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                                   FORM 10-K                              [LOGO]
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

        (Mark One)
            [X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                 SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [FEE REQUIRED]
                  For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995
                                       OR
          [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
               SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED]
  For the transition period from ________________ to _________________________

                         Commission file number 1-3750
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                           BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

                 MISSOURI                                    43-0672260
     (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF                      (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
      INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)                    IDENTIFICATION NO.)

       ONE BOATMEN'S PLAZA, 800 MARKET STREET, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI  63101
               (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)          (ZIP CODE)

       REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (314) 466-6000
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          SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OF THE ACT:



                                                           NAME OF EXCHANGE ON
            TITLE OF EACH CLASS                              WHICH REGISTERED
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                    None                                           None


          SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(G) OF THE ACT:

                         COMMON STOCK, $1.00 PAR VALUE
                                (TITLE OF CLASS)
      DEPOSITARY SHARES, EACH REPRESENTING A 1/16TH INTEREST IN A SHARE OF
7% CUMULATIVE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES A, STATED VALUE $100 PER SHARE
                    LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE $400.00 PER SHARE
                                (TITLE OF CLASS)
              CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES, 6.25%, DUE 2011
                                (TITLE OF CLASS)
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    Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes. X No.

    Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. / /

    Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant's
classes of common stock:

                                                       NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING
           CLASS OF COMMON STOCK                           AS OF MARCH 8, 1996
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                $1 Par Value                                   158,083,580


    The aggregate market value of registrant's common stock (based upon the
closing trade price on March 8, 1996) held by non-affiliates was approximately
$6,000,700,000.

                      DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

    (1) Portions of registrant's Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1995 (Part I, Part II, and Part IV).

    (2) Portions of registrant's Proxy Statement filed for its Annual Meeting of
Shareholders scheduled for April 23, 1996 (Part III).
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                                     PART I

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

                  BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC. (``CORPORATION'')

    The Corporation was incorporated under the laws of the State of Missouri in
June, 1946 and was known as General Bancshares Corporation until the time of its
merger with Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. on March 29, 1986. The Corporation's
principal office is located in St. Louis, Missouri where its largest subsidiary,
The Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis (``Boatmen's Bank''), is located. As of
December 31, 1995, the Corporation directly or indirectly owned substantially
all of the capital stock of 55 subsidiary banks, a trust company and its
subsidiaries, a mortgage banking company, a credit life insurance company, an
insurance agency and a credit card bank. The subsidiary banks operate from
approximately 500 banking offices and over 1,000 automated teller machine
locations in Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Iowa, Texas, Illinois, Arkansas,
Kansas and Tennessee.

    The business of the Corporation consists primarily of the ownership,
supervision and control of its subsidiaries. The Corporation provides its
subsidiaries with advice, counsel and specialized services in various fields of
financial and banking policy and operations. The Corporation also engages in
negotiations designed to lead to the acquisition of other banks and closely
related businesses.

    Based on total assets as of December 31, 1995, the Corporation was the
largest bank holding company headquartered in the State of Missouri and among
the 30 largest bank holding companies in the United States. There are numerous
bank holding companies and groupings of banks located throughout the
Corporation's markets which offer substantial competition in the acquisition and
operation of banks and non-bank financial institutions. The Corporation's
subsidiaries encounter substantial competition in all of their banking and
related activities, and its banking subsidiaries face increasing competition
from various non-banking financial institutions that are not subject to the same
geographic and other regulatory restraints applicable to banks.

    The information under the caption Acquisition Overview on pages 18 through
19 and Table 2 on page 18 of the Corporation's Annual Report to Shareholders for
the year ended December 31, 1995, is incorporated herein by reference.


  Banking Operations

    The following table summarizes the banking operations for each state in
which the Corporation has banking locations.


                                                         12/31/95    12/31/95    12/31/95
                                                          ASSETS      LOANS      DEPOSITS
                                                         --------    --------    --------
                                                              (DOLLARS IN MILLIONS)
                                                                        
    Missouri...........................................  $17,819     $10,326     $13,153
    Arkansas...........................................    4,805       2,716       3,938
    New Mexico.........................................    3,508       1,447       2,767
    Texas..............................................    2,241       1,088       1,673
    Oklahoma...........................................    1,875       1,044       1,563
    Iowa...............................................    1,216         715       1,039
    Illinois...........................................    1,080         789       1,003
    Tennessee..........................................      874         784         713
    Kansas.............................................      226         113         187


  Recent Developments

    On January 31, 1996, the Corporation completed the acquisition of Fourth
Financial Corporation (``Fourth Financial''), headquartered in Wichita, Kansas.
Fourth Financial had assets of approximately $7.4 billion at December 31, 1995
and operates from 143 offices in Kansas and Oklahoma. Four offices in Missouri
will be divested as a condition to the regulatory approval.

