UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT AUGUST 29, 2016 CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE DEBT SECURITIESUnderwriting Agreement • August 31st, 2016 • Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce /Can/ • Commercial banks, nec • New York
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, a Canadian bank chartered under the Bank Act (Canada) (the Bank), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule 2 hereto (the Underwriters) US$1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 1.600% Senior Notes due September 6, 2019 (the Fixed Rate Notes) and US$500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Senior Notes due September 6, 2019 (the Floating Rate Notes and, together with the Fixed Rate Notes, the Securities), as set forth in Schedule 1 hereto, to be issued pursuant to the provisions of an indenture, dated as of September 14, 2010 (the Indenture), between the Bank and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the Trustee). Barclays Capital Inc., CIBC World Markets Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC shall act as representatives of the several Underwriters (the Representatives).
