TORONTO, Feb. 7 /CNW/ - Based on the rules as set out in OSFI's February 4th Advisory regarding the Treatment of Non-Qualifying Capital Instruments, CIBC currently expects to exercise a regulatory event redemption only in 2022 and only in respect of the Series B Innovative Tier 1 Notes issued by CIBC Capital Trust.

Future circumstances within or outside CIBC's control, including generally applicable legal changes that have the effect of causing non-qualifying regulatory capital to become compliant, may cause CIBC to change its expectation regarding the exercise of regulatory event redemptions and require CIBC to disclose an updated regulatory event redemption schedule.

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