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FORM 8-A
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
COMMERCIAL BANCSHARES, INCORPORATED
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
West Virginia 55-0622108
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. Employer
or organization) Identification No.)
415 Market Street
Parkersburg, WV 26101
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(Address of principal executive offices)
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Name of each exchange on which
to be so registered each class is to be registered
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None None
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If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is
effective upon filing pursuant to General Instruction A.(c)(1), please check the
following box. [ ]
If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is to
become effective simultaneously with the effectiveness of a concurrent
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to General
Instruction A.(c)(2), please check the following box. [ ]
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, par value $5.00 per share
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(Title of Class)
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(Title of Class)
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Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered
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This registration statement relates to the registration with the
Securities and Exchange Commission of shares of Common Stock, par value $5.00
per share (the "Common Stock"), of Commercial BancShares, Incorporated, a West
Virginia corporation (the "Registrant"). The description of the Common Stock to
be registered hereunder set forth under the caption "Description of Securities"
at page 20 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration
No. 33-35485), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 3,
1991, is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2. Exhibits
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1. Specimen of Certificate representing Registrant's Common Stock.
2.1. Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, of Registrant,
were included as Exhibit 3(b) at page 301 of Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 33-53017),
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7,
1994, and are included herein by reference.
2.2 Bylaws, as amended, of Registrant, were included as Exhibit 3(a)
at page 288 of Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4
(Registration No. 33-53017), filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April 7, 1994, and are included herein
by reference.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities and Exchange
Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
COMMERCIAL BANCSHARES, INCORPORATED
(Registrant)
Dated: April 28, 1995 By: /s/ William E. Mildren, Jr.
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William E. Mildren, Jr.
Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer
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Exhibit 1. Specimen of Certificate representing Registrant's Common Stock.
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OBVERSE OF CERTIFICATE
[LOGO OF COMMERCIAL BANCSHARES]
NUMBER SHARES
COMMERCIAL BANCSHARES
INCORPORATED
See Reverse
For Certain Definitions
PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA
Incorporated Under The Laws Of The State of West Virginia
This Certifies that ____________________________________________________ is the
owner of _________________________________________________________
CUSIP 201143 10 4
FULL-PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK OF THE PAR VALUE OF FIVE
DOLLARS EACH OF COMMERCIAL BANCSHARES, INC.
transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person
or by duly authorized Attorney upon the surrender of this Certificate properly
endorsed.
In Witness Whereof, the said Corporation has caused this Certificate
to be signed by its duly authorized officers and its facsimile Corporate Seal to
be hereunto affixed.
Dated: ___________________
_______________________ [Facsimile of Corporate Seal] _________________________
Authorized Signature Authorized Signature
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Exhibit 1. Continued
REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
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TEN COM --as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-- Custodian
TEN ENT --as tenants by the entireties ------------------------
JT TEN --as joints tenants with right of (Cust) (Minor)
survivorship and not as tenants under Uniform Gifts to
in common Minors Act
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(State)
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Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
For value received, _____ hereby sell, assign and transfer unto
Please insert social security or other
identifying number of assignee
______________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address, including zip code, of assignee)
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________ Shares
of the capital stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint
__________________________________________________________________ Attorney
to transfer the said stock on the books of the within named Corporation
with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated _________________________
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NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the
name as written upon the face of this certificate in
every particular, without alteration or enlargement or
any change whatever.
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THIS SPACE MUST NOT BE COVERED IN ANY WAY
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