Media Advisory - Leading retailers to present at CIBC's 13th Annual Retail
and Consumer Conference

TORONTO, Feb. 16 /CNW/ - CIBC (CM: TSX; NYSE) - CIBC will host its 13th Annual Retail and Consumer Investors Conference on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 in Toronto. The conference will feature presentations from some of Canada's leading publicly-traded retailers and provide key industry insight to our institutional investors.

This conference will focus predominantly on the retail merchandising sector. More information on the conference including an agenda and a list of presenting companies can be found at http://conferences.cibcwm.com/RETAIL2010/ (password = consumer10).

This event is by invitation only; media and the public are invited to listen to the corporate presentations via audio cast at the above link on the day of the conference.

CIBC's wholesale banking business provides a range of integrated credit and capital markets products, investment banking, and merchant banking to clients in key financial markets in North America and around the world. We provide innovative capital solutions and advisory expertise across a wide range of industries as well as top-ranked research for our corporate, government and institutional clients.

For further information: Media contact: Tom Wallis, Communications and Public Affairs, CIBC at [phone] or [email protected]