Issue Comments

CM.PR.P To Be Redeemed

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has announced:

its intention to redeem all of its issued and outstanding Non-cumulative Rate Reset Class A Preferred Shares Series 41 (Non-viability contingent capital (NVCC)) (Series 41 shares) (TSX: CM.PR.P), for cash. The redemption will occur on January 31, 2025. The redemption price is $25.00 per Series 41 share.

The $0.244313 quarterly dividend announced on December 5, 2024 will be the final dividend on the Series 41 shares and will be paid on January 28, 2025, covering the period to January 31, 2025, to shareholders of record on December 27, 2024.

Holders of the Series 41 shares should contact the financial institution, broker or other intermediary through which they hold the shares to confirm how they will receive their redemption proceeds.

CM.PR.P is a FixedReset, 3.75%+224, that commenced trading 2014-12-16 after being announced 2014-12-8. In December, notice of extension was published. CM.PR.P will reset at 3.909% effective January 31, 2020. I recommended against conversion and there was no conversion. The issue is tracked by HIMIPref™ and is assigned to the FixedReset-Discount subindex.

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