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    On March 1, 1996, the Corporation completed the acquisition of Tom Green
National Bank (``Tom Green''). Tom Green, headquartered in San Angelo, Texas,
had assets of approximately $73 million at December 31, 1995, and operates from
three offices in the San Angelo, Texas area. Tom Green was merged into Boatmen's
First National Bank of Amarillo.

  Trust Operations

    The Corporation provides a wide range of trust services to both individuals
and institutions through Boatmen's Trust Company and its subsidiaries, as well
as the trust departments of certain of its subsidiary banks. The Corporation's
trust operations rank among the 20 largest providers of trust services in the
United States, with total trust assets of $77.9 billion at December 31, 1995,
including $44.4 billion under management.

  Other Non-Bank Subsidiaries

    The Corporation's other non-bank subsidiaries include: (1) a mortgage
banking company, whose business is the origination and servicing of real estate
mortgage loans for the account of long-term investors and the servicing of real
estate loans originated by its affiliate banks; (2) a credit life insurance
company which insures or reinsures credit life and accident and health insurance
written by the Corporation's subsidiary banks; (3) an insurance agency; and (4)
a credit card bank.

  Regulation and Supervision

    As a bank holding company, the Corporation is subject to regulation pursuant
to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (the ``Act''), which is administered by
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the ``Board'').

    A bank holding company must obtain Board approval before acquiring, directly
or indirectly, ownership or control of any voting shares of a bank or bank
holding company if, after such acquisition, it would own or control more than 5%
of such shares. Board approval must also be obtained before any bank holding
company acquires all or substantially all of the assets of another bank or bank
holding company or merges or consolidates with another bank holding company. In
September, 1994, the Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994 was
enacted. Effective September 29, 1995, bank holding companies are permitted to
acquire banks in any state subject to state deposit caps and a 10% nationwide
cap. In addition, this law provides for full interstate branching by bank merger
commencing on June 1, 1997. States may ``opt out'' of this branching provision
prior to the effective date, and alternatively, states may ``opt in'' earlier
than June, 1997. Texas has adopted legislation to opt out of the branching
provisions.

    The Act also prohibits a bank holding company, with certain limited
exceptions, from acquiring or retaining direct or indirect ownership or control
of more than 5% of the voting shares of any company which is not a bank or a
bank holding company, or from engaging in any activities other than those of
banking, managing or controlling banks, or providing services for its
subsidiaries. The principal exceptions to these prohibitions involve certain
activities which the Board has determined to be closely related to the business
of banking or managing or controlling banks.

    A bank holding company and its subsidiaries are prohibited from engaging in
certain tie-in arrangements in connection with the extension of credit, with
limited exemptions. Subsidiary banks of a bank holding company are also subject
to certain restrictions imposed by the Federal Reserve Act on any extensions of
credit to the bank holding company or any of its subsidiaries, or investment in
the stock or other securities thereof, and on the taking of such stocks or
securities as collateral for loans. The Board possesses cease and desist powers
over bank holding companies if their actions represent unsafe or unsound
practices or violations of law.

    In August, 1989, the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement
Act of 1989 (``FIRREA'') was enacted. FIRREA allows bank holding companies to
acquire healthy savings institutions, removing certain restrictions on
operations of such institutions. Acquired savings institutions may now be
operated as separate savings subsidiaries, converted to bank charters or merged
into existing bank subsidiaries, subject to certain requirements. FIRREA also
contains a ``cross-guarantee'' provision which could result in depository
institutions being assessed for losses incurred by the FDIC in the assistance
provided to, or the failure of, an affiliated depository institution.

