UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT JANUARY 26, 2018 CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE DEBT SECURITIESUnderwriting Agreement • January 29th, 2018 • 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$750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.700% Senior Notes due 2021 (the Fixed Rate Notes) and US$600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2021 (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). CIBC World Markets Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC shall act as representatives of the several Underwriters (the Representatives).
