “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” later in this section) as a group. The individuals designated as our Section 16 Officers are also our executive officers as a group.defined in SEC Rule 3b-7.

 

Name of Beneficial Owner


  Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Holdings (1)


  Percent
of Class


 

Warner L. Baxter

   0    *  

David R. Bradley, Jr.

   15,209    *  

Nancy K. Buese

   2,955    *  

Peter J. deSilva

   204,838    *  

Terrence P. Dunn

   16,294    *  

Kevin C. Gallagher

   10,587    *  

Greg M. Graves

   11,283    *  

Michael D. Hagedorn

   78,026    *  

Andrew J. Iseman

   19,867    *  

Alexander C. Kemper

   1,175,643(2)   2.90

J. Mariner Kemper

   1,660,658(3)   4.10

Kris A. Robbins

   5,909    *  

Thomas D. Sanders

   5,458    *  

L. Joshua Sosland

   6,932    *  

Paul Uhlmann III

   9,985    *  

Thomas J. Wood III

   1,929,916(4)   4.76

John Zader

   20,114    *  

All Directors and executive officers as a Group

   4,588,506(5)   11.32

   

Name of

Beneficial Owner

  Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership (1)
  

Percent

of Class

 

Robin C. Beery

   852    *  

Nancy K. Buese

   5,305    *  

Peter J. deSilva

   41,873    *  

Terrence P. Dunn

   19,481    *  

Kevin C. Gallagher

   13,511    *  

Greg M. Graves

   16,358    *  

Anthony J. Fischer

   6,490    *  

Michael D. Hagedorn

   105,710    *  

Andrew J. Iseman

   14,026    *  

Alexander C. Kemper

   280,221 (2)   *  

J. Mariner Kemper

   4,731,266    9.57

Kris A. Robbins

   7,390    *  

L. Joshua Sosland

   7,187    *  

Scott A. Stengel

   7,278    *  

Paul Uhlmann III

   14,535 (3)   *  

Brian J. Walker

   14,668    *  

Leroy J. Williams

   0    *  

All Directors and Section 16 Officers as a Group

   5,102,357 (4)    10.32%  

*

Less than 1% of the outstanding shares.

 

(1)Includes

These numbers include (a) shares of common stock heldowned directly by the individuals as well as byor members of such individuals’their immediate families who share the same household, and(b) shares heldowned in trust, and other(c) shares otherwise held through indirect forms of

ownership and over which shares the individuals exercise sole or shared voting and/or investment power. Also includes restrictedpower, (d) shares of commonrestricted stock heldowned by executive officers which arethe Executives and the Section 16 Officers that have not vested but forover which the executive officer hasExecutives and the Section 16 Officers have voting rights,power, and (e) shares that are subject to outstanding options exercisable within 60 days. The following named executive officersExecutives have options that are exercisable within 60 days for the amountsnumber of shares of UMB stock shown: Peter J. deSilvaMariner Kemper95,397 shares,150,090 shares; Michael D. Hagedorn – 33,153 shares,50,418 shares; Anthony J. Mariner KemperFischer110,107 shares, John Zader418 shares; and Brian J. Walker16,3705,520 shares. In addition, allSection 16 Officers other executive officers ofthan the CompanyExecutives collectively hold such options, exercisable within 60 days, to acquire 102,768 shares.35,523 shares of UMB stock. Kevin C. Gallagher has pledged 5,408 shares of UMB stock as security for a loan.

(2)Alexander Kemper directly beneficially owns 9,280 shares of common stock.

The total shown instock ownership reported for Alexander C. Kemper is comprised of the above table also includes 290,397 shares held by Kemper Realty and 395,989 shares held by Pioneer Service Corporation. Alexander Kemper serves as an officer and a director of each of these entities, and may control voting and investment decisions, directly or indirectly. The total also includes 118,341following: (a) 3,630 shares owned by trustsdirectly, (b) 118,341 shares held by UMB Bank, n.a.National Association as either sole trustee or co-trustee; for each trust, Alexander Kemper sharesco-trustee, where voting or investment power is shared with other family members (including J. Mariner Kemper) voting and/or investment powers. The total also includes 291,274, and (c) 87,888 shares held inowned by trusts established under the will of Rufus Crosby Kemper and 70,362 shares held inowned by the Enid and Crosby Kemper Foundation. In both cases, the shares may be voted or disposed of byFoundation, where UMB Bank, n.a.National Association as trustee has sole voting and dispositive authority but may act only uponon the direction of R. CrosbyMr. Kemper, Mary S.J. Mariner Kemper, and Alexander C.Heather Kemper Miller, or any two of them.

 

(3)J. Mariner Kemper directly beneficially owns 218,873 shares of common stock.

The total shown in the above table also includes 290,397stock ownership reported for Paul Uhlmann III is comprised of (a) 12,335 shares heldowned directly and (b) 2,200 shares owned by Kemper Realty and 395,989 shares held by Pioneer Service Corporation. J. Mariner Kemper serves as an officer and a director of each of these entities, and may controlthree trusts where voting and investment decisions, directly or indirectly. The total also includes 118,341 shares owned in trusts held by UMB Bank, n.a. as either sole trustee or co-trustee; in each trust J. Mariner Kemper sharesdispositive power is shared with other family members (including Alexander Kemper) voting and/or investment powers. 624,302 shares are owned by the R. C. Kemper, Sr. Charitable Trust and Foundation and may be voted or disposed of only by the co-trustees, R. Crosby Kemper, J. Mariner Kemper, and Sheila Kemper Dietrich, or any two of them. 12,756 shares are owned by the R. C. Kemper, Jr. Charitable Trust and Foundation and may be voted or disposed of by R. Crosby Kemper, J. Mariner Kemper, and Mary S. Kemper or any two of them.his wife.

 

(4)Thomas Wood directly beneficially owns 70,650 shares of common stock. The total shown in the above table also includes 73,598 shares held in fiduciary accounts where Thomas J. Wood is given the authority by the documents to vote and/or dispose of the shares of the Company, 21,592 shares held in fiduciary accounts where Mr. Wood and R. Crosby Kemper III have authority to vote and/or dispose of the shares, and 1,764,076 shares held by the Wood Family Limited Partnership of which Mr. Wood is a general partner.

(5)Shares held in foundations, trusts, andor companies over which more than one member of the Boarddirector or executive officersSection 16 Officer share voting and/or investment power have been included only one time in this total.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended (the “Exchange Act”) requires the Company’s executive officers, directors,each officer (as defined in Section 16(a) and personsSEC Rule 16a-1, a “Section 16 Officer”), each director on our Board, and any person who beneficially ownowns more than 10% of UMB stock (collectively, the Company’s common stockreporting persons”) to file with the SEC reports of ownership and changes in ownership of UMB stock. SEC rules also require each reporting person to send or deliver to UMB a copy of each statement filed with the Commission. Executive officers, directors and greater-than-10% beneficial owners are requiredSEC by Commission regulations to furnish the Company with copies of allthat person under Section 16(a) forms they file with the Commission. .

Based solely on a review of the copies of such forms furnished to the Company,UMB during or with respect to 2015 and written representations from reporting persons that no Forms 5 were required the Companyto be filed, UMB believes that each person who was a reporting person during 2012 all of its officers, directors and greater-than-10% beneficial owners complied with applicable2015 timely filed the reports required by Section 16(a) filing requirements,during 2015, except as follows.follows: Greg M. Graves, a director on the Board, filed late Forms 4 reporting the purchase through UMB’s dividend reinvestment plan of (1) 225.25 shares of UMB stock on May 1, 2015, (2) 40.78 shares of UMB stock on September 1, 2015, and (3) 225.36 shares of UMB stock on November 2, 2015. Andrew J. Iseman, a Section 16 Officer during 2015, filed late Forms 4 reporting (a) the withholding of 438 shares of UMB stock for the payment of taxes when restricted stock vested on January 1, 2015, (b) the withholding of 1,036 shares of UMB stock for the payment of taxes when restricted stock vested on January 2, 2015, (c) the withholding of 551 shares of UMB stock for the payment of taxes when restricted stock vested on January 26, 2015, and (d) the withholding of 4,966 shares of UMB stock for the payment of taxes when restricted stock vested on October 26, 2015. Brian J. Walker, a Section 16 Officer during 2015, filed a late Form 4 reporting the purchasewithholding of 162400 shares for the payment of common stock. Craig Anderson filed a late Form 4 reporting the sale of 1,593 shares of common stock.taxes when restricted stock vested on October 26, 2015.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Overview

UMB is committed to maintaining strong corporate governancerobust corporate-governance principles and practices. If you would like additionalIn addition to the information about the Company’s corporate governance practices, you may viewprovided in this proxy statement, we maintain the following documents at the Company’s website at www.umb.com/AboutUMB/InvestorRelations/CorporateGovernance, or request copies of them by sending a written request toin the Corporate Secretary, UMB Financial Corporation, 1010 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO, 64106Governance menu atwww.umb.com/investor:

 

Corporate Governance Guidelines (last revised on March 4, 2013)January 26, 2016);

 

UMB Code of Ethics (last revised on January 24, 2012)28, 2014);

 

AuditCharter of the Compensation Committee Charter (last revised on January 22, 2013)28, 2014);

 

GovernanceCharter of the Corporate Audit Committee Charter(last revised on July 22, 2014);

 

CompensationCharter of the Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee Charter (last revised on January 22, 2013)26, 2010); and

 

Charter of the Risk Committee (last revised on July 22, 2014).

You may request a copy of any of these documents by sending a written request for one to UMB Financial Corporation, Attention: Corporate Secretary, 1010 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri 64106.

Corporate Governance Guidelines

The Board has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines for(the “Governance Guidelines”) to assist the CompanyBoard in exercising its responsibilities to establishUMB and our shareholders. These Governance Guidelines serve as a flexible framework within which the Board may conduct business. Such Guidelinesbusiness and were last revised by the Board on March 4, 2013, to reflect a change in the size of the Board and the Board’s adoption of a Director Resignation Policy that is applicable to uncontested director elections where a nominee receives a greater number of “withheld” votes than he/she does “for” votes.January 26, 2016.

Code of Ethics

The CompanyUMB believes that integrity is paramount. While all business is based to some degree on trust, our business has trust as a core principle. Being honest and fair to our customers, shareholders, and associates is not just a value but a moral imperative. In keeping with these principles, the Board has adopted a Code of Ethics (“Code”(the “Code of Ethics) which.

The Code of Ethics applies to all employees, officers,directors, advisory directors, and directorsassociates of the Company,UMB, including the chief executive officer,Chief Executive Officer, the chief financial officerChief Financial Officer, and the chief accounting officer. Chief Accounting Officer. It was last revised on January 28, 2014.

There were no waivers from any provision of the Code during 2012. The Code was amended on January 24, 2012 to, among other things, broaden the range of conduct governed by the Code and that is reportable under the Company’s revised “Complaint and Internal Investigation Policy” adopted by the Board on that same date. The CompanyEthics in 2015. We will post any changesamendment to the Code of Ethics, as well as any waiverswaiver that is required to be disclosed under applicable rules of the SEC or The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”), in the Corporate Governance menu atwww.umb.com/investor. A copy of the Code on its website or by filingof Ethics will be provided without charge to any person who sends a Current Report on Form 8-K .written request for one to UMB Financial Corporation, Attention: Corporate Secretary, 1010 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri 64106.

The Board of Directors

Overview

Our Bylaws allow for not less than 8 and not more than 18 directors, with the exact number to be set by the Board from time to time. The number of Directors comprising the Company’s Board currently has 11 seats. The Board believes that this size is currently set at fourteen (14). Thirteen (13) Directors currently serveappropriate based on UMB’s present circumstances. All seats on the Board are up for election annually.

Of the 11 current directors, 9 have been determined by the Board to be independent under Item 407(a) of SEC Regulation S-K and one position (created as a result“Independent Directors” under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5605(a)(2) (each “independent” and an “independent director”). The current directors constitute all of the size of the board having been increased (from thirteen, to fourteen) effective March 4, 2013) is currently vacant. Nine of the existing Directors’ terms will expirenominees for election at the Annual MeetingMeeting.

The primary responsibility of Shareholders scheduled for April 23, 2013, and the Shareholders are being asked to re-elect them. The Shareholders are also being asked to elect a new nominee to fill the vacant position. Prior to July 26, 2011, the directors were divided into three classes, with each class serving three-year terms. Effective July 26, 2011,is to exercise their business judgment to oversee and direct the Company’s By Laws were amended to provide that all Directors thereafter elected would serve for a termbusiness and affairs of one year, and that any Directors that were elected prior to July 26, 2011 for terms running beyond the date of the 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (of whom there are currently four) will be allowed to complete their existing terms and will then be subject to annual elections, if nominated.

Board Leadership Structure

Since 2001, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer has also served as ChairmanUMB. Specific responsibilities of the Board having been elected to such position by a vote of the Directors (of those Directors currently serving, all but three currently qualify as “independent directors” (as such term is defined in applicable regulations)). The Company has no By Law provision or policy that requires the combination, or separation, of these two offices. The Board has simply chosen to electinclude:

selecting and evaluating the Chief Executive Officer, overseeing the selection and performance of senior management, and working with the Chief Executive Officer on succession planning;

reviewing, approving, and advising management on the business strategies of UMB, significant corporate actions, and major transactions;

understanding, reviewing, and monitoring the implementation of strategic plans and budgets;

reviewing assessments of, and advising management with respect to, significant risks and issues facing UMB; and

confirming the establishment of, and monitoring compliance with, processes designed to ensure the integrity of UMB’s actions, including in connection with (1) financial statements and financial reporting, (2) relationships with customers, suppliers, and other constituencies, and (3) compliance with applicable law and the Code of Ethics.

The Board’s Leadership Structure

The Board appoints one of its members to serve as Chairman ofChair. The Board, in consultation with the Board because they believe that he is the best qualified individualCorporate Governance & Nominating Committee (the “Governance Committee”), evaluates from time to lead the Board, and that it is currentlytime whether an independent Chair would be in the best interests of UMB and its shareholders. Among the Companyfactors considered by the Board are the qualifications and performance of any non-independent Chair, the percentage of independent directors on the Board, the degree of independent oversight exercised by the Board, the soundness of UMB’s corporate-governance structure and policies, and the performance of UMB.

Based on this evaluation, the Board has determined that the best interests of UMB and its shareholders that Board leadership be placed in one person –are currently served by J. Mariner Kemper holding the Company’spositions of Chair and Chief Executive Officer. This leadership structure helps avoid ambiguityFor more about who is accountable, and also enablesthis conclusion,see the person that serves as ChairmanBoard’s response to possess extensive knowledgeProposal #3—Shareholder Proposal for the Adoption of a Policy Requiring an Independent Chair of the Company’s operationsBoard” later in this proxy statement.

Under our Bylaws and strategies. DuringGovernance Guidelines, whenever the period thatChair does not qualify as an independent director, the Chairman has served inindependent directors elect—acting by majority vote at a meeting consisting solely of them—one of their number as the role of full-time Chief Executive Officer, he has developed significant knowledgeBoard’s lead independent director (the “Lead Director”). The Lead Director is responsible for the following:

presiding at meetings of the Company’s complex multi-faceted operationsBoard when the Chair is not present;

convening and the highly-regulated environment in which it operates. The Board believes that this dual role of Chairman–Chief Executive Officer helps assure that the Chairman has, at all times, current and complete information on all matters (with particular emphasis on risk management and regulatory issues) relevant to the Board.

The Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that the chairman of the Company’s Governance Committee should preside at thepresiding over periodic meetings of the Company’s “independent directors.” Such meetings have been held before or after each of the quarterlyindependent directors (at which only independent directors are present);

approving agendas for meetings of the Company’s Board. Since 2003,Board and information to be sent to the chairmanBoard;

approving schedules of meetings of the Governance Committee has presided at such independent director meetings. In his role as presiding director, the chairman of the Governance Committee has actedBoard to ensure that sufficient time is afforded to discuss all agenda items;

serving as a liaison between the independent directors and the Chief Executive Officer and other members of senior management, has heldChair;

holding periodic meetings with the Chair and Chief Executive Officer on behalf of the independent directors to discuss matters of importance to the independent directors, and has actedacting as anthe informal spokesmanspokesperson for the independent directors. The Board believesdirectors, and helping to facilitate the Board’s oversight of management;

serving as an advocate for the interests of UMB’s shareholders;

ensuring, if requested by major shareholders of UMB, that this presiding director arrangementthe Lead Director is effectiveavailable for consultation and appropriate because it facilitates communications among Board membersdirect communications; and senior management,

coordinating the activities of the other independent directors and ensures that any questions, comments, concerns or recommendationsperforming such other duties and responsibilities as a majority of the independent directors (andmay specify from time to time.

Our current Lead Director is Terrence P. Dunn, who is also the Board in general) are discussed with the senior executivesChair of the Company.Governance Committee. Mr. Dunn is a past chair of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, has served as an independent director on other public-company boards, and has led one of the largest construction companies in the United States.

The Board’s Role in Risk Oversight

Among the Board’s specific responsibilities is oversight of the risk-management policies of UMB’s global operations and the operation of UMB’s global risk-management framework.

The roleBoard has created a Risk Committee (the “Risk Committee”) that is comprised only of independent directors and that is charged with approving and periodically reviewing the full Board in risk oversight has two fundamental elements: (1) to ensure that managementrisk-management policies of our global operations (collectively, the Company has implemented an appropriate system to manage risks by identifying, assessing, mitigating, monitoring and communicating regarding risks; and (2) to provide effective risk oversight directly or through one or more Board-established committees.

The Board believes the first element of the Board’s risk oversight role is fulfilled through the Company’s extensive risk management program (theEnterprise Risk Management ProgramPolicy”), including statements of risk appetite, and adapting the Enterprise Risk Management Policy when and as appropriate to changes in our structure, risk profile, complexity, activities, or size.

The Board also has created three committees comprised of senior officers of UMB or its subsidiaries to support the Risk Committee in developing and overseeing the operation of the Enterprise Risk Management Policy:

the Asset and Liability Committee, which assists in the oversight of (1) the assets and liabilities of UMB and UMB Bank, National Association (the “Bank”), (2) the liquidity, interest-rate, market, or similar risk-management practices of UMB and the Bank, and (3) the capital positions of UMB and the Bank;

the Credit Committee, which assists in the oversight of the credit, counterparty, or similar risk-management practices of UMB and the Bank; and

the Enterprise Risk Committee, which assists in the oversight of the strategic, operational, reputational, compliance, or similar risk-management practices of UMB and the Bank.

In addition, the Corporate Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”) assists the Board in fulfilling its responsibilities to oversee the quality and integrity of the accounting, financial-reporting, and internal-control functions of UMB and its subsidiaries. The Compensation Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) likewise assists the Board in ensuring that UMB’s compensation programs incent balanced risk-taking within established appetites, tolerances, and limits and promote the sustained operating and financial performance of UMB.

UMB maintains as well, under the leadership of its Chief Risk Officer, a robust enterprise risk-management program designed to identify, quantify, monitor, report, and control the Company’s risks which are broken down into ten separate categories deemed relevant to the Company and its business. The Enterprise Risk Management Program is overseen by the Company’s Chief Risk Officer.that we face. The Chief Risk Officer chairssupplies the EnterpriseBoard—directly or through the Risk Committee which is responsible for, among other things, ensuring that adequate and consistent risk management practices are being exercised withinCommittee—with regular reports on the Company and establishing appropriate risk management systemsoperation of this program, the evolving risks to control such risk in relation to the desired corporate risk profile. The Company’s Chief Risk Officer reports to the full Board, the Audit Committeeour businesses, and the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer, on the activities and recommendations of the Enterprise Risk Committee, and on other issues of risk.

The second element of the Board’s oversight role is fulfilled primarily by the full Board receiving, at each Board meeting (and between meetings if events or circumstances so warrant) written and oral reports and materials from the Company’s Chief Risk Officercontrols and other executive officers on the status of each category of Company risk and on its overall risks,mitigants utilized to manage those risks. The Board, in turn, considers these reports, as well as any material changesother information from management or developmentsthird parties, in any of its risk profiles or experiences.reviewing and approving our strategic direction and otherwise overseeing and directing our business and affairs.

In addition to the full Board’s direct oversight, the Audit Committee, as required in its Charter, reviews and evaluates the Company’s policies and practices with respect to financial risk assessment and financial risk management (including the Company’s major financial risk exposures, and steps taken by management to monitor and control such exposures) as well as the Company’s litigation management process and insurance management. The Audit Committee’s charter also directs it to oversee the Company’s compliance with laws and regulations relating to financial reporting and tax matters, and to evaluate the adequacy of the Company’s financial reporting and business process controls. The Audit Committee provides a full report on the above matters to the full Board at each Board meeting.

The Company’s Compensation Committee is responsible for monitoring and controlling the Company’s compensation programs that may impact enterprise risk. The Compensation Committee reviews the analysis and reports from the Company’s internal compensation and risk-management personnel on the risks associated with each element of the Company’s incentive-based compensation plans and arrangements, and provides reports to the Board on compensation-based risks, including its conclusion as to the extent, if any, that the Company’s compensation policies create risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company.

Director IndependenceIndependent Directors

In considering and making decisions as to the independence of each of the directors of the Company, the Board considered transactions and relationships between the Company (and its subsidiaries) and each director (and each member of such director’s immediate family and any entity with which the director or family member has an affiliation such that the director or family member may have a material indirect interest in a transaction or relationship with such entity). The Board has determined that the following members of the Boarddirectors are independent as defined in applicable Commission and NASDAQ rules and regulations, that each constitutes an “Independent Director” as defined in NASD Listing Rule 5605(a)(2), and that such members constitute a majority of the entire Board:directors:

 

David R. Bradley, Jr.Robin C. BeeryKevin C. GallagherL. Joshua Sosland
Nancy K. Buese Greg M. Graves L. Joshua SoslandPaul Uhlmann III
Nancy K. BueseTerrence P. Dunn Kris A. Robbins Paul Uhlmann III
Terrence P. DunnLeroy J. Williams Thomas D. SandersThomas J. Wood III
Kevin C. Gallagher

The Board has also determined that nominee Warner L. Baxter is also independent as defined in applicable Commission and NASDAQ rules and regulations, and that if elected, he would constitute an “Independent Director” as defined in NASD Listing Rule 5605(a)(2). The Board also previously determined that John H. Mize, Jr. was an Independent Director duringThese directors comprise over three-quarters of the portion of 2012 that he served on the Board (January 1, 2012 through the expiration of his term on April 24, 2012).

Board. The remaining three members of the Board (J.directors—J. Mariner Kemper Peter J. deSilva and Alexander C. Kemper) wereKemper—have been found not to be not independent due to their employment by the CompanyUMB or familyfamilial relationship to the Company’sUMB’s Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Williams was appointed by the Board as a director on January 26, 2016, to fill the vacancy that had been left by the resignation of Warner L. Baxter on October 8, 2015. Mr. Williams had been recommended by a search firm retained to assist the Governance Committee in identifying and evaluating potential director candidates.

The Board had previously determined that Mr. Baxter was an independent director during his tenure. The Board had made equivalent determinations for Thomas D. Sanders (who retired from the Board on April 28, 2015) and Thomas J. Wood III (who retired from the Board on December 1, 2015). Peter J. deSilva (who resigned from the Board on November 2, 2015) had been found not to be independent due to his employment by UMB.

In consideringevaluating the issueindependence of independence,each director, the Board reviewed and deliberated on transactions, relationships, and arrangements between the director or any related person or interest and UMB or any of its subsidiaries. In particular, the Board considered the following relationships, transactions and/matters: (1) independent directors or arrangements involving, directlyrelated persons or indirectly, the directors listed above: (i) tointerests have varying degrees nearly all of the directors (and/banking relationships with UMB or his/her family members or entities

with whomits subsidiaries, such directors or family members held executive positions or ownership interests or other rights which gave them an element of control or influence over such entity) had a banking relationship with the Company’s banking subsidiaries, includingas deposit accounts, extensions of credit, credit cards, investment services, trust services, and other personal or commercial bankinginvestment services; (ii) companies with which(2) five of the Directors and nomineesindependent directors or related persons or interests are associated with commercial entities that received commercialcommitments or extensions of credit from the Company’s banking subsidiary; (iii)UMB or its subsidiaries; and (3) one of the independent directors wasor related persons or interests are associated with commercial entities that provided services in the chief executive officerordinary course of a large construction company that performed construction work on two of the Company’s branch projects in 2012 for which it received payments from the Company not material in amount; (iv) three Directors arebusiness to UMB or were during the prior 3-year period, a trustee of a trust or a chief executive officer of a large company that obtained substantial commercial banking or trust services from the Company’s banking subsidiaries; and (v) one of the directors is the principal executive of a small business venture in which one of the Company’s named executive officers was, until April 2012, a minority investor.its subsidiaries. All of the above transactions and relationships involved contract terms (including price, fees, rates, and interest) no less favorable to the Company than those offered by or available to unrelated entities or persons. The Board concluded that the above arrangements and transactions did not require disclosure under the provisions of Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act (see “Statement of Policy and Process” below), but the Board considered suchthese transactions, relationships, and arrangements, in reaching its conclusions as to the independencejudgment of the directors.Board, were made on terms and under circumstances at least as favorable to UMB or its subsidiaries as those that were prevailing at the time for comparable transactions, relationships, or arrangements with unrelated persons or interests or those that would have applied to unrelated persons or interests. The Board also concluded that none of these transactions, relationships, or arrangements—other than one that involves a related person associated with Mr. Dunn and that had been approved by the non-employee directors (other than Alexander C. Kemper, who isAudit Committee—require disclosure under Item 404(a) of SEC Regulation S-K.SeeTransactions with Related Persons” later in this section. The Board determined as well that no independent director has a relationship that would interfere with the brotherexercise of independent judgment in carrying out the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the sonresponsibilities of a five-percent (or greater) shareholder of the Company) has any relationship with the Company that would impair his/her independence in fulfilling his/her responsibilities as a Director.director.

Committees of the Board of Directors

The Company hasBoard maintains four standing committees that are comprised only of independent directors (the “Committees”): the following three standing committees: a governance committee, an audit committee,Compensation Committee, the Audit Committee, the Governance Committee, and a compensation committee. Each (and the membership thereof) is described below. Each committee has a formalRisk Committee. The charter whichfor each of these Committees can be viewed onfound in the Company’s website identified under “Corporate Governance”above.Governance menu atwww.umb.com/investor.

GovernanceCompensation Committee.

The GovernanceCompensation Committee has four members: Terrence P. Dunnis currently comprised of five independent directors: Greg M. Graves (Chair), Robin C. Beery, L. Joshua Sosland, Paul Uhlmann III, and Leroy J. Williams.

Messrs. Graves, Sosland, and Uhlmann served on the Compensation Committee throughout all of 2015. Ms. Beery was appointed in January 2015 in anticipation of the retirement of Thomas J. Wood III,D. Sanders from the Board effective at the 2015 annual meeting of shareholders. Mr. Williams was appointed in January 2016 as an additional member.

The Board has determined that all of the current members are qualified to serve on the Compensation Committee under applicable rules of the SEC, NASDAQ, or the Department of the Treasury (including the independence, non-employee-director, and L. Joshua Sosland.outside-director requirements for compensation-committee members). The Board also determined that Mr. Sanders, during his tenure, was qualified to serve on the Compensation Committee under those applicable rules.

Among the Compensation Committee’s primary functions ofare the Governance Committee are to:following:

 

Consult withassisting the Board regardingin fulfilling its responsibilities to oversee compensation programs, including long- and short-term incentive compensation plans, for the size, organization, composition, and functioningexecutive officers of UMB;

assisting UMB’s management in its preparation of the Boarddisclosures and its committee structure and makeup;other information relating to executive-compensation matters that are required by applicable law to be contained in UMB’s proxy statement;

 

Select and approve candidates forrecommending to the Board membership;the compensation of non-employee directors of UMB;

 

Recommend director-nomineesestablishing and administering the principal components of compensation (including salary, bonuses, incentive programs, and retention awards) for each Board committee;

Lead the Board in its periodic reviewsChief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, and other designated executive officers of the Board’s and its committees’ performance;

Develop and recommend for Board approval, a set of corporate governance principles applicable to the Company;

Evaluate and make recommendations to the Board regarding the Board’s effectiveness and corporate governance policies and practices, and the adequacy of the Board committees’ charters;UMB; and

 

Provide consultationadministering or assistance tooverseeing the Board on such other corporate governanceadministration of UMB’s equity-based compensation plans, including grants of restricted stock or options.

The Compensation Committee also (1) reviews and makes recommendations in connection with matters as the Board may refer to it from time to time.

involving say-on-pay and say-when-on-pay votes by UMB’s shareholders and (2) reviews and addresses related-person transactions involving compensation.

The Governance Committee met two times, during the 2012 fiscal year. The Board determined each current and former memberA narrative description of the Governance Committee to be independent, as defined in applicable SECprocesses for considering and determining executive and director compensation—including (a) the Compensation Committee’s authority and the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”) rulesextent to which that authority may be delegated and regulations.

(b) the roles of UMB’s executive officers and compensation consultants in determining or recommending the amount or form of executive and director compensation—can be found in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—The Compensation Committee and Our Executive-Compensation Process” and “Compensation Tables—2015 Director Compensation” later in this proxy statement.

Audit Committee.

The Company’s Audit Committee a separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with section 3(a)(58)(A)is currently comprised of the Exchange Act, oversees the accounting and financial reporting processes of the Company and audits of the financial statements of the Company. The members of the Audit Committee are:four independent directors: Nancy K. Buese (Chair), Robin C. Beery, Kevin C. Gallagher, and Kris A. Robbins. In addition, John H. Mize, Jr.Ms. Buese and Messrs. Gallagher and Robbins served on the Audit Committee during a portionthroughout all of 2012 (January 1, 2012 through April 24, 2012 at which time his term as a member of2015. Ms. Beery was appointed in January 2016 to replace Warner L. Baxter, who had resigned from the Board expired and he ceased to be a member of the Board and the Committee). in October 2015.

The Board has determined that each current and former memberall of the Audit Committee is independent, as defined in applicable Commission and NASDAQ rules and regulations andcurrent members are qualified to serve on the Audit Committee under applicable Commissionrules of the SEC or NASDAQ (including the independence requirements for audit-committee members) and NASDAQ requirements.that Ms. Buese and Mr. Robbins are audit committee financial experts and financially sophisticated under those applicable rules. The Board also determined at its January 22, 2013, Board meeting, that Kris A. Robbins,Mr. Baxter, during his tenure, was qualified to serve on the Audit Committee and Nancy K. Buese were eachwas an independent director and qualified as audit committee financial experts,expert and financially sophisticated under those applicable law and the NASDAQ rules.

The Audit Committee met five times duringis a separately designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the 2012 fiscal year.

Exchange Act. The primaryAudit Committee assists the Board in fulfilling its responsibilities to oversee the quality and integrity of the accounting, financial-reporting, and internal-control functions of UMB and its subsidiaries. In particular, the Audit Committee are to provide an evaluation, review and oversight of:Committee’s role includes assisting the Board in overseeing:

 

The quality, integrity and adequacy of the accounting, financial reporting, risk management and internal control functions of the Company and its subsidiaries;

The integrity of the Company’sUMB’s financial statements and related reporting process;processes;

 

The Company’s compliance with legaleach independent auditor’s qualifications, independence, and regulatory requirements;performance;

 

The independent registered public accounting firm’s qualifications, independence and performance;the performance of UMB’s internal audit function; and

 

The performanceUMB’s compliance with regulatory and adequacy of the Company’s internal audit function.other legal requirements.

The Audit Committee has sole authority over the appointment and replacement of theUMB’s independent registered public accounting firm,auditors and is directly responsible for the compensation and oversight of UMB’s independent auditors. The Audit Committee also approves the risk-assessment methodology, risk assessment, and approvalannual audit plan of the workinternal audit function and all decisions on the appointment, removal, and compensation of UMB’s Director of Corporate Audit Services. In addition, the independent registered public accounting firm, and receives communications from the independent registered public accounting firm. It is also responsible for preparing an Audit Committee report to be included in the Company’s annual proxy statement, and reviewing financial statements and other releases prior to filing with the SEC. The Audit Committee(1) reviews and approves or ratifies related person transactions. Additionally, itrelated-person transactions (other than those involving compensation that are reviewed and addressed by the Compensation Committee), (2) reviews the summary

of any complaint reporting a violation of the Code of Ethics, applicable law, or UMB’s policies and monitors any authorized internal investigation of such a complaint, and (3) establishes procedures for the processingreceipt, retention, and treatment of complaints regardingany complaint about accounting, internal accounting controls, or auditing matters as well asand for the confidential, anonymous submission by employeesUMB’s associates of concerns regardingany concern about questionable accounting or auditing matters. The Audit Committee reviews summaries of all complaints or reported violations of the Company’s Code of Ethics, applicable legal requirements or Company policies, received under the Company’s revised “Complaint and Internal Investigation Policy” and monitors any authorized internal investigations of such complaints.

CompensationGovernance Committee.

The Company’s standing compensation committee (the “Compensation Committee”) consistsGovernance Committee is currently comprised of the following members:four independent directors: Terrence P. Dunn (Chair), Greg M. Graves, (Chair), Thomas D. Sanders, David R. Bradley, Jr.,L. Joshua Sosland, and Kris A. Robbins. ThePaul Uhlmann III. Each of these directors served on the Governance Committee throughout all of 2015.

Among the Governance Committee’s primary functions ofare the Compensation Committee are to:following:

 

Establishmaking recommendations about the size, organization, and adjust the compensationcomposition of the Chief Executive OfficerBoard as well as its committee structure and such other officers of the Company and its subsidiaries as the Compensation Committee may designate from time to time (all of the Executives having been so designated) and oversee the compensation of the Company’s executive officers;make-up;

 

Reviewidentifying and discuss with management,evaluating candidates to become or remain members of the compensation discussion and analysis (“CD&A”) narrative required to be included inBoard;

recommending director nominees for each Committee (including the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K and the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, and make a recommendation toChair of each Committee);

leading the Board as toin its periodic reviews of its and each Committee’s performance;

assisting the inclusionBoard in attracting and electing qualified and experienced independent directors;

recommending the Governance Guidelines, including amendments, for approval by the Board;

monitoring the effectiveness of the CD&A in such documents, in accordance with applicable laws, rulesBoard;

evaluating and regulations;

Makemaking recommendations to the Board regarding the compensation of directors who are not officers of the Company;

Administer the Company’s stock option and equity compensation plans, including the granting of options and issuance of awards of restricted stock thereunder;

Periodically review the Company’s compensationabout corporate-governance policies and practices for Company employees to determine if such policies and practices create risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company;

Review the results of shareholder advisory (non-binding) votes on “say on pay” and “say when on pay” and make recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect to such votes;

Develop and implement policies under which the Company may under specified circumstances, “claw back” compensation previously provided to Company executives;

Provide advice and recommendations to the Company’s management and Board on other compensation issues;practices; and

 

Annually reviewproviding consultation or assistance to the Board on other corporate-governance matters that may be referred by the Board from time to time.

The Governance Committee has incorporated its policies on the nomination process for directors into the Governance Guidelines.SeeProposal #1—Election of Directors” later in this proxy statement.

Risk Committee

The Risk Committee is currently comprised of five independent directors: Kris A. Robbins (Chair), Robin C. Beery, Nancy K. Buese, Kevin C. Gallagher, and reassessLeroy J. Williams. Messrs. Robbins and Gallagher and Ms. Buese served on the adequacyRisk Committee throughout all of 2015. Ms. Beery was appointed in January 2015 in anticipation of the retirement of Thomas D. Sanders from the Board effective at the 2015 annual meeting of shareholders. Mr. Williams was appointed in January 2016 to replace Warner L. Baxter, who had resigned from the Board in October 2015.

Among the Risk Committee’s primary functions are the following:

approving and periodically reviewing the Enterprise Risk Management Policy, including statements of risk appetite, and adapting the Enterprise Risk Management Policy when and as appropriate to changes in UMB’s structure, risk profile, complexity, activities, or size;

overseeing the operation of UMB’s global risk-management framework commensurate with UMB’s structure, risk profile, complexity, activities, and size;

ensuring that UMB’s global risk-management framework includes:

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appropriate policies and procedures establishing risk-management governance, risk-management procedures, and risk-control infrastructure for UMB’s global operations,

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appropriate processes and systems, such as strategic risk assessments and key risk indicators, for identifying and reporting risks and risk-management deficiencies (including in connection with emerging risks) and for ensuring effective and timely implementation of actions to address emerging risks and risk-management deficiencies for UMB’s global operations,

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appropriate processes and systems for establishing managerial and employee responsibility for risk management,

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appropriate processes and systems for ensuring the independence of the risk-management function,

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appropriate processes and systems for integrating risk management and associated controls with management goals and UMB’s compensation structure for its global operations,

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appropriate processes and systems for conducting internal loan reviews according to annual or other periodically established plans, and

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appropriate processes and systems for otherwise implementing and monitoring compliance with UMB’s policies and procedures establishing risk-management governance, risk-management procedures, and risk-control infrastructure for its global operations;

receiving and reviewing reports from the Chief Risk Officer, the officer in charge of the internal loan-review function, the Asset and Liability Committee, the Credit Committee, and the Enterprise Risk Committee;

receiving and reviewing examination reports and other communications from regulatory agencies that supervise or otherwise exercise authority over UMB or any of its Charter.subsidiaries; and

 

The Board has determined each current and former memberensuring that appropriate resources of the Compensation CommitteeUMB are allocated to be independent under applicable provisions of law and under Commission and NASDAQ rules and regulations, and to be a “non-employee director” as defined by Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act and an “outside director” as defined by Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Compensation Committee met three times during the 2012 fiscal year, and acted three times by unanimous consent.

A narrative discussion of the process and procedures for the consideration and determination of executive and director compensation, including the Compensation Committee’s authority and role in such process, its delegation of certain of such authority to others, and the roles of Company executives and outside executive compensation consultants in making recommendations as to executive and director compensation, is contained in the “Executive Compensation—Compensation Discussion & Analysis” set forth below.global risk-management framework.

The consideration and determination of director compensation is conducted by the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee obtains from its outside compensation consultant (the consultant is identified and its functions described at“Executive Compensation Consultant” in the “Executive Compensation—Compensation Discussion & Analysis” set forth below) peer group data, board compensation survey results, and suggestions on Board compensation issues. Based on data and suggestions it obtains from its consultant, as well as information it obtains from the Company’s management and from public sources, the Committee considers Board compensation issues, and makes recommendations to the full Board for formal approval and action on such issues. Such consideration and recommendation is normally made on an annual basis.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

NoneNo person who served as a member of the members serving on the Compensation Committee during 2012 (Greg2015—Greg M. Graves, David R. Bradley, Jr.,Robin C. Beery, Thomas D. Sanders, L. Joshua Sosland, and Kris A. Robbins) arePaul Uhlmann III—(1) is or havehas been officersan officer or employeesemployee of the CompanyUMB or its subsidiaries or have(2) has or had any relationship requiring disclosure by the CompanyUMB under any paragraph of Item 404 or 407 (e) of SEC Regulation S-K. No relationship described in Item 407(e)(4)(iii) of SEC Regulation S-K of the Exchange Act.

existed during 2015.

Attendance at the Board of Directors Meetings, Committee Meetings, and Annual Meetings of Shareholders Meetings

The Board met four times during 2012,in 2015, and the Executive Committee took actionindependent directors met in lieu of meetings on seven occasionsexecutive session chaired by the Lead Director four times. In addition, during the year. Theyear, the Audit Committee met five times and took action one time by unanimous written consent, the Compensation Committee met five times and took action five times by unanimous written consent, the Governance Committee met three times and took action one time by unanimous written consent, the Risk Committee met four times, and the Executive Committee took action three times by unanimous written consent. The Governance Committee met twice. All directors except for Mr. Wood (who was out of the country on the two days that a board and compensation committee meeting were held, and without communication facilities to enable him to attend such meetings by teleconference)

Each director attended at least 75% of the aggregate of (1) the total number of Board meetings and committee meetings held in 2015 by the Board during the portionperiod when the director was serving in that capacity and (2) the total number of fiscal year 2012meetings held in 2015 by all applicable Committees during which he/shethe period when the director was a member thereof.serving on those Committees.

The Board has adopted a formal policy thatUnder the Governance Guidelines, directors are strongly encourages all members of the Boardencouraged to attend the Company’s Annual Meeting,annual meeting of shareholders in order to facilitateprovide an opportunity for informal communication between the directors and shareholders and to enhance the shareholdersBoard’s understanding of shareholder priorities and perspectives. All directors who sat on the Board at the time of the Company. Twelve2015 annual meeting of the thirteen members of the Board attended the Annual Meeting held on April 24, 2012, the only Director not attending being Nancy Buese.shareholders were present at that meeting.

Communications with the Board of Directors

TheUnder the Governance Guidelines, if any shareholder wishes to communicate with the Board has adopted a formal policy providing a process for shareholders to send communicationsor individual directors, the communication must be in writing, addressed to the Board or any individual director. Such communications must be in writingthe director, and sentdelivered to the Board (or to the individual director) at the following address:

UMB Financial Corporation, Chairman of the Governance Committee, c/o Corporate Secretary, Mail Stop 1020604, 1010 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64106. All such shareholder communications will be acknowledged and reviewed by the Corporate Secretary and the Chair of the Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee, 1010 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri 64106. The Secretary will regularly forward toacknowledge the communication and will provide the Chair of the Board and the Chair of the Governance Committee with a summary of such correspondence. The Governance Committeecopy or a summary. Any or no action may take such further action, if any, on any item of correspondence,be taken in response to the communication as it deems appropriate.is judged to be necessary or appropriate and consistent with applicable law. Any Board memberdirector may at any time request and review a log of all correspondencecommunications that have been received by the Corporate Secretary that isand addressed to the Board (or anyor individual members thereof),directors and may obtain from the Corporate Secretary copiesa copy of those communications. Any communication from a shareholder that expresses a concern about any such correspondence. Concerns relating to accounting, internal controlsfinancial-reporting, or auditing matters are tointernal-control matter will be immediately broughtpromptly conveyed to the attention of the chairpersonChair of the Audit Committee toand will be thereafter handled in accordanceaddressed consistent with the processes and procedures establishedadopted by the Audit Committee with respect to such matters.Committee.

Transactions with Related Persons

Statement of Policy and Process

The Company hasWe have adopted a written Statement of Policy and Process (described below) under which(the “Statement of Policy and Process”) that requires the Company’s Audit Committee reviews,to review and approvesto approve or ratifies,ratify any related-person transaction, other than one involving compensation that is reviewed and addressed by the Compensation Committee.

A “related-person transaction” under the Statement of Policy and Process is an existing or currently proposed transaction or groupseries of similar transactions (other than those involving compensation and are reviewed by the Compensation Committee) for which disclosures under Item 404where (1) UMB or any of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act are required. Such transactions include those in which the Company isits subsidiaries was or will be a participant, (2) the amount involved exceeds $120,000, and in which(3) any of the following “Related Persons”related person had or will have a direct or indirect material interest: (i)interest. Related-person transactions include any existing or currently proposed transaction or series of similar transactions for which disclosure under Item 404(a) of SEC Regulation S-K is mandated. The term “related person” under Item 404(a) means, at the applicable time, (a) any director or executive officer of the Company, (ii)UMB, (b) any nominee for director, (iii)to the Board, (c) any person holdingbeneficial owner of more than 5% or more of the Company’s securities, (iv)UMB stock, and (d) any “immediateimmediate family member”member (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act)Item 404) of any of those directors, executive officers, nominees, or beneficial owners. An indirect material interest can arise from a directorrelated person’s position or executive officer or nominee or 5% shareholder, and (v) anyrelationship with a firm, corporation, or other entity (eachthat engages in a “Related Entity”) in whichtransaction with UMB (excluding any of the foregoing persons have a material interest (but expressly excluding any indirect interest arising solely by reason of beingonly from the person’s position as a director thereof,of such an entity, the person’s direct or indirect attributed ownership of less than a 10% equity interest in such a corporate or similar entity, or the person’s position as a less-than-5%-shareholder or limited partner thereof)with less than a 10% direct or indirect attributed interest in such a partnership entity).