    On December 16, 1988, the Board adopted final risk-based capital
guidelines for use in its examination and supervision of bank holding
companies and banks. The guidelines have three main goals: (1) to make
regulatory capital requirements more sensitive to differences in risk
profiles among banking organizations; (2) to take off-balance

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sheet risk exposures into explicit account in assessing capital adequacy; and
(3) to minimize disincentives to holding liquid, low-risk assets. A bank holding
company's ability to pay dividends and expand its business through the
acquisition of new banking or non-banking subsidiaries could be restricted if
its capital falls below levels established by these guidelines. The risk-based
capital ratios were fully implemented by the end of 1992. In 1991, the Board
required bank holding companies and banks to adhere to another capital guideline
referred to as the Tier 1 leverage ratio. This guideline places a constraint on
the degree to which a banking institution can leverage its equity capital base.
The Corporation substantially exceeds the requirements of these capital
guidelines.

    In December, 1991, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act
of 1991 (``FDICIA'') was enacted. FDICIA, among other things, identifies the
following capital standards for depository institutions: well capitalized,
adequately capitalized, undercapitalized, significantly undercapitalized and
critically undercapitalized. A depository institution is well capitalized if it
significantly exceeds the minimum level required by regulation for each relevant
capital measure, adequately capitalized if it meets each such measure,
undercapitalized if it fails to meet any such measure, significantly
undercapitalized if it is significantly below any such measure, and critically
undercapitalized if it fails to meet any critical capital level set forth in the
regulations. FDICIA requires a bank that is determined to be undercapitalized to
submit a capital restoration plan, and the bank's holding company must guarantee
that the bank will meet its capital plan, subject to certain limitations. FDICIA
also prohibits banks from making any capital distribution or paying any
management fee if the bank would thereafter be undercapitalized. The
Corporation's bank subsidiaries currently meet the well capitalized standards.

    FDICIA grants the FDIC authority to impose special assessments on insured
depository institutions to repay FDIC borrowings from the United States Treasury
or other sources and to establish semiannual assessment rates on Bank Insurance
Fund (``BIF'') member banks so as to maintain the BIF at the designated reserve
ratio defined in FDICIA. FDICIA also required the FDIC to implement a risk-based
insurance assessment system pursuant to which the premiums paid by a depository
institution will be based on the probability that the BIF will incur a loss in
respect of such institution. The FDIC has adopted a deposit insurance assessment
system that places each insured institution in one of nine risk categories based
on the level of its capital, evaluation of its risk by its primary state or
federal supervisor, statistical analysis and other information. Effective June
1, 1995, the FDIC implemented a new assessment rate schedule for deposits
insured by BIF lowering the rate paid by most banks from .23% to .04%. For the
first half of 1996, the lowest rate has been reduced to the $2,000 minimum. The
rates paid for deposits insured by the Savings Association Fund (the ``SAIF'')
remains at a range of .23% to .31% of deposits. Congress is considering
proposals to recapitalize the SAIF, including a one-time levy of $6 billion on
all SAIF-insured deposits, including such deposits held by Boatmen's and Fourth
Financial. The net effect of the revised FDIC fees and SAIF proposals is not
expected to have a material effect on the operations of Boatmen's.

    The Corporation's national bank subsidiaries are subject to supervision by
the Comptroller of the Currency. The Arkansas federal savings bank is subject to
supervision by the Office of Thrift Supervision. The FDIC has primary federal
supervisory responsibility for the Corporation's state banks, with the exception
of state banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System. The Corporation's
state banks and trust companies are also subject to supervision by the bank
supervisory authorities in their respective states. Various federal and state
laws and regulations apply to many aspects of the operations of the
Corporation's subsidiary banks, including interest rates paid on deposits and
loans, investments, mergers and acquisitions and the establishment of branch
offices and facilities. The payment of dividends by the Corporation's subsidiary
banks, which is the Corporation's principal source of income, is also subject to
certain statutory restrictions and to regulation by governmental agencies.

  Statistical Disclosure

    Pages 17 through 49 and footnotes 12 and 13 on pages 60 and 61 of the
Corporation's Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended December 31,
1995, are incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

    The Corporation's headquarters building, Boatmen's Plaza, is located in
downtown St. Louis, Missouri. Through a joint venture, Boatmen's Bank owns a
one-half undivided interest in two-thirds of the building. On December 31, 1981,
Boatmen's Bank entered into a lease agreement for approximately 60 percent
of the building for a term of 30 years. This long-term lease obligation
was capitalized in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting

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Standards No. 13. The principal office of Boatmen's Trust Company, also located
in downtown St. Louis, was purchased on January 4, 1994.

