COMMERCIAL FEDERAL CORP
DEFA14A, 1995-11-16
SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED
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                          SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

         Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities
                   Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.   )

    Filed by the Registrant [X]
    Filed by a Party other than the Registrant [ ]

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    [ ]  Definitive Proxy Statement                the Commission Only
    [X]  Definitive Additional Materials
    [ ]  Soliciting Material Pursuant to Rule 14a-11(c) or Rule 14a-12

                       COMMERCIAL FEDERAL CORPORATION
    ...........................................................................
              (Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                                     N/A
    ...........................................................................
    (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the
    Registrant)

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         14a-6(i)(2) or Item 22(a)(2) of Schedule 14A.
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         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:

         2)   Aggregate number of securities to which transaction
              applies:

         3)   Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction
              computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11:  

         4)   Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:

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         filing by registration statement number, or the Form or
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         URGENT MESSAGE:     PLEASE READ & VOTE BY PHONE TODAY

                             COMMERCIAL FEDERAL CORPORATION
                             ANNUAL MEETING - NOVEMBER 21, 1995

                    IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM COMMERCIAL FEDERAL

         Dear Fellow Stockholder:


                   In just a few days - on November 21 - stockholders
         will decide a matter of critical importance to the future of
         their investment in Commercial Federal.  Our records indicate
         that we have not yet received your proxy.

                   Your Board of Directors remains firmly committed to
         maximizing stockholder value in both the short and long term
         and will explore all alternatives to achieve our objective.  We
         have not foreclosed any option to achieve our goal, including
         considering any and all proposals for merger transactions or
         business combinations with other financial institutions.

                   Based upon our long record of success on your behalf
         and our commitment to you, we ask for your trust and loyalty in
         return.

                   There is a lot at stake.  Vote to support your Board
         which is dedicated to acting in the best interest of all Com-
         mercial Federal Stockholders - vote "FOR" the Commercial Fed-
         eral nominees, "FOR" the Board of Directors' Proposal No. 2,
         and "AGAINST" Proposal No. 3, CAI's Stockholder Proposal.

                   Since time is short and your vote is critical, we
         have established a method to enable you to vote via toll-free
         proxygram.  To be sure your vote is received in time, please
         follow the simple steps listed below. Thank you for your sup-
         port.


                                            Very truly yours,

                                            /s/ William A. Fitzgerald   

                                            William A. Fitzgerald
                                            Chairman & CEO<PAGE>





             TOLL-FREE PROXYGRAM OPERATORS WHO ARE INDEPENDENT OF THE
                    COMPANY ARE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST YOU NOW!!!

                                   INSTRUCTIONS

         1.   Call toll-free 1-800-___-____ anytime, day or night.
         2.   Tell the operator that you wish to send a proxygram to
              I.D. No. ____.
         3.   State your name, address and telephone number.
         4.   State your bank or broker at which your shares are held
              and your control number as shown below:

              BANK/BROKER:

                                            CONTROL NO.:
                                            NO. OF SHARES:


         5.   This proxygram constitutes the written instruction of the
              beneficial shareholder.
         6.   If you need assistance in voting, please call D.F. King &
              Co., Inc. at toll-free 1-800-714-3310.<PAGE>





                          COMMERCIAL FEDERAL CORPORATION

              THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR
              THE NOVEMBER 21, 1995, ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

                   The undersigned hereby appoints Talton K. Anderson,
         Robert F. Krohn and James P. O'Donnell, and each of them, with
         full power of substitution, as attorneys in fact, agents and
         proxies for the undersigned to vote all of the shares of Common
         Stock, par value $.01 per share, of COMMERCIAL FEDERAL CORPORA-
         TION (the "Corporation") which the undersigned is entitled to
         vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held at the
         Holiday Inn Central Convention Centre, "Holiday C" Meeting
         Room, 3321 South 72nd Street, Omaha, Nebraska on Tuesday, No-
         vember 21, 1995 at 10:00 a.m., local time, and at any and all
         adjournments or postponements thereof (the "Meeting").

                   THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED, BUT IF NO DI-
         RECTIONS ARE SPECIFIED, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED "FOR" PROPOS-
         ALS 1 AND 2, AND "AGAINST" PROPOSAL 3.  IF ANY OTHER MATTERS
         ARE PROPERLY BROUGHT BEFORE THE MEETING, THIS PROXY WILL BE
         VOTED BY THOSE NAMED IN THIS PROXY AS DIRECTED BY A MAJORITY OF
         THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.  There is cumulative voting in the
         election of directors and, unless otherwise indicated by the
         stockholder, a vote for the nominees listed in Proposal 1 will
         give the proxies discretionary authority to cumulate all votes
         to which the undersigned is entitled and to allocate such votes
         in favor of one or more of such nominees, as the proxies may
         determine.

                   THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY REVOKES ANY PREVIOUS PROXIES
         WITH RESPECT TO THE MATTERS COVERED BY THIS PROXY.


         _______________________________________________________________<PAGE>








              THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" PROPOSALS 1 AND 2.

                                           ___
1.  The election as directors of all      /__/  FOR all nominees listed below 
      nominees listed below (except as 
      marked to the contrary):            ___
                                         /__/  WITHHOLD AUTHORITY to
                                               vote for all nominees below


           William A. Fitzgerald, Sharon G. Marvin and Michael T. O'Neil

INSTRUCTION:  To withhold your vote for any individual nominee(s), give that
              nominee(s) name to the operator.



2.  Board of Directors' proposal as        ___        ___          ___ 
    described in the Corporation's        /__/  FOR  /__/ AGAINST /__/ ABSTAIN 
    Proxy Statement dated 
    October 6, 1995.

            THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "AGAINST" PROPOSAL 3.
             
3.  Stockholder proposal submitted         ___        ___          ___
    by CAI Corporation as described       /__/  FOR  /__/ AGAINST /__/ ABSTAIN
    in the Corporation's Proxy 
    Statement dated October 6, 1995.

4.  As directed by the Board of Directors, such other 
    matters as may properly come before the Meeting.


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