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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * PAULS DOUGLAS J   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol COMMERCE BANCORP INC /NJ/ [CBH] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Executive Vice President (Last) (First) (Middle) COMMERCE BANCORP, INC., 1701 ROUTE 70 EAST 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/31/2008 (Street) CHERRY HILL, NJ 08034 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 03/31/2008   J(1)   111,923 D (1) 0 D   Common Stock 03/31/2008   J(1)   1,580 D (1) 0 I By Wife Common Stock 03/31/2008   J(1)   11,486 D (1) 0 (2) I 401(k) Allocation

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Right to Buy (3)

$ 21.4

03/31/2008

J(4)

50,000

(4)

02/18/2013

Common Stock

50,000

$ 0

0

D

Right to Buy (3)

$ 29.45

03/31/2008

J(4)

50,000

(4)

02/03/2014

Common Stock

50,000

$ 0

0

D

Right to Buy (3)

$ 31.38

03/31/2008

J(4)

30,000

(4)

03/08/2015

Common Stock

30,000

$ 0

0

D

Right to Buy (3)

$ 36.37

03/31/2008

J(4)

30,000

(4)

03/14/2016

Common Stock

30,000

$ 0

0

D

Right to Buy (3)

$ 33.12

03/31/2008

J(4)

30,000

(4)

03/20/2017

Common Stock

30,000

$ 0

0

D

Right to Buy (3)

$ 36.84

03/31/2008

J(4)

40,000

(4)

02/19/2018

Common Stock

40,000

$ 0

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
PAULS DOUGLAS J COMMERCE BANCORP, INC. 1701 ROUTE 70 EAST CHERRY HILL, NJ 08034			Executive Vice President

Signatures

Douglas J. Pauls		04/02/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Shares disposed of as a result of the merger between Commerce Bancorp, Inc. (CBH) and The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) pursuant to which each share of CBH common stock was exchanged for 0.4142 shares of TD common stock having a market value of $59.60 per share on the effective date of the merger and $10.50 in cash.
(2)	Reflects 401(k) allocations that have occurred since the date of the reporting person's last ownership report.
(3)	Granted under the Company's 1997 & 2004 Employee Stock Option Plan, which is a 16b-3 plan.
(4)	Per the terms of the Merger Agreement with TD, UPON COMPLETION OF THE MERGER, each outstanding option to purchase CBH common stock was converted to an option to purchase TD common stock on substantially the same terms, except that the number of options was adjusted by multiplying the number of CBH options by 0.5522, the grant price was adjusted by dividing the CBH grant price by 0.5522, and the options became immediately exercisable at the effective time of the merger and will remain exercisable until the expiration date of the option.

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