TORONTO, April 24, 2014 /CNW/ - CIBC (TSX: CM) (NYSE: CM) announced today that the nominees listed in its Management Proxy Circular dated February 27, 2014 were elected as Directors of CIBC. Detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held earlier today in Montreal at CIBC's Annual Meeting of Shareholders are as follows.
Election of directors
On a vote by ballot, each of the following 16 nominees proposed by management was elected as a Director of CIBC:
| NOMINEES | VOTES FOR | VOTES WITHHELD | |||
| B. S. Belzberg | 201,949,425 | 99.73% | 555,041 | 0.27% | |
| G. F. Colter | 186,645,993 | 92.17% | 15,858,473 | 7.83% | |
| P. D. Daniel | 201,667,553 | 99.59% | 836,913 | 0.41% | |
| L. Desjardins | 200,889,914 | 99.20% | 1,614,552 | 0.80% | |
| G. D. Giffin | 192,754,153 | 95.19% | 9,750,313 | 4.81% | |
| L. S. Hasenfratz | 196,913,686 | 97.24% | 5,590,780 | 2.76% | |
| K. J. Kelly | 202,195,193 | 99.85% | 309,273 | 0.15% | |
| N. D. Le Pan | 202,095,025 | 99.80% | 409,441 | 0.20% | |
| J. P. Manley | 185,590,412 | 91.65% | 16,914,054 | 8.35% | |
| G. T. McCaughey | 201,722,321 | 99.61% | 782,145 | 0.39% | |
| J. L. Peverett | 200,074,467 | 98.80% | 2,429,999 | 1.20% | |
| L. Rahl | 172,302,382 | 85.09% | 30,202,084 | 14.91% | |
| C. Sirois | 201,073,684 | 99.29% | 1,430,782 | 0.71% | |
| K. B. Stevenson | 201,238,306 | 99.37% | 1,266,160 | 0.63% | |
| M. Turcotte | 201,433,469 | 99.47% | 1,070,997 | 0.53% | |
| R. W. Tysoe | 185,996,684 | 91.85% | 16,507,782 | 8.15% | |
About CIBC
CIBC is a leading Canadian-based global financial institution with nearly 11 million personal banking and business clients. Through our three major business units - Retail and Business Banking, Wealth Management and Wholesale Banking CIBC offers a full range of products and services through its comprehensive electronic banking network, branches and offices across Canada with offices in the United States and around the world. You can find other news releases and information about CIBC in our Media Centre on our corporate website at www.cibc.com.
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