No review, approval, or ratification, however, is however, required under the Statement of Policy and Process for transactionsa transaction (i) where the rates or charges involved are determined by competitive bids, or involve(ii) involving the rendering of services as a common or contract carrier or a public utility at rates or charges fixed in conformity with law or governmental authority, (ii)(iii) involving

services as a bank depositorydepositary of funds, transfer agent, registrar, trustee under a trust indenture, or similar services, (iii)(iv) where the interest of the Related Personrelated person arises solely from the ownership of a class of securities of the Company on which dividends or distributions are made toUMB stock and all holders of such securitiesUMB stock receive the same benefit on a pro rata basis, or (iv)(v) involving indebtedness extended by any of the Company’s bankUMB’s banking or broker-dealer subsidiaries if the debt isextension of credit was made in the ordinary course of business, was made on substantially the same terms as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with unrelated persons, and did not non-accrual, past due, restructuredinvolve more than the normal risk of collectability or constituting a problem credit under applicable regulatory guidance.

present other unfavorable features.

Key personnel in each of the relevant divisionsbusinesses and operations of the Company (andUMB or its subsidiaries) where any Related Persons are potential participantssubsidiaries that could possibly engage in a transaction covered by the Statement of Policy and Process,related-person transactions are responsible for monitoring and reporting to the General Counsel any existing or contemplated transactions. After obtaining all appropriate data,transaction that may be covered by the Statement of Policy and Process. The General Counsel informswill review this and other appropriate information, will inform the Audit Committee of any transactions for whichtransaction that may require review, and approval/ratification may be required, and provides towill provide the Audit Committee data andwith the information necessary to conduct suchthe review. If advanceany transaction is executed without the Audit CommitteeCommittee’s prior approval of a transaction does not occur, then it shall be considered after the transaction has been entered into, and if the Audit Committee determinesdecides not to ratify it, toUMB’s management will be appropriate, the transaction may be ratified at the Audit Committee’s next regularly-scheduled meeting. If ratification is not considered appropriate,directed by the Audit Committee shall direct the Company’s management to rescind andor terminate the transaction as promptly and on as favorable of conditions,terms as is feasible.

No member of the Audit Committee or the Compensation Committee participates in any review consideration, approval or ratificationconsideration of any related-person transaction with respect to which suchinvolving the member, (or any of his or herthe member’s immediate family, members or any of his Related Entities) is involved.a related entity.

In accordance withUnder the Statement of Policy and Process, when reaching its decision as toconsidering whether to approve or ratify a related-person transaction, the Audit Committee considers: (i)will consider (A) the terms of the transaction, (ii)(B) whether completionconsummation of the transaction is consistent with the best interests of the CompanyUMB and its shareholders, (iii)(C) the benefits likely to accrue to the Company, (iv)UMB, (D) the extent of the Related Person’srelated person’s interest in the transaction, (v)(E) whether the transaction presents a heightened risk of conflicts of interest and/or improper valuation (oror the perception thereof), (vi)of such a conflict or valuation, (F) any impact that the transaction may have on a Director’sdirector’s independence, (vii)(G) the availability of comparable products or services from sources other than the Related Person, (viii)related person, (H) whether the transaction is on terms no less favorable than termsthose generally available to an unaffiliated third-partythird party under the same or similar circumstances or on terms comparable to those provided to CompanyUMB’s employees generally, and (ix)(I) whether the CompanyUMB is obtaining products or services of a nature, quantity, or quality or on other terms that are not readily available from alternative sources.

2012 Transactions

Since January 1, 2015

The Audit Committee has reviewed and approved the following 2012 transactions:transactions since January 1, 2015:

 

R. Crosby Kemper (the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and long-time executive of the Company, and a holder of more than 5% of the Company’s voting securities and father of J. Mariner Kemper, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Alexander C. Kemper, director) received $150,000 during 2012 in consulting fees pursuant to a consulting agreement with the Company that is in effect (on a month to month basis.) The Company anticipates paying Mr. Kemper $12,500 per month under the consulting agreement for such period of time hereafter as such agreement may remain in effect. The Company will also provide Mr. Kemper with appropriate business expense reimbursement, an automobile, shared secretarial and administrative support and office facilities.

R. Crosby Kemper, Alexander C. Kemper and J. Mariner Kemper together with certain other members of their immediate families, own a majority of the stock of Pioneer Service Corporation, and they serve as executive officers of such company. For more than 20 years, the CompanyBank has leased from Pioneer Service Corporation (“Pioneer”) one or

more commercial billboards located in the Kansas City metropolitan area (usedand has used these billboards exclusively for Company advertising).the Bank’s purposes. Approximately 89% of the stock of Pioneer is collectively owned by Alexander C. Kemper, J. Mariner Kemper, and members of their immediate families and related entities. Each of these named individuals also serves or served as an executive officer of Pioneer. In December 2012,2015, the then-existing three-year lease coveringof two billboards at an annual rental rate of $124,000 (which$122,000—which had been previously been reviewed and approved by the Audit Committee) expired,Committee—expired. The Bank concluded that these billboards remain an integral part of its marketing strategy to communicate product information and the Companyprovide branding exposure and, as a result, negotiated an additional three-year renewal (2013 – 2015)(2016-2018) at an annual rental rate of $122,000. The total lease$110,000. Lease payments made to Pioneer Service Company during 2012 was $124,000,2015 totaled $122,000 and, itunder the renewed lease, are expected to total $110,000 during 2016.

In September 2015, UMB Fund Services, Inc. (“UMBFS”) executed an agreement to provide administration, fund accounting, and investor recordkeeping services to an investment company affiliated with Pollen, Inc., which does business as C2FO (“C2FO”). Alexander C. Kemper is anticipated that payments will be made in the amountChairman and Chief Executive Officer of $122,000 per year for eachC2FO and, together with members of his immediate family and related entities, owns approximately 19% of the stock of C2FO. The services to be provided under the agreement once the investment company’s operations commence are substantially the same as those routinely provided by UMBFS to similarly structured clients, and the asset-based and fixed fees to be charged by UMBFS represent its standard compensation for services to similarly structured clients. The agreement has an initial term of three years 2013, 2014 and 2015.will automatically renew for additional one-year terms unless either party provides notice of termination. Because the investment company’s operations have not yet commenced, no payments were made to UMBFS during 2015 under the agreement. Payments during 2016 are estimated to total approximately $50,000.

 

During 2012,In February 2016, the Bank executed a general contracting agreement with JE Dunn Construction Company (“JE Dunn”)—which is a subsidiary of JE Dunn Construction Group, Inc. (“JE Dunn Group”)—in connection with tenant improvements to office space that is leased by the Bank in Phoenix, Arizona. Terrence P. Dunn is a member of the board of directors of JE Dunn Group and, together with members of his immediate family and related entities, owns approximately 83% of the stock of JE Dunn Group. The payment structure of the agreement is cost of work plus a fee with a guaranteed maximum price, and the payment and other terms are substantially similar to those approved by the Bank for other commercial real-estate construction projects with strict time constraints. No payments were made to JE Dunn during 2015 under the agreement, and payments during 2016 are estimated to total approximately $132,000.

The Audit Committee also has recognized that many of the Company’s directors, executive officers, 5%-shareholders, and theirUMB’s related companies and entities, were customers of, and hadpersons have engaged in credit andor other banking transactions with the Company’s affiliate banksone or more of UMB’s banking or broker-dealer subsidiaries in the ordinary course of each respective bank’sthe subsidiary’s business. Such relationships were, and continue to be, conductedEach transaction was executed on substantially the same terms as those prevailing at the same time for comparable transactions with unrelated persons not related to the Company. All loans and other indebtedness extended by such affiliate banks to such directors, executive officers and family members and related companies and entities, were made in the ordinary course of business, made on substantially the same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with persons not related to the Company or its subsidiaries, and did not involve more than the normal risk of collectability or present other unfavorable features.

In connection with the review of the compensation given to Company executives, the Company’sThe Compensation Committee has reviewed and approved the continued employment of Heather K. Miller (a sister of J. Mariner Kemper, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Alexander C. Kemper, director, and a daughter of R. Crosby Kemper, shareholder of more than 5% of the Company’s common stock) as Executive Vice President, at a 2012following compensation of $256,187 (which sum includes $75,000 representing an award under the Company’s 2012 short-term incentive compensation program that was not actually paid until 2013, but excluding the award under the 2011 short-term incentive compensation program that was actually paid to Ms. Miller in 2012). In addition to the above, Ms. Miller received grants during 2012 of service-based restricted stock, performance-based restricted stock and non-qualified stock options under the Long-Term Plan valued at $88,550 on the date of grant. It is anticipated that Ms. Miller will continue such employment at a similar compensation level during 2013, with any changes to be reviewed and approved in advance by the Compensation Committee. Since the Compensation Committee reviewed and pre-approved all compensation arrangements with Ms. Miller, the Audit Committee did not review such transaction.since January 1, 2015:

 

The Compensation Committee also reviewed and approvedHeather Kemper Miller—who is the at-will employment (commencing January 1, 2012) of Gary Wolf, a son-in-law of R. Crosby Kemper and brother-in-lawsister of J. Mariner Kemper and Alexander Kemper,C. Kemper—is employed as Seniorthe Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and Wealth Advisor, together with theCommunication for UMB. Ms. Miller’s compensation to be provided to him. During 2012, Mr. Wolf received compensation of $198,056 (including $50,000 in the form of incentive payments2015 totaled $359,492, which included (1) $196,615 in salary, (2) $66,877 under the variable-pay plan of the unit to which he is assigned). In addition, Mr. Wolf received at the time of his hiring, a one-time grant of service-based restricted stock (vesting over a period of five years)2014 STIP, and (3) Performance Shares, Options, and Service Shares under the Company’s Long-Term Plan, having a2015 LTIP that were valued at $96,000 on the grant value of $27,000date. Ms. Miller’s salary effective March 28, 2016, will be $200,000, and she has been awarded in 2016 (a) $69,300 under the 2015 STIP and (b) Performance Shares, Options, and Service Shares under the 2016 LTIP that were valued at $99,000 on the date of grant. It is anticipated that Mr. Wolf will continue such employment at a similar compensation level during 2013, with any changes to be reviewed and approved in advance by the Compensation Committee. Since the Compensation Committee reviewed and pre-approved all compensation arrangements with Mr. Wolf, the Audit Committee did not review such transaction.grant date.

There werehas been no transactionstransaction since the beginning of the Company’s 2012 fiscal yearJanuary 1, 2015, that wereis required to be reported in this Proxy or on the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K pursuant to the requirements ofunder Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K where the policies and procedures described abovebut that did not require review and approval or ratification under the Statement of Policy and Process or where such policiesfor which the Statement of Policy and procedures wereProcess was not followed.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Overview

This Compensation Discussion and Analysis describes the material elements of the Company’s 2012 compensation forthat has been awarded to, earned by, or paid to the five Named Executive Officersfollowing named executive officers (the “Executives”) identified belowfor all services rendered in all capacities to UMB and whose summary compensation is set forth in the “2012 Summary Compensation Table” and other compensation tables contained in this Proxy Statement:its subsidiaries for 2015:

 

J. Mariner Kemper, who until November 2, 2015, was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of UMB and who since November 2, 2015, has been the Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of UMB;

 

Michael D. Hagedorn, who until November 2, 2015, was the Vice Chairman of UMB and the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank and who since November 2, 2015, has been the Vice Chairman and Executive Vice President—Chief Financial Officer &of UMB and the President and Chief AdministrativeExecutive Officer of the Bank;

 

Andrew J. Iseman, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Scout Investments, Inc. (“Scout”);

Scott A. Stengel, who is the Executive Vice President—General Counsel and Secretary of UMB;

Anthony J. Fischer, who is the President of UMBFS;

Brian J. Walker, who until November 2, 2015, was the Executive Vice President—Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer of UMB and who since November 2, 2015, has been the Executive Vice President—Chief Accounting Officer of UMB; and

Peter J. deSilva, who until November 2, 2015, was the President and Chief Operating Officer of UMB, who until January 6, 2016, was the Vice Chairman of the Bank, and who departed UMB on January 6, 2016.

This Compensation Discussion and Analysis also describes relevant actions involving the compensation of the Executives since the end of 2015 until the date of this proxy statement.

Objectives of Our Executive-Compensation Program

The Compensation Committee has adopted executive-compensation principles (the “Executive-Compensation Principles”) to guide its policies, practices, and decisions.

These Executive-Compensation Principles identify three goals for UMB’s executive-compensation program:

 

Andrew J. Iseman, CEO Scout Investments, Inc.LOGO

Design of Our Executive-Compensation Program

The following key considerations guide the Compensation Committee in structuring our executive-compensation program and in making individual compensation decisions:

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2015 Business Highlights

All three goals of our executive-compensation program were reflected in UMB’s performance during 2015.

Our highest priority continued to be the creation of long-term value for our shareholders.

TOTAL SHAREHOLDER RETURN

December 2005 – December 2015

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Source: SNL Financial. Returns assume a reinvestment of dividends.

Yet another meaningful step in that regard occurred on May 31, 2015, when we closed our acquisition of Marquette Financial Companies (“Marquette”) and its $1.4 billion in assets. Marquette expanded our banking presences in Phoenix-Scottsdale and Dallas-Ft. Worth, broadened our product offerings with two national specialty-lending businesses, and added a balance sheet that complemented our own.

During 2015, however, we disclosed actual and estimated costs associated with acquiring and integrating Marquette, higher equipment and compliance expenses due to regulatory and other demands, significant net outflows from Scout’s equity strategies, and the need for continuing investments in UMB’s other diversified businesses. For the year, our earnings were $116.1 million ($2.44 per diluted share), which represented a subsidiarydecrease of $4.6 million or 3.8% compared to 2014.

Against this backdrop and with a focus on long-term shareholder value, we announced in 2015 an efficiency initiative to enhance operating leverage and to improve customer experience. Excluding estimated severance costs and Marquette-related synergies, this efficiency initiative resulted in $9.5 million in cost savings in 2015, and we expect to recognize $21.0 million in cost savings in 2016 and $32.9 million in annualized cost savings beginning in 2017.

We also reaffirmed our commitment to balanced risk-taking during 2015. Average loans for the year were $8.4 billion (a 20.8% increase compared to 2014), and still, net loan charge-offs as a percentage of average loans were 0.12% (down from 0.22% in 2014). Our average cost of interest-bearing liabilities for 2015 was 0.19%. At December 31, 2015—factoring in non-interest-bearing demand deposits, which represented 41.8% of total deposits—our cost of funds was 0.12%. Our common equity tier 1 capital ratio at the end of 2015 remained strong at 11.74%.

As in the past, moreover, no element of our success in 2015 would have been possible without a focus on our customers—including those who have been loyal to us for generations and those whom we are just coming to know. To them we owetheunparalleled customer experience, and without them we cannot continue to thrive.

Elements of Executive Compensation

We utilize four fundamental elements of compensation: (1) base salary, (2) short-term incentive compensation, (3) long-term incentive compensation, and (4) other benefits and perquisites.

Base Salary

Salary provides a market-competitive baseline of cash compensation, generally in the form of fixed bi-weekly payments. The salaries of our Executives are established by (1) using peer-group or industry data to identify comparative medians and quartiles and (2) adjusting off the median and quartiles to reflect the Executive’s individual performance, strategic value, leadership, responsibilities, competency, and experience.

Short-Term Incentive Compensation

Short-term incentive compensation generally takes the form of an annual cash bonus and is used to reward superior performance primarily over the short term.

All of the Company (“Scout Investments”)

John P. Zader, CEO/Executives, except Messrs. Iseman and Fischer, participate in annual programs that are established for designated officers and other associates of UMB Fund Services, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company (“Fund Services”).

Executive Compensation Objectives

The goals and objectives of the Company’s Executive compensation programs are to:

(i)Pay for Performance: motivate Executives to perform at consistently high levels by linking their compensation to the Company’s and/or a subsidiary’s or business unit’s performance, using both short-term and long-term performance standards

(ii)Reward Long-Term Growth: align the Executive’s incentives with shareholder value creation by rewarding long-term growth and sustained profitability and causing them to have a “Shareholder Attitude”

(iii)Attract and Retain Executives: attract and retain highly qualified executives officers by offering a market-competitive pay package

(iv)Drive Performance: motivate the Executives to perform at consistently higher levels

Executive Compensation Components

Consistent with prior years, the Company utilized, in 2012, the following primary compensation components in implementing its executive compensation philosophy and objectives:

Salary (see pg. 25)

Annual cash incentive compensation awards (“Short-Term Awards”). These are provided under (i) the UMB 2012 Financial Corporation Short-Term Incentive Compensation Program (“2012 UMB Short-Term Program”) adoptedsubsidiaries under the UMB Financial Corporation Short-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (“UMB Short-Term Plan”), or (ii) similar divisional or unit programs such as(as adopted by the UMB Fund Services Leadership Plan (“Fund Services Short-Term Plan”) of the Company’s Fund Services unit, or the Scout Investments/Leadership variable pay plan (“Scout Short-Term Plan”)of the Company’s Scout Investments unit (the above three programs and plans being referred to in this Proxy asBoard, the “Short Term PlansUmbrella STIP”) (see pg. 27)

Long term equity. In February, the Compensation Committee approves the annual short-term incentive compensation awards (“program (the “Long-Term Awards”). These are provided under (a) the UMB Financial Corporation 2012 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Program (“2012 UMB Long-Term ProgramSTIP”) under the Umbrella STIP, and a target bonus percentage of the Executive’s salary is identified based on comparative peer-group or industry data and the Executive’s position, strategic value, leadership, responsibilities, competency, and experience. In February of the following year, the Compensation Committee adjusts this percentage and the related bonus payment under the STIP based on the Executive’s individual risk-based performance during the prior year and bonus-pool availability (which is a function of company-wide performance during the prior year).

Due to competitive considerations in the investment-management and asset-servicing industries, an individual variable award performance program (a “VAPP”) is established for each of Messrs. Iseman and Fischer. In February—as with the other Executives—a target bonus percentage of salary is identified based on comparative peer-group or industry data and the Executive’s position, strategic value, leadership, responsibilities, competency, and experience. In February of the following year, the Compensation Committee adjusts this percentage and the related bonus payment based on the Executive’s risk-based performance during the prior year and bonus-pool availability (which is largely a function of business-line performance during the prior year).

Long-Term Incentive Compensation

Long-term incentive compensation takes the form of performance-based restricted UMB stock (the “Performance Shares”), non-qualified options for UMB stock (the “Options”), service-based restricted UMB stock (the “Service Shares,” and together with the Performance Shares and the Options, the “Equity-Based Awards”), and deferred cash awards. All of these are used to attract and retain talent and to reward superior performance over the long or short term. In addition, grants of Equity-Based Awards are generally approved in a manner that satisfies the exemption from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.

All of the Executives, except Mr. Iseman, participate in annual programs that are established for designated officers and other associates of UMB or its subsidiaries under the Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan ((as adopted by the Board and approved by our shareholders, the “Umbrella LTIP”). In February, the Compensation Committee (1) approves the annual long-term incentive compensation program (the LTIP”) under the Umbrella LTIP, (2) establishes for Performance Shares under the LTIP one or more long-term objective performance standards from among those permitted under the Umbrella LTIP—such as core earnings per share—that further the goals of our executive-compensation program, and (3) identifies the mix, values, and vesting periods for the Executive’s potential Equity-Based Awards based on comparative peer-group or industry data and the Executive’s position, strategic value, leadership, responsibilities, competency, and experience. In January of the year or years when the performance standard for Performance Shares must be measured, the Compensation Committee makes that determination and certifies whether and to what extent the Performance Shares have been earned and have vested.

Mr. Iseman participates in the Scout Investments Retention and Annual Performance Program (the “Scout Program”) associated with the Umbrella LTIP. Under the Scout Program, if Scout’s operating margin for a year (the

performance year”) equals or exceeds a specified threshold, an annual bonus pool is created the following February using a percentage of the net income generated by Scout during the performance year in excess of a baseline. Each award from this bonus pool (a) is approved by the Compensation Committee that following February, (b) is granted one-half in the form of deferred cash and one-half in the form of Service Shares, and (c) vests in three equal installments on the first business day of the first, second, and third calendar years following the year of the grant. Mr. Iseman’s maximum percentage share of a potential bonus pool is set by the Compensation Committee in February of the applicable performance year and cannot later be adjusted upward. The structure of the Scout Program, including the allocations of awards, is influenced in a meaningful way by competitive considerations in the investment-management industry.

The use of Equity-Based Awards, in the view of the Compensation Committee, generally aligns the interests of the Executives with those of our shareholders, incents forward-looking and sustained performance, and drives balanced risk-taking. In selecting the mix of Equity-Based Awards, the Compensation Committee judges (i) Performance Shares to be especially useful for encouraging behavior that increases the fundamental value of UMB Long-Term

Plan”) or (b) the Scout Investments Retention and Annual Performance Program (“Scout Long-Term Program”). Under the 2012 UMB Long-Term Program, the awards take the form of grants of non-qualified stock options (“Options”), service-based restricted stock (“Service-Based Shares”), and performance-based restricted stock (“Performance-Based Shares”). Under the Scout Long-Term Program, the awards take the form of (50%)and creates long-term value for our shareholders, (ii) Options to be especially useful for encouraging behavior that increases the share price of UMB stock, and (iii) Service Shares to be especially useful for retaining talent. The Compensation Committee also utilizes vesting periods for Performance Shares, Options, Service Shares, and deferred cash awards paid out over a period of three years (“Deferred Cash Awards”) and 50% Service-Based Shares vesting over a three-year period (“Deferred Stock Awards”) (see pg. 30)

Benefits (see pg. 35)

Perquisites (see pg. 36)

The primary features of each compensation component, and the objectives it is intended to achieve, and the behavior it is intended to encourage, are summarized below:

Component


Key Features


Objective, Reason Used, and Behavior to be
Rewarded


Salary

•    Fixed bi-weekly cash payments

•    To attract & retain qualified Executives

•    To provide a competitive fixed level of cash compensation that recognizes competency, leadership, job responsibilities, experience, industry knowledge, market value, and individual performance

Short-Term Awards

•    Annual cash awards made under the Short-Term Plans, based on achievement of annual performance objectives

•    Amounts depend on achievement of performance objectives, and on Company and/or unit profitability

•    To motivate Executives to achieve or to exceed annual performance objectives

•    To align Executives’ performance with the control of short-term risk

•    To link Executives’ interests with achievement of Company and/or unit short-term objectives, specifically including annual profitability

•    To recognize and encourage overall support of the Company’s mission and values

Options

•    Non-qualified stock options granted under the UMB Long-Term Plan

•    Vest over a multi-year period

•    To align Executives’ long-term interests with those of shareholders and expose them to risks of downside stock prices

•    To increase stock price

•    To promote retention

•    To encourage superior long-term performance

Component


Key Features


Objective, Reason Used, and Behavior to be
Rewarded


Service-Based Shares

•    Shares of forfeitable restricted Company Stock granted under the UMB Long-Term Plan

•    Vest over a period of years

•    To promote retention

•    To link Executives’ compensation with increases in shareholder value and encourage performance that drives higher stock price

•    To incent Executives to focus on long-term risk control

•    To promote a Shareholder attitude

Performance-Based Shares

•    Shares of restricted Company Stock granted under the UMB Long-Term Plan

•    Multi-year vesting

•    Forfeited unless a multi-year Company performance goal is achieved

•    To motivate and reward Executive’s performance that supports long-term Company profitability

•    To promote a Shareholder attitude

•    Retention

•    To link Executives’ interests to successful execution of Company strategies

•    To build a team approach and joint efforts to support the Company’s overall mission and values

Deferred Cash

Awards

•    Cash grants to Scout Investments associates based on percentage of growth in unit profitability, payable over a 3-year period

•    Retention over the 3-year period

•    To provide value having similar characteristics to those of the equity interests offered by closely-held investment advisory competitors for talent

Deferred Stock

Awards

•    Shares of Service-Based Shares (granted to Scout Investments associates under the UMB Long-Term Plan) based on growth in unit profitability; vesting ratably over a 3-year period

•    To provide value having similar characteristics to those of the equity interests offered by closely-held investment advisory competitors for talent

•    Retention over the 3-year period

•    Link compensation to continuous growth of profitability

•    To promote a Shareholder attitude

Component


Key Features


Objective, Reason Used, and Behavior to be
Rewarded


Benefits

•    Programs offered to all employees, such as health insurance and 401(k) matching contributions

•    To match the base benefits offered to all employees in the marketplace generally

•    To support recruitment and retention

Perquisites

•    Auto or auto allowance & parking

•    Tax preparation assistance

•    Relocation allowances

•    To enable the Company to compete for top executive talent by offering market-level non-cash compensation components

•    Retention

The following describes circumstances and reasons that an individual compensation component may be used. Currently-paid compensation (primarily cash salary) is deemed necessary in order to be competitive and attract and retain executive talent that is in demand in the marketplace. A form of compensation scheduled to be paid out (or vesting) over a long term (as opposed to monthly or annually) may be used in situations where the Company seeks to motivate an Executive to focus on multi-year strategies, or to focus on risks that may not manifest themselves for several years, or to remain with the Company over a multi-year vesting period. Equity-based compensation (particularly Options and Performance-Based Shares) is used to provide compensation that is “at risk” if the specified performance level is not achieved and/or if the Company’s stock price does not rise. Scout Deferred Cash Awards and Scout Deferred Stock Awards are used to reward recipients with a small portion of the cumulative profits realized by Scout Investments over a seven-year period, and is provided as a partial substitute for the type of equity ownership that is frequently offered to top executives by competition for talent in the investment advisory industry generally. These awards are structured to promote retention and to incent recipients to continuously increase the profitabilityreward consistent and sustained performance.

Other Benefits and Perquisites

A variety of Scout Investmentsnon-cash benefits and also increase the Company’s stock price. Options (as opposed to awards of Service-Based Shares or Performance-Based Shares)perquisites are used where it is deemed desirable to leverage the value that an Executive may potentially receive as a result of increasesoffered in the Company’s stock price, althoughmarkets and regions where UMB competes for executive talent. The Compensation Committee, however, generally favors the Companyprovision of standard benefits to all of UMB’s associates (including the Executives) and a restrained and judicious use of perquisites.

The Compensation Committee and Our Executive-Compensation Process

The Compensation Committee has exclusive authority to determine the compensation of each Section 16 Officer and to determine the equity-based compensation of all directors of UMB and all associates of UMB or its subsidiaries. The Compensation Committee may incur added accounting expense if Options expire “outnot delegate this authority to any officer or other associate of UMB or its subsidiaries but has authorized the Chair of the money” or are otherwise not exercised.

2012 Compensation Highlights

In early 2012, the Company’s Compensation Committee (“Committee”) reviewed the Executives’ compensation components and established 2012 compensation packages for each of them. The packages included:

Awards under the three separate Short-Term Plans and the Company-wide 2012 UMB Long-Term Program described above, all of which were substantially similar to programs that were in effect during 2011.

Implementation of a new Scout Long-Term Program in which only Mr. Iseman, the CEO of Scout Investments, participated, based primarily on the growth(as well as any other member of the profitability of Scout Investments and Mr. Iseman’s contributionCompensation Committee designated by the Chair) to such growth.

Merit increases in base salary for eachapprove, on behalf of the Executives, taking into account, among other factors, Companyentire Compensation Committee, compensation that falls within its exclusive jurisdiction and executive performance, the non-salary compensation componentsthat is being offered to prospective new hires or at-risk associates.

Compensation decisions, including those for Section 16 Officers, are primarily made in February after our Board has held its first regular meeting of the Company’s executive compensation programs, management’s recommendationsyear and individual benchmarked compensation targets, as described below.

Changes inwe have announced earnings and other financial results for the “mix” of compensation components awarded to the Executives, including an increase in the relative portion to be received in cash byprior year. Mr. Kemper, in recognition ofwith assistance from our Human Resources Department, reviews the large amount of Company Stock he already owns, and by increasing the portions received by all Executives that are tied to performance of the Company or a respective unit, thereby putting a greater amount of such compensation “at risk” and dependent on actual performance.

Because the Company’s financial performance has improved since it first adopted the UMB Long-Term Plan and UMB Short-Term Plan, the Committee has also increased awards earned by the Executives under those and similar plans and programs. The Committee believes that these increased Executive compensation amounts are desirable and in the best interest of the Company’s shareholders because they truly represent “pay for performance” and help align the overall compensation of the Executivesother Section 16 Officers with market levels.

How the Compensation Committee Makes Compensation Decisions

Roleand offers recommendations on the amount and mix of their compensation. No Section 16 Officer participates with the Compensation Committee

in its review of that officer’s performance or in its determination of that officer’s compensation.

The Committee, which consists of four independent directors, oversees the compensation of the Company’s executive officers, and approves all aspects of the compensation of the Executives and other Company executive officers. The Committee determines the Executives’ salaries, evaluates the Executives’ individual performance, establishes their performance and incentive goals and objectives, and determines their total compensation packages. TheCompensation Committee also determines all grants of equity-based compensation (for the Executives, and all other Company associates).

Role of the Chief Executive Officer and other Company Personnel

The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and the Company’s internal compensation department provide information and recommendations to the Committee regarding proposed compensation for all Executives; provided, however, that neither the Chief Executive Officer nor any of the other Executives provide recommendations as to, or participate in the deliberation of, voting on, or establishment of, their own respective compensation packages. The information considered by the Committee includes data developed internally by the Company and by its Consultant (see “Role of the Compensation Consultant” below), input from management, and evaluations by the Chief Executive Officer for each of the other Executives (but not himself). The Consultant, the Executives, and other members of Company management provide input to the Committee regarding the design and content of an annual UMB Short-Term Program, the Scout Program, the Scout Short Term Plan, the Fund Services Short-Term Plan, and each multi-year UMB Long-Term Program, but all decisions on the design of such programs and plans, selection of participants, level of awards, and other features are ultimately made solely by the Committee. The Committee considers informationreceives research, analytical services, advice, and recommendations from its Consultant regarding questions of director compensation and makes its recommendation to the full Board, who establishes such compensation, and the Executives have no role in such process.

Role of the Compensation Consultant

The Committee has utilized Hay Group, Inc. as its independent executive compensation consultant (“ConsultantHay”). Hay is a global management consulting firm affiliated with Korn Ferry and has served as a consultant to the Compensation Committee since its initial engagement in 2008. The Consultant provides ongoingCompensation Committee is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation, and oversight of Hay. As in prior years, Hay supplied the Compensation Committee with advice research and analytical services relating to the design and componentson our Executive-Compensation Principles, assessments of the Company’s executive compensation programsstructure and practices. The Committee selected the Consultant becausedesign of the Consultant’s familiarity with the Company’s executive compensationour executive-compensation program, as well as the Committee’s satisfaction with consulting services provided by the Consultant in the past. The Consultant is hired by, directly responsible to,comparative peer-group and reports to and is subject to the oversight of, the

Committee. Theindustry data and consultation provided byanalyses, updates on regulatory developments, and recommendations on the Consultant is renderedamount and mix of compensation for Mr. Kemper and provided to, the Committee. The Company is required to provide appropriate funding, as determined by the Committee, for payment of reasonable compensation to the Consultant.our directors. Representatives of the ConsultantHay attended, in person or by teleconference,telephone, all of the Compensation Committee’s three meetings held during 2012.since the beginning of 2015.

In 2012, asThe Compensation Committee, in prior years, the Committee asked the Consultant to provide it with ongoing consultation regarding the Company’s executive compensation philosophy, to provide peer-groupJanuary 2015 and industry survey executive compensation data, to assist it in developing changes to its executive salary and incentive compensation programs, to provide updates and advice on evolving regulatory changes and requirements applicable to compensation or governance issues, and to annually evaluate, and offer recommendations relating to, the Company’s Executive and director compensation practices and programs. Although the Committee receives information and recommendations from the Consultant, all decisions on matters of Executive and director compensation are made solely by the Committee.

Company policy requires that the Company management may not engage the Consultant to provide services to the Company (as opposed to providing services to the Committee) unless the Committee first approves each such engagement, excepting engagements which in the aggregate do not exceed annual aggregate fees of $120,000. The total fees paid to the Consultant in 2012 for such non-Committee engagements (such engagements being undertaken by the Consultant only after the Committee approved them) was approximately $20,000, and represents only approximately 20% of the total fees paid by the Company to the Consultant for all types of services provided by the Consultant (either to the Committee or to the Company). The Company and Committee have also adopted a policy (and amended the Committee’s Charter to so provide) that any consultant retained by the Committee must be first determined by the Committee to be “independent,” and that in reaching any determination of independence, the Committee must take into consideration each ofJanuary 2016, considered the independence factors enumerated in SEC Rule 10C-1(b) and NASDAQ Listing Rule 5605(d) before selecting or receiving further advice from Hay.

The Compensation Committee has not identified any work of Hay that raises a conflict of interest. Hay did not provide additional services to UMB or its affiliates—as opposed to the Compensation Committee—in Section 952an amount in excess of $120,000 during 2015.

Hay provided the Dodd-Frank Act and inCompensation Committee with comparative analyses based on (1) proxy data from the proposed rules issued by NASDAQ in response to final rules (Rule 10C-1) issued by the SEC, as well as other relevant circumstances. At its January 2013 meeting, the Committee reviewed the independence factors referenced in the NASDAQ proposed rules (such rules having been subsequentlypeer group approved by the SEC), as well as the specific services provided by the Consultant to the Company,Compensation Committee and all other relevant facts and circumstances, and concluded that the Consultant qualifies as being “independent,” before resolving to continue to retain the Consultant for future advice and services.

Use of Competitive Data

The Committee relies on various sources of compensation information provided by the Consultant to determine the competitive compensation market for the Executives, including(2) industry data from the Hay Group General Industry Market Data (“Industry Data”) and proxy data of theCompensation Report. The peer group recommended byis selected on the Hay Group and approved by the Committee (“Peer Group Data”).

At the request and directionbasis of the Committee, the Consultant annually makes recommendations as to the criteria to be used in selecting a peer group for purposes of preparing Peer Group Data. It then reviews the peer group and recommends changes in its membership as necessary. The Consultant then provides the Committee with compensation information relating to officers of peer group companies that have duties comparable to those of the Executives. In recommending the appropriate peer group, the Consultant recommended the use of the following primary peer group evaluation criteria: companyasset size, as reflected by total assets and companies with the same or similar standard industry classification code. Additional itemscodes, mix of business lines, annual revenue, market capitalization, geographic scope, and other factors judged by the Compensation Committee to be considered in evaluating prospective peer-group companies include the following: U.S. domiciled publicly-traded companies, annual revenues, and total number of employees. Finally, the following selected financial criteria is used to identify

outliers among the prospective peer companies: credit loss reserves as a percent of outstanding loans, non-performing assets as a percentage of total assets, Tier 1 and Total Capital ratios, Standard & Poor’s Financial Institution Credit Ratings, and TARP participation.relevant. The 2012 peer group companies listed below wereapproved and used by the Compensation Committee in February 2015 was the same as thoseone that had been used in 2011:2014:

 

BancorpsouthBancorpSouth, Inc.

 FirstMerit CorpCorporation

BOK Financial Corp.

Corporation
 National Penn Bancshares, IncInc.

Boston Private Financial Holdings,

Inc.
 Old National Bancorp

City National Corp.

Corporation
 Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc.

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

 Trustmark Corp.Corporation

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

 Valley National Bancorp

First Citizens Bancshares

BancShares, Inc.
 Webster Financial CorpCorporation

First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.

 Wintrust Financial CorpCorporation

In 2012,During 2015, with assistance from Hay, the Consultant compiled Peer Group Data and Industry Data for theCompensation Committee and provided information and advice to the Committee with respect to, among other matters, the level of salaries, as well as long-term and short-term incentive compensation grants. The Consultant also provided data and analysis of executive compensation trends, and of the salary ranges and other compensation elements paid by the Company’s peer group for executives serving in comparable positions, and Industry Data.

Committee’s Consideration of the Company’s 2011 Advisory Shareholder Vote on Executive Compensation

At the Company’s April 26, 2011, annual meeting, its shareholders overwhelmingly approved the Company’s 2010 executive compensation program, with more than 90% of shareholder votes cast in favor of the Company’s advisory (non-binding) “say-on-pay” resolution. As the Committee evaluated the Company’s compensation practices and made compensation decisions during 2012, it considered the strong support the Company’s shareholders had expressed for its approach to executive compensation. The Committee interpreted such vote asconducted a positive endorsement of the Company’s compensation programs, practices and actions as part of its overallcomprehensive assessment of the Company’s Executive pay programs and packages, and will continue to consider the outcome of the Company’s say-on-pay vote when making future compensation decisions.

At the 2011 annual meeting of shareholders, the Company’s shareholders also voted on an advisory (non-binding) “say when on pay” resolution to determine whether the required periodic advisory shareholder vote on executive compensation should occur every one, two, or three years. The Committee reviewed the results of the vote, and based, among other things,peer group. Based on the fact that a majoritygrowth and evolution of shareholders supported a three-year frequency for such future shareholder “say-on-pay” votes,UMB (including the Committee currently intends to submit future “say on pay” resolutions for the voteacquisition of shareholders, on a triennial basis (the next such vote to be held at the Company’s 2014 annual meeting).

General Principles Relating to the Development of the Executives’ Compensation Packages

In making compensation decisions, the Committee takes into account, among other factors, the Company’s current financialMarquette), absolute and business performance, and the achievement of the Company-wide “core” earnings target and threshold level included in the annual UMB Short-Term Program (see“Annual cash awards under Short-Term Plans”) later in this Compensation Discussion and Analysis. The profitability and performance of specific units of the Company are also given considerable weight in determining compensation components for those

Executives who have primary responsibility for such units. The Committee also considers how the Company’s performance compares to its peer group, trends and significantrelative changes in operations, the Company’s risk profile, circumstances unique to the Company, the respective Executive’s achievement of individual performance objectives, compensation data in Peer-Group Data and Industry Data, and recommendations of the Consultant. The Committee’s goal is to have a general correlation between the relative scope of an Executive’s responsibilities, and the extent to which his incentive compensation targets are tied to Company-wide (or unit-wide) performance levels. The Committee also believes that a significant portion of each Executive’s compensation should be in the form of equity or otherwise at risk.

Decisions as to Mix of Compensation Components

In considering the levels and “mix” of compensation components to be provided to each Executive each year, the Committee reviews a “tally sheet” that reflects the value of each compensation component awarded to him in the prior year, any additional “realizable” compensation that he had the ability to realize during the past year if he so chose (e.g., options that vested during or prior to the year even if he elected not to exercise them at that time), and the cumulative value of prior equity awards that have not yet been realized (e.g., unvested or unexercised options, restricted stock that is still subject to potential forfeiture, and potential cash and equity that the Executive might receive in the event of his death, disability, qualified retirement, or upon a change in control of the Company). This information enables the Committee to better evaluate how effective any future equity-based incentive awards are likely to be in light of the amount of Company Stock and grants already held by the Executive, and to make compensation decisions and evaluate recommendations based on a more complete analysis of an Executive’s total compensation and potential rewards.

In connection with its consideration of 2012 Executive compensation, the Committee adjusted the mix of cash and equity compensation according to the individual circumstances of each Executive Committee Member. As a result, Mr. Kemper received a slightly larger percentage of his total compensation in cash because he already holds a significant amount of Company stock. For that same reason, the Committee concluded that Mr. Kemper’s compensation package need not contain as much emphasis on components designed to insure retention and a shareholder attitude. Mr. deSilva and Mr. Hagedorn have been allocated a larger percentage of their total compensation in the form of equity grants, because the Committee believed that such grants better accomplish the objective of long-term retention and helping ensure a shareholder attitude.

Salary

The Committee believes that the Company must offer a market-based level of stable income, in order to recruit and retain highly-qualified executives. During the first quarter of each year, the Committee establishes annual salaries for the Executives. In reaching its decisions on Executive salary adjustments, the Committee reviews and considers the Company’s financial results and other performance data for the prior year, the roles that the Executives played in accomplishing improvements in the Company’s (or a units’) performance, the salaries and other compensation of the Executives compared to Peer Group Data and Industry Data, the level of compensation being provided to other Company executives, the recommendations of the Consultant, and the respective Executive’s achievement of “Performance Objectives” (see “Annual Cash Awards under Short-Term Plans”). The Committee believes that these Performance Objectives are important measurements of the Executive’s value and of the Company’s need to retain the Executive. The Chief Executive Officer provides the Committee with recommended rankings reflecting achievement of the Performance Objectives by all the Executives other than himself. The Committee itself determines the rankings for the Chief Executive Officer.

In 2012, the Committee made adjustments in the salaries of Messrs. Kemper, deSilva and Hagedorn (the “Executive Committee Members”)taking into account, among other things, the current mix of their compensation components, the Committee’s assessment of Company’s and each Executive’s performance and the need to better align their compensation with individual benchmark compensation targets established for them by the Committee based on competitive compensation data drawn from the Industry Data and Peer Group Data. For Mr. Kemper, that benchmark salary target was the median position in the Industry Data and Peer Group Data. The benchmark targets for Mr. deSilva and Mr. Hagedorn were between the 50th and 75th percentile of the Industry Data and the Peer Group Data, and were selected because of the high level at which they performed their responsibilities, and the need to assure their retention. For Mr. Zader, the benchmark target was also a range between the 50th and 75th percentile of the Industry Data, such level being chosen because of the strong performance that the Fund Services unit has consistently produced. The higher target levels established for Mr. deSilva and Mr. Hagedorn and Mr. Zader were chosen to reflect current market compensation conditions for positions of similar responsibility and complexity, to recognize the superior skills and leadership of the respective Executive, and to focus each of them on the creation of long-term value. Mr. Iseman’s benchmark target was set as the midpoint of the salary of similar positions in similar organizations as reflected in an outside compensation survey (the McLagen Management and Administration survey), to reflect current market conditions for positions of similar responsibility and complexity.

Individual 2012 Salary Adjustments

The Committee increased (i) Mr. Kemper’s salary by 8% primarily because of strong performance by him and the Company, among other factors, and to give slightly more weight to the cash portion of his total compensation package (compared to the equity portion) because of the large quantity of Company Shares he already holds; (ii) Mr. deSilva’s salary was increased by 4%, to keep it aligned with his target salary range and to recognize the leadership that he provides for Company units that produce an increasing amount of the Company’s overall revenues and profits, and to help retain him. Mr. Hagedorn’s salary was increased by 10% because of, among other things, his increasing scope of responsibilities and because his salary was currently below his target salary range and that a more significant increase would be important in retaining him. The compensation of Mr. Zader was increased by 5% primarily because of the Fund Services unit’s strong performance, record sales, new business, successful integration of a new acquisition, and his executive performance, among other factors. Because of the significant progress that Mr. Iseman made in restructuring and growing the assets, revenues and profitability of Scout Investments, the Committee increased Mr. Iseman’s compensation by a 5% increase in salary, and adapted the Scout Long-Term Plan under which he later received a substantial Deferred Cash Award and Deferred Stock Award at the end of the 2012 year (seeAdditional Long-Term Awards for Mr. Iseman,” below) One of the several objectives of Mr. Iseman’s adjustments, was to make significant progress in increasing his total compensation to a level that is closer to the competitive market level that the Committee deems necessary to retain him and properly motivate the level of performance that is required to achieve the aggressive goals and objectives that the Company has for Scout Investments.

The Peer Group Data and Industry Data provided by the Consultant at the Committee’s February 2012 annual executive compensation review reflected that after the Executives’ 2012 salary adjustments referenced above were implemented, the salary of Mr. Kemper was below his benchmark target, that Mr. deSilva’s salary was near the top of the benchmark target range established for him, and that Mr. Hagedorn’s salary was slightly below his target range. Mr. Iseman’s salary was somewhat above his benchmark target level, although the other components of his total compensation were below that level. Mr. Zader’s salary was within the benchmark target range that was deemed appropriate, given the strong growth of the Fund Services unit for which he has responsibility.