    In January, 1995, the Corporation completed construction of a technology
center in Kansas City, Missouri, and moved existing data operations into this
center. The Corporation's principal banking offices in Oklahoma, Iowa and
Tennessee are leased under long-term leases. The principal banking offices in
New Mexico, Illinois, Arkansas and Texas are owned. In the opinion of
management, the physical properties of the Corporation and its subsidiaries are
suitable and adequate and are being fully utilized.

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

    None.

ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

    A Special Meeting of Shareholders was held on December 12, 1995. At this
meeting, shareholders approved the proposed issuance of shares of Common Stock,
par value $1.00 per share, of the Corporation and 7% Cumulative Convertible
Preferred Stock, Series A, stated value $100 per share, liquidation preference
$400 per share, of the Corporation to shareholders of Fourth Financial
Corporation pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated August 25, 1995.
With respect to the proposed issuance of shares, there were 94,139,494 shares
voted ``For'' and 2,304,298 shares voted ``Against'', with 417,000 shares
abstaining and 2,280,119 broker non-votes.


EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION

    The following sets forth certain information regarding the executive
officers of the Corporation:


                                                                 POSITIONS WITH                               OFFICER
         NAME                                     AGE             CORPORATION                                  SINCE
         ----                                     ---            --------------                               -------
                                                                                                   
Andrew B. Craig, III.........................     64      Chairman of the Board and                             1985
                                                          Chief Executive Officer

Samuel B. Hayes, III.........................     59      President and Director                                1988

Gregory L. Curl..............................     47      Vice Chairman and Director                            1982

John M. Brennan..............................     60      Executive Vice President                              1977
                                                          Loan Administration

Thomas P. Johnson, Jr........................     55      Executive Vice President                              1995
                                                          Retail Banking

James W. Kienker.............................     49      Executive Vice President and                          1979
                                                          Chief Financial Officer

Phillip E. Peters............................     56      Executive Vice President and                          1988
                                                          Chief Investment Officer


    There are no family relationships among any of the named persons. Each
executive officer is elected by the Board of Directors to serve until the close
of the next annual meeting of the shareholders following his election and until
the election of his successor. No executive officer of the Corporation was
selected to his position pursuant to any arrangement or understanding with any
other person.

    Each executive officer has held the same position or another executive
position with the Corporation or Boatmen's Bank during the past five years,
except as follows:

    Mr. Johnson was Chief Executive, Retail Banking at Barnett Banks, Inc.,
Jacksonville, Florida from 1989 until joining the Corporation on December 4,
1995.

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                                    PART II

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE CORPORATION'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER
        MATTERS

    Footnote number 22 on pages 67 and 68 and page 71 of the Corporation's
Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended December 31, 1995, are
incorporated herein by reference. The last trade price for the Corporation's
common stock on March 8, 1996, was $38.25.

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

    Page 17 of the Corporation's Annual Report to Shareholders for the year
ended December 31, 1995, is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS
        OF OPERATIONS

    Pages 17 through 41 of the Corporation's Annual Report to Shareholders for
the year ended December 31, 1995, are incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

    The financial statements together with the report thereon of Ernst & Young
LLP on pages 50 through 69 and the supplementary quarterly information on page
41 and pages 42 through 45 of the Corporation's Annual Report to Shareholders
for the year ended December 31, 1995, are incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
        FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

    None.

                                    PART III

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION

    The information under the item captioned Election of Directors and
Information With Respect to Directors and Executive Officers in the
Corporation's Proxy Statement filed for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders
scheduled for April 23, 1996, is incorporated herein by reference. The required
information regarding the Corporation's executive officers is contained in PART
I in the item captioned Executive Officers of the Corporation.

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

    The information under the caption Executive Compensation on pages 10 through
the graph on page 16 in the Corporation's Proxy Statement filed for its Annual
Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for April 23, 1996, is incorporated herein by
reference.

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

    The information under the table captioned Amount and Nature of Beneficial
Ownership and the caption Security Ownership of Management in the Corporation's
Proxy Statement filed for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for April
23, 1996, is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

    The information under the caption Certain Transactions in the Corporation's
Proxy Statement filed for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for April
23, 1996, is incorporated herein by reference.

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                                    PART IV

ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES, AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

    The following financial statements of the Corporation and its consolidated
subsidiaries, and the accountants' report thereon, are incorporated herein by
reference.

    Consolidated Financial Statements

        Balance Sheets--December 31, 1995 and 1994.

