Covered Bond Swap Confirmation | |
January 14, 2025 | |
To: | CIBC Covered Bond (Legislative) Guarantor Limited Partnership, |
acting by its managing general partner, CIBC Covered Bond (Legislative) GP Inc. | |
Brookfield Place, 11th Floor | |
161 Bay Street | |
Toronto, Ontario | |
Canada M5J 2S8 | |
Attention: | Wojtek Niebrzydowski, Vice President, Treasury |
From: | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce |
Re: | Covered Bond Transaction - USD 1,500,000,000 4.876% Covered Bonds due January 14, |
2030 Series CBL59 (ISIN: Reg S - USC2428PBN09; 144A - US13607PVU55; Common | |
Code: Reg S - 297812203; 144A - 297812220) under Canadian Imperial Bank of | |
Commerce's CAD 60,000,000,000 Global Covered Bond Programme unconditionally and | |
irrevocably guaranteed as to payments by CIBC Covered Bond (Legislative) Guarantor | |
Limited Partnership, acting by its managing general partner, CIBC Covered Bond | |
(Legislative) GP Inc. | |
And Re: | Trade Reference Series CBL59 |
Dear Sir or Madam,
The purpose of this letter is to confirm the terms and conditions of the transaction entered into between Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce ("Party A") and CIBC Covered Bond (Legislative) Guarantor Limited Partnership, acting by its managing general partner, CIBC Covered Bond (Legislative) GP Inc. ("Party B") on the Trade Date specified below (the "Transaction"). This facsimile constitutes a "Confirmation" as referred to in the Agreement as specified below.
This Confirmation evidences a complete binding agreement between you and us as to the terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. This Confirmation supplements, forms part of, and is subject to, the ISDA Master Agreement dated as of January 14, 2025 (identified on page 1 thereof as the "Covered Bonds 2002 Master Agreement (Series CBL59)"), as amended and supplemented from time to time, between you and us (the "Agreement"). All provisions contained in the Agreement shall govern this Confirmation except as expressly modified below. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of the Agreement and this Confirmation, this Confirmation will prevail for the purpose of this Transaction. The definitions and provisions contained in the 2021 ISDA Interest Rate Derivatives Definitions (as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.) (the "Definitions") are incorporated into this Confirmation. In the event of any inconsistency between any of the following, the first listed shall govern: (i) this Confirmation; (ii) the Prospectus for the Programme dated July 31, 2024, as supplemented by the first Prospectus Supplement dated August 30, 2024, and by the second Prospectus Supplement dated December 6, 2024 (collectively, the "Prospectus"); (iii) the Third Amended and Restated Master Definitions and Construction Agreement dated July 22, 2021, between Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, CIBC Covered Bond (Legislative) Guarantor Limited Partnership, Computershare Trust Company of Canada, 8412413 Canada Inc., CIBC Covered Bond (Legislative) GP Inc., and Ernst & Young LLP and each other Person who may from time to time become a party thereto, as amended by the First Amending Agreement dated July 28, 2023 and the Second Amending Agreement dated July 31, 2024, as may be further amended, restated or supplemented from time to time (collectively, the "Master Definitions and Construction Agreement"); and (iv) the Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective
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meanings given to them in the Master Definitions and Construction Agreement. For the purposes of the Definitions, references herein to a "Transaction" shall be deemed to be references to a "Swap Transaction".
The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates are as follows:
Trade Date: | January 7, 2025. | ||
Effective Date: | The earlier of (i) the date on which a Contingent Collateral Trigger | ||
Event occurs and (ii) the date on which a Covered Bond Swap | |||
Activation Event occurs; provided that the Effective Date will be | |||
such date on which a Covered Bond Swap Activation Event | |||
occurs if (a) Party A is also the lender under the Intercompany | |||
Loan Agreement, (b)(i) a Contingent Collateral Trigger Event has | |||
occurred in respect of Party A, (ii) a Contingent Collateral Notice | |||
is delivered in respect of such Contingent Collateral Trigger Event | |||
and, (iii) within 10 Toronto Business Days of the occurrence of | |||
such Contingent Collateral Trigger Event and for so long as a | |||
Contingent Collateral Trigger Event continues to exist, Party B has | |||
Contingent Collateral in respect of this Agreement, and (c) the | |||
Asset Coverage Test or the Amortization Test, as applicable, | |||
continues to be satisfied. | |||
Covered Bond Swap Activation Event | The earlier to occur of (a) an Issuer Event of Default and (b) a | ||
Guarantor Event of Default, together with the service of a | |||
Guarantor Acceleration Notice on the Issuer and on the Guarantor. | |||
Termination Date: | Unless terminated earlier by a Covered Bond Swap Early | ||
Termination Event, the earlier of: | |||
(a) | the Final Maturity Date for (or, if earlier, the date of | ||
redemption in whole, but not in part, of) the final Tranche | |||
of Series CBL59 or, if Party B notifies Party A prior to | |||