The salaries of the Executives were increased as set forth in the following chart:

Executive


  12/31/2011
Salary


   2012  Salary
(effective
3/19/2012)


   %
Increase


 

J. Mariner Kemper

  $720,000    $775,000     8

Peter J. deSilva

  $600,000    $625,000     4

Michael D. Hagedorn

  $350,000    $385,000     10

Andrew J. Iseman

  $395,000    $415,000     5

John P. Zader

  $325,000    $340,000     5

Annual cash awards under Short-Term Plans

In 2012, the Committee awarded annual cash Short-Term Awards to the Executives under one of the three separate Short-Term Plans: (1) the Company-wide 2012 Short-Term Incentive Compensation Program “2012 UMB Short-Term Program”), in which Messrs. Kemper, deSilva and Hagedorn (as well as approximately 130 other Company associates) participated; (2) the Fund Services Short-Term Plan (substantively similar to the 2012 UMB Short-Term Program), in which only Mr. Zader participated; and (3) the “Scout Short-Term Plan,a special short-term variable pay plan, in which only Mr. Iseman, participated. Such grants were intended to motivate the Executives to achieve, and exceed, their individual annual goals and target performance standards (“Performance Objectives”) as approved by the Committee, and to otherwise support the Company’s key strategies. Because the Short-Term Awards are contingent upon the Executive’s performance, (and in the case of the 2012 UMB Short-Term Program, are funded in direct alignment with the profitability of the Company), the Committee believes that they align the Executive’s financial interest with that of the shareholders and the Company as a whole, and truly reflect the Company’s compensation philosophy to “Pay for Performance.”

All three of the Short-Term Plans provided a Short-Term Award target level for each participant, based on a specified percentage of his/her year-end salary, such percentage being determined by reference to the recommendations of the Consultant, peer group data, and the tier in which the respective participant has been categorized based on responsibilities and accountabilities.

The Committee established the following 2012 Short-Term Award target levels: 75% for Mr. Kemper, 55% for Messrs. Hagedorn and deSilva, 100% for Mr. Iseman, and 70% for Mr. Zader. Mr. Kemper’s 2012 percentage-of-salary target level reflected a ten percentage point increase from its 2011 level, to increase the portion of his compensation that is performance-based and “at risk.” The target levels established for Mr. deSilva and Mr. Hagedorn were unchanged from 2011 and were based on their responsibilities in successfully implementing the Company’s annual goals and objectives, and were consistent with the benchmark targets set by the Committee based on Peer Group Data, Industry Data, and the recommendations of the Consultant. Mr. Zader’s level was established at 70% based on the ongoing strong performance of the Fund Services unit and to maintain a competitive compensation structure for talent in the investment servicing industry. Mr. Iseman’s target level was set at 100% based on the competitive short-term compensation opportunity provided to executives with like responsibilities and abilities and the Consultant’s recommendations relating to the level and type of compensation being paid to executives with comparable experience and responsibilities in the investment industry generally, to link his Short Term Award more directly to the annual performance of Scout Investments, and to help assure his retention.

Performance Objectives – Generally

As a part of its establishment of the Short-Term Plans, the Committee established and approved Performance Objectives for each Executive. The Performance Objectives for 2012 for the three Executive Committee Members related primarily to the performance and activities of the Company (or major operations affecting the Company, because: (1) of the Company-wide nature of those Executives’ duties and accountabilities, (2) the earnings of the Company were the most important measure of Company-wide performance, and (3) the Company’s overall performance is driven in significant measure by their individual performances. The Committee set targets and achievement percentages for each of Messrs. Kemper, Hagedorn and deSilva based upon a mix of objective and subjective factors tailored to each Executive’s duties and responsibilities. Because Mr. Iseman’s and Mr. Zader’s responsibilities were heavily focused on a specific unit of the Company, their Performance Objectives included heavily-weighted individual Performance Objectives applicable to their respective units. The Committee believed that the Executives’ 2012 Performance Objectives would be significantly challenging, taking into account the uncertainties in the financial services industry and world economy in general, but achievable if the Executivesperformance and other senior management met or surpassed their businessmetrics of midsize banking organizations, and unit goalsmergers and objectives. The primary weighted Performance Objectives of each of the Executives are discussed below:

Performance Objectives of the Executives

Mr. Kemper’s primary Performance Objectives were based on Company-wide performance due to the role and responsibility that he has for such performance, including successful implementation of the Company’s strategic plans and supporting tactics, diversification efforts, succession planning, and the Company’s performance against annual budget and operating objectives, including Company-wide revenues, income, capital adequacy, non-interest income and expense, loan volume and quality, deposit flows, card transaction volume and revenues, and healthcare account growth (100%) .

Mr. deSilva’s primary Performance Objectives included achievement of goals for Scout Investments, over which he has supervision (increase sales, integration ofacquisitions involving midsize banking organizations, a new investment advisory acquisition, developing of new distribution channels, succession planning, and cost management) (15%); growth of corporate and institutional commercial services business (20%); assimilation of new investment advisory unit and increased business (20%); planning for new application architecture (20%); driving growth of the Company’s Kansas City region (10%) and implementation of changes in the process and management of key bank functions (15%).

Mr. Hagedorn’s primary Performance Objectives included structuring and support of the Company’s governance function for major technology projects (20%); leadership of implementations of critical technology platforms (20%); management of improvements in, and operation of, risk-management systems (20%); implementation of revised segment reporting (15%); assuring the integrity of the Company’s funds management reporting and implementation (15%); and improvement of divisional associate engagement programs and scores (10%).

Mr. Iseman’s primary Performance Objectives focused almost exclusively on Scout Investments, including: improvements in financial performance, fund flows, revenues, and income (70%); new Scout product development (10%); improvements in Scout Investments associate productivity and engagement (10%), and achievement of a Company-wide net profitability (10%);

Mr. Zader’s primary Performance Objectives included achievement of financial targets for Fund Services including new business, net income after services, non-interest income and expense, and margin (70%), improved Fund Services service levels (10%); divisional associate engagement and satisfaction scores (10%); and achievement of a Company-wide net profitability (10%)

In 2012, the Committee established, under the 2012 UMB Short-Term Program, a Company-wide “core” net earnings target of $112.4 million, the achievement of which would be a prerequisite to the 2012 UMB Short-Term Program recipients receiving their respective target Short-Term Awards (with prorated Awards to be earned if a Company “core” net earnings level between the “threshold” level of $89.9 million and the target level of $112.4 million was achieved. In determining such “core” earnings, the Committee adjusts the Company’s earnings (as reported under generally accepted accounting principles(“GAAP”)) to eliminate extraordinary events such as losses/gains relating to the sale of branches or other assets, business acquisition costs, certain severance costs, and litigation costs.

Determination of 2012 Short-Term Awards to Messrs. Kemper, deSilva and Hagedorn.

Determination of 2012 UMB Short-Term Incentive Program Bonus Pool. When the 2012 UMB Short-Term Programpeer group was approved the Committee established a target Short-Term Award pool of $ 5.9 million, based on the $112.4 million Company-wide core profitability target. Once the “core” net earnings was determined at the end of 2012, then the $5.9 million target Short-Term Award pool was to be proportionally adjusted up or down to the actual amount of funding (the “Actual Bonus Pool”) that would be made available to fund Short-Term Awards under the 2012 UMB Short-Term Program, based on the limitations and provisions of the following chart, with interpolation of amounts falling between the levels set out. The Actual Bonus Pool was also to be adjusted to reflect salary adjustments of the participants in the 2012 Short-Term Program between the date the 2012 Short-Term Program was established and December 31, 2012.

Actual “Core” Net
Earnings as % of $112.4 million


 

Actual Bonus Pool
Funding as % of the Target Bonus  Pool


< 80%     0%
80%   50%
90%   75%
100% 100%
110% 125%
120% 150%
                  130% or Greater 200%

In February 2013, the Committee determined that negative “core” adjustments of approximately $0.8 million should be made to the Company’s GAAP earnings, that the Company had achieved 2012 net “core” earnings of approximately $121.9 million, and that under the formula set out in the above chart (and after adjustments were made to recognize the year-end salaries of participants) the Actual Bonus Pool Funding for 2012 Short-Term Awards under the 2012 UMB Short-Term Program was approximately $7.2 million, subject to any cap or adjustment that the Committee might thereafter make.

Determination of Awards. The amount of such Actual Bonus Pool Funding was first divided among each of the Company’s various lines of business (the “Units”) that had participants in the 2012 UMB Short-Term Program (based on the Short-Term Award targets of the participants in each respective Unit compared to the Short-Term Award targets ofall participants in the 2012 Short-Term Program) and with such discretionary adjustments as the Committee deemed appropriate. All of the three Executives participating in the 2012 UMB Short-Term Program (Messrs. Kemper, deSilva, and Hagedorn) were treated as one Unit (the “Executives Unit”), and all decisions as to the amount of the Short-Term Award that each such Executive was to actually receive from the Executive Unit’s portion of the Actual Bonus Pool Funding, was made exclusivelyused by the Committee.

In determining each individual Executive’s Short-Term Award, theCompensation Committee first determined the extent (expressed as a percentage) of his/her individual Performance Objectives that were found to have been achieved, after also taking into account performance and support of key Company mission and values and such other factors and circumstances as the Committee deemed relevant (such percentage being indicated in the chart below as the “2012 Performance Percentage”). The 2012 Performance Percentage was then multiplied by the Executive’s 2012 Target Award, to determine the actual Short-Term Award (shown in the “2012 Actual Award” column of the chart set out below) to be granted to the Executive.

Name


  2012 Target Award
(12/31/12 salary x
percentage)


  2012
Performance
Percentage


  2012
Actual
Award

   2011
Actual
Award

   2010
Actual
Award

 

J. Mariner Kemper

  $581,250

($775,000 x 75%)

   131 $761,438    $655,200    $422,812  

Michael D. Hagedorn

  $211,750

($385,000 x 55%)

   131 $277,393    $269,500    $220,000  

Peter J. deSilva

  $343,750

($625,000 x 55%)

   131 $450,312    $462,000    $385,000  

Andrew J. Iseman

  $415,000

($415,000 x 100%)

   110 $456,600    $430,000     n/a  

John D. Zader

  $238,000

($340,000 x 70%)

   126 $300,000    $346,850    $192,500  

In February 2013, the Committee approved the 2012 Short-Term Awards set out in the “2012 Actual Award” column above for Messrs. Kemper, deSilva and Hagedorn. For comparison purposes, the Short-Term Awards made to the Executives for the years 2010 and 2011 are also set forth in the above table.

Determination of 2012 Short-Term Awards to Messrs. Iseman and Zader

The Scout Short-Term Plan and the Fund Services Short-Term Plan, also established percentage-of-salary Short Term Award target levels for Mr. Iseman (100%) and Mr. Zader (70%), respectively. In February, 2013, the Committee reviewed recommendations of the Executive Committee as well as other data, as to the extent (expressed as a percentage) to which the Performance Standards of those two Executives had been accomplished (such percentage being indicated in the chart above as the “2012 Performance Percentage”). The Committee then multiplied each Executive’s Performance Percentage by his 2012 Target Award (as reflected in the table above) and granted each of them the respective Short-Term Award shown in the “2012 Actual Award” column. (Mr. Iseman joined the Company in mid-2010, and thus no 2010 data is shown for him.)

Equity Grants (Options, Performance-Based Shares, and Service-Based Shares) under the Company’s Long-Term Plan

The Committee uses equity awards under the UMB Long-Term Plan to reward and encourage the Executives’ continued service and multi-year commitments to the accomplishment of long-term strategies. The Committee also uses such awards to help attract, retain and motivate the Executives. The Committee believes these awards expose Executives to the risks of downside stock prices and motivate them to perform in a manner that will build and maintain higher sustained earnings, shareholder value and stock prices. Grants of Options are used to motivate the Executives to perform in a manner that will contribute to a growth in the value of the Company (and consequently the price of its stock), because such grants are of value only in the event of such

growth. In deciding whether to use cash or non-cash compensation components, the Committee considers, among other factors, the size of the Executive’s existing equity holdings (including restricted stock and options), the tax expense that an Executive incurs in connection with the vesting or exercise of equity-based compensation, and the tax and accounting consequences for the Company.

Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m) Considerations

The Committee’s decision to use grants of restricted stock that contain a performance-based element is influenced in part by the provisions of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, which prohibits companies from taking a tax deduction for certain compensation paid in excess of $1 million to its named executive officers. However, performance-based compensation, as defined in the tax law, is fully deductible if the underlying compensation plan has been approved by shareholders and meets certain other requirements. In structuring the awards of equity compensation, the Committee considers, but is not bound by, the limitations imposed by Section 162(m) in determining the appropriate terms and types of such awards. The Committee may approve new or additional compensation that will not meet deductibility requirements, if it concludes that such compensation is necessary to ensure competitive levels of compensation for the Executives, or is otherwise in the best interest of the Company.

Annual Long-Term Incentive Compensation Programs

Each year the Committee establishes a multi-year equity-based UMB Long-Term Program under the UMB Long-Term Plan. The Committee determines which Executives will participate, and establishes a target dollar amount for each Executive, based on a percentage of the Executive’s salary. The Committee establishes the percentage-of-salary levels for the Executives after considering data provided by the Consultant, peer group data, the scope and overall importance of the Executive’s responsibilities, and the “tier” to which the Executive has been assigned under the Program. The Committee also considers the Company’s performance and profitability.

For 2012, the Committee established two long-term incentive compensation programs: (1) a 2012 UMB Long-Term Program, in which all of the Executives participated and were granted Options, Service-Based Shares and Performance-Based Shares; and (2) a new Scout Long-Term Program in which Mr. Iseman (and a limited number of other Scout Investments officers) participated and under which each was eligible to receive a Deferred Cash Award and a Deferred Stock Award to vest and be paid over a three-year period.

Long-Term Awards under the UMB Long-Term Plan Generally

Long-Term Awards under the UMB Long-Term Plan include grants of one or more of the following compensation components: Performance-Based Shares, Service-Based Shares, and Options. The key features of each are summarized below:

Grants of Performance-Based Shares .

These are grants of Company stock that do not vest until the end of a specified multi-year period, and then only if, and to the extent that, a specified Company-wide multi-year financial performance standard (chosen and approved by the Committee at the time the grant was made) has been achieved. At the end of the multi-year period, the Committee determines whether, and to what extent, the performance standard has been met, and how many of the Performance-Based Shares have thus vested (are absolutely owned by the recipients free of any further risk of forfeiture), and how many have been forfeited.

Grants ofService-Based Shares.

These are grants of Company Stock that do not vest (in whole or part) until the recipient has completed a specified number of years of continuous service with the Company after the date of grant. The Committee makes grants of Service-Based Shares primarily to help retain the recipients. Although in most cases full vesting occurs at five years with partial vesting beginning at three years, the special grant made to Mr. Iseman (see “Grants of Additional Long-Term Awards to Mr. Iseman”below) had a 3-year cliff vesting schedule. In establishing such grants and vesting schedules, the Committee took into account relevant market and Peer-Group Data provided by the Consultant regarding long-term incentive practices and award levels for comparable executive positions.

Grants ofOptions.

These Option grants give recipients the right to purchase Company Stock at a price equal to its closing market price on the date the Option was granted, but the Options cannot be exercised until they have vested as a result of the recipients’ completion of a specified number of years of continuous service with the Company (typically full vesting at five years, with partial vesting beginning at the conclusion of three years). The values of these grants are related to the Company’s stock price.

In granting Options, the Committee utilizes the Black-Scholes valuation model and the fair market closing price as of the date the Option grant is made. Executives have had no input or role in establishing the date on which such grants are made. The Committee has not selected a grant date so as to provide an advantage to the Executive because of actual or anticipated public disclosures of material positive or negative information relating to the Company, or any other information that would be likely to affect the value of Options. The Committee grants Options to the Executives generally on the same date that Options are awarded to other employees of the Company. The Committee has adopted a policy under which Option grants under the annual programs established under the Long-Term Plan are to be made, whenever possible, after the expiration of any insider-trading blackout announced by the Company to its Executives. The Committee has not delegated any power to Company management to grant equity-based compensation to any Executive or any other employee of the Company; it has, however, adopted procedures under which the Committee chairman or his designee is authorized to approve, on behalf of the entire Committee, limited grants of equity-based compensation in order to facilitate the hiring of a new officer or in order to retain an “at risk” officer who is being recruited by a competitor for the Company’s talent. Such delegation is not applicable to any grant to any of the Executives.

Performance-Based Shares Granted to the Executives in 2010 that Vested in 2012

Grants of Performance-Based Shares were made to the Executives in 2010 under the UMB Long-Term Plan, and were scheduled to vest at the end of fiscal year 2012. The grants utilized a three-year (2010–2012) Company “core” earnings-per-share (“EPS”) target level of $7.03 (with an 80% “threshold” level of $5.62) as a performance standard. Performance at the threshold level was to result in vesting of 50% of the award, and performance at or above the target level would result in vesting of 100% of the award (and performance at a level below the threshold level to result to no award, with performance between the threshold and target levels to result in a pro-rata share of the award.) In constructing the 3-year performance standard established in 2010, the Committee had added together three separate annual EPS “targets” for the three constituent years (2010, 2011 and 2012). The 2010 EPS target was taken from the Board-approved Company budget for 2010, and the 2011 and 2012 EPS targets represented a 5.6% compounded growth rate (based on a previous growth rate) from the projected 2010 level. This approach was taken because the budgeted 2010 EPS was seen as an appropriate

goal for Company earnings (since it had been determined and approved by the Board as a part of its annual budget), and that compounding such 2010 EPS by 5.6% was seen as representing a challenging, but achievable, growth rate, taking into account the external challenges presented to the Company at that time by the economic issues and interest rate structure throughout the world.

The Committee had concluded that the Company’s ability to reach the target level would require substantial improvements in the financial and operational performance of the Company, and that accomplishing such improvements would be difficult for the Executives, given the difficulties experienced in the economy generally, as well as other external challenges that the Company would face in achieving its goals of increased profitability. In establishing the target level, the Committee took into account the lack of any “upside” reward for the Executives if performance exceeded the target EPS level, and the fact that threshold level of $5.62 was a “floor” below which none of the Executives’ Performance-Based Shares would vest.

In January 2013, the Committee reviewed the Company’s 2010–2012 financial results and certified that the Company had exceeded the target performance standard under the 2010 UMB Long-Term Program. In reaching such determination, it made adjustments to the GAAP EPS results for such three-year period, in order to reflect a “core” profitability that would not be artificially inflated or deflated by extraordinary items. The adjustments made by the Committee related to extraordinary gains or losses related to the Company’s sales of non-earning assets, sales of branches or other businesses, business acquisition costs and revenues, extraordinary charitable contributions, severance costs and certain litigation and settlement costs. All such adjustments were consistent with the adjustment methodology provided for in the 2010 UMB Long-Term Program. The Committee confirmed, on January 22, 2013, that the restrictions on the shares of Performance-Based Shares issued to the Executives under the 2010 UMB Long-Term Program had terminated.

Grants of Long-Term Awards under the UMB Long-Term Plan to all Executives in 2012

The Committee set the following percentage-of-salary target amounts for Long-Term Awards under the 2012 UMB Long-Term Program to the Executives for 2012, such levels being unchanged from those used in 2011:2016:

 

J. Mariner Kemper

BancorpSouth, Inc.
  100Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

Michael D. Hagedorn

BOK Financial Corporation
  70Signature Bank (New York)

Peter J. deSilva

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.
  100SVB Financial Group

Andrew J. Iseman

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.
  50Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.

John D. Zader

First Citizens BancShares, Inc.
  Trustmark Corporation
FirstMerit Corporation50Valley National Bancorp
Hancock Holding CompanyWebster Financial Corporation
Old National BancorpWintrust Financial Corporation
PrivateBancorp, Inc.

Other Executive-Compensation Policies and Practices

No Employment Agreements

The 100% level for Mr. KemperCompensation Committee generally disfavors executive employment agreements, and Mr. deSilva was used because of the importance of their leadership and criticality in implementing the Company’s multi-year plans. The lower level (70%) level selected for Mr. Hagedorn reflected the more focused impact that he was expectedno Section 16 Officer is a party to have on those plans, due to his specific scope of responsibility. The (50%) level selected for Mr. Zader was based on his principal responsibility for a unit of the Company that was deemed to be strategically important, and to be competitiveone with the level of short-term incentive compensation offered for comparable executives in the investment servicing industry generally. The 50% level chosen for Mr. Iseman was used in part because the Committee was at the same time considering the development and implantation of the Scout Long-Term Program (us.seeSeeGrants of Additional Long-Term Awards to Mr. Iseman”, below) which would provide a significant portion of the additional long-term compensation required to bring him up close to his total compensation target and to help assure his retention.

The target dollar amount of Long-Term Awards to the Executives under the 2012 UMB Long-Term Program was divided into three different equity awards: Performance-Based Shares, Service-Based Shares, and Options. The mix of these awards in 2012 was designed (i) to encourage retention of the Executives (through the use of Service-

Based Shares), (ii) to put a portion of the Executive’s compensation at risk and subject to achievement of specified performance objectives (through the use of Performance-Based Shares), and (iii) to motivate the Executives to perform in a manner designed to enable the price of the Company’s stock to increase (through the use of Options). The selection of the three types of awards and the mix used in 2012 was generally the same as was used in the Committee’s previous programs, and was determined by the Committee based generally on how the awards relate to the objectives and performance that the Long-Term Plan was designed to incent and reward, the circumstances of each individual Executive, and the mix of similar types of awards being offered generally by other financial institutions competing for the Executives’ talents. Among other things, the Committee received specific input on this issue from the Consultant, including its analysis of Peer Group Data and Industry Data.

The mix of awards for Mr. Iseman and Mr. Zader differed somewhat from that of the other three Executives (who are members of the Company’s Executive Committee, and who thus have a strong influence over Company-wide performance). The awards for Mr. Iseman and Mr. Zader were designed to provide a slightly higher “retention” incentive and to recognize the high level of performance-driven Short-Term Award that each was given; they thus included a higher portion of Service-Based Shares and lower portion of Performance-Based Shares.

The Long-Term Awards were made to all Executives on February 10, 2012, and their mix and initial values are reflected below:

      Service-Based
Shares

   Performance-Based
Shares


   Options

 

Name


  Dollar benefit
target (as % of 1/1//12
salary)


  % of
total
target


  Value at
date of grant


   %  of
total
target


  Value at
date of
grant


   % of
total
target


  Value at
date of
grant


 

J. Mariner Kemper

  $720,000

($720,000 x 100%)

   25 $180,000     40 $288,000     35 $252,000  

Peter J. deSilva

  $600,000

($600,000 x 100%)

   25 $150,000     40 $240,000     35 $210,000  

Michael D. Hagedorn

  $245,000

($350,000 x 70%)

   25 $61,250     40 $98,000     35 $85,750  

Andrew J. Iseman

  $197,500

($395,000 x 50%)

   30 $59,250     35 $69,125     35 $69,125  

John D. Zader

  $162,500

($325,000 x 50%)

   30 $48,750     35 $56,875     35 $56,875  

The schedule under which each of these three types of awards “vest” (become free of restrictions and potential forfeiture) is described in “Long-Term Awards Under the UMB Long-Term Plan Generally” above. Absent certain circumstances specified in the applicable award agreements, none of the grants of options or restricted stock vest until the end of the third year. The Committee has the discretion to make downward adjustments (but not upward adjustments) to an Executive’s awards as they vest under the UMB Long-Term Plan. Dividends payable on all restricted stock (both service-based and performance-based) are used to purchase additional shares of the Company’s common stock which become part of the restricted stock grant on which such dividends were paid, and become subject to the same restrictions and vesting schedule as the initial restricted stock. Recipients of restricted stock awards (both service-based and performance-based) are authorized to vote such shares until such time, if any, as they are forfeited.

Grants ofAdditional Long-Term Awards to Mr. Iseman

Subsequent to its granting the above Long-Term Award identified in the above chart under the 2012 UMB Long-Term Program to Mr. Iseman, the Committee adopted an additional incentive compensation program (the

“Scout Long-Term Program”) in which Mr. Iseman (and other officers of the Scout Investments unit) were named as participants. The Scout Long-Term Program was designed to provide some of the equity ownership benefits that top-level executives in the investment advisory industry often enjoy, without the Company actually transferring equity ownership to such participants. The Scout Long-Term Program authorizes grants to participants, on an annual basis, of an award in an amount equal to a specified percentage of the amount by which the Scout Investments unit’s net pre-tax profits for the respective calendar year exceeds a base level of its net pre-tax profits (the “Incremental Increase in Scout Investments Profits”).

The Committee believes that the Scout long-Term Program will be a strong incentive for the Scout Investments associates who are participants in such Program, to remain with the Scout Investments unit over a long period of time because the value of the cumulative awards under such Program is intended to be seen as a rough equivalent of an equity interest in the Scout Investments unit (valued by capitalizing its earnings.) Taking into account Mr. Iseman’s leadership role in transforming Scout Investments into a recognized investment advisory unit that contributes a significant portion of the Company’s net profits, the Committee established a 20% level (20% of the Incremental Increase in Scout Investment Profits) for his participation in the new Scout Long-Term Program. In February 2013, the Incremental Increase in Scout Investments Profits for 2012 was determined as being $1.44 million and that Mr. Iseman’s award under the Scout Program for 2012 was thus $288,634. Pursuant to the provisions of the Scout Long-Term Program, the award was provided 50% in the form of cash payable ratably over a three-year period, and 50% in the form of an additional grant of Service-Based Shares under the UMB Long-Term Plan, vesting ratably over a three-year period.

In connection with its approval of the Scout Long-Term Program, the Committee also granted to Mr. Iseman in 2012, 10,000 shares of Service-Based Shares under the UMB Long-Term Plan, vesting on a three-year cliff basis. The Committee’s rationale for such grant was to provide equity-based compensation to Mr. Iseman that would help assure his retention by acting as a partial “bridge” between his current compensation level and his targeted total compensation level. The Committee believed that although the Scout Long-Term Program that it had recently adopted would help achieve that level, it would not have a significant immediate financial impact for Mr. Iseman because of the three-year vesting feature, and that the grant of the 10,000 shares was thus needed in order to retain him.

Deferred Compensation Plan

In October 2008, the Committee approved the UMB Financial Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan under which a select group of highly compensated employees (including the Executives) may, at their election, defer a portion of their compensation payable for any calendar year thereafter. At the election of the participant, the deferral may be for a specified event or for retirement/termination. For each deferral by an Executive, the Company undertakes an unsecured obligation to pay the deferred sum at the designated deferral date(s), together with a rate of return on such sum equal to the yield produced by the specific mutual fund selected by the Executive from the group of mutual funds available in the Profit Sharing Plan for the designated period(s). The Committee adopted the plan to promote retention of select highly-compensated employees, including the Executives, by offering them the ability to defer the receipt of taxable income until retirement or the occurrence of other significant events. All of the Executives were eligible to participate in the Plan in 2012 and two Executives elected to participate. The Company does not match any such deferrals.

Benefits

The Company’s Executives receive standard benefits, including health insurance, disability insurance, life insurance, 401(k) plan matching contributions, and profit sharing contributions. The Committee benchmarks these benefits against those of the peer group companies. Such benefits are offered to all Company employees

who meet the minimum service requirements and are provided equally to all Company associates, except to the extent that they are based pro rata on the respective associate’s salary (e.g., the level of disability insurance coverage provided).

Perquisites

The Committee offers personal benefits and perquisites in order to attract and retain the Executives by offering compensation opportunities that are competitive with the Company’s peers and the broader market for executive talent. The Committee believes these benefits and perquisites provide a more tangible incentive than an equivalent amount of cash compensation. In particular, the payment of club memberships and dues is believed to be in support of the Executives’ responsibilities to help obtain and retain customers and prospective customers. A modest allowance was offered to all members of the Company’s Management Committee (which included all of the Executives) to cover the cost of a selected outside financial professional to provide tax preparation and financial planning and related services. Such allowance was deemed to be appropriate in order to help promote the use of a common professional that would prepare the Executives’ tax returns, and to help eliminate potential conflicts of interest that may arise from a tax preparer providing services to both the Company and any of the Executives. In determining the total compensation payable to the Executives for a given fiscal year, the Committee considers benefits and perquisites to be a relatively insignificant portion of the Executives’ total compensation, and the Committee’s other decisions on Executives’ compensation are not materially influenced by them.

The2012 Summary Compensation Table and accompanying footnotes provide detailed information on perquisites and other personal benefits that the Company provides to the Executives.

Additional Payments or Benefits

Under certain circumstances (such as death, disability, retirement or a change-in-control of the Company), the Executives may be entitled to receive accelerated payments or awards under the UMB Long-Term Plan and the UMB Short-Term Plan. Those payments or awards are described and discussed in detail in “Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control” later in this proxy statement for more information.

Ownership of UMB Stock below. That discussion also analyzes

The Board believes that stock-ownership guidelines for directors and senior officers further align their interests with those of our shareholders. As a result, stock-ownership guidelines have been incorporated into our Governance Guidelines.

Each director is expected, at a minimum, to own 4,000 shares of UMB stock, vested options with an in-the-money equivalent value, or a combination of the basis and reasons thatforegoing. Each of the Committee has authorized such payments and awards.following senior officers is expected, at a minimum, to own shares of UMB stock with the applicable market value, vested options with an in-the-money equivalent value, or a combination of the foregoing:

 

Stock Ownership GuidelinesPresident and Chief Executive Officer – 5 times base salary;

Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank – 4 times base salary; and

 

other Executive Vice Presidents and Senior Vice Presidents who participate in a long-term incentive compensation plan with a target award level of 30% or more – 2 times base salary.

Unvested shares held through the Profit-Sharing Plan or the ESOP and unvested Performance Shares and Service Shares are counted toward these minimums.

Each director or senior officer is expected to come into compliance with these stock-ownership guidelines within five years of being employed in or promoted to an applicable position. In January 2009,2016, the Company adopted formal stock ownership guidelines to encourageCompensation Committee reviewed the Executives (as well as other senior officersholdings of the Company and its subsidiaries, and the members of the Company’s Board of Directors) to build a meaningful Company Stock ownership position over time. The Committee believes that its continued use of Options and Service-Based Shares and Performance-Based Shares as components of the Executives’ compensation, together with the vesting periods associated with the Options and Service-Based Shares and Performance-Based Shares, will help promote such ownership and satisfaction of the Guidelines by the Executives. The Guidelines, as amended, state that the following categories of the Company’s officers should hold Company stock (or vested Options having an “in-the-money” equivalent value) equal to the following multiples of his/her respective annual salary, and that the Company’s Directors should hold a minimum number of shares of the Company Stock, as indicated:

Chief Executive Officer5 times base salary
President/Chief Operating Officer4 times base salary
Chief Financial Officer4 times base salary
Executive Vice Presidents2 times base salary

Senior Vice Presidents who participate in a Long-Term Program with a target award level of 30% or more

2 times base salary
Directors4,000 shares

The Guidelines provide that each individual has a five-year period from the date of the adoption of the Guidelines or (if later) a promotion into a position included under the Guidelines, to accumulate the specified number of shares, and that Service-Based Shares or Performance-Based Shares held outright or beneficially, shares owned in the Profit Sharing Plan and ESOP, and the “in-the-money” value of exercisable options, are all counted toward satisfaction of the Guidelines. The Committee concluded that there is a benefit in adopting a formal set of ownership guidelines, and that a periodic review of the extent to which individuals are meeting such Guidelines will encourage the Executives,our directors and other Company officersSection 16 Officers as of December 31, 2015. All were found to accumulatebe within a significant stock ownership positionconformance period or in full compliance as of that will give them a Shareholder Attitude. Asdate, except Mr. Iseman with 61% of the current date, thehis minimum amount.

No Hedging of UMB Stock

Our Governance Guidelines prohibit directors and Executives currently have shareholdings that satisfy the Guidelines, or that when taken with the number of shares of Service-Based Shares and Performance-Based Shares that they are expected to receive under the Company’s Long-Term Plan, will be sufficient to satisfy the Guidelines within the specified five-year period.

Hedging of Company Stock

The Company adopted, on January 24, 2012, a Policy Against Hedging Transactions, that prohibits its Named ExecutiveSection 16 Officers and Directors from engaging in securities transactions in which they may profit from short-term speculative swingstrading in the value of the Company’s shares.UMB’s securities. Prohibited transactions include: (i) “short sales” (sellinginclude (1) a short sale (that is, a sale of borrowed securities whichby an investor who hopes to buy the seller hopes can be purchasedsecurities later at a lower price in the future); (ii) “short salesand thus make a profit), (2) a short sale against the box” (sellingbox (that is, a short sale of owned but not delivered, securities); (iii) “put” and “call” options (publicly available rightssecurities to lock in gains or prevent additional losses), (3) a put or call option (that is, a right to sell or buy securities within a certain period of time at a specified price)price within a specified period of time), including writinga covered calls;call, and (iv) hedging(4) a hedge or any other type of derivative or speculative arrangement that has a similar economic effect without the full risk or benefit of ownership.

The Board believes that this prohibition further aligns the interests of directors and Section 16 Officers with those of shareholders, facilitates compliance with insider-trading and other applicable laws, and aids in preventing directors and Section 16 Officers from subjecting themselves to an actual or potential conflict of interest with UMB or creating the appearance of such a conflict.

Claw-Back of Compensation

In January 2012, the Board approved a claw-back policy (the “Claw-Back Policy”) to formalize UMB’s right to recover cash- or equity-based incentive compensation that was awarded on the basis of incorrect or incomplete measurements of performance or illegal, dishonest, fraudulent, or intentional misconduct. The Claw-Back Policy was modeled on a similar policy that had been adopted partiallyby the Compensation Committee in responseFebruary 2010.

The Compensation Committee is charged with determining whether a recovery of incentive compensation is appropriate under the Claw-Back Policy and, if so, in what amount. The amount to a shareholder proposalbe recovered, however, may not be less than that required under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. A recipient must be notified within 36 months after the date when cash-based incentive compensation was received or equity-based incentive compensation vested in order for its recovery to be sought.

Say-on-Pay Advisory Vote

In 2015 and 2016, the Compensation Committee considered the results of the non-binding say-on-pay advisory vote that had been held at our 2014 annual meeting of shareholders. The compensation paid to our named executive officers at that time was overwhelmingly approved, with 97.1% of the votes represented being in favor. The Compensation Committee has interpreted this vote as an endorsement of our Executive-Compensation Principles and defeated at the Company’s April 2012overall design and structure of our executive-compensation program.

At our 2011 annual meeting of shareholders, and also to help cause the officer or director to have the same objectivesin what is commonly known as the Company’s othera non-binding say-when-on-pay advisory vote, our shareholders to help control legal risk and/or the appearancevoted in favor of improper or inappropriate conduct if the persons subject to this policy were to engage in certain forms of hedging or monetization transactions, to prevent the officers or directorsus holding say-on-pay advisory votes every third calendar year. Section 14A of the Company from owning stock withoutExchange Act and SEC Rule 14a-21 require us to hold a non-binding say-when-on-pay advisory vote at least every sixth calendar year. As a result, we expect that the full risksnext non-binding say-on-pay and rewardssay-when-on-pay advisory votes will be held at our 2017 annual meeting of ownership, and to help ensure compliance with insider trading rules.shareholders.

Committee Actions Relating to 2013 Executive CompensationInternal Revenue Code Section 162(m)

The followinguse of Performance Shares under the Umbrella LTIP is influenced in part by Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended, which precludes a brief summarypublicly held corporation from deducting specified compensation that is paid to a covered employee in excess of certain changesone million dollars for the taxable year. Performance-based compensation, however, is fully deductible if conditions identified in Section 162(m) and Treasury Regulation § 1.162-27 are satisfied.

In structuring performance-based awards, the Compensation Committee considers—though is not rigidly constrained in its decisionmaking by—the provisions of Section 162(m) and associated consequences for UMB’s tax position. Compensation that cannot be deducted under Section 162(m) may be approved to the extent judged by the Compensation Committee to be appropriate and in the best interests of UMB and its shareholders.

Options

The Compensation Committee generally grants Options at a price equal to the closing market price of UMB stock on the grant date and uses the Black-Scholes model to establish their value. The Compensation Committee has exclusive authority over the grant date for each Option. No grant date is selected for the purpose of affording an advantage to directors or associates of UMB due to an actual or anticipated public disclosure of material information relating to UMB (positive or negative) or any other information that would be likely to affect the value of the related Options.

Compensation Awarded to the Executives for 2015

General Considerations for 2015

The Compensation Committee weighed a number of general considerations in setting the compensation of each Executive for 2015. In doing so, rigid and formulaic approaches were avoided in favor of more holistic assessments that took account of both quantitative and qualitative factors.

Prominent among the Compensation Committee’s considerations were the performance of UMB and the long-term value created for shareholders.

When making compensation assessments and decisions in February 2015—which covered 2015 salary, long-term incentive compensation under the 2015 LTIP, and 2015 benefits and perquisites—the Compensation Committee reviewed UMB’s performance in 2014. That year, we stayed true to our commitment to balanced risk-taking despite challenging interest-rate and other economic conditions and recorded earnings of $120.7 million ($2.65 per diluted share), which represented a decrease of $13.3 million compared to 2013. Still, average loans for 2014 were $7.0 billion, a 12.1% increase compared to 2013, and our nonperforming loans as a percentage of loans at December 31, 2014, were 0.37%. Revenue from our fee-based businesses represented 58.8% of total revenue for 2014. Total assets under management increased 3.4% year-over-year to $42.8 billion as of December 31, 2014, and total assets under administration increased 3.8% year-over-year to $198.3 billion as of December 31, 2014. Our cost of interest-bearing liabilities for 2014 was 0.15%, and factoring in non-interest-bearing demand deposits (which represented 41.4% of total deposits as of December 31, 2014), the cost of funds was 0.10%. Our tier 1 capital ratio remained strong at 13.29%. And we announced on December 15, 2014, the definitive agreement to acquire Marquette.

When taking actions involving 2015 compensation in February 2016—which covered short-term incentive compensation under the 2015 STIP and awards for 2015 under VAPPs and the Scout Program—the Compensation Committee reviewed UMB’s performance in 2015.See2015 Business Highlights” earlier in this Compensation Discussion and Analysis.

In addition, Hay presented the Compensation Committee with comparative peer-group and industry analyses of the compensation paid to Mr. Kemper.SeeThe Compensation Committee and OurExecutive-Compensation Process” earlier in this Compensation Discussion and Analysis. Our Human Resources Department gathered industry data from several sources and, likewise, supplied comparative analyses of the compensation paid to the other Executives.

In February 2015, data drawn from 2014 was reviewed by the Compensation Committee. Peer-group and industry data was examined for Messrs. Kemper, Hagedorn, and deSilva and compared to their total compensation for 2014, and industry data alone was examined for Messrs. Iseman, Fischer, and Walker and compared to their total compensation for 2014. Mr. Stengel was not included as a Section 16 Officer during the applicable time, and as a result, no comparative data on his compensation was reviewed.

   
Executive  Total Actual Compensation as a
Percentage of the 50th Percentile
(Industry Data)
  Total Actual Compensation as a
Percentage of the 50th Percentile
(Peer-Group Data)

J. Mariner Kemper

  108%  93%

Michael D. Hagedorn

  120%  103%

Andrew J. Iseman

  51%  N/A

Anthony J. Fischer

  105%  N/A

Brian J. Walker

  87%  N/A

Peter J. deSilva

  135%  184%

In February 2016, data taken from 2015 was reviewed by the Compensation Committee, and the analyses took into account recent changes in our executive leadership.SeeOverview” earlier in this Compensation Discussion and Analysis. Peer-group and industry data was examined for Mr. Kemper and compared to his total compensation for 2015, and industry data alone was examined for Messrs. Hagedorn, Iseman, Stengel, Fischer, and Walker and compared to their recommended total compensation for 2016. Because of Mr. deSilva’s departure from UMB on January 6, 2016, no comparative data on his compensation was reviewed.

   
Executive  Total Actual or Recommended
Compensation as a Percentage of
the 50th Percentile (Industry Data)
  Total Actual Compensation as a
Percentage of the 50th Percentile
(Peer-Group Data)

J. Mariner Kemper

  113%  102%

Michael D. Hagedorn

  154%  N/A

Andrew J. Iseman

  78%  N/A

Scott A. Stengel

  71%  N/A

Anthony J. Fischer

  67%  N/A

Brian J. Walker

  92%  N/A

To aid its deliberations on how the different elements of compensation relate to one another, fit together to form a total compensation package, and further the goals of our executive-compensation program, the Compensation

Committee in February 2015 and February 2016 reviewed a tally sheet for each Section 16 Officer. This tally sheet reflected the value of each element of compensation that was realized by the officer in 2014 or 2015 respectively, any additional element that was realizable but not realized by the officer in 2014 or 2015 respectively (for example, Options that had vested in or prior to 2014 or 2015 but that had not yet been exercised), and contingent payments and benefits that had been approved for the officer (for example, cash- or equity-based awards that could be received upon death, disability, or a change in control of UMB).

Considerations Involving Short-Term Incentive Compensation for 2015

In February 2015—consistent with the preference for performance-based compensation standards, market-based compensation, and company-wide goals—the Compensation Committee approved a 2015 STIP with a bonus pool tied to UMB’s core after-tax net income (80% weight) and core return on average equity (20% weight), in each case, with interpolation between rows:

    
2015 Core After-Tax Net
Income as a Percentage of
the Financial Target
 

2015 Core After-Tax

Net Income

 

2015 STIP Bonus Pool
Funding as a

Percentage of the

Target Bonus Pool

 

2015 STIP Bonus Pool

(80% Weight)

(as adjusted in February 2016 to
accommodate changes in
participants during 2015)

Less Than 80%

 $99.0 Million or Less 0% $0

80%

 $99.1 Million 33% $2.2 Million

90%

 $111.5 Million 67% $4.5 Million

100%

 $123.9 Million 100% $6.7 Million

110%

 $136.3 Million 133% $8.9 Million

120%

 $148.7 Million 167% $11.2 Million

130% or Greater

 $161.1 Million or More 200% $13.4 Million (Capped)

    
2015 Core Return on
Average Equity as a
Percentage of the Financial
Target
 

2015 Core Return on

Average Equity

 

2015 STIP Bonus Pool
Funding as a

Percentage of the

Target Bonus Pool

 

2015 STIP Bonus Pool

(20% Weight)

(as adjusted in February 2016 to
accommodate changes in
participants during 2015)

Less Than 80%

 6.08% or Less 0% $0

80%

 6.09% 33% $0.6 Million

90%

 6.86% 67% $1.1 Million

100%

 7.62% 100% $1.7 Million

110%

 8.38% 133% $2.2 Million

120%

 9.14% 167% $2.8 Million

130% or Greater

 9.91% or More 200% $3.3 Million (Capped)

Core” income, returns, or similar financial results are based on the corresponding results as reported under generally accepted accounting principles, with discretion reserved to make objective adjustments for gains, losses, or circumstances that the Compensation Committee identifies as being fair and appropriate—such as (1) a gain or loss

on the sale of non-earning assets, (2) a gain or loss on the sale or discontinuance of a business, product, or service, (3) a gain or loss on a branch closing, (4) expenses associated solely with the acquisition of a business, (5) severance costs, (6) litigation reserves, and (7) other items unrelated to core results (such as unrealized gains or losses on specified alternative investments that had been acquired). The Compensation Committee retained exclusive authority over the calculation of core after-tax net income and core return on average equity under the 2015 STIP and the right to consult with the Audit Committee to the extent appropriate.

