UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT MARCH 26, 2019 CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE DEBT SECURITIESUnderwriting Agreement • April 2nd, 2019 • 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 3.100% Senior Notes due 2024 (the Notes or 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 Base Indenture) between the Bank and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the Trustee), to be supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of the Closing Date between the Bank and the Trustee (the Supplemental Indenture and, together with the Base Indenture as so amended and supplemented, the Indenture). Barclays Capital Inc., CIBC World Markets Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC shall act as representatives of the several Underwriters (the Representative