such Final Maturity Date of its inability to pay in full | |||
Guaranteed Amounts corresponding to the Final | |||
Redemption Amount for such final Tranche of Series | |||
CBL59, the final date on which an amount representing | |||
the Final Redemption Amount for such final Tranche of | |||
Series CBL59 is paid (but in any event, not later than the | |||
Extended Due for Payment Date for such final Tranche of | |||
Series CBL59, if any) (the "Scheduled Termination | |||
Date"); and | |||
(b) | the date designated therefor by the Bond Trustee and | ||
notified to Party A and Party B for purposes of realizing | |||
the Security in accordance with the Security Agreement | |||
and distributing the proceeds therefrom in accordance | |||
with the Post-Enforcement Priority of Payments following | |||
the enforcement of the Security pursuant | to | ||
Condition 7.03, as modified by the Final Terms | for | ||
Series CBL59. | |||
Currency Swap Transaction Exchange Rate: | 1 USD: 1.4351 CAD | ||
Business Days: | London, Toronto, New York |
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Calculation Period | In respect of Floating Amounts, each Guarantor Calculation Period | ||||||
and in respect of Fixed Amounts, each Swap Provider Calculation | |||||||
Period. | |||||||
Guarantor Calculation Period | Each period from and including the last Business Day of each | ||||||
month to, but excluding, the last Business Day of the next | |||||||
succeeding month, provided that (a) the first Guarantor Calculation | |||||||
Period begins on, and includes, the Effective Date and (b) the final | |||||||
Guarantor Calculation Period shall end on, but exclude, the | |||||||
Termination Date. | |||||||
Floating Amounts | |||||||
Floating Rate Payer: | Party B. | ||||||
Party B Payment Date: | Each Guarantor Payment Date, commencing the first such date | ||||||
following the first Calculation Date which occurs after the | |||||||
Effective Date. | |||||||
Party B Payment Amount: | On each Party B Payment Date, Party B will pay in Canadian | ||||||
Dollars to Party A the product of: | |||||||
(a) | the | Party B | Notional | Amount | for the | Guarantor | |
Calculation Period ending immediately preceding such | |||||||
Guarantor Payment Date; | |||||||
(b) | Party B Day Count Fraction; and | ||||||
(c) | the Party B Floating Rate. | ||||||
Party B Notional Amount: | For | each Guarantor Calculation Period, the product of (x) the | |||||
Party A Currency Amount on the first day of such Guarantor | |||||||
Calculation | Period | and (y) the | Currency | Swap | Transaction | ||
Exchange Rate. | |||||||
Party B Day Count Fraction: | Actual/365 (Fixed) | ||||||
Party B Business Day Convention: | Following. | ||||||
Party B Floating Rate: | Party B Floating Rate Option plus Party B Base Spread. | ||||||
Party B Floating Rate Option: | CAD-CORRA. | ||||||
Party B Reset Date | The last day of each Guarantor Calculation Period | ||||||
Party B Base Spread: | +0.65 per cent. per annum. | ||||||
Fixed Amounts | |||||||
Fixed Amount Payer: | Party A. | ||||||
Party A Currency Amount: | In respect of each Swap Provider Calculation Period, an amount in | ||||||
USD equal to the Party A Notional Amount minus the aggregate of | |||||||
each Party A Interim Exchange Amount paid on or prior to the first |
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day of such Calculation Period. | ||
Swap Provider Calculation Period: | On | or prior to the Final Maturity Date, each period from and |
including a Swap Provider Payment Date to, but excluding, the | ||
next following applicable Swap Provider Payment Date, except | ||
that (a) the initial Swap Provider Calculation Period will | ||
commence on, and include, the Swap Provider Payment Date (as | ||
such term is defined without reference to the words "commencing | ||
the first such date after the Effective Date") immediately preceding | ||
the Effective Date and (b) the final Swap Provider Calculation | ||
Period will end on, but exclude, the Scheduled Termination Date. | ||
After the Final Maturity Date, each period from and including a | ||
Swap Provider Calculation Period End Date, but excluding, the | ||
next following applicable Swap Provider Calculation Period End | ||
Date, except that (a) the initial Swap Provider Calculation Period | ||
will commence on, and include, the Swap Provider Calculation | ||
Period End Date immediately preceding the Effective Date and | ||
(b) the final Swap Provider Calculation Period will end on, but | ||
exclude, the Scheduled Termination Date. | ||
Swap Provider Payment Date: | January 14th and July 14th in each year, commencing the first such | |
date after the Effective Date up to and including the Final Maturity | ||
Date for Series CBL59, and the 14th calendar day of each month | ||
after the Final Maturity Date for Series CBL59 until and including | ||
the Scheduled Termination Date (which, for greater certainty, may | ||
be a date other than the 14th day of the month). | ||
Party A Notional Amount: | USD 1,500,000,000 | |
Party A Payment Amount: | On each Swap Provider Payment Date on or prior to the Final | |
Maturity Date for Series CBL59, Party A will pay to Party B the | ||
product of: | ||
(a) | the Party A Currency Amount for the Swap Provider | |
Calculation Period ending on such Swap Provider | ||
Payment Date; | ||
(b) | the Party A Fixed Rate Day Count Fraction for the Swap | |
