UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE DEBT SECURITIESUnderwriting Agreement • October 3rd, 2017 • 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$1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.100% Senior Notes due 2020 (the Fixed Rate Notes) and US$500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2020 (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., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., CIBC World Markets Corp., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC shall act as representatives of the several Underwriters (the Representatives).