In February 2016, the Compensation Committee determined under the 2015 STIP that (a) core after-tax net income had been $133.51 million, which represented 107.76% of the target, and (b) core return on average equity had been 7.39%, which represented 96.98% of the target. Taken together and weighted, these results would have given rise to a bonus pool of $9.92 million under the 2015 STIP. In light of the efficiency initiative implemented by UMB in 2015, however, the Compensation Committee exercised its discretion under the 2015 STIP to decrease the pool by $1.54 million to $8.38 million. Individual awards approved and distributed from the pool to the Executives, except Messrs. Iseman and Fischer, are described later in this Compensation Discussion and Analysis.

For Mr. Iseman—consistent with the preference for performance-based compensation standards, market-based compensation, and, in this case, primarily business-line goals—the Compensation Committee in February 2015 approved a VAPP with the following goals: (i) Scout’s financial performance in 2015, with a focus on pre-allocation net income (56%), (ii) Scout’s net inflows for funds and separately managed accounts (16%), (iii) UMB’s core after-tax net income (8%), and (iv) performance under UMB’s manager standards (20%). For Mr. Fischer—consistent with the same preferences—the Compensation Committee in February and March 2015 approved a VAPP with the following goals: (A) UMBFS’s core pre-tax adjusted net income (32%), (B) UMB’s core after-tax net income (8%), (C) UMBFS’s gross sales (8%), (D) associate development and client retention at UMBFS (8%), (E) development of UMBFS’s operating strategy (8%), (F) establishment of business metrics for UMBFS (8%), (G) personal development (8%), and (H) performance under UMB’s manager standards (20%). The awards approved and distributed to Messrs. Iseman and Fischer under their VAPPs are described later in this Compensation Discussion and Analysis.

Considerations Involving Long-Term Incentive Compensation for 2015

In February 2015—consistent with the preference for performance-based compensation standards, longer performance periods, equity-based compensation, market-based compensation, and company-wide goals—the Compensation Committee approved a 2015 LTIP with a performance standard for Performance Shares based on three-year (2015, 2016, and 2017) cumulative core after-tax earnings per share (“3-Year EPS”). A threshold level and a target level for 3-Year EPS were established under the 2015 LTIP, using the budget that had been approved by the Board in January 2015 as a baseline and historical compound annual growth rates in core net income for projections in 2016 and 2017. Achieving or exceeding the target level of 3-Year EPS would result in 100% of the Performance Shares being earned, while reaching the threshold level would result in 50% of the Performance Shares being earned. If 3-Year EPS were to fall between those two levels, the percentage earned would be interpolated. Failing to meet the threshold level would result in 0% of the Performance Shares being earned.

The Compensation Committee concluded, in light of challenging interest-rate and other economic conditions and budgetary headwinds, that achieving the target level would require strong financial and operating performance from UMB and that a 100% award would be commensurate with such a result. The threshold level also was viewed as appropriately demanding and, therefore, as commensurate with a 50% award. In establishing these levels, the Compensation Committee also took particular note of the lack of any upside award if performance were to exceed the target level and the hard floor at the threshold level. Similar to the 2015 STIP, the Compensation Committee retained exclusive authority over the calculation of 3-Year EPS, the right to consult with the Audit Committee to the extent appropriate, and the right to make objective adjustments in the calculations.

To promote retention and to reward consistent and sustained performance, the Compensation Committee decided on the following vesting periods for Equity-Based Awards under the 2015 LTIP:

    
Years after Grant Service Shares Performance Shares Options

Less Than 3 Years

 0% 0% 0%

3 Years

 50% Percentage Based on 50%

4 Years

 75% 3-Year EPS 75%

5 Years

 100% (2015, 2016, and 2017) 100%

As discussed earlier for Mr. Iseman—consistent with the preference for performance-based compensation standards, equity-based compensation, market-based compensation, and, in this case, primarily business-line goals—the Compensation Committee in February 2015 approved his participation in the Scout Program rather than the 2015 LTIP.

Mr. Kemper’s Compensation for 2015

The Compensation Committee believes that, as the Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of UMB, Mr. Kemper should be evaluated primarily on the basis of the risk-based performance of UMB and its segments—such as financial results against budget, succession planning, continued success in diversifying revenue streams, and increased efficiency—as well as his individual leadership and strategic vision.

In February 2015, the Compensation Committee assessed Mr. Kemper’s performance during 2014 in this context. The $13.3 million decrease in UMB’s full-year earnings from 2013 to 2014 was acknowledged, but the Compensation Committee also noted that UMB’s equity earnings on Prairie Capital Management, LLC’s alternative investments had decreased $15.1 million over the same period and that challenging interest-rate and other economic conditions had persisted throughout 2014 and into 2015. As a result, the Compensation Committee concluded that his total compensation should continue to be moved gradually over time to a point between the 50th and 75th percentiles of comparable chief executive officers and should have an increasing emphasis on equity-based compensation. This medium-term plan would strike the proper balance between rewarding current performance and creating forward-looking incentives and would enable the Compensation Committee to alter course if performance were to fall off.

Prior to the Compensation Committee’s deliberations, however, Mr. Kemper had highlighted UMB’s public disclosures about increasing expenses.See2015 Business Highlights” earlier in this Compensation Discussion and Analysis. Against this backdrop, Mr. Kemper had suggested that his salary for 2015 not be raised. Respecting the example that Mr. Kemper had proposed to set, the Compensation Committee decided—consistent with the preference for performance-based compensation standards, longer performance periods, equity-based compensation, market-based compensation, and company-wide goals—(1) to hold his salary for 2015 at $862,110, (2) to hold his 2015 STIP target percentage at 100% of salary, and (3) to approve a grant for him under the 2015 LTIP with a value equal to $1.5 million.

Due to Mr. Kemper’s role as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of UMB during 2014, the Compensation Committee concluded that his Equity-Based Awards should continue to be weighted more toward Performance Shares and Options. This approach, in the Compensation Committee’s view, would further orient his incentives toward increasing the fundamental value of UMB, creating long-term value for shareholders, and increasing the share price of UMB stock. On this basis, the Equity-Based Awards for Mr. Kemper under the 2015 LTIP took the following form: 40% in Performance Shares, 35% in Options, and 25% in Service Shares.

In February 2016, the Compensation Committee adopted the same approach to evaluating Mr. Kemper’s contributions and considered a number of developments during 2015—including the financial and operating

performance of UMB and its segments, the successful acquisition of Marquette, the efficiency initiative, and changes in UMB’s executive leadership.SeeOverview” and “2015 Business Highlights” earlier in this Compensation Discussion and Analysis. On this basis, the Compensation Committee decided (a) to award him a bonus under the 2015 STIP at 100% of his 100% target, which equaled $862,110, (b) to hold his salary for 2016 at $862,110, and (c) to approve a grant for him under the 2016 LTIP with a value equal to $1.8 million. His Equity-Based Awards under the 2016 LTIP were weighted slightly more toward Performance Shares and slightly less toward Options, with 50% in Performance Shares, 25% in Options, and 25% in Service Shares.

This is an outline of Mr. Kemper’s compensation for 2015 compared to 2014:

    
Executive Salary  STIP Award  LTIP Grant
  2015
(Effective
March 16,
2015)
 2014
(Effective
March 17,
2014)
 Increase  2015
(Determined
and Paid in
February 2016)
 2014
(Determined
and Paid in
February 2015)
  2015
(Determined
and Fixed in
February 2015)
 2014
(Determined
and Fixed in
February 2014)

J. Mariner Kemper

 $862,110 $862,110 0%  $862,110

 

(100% of
12/31/15

Salary from a
Target of
100% of
12/31/15
Salary)

 $948,321

 

(110% of
12/31/14

Salary from a
Target of
100% of
12/31/14
Salary)

  Value of
$1,500,000
 Value of
$1,200,000

Mr. Hagedorn’s Compensation for 2015

Mr. Hagedorn was appointed the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank in January 2014, and his objectives for the year were centered around management of the Bank’s reorganized leadership team, regulatory compliance, community involvement, individual leadership, and support for Mr. Walker as the newly promoted Chief Financial Officer. In February 2015, the Compensation Committee concluded that Mr. Hagedorn had generally met or exceeded his objectives in 2014 and that, as contemplated in February 2014, his total compensation should continue to be moved gradually over time to a point between the 50th and 75th percentiles of comparable executives and should have an increasing emphasis on equity-based compensation. For the same reasons noted in connection with his own compensation, however, Mr. Kemper had recommended that Mr. Hagedorn’s salary for 2015 not be raised more than 5%. A decision was thus made—consistent with the same executive-compensation preferences noted in connection with Mr. Kemper—(1) to raise Mr. Hagedorn’s salary for 2015 to $450,000 (a 5.1% increase compared to 2014), (2) to hold his 2015 STIP target percentage at 65% of salary, and (3) to approve a grant for him under the 2015 LTIP with a value equal to $550,000. The Compensation Committee also concluded that his Equity-Based Awards—like those for Mr. Kemper—should continue to be weighted more toward Performance Shares and Options to further align his interests with those of shareholders. On this basis, the Equity-Based Awards for Mr. Hagedorn under the 2015 LTIP took the following form: 40% in Performance Shares, 35% in Options, and 25% in Service Shares.

For 2015, Mr. Hagedorn’s objectives covered the acquisition and integration of Marquette, leadership as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank, development of a technology-upgrade plan for the Bank, community and civic leadership, leadership on UMB’s important initiatives, and performance under UMB’s manager standards. In addition, with the changes in UMB’s executive leadership that were effective November 2, 2015, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer of UMB on an interim basis. In February 2016, the Compensation Committee concluded that Mr. Hagedorn had performed well in 2015 and had generally met or exceeded his objectives. On this basis, the Compensation Committee decided (a) to award him a bonus under the 2015 STIP at 100% of his 65% target, which equaled $292,500, (b) to raise his salary for 2016 to $475,000 (a 5.6% increase compared to 2015), and (c) to

approve a grant for him under the 2016 LTIP with a value equal to $575,000. Like those for Mr. Kemper, Equity-Based Awards for Mr. Hagedorn under the 2016 LTIP were weighted slightly more toward Performance Shares and slightly less toward Options, with 50% in Performance Shares, 25% in Options, and 25% in Service Shares. Further, in light of the changes in UMB’s executive leadership, the Compensation Committee determined that market and retention considerations warranted an additional grant of $450,000 in Service Shares to Mr. Hagedorn under the 2016 LTIP, with 50% vesting on the second anniversary of the grant and 50% vesting on the third anniversary of the grant.

This is an outline of Mr. Hagedorn’s compensation for 2015 compared to 2014:

    
Executive Salary STIP Award LTIP Grant
  2015

(Effective
March 16,
2015)

 2014

(Effective
March 17,
2014)

 Increase 2015

(Determined
and Paid in
February 2016)

 2014

(Determined
and Paid in
February 2015)

 2015

(Determined
and Fixed in
February 2015)

 2014

(Determined

and Fixed in
February 2014)

Michael D. Hagedorn

 $450,000 $428,274 5.1% $292,500

 

(65% of
12/31/15

Salary from a
Target of

65% of
12/31/15
Salary)

 $306,216

 

(71.5% of
12/31/14

Salary from a
Target of

65% of
12/31/14
Salary)

 Value of
$550,000
 Value of
$450,000

Mr. Iseman’s Compensation for 2015

Mr. Iseman’s objectives in 2014 were grounded primarily in Scout’s performance (including revenue, pre-allocation net income, and net inflows) and secondarily in the performance of UMB. In February 2015, the Compensation Committee used both quantitative and qualitative assessments in judging his performance in 2014 and—against the backdrop of its preference to retain a heavier emphasis on incentive compensation for Mr. Iseman through his VAPP and the Scout Program—(1) held his salary for 2015 at $415,000, (2) held the target percentage under his 2015 VAPP at 125% of salary, and (3) increased his maximum percentage share of the potential 2015 Scout Program bonus pool to 19.45%.

Objectives for Mr. Iseman in 2015 were cast in a form similar to those in 2014.SeeCompensation Awarded to the Executives for 2013,2015—Considerations Involving Short-Term Incentive Compensation for 2015” earlier in this Compensation Discussion and Analysis. In February 2016, the Compensation Committee used both quantitative and qualitative assessments in judging his performance in 2015 and awarded a bonus under his 2015 VAPP at 81.1% of salary on December 31, 2015, which equaled $336,685. Turning to the Scout Program, the Compensation Committee determined that Scout’s operating margin during 2015 had not equaled or exceeded the required threshold, and as a result, no annual bonus pool was established.SeeElements of Executive Compensation—Long-Term Incentive Compensation” earlier in this Compensation Discussion and Analysis for more information on the Scout Program. Consistent with the preference for performance-based compensation standards, equity-based compensation, market-based compensation, and, in this case, primarily business-line goals, the Compensation Committee decided to keep Mr. Iseman’s salary at the same level for 2016 but to decrease his maximum percentage share of the potential 2016 Scout Program bonus pool to 15.35%.

This is intendedan outline of Mr. Iseman’s compensation for 2015 compared to provide additional information2014:

    
Executive Salary  VAPP Award  Scout Program Award
  2015

(Effective
March 16,
2015)

 2014

(Effective
March 17,
2014)

 Increase  2015

(Determined
and Paid in
February 2016)

 2014

(Determined
and Paid in
February 2015)

  2015

(Maximum
Percentage
Determined
and Fixed in
February 2015)

 2014

(Maximum
Percentage
Determined
and Fixed in
February 2014)

Andrew J. Iseman

 $415,000 $415,000 0%  $336,685

 

(81.1% of
12/31/15

Salary from a
Target of

125% of
12/31/15
Salary)

 $426,000

 

(102.7% of
12/31/14

Salary from a
Target of

125% of
12/31/14
Salary)

  $0 $607,278

 

(13.75% of
Scout Program
Pool—Half in
Deferred

Cash Award
and Half in
Service
Shares—with
Ratable
3-Year Vesting)

Mr. Stengel’s Compensation for 2015

Mr. Stengel was named General Counsel and Secretary of UMB in January 2014, and his objectives for the year were tied to shareholdersdeveloping a plan to rationalize the management of the legal function, developing a plan to engage outside counsel in a more cost-effective way, implementing a reorganized committee structure for useUMB, and developing a more consistent approach to the delivery of legal advice. Because Mr. Stengel had not been included as a Section 16 Officer during the applicable time, Mr. Kemper was charged with reviewing his performance and setting his compensation in theirFebruary 2015. Consistent with the same executive-compensation preferences noted in connection with himself, Mr. Kemper (1) raised Mr. Stengel’s salary for 2015 to $350,000 (an 11.1% increase compared to 2014), (2) held his 2015 STIP target percentage at 35% of salary, and (3) proposed a grant for him under the 2015 LTIP with a value equal to $157,500, which was approved by the Compensation Committee. Due to Mr. Stengel’s leadership role within UMB, his Equity-Based Awards under the 2015 LTIP took the following form: 35% in Performance Shares, 35% in Options, and 30% in Service Shares.

For 2015, Mr. Stengel’s objectives covered leadership of the corporate legal function, implementation of a plan to engage outside counsel in a more cost-effective way, implementation of a more consistent approach to the delivery of legal advice, development of a government-relations infrastructure, and performance under UMB’s manager standards. In February 2016, the Compensation Committee concluded that Mr. Stengel had performed well in 2015 and had generally met or exceeded his objectives. On this basis, the Compensation Committee decided (a) to award him a bonus under the 2015 STIP at 100% of his 35% target, which equaled $122,500, (b) to raise his salary for 2016 to $367,500 (a 5% increase compared to 2015), and (c) to approve a grant for him under the 2016 LTIP with a value equal to $175,000. Like those for Mr. Kemper, Equity-Based Awards for Mr. Stengel under the 2016 LTIP were weighted more toward Performance Shares and less toward Options and Service Shares, with 50% in Performance Shares, 25% in Options, and 25% in Service Shares.

This is an outline of Mr. Stengel’s compensation for 2015 compared to 2014:

    
Executive  Salary  STIP Award  LTIP Grant
   2015

(Effective
March 16,
2015)

  2014

(Effective
March 17,
2014)

  Increase  2015

(Determined
and Paid in
February 2016)

  2014

(Determined
and Paid in
February 2015)

  2015

(Determined
and Fixed in
February 2015)

  2014

(Determined
and Fixed in
February 2014)

Scott A. Stengel  $350,000  $315,000  11.1%  $122,500

 

(35% of
12/31/15

Salary from a
Target of

35% of
12/31/15
Salary)

  $109,721

 

(34.8% of
12/31/14
Salary from a
Target of

35% of
12/31/14
Salary)

  Value of
$157,500
  Value of
$150,000

Mr. Fischer’s Compensation for 2015

Mr. Fischer was appointed President of UMBFS in July 2014, and his objectives for the year were grounded in associate development, operational performance, and strategic initiatives at UMBFS. In February 2015, the Compensation Committee used both quantitative and qualitative assessments in judging his performance in 2014 and decided (1) to raise his salary for 2015 to $283,000 (a 2.9% increase compared to 2014), (2) to hold the target percentage under his 2015 VAPP at 50% of salary, and (3) to approve a grant for him under the 2015 LTIP with a value equal to $137,500. Due to his leadership role within UMB, the Equity-Based Awards for Mr. Fischer under the 2015 LTIP took the following form: 35% in Performance Shares, 35% in Options, and 30% in Service Shares.

Objectives for Mr. Fischer in 2015 were established with a more pronounced emphasis on the financial performance of UMBFS.SeeCompensation Awarded to the Executives for 2015—Considerations Involving Short-Term Incentive Compensation for 2015” earlier in this Compensation Discussion and Analysis. In February 2016, the Compensation Committee used both quantitative and qualitative assessments in judging his performance in 2015 and—consistent with the preference for performance-based compensation standards, equity-based compensation, market-based compensation, and, in this case, primarily business-line goals—elected (a) to award him a bonus under his 2015 VAPP at 44% of salary on December 31, 2015, which equaled $124,605, (b) to hold his salary for 2016 at $283,000, and (c) to approve a grant for him under the 2016 LTIP with a value equal to $141,500. Like those for Mr. Kemper, Equity-Based Awards for Mr. Fischer under the 2016 LTIP were weighted more toward Performance Shares and less toward Options and Service Shares, with 50% in Performance Shares, 25% in Options, and 25% in Service Shares.

This is an outline of Mr. Fischer’s compensation for 2015 compared to 2014:

    
Executive Salary  VAPP Award  LTIP Grant
  2015

(Effective
March 16,
2015)

 2014

(Effective
March 17,
2014)

 Increase  2015

(Determined
and Paid in
February 2016)

 2014

(Determined
and Paid in
February 2015)

  2015

(Determined
and Fixed in
February 2015)

 2014

(Determined
and Fixed in
February 2014)

Anthony J. Fischer

 $283,000 $275,000 2.9%  $124,605

 

(44% of
12/31/15

Salary from a
Target of

50% of
12/31/15
Salary)

 $75,000

 

(Prorated after
Promotion:
54.5% of
12/31/14

Salary from a
Target of

50% of
12/31/14
Salary)

 

Plus

 

$75,912

 

(100% of
Commissions
Earned before
Promotion)

  Value of
$137,500
 Value of
$33,000

Mr. Walker’s Compensation for 2015

Mr. Walker was named Chief Financial Officer of UMB in January 2014, and his objectives for the year spanned external reporting, capital adequacy and stress testing,the unparalleled customer experience, teamwork, and internal reporting. In February 2015, based on his continuing development in 2014 and consistent with the same executive-compensation preferences noted in connection with Mr. Kemper, the Compensation Committee (1) raised Mr. Walker’s salary for 2015 to $265,000 (a 10.4% increase compared to 2014), (2) held his 2015 STIP target percentage at 35% of salary, and (3) approved a grant for him under the 2015 LTIP with a value equal to $120,000. Due to his leadership role within UMB, the Equity-Based Awards for Mr. Walker under the 2015 LTIP took the following form: 35% in Performance Shares, 35% in Options, and 30% in Service Shares.

For 2015, Mr. Walker’s objectives were centered around financial reporting, the integration of Marquette, enhancements in the forecasting process,the unparalleled customer experience, teamwork, investor relations, and performance under UMB’s manager standards. In February 2016—based on his resignation as Chief Financial Officer effective November 2, 2015, and a review of his performance in that capacity and as Chief Accounting Officer throughout 2015—the Company’s compensation programsCompensation Committee decided (a) to award him a bonus under the 2015 STIP at 90% of his 35% target, which equaled $83,475, (b) to hold his salary for 2012. A2016 at $265,000, and (c) to approve a grant for him under the 2016 LTIP with a value equal to $132,500. Like those for Mr. Kemper, Equity-Based Awards for Mr. Walker under the 2016 LTIP were weighted more detailed descriptiontoward Performance Shares and less toward Options and Service Shares, with 50% in Performance Shares, 25% in Options, and 25% in Service Shares.

This is an outline of Mr. Walker’s compensation for 2015 compared to 2014:

    
Executive Salary  STIP Award  LTIP Grant
  2015

(Effective
March 16,
2015)

 2014

(Effective
January 31,
2014)

 Increase  2015

(Determined
and Paid in
February 2016)

 2014

(Determined
and Paid in
February 2015)

  2015

(Determined
and Fixed in
February 2015)

 2014

(Determined
and Fixed in
February 2014)

Brian J. Walker

 $265,000 $240,000 10.4%  $83,475

 

(31.5% of
12/31/15

Salary from a
Target of

35% of
12/31/15
Salary)

 $83,597

 

(34.8% of
12/31/14

Salary from a
Target of

35% of
12/31/14
Salary)

  Value of
$120,000
 Value of
$71,050

Mr. deSilva’s Compensation for 2015

Mr. deSilva in January 2014 was named Vice Chairman of the Bank and shifted his focus even more to the growth and efficiency of our fee-based businesses as the President and Chief Operating Officer of UMB. In this context, his objectives for the year reflected an emphasis on the performance of UMB’s nonbank subsidiaries, strategic corporate partnerships, scalable platforms for technology and operations, the risk-management framework for UMB’s nonbank subsidiaries, and individual leadership. In February 2015, the Compensation Committee concluded that Mr. deSilva had generally met or exceeded his objectives. For the same reasons noted in connection with his own compensation, however, Mr. Kemper had recommended that Mr. deSilva’s salary for 2015 not be raised more than 2.5%. A decision was thus made—consistent with the same executive-compensation preferences noted in connection with Mr. Kemper—(1) to raise Mr. deSilva’s salary for 2015 to $686,000 (a 2.5% increase compared to 2014), (2) to hold his 2015 STIP target percentage at 65% of salary, and (3) to approve a grant for him under the 2015 LTIP with a value equal to $697,000. The Compensation Committee also concluded that his Equity-Based Awards—like those for Mr. Kemper—should continue to be weighted more toward Performance Shares and Options to further align his interests with those of shareholders. On this basis, the Equity-Based Awards for Mr. deSilva under the 2015 LTIP took the following form: 40% in Performance Shares, 35% in Options, and 25% in Service Shares.

Mr. deSilva resigned as a member of the Board and as the President and Chief Operating Officer of UMB effective November 2, 2015. He continued to serve as Vice Chairman of the Bank until his preannounced departure from UMB on January 6, 2016. In February 2016, consistent with its traditional practices in similar circumstances, the Compensation Committee awarded him a bonus under the 2015 STIP at 100% of his 65% target, which equaled $445,900.

This is an outline of Mr. deSilva’s compensation for 2015 compared to 2014:

    
Executive Salary  STIP Award  LTIP Grant
  2015
(Effective
March 16,
2015)
 2014
(Effective
March 17,
2014)
 Increase  2015
(Determined
and Paid in
February 2016)
 2014
(Determined
and Paid in
February 2015)
  2015
(Determined
and Fixed in
February 2015)
 2014
(Determined
and Fixed in
February 2014)

Peter J. deSilva

 $686,000 $669,500 2.5%  $445,900

 

(65% of
12/31/15

Salary from a
Target of

65% of
12/31/15
Salary)

 $478,693

 

(71.5% of
12/31/14

Salary from a
Target of

65% of
12/31/14
Salary)

  Value of
$697,000
 Value of
$650,000

Performance Shares Certified in January 2016 as Having Vested under the 2013 LTIP

In February 2013—consistent with the preference for performance-based compensation standards, longer performance periods, equity-based compensation, market-based compensation, and company-wide goals—the Compensation Committee had approved an LTIP with a performance standard for Performance Shares based on3-Year EPS (2013, 2014, and 2015). Its design and structure were substantially similar to those of the 2015 LTIP described earlier in this Compensation Discussion and Analysis.

In January 2016, the Compensation Committee reviewed UMB’s financial results from 2013 through 2015 and certified the following: (1) the 3-Year EPS under the 2013 LTIP had exceeded the threshold level but had not reached the target level, (2) only 91.96% of the performance standard under the 2013 LTIP had been achieved, and (3) only 79.91% of the target award of Performance Shares for each eligible participant under the 2013 LTIP had been earned. Based on these conclusions, the following Performance Shares (including additional shares of UMB stock that had been purchased with dividends on the Performance Shares initially granted) were released to the Executives free of restrictions and risk of forfeiture: (a) 6,280 shares to Mr. Kemper, (b) 2,267 shares to Mr. Hagedorn, and (c) 4,603 shares to Mr. deSilva. Messrs. Iseman, Stengel, Fischer, and Walker had not been awarded Performance Shares under the 2013 LTIP.

Deferred Compensation Plan

In October 2008, the Compensation Committee approved a deferred compensation plan that permits the Executives and other specified participants, at their option, to defer a portion of their compensation payable for a calendar year until retirement, termination, or the occurrence of another specified event. UMB has an unsecured obligation to pay each deferred amount at the applicable time together with a rate of return equal to the yield produced by a mutual fund selected by the participant from among those available under the Profit-Sharing Plan. UMB does not match any amount that a participant may choose to defer. All of the Executives were eligible to participate in this plan, and one elected to defer income in 2015.

Benefits and Perquisites

Each Executive is offered standard benefits—including health insurance, disability insurance, life insurance,401(k)-plan matching contributions, and profit-sharing contributions—which are provided on the same terms to all of UMB’s associates who have met minimum service requirements, except to the extent that a benefit (such as disability insurance) is calculated as a percentage of salary. We regularly assess these benefits against those of our peer group to remain competitive.

The Compensation Committee generally approves limited perquisites when appropriate to attract or retain talent, when a particular benefit inures to UMB, or when the value to the Executive or other officer is greater than UMB’s cash outlay. For example, club dues and fees are paid on behalf of Executives and other designated officers who are charged with meaningful business-generation responsibilities and who appreciate the administrative convenience associated with a corporate-paid membership. Similarly, affording a modest allowance to the Executives and other senior officers for tax preparation and financial planning (1) enables UMB to ensure that no potential conflict of interest arises in a senior officer’s choice of such a professional, (2) can result in cost savings based on the number of officers using a common professional, and (3) is administratively convenient for the participating officers.SeeCompensation Tables—2015 Summary Compensation” later in this proxy statement for detailed information about the perquisites provided to the Executives.

Additional Payments or Benefits

The Executives, in addition to other officers, may be entitled to receive accelerated payments or other awards under the Umbrella LTIP, the Scout Program, the Umbrella STIP, or a VAPP in limited circumstances (such as death, disability, retirement, or a change in control of UMB).SeePotential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control” later in this proxy statement for additional information.

Executive-Compensation Actions in 2016

Earlier discussions of each Executive’s compensation for 2015 address actions that were taken by the Compensation Committee in 2016 and that could affect a fair understanding of 2015 compensation.SeeCompensation Awarded to the Executives for 2015” earlier in this Compensation Discussion and Analysis. These are outlines of those actions for each Executive other than Mr. deSilva, who departed UMB on January 6, 2016:

    
Executive Salary  STIP  LTIP Grant
  2016
(Effective
March 28,
2016)
  2015
(Effective
March 16,
2015)
 Increase  2016
(Determined
and Paid in
February 2017)
 2015
(Determined
and Paid in
February
 2016)
  2016
(Determined
and Fixed in
February
 2016)
 2015
(Determined
and Fixed in
February 2015)
J. Mariner Kemper $862,110  $862,110 0%  Target of
105% of
12/31/16
Salary
 $862,110

 

(100% of
12/31/15

Salary from a
Target of

100% of
12/31/15 Salary)

  Value of
$1,800,000
 Value of
$1,500,000
Michael D. Hagedorn $475,000  $450,000 5.6%  Target of
65% of
12/31/16
Salary
 $292,500

 

(65% of
12/31/15

Salary from a
Target of

65% of
12/31/15 Salary)

  Value of
$575,000

 

Plus

 

Value of
$450,000

 

(Grant of
Service Shares
with 50%
Vesting on
Each of the
2nd and 3rd
Anniversaries)

 Value of
$550,000
Scott A. Stengel $367,500  $350,000 5%  Target of
35% of
12/31/16
Salary
 $122,500

 

(35% of

12/31/15

Salary from a
Target of

35% of
12/31/15 Salary)

  Value of
$175,000
 Value of
$157,500
Brian J. Walker $265,000  $265,000 0%  Target of
35% of
12/31/16
Salary
 $83,475

 

(31.5% of
12/31/15

Salary from a
Target of

35% of
12/31/15 Salary)

  Value of
$132,500
 Value of
$120,000

    
Executive Salary  VAPP  Scout Program
  2016
(Effective
March 28,
2016)
 2015
(Effective
March 16,
2015)
 Increase  2016
(Determined
and Paid in
February 2017)
 2015
(Determined
and Paid in
February 2016)
  2016
(Maximum
Percentage
Determined
and Fixed in
February 2016)
 2015
(Maximum
Percentage
Determined
and Fixed in
February 2015)

Andrew J. Iseman

 $415,000 $415,000 0%  Target of
125% of
12/31/16
Salary
 $336,685

 

(81.1% of
12/31/15

Salary from a
Target of

125% of
12/31/15
Salary)

  15.35% of
Potential
Scout
Program
Pool
 $0

    
Executive Salary  VAPP  LTIP Grant
  2016
(Effective
March 28,
2016)
 2015
(Effective
March 16,
2015)
 Increase  2016
(Determined
and Paid in
February
 2017)
 2015
(Determined
and Paid in
February 2016)
  2016
(Determined
and Fixed in
February 2016)
 2015
(Determined
and Fixed in
February 2015)

Anthony J. Fischer

 $283,000 $283,000 0%  Target of
50% of
12/31/16
Salary
 $124,605

 

(44% of
12/31/15

Salary from a
Target of

50% of
12/31/15
Salary)

  Value of
$141,500
 Value of
$137,500

A detailed discussion of each named executive officer’s compensation for 2016 will be included in the proxy statement for the 2014our 2017 annual meeting of shareholders.

In February 2013, the Committee conducted an annual review to establish compensation packages for 2013 for each Executive (as well as for those additional Company or subsidiary officers whose compensation can be established or adjusted only by the Committee. The adjustments in the components of each Executive’s overall compensation package were as follows:

   SALARY

  STIP1

  LTIP2

 

EXECUTIVE


  2013

   2012

   % increase

  2013

  2012

  2013

  2012

 

J. Mariner Kemper

  $798,250    $775,000     3  100  75  110  100

Michael D. Hagedorn

  $396,550    $385,000     3  60  55  80%4   70

Peter J. deSilva

  $643,750    $625,000     3  65  55  100%3   100

Andrew J. Iseman

  $415,000    $415,000     0  100  100  0%6   50%5 

John D. Zader

  $350,000    $340,000     3  75  70  50  50

1

Based on 2013 year-end salary. Data for Messrs. Iseman and Zader reflects their participation in the Scout Short-Term Plan and Fund Services Short-Term Plan, respectively; neither participated in the UMB Short-Term Plan in 2012 or 2013.

2

Based on salary as of January 1, 2013

3

In addition Mr. deSilva was granted a special retention grant of 7,000 shares of Service-Based Shares under the UMB Long-Term Plan, vesting ratably over a three-year period.

4

In addition Mr. Hagedorn was granted a special retention grant of Service-Based Shares under the UMB Long-Term Plan equal to $300,000, vesting ratably over a three-year period.

5

In 2013, Mr. Iseman also received a Deferred Cash Award and Deferred Stock Award for 2012 under the Scout Long-Term Program at a 20% level. (see “Additional Long-Term Awards to Mr. Iseman”).

6

Mr. Iseman was designated to participate in the Scout Long-Term Program (at a 20% level) for 2013; he will not participate in the 2013 UMB Long-Term Program.

All of the Executives except Mr. Iseman received a 3% salary increase, consistent with the Company’s overall salary adjustment process. Mr. Iseman received no salary adjustment as his current salary was already aligned with salary levels of investment advisory companies that represent the competition for his talent, and as explained in “Additional Long-Term Awards to Mr. Iseman”above, the Committee’s plan was to bring his total compensation package up to a median competitive level through the use of short and long-term incentive compensation components tied to performance. The Committee has chosen to focus on incentive compensation components for Mr. Iseman that are tied to the performance of the Scout Investments unit’s growth and profitability. In that regard, he was designated as a participant (at the 20% level) in the Scout Long-Term Program for 2013 and received a grant of 10,000 shares of Service-Based Restricted Stock (cliff vesting at 3 years) under the UMB Long-Term Plan in 2012.

In addition to a salary increase of 3%, Mr. deSilva also received the special retention grant in the form of 7,000 shares of Service-Based Shares, vesting ratably over a three-year period, in order to help retain him.

Mr. Hagedorn’s increase in the level of his potential UMB Short-Term Award and UMB Long-Term Award, and the special retention grant in the form of Service-Based Restricted Stock in the amount of $300,000 vesting ratably over three years, were granted to him to help assure that he remains with the Company and provides management continuity, by providing a level of total compensation that is commensurate with that offered by competitors for his talents.

Mr. Zader’s compensation was increased slightly through a 3% salary increase and a 5% percentage point increase in the level of his Fund Services Short-Term Plan participation, in order to provide a level of total compensation that is adequate to assure that he will continue to create the growth and profitability of the Fund Services unit.

In addition to the 3% salary increase, Mr. Kemper received increased percentage-of-salary targets for his 2013 UMB Short-Term Award and 2013 UMB Long Term Award under the UMB Long-Term Plan. These increases were intended to provide a total compensation package that is more heavily weighted with components that are performance based and contingent on a high level of performance, and that fairly compensates him for the leadership that he has provided to enable the Company to sustain the significant improvements that the Company has achieved in its profitability and performance in 2012 and prior years.

The overall UMB 2013 Short-Term Program and UMB 2013 Long-Term Program approved by the Committee were substantively unchanged from 2012. The Consultant concluded that the compensation packages for the Executives were within the Company’s executive compensation guidelines set by the Committee and were consistent with the market.

Claw-back of Compensation

To help assure that the Executives do not receive performance-based awards that are based on flawed financial or operational measurements, or that are influenced by inappropriate behavior of the recipient of the awards, the Company has, since 2010, maintained policies and procedures designed to give the Committee the right to withhold or “claw back” performance-based compensation awards (“Awards”) made to recipients (including but not limited to the Executives) if it is subsequently determined that the financial results or other performance metrics upon which the Award was based were incorrect or incomplete, or if the recipient is found to have engaged in illegal, dishonest, fraudulent conduct or intentional misconduct that caused the Award to be larger (or to be payable sooner) than it would have been in the absence of such circumstances. As most recently amended in January 2012, this policy provides that the Company has the discretion and authority: (a) to require that each recipient reimburse the Company, or return to the Company, up to 100% of any Award granted or agreed to after the date of the adoption of the Policy (each, a “Covered Award”) and (b) to cause the cancellation or non-payment or non-delivery or non-vesting of up to 100% of any such Covered Award, if:

(a) any financial results operating metrics, or other performance measurements, or information (“Data”) initially used or considered in vesting, determining, establishing, computing or paying a Covered Award is subsequently found to be incorrect or incomplete (irrespective of whether an accounting restatement or re-determination is required) or is otherwise adjusted, and if the use of such incorrect, incomplete or “pre-adjusted” Data resulted in the Covered Award (as it was initially determined or computed), to be larger (or having vested sooner or having been otherwise paid or delivered sooner) than it would have if full and accurate Data had been used; or

(b) the recipient has been found by the Committee (or its designate) to have engaged in illegal, dishonest, fraudulent or intentional misconduct that had a material impact on causing the amount of the Covered Award (as it was initially determined or computed) to be larger (or having vested sooner or having been otherwise paid or delivered sooner) than it would have been in the absence of such illegal, dishonest, fraudulent or intentional misconduct.

The amount determined by the Committee to be cancelled, or withheld from or to be repaid or delivered by, a recipient shall in no event be less than that required or provided for in Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Act or any applicable regulations promulgated thereunder or otherwise by regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over

the Company or its subsidiaries. The “lookback” period of such policy is 36 months, and no required cancellation, withholding, repayment or re-delivery by the recipient with respect to any Covered Award can be required after thirty-six (36) months after (i) the date that the Covered Award (if in cash) was received by a recipient or (ii) the Covered Award (if Restricted Stock) vested or was scheduled to vest or the date that restrictions on restricted stock lapsed or were scheduled to lapse pursuant to the terms of the respective grant agreement. To date, there have been no restatements of financial results or other event or conduct that has caused this policy (as amended) to be applicable. The Company intends to amend the above policy and procedure to comply with all requirements or provisions of any rules hereafter promulgated under Section 954, as soon as such rules are released.

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT

The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed with management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis set forth above with management, and basedearlier in this proxy statement. Based on suchthat review and discussion, the Compensation Committee has recommended to the Board of Directors ofthat the Company that such Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in the Company’sUMB’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, and this Proxy Statement.

proxy statement.

Greg M. Graves, ChairmanChair

David R. Bradley, Jr.Robin C. Beery

Kris A. RobbinsL. Joshua Sosland

Thomas D. SandersPaul Uhlmann III

Leroy J. Williams

As provided by SEC Regulation S-K, this Compensation Committee Report is not deemed to be soliciting material or to be filed or incorporated by reference into any other filing by UMB under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended or the Exchange Act.

CONSIDERATION OF COMPENSATION POLICIES AND PRACTICES RELATING TO RISK MANAGEMENT

IMPACT ON COMPANY RISKAt least annually, an incentive-compensation risk assessment is prepared by our Corporate Risk Services and Human Resources Departments and is presented to the Compensation Committee. This risk assessment is designed to ascertain whether our incentive-compensation arrangements generate incentives that properly balance risk and reward, are compatible with effective controls and risk management (including the Interagency Guidance on Sound Incentive Compensation Policies issued by the federal banking agencies), are overseen through a strong corporate-governance structure, and ultimately ensure that UMB’s safety and soundness are adequately protected.

The process through whichIn February 2016, the Company considersCompensation Committee reviewed and evaluatesdeliberated on (1) the potential impact thatannual incentive-compensation risk assessment, (2) the Company’sExecutive-Compensation Principles, (3) UMB’s compensation policies and practices, (4) whether or how UMB’s compensation policies and practices may incent an employee to engage in higher-risk activities, (5) whether or how any short-term incentives may have an impact on long-term risk, (6) whether or how claw-backs or hold-backs are utilized or deemed appropriate, (7) whether or how changes in encouragingUMB’s risk profiles may require changes in its employeescompensation policies and practices, (8) how to take excessive risk includes an annual analysis of the Company’s incentive-based compensation arrangements, by the Company’s internal compensation and risk-management personnel, an assessment of the consistency of the Company’s practices with the “Guidance on Sound Incentive Compensation Policies” released by the Company’s primary bank regulatory agencies on June 21, 2010, and a review by the Compensation Committee of the Company’sappropriately monitor UMB’s compensation policies and practices to evaluateensure that its risk-management objectives are being met, and (9) the extentexistence and effectiveness of any controls, policies, or practices that may be in place to which they are likelymitigate or balance the risks associated with UMB’s compensation policies or practices. Based on this review, the Compensation Committee concluded that the compensation policies and practices relating to executive officers and other employees of UMB and its subsidiaries do not create risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on UMB. This conclusion will be reported to the Company.Board at its next regular meeting.

COMPENSATION TABLES

The Compensation Committee is responsible for overall monitoring and oversight2015 SUMMARY COMPENSATION

This table summarizes the compensation of the Company’s compensation-related risks, and the Board receives periodic reports from the Committee regarding such risks. After consideration of relevant data and information, and after taking into consideration the existence and effectiveness of the Company’s internal control framework, the Compensation Committee and Board of Directors have concluded that the Company’s compensation policies and practices are not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company.

2012 SUMMARY COMPENSATION

The table below summarizes the total compensation paid to, or earned by,Executives for each of the Named Executive Officers for theour last three completed fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. Information regarding the breakdown of salary and awardyears. Their compensation for fiscal year 20122015 is discussed in greatermore detail under the captioninExecutive Compensation—Compensation Discussion and Analysis found earlier in this Proxy Statement.proxy statement.

 

Name and Position


 Year

  Salary
($)


  Bonus
($)


 Stock
Awards
($)

(2)

  Option
Awards
($)

(3)

  Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)

(4)

  Change in
Pension Value
and
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings ($)


 All Other
Compensation
($)

(5)

  Total ($)

 

J Mariner Kemper

Chairman and CEO of the Company, Chairman and CEO of UMB Bank, n.a

  

 

 

2012

2011

2010

  

  

  

  

 

 

762,308

695,765

600,000

  

  

  

    

 

 

467,969

399,707

357,437

  

  

  

  

 

 

251,997

215,247

192,500

  

  

  

  

 

 

761,438

655,200

422,812

  

  

  

    

 

 

27,001

20,651

39,237

(6) 

  

  

  

 

 

2,270,713

1,977,696

1,611,986

  

  

  

Michael D. Hagedorn

Vice Chairman, CFO and CAO

  

 

 

2012

2011

2010

  

  

  

  

 

 

376,923

343,077

317,692

  

  

  

    

 

 

159,201

198,066

188,968

  

  

  

  

 

 

85,743

78,395

75,945

  

  

  

  

 

 

277,393

269,500

220,000

  

  

  

    

 

 

36,555

33,363

49,949

(7) 

  

  

  

 

 

935,815

913,527

852,554

  

  

  

Peter J. deSilva

President and COO of the Company, President and COO of UMB Bank, n.a.

  

 

 

2012

2011

2010

  

  

  

  

 

 

619,231

590,769

555,385

  

  

  

    

 

 

389,947

603,956

461,951

  

  

  

  

 

 

209,996

195,991

188,997

  

  

  

  

 

 

450,313

462,000

385,000

  

  

  

    

 

 

48,190

51,984

61,427

(8) 

  

  

  

 

 

1,717,677

1,895,826

1,652,760

  

  

  

Andrew J. Iseman

Chairman and CEO of Scout Investments, Inc. (1)

  

 

2012

2011

  

  

  

 

410,385

390,385

  

  

    

 

569,214

121,835

  

  

  

 

69,116

65,619

  

  

  

 

600,917

430,000

  

  

    

 

20,558

206,582

(9) 

  

  

 

1,670,190

1,207,071

  

  

John Zader

CEO of UMB Fund Services, Inc. (1)

  2012    336,538      105,561    56,870    300,000      15,147(10)   814,116  

          

Name and

Principal Position

 Year  

Salary

($)

  Bonus
($)
 

Stock
Awards
($)

(1)

  

Option
Awards
($)

(2)

  

Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)

(3)

  

Change in
 Pension

Value and
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings

($)

 

All Other
Compensation
($)

(4)

  

Total

($)

 

J. Mariner Kemper

  2015    862,110     974,923    524,999    862,110     38,333 (5)   3,262,475  

Chairman, President,

  2014    847,373     779,951    419,996    948,321     31,930    3,027,571  

and CEO

  2013    792,885     554,070    298,366    1,077,638     26,495    2,749,454  

Michael D. Hagedorn

  2015    444,986     357,472    192,491    292,500     44,564 (6)   1,332,013  

Vice Chairman and

  2014    420,953     292,396    157,494    306,216     36,976    1,214,035  

CFO

  2013    393,885     500,104    107,796    321,206     37,771    1,360,762  

President and CEO of

         

UMB Bank, N.A.

         

Andrew J. Iseman

  2015    414,521     303,635    -    336,685     9,617    1,064,458  

Chairman and CEO

  2014    415,000     359,955    -    729,639     10,241    1,514,835  

of Scout Investments,

  2013    415,000     144,306    -    984,979     11,358    1,555,643  

Inc.