        Statements of Income--Years ended December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993.

        Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity--Years ended December 31,
        1995, 1994 and 1993.

        Statements of Cash Flows--Years Ended December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993.

        Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

    Financial Statement Schedules

        All required schedules for the Corporation and its subsidiaries have
        been included in the consolidated financial statements or related notes
        thereto.


    The following exhibits are incorporated herein by reference (a):

                     
        Exhibit  3(a)   -- Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, Exhibit 3(a) to
                           Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc.'s S-8 Registration Statement (No. 33-61011).

        Exhibit  4(a)   -- Rights Agreement dated as of August 14, 1990, Exhibits 1 and 2 to
                           Registration Statement on Form 8-A.

        Exhibit  4(b)   -- Amendment dated as of January 26, 1993 to Rights Agreement dated as of
                           August 14, 1990, Exhibit 4(a) to Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc.'s Annual
                           Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K (File No.
                           1-3750) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1992.

                           Note: No long-term debt instrument issued by the Corporation exceeds 10%
                           of the consolidated total assets of the Corporation and its subsidiaries.
                           In accordance with paragraph 4(iii) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K, the
                           Corporation will furnish to the Commission upon request copies of
                           long-term debt instruments and related agreements.

        Exhibit 10(c)   -- Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. Amended 1981 Incentive Stock Option Plan,
                           Exhibit 10(h) to Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc.'s Annual Report to the
                           Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K (File No. 1-3750) for the
                           fiscal year ended December 31, 1986.

        Exhibit 10(i)   -- Boatmen's Bancshares Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors,
                           Exhibit 10(i) to Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc.'s Annual Report to the
                           Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K (File No. 1-3750) for the
                           fiscal year ended December 31, 1994.

        Exhibit 10(k)   -- Boatmen's Supplemental Retirement Participation Agreement dated August 4,
                           1993, between the Corporation and Andrew B. Craig, III, Exhibit 10(w) to
                           Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc.'s Annual Report to the Securities and Exchange
                           Commission on Form 10-K (File No. 1-3750) for the fiscal year ended
                           December 31, 1993.

        Exhibit 10(m)   -- Boatmen's Supplemental Retirement Participation Agreement dated June 22,
                           1994, between the Corporation and Samuel B. Hayes, III, Exhibit 10 to
                           Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc.'s Quarterly Report to the Securities and
                           Exchange Commission on Form 10-Q (File No. 1-3750) for the quarter ended
                           June 30, 1994.


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    The following exhibits are submitted herewith:

                     
        Exhibit  3(b)   -- Certificate of Designation, dated January 8, 1996, for Boatmen's
                           Bancshares, Inc. 7% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, Series A,
                           stated value $100 per share, liquidation preference $400 per share.

        Exhibit  3(c)   -- Amended Bylaws of the Corporation.

        Exhibit  4(c)   -- Assignment and Assumption of and Amendment #1 to Deposit Agreement (with
                           exhibits, including Deposit Agreement dated February 24, 1992, between
                           Fourth Financial Corporation and BANK IV Kansas, National Association),
                           dated January 31, 1996, among Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc., Acquisition Sub,
                           Inc., Boatmen's Trust Company and BANK IV, National Association.

        Exhibit 10(a)   -- Employment Agreement dated January 30, 1996, between the Corporation and
                           Andrew B. Craig, III.

        Exhibit 10(b)   -- Employment Agreement dated January 30, 1996, between the Corporation and
                           Samuel B. Hayes, III.

        Exhibit 10(d)   -- Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. Amended 1982 Long-Term Incentive Plan as of
                           February 12, 1996.

        Exhibit 10(e)   -- Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 1987 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan.

        Exhibit 10(f)   -- Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. Supplemental Retirement Plan as of February 8,
                           1996.

        Exhibit 10(g)   -- Employment Agreement dated January 30, 1996, between the Corporation and
                           Gregory L. Curl.

        Exhibit 10(h)   -- Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. Change-in-Control Severance Plan dated January
                           30, 1996.

        Exhibit 10(j)   -- Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan as of
                           February 8, 1996.

        Exhibit 10(l)   -- Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 1991 Incentive Stock Option Plan.

        Exhibit 10(n)   -- Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 1992 Annual Incentive Bonus Plan as of
                           February 8, 1996.

        Exhibit 10(o)   -- Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 1996 Stock Incentive Plan.

        Exhibit 13      -- Portions of the Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended December
                           31, 1995.

