SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
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COMPASS BANCSHARES, INC.
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(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
COMPASS BANCSHARES, INC.
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(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement)
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Notes:
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MEMORANDUM
TO: All ESOP/401(k) and PAYSOP Participants
FROM: Trust Division
DATE: April 4, 1995
RE: IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING DEADLINE FOR
SUBMITTING VOTING INSTRUCTIONS
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The 1995 Annual Meeting date is only seven days away. Please be advised that
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the Trustee for the ESOP/401(k) Plan and the PAYSOP has extended the DEADLINE
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for receipt of voting instructions from plan participants until 12:00 noon,
Eastern time, on Monday, April 10, 1995. The decision to extend the deadline
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was made by the Plan Trustee based upon its determination that instructions
received through noon on April 10th could be processed in time for the Trustee
to vote at the annual meeting. While the decision to extend the deadline was
made by the Trustee, both Compass Bancshares and the Committee to Maximize
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Shareholder Value requested that the Trustee consider extending the deadline.
You may not yet have received materials which were mailed before the decision
to extend the deadline, and which therefore still identify April 7 as the
deadline.
IMPORTANT: To be considered, voting instructions must be RECEIVED by Corporate
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Election Services before the deadline. You still must act PROMPTLY to exercise
your rights.
- - All voting instruction cards should be mailed to Corporate Election Services,
the independent voting tabulation firm hired by the Trustee to tabulate the
instructions received from participants in the ESOP/401(k) plan and the
PAYSOP. A self-addressed envelope for return of your instructions to
Corporate Election Services has been provided with each distribution of proxy
solicitation materials.
- - You may, if you desire, send your voting instruction card to Corporate
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Election Services by Express Mail, Federal Express or other expedited
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delivery. Federal Express and many other expedited couriers require a street
address. The street address for Corporate Election Services is 100 First
Avenue, Suite 400, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222 and the phone number is
(412) 566-2400.
- - Your voting instruction card should not be sent to anyone other than
Corporate Election Services.
REMEMBER: TO BE CONSIDERED, YOUR INSTRUCTIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY CORPORATE
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ELECTION SERVICES NOT LATER THAN NOON, EASTERN TIME, ON APRIL 10, 1995.