 

         

Scott A. Stengel

  2015    341,923     102,326    55,113    122,500     9,617    631,479  

EVP—General

         

Counsel and

         

Secretary

         

Anthony J. Fischer

  2015    281,154     89,316    48,123    124,605     9,617    552,815  

President of UMB

         

Fund Services, Inc.

         

Brian J. Walker

  2015    258,517     77,953    41,992    83,475     9,617    471,554  

EVP—CAO

  2014    253,873     53,297    17,760    83,597     10,241    418,768  

Former CFO

         

Peter J. deSilva

  2015    682,192     453,010    243,947    445,900     62,965 (7)   1,888,014  

Former President and

  2014    663,558     422,464    227,491    478,693     55,123    1,847,329  

COO

  2013    639,423      934,402    218,748    564,891      55,296    2,412,760  

(1)Mr. Zader was not a “Named Executive Officer”

These amounts reflect the aggregate grant date fair value computed in 2011accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) ASC Topic 718. Information about the assumptions made in the valuation of equity awards is included in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, filed with the SEC on February 25, 2016, under the heading “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” in Note 1, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, and 2010 and Mr. Iseman was not a “Named Executive Officer” in 2010.Note 11, Employee Benefits. The value of Performance Shares is based on the assumption that the highest level of performance conditions is achieved.

 

(2)Amounts

These amounts reflect the aggregate grant date fair value computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. Information regardingabout the assumptions made in the valuation of grantsequity awards is included in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in theour Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 2012,December 31,

2015, filed with the Securities and Exchange CommissionSEC on February 25, 2013,2016, under the heading “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” in Note 1, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, and in Note 11, Employee Benefits. The value of performance-based grants is based on the assumption that the highest level of performance conditions is achieved.

 

(3)Amounts reflect

These amounts are actual amounts that were earned during 2015 under the aggregate grant date fair value computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. Information regarding2015 STIP and the assumptions made in the valuation of grants is included in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-KVAPPs for the fiscal year ended 2012, filed with the SecuritiesMessrs. Iseman and Exchange CommissionFischer and that were paid on February 25, 2013, under the heading “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” in Note 1, Summary of Accounting Policies, and in Note 11, Employee Benefits.18, 2016.

 

(4)Amounts are actual

These amounts earned by the Executives during 2012 under the Short-Term Plan and paid on February 21, 2013.

(5)The amounts reflected in All Other Compensation include the Company’sUMB’s match and allocation of forfeitures under the Company’s 401(k)Profit-Sharing Plan and profit sharing plan and employee stock ownership plan, life insurance premiums andthe ESOP as well as perquisites and other personal benefits.

(6)(5)The

This amount reflected includes perquisites and other personal benefits, including:such as:

 

The cost attributable to personal use of a Company provided automobile;an automobile allowance; and

 

Country clubcountry-club and dining clubdining-club membership fees;

Amounts paid for a Company sponsored sales award trip;

Amounts paid for executive disability insurance.fees.

 

(7)(6)The

This amount reflected includes perquisites and other personal benefits, including:such as:

 

A car allowance pursuant to the terms of Mr. Hagedorn’s initial employment arrangement;an automobile allowance;

 

Country club membership fees;the cost of professional financial-consulting services;

 

Amounts paid for executive disability insurance;country-club and dining-club membership fees; and

 

Partial reimbursement ofamounts paid for a membership fee in a civic organization, including a $50 tax reimbursement on the amount.UMB-sponsored sales award trip.

 

(8)(7)The

This amount reflected includes perquisites and other personal benefits, including:such as:

 

A car allowance pursuant to the terms of Mr. deSilva’s initial employment arrangement;an automobile allowance;

 

Country Club and dining club membership fees;the cost of professional financial-consulting services;

 

Amounts paid forthe cost of an executive disability insurance;physical examination; and

 

The cost of professional financial consulting services provided to some executive officers of the Company;country-club membership fees.

Partial reimbursement of a membership fee in a civic organization, including a $77 tax reimbursement on the amount.

(9)The amount reflected includes perquisites and other personal benefits including:

Amounts paid for executive disability insurance;

A $9,372 tax reimbursement on relocation expenses from 2011.

(10)The amount reflected includes perquisites and other personal benefits including:

Country club membership fees;

Amounts paid for executive disability insurance;

The cost of professional financial consulting services provided to some executive officers of the Company.

20122015 GRANTS OF PLAN BASEDPLAN-BASED AWARDS

This table provides information concerningsummarizes each grant of an award made to the Executives during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012. The table includes awardsan Executive in 2015 under the Company’s Short-Term Plans2015 STIP, the VAPPs for Messrs. Iseman and Long-Term Plans. Each of theseFischer, the 2015 LTIP, or the Scout Program. These plans and the material terms for the awards under such plans for fiscal year 2012grants in 2015 are discussed in greatermore detail under the captioninExecutive Compensation—Compensation Discussion and Analysisfound earlier in this Proxy Statement. All restricted stock and option grants awarded on February 10, 2012 and March 14, 2012 were part of the yearly grant under the 2012 UMB Long-Term Program. The reasons for the grant of 10,000 shares of Service-Based Stock awarded to Mr. Iseman on October 26, 2012 are explained in “Additional Long-Term Award to Mr. Iseman.” Such grant is subject to a three-year cliff-vesting period from the date of grant.proxy statement.

 

  Grant
Date


  Compen-
sation
Committee

Approval

  Estimated
Possible
Payouts
under
Non-
Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards
Target

(1)

  Estimated Future Payouts
Under Equity Incentive
Plan Awards


  All
Other
Stock
Awards:
Number
of
Shares
of Stock
or Units

(#)
(2)

  All other
Option
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Options

(#)
(2)

  Exercise
or Base
Price of
Option
Awards

($/Sh)

  Grant
Date
Fair
Value of
Stock
and
Option

Awards

 

Name


    Threshold
(#)

  Target
(#)

  Maximum
(#)

     

J Mariner Kemper

  2/10/12       $581,250    2,602    7,205    7,205    4,503    29,099   $39.97   $719,966  

Michael D. Hagedorn

  2/10/12       $211,750    1,225    2,451    2,451    1,532    9,901   $39.97   $244,943  

Peter J. deSilva

  2/10/12       $343,750    3,002    6,004    6,004    3,752    24,249   $39.97   $599,944  

Andrew J. Iseman

         $415,000                              
   

 

3/14/12

10/26/12

  

  

  10/17/12        766    1,533    1,533    

 

1,314

10,000

  

  

  6,665   $45.07   $

$

197,430

440.900

  

  

John P. Zader

  2/10/12       $238,000    711    1,422    1,422    1,219    6,567   $39.97   $162,431  

        
Name Grant
Date
  

Estimated
Future
Payouts
under
Non-
Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards
Target

(1)

  Estimated Future Payouts under
Equity Incentive Plan Awards (2)
  

All
Other
Stock
Awards:
Number
of
Shares
of Stock
or Units

(#)

(2)

  

All Other
Option
Awards:
Number
of
Securities
Under-
lying
Options
(#)

(2)

  Exercise
or Base
Price of
Option
Awards
(2)
  

Grant
Date Fair
Value of
Stock and
Option
Awards

 
   Threshold
(#)
  Target
(#)
  Maximum
(#)
     
               
               
                  

J. Mariner Kemper

  2/11/15   $862,110    5,834    11,668    11,668    7,292    43,933   $51.42   $1,499,923  

Michael D. Hagedorn

  2/11/15   $292,500    2,139    4,278    4,278    2,674    16,108    $549,962  

Andrew J. Iseman

  2/11/15   $518,750    -    -    -    5,905    -    -   $303,635  

Scott A. Stengel

  2/11/15   $122,500    536    1,072    1,072    918    4,612   $51.42   $157,439  

Anthony J. Fischer

  2/11/15   $141,500    467    935    935    802    4,027   $51.42   $137,439  

Brian J. Walker

  2/11/15   $92,750    408    816    816    700    3,514   $51.42   $119,945  

Peter J. deSilva

  2/11/15   $445,900    2,711    5,422    5,422    3,388    20,414   $51.42   $696,958  

(1)Amounts

These amounts reflect the target paymentaward levels approved by the Compensation Committee on February 11, 2015, under the Company’s Short-Term Plan or individual variable pay plans2015 STIP and the VAPPs for 2012.Messrs. Iseman and Fischer. There are notno thresholds or maximums for individuals under these plans, and the Compensation Committee has the discretion to increase or decrease each Executive’s compensation from the target amount. The actual amount paid for 2012 is reported inaward level shown based on bonus-pool availability and the Summary Compensation Table above.Executive’s individual risk-based performance.

 

(2)Reflects

These numbers reflect grants made under the Company’s Long-term Plan2015 LTIP and the Scout Program.

20122015 OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR-END

The followingThis table provides information concerning thesummarizes unexercised options, stock that has not vested, and unvested stockequity incentive-plan awards for each of the Named Executive Officersoutstanding as of December 31, 2012.2015. The market value of theeach stock awardsaward was computed by multiplying the closing market price of the Company’s commonUMB stock on December 31, 2012,2015, by the applicable number of shares of UMB stock shown in the table for each grant.the award.

 

Name


 Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options (#)

Exercisable
(1)

 Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised

Options
(#)
Unexercisable

 Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying

Unexercised
Unearned
Options

(#)

 Option
Exercise
Price

(2)

 Option
Expiration

Date

 Number of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested

(#)
(3)

 Market
Value of
Underlying
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested

($)

 Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Number
of
Unearned
Shares,
Units or
Other
Rights
That
Have Not
Vested

(#)
(3)

 Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards
Market
or Payout
Value of
Unearned
Shares

($)

  Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options (#)
Exercisable
 Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options (#)
Unexercis-
able
 

Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Unearned
Options

(#)

 

Option
Exercise
Price

 Option
Expiration
Date
 

Number
of Shares
or Units
of Stock
That
Have Not
Vested

(#)

(1)

 

Market
Value of
Shares or
Units of
Stock
That
Have
Not
Vested

 

Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Number
of
Unearned
Shares,
Units or
Other
Rights
That
Have Not
Vested

(#)

(1)

 

Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Market or
Payout
Value of
Unearned
Shares,
Units or
Other
Rights
That
Have Not
Vested

 

J. Mariner Kemper

  3,500   $24.325    12/16/2013    20,467     $  38.84   1/1/2017      
  3,456   $28.925    12/22/2014    25,735     $37.73   1/1/2018      
  17,494   $27.0625    1/1/2015    22,151     $41.37   1/1/2019      
  14,774   $34.84    1/1/2016    23,137     $37.84   1/1/2020      
  20,467   $38.84    1/1/2017    16,591   5,531 (2)   $41.71   1/1/2021   1,007 (3)     $46,876    
  19,301    6,434(4)  $37.73    1/1/2018    952(5)   41,716    14,549   14,550 (4)   $39.97   1/1/2022   2,409 (5)     $112,139    
  11,075    11,076   $41.37    1/1/2019    1,793(7)   78,569     29,309 (6)   $45.58   1/1/2023   4,911 (7)     $228,607   7,860 (8)     $365,883  
  23,137(8)  $37.84    1/1/2020    3,850(9)   168,707    6,161(10)   269,975    32,233 (9)   $57.40   1/1/2024   5,405 (10)   $251,603   8,649 (11)   $402,611  
  22,122(11)  $41.71    1/1/2021    3,831(12)   167,874    6,130(13)   268,616    43,933 (12)   $51.42   2/11/2025   7,428 (13)   $345,773   11,886 (14)   $553,293  
  29,099(14)  $39.97    1/1/2022    4,583(15)   200,827    7,333(16)   321,322  

Michael D. Hagedorn

  5,170   $34.84    1/1/2016    2,450     $38.84   1/1/2017      
  7,450   $38.84    1/1/2017    9,607     $37.73   1/1/2018      
  7,205    2,402(4)  $37.73    1/1/2018    356(5)   15,599    8,457     $41.37   1/1/2019      
  4,228    4,229(6)  $41.37    1/1/2019    685(7)   30,016    9,128     $37.84   1/1/2020      
  9,128(8)  $37.84    1/1/2020    1,518(9)   66,518    2,430(10)   106,482   6,042   2,015 (2)   $41.71   1/1/2021   367 (3)     $17,084    
  1,313(17)   57,535    4,950   4,951 (4)   $39.97   1/1/2022   819 (5)     $38,124    
  8,057(11)  $41.71    1/1/2021    1,395(12)   61,128    2,232(13)   97,806    10,589 (6)   $45.58   1/1/2023   1,774 (7)     $82,580   2,838 (8)     $132,109  
  1,302(18)   57,053         2,305 (15)   $107,298    
  9,901(14)  $39.97    1/1/2022    1,559(15)   68,315    2,494(16)   109,287    12,087 (9)   $57.40   1/1/2024   2,026 (10)   $94,310   3,242 (11)   $150,915  

Peter J. deSilva

  16,096   $27.0625    1/1/2015   
  6,796   $34.84    1/1/2016   
  19,444   $38.84    1/1/2017   
  19,044    6,348   $37.73    1/1/2018    938(5)   41,103   
  10,874    10,875   $41.37    1/1/2019    1,760(7)   77,123   
  22,716   $37.84    1/1/2020    3,780(9)   165,639    6,050(10)   265,111  
  3,038(17)   133,125   
  20,143   $41.71    1/1/2021    3,488(12)   152,844    5,582(13)   244,603  
  5,952(18)   260,816     16,108 (12)   $51.42   2/11/2025   2,724 (13)   $126,802   4,358 (14)   $202,865  
  24,249   $39.97    1/1/2022    3,818(15)   167,304    6,110(16)   267,740  

Andrew J. Iseman

  731(19)   32,032     1,686 (2)   $41.71   1/1/2021   369 (3)     $17,177    
  6,744   $41.71    1/1/2021    1,401(12)   61,391    1,635(13)   71,645    3,333 (4)   $45.07   1/1/2022   703 (16)   $32,725    
  6,665   $45.07    1/1/2022    1,331(15)   58,324    1,553(16)   68,052        1,116 (17)   $51,950    
  10,049(20)   440,347         4,332 (18)   $201,655    

John P. Zader

  1,500   $36.00    1/26/2017   
  2,456   $38.84    1/1/2017         6,015 (19)   $279,998    
  4,411    1,471(4)  $37.73    1/1/2018    262(5)   11,480   

Scott A. Stengel

      729 (20)   $33,935    
  2,567    2,568(6)  $41.37    1/1/2019    499(7)   21,866     4,029 (9)   $57.40   1/1/2024   809 (10)   $37,659   945 (11)   $43,990  
  5,363(8)  $37.84    1/1/2020    1,070(9)   46,887    1,249(10)   54,731     4,612 (12)    $51.42   2/11/2025   935 (13)   $43,524   1,092 (14)   $50,833  
  4,946(11)  $41.71    1/1/2021    1,027(12)   45,003    1,198(13)   52,496  
  6,567(14)  $39.97    1/1/2022    1,240(15)   54,336    1,447(16)   63,407  


Name Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options (#)
Exercisable
  Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options (#)
Unexercis-
able
  

Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Unearned
Options

(#)

 

Option
Exercise
Price

  Option
Expiration
Date
  

Number
of Shares
or Units
of Stock
That
Have Not
Vested

(#)

(1)

  

Market
Value of
Shares or
Units of
Stock
That
Have
Not
Vested

  

Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Number
of
Unearned
Shares,
Units or
Other
Rights
That
Have Not
Vested

(#)

(1)

  

Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Market or
Payout
Value of
Unearned
Shares,
Units or
Other
Rights
That
Have Not
Vested

 

Anthony J. Fischer

   36 (2)   $41.71    1/1/2021    27 (3)     $1,257    
   92 (4)   $39.97    1/1/2022    65 (5)     $3,026    
   673 (6)   $45.58    1/1/2023    472 (7)     $21,972    
       860 (21)   $40,033    
   633 (9)   $57.40    1/1/2024    445 (10)   $20,715    
   4,027 (12)   $51.42    2/11/2025    817 (13)   $38,031    952 (14)   $44,316  

Brian J. Walker

  500     $38.54    12/20/2017      
  900     $40.93    11/17/2018      
  949     $41.37    1/1/2019      
  1009     $37.84    1/1/2020      
  669    224 (2)   $41.71    1/1/2021    172 (3)     $8,007    
  527    527 (4)   $39.97    1/1/2022    366 (5)     $17,037    
   959 (6)   $45.58    1/1/2023    674 (7)     $31,375    
       529 (21)   $24,625    
   1,363 (9)   $57.40    1/1/2024    959 (10)   $44,641    
   3,514 (12)   $51.42    2/11/2025    713 (13)   $33,190    831 (14)   $38,683  

Peter J. deSilva

   5,036 (2)   $41.71    1/1/2021    916 (22)   $42,640    
   12,125 (4)   $39.97    1/1/2022    2,006 (22)   $93,379    
   21,488 (6)   $45.58    1/1/2023    3,601 (22)   $167,627    5,761 (8)     $268,175  
       2,452 (22)   $114,141    
       1,390 (22)   $64,705    
   17,459 (9)   $57.40    1/1/2024    2,928 (22)   $136,298    4,684 (22)   $218,040  
       20,414 (12)    $51.42    2/11/2025    3,451 (22)   $160,644    5,523 (22)   $257,096  

(1)The number of underlying securities has been adjusted to reflect a 2-for-1 stock split in 2006.

(2)The exercise price has been adjusted to reflect a 2-for-1 stock split in 2006.

(3)Shares also reflect

These numbers include shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends or distributions on restricted stock.UMB stock during the vesting period. Dividends and distributions paid on the restricted UMB stock are used to purchase common stock pursuant to the Company’sadditional shares through UMB’s dividend reinvestment plan. SuchThese shares are subject to the same rights, restrictions, and other provisions applicable to the respective shares uponrestricted UMB stock on which the dividends or distributions were paid or made.

(2)

These are Options that vested and became exercisable for 100% of the shares on January 1, 2016.

(3)

These are Service Shares that vested on February 18, 2016.

 

(4)Nonqualified stock options

These are Options that vested 100%and became exercisable for 50% of the shares on January 1, 2013. Each of the options2016. The final 50% will vest immediately upon the optionee’s death, disability or qualified retirement, and will immediately vest and become exercisable upon a change in control of the Company.on January 1, 2017.

 

(5)Service-based restricted stock shares

These are Service Shares that fullyvested 50% on February 10, 2016. The final 50% will vest on March 5, 2013.February 10, 2017.

 

(6)

These are Options that vested and became exercisable for 50% of the shares on January 1, 2016. The next 25% will vest and become exercisable on January 1, 2017. The final 25% will vest and become exercisable on January 1, 2018.

(7)Nonqualified stock options

These are Service Shares that vested 50% on February 12, 2016. The next 25% will vest on February 12, 2017. The final 25% will vest on February 12, 2018.

(8)

These are Performance Shares that vested as to service under the 2013 LTIP on January 1, 2016. The Compensation Committee determined on January 25, 2016, that 91.96% of the performance standard under the 2013 LTIP had been achieved and that 79.91% of the Performance Shares had been earned.

(9)

These are Options that will vest and become exercisable for 50% of the option shares on January 1, 2013; and the final 50% of the option shares on January 1, 2014. Each of the options2017. The next 25% will vest immediately upon the optionee’s death, disability or qualified retirement, and will immediately vest and become exercisable upon a change in control of the Company.on January 1, 2018. The final 25% will vest and become exercisable on January 1, 2019.

 

(7)(10)Service-based restricted stock shares

These are Service Shares that will vest 50% on February 13, 2013; and the final 50%10, 2017. The next 25% will vest on February 13, 2014.10, 2018. The final 25% will vest on February 10, 2019.

 

(8)(11)

These are Performance Shares that will vest as to service under the 2014 LTIP on January 1, 2017, and will be earned to the extent that the performance standard is achieved.

(12)Nonqualified stock options

These are Options that will vest and become exercisable for 50% of the option shares on January 1, 2013; for another2018. The next 25% of the option shares on January 1, 2014; and for the final 25% of the option shares on January 1, 2015. Each of the options will vest immediately upon the optionee’s death, disability or qualified retirement, and will immediately vest and become exercisable upon a change in control of the Company.on January 1, 2019. The final 25% will vest and become exercisable on January 1, 2020.

 

(9)(13)Service-based restricted stock shares

These are Service Shares that will vest 50% on February 18, 2013, another11, 2018. The next 25% will vest on February 18, 2014; and the11, 2019. The final 25% will vest on February 18, 2015.

11, 2020.

(10)Performance-based restricted stock that vested as to service on January 1, 2013. The Compensation Committee determined on January 22, 2013, that the performance standard had been met and the shares vested.

(11)Nonqualified stock options that will vest and become exercisable for 50% of the option shares on January 1, 2014; for another 25% of the option shares on January 1, 2015; and for the final 25% of the option shares on January 1, 2016. Each of the options will vest immediately upon the optionee’s death, disability or qualified retirement, and will immediately vest and become exercisable upon a change in control of the Company.

(12)Service-based restricted stock shares that will vest 50% on February 18, 2014; another 25% will vest on February 18, 2015; and the final 25% will vest on February 18, 2016.

(13)Performance-based restricted stock that will vest on January 1, 2014, if performance standard is met.

 

(14)Nonqualified stock options

These are Performance Shares that will vest and become exercisable for 50% ofas to service under the option shares2015 LTIP on January 1, 2015; for another 25% of the option shares on January 1, 2016; and for the final 25% of the option shares on January 1, 2017. Each of the options will vest immediately upon the optionee’s death, disability or qualified retirement,2018, and will immediately vest and become exercisable upon a change in control ofbe earned to the Company.extent that the performance standard is achieved.

 

(15)

These are Service Shares that vested on February 12, 2016.

(16)Service-based restricted stock shares

These are Service Shares that will vest 50% on February 10, 2015; another 25%March 14, 2016. The final 50% will vest on February 10, 2016; and the final 25% will vest on February 10,March 14, 2017.

(16)Performance-based restricted stock that will vest on January 1, 2015, if performance standard is met.

 

(17)Service-based restricted stock awarded to Mr. Hagedorn and Mr. deSilva

These are Service Shares that vested on July 29, 2011. The stock will vest in full on July 29, 2013.January 1, 2016.

 

(18)Service-based restricted stock awarded to Mr. Hagedorn and Mr. deSilva

These are Service Shares that vested 50% on July 29, 2012.January 1, 2016. The stockfinal 50% will vest in full on July 29, 2014.January 1, 2017.

 

(19)Service-based restricted stock shares awarded to Mr. Iseman

These are Service Shares that vested one-third on November 4, 2010 that will vest 50% on November 4, 2013; another 25%January 1, 2016. The next third will vest on November 4, 2014; and theJanuary 1, 2017. The final 25%third will vest on November 4, 2015.January 1, 2018.

 

(20)Service-based restricted stock shares awarded to Mr. Iseman on October 26, 2012

These are Service Shares that will vest in full50% on OctoberJuly 26, 2015.2016. The next 25% will vest on July 26, 2017. The final 25% will vest on July 26, 2018.

 

(21)

These are Service Shares that will vest on July 26, 2016.

(22)

These are Service Shares that were canceled upon Mr. deSilva’s resignation effective January 6, 2016.

20122015 OPTION EXERCISES AND STOCK VESTED

This table summarizes each exercise of stock options, stock appreciation rights, and similar instruments and each vesting of stock (including restricted stock, restricted stock units, and similar instruments) during 2015 for each of the Executives on an aggregated basis.

 

   Option Awards

   Stock Awards

 

Name


  Number of
Shares
Acquired on
Exercise (#)


   Value
Realized  on
Exercise

($)

   Number of
Shares
Acquired on
Vesting (1) (#)


   Value
Realized  on
Vesting

($)

 

J. Mariner Kemper

   3,200     92,816     9,207     375,619  

Michael D. Hagedorn

   9,716     211,624     5,032     214,814  

Peter J. deSilva

   10,252     130,761     13,184     563,641  

Andrew J. Iseman

                    

John P. Zader

             2,013     82,129  

   
    Option Awards   Stock Awards 
Name  

Number of
Shares
Acquired on
Exercise

(#)

   

Value
Realized on
Exercise

   

Number of
Shares
Acquired on
Vesting

(#)

(1)

   

Value
Realized
on Vesting

 

J. Mariner Kemper

   14,744    $268,370     11,874    $  624,054  

Michael D. Hagedorn

   -     -     6,380    $333,795  

Andrew J. Iseman

   5,018    $45,968     16,541    $869,380  

Scott A. Stengel

   -     -     -     -  

Anthony J. Fischer

   490    $8,281     116    $6,051  

Brian J. Walker

   -     -     1,871    $96,578  

Peter J. deSilva

   111,532    $  1,135,107     13,890    $730,763  

(1)The number of shares acquired includes

These numbers include shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends or distributions on grants of restricted stock.UMB stock during the vesting period.

20122015 NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION

The CompanyIn October 2008, the Compensation Committee approved a deferred compensation plan that permits the UMB Financial Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan (“Deferred Compensation Plan”) in 2008. The Deferred Compensation Plan allows a select group of highly compensated employeesExecutives and other specified participants, at their option, to defer salary, incentive, bonus, commissions, and other casha portion of their compensation payable for a calendar year until retirement, termination, or the occurrence of another specified event. UMB has an unsecured obligation to pay each deferred amount at the applicable time together with a retirement/termination account orrate of return equal to specified date accounts. Although the plan is unfunded, participants in the plan accrue earnings on their deferred compensation balances as if their accounts were invested in variousyield produced by a mutual funds chosenfund selected by the participant. The mutual funds available for investment are the same fundsparticipant from among those available under the Company’s 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan excluding the Company’s common stock fund.Profit-Sharing Plan. UMB does not match any amount that a participant may choose to defer. If a participant has an account that terminates upon retirement under the Deferred Compensation Plan, theyplan, the participant may choose to have the benefit paid out in a lump sum or in installments as elected by the participant, over two to ten years. Specified dateSpecified-date accounts are paid in a lump sum or in installments, as elected by the participant, over two to five years. If a participant terminates employment is terminated other than through retirement, the amountamounts in all accounts isare paid in a lump sum.

 

Name


  Executive
Contributions
in Last FY ($)


   Registrant
Contributions
in Last FY ($)


  Aggregate
Earnings in
Last FY ($)


   Aggregate
Withdrawals/
Distributions ($)


   Aggregate
Balance at
Last FYE ($)


 

J. Mariner Kemper

                       

Michael D. Hagedorn

   18,846        3,093     16,905     30,387  

Peter J. deSilva

                       

Andrew J. Iseman

                       

John P. Zader

           5,041          37,463  

     
Name  

Executive
Contributions
in Last FY

($)

   

Aggregate
Earnings in
Last FY

($)

  

Aggregate
Withdrawals/

Distributions

($)

   

Aggregate
Balance at
Last FYE

($)

 

J. Mariner Kemper

   -     -    -     -  

Michael D. Hagedorn

   22,249     (873  21,033     43,017  

Andrew J. Iseman

   -     -    -     -  

Scott A. Stengel

   -     -    -     -  

Anthony J. Fischer

   -     -    -     -  

Brian J. Walker

   -     (68  6,546     696  

Peter J. deSilva

   -     -    -     -  

POTENTIAL PAYMENTS UPON TERMINATION OR CHANGE IN CONTROL

Payments upon Termination

The Company’sAll of the Executives are all employees at will and may be terminated at any time. ExceptNo Executive is entitled to receive any payment or award upon termination, except as described below with respect toin this section in circumstances involving death, disability, qualified retirement, or a change in control of UMB, or involuntary termination of a participant under the Company, and except forScout Program. Each of these payments and benefitsawards, other than those arising under the VAPP of Mr. Iseman, is available to all participants in the applicable plan. Any additional payment or benefit that arean Executive would receive in the ordinary course is available generally to all employees of the Company and that do not discriminate in favor of the Executives, none of the Executives are entitled to receive any payments or awards upon termination.UMB’s associates.

Change in Control

The Company’s Long-Term PlanUmbrella STIP, the Umbrella LTIP, and Short-Term Plan each contain clauses that providethe Scout Program include provisions for the acceleration ofaccelerating the vesting of all awards under those Plansplans in the event of a “changechange in control”control of the Company.UMB. The Compensation Committee concluded that the use of this “single trigger” provisionsingle trigger was neededappropriate in order to reassureassure the Executives Executives—who were being askedwould not have authority over the decision to continue their implementation of transitioning the Company, effect a change in control but who would be needed to successfully implement it—that they would not be adversely affected by an event beyond their control (athe change in control) while they are continuingcontrol. This conclusion was reinforced by the fact that no Executive is entitled to achieve such implementation. In addition, the Committee believes that a “single trigger” provision was needed because none of the Executives are provided any severance payments in the event ofpayment due to a change in control. The changecontrol and by market considerations in control acceleration features were deemed necessary to attractattracting and retain the Executives, because the Company’s competitors commonly offer such a feature to their executives. The acceleration operates as follows:retaining talent.

Short-Term Plan PaymentsIncentive Compensation.

The Company’s Short-Term PlansUmbrella STIP provides that, uponif a change in control of the Company,UMB were to occur, any awards applicable toaward for a completed performance period arewould be immediately payable in cash based on actual results. If the change in control occurswere to occur before the performance period has ended, then the applicable performance standards arewould be adjusted to reflect the length of the performanceshortened period, and payments are madeawards would be immediately payable in cash on a pro-rataprorated basis based on actual results. Discretionary adjustments toreductions in these awards would not be allowed in the payments are not allowed if there isevent of a change in control. The tables below set out

Options

Under the payments to which the ExecutivesUmbrella LTIP, unvested Options would have been entitled had a change of control of the Company occurred on December 31, 2012.

Stock Options.Unvested Options granted under the Long-Term Plan are acceleratedaccelerate and vest immediately uponif a change in control of the Company. The tables set out below reflect the value of Long-Term Plan Options that would have been accelerated had a change of control of the Company occurred on December 31, 2012.UMB were to occur.

Restricted Stock. Service-Based

Service Shares granted under the Long-Term Plan vest 100% immediately upon a change in control of the Company. Performance-Based Shares granted under the Long-Term PlanUmbrella LTIP would accelerate and vest immediately upon a change in control of UMB. Performance Shares would do the Company,same but only to the extent that the required performance standard (whichstandard—which typically covers a multi-year period) period—has been met by such date. The tables set out below reflectthat time.

Scout Program

Deferred awards of Service Shares under the valueScout Program, if not assumed by the acquirer in a change in control of UMB, would immediately become vested and nonforfeitable on the 15th day prior to the effective date of the restricted stockchange in whichcontrol. Deferred cash awards also would become immediately payable under the same circumstances upon a change in control.

Change-in-Control Table

Under the Umbrella STIP, the Umbrella LTIP, or the Scout Program, the Executives would have become fully vested had a change of control of the Company occurred on December 31, 2012.

Upon a Change in Control:

As a result of the above plans and provisions, each of the Executives would be eligiblebeen entitled to receive the following payments or value in the form of cash or vested options or restricted shares, based on an assumption that on December 31, 2012, there had been a change in control of the Company.UMB occurred on December 31, 2015.

 

Name


  Cash
Payments (1)


   Acceleration of
Unvested
Nonqualified
Options and
Restricted
Stock (2)


   Vested
Options
(3)


   Total of all
Columns


 

J. Mariner Kemper

  $581,250    $1,601,171    $792,138    $2,974,559  

Michael D. Hagedorn

  $211,750    $707,728    $137,764    $1,057,242  

Peter J. deSilva

  $343,750    $1,874,298    $570,207    $2,788,255  

Andrew J. Iseman

  $415,000    $708,406    $0    $1,123,406  

John P. Zader

  $238,000    $378,200    $57,113    $673,313  

     
Name  

Cash Payments

($)

(1)

   

Acceleration of
Unvested Non-
qualified Options
and Restricted
Stock

($)

(2)

   

Vested Options

($)

(3)

   

Total

($)

 

J. Mariner Kemper

   862,110     1,893,817     877,082     3,633,009  

Michael D. Hagedorn

   292,500     796,703     288,750     1,377,953  

Andrew J. Iseman

   591,731     596,597     -     1,188,328  

Scott A. Stengel

   122,500     157,991     -     280,491  

Anthony J. Fischer

   -     140,803     -     140,803  

Brian J. Walker

   92,750     176,879     29,473     299,102  

Peter J. deSilva

   445,900     1,365,501     -     1,365,501  

(1)These

For Messrs. Kemper, Hagedorn, Stengel, Walker, and deSilva, these are the amounts that would behave been payable to the Executives under the Short-Term Plan,2015 STIP based on their target percentages. For Mr. Iseman, this is the extent to whichaggregate amount of

deferred cash awards under the Executives didScout Program that would have accelerated.SeeCompensation Discussion and Analysis—Elements of Executive Compensation—Long-Term Incentive Compensation” earlier in fact achieve their 2012 performance goals at the actual levels determined by the Committee on February 12, 2013.this proxy statement.

 

(2)These amounts reflect

For each Option, the value of non-qualified options, performance-based restricted stock and service-based restricted stock under the Long-Term Plan that vest on an accelerated basis upon a change in control. Non-qualified options vest 100% upon a change in control, and the values shown areis based on the amount by which they werethe Option was “in the money” as of December 31, 2012. Service-based2015. For Service Shares and performance-based restricted stock values arePerformance Shares, each value is based on the closing price of UMB stock price on December 31, 2012. The vesting of2015. In addition, for Performance Shares, the service-based restricted stock accelerates 100% upon a change in control, while the vesting of performance-based restricted stock accelerates pro-rata based on the extent to which the respective performance standard has been accomplished. This computation assumesvalues assume that 100%91.96% of the performance standard forunder the 2010 grants2013 LTIP had been achieved, that 76%60.14% of the performance standard forunder the 2011 grant2014 LTIP had been achieved, and that 33%32.49% of the 2012 grantperformance standard under the 2015 LTIP had been achieved.

 

(3)

These amounts reflect the value of optionsOptions under the 2002 Plan and the Long-Term PlanUmbrella LTIP that werehad already fully vested (butbut not exercised)exercised as of December 31, 2012. The values2015. These amounts are listed solely to reflect the value that would behave been available to the Executives on December 31, 2012,2015, irrespective of the occurrence of aany change in control.

Death or Disability

DeathAwards may accelerate and Disability

Stock Options.Uponvest under the VAPPs for Messrs. Iseman and Fischer, the Umbrella LTIP, or the Scout Program in specified cases of death or disabilitydisability. The Compensation Committee concluded that these provisions are required by market considerations in attracting and retaining talent and are appropriate.

Short-Term Incentive Compensation

Each of Messrs. Kemper, Hagedorn, Stengel, Walker, and deSilva must be employed by UMB or one of its subsidiaries on the last day of the performance period to be eligible for an Executive, all unvested stock optionsaward under the Long-Term Plan shall2015 STIP. Each of Messrs. Iseman and Fischer must be employed by UMB or one of its subsidiaries on the last business day of the performance period to be eligible for an award under his VAPP, except that a prorated payment will be made in the case of death.

Options

Under the Umbrella LTIP, unvested Options would accelerate and vest immediately vest. The Company believes that acceleration due toin the case of death or disability is needed in order to recruitpermanent and retain the Executives, because the Company’s competitors commonly offer such acceleration feature to their executives.total disability.

Restricted Stock.StockAll shares

Service Shares granted under the Umbrella LTIP would accelerate and vest immediately in the case of service-based restricted stockdeath or permanent and total disability. Performance Shares would accelerate and vest immediately vest in full. Shares of performance-based restricted stock granted immediately vestsuch a case on a proportional basis, computed by dividing the number of full years of continuous service completed after the vesting commencementgrant date of the respective grant by three, irrespective of what portion ofwhether the performance standard had been achieved.

Scout Program

If Mr. Iseman were to die or become significantly disabled, all previously granted but not-yet-vested deferred awards under the Scout Program would immediately accelerate and vest and, in the case of deferred cash awards, be paid within 60 days of the event to him or his beneficiary or estate. In addition, if Mr. Iseman were to die or become significantly disabled after the end of a performance period but before the applicable deferred awards of cash or Service Shares had been granted under the Scout Program, an amount equal to their full value would be paid on the grant date to him or his beneficiary or estate.

Upon DeathDeath-or-Disability Table

Under the VAPP for each of Messrs. Iseman and Fischer, the Umbrella LTIP, or Disability

The table set out below reflects the value of restricted stock and Long-Term Plan options thatScout Program, the Executives would have been acceleratedentitled to the following payments or value had the Executive diedan applicable event of death or become disableddisability occurred on December 31, 2012.2015.

 

Name


  Acceleration of
Unvested
Options (1)


   Acceleration of
Restricted
Stock (2)


   Total Death and
Disability


 

J. Mariner Kemper

  $363,387    $927,217    $1,290,604  

Michael D. Hagedorn

  $134,694    $459,759    $594,453  

Peter J. deSilva

  $337,005    $1,256,232    $1,593,237  

Andrew J. Iseman

  $39,890    $615,978    $655,868  

John P. Zader

  $83,118    $233,560    $316,678  

     
Name  

Cash Payment

($)

(1)

   

Acceleration of
Unvested Options

($)

(2)

   

Acceleration of
Restricted Stock

($)

(3)

   

Total Death

and Disability

($)

 

J. Mariner Kemper

   -     150,939     1,363,124     1,514,063  

Michael D. Hagedorn

   -     52,602     604,545     657,147  

Andrew J. Iseman

   1,110,481     13,093     583,504     1,707,078  

Scott A Stengel

   -     -     129,781     129,781  

Anthony J. Fischer

   141,500     1,432     125,033     267,965  

Brian J. Walker

   -     5,482     158,875     164,357  

Peter J. deSilva

   -     125,000     1,030,896     1,155,896  

(1)These amounts represent

For Mr. Iseman, this is the accelerationsum of vesting, upon death or disability,(a) the amount of all the unvested non-qualified options granteddeferred cash awards that would have accelerated under the Long-Term Plan;Scout Program and (b) in the case of his death, the amount of the targeted award that would have been paid under his VAPP. For Mr. Fischer, this is the amount of the targeted award that would have been paid under his VAPP in the case of his death.

(2)

For each Option, the value of such options is deemed to be equal tobased on the amount that they wereby which the Option was “in the money” as of December 31, 2012.2015.

 

(2)(3)These amounts represent

For Service Shares and Performance Shares, each value is based on the closing price of UMB stock on December 31, 2015. In addition, for Performance Shares, the values assume the acceleration of vesting, upon death or disability, of all of the service-based restricted stock, and one-third of those shares under the performance-based restricted stock granted in 2011,2014 LTIP and two-thirds of those shares under the performance-based stock granted in 2010.2013 LTIP.

Qualified Retirement

Awards may accelerate and vest under the VAPPs for Messrs. Iseman and Fischer or the Umbrella LTIP in specified cases of retirement. The Compensation Committee concluded that these provisions are required by market considerations in attracting and retaining talent and are appropriate.

Stock Options.Short-Term Incentive CompensationUpon

Each of Messrs. Kemper, Hagedorn, Stengel, Walker, and deSilva must be employed by UMB or one of its subsidiaries on the last day of the performance period to be eligible for an award under the 2015 STIP. Each of Messrs. Iseman and Fischer must be employed by UMB or one of its subsidiaries on the last business day of the performance period to be eligible for an award under his VAPP, except that a “qualified retirement” (defined asprorated payment will be made in the case of a “qualified retirement” (which is a retirement at or after age 60 or more with 10 or more years of continuous service to UMB).

Options

Under the Company underUmbrella LTIP, unvested Options would accelerate and vest immediately in the Long-Term Plan)case of a qualified retirement.

Restricted Stock

For Service Shares, upon the qualified retirement of an Executive all unvested stock optionsbut subject to the Compensation Committee’s approval, each applicable tranche under the Long-Term Plan shallUmbrella LTIP would accelerate and vest immediately vest. The Company believes that acceleration due to such retirement is appropriate and necessary in order to motivate and reward Executives approaching retirement age, and because the Company’s competitors commonly offer such an acceleration feature to their executives.

Restricted Stock. For grants of restricted stock made prior to 2008, there is no acceleration of vesting of the restricted stock issued to the Executives under the Long-Term Plan upon qualified retirement. For grants made in and after 2008, all shares of service-based restricted stock not already vested will vest on a proportional basisbasis. This would be computed by dividing the number of full years of the Executive’s continuous service completed as of the qualified retirement as measured fromafter the grant date for the tranche by the number of full years of continuous service required in order for each respectivethe tranche to vest.

For Performance Shares, of performance-based restricted stock granted indespite an Executive’s earlier qualified retirement but subject to the Compensation Committee’s approval, the Executive would become vested—if, when, and after 2008 vest proportionally based onto the portion ofextent that the applicable performance standard under the Umbrella LTIP were achieved—in Performance Shares that hashad been metgranted during the time of employment in a percentage amount equal to the percentage of the performance standard that had been achieved as of the effective date of the qualified retirement without regard toretirement.

For the number of years of continuous service. The proportional vesting of the performance-based restricted stock, however, would not become effective until after the completion of the three-year performance period and the achievement of the applicable performance standard. AsExecutives, as of December 31, 2012,2015, (1) no service-based shares ofService Shares under the 2012 grant2015 LTIP would vest;have vested, (2) one-third of the first tranche, one-fourth of the second tranche, and one-fifth of the third tranche of service-based shares fromService Shares under the 2011 grant2014 LTIP would vest; andhave vested, (3) two-thirds of the first tranche, one-half of the second tranche, and two-fifths of the third tranche of service-based shares fromService Shares under the 2010 grant2013 LTIP would vest; and 33%have vested, (4) three-fourths of the sharessecond tranche and three-fifths of the third tranche of Service Shares under the 2012 performance-based grant and 76%LTIP would have vested, (5) four-fifths of the sharesthird tranche of Service Shares under the 2011 LTIP would have vested, and (6) 32% of the 2011 performance-based grant would vest. The Company would not issue shares of performance-based restricted stock however untilPerformance Shares under the completion2015 LTIP and 60% of the performance periodPerformance Shares under the 2014 LTIP would have vested if, when, and to the determinationextent that the entireapplicable performance standard forwere achieved.

Scout Program

No qualified or other retirement would cause an award under the performance period for the respective 3-year period had been met.Scout Program to accelerate and vest.

Qualified-Retirement Status

As of December 31, 2012,2015, none of the Company’s Executives waswere eligible to be considered for “qualifiedqualified retirement.

Involuntary Termination of a Participant under the Scout Program

If UMB were to terminate Mr. Iseman without cause or he were to resign for good reason, all previously granted but not-yet-vested deferred awards under the Scout Program would immediately accelerate and vest and, in the case of deferred cash awards, be paid within 60 days of the event to him. In addition, if UMB were to terminate Mr. Iseman without cause or he were to resign for good reason after the end of a performance period but before the applicable deferred awards of cash or Service Shares had been granted under the Scout Program, an amount equal to their full value would be paid on the grant date to him.

20122015 DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

The Compensation Committee, with the benefit of advice and analyses from Hay and UMB’s Human Resources Department, reviews non-employee director compensation at least annually and, if appropriate, recommends changes to the Board.

For their board service on the Board during 2012,2015, non-employee directors of the Company who were not employed by the Company or its subsidiaries received an annual cash retainer of $25,000,(1) $35,000 in cash and an annual equity retainer (shares of(2) fully vested unrestricted Company Stock)UMB stock having a value ofequal to $40,000 aton the date of issuance.grant date. No separate fee is paid for attendance at meetings of Board meetings.the Board. Directors who are also employees of UMB receive no separate compensation for serving on the Board.

In addition, for 2015, the Lead Director received an annual retainer of $25,000 in cash. The ChairChairs of the Audit Committee receives anand the Risk Committee received annual retainerretainers of $12,000,$14,000 in cash, and the Chairs of the Compensation Committee and the Governance and Compensation Committee Chairs receive anreceived annual retainerretainers of $6,000.$10,000 in cash. Members of the Audit Committee members receivereceived $2,000 in cash for each committeeCommittee meeting attended, and members of the Compensation andCommittee, the Governance Committee, members receiveand the Risk Committee received $1,000 in cash for each Committee meeting attended.

