CIBC to Issue Aggregate $600 million of NVCC AT1 Limited Recourse Capital Notes & Institutional NVCC Preferred Shares

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TORONTO, March 17, 2025 /CNW/ - CIBC (TSX: CM) (NYSE: CM) today announced a domestic public offering of $450 million of 6.369% Limited Recourse Capital Notes Series 6 (Non-Viability Contingent Capital ("NVCC")) (Subordinated Indebtedness) (the "LRCNs") and a domestic public offering of $150 million Non-Cumulative 5-Year Fixed Rate Reset Class A Preferred Shares Series 61 (NVCC) (the "Series 61 Shares", and collectively with the LRCNs, the "Securities"). The Securities will be sold to certain institutional investors through a dealer syndicate led by CIBC Capital Markets.

The LRCNs will be issued at a price of $1,000 per note and will bear interest at a rate of 6.369% annually, payable semi-annually, for the initial period ending on, but excluding, April 28, 2030. Thereafter, the interest rate on the LRCNs will reset every five years at a rate equal to the prevailing 5-year Government of Canada Yield plus 3.65%. The LRCNs will mature on April 28, 2085. 

In connection with the issuance of the LRCNs, CIBC will issue Non-Cumulative 5-Year Fixed Rate Reset Class A Preferred Shares Series 60 (NVCC) (the "Series 60 Shares") to be held by Computershare Trust Company of Canada as trustee of CIBC LRCN Limited Recourse Trust (the "Limited Recourse Trust"). In case of non-payment of interest on or principal of the LRCNs when due, the recourse of each LRCN holder will be limited to that holder's proportionate share of the Limited Recourse Trust's assets held in respect of the LRCNs, which will consist of Series 60 Shares except in limited circumstances.

The Series 61 Shares will be issued at a price of $1,000 per share and will pay dividends at a rate of 6.369% annually, payable semi-annually, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of CIBC, for the initial period ending on, but excluding, April 28, 2030. Thereafter, the dividend rate on the Series 61 Shares will reset every five years at a rate equal to the prevailing 5-year Government of Canada Yield plus 3.65%.

CIBC may redeem the Securities during the period from March 28 to and including April 28, commencing on March 28, 2030 and every five years thereafter with the prior written approval of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada), in whole or in part on not less than 10 days' nor more than 60 days' prior notice.

The net proceeds to CIBC from the sale of the Securities will be used for general corporate purposes, which may include the redemption of outstanding capital securities of CIBC, and/or the repayment of other outstanding liabilities of CIBC.

The expected closing date of the offerings is March 24, 2025. The closing of the offerings are not conditional on each other.

The Securities will each be offered by way of a prospectus supplement to the bank's short form base shelf prospectus dated September 20, 2024, to be filed on or about March 18, 2025 with the securities commissions and other similar regulatory authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada.

Access to the prospectus supplements, the corresponding base shelf prospectus and any amendment thereto in connection with these offerings is provided in accordance with securities legislation relating to procedures for providing access to a shelf prospectus supplement, a base shelf prospectus and any amendment thereto. The prospectus supplements, the base shelf prospectus and any amendment thereto in connection with these offerings will be accessible within two business days at www.sedarplus.com.

An electronic or paper copy of the shelf prospectus supplements, the corresponding base shelf prospectus and any amendment to the documents may be obtained, without charge, from CIBC World Markets Inc., by contacting 416-594-8515 or email at [email protected], by providing the contact with an email address or address, as applicable.

The Securities have not been, and will not be, registered in the United States under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or the securities laws of any state of the United States and may not be offered, sold or delivered, directly or indirectly in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, a "U.S. person" (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) absent registration under the Securities Act or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or an invitation to purchase or subscribe for any securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction where such offer is unlawful.

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SOURCE CIBC - Investor Relations

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