        Exhibit 21      -- Subsidiaries of the Corporation.

        Exhibit 23      -- Independent Auditors' Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

        Exhibit 27      -- Financial data schedule.

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<Fa>The exhibits included under Exhibit 10 constitute all management contracts,
    compensatory plans and arrangements required to be filed as an exhibit to
    this form pursuant to Item 14(c) of this report.

    No Form 8-K's were filed by the Corporation in the fourth quarter of 1995.


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                                   SIGNATURES

    Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Corporation has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                             BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
                                   --------------------------------------------
                                                     (Registrant)

                                By             ANDREW B. CRAIG, III
                                   --------------------------------------------
                                      Andrew B. Craig, III, Chairman of the
                                        Board and Chief Executive Officer
                                          (principal executive officer)

                                By                JAMES W. KIENKER
                                   --------------------------------------------
                                    James W. Kienker, Executive Vice President
                                            and Chief Financial Officer
                                   (principal financial and accounting officer)

Date: March 12, 1996

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
Corporation and in the capacities and on the date indicated.


                      SIGNATURES                                    TITLES                               DATE
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                 ANDREW B. CRAIG, III                   Chairman of the Board and Chief                 March 12, 1996
     -------------------------------------------        Executive Officer
                 Andrew B. Craig, III

                 SAMUEL B. HAYES, III                   President and Director                          March 12, 1996
     -------------------------------------------
                 Samuel B. Hayes, III

                   GREGORY L. CURL                      Vice Chairman and Director                      March 12, 1996
     -------------------------------------------
                   Gregory L. Curl

                  DARRELL G. KNUDSON                    Executive Vice President and                    March 12, 1996
     -------------------------------------------        Director
                  Darrell G. Knudson

                  RICHARD L. BATTRAM                    Director                                        March 12, 1996
     -------------------------------------------
                  Richard L. Battram

                B. A. BRIDGEWATER, JR.                  Director                                        March 12, 1996
     -------------------------------------------
                B. A. Bridgewater, Jr.

                 WILLIAM E. CORNELIUS                   Director                                        March 12, 1996
     -------------------------------------------
                 William E. Cornelius

                                                        Director                                        March __, 1996
     -------------------------------------------
                  John E. Hayes, Jr.

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                      SIGNATURES                                    TITLES                               DATE
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                    C. RAY HOLMAN                       Director                                        March 12, 1996
     -------------------------------------------
                    C. Ray Holman

                                                        Director                                        March __, 1996
     -------------------------------------------
                John Peters MacCarthy

                  WILLIAM E. MARITZ                     Director                                        March 12, 1996
     -------------------------------------------
                  William E. Maritz

                RUSSELL W. MEYER, JR.                   Director                                        March 12, 1996
     -------------------------------------------
                Russell W. Meyer, Jr.

                   RICHARD E. PECK                      Director                                        March 12, 1996
     -------------------------------------------
                   Richard E. Peck

                   JERRY E. RITTER                      Director                                        March 12, 1996
     -------------------------------------------
                   Jerry E. Ritter

                  WILLIAM P. STIRITZ                    Director                                        March 12, 1996
     -------------------------------------------
                  William P. Stiritz

                   ALBERT E. SUTER                      Director                                        March 12, 1996
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                   Albert E. Suter

                 DWIGHT D. SUTHERLAND                   Director                                        March 12, 1996
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                 Dwight D. Sutherland

                 THEODORE C. WETTERAU                   Director                                        March 12, 1996
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                 Theodore C. Wetterau


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                                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS

    NUMBER                                         EXHIBIT                                                   PAGE
    ------                                         -------                                                   ----
                                                                                                  

      3(a)       The Corporation's Restated Articles of Incorporation, Exhibit 3(a) to Boatmen's
                 Bancshares, Inc.'s S-8 Registration Statement (No. 33-61011) is incorporated herein
                 by reference.........................................................................       <F*>

      3(b)       Certificate of Designation, dated January 8, 1996, for Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 7%
                 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, Series A, stated value $100 per share,
                 liquidation preference $400 per share................................................

      3(c)       The Corporation's Amended By-laws as adopted by its Board of Directors on January 30,
                 1996.................................................................................