In January 2016, the Board approved several targeted changes in non-employee director compensation for 2016. The annual retainer for all non-employee directors has been increased to (a) $40,000 in cash and (2) fully vested UMB stock having a value equal to $45,000 on the grant date. The annual retainer for the Lead Director has been increased to $30,000 in cash.

The total compensation received by the Company’sUMB’s non-employee directors for 20122015 is reflected in the following chart:table:

 

Name


  Fees Earned
or Paid in
Cash ($) (1)


   Stock Awards
($) (2)


   Total

 

David R. Bradley, Jr.

   28,038     19,979     48,017  

Nancy K. Buese

   47,038     19,979     67,017  

Terrence P. Dunn

   33,038     19,979     53,017  

Kevin C. Gallagher

   35,038    ��19,979     55,017  

Greg M. Graves

   34,038     19,979     54,017  

Alexander C. Kemper

   25,038     19,979     45,017  

John H. Mize, Jr.

   10,293     19,979     30,272  

Kris A Robbins

   34,038     19,979     54,017  

Thomas D. Sanders

   28,038     19,979     48,017  

L. Joshua Sosland

   27,038     19,979     47,017  

Paul Uhlmann III

   27,038     19,979     47,017  

Thomas J. Wood III

   26,038     19,979     46,017  

    
Name  

Fees Earned or
Paid in Cash

($)

(1)

   

Stock Awards

($)

(2)

   

Total

($)

 

Warner L. Baxter

   37,271     39,980     77,251  

Robin C. Beery

   42,041     —       42,041  

Nancy K. Buese

   63,041     39,980     103,021  

Terrence P. Dunn

   73,041     39,980     113,021  

Kevin C. Gallagher

   49,041     39,980     89,021  

Greg M. Graves

   52,041     39,980     92,021  

Alexander C. Kemper

   35,041     39,980     75,021  

Kris A. Robbins

   63,041     39,980     103,021  

Thomas D. Sanders

   12,760     39,980     52,740  

L. Joshua Sosland

   43,041     39,980     83,021  

Paul Uhlmann III

   43,041     39,980     83,021  

Thomas J. Wood, III

   35,041     39,980     75,021  

(1)Fees shown in

These are the table reflect total fees earned during 2012,2015, including an amount equal to a partial share from the grantstub cash portion of the directors’ stockequity retainer for 20122015 that was paid during 2013.2016.

 

(2)

Amounts reflect the aggregate grant date fair value computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. Information regardingabout the assumptions made in the valuation of grantsequity awards is included in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in theour Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 2012,December 31,

2015, filed with the Securities and Exchange CommissionSEC on February 25, 2013,2016, under the heading “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” in Note 1, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, and in Note 11, Employee Benefits. The amount includes only the stockequity retainer earned in 20112014 and issued inon January 2012.30, 2015. The stockequity retainer for 20122015 was issued on January 25, 2013, to all directors.29, 2016.

DIRECTOR QUALIFICATIONS

Our directors are responsible for exercising their business judgment to oversee and direct the diverse array of businesses and affairs of UMB. The Board reviews, approves, and advises management on business strategies, significant corporate actions, and major transactions and also reviews assessments of and advises management on significant risks and issues facing UMB. In addition, the Board exercises oversight over the processes that are designed to ensure the integrity of UMB’s actions.

The Governance Committee’s goalCommittee is dedicated to assembleassembling a Board that operates cohesivelyexcels in fulfilling these responsibilities, exercises independent leadership and challengesoversight of management, and questions managementoperates in a constructive way. The Governance Committee annually reviews the composition of the Board as a wholecohesive and recommends, if necessary, measures to be taken so that the Board reflects the appropriate balance of knowledge, experience, skills, expertiseeffective manner. In identifying and diversity required for the Board as a whole. When assessing directors and nominees for the Board,recommending director candidates, the Governance Committee considers a number of criteria and factors applicable to each director and nominee, including how active the director is in understanding the Company’s business and in participating in Board meetings, his/her ability to contribute to the Board, the time

he/she has available, and his/her participation on other boards. Board members should possess such attributes and experienceremains mindful as are necessary to enhance the Board’s ability to manage and direct the businesswell of the Company, including character, integrity, judgment, recordevolving needs of achievement, knowledge, experience, skillsUMB based on its strategic direction, business segments, growth objectives, risk appetites, geographic footprint, and expertise, and tradition of providingthe other criteria and qualities enumerated in the Governance Committee’s Charter.

unparalleled customer experience.

The Governance Committee believes that each nomineeexisting director brings prized talents, relationships, professional or business experience, specialized education or expertise, and directorother qualities to UMB and that all of the Company asexisting directors together form a robust Board that meaningfully contributes to increasing the fundamental value of UMB and creating long-term value for shareholders.

Set forth here is a brief description of the date of this filing brings a strong and unique background and set of skills to the Board, giving the Board, as a whole, competence and experience, in a wide variety of areas. Set forth below is information on each director and nominee, and a summary of their particular experiences, qualifications, attributes, and skills that qualify themled the Governance Committee to conclude that all of these directors should be renominated for election to the Board at the Annual Meeting.

Robin C. Beery

Ms. Beery served as Executive Vice President, Head of US Distribution, for Janus Capital Group, a publicly traded asset-management company headquartered in Denver, Colorado, from September 2009 until her retirement in August 2014. She also was the CEO and President of the Janus Mutual Funds business during that period and was a member of the Janus Executive Committee from 2003 to 2014. In her capacity leading US Distribution, Ms. Beery had direct oversight of sales, client service, product, marketing, and corporate communications. Previously, from April 2003 to September 2009, she served as Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, for Janus Capital Group. She was the President of the Janus Foundation from 2000 to 2014, overseeing the firm’s philanthropic endeavors and community relations. She currently sits on the Board.board of trustees for Lattice Strategies Trust, a registered investment company based in San Francisco, California, with fiduciary oversight of four exchange-traded funds. Ms. Beery brings public-company executive experience to the Board, with over 25 years in the asset-management industry. She has specialized knowledge of mutual funds and alternative products and deep expertise in portfolio management, financial-services distribution, brand strategy, and reputation management.

Nancy K. Buese

Warner L. Baxter

Mr. BaxterMs. Buese has served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ameren Missouri since May 1, 2009. Ameren Missouri is the largest energy provider in the State of Missouri, and is a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation. Prior to joining a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation in 1995, he served as senior manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He was elected in 2001 as senior vice president, finance, of Ameren Missouri and of Ameren Corporation and other Ameren Corporation subsidiaries. He was elected Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of such companies in 2003 (where he served in such capacitiesMPLX LP (“MPLX”), a fee-based growth-oriented master limited partnership formed by Marathon Petroleum Corporation, since December 2015. From October 2006 until 2009). He was additionally elected Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Ameren Services in 2007, and held those positions until 2009. In 2009, Mr. Baxter was elected Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ameren Missouri, at which time he relinquished his other positions with Ameren Corporation and its subsidiaries. As a certified public accountant, and with his experience as chief financial officer for a publicly-traded company (Ameren Corporation), Mr. Baxter bringsher appointment to the Board valuable accounting and financial control experience and executive experience in operating a company that is subject to extensive regulation. He also has extensive risk-management experience that will be valuable in the Board’s oversight of the Company’s enterprise risk management processes and operations. He currently serves on the boards of Barnes-Jewish Hospital, the Nuclear Energy Institute, the National Academy for Nuclear Training and a number of charitable organizations.

David R. Bradley, Jr.

Mr. Bradley is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of News-Press & Gazette Co., headquartered in St. Joseph, Missouri. He also hasMPLX, Ms. Buese served as publisher of St. Joseph News-Press since 1994. News-Press & Gazette is a diversified communications company with operations in newspapers, commercial printing, broadcasting and digital media in eight states. It had operated a cable television subsidiary for 45 years which was sold in April 2011. He serves on the University of Missouri System Board of Curators where he formerly served as chairman. Mr. Bradley has extensive experience in Board governance matters, including more than 20 years of past service on the Company’s Board. As chief executive of a communications company, Mr. Bradley brings to the Board important experience in managing growing companies, as well as specialized knowledge of the communications industry.

Nancy K. Buese

Ms. Buese has served as Sr.Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MPLX’s now-subsidiary, MarkWest Energy Partners, LLC (“MarkWest”), a midstream master limited partnership headquartered in Denver, Colorado, since October 2006.Colorado. Prior to herthat appointment, as Chief Financial Officer, she served as Chief Accounting Officer of MarkWest from November

2005 to October 2006. Ms. Buese is a former Partner with Ernst & Young

LLP, having worked in public accounting for twelve12 years. Through her formal education in the areas of accounting, auditing, and tax, as well as her work as a CPA and with audit committees of other publicly-held companies,Certified Public Accountant, Ms. Buese brings extensive financial literacy skills to the Board. In addition, through her current position as the chief financial officer of a publicly-tradedpublicly traded energy company, she has experience in corporate finance, risk management, and information technology. She also qualifies as an Audit Committee Financial Expert and brings to the Board diversity in geographic representation and gender.

Peter J. deSilva

Mr. deSilva joined the Company as President and Chief Operating Officer in January 2004. In May of 2004, he also assumed the positions of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of UMB Bank, n.a. and served in those positions until December 31, 2012 when UMB Bank was merged with three affiliate banks. Following the merger, Mr. deSilva was named President and Chief Operating Officer of UMB Bank, n.a. Prior to joining the Company, he was employed by Fidelity Investments from 1987 until 2004, serving as Senior Vice President of Operations and Customer Service. Mr. deSilva has extensive direct experience regarding the operations, investment services, financial performance, and products of the Company, gained through his position as Chief Operating Officer of the Company and his prior operations experience at a national financial services company. He brings to the Board specialized knowledge of the banking, mutual fund and financial services industries, extensive experience in human resources management, and community relations experience.

Terrence P. Dunn

Mr. Dunn has served as the chairman of the board of directors of TechAccel, LLC, a private agribusiness technology transfer company, since May 2014 and has served as a director of Prescientco, Inc., a structural manufacturer of construction structural systems in the commercial construction industry, since January 2014. Mr. Dunn previously served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of J.E.JE Dunn Construction Group Inc. (formerly known asfrom 1989 until his retirement in December 2014. JE Dunn Industries) since 1989. J.E. Dunn Construction Group Inc. is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, and is the holding company for commercial contractorcommercial-contractor and construction companyconstruction-company affiliates across the nation, including J. E.JE Dunn. He continues to serve as a director of JE Dunn Construction Company. HeGroup and also serves as a director of Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU)—where he is a member of the compensation and organizationaudit committee and the nominating and corporate governance committee—and MGP Ingredients, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGPI)—where he is the chairman of the nominating and corporate governance committee and a member of the audit committee and the human resources and compensation committee. Mr. Dunn brings significant board and governance experience from his service as a past directorchair of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and from servinghis service on the boards of directors of businesses having operations within the Company’sUMB’s geographic footprint. He also has extensive management skills as the former chief executive of a large construction company havingwith offices throughout the United States, including operations experience in project management with responsibilities for budgeting, and in the management of the significant growth of histhat company in geographic scope and volume for over the past 20 years.

Kevin C. Gallagher

Mr. Gallagher is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Little Pub Holdings, LLC, Denver, CO,Colorado, which is an owner/operator of 2026 neighborhood pubs and restaurants. He also serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of West Creek Partners, LLC, a private investment firm, as well as serving as Vicethe Chairman of Gallagher Industries, LLC, a private holding company of middle marketlower middle-market industrial companies. He has entrepreneurial experience and marketing experience gained from serving as Chief Executive Officerchief executive officer of a large complex diversified operation with companies in both the manufacturing and distributionservice industries. He also brings to the Board geographic diversity community relationscommunity-relations experience and experience in investments, and mergers, &and acquisitions.

Greg M. Graves

Mr. Graves is Chairman of the BoardChairman and Chief Executive Officer of Burns & McDonnell, a consulting engineering company headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, with offices and operations throughout the United States. Prior to being named as Chairman, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer from October 2003

until December 2008; from January 2003 through October 2003, he served as the President and Chief Operating Officer. He served as General Manager of that company’s Energy Division from November 1997 through June 2001 and as President of its Energy Group from July 2001 through December 2002. Mr. Graves’Graves’s experience as CEOchief executive officer of a large engineering company, with multiple offices and projects located throughout the United States and abroad, gives him leadership skills and growth managementgrowth-management skills. He also has human resourceshuman-resources experience gained through his management of a large number of professionals and managers.

Alexander C. Kemper

Mr. Kemper, a brother of J. Mariner Kemper, and first cousin of Thomas J. Wood III, is Chairman of the BoardChairman of the Collectors Fund, a private equityprivate-equity fund focused on alternative asset classes. He is also the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Board and CEO of Pollenware,C2FO, a leading provider of payment optimizationpayment-optimization technology and cash flowcash-flow solutions for corporations. Prior to founding the Collectors Fund and Pollenware,C2FO, Mr. Kemper founded and served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from March 2000 to mid-2006mid-

2006 of Perfect Commerce, Inc. (formerly eScout LLC), a provider of supplier relationship managementrelationship-management technology. Mr. Kemper is a board member of AXA Art USA (NYSE:(Parent NYSE: AXA), Sipvine, and SCD Probiotics.Sipvine. Prior to March 2000, he served as the President of the CompanyUMB from 1995, and as Chief Executive Officer from July 1999, and served asthe Chief Executive Officer of UMB from July 1999, as the Chief Executive Officer of the Bank n.a. from January 1996, and as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of UMBthe Bank n.a. from January 1997. Mr. Kemper also serves as a director, the chairman of the compensation committee, and a member of the audit committee compensation committee, and the governance committee for NIC IncInc. (NASDAQ: EGOV). In 2008, Mr. Kemper became a Directordirector of the BATS Exchange and serves on its executive committee, regulatory oversight committee, and its compensation committee. Because of Mr. Kemper’s prior experience as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Company,UMB and as Chief Executive Officerchief executive officer and founder of multiple start-up companies, he brings entrepreneurial experience in managing growth, marketing skills, operations and investment experience, and information technologyinformation-technology skills and experience to the Board.

J. Mariner Kemper

Mr. J. Mariner Kemper, a brother of Alexander C. Kemper, and first cousin of Thomas J. Wood III, has served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of UMB since May 2004 and as the President of UMB since November 2015. He was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since May 2004Bank between December 2012 and has served asJanuary 2014, the Chairman of UMB Bank Colorado, n.a. (a prior subsidiary of UMB) between 2000 and 2012, and the President of UMB Bank Colorado, n.a. from 1997 to 2000. As the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of UMB Bank Colorado, n.a. from July 2000 until December 31, 2012, at which time UMB Bank Colorado, n.a. was merged into UMB Bank n.a. and Mr. Kemper became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of UMB Bank, n.a. Mr. Kemper was a Vice Chairman of the Company from February 2003 until May 2004. He also was President of UMB Bank Colorado, n.a. from October 1997 until July 2000. As Chief Executive Officer of the Company for the past seven11 years, Mr. Kemper brings to the Board skills in leadership, consensus-building,consensus building, and in the implementation of the Company’sUMB’s key strategies. He has detailed knowledge of the Company’sUMB’s key business and operational strategies and branding and possesses operations experience and knowledge of every aspect of the Company’sUMB’s business. He also has specialized knowledge of the investments, banking, and financial servicesfinancial-services industries as well as extensive community relationscommunity-relations experience, with involvement in civic and business organizations in Kansas City and Colorado.

Kris A. Robbins

Mr. Robbins served as the Chairman of Security Benefit Corporation (“Security Benefit”) and its companies from January 2006 until his retirement in February 2010 and as the Chief Executive Officer of such companySecurity Benefit from January 2001 until his retirement in February 2010. Security Benefit Corporation and its affiliates provide annuities, mutual funds, exchange tradedexchange-traded funds, retirement plans, and business processingbusiness-processing services throughout the United States. Following his retirement from Security Benefit, Mr. Robbins founded and owns KARobbins LLC, which

provides private equity, angel investmentprivate-equity, angel-investment, and advisory services. He also is a founding partner and the Chief Executive Officer inof a receivables finance/factoring company, ClearLeaf Finance. Currently, he advises SuDoKu PDQFinance, and serves on its board, and serves as a director on the board of Key Health Group (CA) and serves as the audit committee chair for its board.servicing arm, Purestone Loan Services. Mr. Robbins served on the board and chaired the audit committee of Compliance Assurance /CorpAssurance/Corp (PA) until its recent sale in November 2012 to Stone River Risk and Compliance. Mr. Robbins brings financial literacyto the Board financial-literacy skills, developed through education and professional experience in accounting and financial management. In addition, he has significant experience and knowledge relating to operations and investments, gained from his leadership of a large financial servicesfinancial-services business whichthat had significant growth and changes in products including(including insurance and mutual funds.funds). Mr. Robbins has specialized industry knowledge in areas of investments, risk management, and insurance; he currently serves on the Audit Committee, with the status of an Audit Committee Financial Expert, and serves the Board’s Compensation Committee.insurance as well.

Thomas D. Sanders

Mr. Sanders has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of MMC Corp., a construction holding company, from 1991 through 2002, and from January 2010 through the present. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of that company from 1991 through January 2003, and as Board Consultant/Strategic Planning of that company from 2005 through 2010. Prior to that he served as Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Midwest Mechanical Contractors Inc., one of MMC Corp.’s operating companies. Mr. Sanders has significant leadership experience managing the growth of a multi-state group of construction companies. He has extensive board governance experience, through his lengthy tenure on the Company’s Board and Compensation Committee, as well as his experience on numerous civic, industry and private company boards. He brings to the board, specialized knowledge of the construction industry, including risk assessment and mitigation, project planning, budgeting and forecasting.

L. Joshua Sosland

Mr. Sosland has served as the President of Sosland Publishing Co., Kansas City, Missouri, since July 2015 and Vice President of Sosland Companies, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, since 1993. Established in 1922, the Sosland Companies are primarily engaged in trade publications for the baking, flour millingflour-milling, and food processingfood-processing industries. Mr. Sosland has also served as editor of “MillingMilling & Baking News”News since 2000.2000 and editor ofFood Business Newssince 2004. Mr. Sosland contributes significant investment experience and expertise, as well as board and governance expertise, with 14almost 20 years of service on our Board and several years of service on the Company’s Board, including several years as a membertrust policy committee of the UMB Bank NA Trust Policy Committee.Bank. The economic analytical skills developed from his formal education (A.B. Economics from Harvard College), as well as his publishing experience covering and analyzing the food processingfood-processing industry, enable him to provide

valuable analysisanalyses of investment and acquisition activities. Through his many years of prior service on and prior leadership of the Board’s Compensation Committee,compensation committee, Mr. Sosland also has detailed knowledge of the development and implementation of the Company’sUMB’s executive incentive compensationincentive-compensation plans.

Paul Uhlmann III

Mr. Uhlmann has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Uhlmann Company, Kansas City, Missouri, a grocery-products company, since 1997. The Uhlmann Company is a grocery products company. He brings to the Board operations experience and business analyticalbusiness-analytical skills, both from his formal education (MBA, University of Chicago 1975), and through his management of a privately-heldprivately held food manufacturing and distribution company. He has extensive governance and board experience with 13 years of service on the Company’s Board of Directors and its Governance Committee. Mr. Uhlmann also contributes valuable community relationscommunity-relations skills throughgained from his leadership of community social and philanthropic organizations.

ThomasLeroy J. Wood III

Williams

Mr. Wood, a first cousin to J. Mariner Kemper and Alexander C. Kemper, serves as General Partner, Wood Family Partnerships. From 1997 through March 2005, heWilliams has served as Chairmanthe Vice President of the BoardInformation Technology and Services of American West Medical Company, a distribution, sales and marketing company of medical supplies. From 1988 through 1995 he served as Chief Executive Officer of Golden Harvest, Inc., a manufacturing company headquartered in Kansas City and with a manufacturing plant in Chicago. Mr. WoodBall Corporation (NYSE: BLL) since May 2005. He brings to the Board leadership skills developed through his management as Chief Executive Officerover 25 years of a distribution company. Heexperience in managing technology innovation that is designed to maximize business returns across multiple industries, including in the manufacturing, public-sector, telecommunications, and financial-services industries. Mr. Williams also brings extensive governanceto the Board valuable expertise in the areas of cybersecurity and boardenterprise risk management and experience arising from his 13 yearsin managing large, complex transformational efforts on a global scale.

PROPOSAL #1—ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Number of Directors

The Governance Committee periodically evaluates whether a larger or smaller number of seats on the Company’s Board would enhance the Board’s effectiveness and marketing and investment expertise.

PROPOSAL #1

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

General Information

Priormakes recommendations to July 26, 2011, the Board was divided into three separate classes (each class having an approximately equal number of directors), with each class being elected, on a staggered basis, for a three-year term. On July 26, 2011, the Board amended the Company’s By Laws to eliminate the classification and staggered elections, and to provide that thereafter, directors will be elected annually as their terms expire or positions are vacated. The By Law amendment further provides that any director who, on July 26, 2011, was then serving a term that extended beyond the date that the Company’s 2012 Annual Meeting is held, is permitted to serve out such term, after which time he/she may stand for re-election on an annual basis, if so nominated. As a result, the terms of Directors Nancy K. Buese, J. Mariner Kemper, Thomas D. Sanders, L. Joshua Sosland, David R. Bradley, Jr., Peter J. deSilva, Terrence P. Dunn, Alexander C. Kemper and Kris A. Robbins, will expire at the 2013 Annual Meeting currently scheduled for April 23, 2013.appropriate. In addition, by action of the Board at its March 4, 2013 meeting,assessing the size of the Board, was increased by one additional position (an increase from thirteen (13), to fourteen (14) Directors). As a result of the above expiration of terms and addition of the new position, the shareholders will be asked to elect a total of ten (10) individuals as Directors at the 2013 Annual Meeting.

Nomination and Election Process

In identifying and evaluating nominees, the Governance Committee may receive recommendations from Company management,and the Board consider the need for particular talents or other directors,qualities, the benefits associated with a diversity of perspectives and from shareholders (in accordance withbackgrounds, the procedures described below). availability of qualified candidates, the workloads and needs of Committees, and other relevant factors.

The Board currently has 11 seats. The Board believes that this size is appropriate based on UMB’s present circumstances. All seats on the Board are up for election at the Annual Meeting for terms ending at the 2017 annual meeting of shareholders.

Nomination Process

The Governance Committee reviewsis responsible for periodically reviewing and recommending to the Board the desired characteristics of directors and the optimal composition of the Board as a whole.

The Governance Committee may consider existing directors for renomination and may use search firms or other resources to identify other potential director candidates. The Governance Committee also considers potential director candidates who are recommended by shareholders in compliance with applicable law and our Bylaws. Any recommendation by shareholders must include the potential director candidate’s name, biographical information, on each candidate and evaluates him/her based onqualifications and must be submitted in writing to the Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee, UMB Financial Corporation, Attention: Corporate Secretary, 1010 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri 64106. The Governance Committee uses the same criteria set out into evaluate all potential director candidates regardless of how they have been identified.

In recommending and nominating director candidates, the Governance Committee Charter and the needs and requirements ofBoard consider the Company and its Board committees. The Governance Committee believes that any director candidate should have the following to be minimum qualifications:

 

BeThe candidate should be an individual of highthe highest character and integrity;integrity and should have an inquiring mind, vision, a willingness to ask hard questions, and the ability to work well with others.

 

HaveThe candidate should have a reputation, both personal and professional reputation that is consistent with the image and reputation of the Company; andUMB.

 

Have expertiseThe candidate should be free of any relationship or conflict of interest that mayis inconsistent with applicable law or that would interfere with the proper exercise of the fiduciary duties of a director.

The candidate should be usefulwilling and able to devote sufficient time and attention to the Company.affairs of UMB and to diligently fulfill the responsibilities of a director.

 

The candidate should have the capacity and desire to represent the balanced and best interests of the shareholders as a whole.

The Governance Committee also considers various factors, including the independence, experience, diversity, age, geographic representation, business associations, and economic relationships of each potential candidate as well as education or special skills, prior service on a board of directors of a publicly-traded company, areas of expertise, ability to regularly attend and actively contribute to Board meetings, and other characteristics and qualities as identified by the Governance Committee or by the Board from timealso give weight to time as being likelyother factors that are expected to enhance the effectiveness of the Board and its committees.Committees. Among these are diversity—including in terms of geographic region, professional or business experience, gender, race, national origin, and specialized education or expertise—and particular talents, relationships, or other qualities that are likely to contribute in a meaningful way to increasing the fundamental value of UMB and creating long-term value for shareholders.

Although the Company has no formal policy on board diversity,The Governance Committee and the Board believes that a diverse boardtake into account as well the evolving needs of directors is desirable to expandUMB based on its strategic direction, business segments, growth objectives, risk appetites, geographic footprint, and tradition of providingthe unparalleled customer experience.

The effectiveness of these processes and policies are assessed by the Governance Committee in connection with its periodic evaluation of the Board’s collective expertise and knowledge of the Company’s business,each Committee’s performance as well as to evaluate management and positively influence the Company’s performance. Accordingly,contemplated by the Governance Committee’s Charter provides that in carrying out its responsibilities for locating, recruitingGuidelines.

Nominations

The Governance Committee has recommended, and nominatingthe Board has nominated, the following slate of 11 director candidates for election to the Board for terms ending at the Governance Committee must take into account a number2017 annual meeting of factors and considerations, including diversity. Such diversity considerations include geographic regions,

professional or business experiences, gender, race, national origin, specialized education or work experience or viewpoints. The Board has identified diversity as a factor to be given additional weight in the search for appropriate Board candidates and believes that its focus and efforts on diversity are successful and are providing useful perspectives to help the Board evaluate risks facing the Company and understand the competitive strengths and challenges facing the Company.shareholders:

 

    
Name Age  Positions or Offices with UMB Director Since

Robin C. Beery

  48   Director 2015

Nancy K. Buese

  46   Director 2009

Terrence P. Dunn

  66   Director 2003

Kevin C. Gallagher

  47   Director 2007

Greg M. Graves

  58   Director 2003

Alexander C. Kemper

  50   Director 1992

J. Mariner Kemper

  43   Chair, President, CEO, and Director 2004

Kris A. Robbins

  57   Director 2000

L. Joshua Sosland

  55   Director 1998

Paul Uhlmann III

  65   Director 2000

Leroy J. Williams

  51   Director 2016

It is the policy and practice of the Governance Committee to consider nominations of director candidates properly made or recommended by shareholders in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, or submitted in writing by shareholders to the Governance Committee providing the candidate’s name, biographical data and qualifications. Such written submissions should be sent to: “Board Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, c/o Corporate Secretary, UMB Financial Corporation, 6th Floor, Mail Stop 1020604, 1010 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Missouri 64106.” In its consideration of such nominees, the Governance Committee utilizes the same criteria and factors as described in the Governance Committee Charter and as set forth above. There is no difference between the manner in which candidates or nominees submitted by shareholders are evaluated, compared to the manner in which candidates or nominees submitted by management or by members of the Governance Committee or by any other person or entity, are evaluated.

The Governance Committee selected and recommended to the Board, and the Board has nominated, the ten nominees identified below, for election to the Board at the 2013 Annual Meeting. All such nominees except for Mr. Baxter, currently serve as Directors whose terms will expire at the April 23, 2013 Annual Meeting, and they have been nominated for re-election. Mr. Baxter is not a current Director; he was identified and recommended to the Governance Committee by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and has been nominated to be elected to fill the vacant position caused by the increase in the size of the Board. Each of the nomineesthese director candidates has agreed to be named as a nomineenominated and, if elected, to serve as a director, if elected. It isdirector. We do not anticipatedanticipate that any of the nomineesnominee will become unavailable for election; however, if any nominee(s) should unexpectedly become unavailable,election, but under our Bylaws, the shares represented by proxy and voting for any nominee who unexpectedly becomes unavailable prior to the proxyelection will be voted instead for sucha substitute nominee(s) ascandidate nominated by the Governance Committee may select and approve, andBoard.

Plurality voting will apply in these elections—that is, the Board may nominate.

The ten director11 nominees receiving the highest number of“FOR”FORvotes will be elected. This

Cumulative voting will also apply—that is, commonly known as “plurality voting.” You may use cumulative voting for the election of directors. Youeach shareholder will have one vote per share for each nominee. Under cumulative voting youa total number of votes equal to the holder’s number of shares as of the record date multiplied by the number of directors to be elected, and the shareholder may cast all of your votethose votes for a specificsingle nominee or may distribute yourwhole (though not fractional) votes among all nomineesmore than one nominee in whateverany proportion you wish.desired. If you desirewant to useutilize cumulative voting, please contact the Company’snotify our transfer agent, Computershare Trust Company, at (312) 499-7033(636) 600-1714 prior to the annual meetingAnnual Meeting or vote in personby ballot at the Annual Meeting. Withholding authority to vote

Voting “WITHHOLD for someone or allmore of the director nominees or not returning your proxy card or voting instruction, will have no effect on the election of directors. YourIf you are a beneficial owner of shares, your broker, bank, or other nominee is not permitted to vote your shares on this matter if no instruction is received from you.

The Company’s Board of Directors has adopted a policy providing that if, in the case ofIn an uncontested election of directors (that is, an election where the Company’snumber of properly nominated director candidates does not exceed the number of directors a nominee for electionto be elected), if any director receives a greater number of votes “withheld”

WITHHELD than “for” his or her election, then he/she mustFOR,” our Governance Guidelines provide for the following: The affected director is expected to promptly tender his or her offersubmit a letter of resignation to the BoardChair of Directors, and that such resignation would become effective only if (and at such time), as the Board accepts it. In making its decision as to whether to accept such resignation, the Board would obtain a recommendation from the Company’s Governance Committee. The Board must take action on the resignation, within 90 days from the date of the certification of the election results, and the Company will publicly disclose (by a Form 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission) the action to be taken on the tendered resignation, and the rationale behind it, within four business days of the decision. The policy provides that in making its recommendation and

decision, the Governance Committee and the Chair of the Board, may each consider any factors or other information that it considers appropriate and relevant, andspecifying that the resignation will become effective upon acceptance by the Board. The director who tenders his or her resignation shallwill not participatetake part in theany deliberations or actions of the Board or the Governance Committee relating to the letter of resignation. The Board may ask for the Governance Committee’s recommendation on whether to accept or Board.reject the letter of resignation. The policy providesBoard will act on the letter of resignation within 90 days of the date when the election results were certified. In deciding how to act, the Board may consider any information that, if ain its judgment, is properly brought to its attention or is otherwise relevant. If the letter of resignation is accepted, by the Board thenmay fill the vacancy in compliance with the Bylaws and the Governance Committee will make a recommendation toGuidelines or may leave the Board whether to fill such vacancyseat vacant and, if necessary or vacancies orappropriate, amend the Bylaws to reduce the size of the Board.

The following schedule sets forth information about If the ten (10) directors and nominees wholetter of resignation is rejected, the director will standcontinue to serve in that capacity. UMB will publicly disclose the Board’s action on the letter of resignation, including its reasons for election at the 2013 Annual Meeting, and about theso acting, within four (4) present directorsbusiness days of the Company who will continue in office untilaction by filing a Current Report on Form 8-K with the expirationSEC.

The Board recommends that shareholders voteFOR the election of their current term:each of the 11 nominees to our Board.

Nominees For Election—Terms expiring in 2013

Name


  Age

   

Position with the Company


  Director
Since

 

Warner Baxter

   51    Nominee   —    

David R. Bradley, Jr.

   63    Director   1983  

Nancy K. Buese

   43    Director   2009  

Peter J. deSilva

   51    President, COO, and Director   2004  

Terrence P. Dunn

   63    Director   2003  

Alexander C. Kemper

   47    Director   1992  

J. Mariner Kemper

   40    Chairman, CEO and Director   2004  

Kris A. Robbins

   54    Director   2000  

Thomas D. Sanders

   68    Director   1991  

L. Joshua Sosland

   52    Director   1998  

Directors Who Will Continue In Office-Terms expiring in 2014

Name


  Age

   

Position with the Company


  Director
Since

 

Kevin C. Gallagher

   44    Director   2007  

Greg M. Graves

   55    Director   2003  

Paul Uhlmann III

   62    Director   2000  

Thomas J. Wood III

   66    Director   2000  

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTIONPROPOSAL #2—RATIFICATION OF THE TEN DIRECTOR NOMINEES.

CORPORATE AUDIT COMMITTEE’S

PROPOSAL # 2: RATIFICATIONENGAGEMENT OF SELECTION OFKPMG LLP AS

UMB’S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR 2016

TheAs previously disclosed by UMB in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 16, 2014 (the “Auditor Current Report”), following a competitive review of independent registered public accounting firms, the Audit Committee selected and engagedon September 10, 2014, dismissed Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) and engaged KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) as the principal independent registered public accounting firm to examineaudit UMB’s financial statements.

No report of Deloitte on UMB’s financial statements for 2012 or 2013 contained an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion or was qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles. During fiscal years 2012 and 2013 and subsequent interim periods preceding Deloitte’s dismissal, there was no disagreement (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of SEC Regulation S-K and the related instructions) with Deloitte on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreement (if not resolved to the satisfaction of Deloitte) would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with its report. During fiscal years 2012 and 2013 and subsequent interim periods preceding Deloitte’s dismissal, there was no reportable event (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of SEC RegulationS-K).

UMB provided Deloitte with a copy of the Auditor Current Report prior to its filing with the SEC and requested Deloitte to furnish UMB with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether Deloitte agreed with the statements made by UMB in response to Item 304(a) of SEC Regulation S-K and, if not, stating the respects in which it did not agree. A copy of Deloitte’s letter dated September 16, 2014, was attached as Exhibit 16.1 to the Auditor Current Report.

During fiscal years 2012 and 2013 and subsequent interim periods preceding KPMG’s engagement, neither UMB nor anyone on its behalf consulted KPMG regarding (1) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on UMB’s financial statements or (2) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of SEC Regulation S-K and the related instructions) or a reportable event (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of SEC Regulation S-K).

The Audit Committee has decided to engage KPMG as the principal independent registered public accounting firm to audit the consolidated financial statements of the CompanyUMB for the fiscal year 2013. The2016, and the Board is recommending that youour shareholders ratify suchthis engagement. Notwithstanding

The Audit Committee, however, will retain sole authority over the Audit Committee’s initial selectionappointment and engagementreplacement of UMB’s independent auditors and will remain directly responsible for the shareholders’compensation and oversight of UMB’s independent auditors. As a result, despite any ratification of suchthis engagement however,of KPMG by our shareholders, the Audit Committee shallwill continue to be specifically authorized to terminate the engagement at any time during the year, to retain another independent registered public accounting firm atto audit the consolidated financial statements of UMB for fiscal year 2016, or to take any time during the yearother related action if judged by the Audit Committee feels that such change wouldto be in the best interestinterests of the Company. Deloitte & Touche LLP has served as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm continuously since 1982. The Audit Committee has considered whether any other relationships, including without limitation, whether Deloitte & Touche LLP’s provision of the different types of services described in the schedule below, were compatible with the maintenance of Deloitte & Touche LLP’s independence, and the Audit Committee has concluded that such relationships are compatible with the maintenance of its independence.UMB. If the Company’sour shareholders do not ratify the appointmentthis engagement of Deloitte & Touche LLP,KPMG, the Audit Committee will consider the shareholders’that action in deciding whetherits ongoing exercise of authority over the appointment, replacement, compensation, and oversight of UMB’s independent auditors.

The Audit Committee has discussed and confirmed with KPMG its independence. The Audit Committee has determined as well that KPMG’s provision of non-audit services to appoint Deloitte & Touche LLP asUMB—including those described in the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2014.

table set forth after this Proposal—was compatible with KPMG’s independence.

The Audit Committee has not established pre-approval policies and procedures for the engagement of auditor services. All auditor services are approved by the Audit Committee.Committee under Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(A) of SEC Regulation S-X.

Deloitte & Touche LLP servedKPMG has audited the consolidated financial statements of UMB as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firmof and for the fiscal year endingended December 31, 2012.2015. Representatives of Deloitte & Touche LLPKPMG are expected to be present at the Annual Meeting and will havebe afforded an opportunity to make a statement. They willstatement if they so desire. We also expect these representatives to be available to respond to appropriate questions.

The Board recommends that shareholders voteFOR the ratification of the Corporate Audit Committee’s engagement of KPMG LLP as UMB’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2016.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” RATIFICATION OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE’S SELECTION AND RETENTION OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP AS THE COMPANY’S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM.FIRM FEES

The following table summarizes the aggregate fees (including related expenses) for professional services rendered by KPMG related to fiscal years 2014 and 2015.

 

INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FEES

 

  

The following table summarizes the aggregate fees (including related expenses) for professional services provided by Deloitte & Touche LLP related to fiscal year 2011 and fiscal year 2012.

 

   

   Fiscal years ended
December 31,


 
   2012

   2011

 

Audit Fees

  $888,000    $840,000  

Audit Related Fees (1)

  $44,000    $44,000  

Tax Fees

  $36,800    $36,900  

All Other Fees

   0     0  
   


  


Total

  $968,800    $884,000  

(1)    Regulatory compliance procedures for UMB Bank, n.a., UMB Financial Services, Inc. and Scout Investments “Audit Related Fees” do not include fees of $189,000 in 2012 and $179,000 in 2011 for the audit of investment funds managed by the Company’s Prairie Capital Management subsidiary because such fees are for services that are not required to be pre-approved by the Audit Committee.

 

          

  
   Fiscal years ended December 31, 
        2015           2014     

Audit Fees

  $1,074,500    $877,500  

Audit-Related Fees (1)

  $42,500    $32,500  

Tax Fees

  $0    $0  

All Other Fees (2)

  $0    $91,055  

Total

  $1,117,000    $1,001,055  

(1)

The nature of the services comprising “Audit-Related Fees” in 2015 and 2014 was the performance of regulatory compliance procedures for the Bank, Scout, and UMB Financial Services, Inc.

(2)

The nature of the services comprising “All Other Fees” in 2014 was the performance of an assessment of security vulnerabilities for UMB.

REPORT OF THE CORPORATE AUDIT COMMITTEE

The Audit Committee reviews the Company’s financial reporting processexercises general oversight, on behalf of the Board. ManagementBoard, over the accounting, financial-reporting, and internal-control functions of UMB. The Audit Committee has sole authority over the primary responsibilityappointment and replacement of UMB’s independent auditors and is directly responsible for the financial statementscompensation and oversight of UMB’s independent auditors. The Audit Committee also approves the reporting process, includingrisk-assessment methodology, risk assessment, and annual audit plan of the systeminternal audit function and all decisions on the appointment, removal, and compensation of internal controls. In this context,UMB’s Director of Corporate Audit Services. Other duties, responsibilities, and authorities of the Audit Committee are set forth in its charter, which has metbeen approved by the Board and held discussions, including separate executive sessions, with managementcan be found in the Corporate Governance menu atwww.umb.com/investor.

Management is primarily responsible for UMB’s accounting, financial-reporting, and the independent auditors. Managementinternal-control functions and has represented to the Audit Committee that the Company’s consolidatedUMB’s financial statements werehave been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and the Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed theprinciples. The consolidated financial statements with managementof UMB as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, were audited by KPMG as the independent auditors. auditor.

The Audit Committee discussed the interim financial information contained in each quarterly earnings announcement with management, KPMG, and the independent auditors performing the Company’s audits internal auditors—including in separate executive sessions—prior to

the public release of eachthe announcement.

The Audit Committee has reviewed the audited financial statements of UMB as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, and has discussed them—including in separate executive sessions—with management, KPMG, and internal auditors.

The Audit Committee received fromhas reviewed and discussed with KPMG the independent auditorsmatters required to be discussed by Auditing Standard No. 16,Communications with Audit Committees, as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (which superseded Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61).

The Audit Committee has received the written disclosures and the letter from KPMG required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent auditor’sKPMG’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and has discussed with the independent auditors the independent auditors’ independence, describing all relationships between the independent auditors and the Company that might bear on the independent auditors’ objectivity and independence, and satisfied itself as to the independent auditors’ independence. The Audit Committee also has discussed and confirmed with KPMG its independence. The Audit Committee has determined as well that the independent auditors’KPMG’s provision of non-audit services to the CompanyUMB was insignificant in amount and compatible with the independent auditors’KPMG’s independence. The Audit Committee also discussed with management, the internal auditors and the independent auditors, the quality and adequacy of the Company’s internal controls and the internal audit function’s organization, responsibilities, budget and staffing. The Audit Committee reviewed with both the independent auditors and the internal auditors, their respective audit plans, audit scope, and identification of audit risks.

The Audit Committee reviewed and discussed with the independent auditors, the matters required to be discussed under the statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, as amended (AICPA,Professional Standards, Vol. 1. AU section 380) as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in Rule 3200T as may be modified or supplemented.

The Audit Committee reviewed the audited financial statements of the Company as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, and has discussed them with management and with the independent auditors.

Based on the above-mentioned reviewreviews and discussions with management and the independent auditors,described in this report, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board, of Directors, and the Board approved, the inclusion of Directors approved, that the Company’sUMB’s audited financial statements be included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012,2015, for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. SEC.

The Audit Committee has also selected Deloitte & Touche LLPdecided to engage KPMG as the principal independent auditorsregistered public accounting firm to audit UMB’s financial statements for the Company and its subsidiariesfiscal year 2016. This engagement is being presented to UMB’s shareholders for 2013. The Board has concurredratification as described in that selection and has presented the matter to the shareholders of the Company for ratification.

Proposal #2.

Nancy K. Buese, ChairmanChair

Robin C. Beery

Kevin C. Gallagher

Kris A. Robbins

As provided by SEC Regulation S-K, this Report of the Corporate Audit Committee is not deemed to be soliciting material or to be filed or incorporated by reference into any other filing by UMB under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended or the Exchange Act.

PROPOSAL #3—APPROVAL SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL FOR THE ADOPTION

OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO COMPANY’SA POLICY REQUIRING AN INDEPENDENT CHAIR OF THE BOARD

LONG-TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN AND RE-APPROVAL OF CODE

SECTION 162(m) PERFORMANCE GOALS

The Company is proposing, forUMB has been notified by an individual shareholder, approval, (i) certain amendments to the UMB Financial Corporation Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Long-Term Plan”) that were adopted, subject to shareholder approval, by the Board of Directors at its March 4, 2013 meeting and (ii) re-approval of certain terms and conditions of the Long-Term Plan for purposes of preserving its ability to fully deduct the compensation of certain executive officers under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.

PLAN OVERVIEW AND HISTORY

In 2005, the shareholders approved the Long-Term Plan. The purpose of the Long-Term Plan is to provide a means by which Directors and selected employees may be given an opportunity to benefit from the Company’s increased financial performance by receiving stock options and restricted stock.

In 2008, the shareholders approved an amendment to the Long-Term Plan that, among other changes, (i) increased the maximum number ofwho owns 92 shares of the Company’s commonUMB stock, that can be awarded under the Long-Term Plan from 1.2 millionhe intends to 2 million and increased the maximum number of such shares that can be awarded as restricted stock from 400,000 to 800,000, (ii) permitted the granting of awards by the Compensation Committee outside of an annual program, (iii) permitted the Compensation Committee to include in restricted stock award agreements, provisions such that awards will become fully or partially vested upon an award holder’s termination from employment on account of death, disability or the participant’s qualified retirement, (iv) prohibited the repricing of outstanding stock options granted under the Long-Term Plan unless the repricing is approved by the shareholders and (v) added additional potential performance goals under the Long-Term Plan pursuant to which performance-based restricted stock would qualify for the performance-based compensation exception to Section 162(m) of the Code (which limits deductible compensation to $1 million for certain top executive officers employed at the end of the year).

