UMBF UMB Financial Corporation

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

UMB Financial Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

1010 Grand Boulevard

Kansas City, Missouri 64106

(816) 860-7000

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. ☒

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. ☐

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ☐

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:

333-280190.

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None.

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Each of the 4,600,000 Depositary Shares (the “Depositary Shares”) of UMB Financial Corporation (the “Company”) being registered hereunder, and each share of the Company’s 7.00% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, par value $0.01 per share and with a liquidation preference of $10,000 per share (the “UMB Preferred Stock”) in which each such Depositary Share represents a 1/400th ownership interest, will be issued in connection with the Mergers (as defined herein) pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 28, 2024, by and among the Company, Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (“HTLF”) and Blue Sky Merger Sub Inc. (“Merger Sub”) (as amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”): (i) the merger of Merger Sub with and into HTLF (the “Merger”), with HTLF surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Surviving Entity”) and (ii) immediately following the effective time of the Merger and as part of a single, integrated transaction, the merger of the Surviving Entity with and into the Company (the “Second Merger” and, together with the Merger, the “Mergers”), with the Company surviving the Second Merger. Each share of UMB Preferred Stock has terms that are identical to shares of corresponding HTLF preferred stock (which will be exchangeable pursuant to the Merger Agreement on a 1-for-1 basis for a corresponding share of UMB Preferred Stock), except for its par value, redemption date and that it will be issued by the Company.

The Mergers are expected to close on January 31, 2025.

The Depositary Shares will be evidenced by the depositary receipts to be issued under the Deposit Agreement by and among the Company, Computershare Trust Company, N.A. and Computershare Inc., jointly as Depositary, and the holders from time to time of the depositary receipts described in the Deposit Agreement.

The terms of the Preferred Stock and the Depositary Shares are described in the following: (1) joint proxy statement/prospectus, filed with the SEC on July 5, 2024, and (2) Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-280190) of which the joint proxy statement/prospectus forms a part, filed with the SEC on June 13, 2024, as amended on July 2, 2024, and declared effective by the SEC on July 5, 2024, under the caption “Description of New UMB Preferred Stock.”

The following exhibits are filed herewith:

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

Date: January 28, 2025

Exhibit 4.4

FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES 7.00% FIXED-RATE RESET NON-CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES A, $0.01 PAR VALUE PER SHARE, OF

UMB Financial Corporation

(the “Corporation”) transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by its duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued and shall be held subject to all of the provisions of the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation (as amended, the “Restated Articles of Incorporation”), the Certificate of Designation, dated [•], of the Corporation (the “Certificate of Designation”) and the Bylaws of the Corporation and any amendments thereto. This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.

[SEAL]

IMPORTANT NOTICE

THE CORPORATION WILL FURNISH WITHOUT CHARGE TO EACH SHAREHOLDER WHO SO REQUESTS, THE POWERS, DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES AND RELATIVE, PARTICIPATING, OPTIONAL OR OTHER SPECIAL RIGHTS OF EACH CLASS OF STOCK OF THE CORPORATION AND THE QUALIFICATIONS, LIMITATIONS OR RESTRICTIONS OF SUCH PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS, AND THE VARIATIONS IN RIGHTS, PREFERENCES AND LIMITATIONS DETERMINED FOR EACH SERIES, WHICH ARE FIXED BY THE RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION AND THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION AND THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO DETERMINE VARIATIONS FOR FUTURE SERIES. SUCH REQUEST MAY BE MADE TO THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION OR TO THE TRANSFER AGENT. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY REQUIRE THE OWNER OF A LOST OR DESTROYED SHARE CERTIFICATE, OR THEIR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES, TO GIVE THE CORPORATION A BOND TO INDEMNIFY IT AND ITS TRANSFER AGENTS AND REGISTRARS AGAINST ANY CLAIM THAT MAY BE MADE AGAINST THEM ON ACCOUNT OF THE ALLEGED LOSS OR DESTRUCTION OF ANY SUCH CERTIFICATE.

KEEP THIS CERTIFICATE IN A SAFE PLACE. IF IT IS LOST, STOLEN OR DESTROYED, THE CORPORATION MAY REQUIRE A BOND OF INDEMNITY AS A CONDITION TO THE ISSUANCE OF A REPLACEMENT 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:

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, _________________ HEREBY SELLS, ASSIGNS AND TRANSFERS UNTO

_____________(_______________) shares of preferred stock of the Corporation represented by this Certificate and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint ________________________ attorney to transfer the said shares on the books of the Corporation, with full power of substitution in the premises.

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