SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
Filed by the Registrant [X]
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Check the appropriate box:
[_] Preliminary Proxy Statement [_] Confidential, for Use of the
Commission Only (as permitted by
[_] Definitive Proxy Statement Rule 14a-6(e)(2))
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[_] Soliciting Material Pursuant to (S)240.14a-11(c) or (S)240.14a-12
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)
Payment of Filing Fee (check the appropriate box):
[_] $125 per Exchange Act Rules 0-11(c)(1)(ii), 14a-6(i)(1), or 14a-6(i)(2)
or Item 22(a)(2) of Schedule 14A.
[_] $500 per each party to the controversy pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 14a-
6(i)(3) .
[_] Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and 0-11.
(1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:
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(3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed
pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the amount on which the
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[Company Logo Appears Here] Compass Bancshares
Dear Compass Bancshares Shareholder:
Enclosed is proxy material from Compass Bancshares for the Annual Meeting of
Shareholders to be held on April 11, 1995.
Because you hold your shares through a bank or broker, we have taken the
liberty of forwarding to you a complimentary copy of our most recent proxy
material. We are providing this material for informational purposes only. In
the near future, you can expect to receive a duplicate set of material,
including a WHITE proxy card for voting, from your custodian bank or broker.
BECAUSE THE TIME BEFORE THE MEETING IS SHORT, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF DELAYS IN
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YOUR RECEIPT OF THIS MATERIAL, YOU MAY VOTE YOUR SHARES IMMEDIATELY BY CALLING
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YOUR BROKER AND DIRECTING HIM/HER TO VOTE YOUR SHARES.
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Thank You,
Compass Bancshares
IMPORTANT
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If you have already executed a blue proxy card you have every legal right to
change your vote and revoke that proxy by signing, dating and returning the
WHITE proxy that you will receive shortly.
Remember - only the latest dated proxy counts.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON HOW TO VOTE YOUR SHARES, PLEASE CALL OUR PROXY
SOLICITOR:
MORROW & CO., INC. at (800) 566-9061 (toll free).