In 2011, the shareholders approved an amendment to the Long-Term Plan that, among other changes, (i) increased the maximum number of shares of the Company’s common stock that can be awarded under the Long-Term Plan from 2 million shares to 5.25 million shares (an increase of 3.25 million shares) and increased the maximum number of shares that can be awarded as restricted stock from 800,000 to 1.2 million, and (ii) reduced the maximum term of stock options granted under the Plan to 10 years from an option’s date of grant.

LONG-TERM PLAN PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

The Board of Directors believes that the Long-Term Plan has been successful, but that it should be amended to increase the number of shares authorized to be issued pursuant to awards granted under the Long-Term Plan and to make other changes described below. The amendments to the Long-Term Plan will:

Increase the maximum number of shares that can be awarded under the Long-Term Plan (the “Maximum Share Limitation”) from 5.25 million shares to 7.44 million shares (an increase of 2,190,000 shares);

Increase the maximum amount of benefits (valued as of the date of grant of awards) that an eligible employee may receive in any one fiscal year from $1 million to $2 million;

Eliminate any limitation relating to the maximum number of shares that can be awarded as restricted stock granted under the Long-Term Plan (other than the Long-Term Plan’s Maximum Share Limitation);

Clarify that (i) any shares withheld or tendered to pay withholding taxes relating to any stock award granted under the Long-Term Plan , or any shares withheld or tendered to pay the exercise price of a stock option granted under the Long-Term Plan, and any shares of Common Stock repurchased by the Company on the open market using the proceeds from the exercise of a stock option, do not increase the Maximum Share Limitation, and (ii) the full number of shares of the Company’s common stock subject to a stock option that is settled by the net issuance of shares are counted against the Maximum Share Limitation regardless of the number of shares actually issued upon the settlement of such stock option;

Except in certain situations involving corporate transactions as identified in the Long-Term Plan or as approved by the Company’s shareholders, prohibit the Company’s ability to cancel an outstanding underwater stock option in exchange for cash or other consideration; and

Change the Long-Term Plan’s methodology for counting how awards granted under the Long-Term Plan count against the Long-Term Plan’s Maximum Share Limitation. As amended, after April 23, 2013, each stock option grant will be counted as one share against the Maximum Share Limitation and each restricted stock grant will count as 2.86 shares against the Maximum Share Limitation.

As of March 1, 2013, there were 2,496,083 shares of the Company’s common stock still available for grants under the Long-Term Plan. Accordingly, with an increase of the proposed 2,190,000 shares, there will be a total of approximately 4,686,083 shares (plus any shares subject to awards that ultimately are forfeited or subject to options that are never exercised) remaining available for grants under the Long-Term Plan. This represents approximately 11.56% of the Company’s current total outstanding shares. With respect to any share subject to an Award granted on or before April 23, 2013 and that ultimately is forfeited or subject to an option that is never exercised, such share will be credited back as a single share to, and available for a future award under, the Long-Term Plan’s Maximum Share Limitation. With respect to any share subject to an option granted after April 23, 2013 that is ultimately forfeited or never exercised, such share shall be credited back as a single share to, and available for future awards under, the Long-Term Plan’s Maximum Share Limitation. With respect to any share subject to a restricted stock award granted after April 23, 2013 that is ultimately forfeited, such share shall be credited back as 2.86 shares to, and available for future awards under, the Long-Term Plan’s Maximum Share Limitation.

LONG-TERM PLAN PERFORMANCE GOAL PROVISIONS

Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (“Section 162(m)”), places a limit of $1 million on the Company’s federal income tax deduction for compensation paid in a taxable year to the Chief Executive Officer and the three other most highly-compensated officers (other than the Company’s Chief Financial Officer). There is an exception (the “162(m) Exception”), however, that excludes from this limitation certain performance-based compensation. In particular, qualified performance-based compensation is not subject to the deduction limit, and is therefore fully deductible if several conditions are met. One of these conditions for the 162(m) Exception is that the Company’s shareholders must approve the material terms of the performance goals no later than the first shareholder meeting that occurs in the fifth year following the year in which shareholders previously approved those terms. Five years have elapsed since shareholder approval and the Company is resubmitting performance goal terms and conditions to shareholders. Approval will allow the Company to continue applying the 162(m) Exception. The Company is requesting you to approve the material terms of the business criteria and performance measures under which incentive compensation is to be paid as well as the Long-Term Plan provisions on participant eligibility for awards and limits that annually apply to participant awards (collectively,

“Performance Goal Provisions”). The Board believes that, due to the 162(m) Exception, shareholder approval of the Performance Goal Provisions will potentially increase the after-tax per share earnings. Please note however, that because of the uncertainties associated with the application and interpretation of section 162(m) and the regulations issued thereunder, there can be no assurance that compensation intended to satisfy the requirements for deductibility under section 162(m) will in fact be deductible.

Under Section 162(m), the Performance Goal Provisions that must be re-approved are (1) the class of employees eligible to receive compensation upon achievement of performance goals applicable to awards under the Long-Term Plan; (2) the business criteria on which such performance goals may be based; and (3) the maximum amount that may be paid to any employee subject to Section 162(m) during a specified period, upon achievement of the performance goals applicable to an award under the Long-Term Plan.

Eligible Class

Directors and any employee of the Company that may be selected by the Compensation Committee for participation are eligible to participate in the Long-Term Plan. For 2013, 12 non-employee directors and 521 employees have been selected by the Compensation Committee to receive awards under the Long-Term Plan. Included within the group of individuals eligible to receive awards under the Long-Term Plan are all of the Named Executive Officers listed in the Summary Compensation Table of this proxy statement. The number of employees and directors eligible to receive awards under the Long-Term Plan may increase or decrease in future years as determined by the Compensation Committee.

Business Criteria

The business criteria that may be used to establish the Long-Term Plan’s performance goals are (1) earnings; (2) growth or rate of growth; (3) net income or loss; (4) reduction in expense levels; (5) operating and maintenance cost management and employee productivity; (6) shareholder returns (on assets, investments or equity); (7) return measures; (8) growth or rate of growth measures; (9) share price; (10) strategic business criteria (e.g., specified revenue, market share production volume levels); and (11) achievement of business or operational goals such as market share and/or business development. These business criteria may be on an aggregate or per share basis or on a pre-tax or post-tax basis; may relate to the Company as a whole or to any of its subsidiaries, operating divisions or other operating units; and may provide that the formula for such goals may include or exclude items to measure specific objectives, such as losses from discontinued operations, extraordinary gains or losses, the cumulative effect of accounting changes, acquisitions or divestitures, foreign exchange impacts and any unusual, nonrecurring gain or loss or like matters.

Maximum Payments

With the proposed amendments, no one eligible employee may receive more than $2,000,000 in benefits under the Long-Term Plan during any one fiscal year, taking into account the value of all stock options and restricted stock received during such fiscal year nor may one eligible employee during any one fiscal year receive awards relating to shares of more than the Long-Term Plan’s Maximum Share Limitation described above. In determining the $2,000,000 annual cap on Long-Term Plan benefits (i) the value of stock options shall be determined as of the date of grant using valuation models acceptable under tax, accounting and other regulatory rules (e.g., Black-Scholes option valuation model) and (ii) the value of shares of restricted stock shall be determined based on the fair market value on the date of grant.

SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF LONG-TERM PLAN

The following is a summary of the principal features of the Long-Term Plan, as amended. This summary does not discuss every aspect of the Long-Term Plan. We urge you to carefully read the full text of the Long-Term Plan contained in Appendix A of this proxy statement. The Company will provide without charge a copy of the Long-Term Plan document to any shareholder who requests a copy.

General. The Long-Term Plan permits the grant of stock options and shares of restricted stock. Shareholder approval of the Long-Term Plan, among other things, is intended to (1) comply with applicable securities law requirements, and (2) permit the performance-based awards discussed below to qualify for deductibility under Section 162(m). Individuals eligible to receive awards and grants under the Long-Term Plan include the Company’s (and its subsidiaries) employees, officers and directors.

The Long-Term Plan allows the Compensation Committee to grant to selected eligible Company employees (i) options to purchase shares of Company common stock (“stock options”) and (ii) shares of Company common stock, subject to certain forfeiture restrictions and restrictions on transferability (“restricted stock”). As explained more fully below, restricted stock granted under the Long-Term Plan may be “service-based restricted stock”, which vests over a period of time based on the eligible employee’s continued years of service with the Company and/or “performance-based restricted stock,” which vests based both on the eligible employee’s continued years of service with the Company and the achievement of one or more Company performance goals. No cash consideration is paid by an eligible employee at the time he or she receives a grant of one or more stock options or shares of restricted stock.

Non-Employee Director Awards. The Long-Term Plan permits issuance of shares of Company common stock to non-employee directors as a component of such directors’ compensation for their service on the Board. Each year, the Compensation Committee will set a dollar amount of shares that can be issued to a non-employee director for the year. For each calendar quarter during which the individual serves as a director, he or she will be entitled to 25% of the total amount of the award for the year. Shares of Company common stock will be awarded without payment for the shares by the director, and will be nonforfeitable and transferable.

Eligibility. Only those employees and directors that are selected by the Compensation Committee to receive awards under the Long-Term Plan are eligible to participate in the Long-Term Plan. The employees who receive stock options or restricted stock in one particular year may differ from those who receive such awards for other years.

Shares Subject to Long-Term Plan and Annual Limitation on Benefits. The total amount of shares of Company common stock reserved under the Long-Term Plan (the Maximum Share Limitation) is 7,440,000 shares. With respect to all awards granted under the Long-Term Plan after April 23, 2013, each stock option grant will be counted as one share against the Maximum Share Limitation and each restricted stock grant will count as 2.86 shares against the Maximum Share Limitation.

With the proposed amendments to the plan, no one eligible employee may receive more than $2,000,000 in benefits under the Long-Term Plan during any one fiscal year, taking into account the value of all stock options and restricted stock received during such fiscal year, nor may one eligible employee during any one fiscal year receive awards relating to shares of more than the Maximum Share Limitation. In determining this $2,000,000 annual cap on Long-Term Plan benefits (i) the value of stock options shall be determined as of the date of grant using valuation models acceptable under tax, accounting and other regulatory rules (e.g., Black-Scholes option

valuation model) and (ii) the value of shares of restricted stock shall be determined based on the fair market value on the date of grant.

Terms of Awards. Subject to the terms of the Long-Term Plan and as memorialized in the applicable stock award agreement under which eligible employees receive awards, the amount of such awards and the specific terms of the awards will be determined by the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee will generally make decisions regarding such above mentioned awards by following the terms of certain incentive compensation “programs” which will be established from time to time by the Compensation Committee. These compensation programs will establish many of the parameters governing which employees will receive what types of awards(e.g., options, service-based restricted stock or performance-based restricted stock), whether, and at what time(s), such awards are exercisable (in the case of stock options) or no longer subject to a risk or forfeiture (in the case of restricted stock). In connection with the initiation of a new compensation program, the Compensation Committee will establish performance goals (a listing of the possible performance criteria for such goals is set forth below) for determining whether certain performance-based awards vest or become payable. Under these programs, the Compensation Committee will also establish the maximum dollar value of benefits that can be granted to an eligible employee during a particular fiscal year. Such maximum amount will be generally expressed as a percentage of the eligible employee’s base salary for the applicable year. The maximum value of benefits may, and very likely will, be different for different employees and may change from one year to the next. In addition to granting awards pursuant to a program, the Compensation Committee may grant awards outside of a program from time to time as the Compensation Committee determines is appropriate.

Stock Options. Under the Long-Term Plan, the Compensation Committee may grant stock options to purchase the common stock of the Company. Only nonqualified stock options will be granted under the Long-Term Plan. The Company will not receive any cash consideration for issuing the stock options, but will receive payment from the eligible employees for the stock upon exercise of the stock options. The number of shares subject to stock options granted in any year will be determined by the Committee. The total number of shares subject to stock options will be taken from the 7,440,000 shares of stock reserved for the Long-Term Plan.

The exercise price to purchase a share of Company common stock subject to a stock option will be equal to the fair market value of a share of Company common stock on the stock option’s date of grant. In no event may the terms of a stock option exceed ten years from the stock option’s date of grant and, except after an optionee has terminated employment due to disability, death or retirement, the optionee must be employed by the Company at the time of exercise to exercise the option. To the extent otherwise exercisable, a stock option, or a portion thereof, may be exercised through the payment by the optionee of the option price at the time the stock option is exercised. All outstanding options become 100% exercisable upon the occurrence of a “change in control” (as defined under the Long-Term Plan) and, depending upon the particular terms of the applicable Stock award agreement, the exercisability of a stock option may also be accelerated in the event of a disability (as defined under the Long-Term Plan), death and/or the optionee’s “qualified retirement” (also defined under the Long-Term Plan).

Restricted Stock. Under the Long-Term Plan, the Company may grant restricted stock. Generally, the Company will not reserve any cash consideration for granting shares of restricted stock. A share of restricted stock is a share of Company common stock that is both subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture and nontransferable until certain specified conditions are satisfied. There are two types of restricted stock that can be granted under the Long-Term Plan: service-based restricted stock and performance-based restricted stock. Service-based restricted stock will vest (i.e, become nonforfeitable and transferable) based on the eligible employee’s continued years of service with us. Performance-based restricted stock will vest based on both the

eligible employee’s continued years of service with the Company and on the satisfaction of one or more pre-established performance goals. In the event of a change in control (as defined in the Long-Term Plan), (i) all service-based restricted stock will become fully vested and (ii) an eligible employee’s unvested performance-based restricted stock will vest to the extent the applicable performance goals with respect to such stock have been met (i.e., future service will not be required). If, in the event of a change in control, the applicable performance goals have only been partially met (as determined by the Compensation Committee), then the eligible employee shall be vested in only a pro-rata portion of such performance-based restricted stock based on the percentage of such performance goals that have been satisfied as of the date of the change in control. The Compensation Committee may include in any restricted stock award agreement provisions providing for an acceleration (either full or partial) of the award’s vesting status upon the holder’s termination of employment due to death, disability or qualified retirement.

Performance Criteria. The Long-Term Plan provides that the performance goals for performance-based restricted stock will be based on one or more of the business criteria described above under the heading “Business Criteria.”

Amendments to Long-Term Plan. The Long-Term Plan cannot be amended without the approval of the shareholders if the amendment would (i) increase the total number of shares of the Company’s common stock available for grants under the Plan, (ii) materially increase benefits accruing under the Long-Term Plan, or (iii) materially modify the requirements for participation in the Long-Term Plan. Accordingly, the Company cannot amend the Long-Term Plan, without shareholder approval, to increase the total number of shares reserved under the Long-Term Plan, to increase the maximum amount of benefits which can be paid under the Long-Term Plan to one eligible employee during a single fiscal year ($2,000,000), or to change the performance goals which can be used for performance-based restricted stock.

Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences

The following is a brief summary of the principal federal income tax consequences of awards under the Long-Term Plan. The summary is based upon current federal income tax laws and interpretations thereof, all of which are subject to change at any time, possibly with retroactive effect. The summary is not intended to be exhaustive and, among other things, does not describe state, local or foreign tax consequences.

Nonqualified Options.In general, an optionee does not recognize taxable income upon the grant of a nonqualified stock option. Upon the exercise of such an option, the optionee recognizes ordinary income to the extent the fair market value of the shares received upon exercise of the nonqualified stock options on the date of exercise exceeds the exercise price. The Company receives an income tax deduction in an amount equal to the ordinary income that the optionee recognizes upon the exercise of the option.

Restricted Stock. A participant who receives an award of restricted stock does not generally recognize taxable income at the time of the award. Instead, unless an election is made as described in the next paragraph, the participant recognizes ordinary income in the first taxable year in which his or her interest in the shares becomes either: (i) freely transferable, or (ii) no longer subject to substantial risk of forfeiture. The amount of taxable income recognized is equal to the fair market value of the shares less the cash, if any, paid for the shares. Unless the below described election is made, dividends paid on shares of restricted stock, if any, will be treated as ordinary compensation income and not be eligible for any preferential tax treatment that may otherwise be afforded to qualifying corporate dividends. To the extent that cash dividends paid on restricted stock are applied toward the purchase of additional shares of restricted stock, additional ordinary income will be recognized at the

time such additionally received shares first become freely transferable or no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture.

A participant may elect to recognize income at the time he or she receives restricted stock in an amount equal to the fair market value of the restricted stock (less any cash paid for the shares) on the date of the award. Any such election must be filed with the Internal Revenue Service within 30 days of the date of grant. Future appreciation on the shares of the restricted stock will be taxed as capital gains when the shares are sold. However, if after making such an election, the shares of restricted stock are forfeited, the participant will be unable to claim any loss deduction.

The Company receives a compensation expense deduction in an amount equal to the ordinary income recognized by the participant in the taxable year in which restrictions lapse (or in the taxable year of the award if, at that time, the participant had filed a timely election to accelerate recognition of income).

Other Information

Code Section 409A. Awards granted under the Long-Term Plan are intended to either be exempt from Code Section 409A or intended to meet the requirements of this section of the Code.

Long-Term Plan Benefits. The following table sets forth information regarding the benefits that certain executive officers and groups of executive officers have received through grants under the Long-Term Plan made on February 12, 2013 that will be subject to the Long-Term Plan as amended by the proposed amendments (if such amendments are approved by the Shareholders). The table also includes the annual stock retainer that was issued to current non-executive directors of the Company on January 22, 2013 for service during 2012. Assuming that all current directors continue with their service throughout the remainder of 2013, they would each receive a stock retainer for 2013 with a value of $40,000. Mr. Baxter, nominee for director, would receive a retainer with a value of $20,000 if he is elected and continues on the Board throughout the remainder of 2013.

UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION LONG-TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

Name and Position


  Number of
Shares of
Restricted
Stock

   Dollar Value
of Shares ($)

   Number  of
Options

 

J. Mariner Kemper, Chairman and CEO

   12,156     554,070     29,309  

Michael D. Hagedorn, Vice Chairman, CFO and CAO

   10,972     500,103     10,589  

Peter J. deSilva, President and COO

   15,912     725,269     21,488  

Andrew Iseman

   3,166     144,306       

John P. Zader

   2,423     110,440     5,844  

Executive Group

   60,914     2,776,460     96,931  

Non-Executive Director Group

   9,845     439,579       

Non-Executive Officer Employee Group

   119,971     5,468,278     183,806  

Because it is presently unknown whether the service-based vesting requirements and performance-based vesting requirements will be satisfied, the amounts reflected in the above table are subject to change. The table assumes that all service-based vesting requirements and performance-based vesting requirements are satisfied. The shares are valued as of February 12, 2013 at a price $45.58 and the options have an exercise price of $45.58.

The closing price of the Company’s Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market for March 1, 2013, was $45.61.

Approval of the amendments to and the Performance Goal Provisions of the Long-Term Plan requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present and entitled to vote and represented at the Company’s Annual Meeting. If approved by the shareholders, the amended Long-Term Plan would become effective for all awards granted on or after April 23, 2013; provided, however, the Long-Term Plan’s fungible share counting methodology would apply only to awards granted after such date. If the Company’s shareholders do not approve of the amended Long-Term Plan, the current version of the Long-Term Plan (as most recently amended and approved by shareholders on April 26, 2011) will continue and the maximum number of shares currently eligible to be granted under the Long-Term Plan will not be increased. All awards granted under the Long-Term Plan and the shares underlying such awards have been registered by separate Form S-8 registration statements filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 19, 2005 and August 17, 2009, respectively. If the proposed amendments to the Long-Term Plan are approved by the Company’s shareholders, an amended Form S-8 registration statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” AMENDMENTS TO THE UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION LONG-TERM PLAN AND RE-APPROVAL OF THE PERFORMANCE GOAL PROVISIONS

PROPOSAL # 4- SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF A

POLICY TO REQUIRE AN INDEPENDENT BOARD CHAIRMAN

The Company expectspropose the following proposal (Proposal # 4 on the proxy card) to be presentedresolution at the Annual Meeting by a Company shareholder owning 92 shares of the Company’s common stock. Pursuant to Rule 14a-8(l)(1) of the Exchange Act, the CompanyMeeting. UMB will provide the name and address of the proponent of thisto any shareholder proposal promptly upon the Secretary’s receipt of aan oral or written or oral request. As required by the Exchange Act, the text of the shareholder proposal and supporting statement appear as submitted to the Company by the shareholder. request at UMB’s principal executive offices.

The Board and the CompanyUMB disagree with the proponent’s assertions in the supporting statement and accept no responsibility for the contents of the proposal or the supporting statement.The Board recommends a voteagainstAGAINST the proposal for the broader policy reasons set forth below.after the proponent’s supporting statement.

Shareholder proposal:Proposal

RESOLUTION

That the shareholders of UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION request its Board of Directors to establishadopt a policy, requiring thatand amend the Board’s chairmanby-laws as necessary, to require the Chairman of the Board of Directors to be an “independent director,” as defined by the rulesindependent member of the New York Stock Exchange and National AssociationBoard of Securities Dealers, and who has not previously served as an executive officer of UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION.

Directors.

This policy should not be implemented to violate any contractual obligation and should specify: (a) how to select a new “independent” chairman if the current chairman ceases to be independent during the time between annual meetings of shareholders; and, (b) that compliance is excused if no independent director is available and willing to serve as Chairman.

STATEMENT

The concept of having separate individuals serve as President and Chairman has the support of governance experts who have cited it to be in the best interests of shareholders.

This proposal’s proponent is a long termWhen the Kemper family was the majority shareholder of UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION and is responsible for its elimination of classified terms for directors by requiring the annual election of all directors and introducing a proposal prohibiting officers and directors use of UMB shares as loan collateral whichFinancial, it may have caused our current chairmanbeen justified that one person hold both positions; however, that family’s ownership has dwindled greatly to pay-off a loan used to purchase a ranch in Colorado where his UMB shares were used as collateral.

His proposal for an independent chairman was presented in last year’s meeting of KeyCorp where it had been recommended by governance consultants and received a majority vote of shareholders.

He questions the dominance of the Kemper family—whose family members havebe less than ten percent1% direct share ownership—in UMB Financial Corporation.ownership by Mariner Kemper, Alexander Kemper, and Thomas J. Wood, although other shares are owned by family trusts and entities “through which voting and investment decisions may be controlled directly or indirectly, by one or more of them: (proxy statement for 2015 annual meeting).

Since the retirement of R. Crosby Kemper age 84, retired as Chairman and President in 1994, but continues to receive annual consulting fees of $150,000 plus business expense reimbursements, automobile, secretarial/administrative support, and office facilities. Hehe has been succeeded by three sons--Alexandersons—Alexander Kemper who resigned in 2000, R. Crosby Kemper, III, resigned in 2005,2004, and J. Mariner Kemper, the current chairman and president. Other “Kempers” withKempers involved at UMB include Heather Kemper Miller, daughteran officer in Kansas City and Denver, and Thomas J. Wood, a cousinmember of J. Mariner Kemper.

the board of directors from 2000 through December 1st, 2015.

Although nepotism is not illegal, the proponent deems this much nepotism as distasteful, impractical, and an unsound practice. He believes an independent chairman would end these practices.

DuPont’s failures were placed upon its Board Chair and Chief Executive Officer who was ousted by its board in the same manner that Target Corporation’s board ousted its Chairman/Chief Executive Officer a year earlier. Studies have confirmed that underperforming companies that lack an “independent” chairman and companies, worldwide, are routinely separating the positions of Chairman and CEO (CEO Succession 2000-2009: A Decade of Convergence and Compression, Booz & Co., Summer 2010).

The proponent believes the over-extension of duties weakens leadership and may have caused these failings. He notes, too, that many successful corporations and financial holding companies have independent board chairmen.

Norges Bank Investment Management has stated in support of a similar proposal:

“The roles of Chairman of the Board and CEO are fundamentally different and should not be held by the same person. There should be a clear division of responsibilities between these positions to insure a balance of power and authority on the Board. Approximately 43%48% of the S&P 1500 companies have separate CEO and Chairman positions.

“The Board should be led by an independent Chairman. Such a structure will put the Board in a better position to make independent evaluations and decisions, hire management, decide a remuneration policy that encourages performance, provide strategic direction and support management in taking a long-term view in development of business strategies. An independently led board is better able to oversee and give guidance to corporation executives, help prevent conflict or the perception of conflict, and effectively strengthen the system of checks-and-balances with corporate structure and thus protect shareholder value.

If you agree, please vote “FOR” this proposal.

BoardResponse of Directors’ Response to the Proposal

The Board of Directors

The Board believes that this proposal does not serveruns counter to the best interests of the Company orUMB and its shareholders and, as a result, recommends a voteAGAINST it.

UMB’s shareholders overwhelmingly rejected, each of the last three years, a substantially identical proposal that had been introduced by the same individual shareholder.

The proponent introduced a substantially identical resolution at our annual meetings in 2013, 2014, and 2015.

The resolution in 2013 garnered only 31.23% of the shares voted, in 2014 only 14.86%, and in 2015 only 24.78%.

This repeated rejection of the proponent’s resolution reflects a recognition among UMB’s shareholders that a robust counterbalancing governance structure already exists and is functioning effectively.

The Lead Director and the Board provide independent leadership and oversight of management.

The Lead Director and the Board are vigilant in exercising independent leadership and oversight of management and in sustaining a governance structure that fosters their ability to do so.

 

After thoughtful consideration9 of the shareholder proposal,11 directors—including the BoardLead Director—have been determined to be independent.

All of Directors, following the recommendation ofdirectors on the Compensation Committee, the Audit Committee, the Governance Committee, strongly believes that Proposal #4 is not inand the best interests of the Company or its shareholders and would not enhance shareholder value. Proponent fails to recognize that 10 of the Company’s 13 Board members are independent directors, and each year theyRisk Committee have the power to elect the person they believebeen determined to be best qualified to serve as Chairman of Board.

The Board disagrees with several of proponent’s opinions and assertions in his supporting statement.It is true that several members of the Kemper family currently serve or have served in the past as officers and directors of the Company. However, J. Mariner Kemper is the only person in the so-called “Kemper family” referenced in proponent’s supporting statement who has, over the last 8 years, served on the Company’s Executive Committee (the committee to whom the Company’s bylaws delegate the power to “approve and execute all policies and strategies applicable to the Corporation and its subsidiaries, other than those for which the Board or a Board Committee has exclusive authority.”) The Company was founded by members of the Kemper family, and they have detailed knowledge of both the Company and the banking industry in general. The Board believes that Kemper family directors and officers served ably in their roles and were well qualified for their positions, providing effective management for the Company through the years despite challenging economic conditions, as described below.

The Board of Directors recommends that you vote against the shareholder proposal primarily because:

The Board already provides effective management oversight, and implementing the policy proposed above would deprive the Board of its flexibility in determining the optimal manner in which to fulfill its fiduciary obligations to shareholders.independent.

 

The BoardLead Director—who is a past chair of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, has determined that Mariner Kemper isserved as an independent director on other public-company boards, and has led one of the best qualified person to serve as bothlargest construction companies in the United States—meets separately with the Chair and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”)on a quarterly or more frequent basis to discuss matters of importance to the independent directors and Chairman and isto facilitate the best spokesperson for the Company.Board’s oversight of management.

 

Despite challenging economic conditions,The Lead Director also exercises the Board believesfollowing responsibilities:

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presiding at meetings of the Board when the Chair is not present,

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convening and presiding over periodic meetings of the independent directors (at which only independent directors are present),

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approving agendas for meetings of the Board and information to be sent to the Board,

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approving schedules of meetings of the Board to ensure that sufficient time is afforded to discuss all agenda items,

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serving as a liaison between the independent directors and the Chair,

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acting as the informal spokesperson for the independent directors, and as noted earlier, holding periodic meetings with the Chair and Chief Executive Officer to discuss matters of importance to the independent directors and helping to facilitate the Board’s oversight of management,

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serving as an advocate for the interests of UMB’s shareholders,

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ensuring, if requested by major shareholders of UMB, that the Lead Director is available for consultation and direct communications, and

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coordinating the activities of the other independent directors and performing such other duties and responsibilities as a majority of the independent directors may specify from time to time.

The Chair and Chief Executive Officer meets separately with the Company has consistently met its business objectives underLead Director and the leadershipindependent Chairs of the current combined Chairman/CEO role.

The Board provides independent oversight for management

The Board is committed to providing strong independent oversight of management. The Board has adopted many governance practices to promote the independence of the Board and effective oversight and management, including having 10 of its 13 members of the Board who are independent directors, and havingCompensation Committee, the Audit Committee, the Governance Committee, and Compensationthe Risk Committee consist solely of independent directors. on a semiannual basis to discuss and receive advice on UMB’s strategic objectives, risks, and performance.

The independent directors meet in executive session regularly either beforeon a quarterly or after each quarterlymore frequent basis. In addition, together with the rest of the Board, meeting and at such other times as they deem necessary. Thethe independent directors are actively engaged in all aspects of corporate governance, including recruiting new directors, succession planning, corporate strategy, budget,act to ensure that UMB maintains and setting the compensation and evaluating the performance of all executive officers, including the CEO.

The existing procedures outlined in the Company’s Corporateoperates under robust Governance Guidelines and are vigorously engaged in overseeing and directing the Board Committee charters providebusiness and affairs of UMB, including the Board with multiple layers of independent discussion and evaluation of, and communication with, the Company’s senior management. The Guidelines and all Board Committee charters are posted on our corporate website at www.umb.com to provide a transparent view of the Board’s duties and functions.following:

 

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selecting and evaluating the Chief Executive Officer, overseeing the selection and performance of senior management, and working with the Chief Executive Officer on succession planning,

A combined position of Chairman

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reviewing, approving, and advising management on the business strategies of UMB, significant corporate actions, and major transactions, and

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reviewing assessments of, and advising management with respect to, material risks and issues facing UMB.

The Board strikes a thoughtful balance between renominating independent directors who have deep experience with UMB and CEO providesnominating new independent director candidates who bring fresh and diverse perspectives. For the most effective leadership structure for the Company9 independent director candidates being nominated at this time.

One primary goalAnnual Meeting, their years of first nomination span 2016, 2015, 2009, 2007, 2003 (2), 2000 (2), and 1998.

As notable as any other point, the BoardBoard—which is to fosterover two-thirds independent—already has the long-term success of the Company in order to serve the best interests of the shareholders. A key element in achieving this goal is to determine periodically which person or persons should serve as the Board’s Chairman and the Company’s CEO. The Board has determined that, at the present time, Mariner Kemper is the best qualified person to hold both the position of CEO and the position of Chairman of the Board. Mr. Kemper has detailed knowledge of the inner workings of the Company, as well as the changing landscape of the banking industry resulting from regulatory reforms, and has been actively involved in designing and implementing the Company’s strategic vision, goals and other plans for growth and operation of the Company. The Board believes that the Company and shareholders benefit from the leadership, judgment and experience of Mr. Kemper.

While the Board has determined that it is appropriate at the present time for the same person to serve as both CEO and Chairman, neither the Company’s bylaws nor its Corporate Governance Guidelines require it to do so. In the future, the Board could determine that it would be best for the Company and its shareholders to change that leadership structure, such aspower to appoint an independent directorChair if judged to the position of Chairman or to appoint a former CEO as Chairman. Implementing the shareholder proposal requiring a specific leadership structure deprives the Board of its flexibility to fulfill its fiduciary obligations and to conduct its business in what it believes to be the most efficient and effective manner. Directors remain accountable to shareholders. It is the Board’s responsibility to determine whether a member of management, or an independent director, is the best candidate as Chairman of the Board.

Under the leadership of the current Chairman/CEO, the Board believes that the Company has consistently met its business objectives, despite challenging economic conditions.

The Board does not believe that separation of the roles of CEO and Chairman is necessary for effective leadership or that it enhances shareholder value. Furthermore, the Board believes that its selection of Mr. Kemper as CEO and Chairman has been validated. Under Mr. Kemper’s leadership, the Company has continued to outperform its peers and industry averages. The Board continues to believe that Mr. Kemper is the best person to serve in those positions and that it should be the Board’s decision as to the selection of its Chairman.

Based on the foregoing, the Board of Directors believes that adopting a policy that requires an independent Chairman would unduly limit the Board in determining the leadership structure that is in the best interests of the CompanyUMB and its shareholders. Mariner Kemper, however, possesses a wealth of institutional knowledge and industry expertise, acts as a valuable bridge between the Board and management, fosters an atmosphere of inclusion and openness within the Board, generates productive dialogue among the directors, and effectively moves the Board’s deliberative and decisionmaking process forward while actively building consensus along the way. As a result, the Board has concluded that the appointment of an independent Chair at this time would only do a disservice to UMB and its shareholders.

The existing leadership and governance structure has served UMB’s shareholders well.

The Board firmly believes that UMB’s shareholders have been well served by the existing governance structure, by the leadership of Mariner Kemper as Chair and Chief Executive Officer, and by a core tenet instilled in UMB by Crosby Kemper, Jr. and now orMariner—to do what’s right, not what’s popular. Nowhere is this more evident than in the future. stability of UMB through the recent financial crisis and the strong total shareholder return that has been generated over the years by its sound approach to banking and its diversified business model.

For all of these reasons, the Board strongly recommends that the shareholders voteAGAINST this proposal.

Approval of this shareholder proposal requires approval by a majority of the shares present at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote. Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote against the shareholder proposal.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “AGAINST” THE SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL.

HOUSEHOLDINGINFORMATION ABOUT THE DELIVERY OF PROXY MATERIALS

SEC rules allow the delivery of one proxy statement, annual report, or notice of internet availability of proxy materials, as applicable, to all shareholders who share an address if specified conditions are met. This is called “householding” and can minimize the costs involved in printing and delivering proxy materials as well as the

associated impact on the environment. For eligible shareholders who share an address, we are sending only one proxy statement, annual report, or notice of internet availability, as applicable, to that address unless we received instructions to the contrary from any shareholder at that address.

If you and other residents at your mailing address own shares in street name,are the beneficial owner but not the record holder of UMB stock, your broker, bank, or other nominee may have sent you a noticehousehold our proxy statements, annual reports, or notices of internet availability, as applicable, for all shareholders at your address unless that your household will receive onlynominee has received contrary instructions from one annual report and proxy statement for each company in which you hold shares through that broker, bank or nominee. This practice is called “householding.”more of the affected shareholders. If you did not respond thatwant this householding to cease or if you did not want householding to participate in householding, you are deemed to have consented to that process. If these procedures apply to you, your broker, bank or other nominee will have sent one copy of the Annual Report to Stockholders and Proxy Statement to your address. You may revoke your consent to householding at any time by contactingcommence, please notify your broker, bank, or other nominee.

If you did not receive an individuala separate copy of our Annual Report to Stockholders and Proxy Statement, the Companyproxy statement, annual report, or notice of internet availability, as applicable, we will send copies topromptly provide you with a separate copy if you contactrequest one by writing us at UMB Financial Corporation, 1010 Grand Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64106, Attention: Corporate Secretary, 1010 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri 64106, or callby calling us at (816) 860-7000 and askasking for the Corporate Legal Department. If you and other residents at your address have been receiving multiple copies of the Annual Report to Stockholders and Proxy Statement and desire to receive only a single copy of these materials, you may contact your broker, bank or other nominee or contact us at the above address or telephone number.

SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS

Shareholder proposals must be received by the Company by November 14, 2013,For a shareholder proposal to be considered for inclusion in theour proxy materials of the Company for the 2014 Annual Meeting. The Company requests that such shareholder proposals be sent to2017 annual meeting of shareholders, we must receive the attention of theproposal in writing at our principal executive offices—UMB Financial Corporation, Attention: Corporate Secretary, by certified mail-return receipt requested. In addition, the Company must receive notice of1010 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri 64106—on or before November 14, 2016. We recommend that any shareholder proposal be delivered by means that provide proof of the date of delivery, such as certified mail (postage prepaid and return receipt requested). Please note that SEC Rule 14a-8 addresses when we must include a shareholder proposal in our proxy materials, including eligibility and procedural requirements that apply to the proponent.

For any shareholder proposal that is not submitted for inclusion in our proxy materials under SEC Rule 14a-8 (including any shareholder nomination), our Bylaws require that the proposing shareholder provide us with advance written notice. To be timely, the notice must be received by the Secretary at our principal executive offices (1) if the meeting is to be submitted atheld on a day that is not more than 30 days from the 2014 Annual Meeting (butanniversary of the previous year’s annual meeting, not requiredlater than the close of business on the 120th day and not earlier than the close of business on the 150th day before the date of the release of our proxy statement to shareholders in connection with the previous year’s annual meeting or (2) otherwise not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the date when we provide notice or public disclosure of the date of the meeting. Our Bylaws also require that the proposing shareholder furnish specified information about the proponent and the proposal to afford us and other shareholders a reasonable opportunity to consider the business that is proposed to be includedbrought before the meeting. For any shareholder proposal that is not submitted for inclusion in our proxy materials for the Company’s proxy statement for2017 annual meeting of shareholders under SEC Rule 14a-8 (including any shareholder nomination) but that meeting) by January 28, 2014, or suchis sought to be presented directly at that annual meeting under our Bylaws, we must receive the proposal in writing at our principal executive offices—UMB Financial Corporation, Attention: Corporate Secretary, 1010 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri 64106—not later than the close of business on November 14, 2016, and not earlier than the close of business on October 15, 2016. Otherwise, the proposal will be considered untimely pursuant tounder SEC Rule 14a-5(e)(2) under.

INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS

Definitions for the Exchange Act.following terms can be found on the corresponding pages of this proxy statement:

 

3-Year EPS

30

Annual Meeting

1

Audit Committee

12

Auditor Current Report

beneficial owner


62

2


Bank

12

Board

2

C2FO

18

Claw-Back Policy

26

Code of Ethics

10

Committee

13

Compensation Committee

core


12

29


Deloitte

62

Equity-Based Award

23

ESOP

4

Enterprise Risk Management Policy

12

Exchange Act

9

Executive

20

Executive-Compensation Principles

20

FASB

43

Governance Committee

11

Governance Guidelines

10

Hay

householding

independent

independent director


24

67

10

10


JE Dunn

18

JE Dunn Group

18

KPMG

62

Lead Director

11

LTIP

23

MarkWest

55

Marquette

22

MPLX

55

NASDAQ

10

Option

23

Performance Share

performance year


23

24


Pioneer

18

Profit-Sharing Plan

qualified retirement

record date

record holder

related person

related-person transaction

reporting person


4

52

1

2

17

17

9


Risk Committee

12

SEC

2

Section 16 Officer

9

Security Benefit

57

Service Share

23

Scout

20

Scout Program

shareholder of record


23

2


Statement of Policy and Process

17

STIP

23

UMB

1

UMB stock

1

UMBFS

18

Umbrella LTIP

23

Umbrella STIP

23

VAPP

we


23

1


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This proxy statement is provided to you by order of the Board of Directors

 

Dennis R. RilingerLOGO

Scott A. Stengel

Secretary

Appendix A

UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION

LONG-TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

(As Amended and Restated Effective April 23, 2013)

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE

UMB Financial Corporation hereby amends, effective April 23, 2013 the UMB Financial Corporation Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan, as set forth herein, which was originally approved by the Company’s shareholders on April 25, 2005 (effective January 2, 2005) and subsequently amended, restated and approved by the Company’s shareholders on April 22, 2008 (effective January 22, 2008), and again on April 26, 2011 (effective April 26, 2011). The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means by which Directors and selected Associates may be given an opportunity to benefit from increased financial performance of the Company through the granting of (1) Nonstatutory Stock Options, (2) rights to acquire Service-Based Restricted Stock based on service with the Company and (3) rights to acquire Performance-Based Restricted Stock based on performance.

SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS

2.1Affiliate: Any entity which is wholly owned by the Company or an Affiliate.

2.2Associate:A person who is employed by the Company or an Affiliate.

2.3Board: The Board of Directors of the Company.

2.4Change in Control: For purposes of this Plan, a “Change in Control” shall occur if:

(1) Any Person (as defined herein) becomes the beneficial owner directly or indirectly (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of more than 50% of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities (measured on the basis of voting power);

(2) The shareholders of the Company approve a definitive agreement to merge or consolidate the Company with any other corporation or entity, and the transaction contemplated by such agreement is consummated,other than an agreement providing for (i) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity), in combination with the ownership of any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (ii) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no Person acquires more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities;

(3) A change occurs in the composition of the Board during any period of twelve consecutive months such that individuals who at the beginning of such period were members of the Board cease for any reason other than resignation to constitute at least a majority thereof at the end of such twelve-month period, unless the election, or the nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, of each new director elected during such twelve-month period was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved; or

(4) The shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all the Company’s assets, and the transaction contemplated by such plan or agreement is consummated.

For purposes of this paragraph, “Person” shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof; however, a Person shall not include (w) the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (x) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (y) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (z) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of Company Stock.

2.5Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

2.6Compensation Committee: The Compensation Committee of the Company.

2.7Company: UMB Financial Corporation.

2.8Company Stock: Common stock of the Company.

2.9Corporate Executive:A Participant who has been determined by the Compensation Committee as having substantial Company-wide responsibilities and who has been designated as a “Corporate Executive” by the Compensation Committee.

2.10Continuous Service: Service with the Company or an Affiliate which is not interrupted or terminated. The Compensation Committee may determine, in its sole discretion, whether Continuous Service shall be considered interrupted in the case of any leave of absence, including sick leave, military leave or any other personal leave.

2.11Designated Executive:An Associate who has been designated by the Compensation Committee as an individual whose compensation is to be fixed exclusively by the Compensation Committee.

2.12Director: A member of the Board of Directors of the Company.

2.13Disability: Disability shall mean total and permanent disability within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

2.14Eligible Associate: An Associate who is eligible to participate in the Plan in accordance with Section 5.

2.15Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the regulations and interpretations promulgated thereunder.

2.16Executive Committee:The Executive Committee of the Company.

2.17Fair Market Value: The value of the Common Stock of the Company, determined as follows for any date:

(1) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Global Market (formerly the Nasdaq National Market), the closing price, regular way, of

the security on such exchange, or if no such reported sale of the security shall have occurred on such date, on the latest preceding date on which there was such a reported sale, in all cases, as reported inThe Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Board deems reliable; or

(2) In the absence of an established market for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Compensation Committee.

2.18Nonstatutory Stock Option: An Option not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option under Section 422 of the Code.

2.19Option: A Nonstatutory Stock Option granted pursuant to the Plan.

2.20Optionee: A person to whom an Option is granted pursuant to the Plan, or if applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Option.

2.21Participant: An Eligible Associate who is designated as a Participant under the Plan in accordance with Section 5.

2.22Performance Standard: A Performance Standard as defined in Section 10.

2.23Performance Period: The period of time specified by the Compensation Committee during which the specified Performance Standard is to be achieved.

2.24Plan: The UMB Financial Corporation Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan.

2.25Qualified Retirement. Shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7.11.

2.26Restricted Stock: Common Stock of the Company issued subject to the restrictions for Service-Based Restricted Stock or Performance-Based Restricted Stock.

2.27Restricted Stock Agreement: A written agreement between the Company and a holder of a Stock Award Agreement evidencing the terms and conditions of the issuance of Restricted Stock to a Participant. Each Restricted Stock Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

2.28Rule 16b-3: Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act or any successor to the Rule 16b-3, as in effect when discretion is being exercised with respect to the Plan.

2.29Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

2.30Stock Award: Any right to receive an Option, any right to acquire Restricted Stock, or any right by a Director to receive a grant of Company Stock.

2.31Stock Award Agreement: A written agreement between the Company and a holder of a Stock Award evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Stock Award grant. Each Stock Award Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

2.32Stock Option Agreement: A written agreement between the Company and an Optionee evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Option grant under a Stock Award. Each Stock Option Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

SECTION 3. ADMINISTRATION

3.1 The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee, unless the Compensation Committee delegates administration of the Plan, as provided in Section 14.

3.2 The Compensation Committee shall have the power, subject to, and within the limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan:

(a) To establish annual Programs in accordance with the terms of this Plan, and to make awards not under a Program in accordance with the terms of this Plan, under whatever terms and conditions the Compensation Committee deems necessary or desirable in order to carry out the purposes of the Plan.