      4(a)       Conformed copy of Rights Agreement dated as of August 14, 1990,
                 Exhibits 1 and 2 to Registration Statement on Form 8-A is incorporated herein by
                 reference............................................................................       <F*>

      4(b)       Amendment dated as of January 26, 1993 to Rights Agreement dated August 14, 1990,
                 Exhibit 4(a) to Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc.'s Annual Report to the
                 Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K (File No. 1-3750) for the
                 fiscal year ended December 31, 1992, is incorporated herein by reference.............       <F*>

      4(c)       Assignment and Assumption of and Amendment #1 to Deposit Agreement (with exhibits,
                 including Deposit Agreement dated February 24, 1992, between Fourth Financial
                 Corporation and BANK IV Kansas, National Association), dated January 31, 1996, among
                 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc., Acquisition Sub, Inc., Boatmen's Trust Company and BANK
                 IV, National Association.............................................................

     10(a)       Employment Agreement dated January 30, 1996, between the Corporation and
                 Andrew B. Craig, III.................................................................

     10(b)       Employment Agreement dated January 30, 1996, between the Corporation and
                 Samuel B. Hayes, III.................................................................

     10(c)       Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. Amended 1981 Incentive Stock Option Plan, Exhibit 10(h) to
                 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc.'s Annual Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission
                 on Form 10-K (File No. 1-3750) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1986, is
                 incorporated herein by reference.....................................................       <F*>

     10(d)       Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. Amended 1982 Long Term Incentive Plan as of February 12,
                 1996.................................................................................

     10(e)       Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 1987 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan......................

     10(f)       Boatmen's Supplemental Retirement Plan as of February 8, 1996........................

     10(g)       Employment Agreement dated January 30, 1996, between the Corporation and Gregory L.
                 Curl.................................................................................

     10(h)       Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. Change-in-Control Severance Plan dated January 30, 1996...

     10(i)       Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors, Exhibit 10(i) to
                 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc.'s Annual Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission
                 on Form 10-K (File No. 1-3750) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, is
                 incorporated herein by reference.....................................................       <F*

     10(j)       Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan as of February 8,
                 1996.................................................................................

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    NUMBER                                         EXHIBIT                                                   PAGE
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     10(k)       Boatmen's Supplemental Retirement Participation Agreement dated August 4, 1993,
                 between the Corporation and Andrew B. Craig, III, Exhibit 10(w) to Boatmen's
                 Bancshares, Inc.'s Annual Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form
                 10-K (File No. 1-3750) for the fiscal year ended
                 December 31, 1993, is incorporated herein by reference...............................       <F*>

     10(l)       Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 1991 Incentive Stock Option Plan..........................

     10(m)       Boatmen's Supplemental Retirement Participation Agreement dated June 22, 1994,
                 between the Corporation and Samuel B. Hayes, III, Exhibit 10 to
                 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc.'s Quarterly Report to the Securities and Exchange
                 Commission on Form 10-Q (File No. 1-3750) for the quarter ended
                 June 30, 1994, is incorporated herein by reference...................................       <F*>

     10(n)       Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 1992 Annual Incentive Bonus Plan as of February 8, 1996...

     10(o)       Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 1996 Stock Incentive Plan.................................

      13         Portions of the Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended December 31, 1995...


                                                  GRAPHICS APPENDIX

                                                                                     CROSS REFERENCE
                                                                                        TO PAGE OF
                        OMITTED CHARTS                                                ANNUAL REPORT
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              1. Asset Growth..................................................          Page 19
              2. Equity Growth.................................................          Page 19
              3. Net Interest Margin...........................................          Page 21
              4. Quarterly Net Interest Margin.................................          Page 21
              5. Average Earning Asset Mix.....................................          Page 26
              6. Funding Mix...................................................          Page 26
              7. Noninterest Income............................................          Page 30
              8. Noninterest Expense...........................................          Page 31
              9. Loan Portfolio................................................          Page 33
             10. Loan Loss Experience..........................................          Page 35
             11. Loan Reserve Coverage.........................................          Page 38
             12. Nonperforming Assets..........................................          Page 38
             13. Risk-Based Capital............................................          Page 40

                                                                                                  
                 The above listed charts were omitted from the EDGAR version of Exhibit 13; however,
                 the information depicted in the charts was adequately discussed and/or displayed
                 in tabular format within the Management's Discussion and Analysis section of the
                 Annual Report.

      21         Subsidiaries of the Corporation.....................................................

      23         Independent Auditors' Consent of Ernst & Young LLP..................................

      27         Financial Data Schedule.............................................................

<FN>
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<F*>Incorporated by reference.


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