(b) To determine who is eligible under the Plan.

(c) To determine from time to time which of the persons eligible under the Plan shall be granted Stock Awards; when and how each stock Award shall be granted; what type of Stock Award shall be granted, the provisions of each Stock Award granted (which need not be identical), including the time or times when a person shall be permitted to receive Common Stock pursuant to a Stock Award; and the number of shares which shall be granted to each such person under a Stock Award.

(d) To construe and interpret the Plan and Stock Awards granted under it and any instruments or agreements relating to the Plan, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations and standards and procedures for its administration. The Compensation Committee, in the exercise of this power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in any Stock Award Agreement or other instrument or agreement, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan fully effective.

(e) To amend a Stock Award as provided in Section 17.

(f) To determine the exercise price and the term of each Option.

(g) To determine the terms and conditions, which need not be identical, of each Option and each Stock Option Agreement.

(h) To determine whether, to what extent, under what circumstances, and by what method or methods an Option may be settled, exercised, canceled, forfeited or suspended.

(i) To determine the terms and conditions, which need not be identical, of each issuance of Restricted Stock and each Restricted Stock Agreement.

(j) To establish, amend, suspend or waive such rules and regulations and standards and procedures, and appoint such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan.

(k) To make any other determination and take any other action that the Compensation Committee deems necessary or desirable for administration of the Plan.

3.3 All actions and all interpretations and determinations made by the Compensation Committee in good faith (including determinations of Fair Market Value) shall be final and binding upon all Participants, the Company and all other interested persons. No member of the Board or Compensation Committee shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan, and all members of the Board and Compensation Committee shall be fully protected by the Company with respect to any action, determination or interpretation.

SECTION 4. SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN

4.1 Subject to the provisions of Section 16 relating to adjustments upon changes in stock, the aggregate number of shares of Company Stock reserved for delivery under the Plan pursuant to Stock Awards shall be Seven Million Four Hundred Forty Thousand (7,440,000) shares (the “Maximum Share Limit”). Solely for purposes of applying award grants against the aforesaid 7,440,000 Maximum Share Limit, (i) each Option and share of Restricted Stock granted on or before April 23, 2013 shall be counted against the Maximum Share Limit as one (1) share, and (ii) each Option and share of Restricted Stock granted after April 23, 2013 shall be counted against the Maximum Share Limit as one (1) share and 2.86 shares, respectively. If any Stock Award shall for any reason expire or otherwise terminate, in whole or in part, without having been exercised in full, the shares of Company Stock not acquired under such Stock Award shall revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan; provided, however, to the extent than an Award that counted as one share (e.g., an Option award, or a Restricted stock award on or before April 23, 2013) is returned to the Plan, the Maximum Share Limit will be credited with one Share and to the extent that an Award that counted as 2.86 shares (e.g., a Restricted Stock award granted on or after April 23, 2013) is returned to the Plan, the Maximum Share Limit will be credited with 2.86 Shares. For the avoidance of doubt, the fungible share counting set forth in this Section 4.1 shall apply solely with respect to determining the counting of shares against the Maximum Share Limit and shall not apply with respect to the counting of Shares for any other purpose, including, without limitation, the fiscal year benefit and Share grant limitations set forth in Section 5.3. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) any shares withheld or tendered to pay withholding taxes relating to any Stock Award or the exercise price of an Option and any shares of Common Stock repurchased by the Company on the open market using the proceeds from the exercise of an Option shall not be returned to the Plan nor increase the Maximum Share Limit, and (ii) the full number of shares of Common Stock subject to a granted Option that is settled by the net issuance of shares of Common Stock shall be counted against the Maximum Share Limit regardless of the number of shares of Common Stock actually issued upon the settlement of such Option.

4.2 The Company Stock subject to the Plan may be unissued shares or reacquired shares, bought on the market or otherwise.

4.3 The Company shall use its best efforts at all times during the term of this Plan, to reserve and keep available, and will seek or obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction any requisite authority to issue and to sell, the number of shares of Company Stock that shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of this Plan. The inability of the Company to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority deemed necessary by counsel for the Company for the lawful issuance and sale of its Common Stock hereunder shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of failure to issue or sell Common Stock as to which the requisite authority has not been obtained.

SECTION 5. ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

5.1 Eligible Associates shall be eligible to participate in the Plan if they are designated as a “Participant” by the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee will also identify each Eligible Associate that is being designated as a “Corporate Executive”, and retains the authority and discretion to change any such designation (or to designate an Eligible Associate as a Corporate Executive during the course of the Performance Period) if the principal responsibilities of such Eligible Associate change during the Performance Period.

5.2 A person appointed and acting as a Director of the Company shall be eligible to participate in the Director’s Stock Award Program in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.

5.3 No one eligible employee may receive more than $2,000,000 in benefits under the Plan during any one fiscal year taking into account the value of all Stock Options and Restricted Stock received during such fiscal year. In determining this $2,000,000 annual cap on Plan benefits (i) the value of Stock Options shall be determined as of the date of grant using valuation models acceptable under tax, accounting and other regulatory rules (e.g. Black-Scholes option valuation model) and (ii) the value of shares of Restricted Stock shall be determined based on the Fair Market Value on the date of grant. In no event may, during any single fiscal year, one eligible person receive an Option grant relating to Shares in excess of the Maximum Share Limit.

SECTION 6. PROGRAMS

6.1 Each calendar year, the Compensation Committee may establish a Program under the Plan to be in effect for the year. The Compensation Committee will determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be awarded under the annual Program established under the Plan for such year, if any, including the number of shares to be awarded as Service-Based Restricted Stock, or Performance-Based Restricted Stock, the number of shares subject to Option and the number of Shares in the Directors Stock Award Program. The Compensation Committee shall designate the Associates allowed to participate in each annual Program. The Participants in a Program may differ from year to year. An Associate who has participated in an annual Program may or may not be selected to participate in a later Program. An Associate may be selected to participate in an annual Program even if the Associate did not participate in an earlier annual Program. Programs established in different years need not contain similar provisions.

6.2 Each annual Program will establish the total number of shares of Common Stock to be part of such Program for the year for each Eligible Associate and each Director. The number of shares available for a year may differ from the amount of shares available for prior years. The Compensation Committee shall have the discretion to establish different amounts of shares for different Eligible Associates based on different criteria, terms and conditions for different Eligible Associates.

6.3 Each annual Program will establish the terms and conditions under which the shares of Common Stock awarded to an Eligible Associate for the year must be earned by the Eligible Associate. Each annual Program will establish a vesting schedule for Service-Based Restricted Stock, a vesting schedule for Performance-Based Restricted Stock, and a vesting schedule for Options. Each of the foregoing vesting schedules may differ from the other vesting schedules, and may differ from vesting schedules established for prior years. Each annual Program will also establish Performance Standards which an Eligible Associate must meet in order to earn Performance-Based Restricted Stock. Performance Standards may differ among Eligible Associates, and may differ from Performance Standards established for prior years.

SECTION 7. OPTION PROVISIONS

7.1 An Eligible Associate selected by the Compensation Committee to receive a grant of Options not in connection with a Program or an Eligible Associate who participates in the Program for a particular year may receive a grant of Options, which shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Compensation Committee shall deem appropriate. A separate certificate or certificates will be issued for shares purchased on exercise of an Option or such shares may be registered in book entry registration with the Company’s direct registration service (“DRS”). The provisions of separate Options need not be identical, but each Option shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the Option or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:

7.2Term. The Option must be exercised within the term stated in the Stock Award Agreement. In no event may the term of an Option exceed 10 years from the Option’s date of grant.

7.3Price. The exercise price per share of Company Stock purchasable under an Option shall be determined by the Compensation Committee, provided however, that the exercise price shall not be less than one hundred (100%) percent of the Fair Market Value of a share of Company Stock at the time that the Option is granted, but in no account less than the par value of the share of Company Stock.

7.4Time of Exercise. An Option to purchase a share of Company Stock may not be exercised until after the date on which the Option was granted and the date on which the Option on the share of Company Stock is vested. Except as provided in the Stock Option Agreement or Stock Award Agreement, an Option may be exercised in whole or in part at any time during its term. No Option may be exercised for a fractional share of Common Stock.

7.5Consideration. The purchase price of Company Stock acquired pursuant to an Option shall be paid at the time the Option is exercised, to the extent permitted by applicable statutes and regulations, either (i) in cash or (ii) at the discretion of the Compensation Committee under one of the following alternatives:

(1) Provided that at the time of exercise the Common Stock is publicly traded and quoted regularly in theWall Street Journal, by delivery of already-owned shares of Common Stock, held for the period required to avoid a charge to the Company’s reported earnings, and owned free and clear of any liens, claims, encumbrances or security interests, which Common Stock shall be valued at its Fair Market Value on the date of exercise.

(2) Subject to applicable law and with the approval of the Company, by payment of the exercise price through the sale of Company shares acquired on exercise of the options through a broker-dealer to whom the Optionee has submitted an irrevocable notice of exercise and irrevocable instructions to deliver promptly to the Company the amount of the sale or loan proceeds sufficient to pay for such Company shares, together with, if requested by the Company, the amount of federal, state or local withholding taxes payable by the Optionee by reason of such exercise.

(3) In any other form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the Compensation Committee.

7.6Transferability. An Option may be transferable without consideration to the extent provided in the Stock Award Agreement, provided however, that if the Stock Award Agreement does not specifically provide for transferability, then such Option shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a domestic relations order, and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the person to whom the Option is granted only by such person or by any transferee pursuant to a domestic relations order. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the person to whom the Option is granted may, by delivering written notice to the Compensation Committee as provided in Section 7.10 below, in a form satisfactory to the Compensation Committee, designate a third party who, in the event of the death of the Optionee, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise the Option.

7.7Vesting. The total number of shares of Company Stock subject to an Option shall vest and become exercisable as provided in the Stock Award Agreement. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, the shares of Company Stock subject to an Option shall be one hundred (100%) percent vested upon the occurrence of a Change in Control.

7.8Termination of Continuous Service.If an Optionee’s Continuous Service terminates for any reason other than Disability, Death or Qualified Retirement, then if the Optionee has not exercised his or her Option as

of the date of such termination or within the time specified in the Stock Award Agreement, the Option shall terminate and the shares covered by such Option shall revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan.

7.9Disability of Optionee.If an Optionee becomes Disabled and his or her Continuous Service to the Company and its Affiliates ceases by reason thereof, all Options held by such Optionee may be exercised at any time within the one (1) year period following such cessation of Continuous Service by virtue of the Disability (to the extent that the Optionee was entitled to exercise the Options of the date of termination, provided however that a Stock Award Agreement may provide for the acceleration of exercisability in the event of Disability). If, at the date of cessation of Continuous Service, the Optionee is not entitled to exercise the entire Option, the shares covered by the unexercisable portion of the Option shall revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan no later than thirty (30) days following the date of termination. If, after cessation of Continuous Service, the Optionee does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate, and the shares covered by such Option shall revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan.

7.10Death of Optionee. If an Optionee holding an Option which has not expired or terminated shall die, then the estate of such deceased Optionee, the person or persons to whom the Optionee’s rights under the Option were transferred by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, or the beneficiary designated by the Optionee in a written designation signed by the Optionee and filed with and approved by the Compensation Committee prior to the Optionee’s death may, at any time within six (6) months after the date of such death (whether or not the three (3) month or the one (1) year period, as the case may be, specified herein in the event of Qualified Retirement or Disability, if applicable, had commenced to run on the date of his or her death) exercise all such Options to the extent such Optionee was entitled to exercise such Options as of the date of the Optionee’s death, provided however, that a Stock Award Agreement may provide for the acceleration of exercisability in the event of death. Any such exercise shall be effected by written notice to the Company from the person entitled to exercise the Option and the person or persons giving the same shall furnish to the Company such other documents or papers as the Company may reasonably require, including without limitation evidence of the authority of such person or persons to exercise the Option and evidence satisfactory to the Company that any death taxes payable with respect to such shares have been paid or provided for. If, at the time of death, the Optionee was not entitled to exercise the entire Option, the shares covered by the unexercisable portion of the Option shall revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan no later than thirty (30) days following the date of termination. If, after death, the Option is not exercised within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate, and the shares covered by such Option shall revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan.

7.11Qualified Retirement of Optionee. In the event an Optionee’s Continuous Service terminates after the Optionee has reached the age of at least sixty (60) years and has at least ten (10) years of service as an employee of the Company or any Affiliate (“Qualified Retirement”), all Options held by such Optionee may be exercised at any time within the three (3) month period following such Qualified Retirement to the extent that the Optionee was entitled to exercise the Options on the date of the Optionee’s Qualified Retirement, provided however that a Stock Award Agreement may provide for the acceleration of exercisability in the event of Qualified Retirement. If, at the date of such termination, the Optionee is not entitled to exercise the entire Option, the shares covered by the unexercisable portion of the Option shall revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan no later than thirty (30) days following the date of termination. If, after such termination, the Optionee does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate, and the shares covered by such Option shall revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan.

7.12Rights Prior To Exercise of Option.An Optionee shall have no rights as a shareholder of the Company, including but not limited to rights to dividends, with respect to the shares of Common stock subject to Option until payment of the exercise price and delivery to the Optionee of such shares as provided herein.

7.13Stock Option Agreements. Options granted pursuant to this Plan shall be evidenced by Stock Option Agreements and Stock Award Agreements in such form as the Compensation Committee shall from time to time provide. Such Stock Option Agreements and Stock Award Agreements shall contain the terms and conditions set forth in this Plan for such agreements, including but not limited to the following: (i) time and method of payment; (ii) number of shares of Company Stock to which the agreement pertains; and (iii) Option Term.

7.14No Repricing of Options Unless Repricing Subject to Shareholder Approval.In no event may the Compensation Committee (i) lower the Option exercise price per share after it is granted, (ii) except to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 16, cancel an Option when the Option exercise price per share exceeds the Fair Market Value of one share in exchange for cash, another Stock Award or other consideration, or (iii) take any other action with respect to an Option that would be treated as a repricing under the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange, unless such replacement, adjustment or cancellation and payment is subject to and approved by the Company’s shareholders.

SECTION 8. RESTRICTED STOCK PROVISIONS

8.1 This Section 8 applies to all Restricted Stock issued under the Plan, including both Service-Based Restricted Stock and Performance-Based Restricted Stock.

8.2 Upon the execution of a Restricted Stock Agreement by a Participant, the Company, in its sole discretion, shall either issue a certificate or certificates for the shares of Restricted Stock in the name of the Participant (which certificates may be held in custody by the Company until the restrictions have lapsed) or register the shares of Restricted Stock in book entry registration with the Company’s direct registration service (“DRS”) with appropriate instructions relating to the nontransferablity and potential forfeitability of the Restricted Stock. The Participant shall thereupon be a shareholder of the Company with respect to all of the shares of Company Stock so certificated or registered until the restrictions thereon have lapsed, with the rights of a shareholder, including the right to vote the shares and receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to such shares, provided however, that the shares shall be subject to forfeiture and restrictions as indicated below. All Restricted Shares will be subject to restrictions (and where applicable, a legend stating) that such shares may not be sold, exchanged, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, or otherwise disposed of except in accordance with the terms of the Plan, and each transfer agent shall be instructed to like effect in respect of such shares.

8.3 The Restricted Period with respect to Restricted Stock issued hereunder shall mean a period set forth in the Restricted Stock Agreement or Stock Award Agreement that begins on the date of issuance of shares of Restricted Stock and ends on the date that the restrictions in Section 9 or Section 10, as applicable, are satisfied. The restrictions set forth respecting such shares of Restricted Stock shall lapse at such time as the Restricted Period ends.

8.4 The restrictions to which Restricted Stock are subject shall be as set forth in the Restricted Stock Agreement or Stock Award Agreement and consistent with Section 9 for Service-Based Restricted Stock or Section 10 for Performance-Based Restricted Stock. Each Restricted Stock Agreement and Stock Award

Agreement shall be in such form as the Compensation Committee shall deem appropriate and such form may be different with respect to separate grants to the same Participant or grants to different Participants. In addition, all shares of Restricted Stock, whether Service-Based Restricted Stock and/or Performance-Based Restricted Stock shall be subject to the following restrictions:

(1) Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Restricted Stock Agreement or Stock Award Agreement, during the Restricted Period, none of such shares may be sold, exchanged, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of, and any attempt to do so shall be null and void.

(2) Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Restricted Stock Agreement or Stock Award Agreement, if a Participant’s Continuous Service with the Company or an Affiliate is terminated for any reason before the Restricted Period ends, the Participant shall forfeit any shares of Restricted Stock which have not been earned and are not one hundred (100%) percent vested at such time. Without limitation, the Compensation Committee may include in any or all future Stock Award Agreements and/or Restricted Stock Agreements, provisions providing for an acceleration (in full or partial) of vesting of Service Based Restricted Stock or Performance Based Restricted Stock, in the event of a termination of Continuous Service with the Company by reason of Death, Disability or Qualified Retirement of the recipient.

8.5 Any shares of Restricted Stock which are forfeited under the terms of this Plan shall revert to the Company and shall be available for re-issuance under this Plan at the decision of the Compensation Committee. Any certificate representing shares of Restricted Stock which have been forfeited shall be canceled, and any shares of Common Stock represented by such certificate which were not forfeited shall be reissued to the Participant under another certificate or certificates.

SECTION 9. SERVICE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK

9.1 An Eligible Associate who is granted an award of Restricted Stock by the Compensation Committee not in connection with a Program or an Eligible Associate who participates in a Program established for a particular year may receive shares of Service-Based Restricted Stock, which shall be held by such Eligible Associate subject to the vesting schedule set forth in the Restricted Stock Agreement or Stock Award Agreement for the Eligible Associate between such person and the Company. Except as otherwise provided in the Restricted Stock Agreement or Stock Award Agreement, Service Based Restricted Shares will vest based on years of employment by the Company and/or any of its Affiliates beginning with the effective date of the Stock Award under which such shares were granted to the Participant. A Participant shall only receive credit for a year if the Participant provided a full year of Continuous Service to the Company and/or any of its Affiliates. An Eligible Associate must satisfy such vesting schedule in order to earn the right to own such shares free of the restrictions set forth herein. The vesting schedule may differ from one Restricted Stock grant to another, from one Program to another, and from one Eligible Associate to another. The shares held subject to such Agreement shall be referred to as Service-Based Restricted Shares.

9.2 Notwithstanding Section 9.1 above, all Service-Based Restricted Stock shall become one hundred (100%) percent vested upon a Change in Control.

9.3 At such time as an Eligible Associate is one hundred (100%) percent vested in such shares pursuant to the vesting schedule, they shall no longer be restricted and subject to the forfeiture and nontransferablity conditions imposed hereunder.

SECTION 10. PERFORMANCE BASED RESTRICTED STOCK

10.1 Performance Based Restricted Stock

(a) An Eligible Associate who is granted an award of Restricted Stock by the Compensation Committee not in connection with a Program or an Eligible Associate who participates in a Program established for a particular year may receive shares of Performance-Based Stock, which shall be held by such Eligible Associate subject to restrictions set forth in the Stock Award Agreement or Restricted Stock Agreement and which are based on Performance Standards. Upon satisfaction of the vesting requirements and the Performance Standards applicable to the respective Performance-Based Restricted Stock, such Stock shall no longer be subject to forfeiture and the restrictions shall be released and shall no longer apply. A Stock Award of Performance Based Restricted Stock may, but need not, provide that upon the partial satisfaction of the specified Performance Standards during the Performance Period, a portion (proportionate or otherwise) of such Performance Based Restricted Stock shall be released from the forfeiture and transferability restrictions.

(b) The objective performance goals established by the Compensation Committee (the “Performance Standards”) shall be one or any combination of the following metrics, and which may be established on an absolute or relative basis for the Company as a whole or any of its subsidiaries, operating divisions or other operating units:

 

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(ii)Growth or rate of growth in earnings (either in the aggregate or on a per-Share basis);

(iii)Net income or loss (either in the aggregate or on a per-Share basis);

(iv)Reductions in expense levels, determined either on a Company-wide basis or in respect of any one or more business units;

(v)Operating and maintenance cost management and employee productivity;

(vi)Shareholder returns (including return on assets, investments or equity);

(vii)Return measures (including return on assets or equity);

(viii)Growth or rate of growth in return measures (including return on assets or equity);

(ix)Share price (including attainment of a specified per-Share price during the Performance Period; growth measures and total shareholder return or attainment by the Shares of a specified price for a specified period of time);

(x)Strategic business criteria, consisting of one or more objectives based on meeting specified revenue, market share, market penetration, geographic business expansion goals, objectively identified project milestones, production volume levels, cost targets, and goals relating to acquisitions or divestitures; and/or

(xi)Achievement of business or operational goals such as market share and/or business development;

provided that applicable performance goals may be applied on a pre- or post-tax basis; and provided further that the Compensation Committee may, when the applicable performance goals are established, provide that the formula for such goals may include or exclude items to measure specific objectives, such as losses from discontinued operations, extraordinary gains or losses, the cumulative effect of accounting changes,

acquisitions or divestitures, foreign exchange impacts and any unusual, nonrecurring gain or loss or like matters

(c) The Compensation Committee shall determine the specific standards to be used from one grant to another, from one Program to another and from one Eligible Associate to another. The respective Performance Standards for different Participants may contain one or more common Performance Standards, and one or more Performance Standards unique to the respective Participant. Performance-Based Restricted Stock also may be subject to a service-based vesting schedule subject to the same principles and conditions as described above in Section 9 with respect to Service-Based Restricted Stock. As specified in the Restricted Stock Agreement or Stock Award Agreement, an Eligible Associate must satisfy both the performance and service vesting conditions in order to earn the right to own such shares without restriction. The shares held subject to such Agreement shall be referred to as Performance-Based Restricted Shares.

(d) Notwithstanding Section 10.1(a) and (c) above, upon a Change in Control, a Participant’s Performance-Based Restricted Stock not yet vested, shall immediately vest to the extent that the Participant has met the Performance Standards established with respect to such Stock. If the Participant has partially but not totally met such Performance Standards, then the Participant shall be vested in and with respect to a pro-rata part of such Performance-Based Restricted Stock based upon the percentage of such Performance Standards which such Participant has met as of the date of the Change in Control, and a portion of the shares of Restricted Stock equal to the amount vested shall be released from the forfeiture provision and shall thereupon become free from any restrictions. The determination of the extent to which a Participant is entitled to vest in accordance with the terms of this section 10.1(d) shall be made by the Compensation committee in its sole discretion.

(e) If the Eligible Associate satisfies the applicable Performance Standards within the Performance Period and such Eligible Associate has also satisfied the service-based vesting schedule, if any, for such shares set forth in the Stock Award, the Eligible Associate shall be one hundred (100%) percent vested in such shares and they shall no longer be restricted.

SECTION 11. DIRECTOR STOCK AWARDS

11.1 The Compensation Committee shall establish a Directors Stock Award Program under which Directors of the Company may receive shares of Company Stock. Each year, the Compensation Committee shall determine the number of shares of Company Stock which may be granted to Directors during such year, if any. The number of shares of Company Stock to be issued in any year may differ from the number of shares issued in other years. The Compensation Committee may decide that no shares of Company Stock will be issued to Directors in any particular year.

11.2 In any year in which shares of Company Stock are issued to Directors in accordance with this Section 11, a Director shall be eligible to receive shares if the Director is validly appointed and acting as a Director of the Company during the year. The Compensation Committee will set the amount of an award to a Director at the beginning of the year. A person shall be entitled to twenty-five (25%) percent of such amount for each full calendar quarter during the year in which such person is validly appointed and acting as a Director of the Company. Shares of Company Stock awarded for all quarters of a year shall be issued to Directors at the end of the year. A Director who is eligible to participate in the Directors Stock Award Program shall cease to be eligible to participate immediately as of the date that such person ceases to be a Director. The Directors who are eligible for the Directors Stock Award Program for any calendar quarter may differ from the Directors who are eligible for the Program in any other calendar quarter.

11.3 All shares of Company Stock issued under the Directors Stock Award Program shall be issued without the payment of any consideration to the Company by any Director. All shares issued under a Directors Stock Award Program shall be immediately one hundred (100%) percent vested in the Directors to whom they were issued, and not subject to forfeiture for any reason.

11.4 Each Director who receives shares of Company Stock issued in a calendar quarter shall be treated the same and shall receive the same number of shares of Company Stock in such quarter as any other Director who receives shares in such quarter.

11.5 Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, the Directors Stock Award Program shall be administered solely by the Compensation Committee, and the administration of the Program shall not be delegated to the Executive Committee or any other person or entity.

SECTION 12. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMPANY

12.1 During the term of the Stock Awards, the Company shall keep available at all times the number of shares of Company Stock required to satisfy the Stock Awards.

12.2 The Company shall seek to obtain from each regulatory commission or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be required to grant Stock Awards and to issue and sell shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Stock Awards, provided however, that this undertaking shall not require the Company to register under the Securities Act the Plan, any Stock Award or any stock issued or issuable pursuant to any such Stock Award. If, after reasonable efforts, the Company is unable to obtain from any such regulatory commission or agency the authority which counsel for the Company deems necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of stock under this Plan, the Company shall be relieved from any liability for failure to issue and sell stock upon exercise of such Stock Awards unless and until such authority is obtained.

SECTION 13. USE OF PROCEEDS

Proceeds from the sale of stock pursuant to exercise of the Options shall constitute general funds of the Company to be held as part of the Company’s general assets.

SECTION 14. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY

The Compensation Committee shall administer all aspects of the Plan for all Designated Executives. The Compensation Committee is authorized to delegate to the Executive Committee the authority to administer all aspects of the Plan for Participantsother than Designated Executives. Upon any such delegation, with respect to Participants other than Designated Executives, the Executive Committee shall have full power, authority and discretion to administer and interpret the Plan and to adopt such rules, regulations, formulae, procedures, guidelines, agreements, guidelines and instruments for the administration of the Plan, and to appoint an administrator to conduct administrative tasks, all as the Executive Committee deems necessary or advisable; provided however that the Executive Committee’s (and its delegatee’s) actions shall be consistent with any formulas, procedures, regulations, guidelines, instruments or rules that have been adopted or approved by the Compensation Committee. Notwithstanding the above, only the Compensation Committee may designate any

Designated Executive as a Participant in the Plan, or grant any Stock Award to a Designated Executive, or establish Performance Standards for any Designated Executive, or otherwise administer any Designated Executive’s participation in, or rights under, the Plan. Also notwithstanding the above, only the Compensation Committee may select and grant Options to persons who are officers or directors of the Company for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or otherwise take action with respect to Options granted to such individuals.

SECTION 15. RULES AND PROCEDURES

15.1 The Compensation Committee shall have the power to accelerate the time at which a Stock Award may first be exercised or the time during which a Stock Award or any part thereof will vest, notwithstanding the provisions in the Stock Award Agreement stating the time at which it may first be exercised or the time during which it will vest.

15.2 No Participant shall be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to any shares subject to such Stock Award unless and until such person has satisfied all requirements for exercise of the Stock Award pursuant to its terms.

15.3 Nothing in the Plan or any instrument executed or Stock Award granted pursuant thereto shall confer upon any Participant any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any Affiliate or shall affect the right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate the employment of any Employee with or without cause. The Company or an Affiliate may at any time terminate the employment of a Participant, free from any liability or any claim under the Plan, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, a Stock Award Agreement, a Restricted Stock Agreement or a Stock Option Agreement.

15.4 The Company may require any person to whom a Stock Award is granted, or any person to whom a Stock Award is transferred pursuant to subsections 7.6 or 8.4(1), as a condition of exercising an Option or acquiring stock under any Stock Award, (1) to give written assurances satisfactory to the Company as to such person’s knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and/or to employ a purchaser representative satisfactory to the Company who is knowledgeable and experienced in financial and business matters, and that he or she is capable of evaluating, alone or together with the purchaser representative, the merits and risks of exercising the Stock Award; and (2) to give written assurances satisfactory to the Company stating that such person is acquiring the stock subject to the Stock Award for such person’s own account and not with any present intention of selling or otherwise distributing the stock. The sale of any Option granted pursuant to this Plan or sale of any shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of such by any Optionee who has given the investment representation required, or other person or persons attempting to sell any such Option or shares shall be made in full compliance with Rule 144 of the Securities Act and any attempted sale of such Option or shares that fails to so comply shall be deemed null and void by the Company. The foregoing requirements, and assurances given pursuant to such requirements, shall be inoperative if (i) the issuance of the shares upon the exercise or acquisition of stock under the Stock Award has been registered under a then currently effective registration statement under the Securities Act, or (ii) as to any particular requirement, a determination is made by counsel for the Company that such requirement need not be met in the circumstances under the then applicable security laws. The Company may require the Stock Award holder to provide such other representations, written assurances or information which the Company shall determine is necessary, desirable or appropriate to comply with applicable securities and other laws as a condition of granting a Stock Award to such Stock Award holder or permitting the Stock Award holder to exercise such Stock Award. The Company may, upon advice of counsel to the Company, place legends on stock certificates issued under the Plan as such counsel deems necessary or

appropriate in order to comply with applicable securities laws, including but not limited to legends restricting the transfer of the stock.

15.5 No Stock Award, or any portion of any Stock Award, granted pursuant to this Plan shall be assignable or transferable by the Recipient of the Stock Award, otherwise than by the will or the laws of descent and distribution, provided however that a Recipient may designate a beneficiary to exercise an Option after the Recipient’s death pursuant to a written designation of beneficiary filed with and approved by the Compensation Committee prior to the Recipient’s death.

15.6 No shares of Company Stock shall be delivered pursuant to any Stock Award, including but not limited to the exercise of any Option, in whole or in part, until (i) there shall have been such compliance as the Compensation Committee may deem necessary or advisable with respect to any and all federal and state laws, rules and regulations relating to the authorization, issuance, registration, qualification or sale of securities and (ii) in the case of the exercise of an Option, payment in full of the exercise price for the exercise of the Option is received by the Company as permitted in the Stock Award Agreement.

15.7 No Associate or other person shall have any right to be granted any Stock Award under the Plan, and there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Associates (including Eligible Associates), Participants, Optionees or their beneficiaries under the Plan.

15.8 All certificates for shares of Company Stock delivered in accordance with any Stock Award issued under the Plan shall be subject to such stock-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Compensation Committee may deem advisable under the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. with respect to its Automated Quotation System, any stock exchange upon which Company Stock is then listed, and any applicable Federal or state securities law, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be placed on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

SECTION 16. ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN STOCK

16.1 If any change is made in the Company Stock subject to the Plan, or subject to any Stock Award, without the receipt of consideration by the Company (through merger, consolidation, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other than cash, stock split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in corporate structure or other transaction not involving the receipt of consideration by the Company), the Plan will be appropriately adjusted in the class(es) and maximum number of shares of Company Stock subject to the Plan pursuant to Section 4, (or other securities or property of any successor entity as would have been issuable as a result of such change with respect to the shares of Company Stock subject to the Plan immediately prior to such change, all subject to further adjustment as provided in this Section) and the outstanding Stock Awards will be appropriately adjusted in the class(es) and number of shares and price per share of Company Stock (or other securities or property of any successor entity as would have been issuable as a result of such change that a holder of shares of Company Stock would have been entitled to receive if such Stock Award had been exercised or vested, as the case may be, immediately prior to such change, all subject to further adjustment as provided in this Section) subject to such outstanding Stock Awards. Such adjustments shall be made by the Compensation Committee, the determination of which shall be final, binding and conclusive. (The conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as a “transaction not involving the receipt of consideration by the Company”.)

16.2 Upon the occurrence of any change subject to Section 16.1, the difference between the Fair Market Value of the shares of Company Stock subject to Option and the aggregate exercise price of such shares, immediatelyafter the change, shall be the same as the difference between the Fair Market Value of all shares of Company Stock subject to Option and the aggregate exercise price of such shares, immediatelybefore such change. The new Option or assumption of the old Option shall not give an Optionee additional rights which the Optionee did not have under the old Option, or deprive the Optionee of any benefits which the Optionee had under the old Option.

16.3 In the event of a Control Change (as defined solely for purposes of this Section 16), the accelerated exercisability or accelerated vesting otherwise provided in this Plan or a Stock Award Agreement or Stock Option Agreement or Restricted Stock Agreement shall be deemed to occur on the 15th day prior to the effective date of such Control Change such that, upon a Control Change where current shares of Company Stock are exchanged for some other securities, cash or other value (x) a Participant holding an Option, if he or she exercises such Option prior to the Control Change, and (y) a Participant holding Restricted Stock, shall be entitled to receive the same such consideration that holders of Company Stock will be receiving upon such Control Change. To the extent that, during the 15-day period ending on the Control Change, a Participant fails to exercise an Option, and unless the surviving company, successor company, or the company acquiring all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, as the case may be, adopts and continues the Plan (without modification but with appropriate adjustments in exercise price, form of stock etc. preserving the Participant’s economic value in their Stock Award(s)), such Option shall terminate upon such Control Change and be null and void thereafter.

16.4 For purposes of this Section 16, a “Control Change” shall mean: (i) a dissolution or liquidation, or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; (ii) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or a reverse merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation but the shares of the Company Stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger are converted by virtue of the merger into other property, whether in the form of securities, cash or otherwise (other than (a) a merger or consolidation in which shareholders of the Company immediately before the merger or consolidation have, immediately after the merger or consolidation, greater stock voting power of the acquiring or controlling corporation, and in no event less than a majority of such stock voting power; (b) a transaction the principal purpose of which is to change the State of the Company’s incorporation; or (c) a merger of the Company into any of its wholly owned subsidiaries); or (iii) an acquisition by any person, entity or group within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act, or any comparable successor provisions (excluding any employee benefit plan, or related trust, sponsored or maintained by the Company or an Affiliate) of the beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, or comparable successor rule) of securities of the Company representing at least fifty (50%) percent of the combined voting power entitled to vote in the election of Directors.

16.5 In the event of the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, any Options outstanding under the Plan shall terminate if not exercised prior to such event.

SECTION 17. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN AND STOCK AWARDS

17.1 The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend, alter, or suspend the Plan. However, except as provided in Section 16 relating to adjustments upon changes in stock, no amendment shall be effective unless approved by the shareholders of the Company to the extent shareholder approval is necessary for the Plan to satisfy the requirements of Rule 16b-3 or any Nasdaq or securities exchange listing requirements, or to the extent

that the amendment increases the number of shares of Company Stock to be issued under the Plan, increases the maximum amount of benefits which can be paid under the Plan to any one person or to change the permissible performance standards applicable to the Performance-Based Restricted Stock.

17.2 No amendment, alteration or suspension of the Plan shall be made without the approval of the Company’s shareholders that would, except as provided in Section 16, materially increase the total number of shares of Company Stock available under the Plan or would materially increase benefits accruing under the Plan or materially modify the requirements for participation in the Plan. The Board may, in its sole discretion, submit any other amendment to the Plan for shareholder approval, including but not limited to, amendments to the Plan intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder regarding the exclusion of performance-based compensation from the limit on corporate deductibility of compensation paid to certain executive officers.

17.3 Rights and obligations under any Stock Award granted before amendment, alteration or suspension of the Plan shall not be impaired by any amendment of the Plan unless (i) the Compensation Committee requests the consent of the person to whom the Stock Award was granted and (ii) such person consents in writing.

17.4 The Compensation Committee at any time, and from time to time, may amend the terms of any one or more Stock Awards previously granted under the Plan, provided however that the rights of any person under any Stock Award shall not be impaired by any such amendment unless (i) the Compensation Committee requests the consent of the person to whom the Stock Award was granted and (ii) such person consents in writing. The Compensation Committee may correct any defect, supply an omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan, any Program or any Stock Award in the manner and to the extent it shall deem desirable to carry it into effect. In the event the Company shall assume outstanding Stock Awards or the right or obligation to make future awards of Stock Awards in connection with the acquisition of another corporation or business entity, the Compensation Committee may, in its discretion, make such adjustments in the terms of Stock Awards under the Plan as it shall deem appropriate.

SECTION 18. TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE PLAN

18.1 The Board may terminate the Plan at any time. No Stock Awards may be granted under the Plan after it is terminated.

18.2 Rights and obligations under any Stock Award granted while the Plan is in effect shall not be impaired by termination of the Plan, except with the written consent of the person to whom the Stock Award was granted.

SECTION 19. EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN RESTATEMENT

If approved by the Company’s shareholders, this amended and restated Plan is effective as of April 23, 2013.

SECTION 20. SEVERABILITY

If any provision of this Plan, any Program, any Stock Award Agreement, any Restricted Stock Agreement or any Stock Option Agreement is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any

jurisdiction, or as to any Participant, or would disqualify the Plan or any Stock Award or any part of any Stock Award under any law deemed applicable by the Compensation Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Compensation Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Stock Award Agreement, the Restricted Stock Agreement or the Stock Option Agreement, it shall be stricken and the remainder of the Plan or any such agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 21. WITHHOLDING

In the event that any portion of a Stock Award becomes taxable at any time, the Company’s obligation to deliver any shares of Company Stock shall be subject to the Participant’s satisfaction of all applicable federal, state and local tax withholding requirements, if any, as well as the withholding requirements of any foreign jurisdictions arising in connection with or under such Stock Award. In that regard, the Participant shall pay the amount of taxes, if any, required by the law of the United States or any applicable foreign jurisdiction to be withheld as a result of or under such Stock Award, as determined by the Compensation Committee: (a) by withholding from the amount of shares due the Participant; (b) by allowing the Participant to deliver to the Company shares of Company Stock having a fair market value on the date of payment equal to the amount of such required withholding taxes; or (c) by making payment to the Company in the manner specified by the Company, including but not limited to, a deduction from any payments of any kind otherwise due to the Participant from the Company or an Affiliate.

SECTION 22. CHOICE OF LAW

The validity, construction and effect of the Plan and rules and regulations relating to the Plan shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Missouri and applicable Federal law.

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1. ElectionThe election of Directores:11 directors for terms ending at the 2017 annual meeting of shareholders.
 For Withhold   For Withhold   For Withhold 

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    01 - Warner L. BaxterRobin C. Beery ¨ ¨ 02 - David R. Bradley, Jr.¨¨03 - Nancy K. Buese ¨ ¨03 - Terrence P. Dunn¨¨ 
    04 - Peter J. deSilvaKevin C. Gallagher ¨ ¨ 05 - Terrence P. DunnGreg M. Graves ¨ ¨ 06 - Alexander C. Kemper ¨ ¨  
    07 - J. Mariner Kemper ¨ ¨ 08 - Kris A. Robbins ¨ ¨ 09 - Thomas D. SandersL. Joshua Sosland ¨ ¨  
    10 - L. Joshua SoslandPaul Uhlmann III ¨ ¨ 11 - Leroy J. Williams ¨ ¨        

 

  For Against Abstain    For Against Abstain

2.   To ratify the Audit committee’s retention of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the Company’s auditors and to examine and audit the consolidated Financial statementsThe ratification of the CompanyCorporate Audit Committee’s engagement of KPMG LLP as UMB’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year 20132016.

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3.   To amendIf properly introduced at the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Compensation Planmeeting, a shareholder proposal for the adoption of a policy requiring an independent Chair of UMB’s Board of Directors.

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4.   Shareholder proposal regarding adoption of a policy to require an Independent Board Chairman

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5.   To transact suchAny other matters asbusiness that may be properly come beforeconsidered at the meeting or any adjournments thereofadjournment or postponement of the meeting.

    

 

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Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date below.

    

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Proxy — UMB Financial Corporation


 

1010 Grand Blvd. Kansas City, MO 64106

 

THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING ON APRIL 23, 201326, 2016

 

The undersigned hereby appoints Peter J. deSilva, J. Mariner Kemper and Michael D. Hagedorn or any of them, with full power of substitution as proxies, to represent and vote all shares of Common Stock of UMB Financial Corporation, which the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held April 23, 2013,26, 2016, at 9:00 a.m., and any adjournmentsadjournment or postponements thereof.postponement of the meeting. This proxy revokes all prior proxies given by the undersigned.

 

Management knows of no other matters to be brought before the Annual Meeting; however, the persons named as proxy holders or their substitutes will vote in their discretion with respect to any other matters that are properly brought before the Annual Meeting or any adjournmentsadjournment or postponements thereof.postponement of the meeting.This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein by the undersigned shareholder or absent instruction will be voted FOR all of the director nominees listed in Proposal 1, FOR ProposalsProposal 2 3 and AGAINST Proposal 4.3. Unless authority to vote for any director nominee is withheld, authority to vote FOR such nominee will be deemed and granted.

 

In their discretion, the persons named as proxy holders or their substitutes are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

 

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Electronic Voting Instructions

         

 

Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!

      

Instead of mailing your proxy, you may choose one of the voting

methods outlined below to vote your proxy.

         

VALIDATION DETAILS ARE LOCATED BELOW IN THE TITLE BAR.

         

Proxies submitted by the Internet or telephone must be received by

1:00 a.m.p.m., Central Time, on April 19, 2013.21, 2016.

 

         

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Proposal 4.

 

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ElectionThe election of Directors:11 directors for terms ending at the 2017 annual meeting of shareholders.

 

 For Withhold   For Withhold   For Withhold 

 

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  01 - Warner L. BaxterRobin C. Beery ¨ ¨ 02 - David R. Bradley, Jr.¨¨03 - Nancy K. Buese ¨ ¨03 - Terrence P. Dunn¨¨  
  04 - Peter J. deSilvaKevin C. Gallagher ¨ ¨ 05 - Terrence P. DunnGreg M. Graves ¨ ¨ 06 - Alexander C. Kemper ¨ ¨      
  07 - J. Mariner Kemper ¨ ¨ 08 - Kris A. Robbins ¨ ¨ 09 - Thomas D. SandersL. Joshua Sosland ¨ ¨      
  10 - L. Joshua SoslandPaul Uhlmann III ¨ ¨ 11 - Leroy J. Williams ¨ ¨            

 

   For Against Abstain     For  Against  Abstain     For Against Abstain     For  Against  Abstain  
2. To ratify the Audit committee’s retention of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the Company’s auditors and to examine and audit the consolidated Financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year 2013 ¨ ¨ ¨  3.   

To amend the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan

 ¨ ¨ ¨   The ratification of the Corporate Audit Committee’s engagement of KPMG LLP as UMB’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2016. ¨ ¨ ¨ 3. If properly introduced at the meeting, a shareholder proposal for the adoption of a policy requiring an independent Chair of UMB’s Board of Directors. ¨ ¨ ¨  
                                        
4. Shareholder proposal regarding adoption of a policy to require an Independent Board Chairman ¨ ¨ ¨  5.   To transact such other matters as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournments thereof         

Any other business that may be properly considered at the meeting or any adjournment or postponement of the meeting.

        

 

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1010 Grand Blvd. Kansas City, MO 64106

 

CONFIDENTIAL VOTING INSTRUCTIONS TO: BMO HARRIS BANK N. A. AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN OF UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND THE UMB PROFIT SHARING AND 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN

 

I hereby direct that the voting rights pertaining to the sharescommon stock of UMB Financial Corporation held by the Trustee and attributable to my account(s) in the above-described plans shall be exercised at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company to be held April 23, 201326, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., or any adjournment or postponement of suchthe meeting, in accordance with the instructions on the reverse side, to vote upon Proposals 1-41-3 and on such other matters that may be properly come beforeconsidered at the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.of the meeting.

 

Please sign exactly as your name appears on the reverse side of this card. Your ESOP shares will be voted by the Trustee in the Trustee’s discretion unless youyour vote is received by one of the methods shown on the reverse side no later than 1:00 p.m. Central time, April 19, 2013.21, 2016. Your 401K401(k) shares will be voted in proportion to the way that other 401K401(k) shares are voted unless youyour vote is received by one of the methods shown on the reverse side no later than 1:00 p.m. Central time, April 19, 2013.21, 2016.

 

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