Provider Calculation Period ending on such Swap | ||
Provider Payment Date; and | ||
(c) | the Party A Fixed Rate. | |
On each Swap Provider Payment Date after the Final Maturity | ||
Date for Series CBL59, Party A will pay to Party B the product of: | ||
(a) | the Party A Currency Amount for the Swap Provider | |
Calculation Period ending immediately prior to such | ||
Swap Provider Payment Date; | ||
(b) | the Party A Floating Rate Day Count Fraction for the | |
Swap Provider Calculation Period ending immediately | ||
prior to such Swap Provider Payment Date; and |
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(c) | the Party A Floating Rate. | |
Party A Fixed Rate: | From and including the Effective Date up to but excluding the | |
Final Maturity Date, 4.876% per annum. | ||
Party A Fixed Rate Day Count Fraction: | 30/360 | |
Party A Floating Rate: | Greater of (i) Party A Floating Rate Option plus Party A Spread, | |
payable in arrear, and (ii) zero. | ||
Party A Floating Rate Option: | Compounded Daily SOFR, as defined in the Prospectus, provided | |
that the terms, "Interest Period" and "Maturity Date" as used in | ||
that definition means "Swap Provider Calculation Period" and | ||
"Final Maturity Date", respectively. | ||
Interest Determination Date: | One U.S. Government Securities Business Day (as defined in the | |
Prospectus) after each Swap Provider Calculation Period End Date, | ||
subject to the definition of Compounded Daily SOFR which | ||
provides that for the purposes of calculating Compounded Daily | ||
SOFR with respect to the final Swap Provider Calculation Period, | ||
the daily SOFR for each calendar day in the period from and | ||
including the Rate Cut-Off Date to but excluding the Final | ||
Maturity Date (or the Extended Due for Payment Date, if | ||
applicable) will be the daily SOFR in respect of such Rate Cut-Off | ||
Date. | ||
Swap Provider Calculation Period End Date: | The second U.S. Government Securities Business Days before | |
each Swap Provider Payment Date. | ||
Rate Cut-Off Date: | The second U.S. Government Securities Business Day prior to the | |
Final Maturity Date or the Extended Due for Payment Date, if | ||
applicable. | ||
Party A Spread: | +0.71% per annum | |
Party A Floating Rate Day Count Fraction: | Actual/360 (Fixed) | |
Party A Business Day Convention: | On or prior to the Final Maturity Date, Following, provided that no | |
adjustment will be made to the end date in respect of a Swap | ||
Provider Calculation Period even if such end date occurs on a day | ||
that is not a Business Day, and after the Final Maturity Date, | ||
Modified Following. | ||
Interim Exchanges | ||
Interim Exchange Date: | If (a) an Extended Due for Payment Date is specified as applicable | |
in the Final Terms for Series CBL59 and (b) Party B has notified | ||
Party A that the payment of any or all of the Final Redemption | ||
Amount for such Series shall be deferred until the Extended Due | ||
for Payment Date pursuant to Condition 6.01, as modified by the | ||
Final Terms, for such Series, then each Interest Payment Date for |
such Series falling after the Final Maturity Date up to (and including) the relevant Extended Due for Payment Date for which Party B has provided at least three Business Days' prior notice of
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Party A Interim Exchange Amount:
Party B Interim Exchange Amount:
Final Exchanges
Final Exchange Date:
Party A Final Exchange Amount:
Party B Final Exchange Amount:
Other Provisions
Calculation Agent:
Account Details
Account for payments to Party A in CAD:
Bank:
SWIFT:
For further credit account: Attention:
or such other account as Party A may direct.
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the related Party B Interim Exchange Amount.
With respect to an Interim Exchange Date, the amount in USD notified by Party B to Party A as being the portion of the Final Redemption Amount for Series CBL59 that Party B shall pay pursuant to Condition 6.01, as modified by the Final Terms, for Series CBL59.
With respect to an Interim Exchange Date, the Party A Interim Exchange Amount for such Interim Exchange Date converted into Canadian Dollars at the Currency Swap Transaction Exchange Rate.
If Party B is required to pay a Final Redemption Amount for Series CBL59 on any day pursuant to Condition 7.02, as modified by the Final Terms, for Series CBL59 and provides at least three Business Days' prior notice thereof to Party A, then the day so specified in such notice.
The amount in USD notified by Party B to Party A as being the Early Redemption Amount for Series CBL59 plus accrued but unpaid interest and any other amount due under such Series CBL59 (other than additional amounts payable under Condition 8, as modified by the Final Terms, for Series CBL59) that Party B shall pay pursuant to Condition 7.02, as modified by the Final Terms, for Series CBL59.
The Party A Final Exchange Amount converted into Canadian Dollars at the Currency Swap Transaction Exchange Rate.
Party A.
Canadian Imperial Bank Commerce
CIBCCATT 0999245 CIBC Treasury
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Account for payments to Party B in USD | Such account as directed by Party B. |
Contact Details for notices | |
Party A | As set out in Part 4 of the Agreement. |
Party B | As set out in Part 4 of the Agreement. |
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Confirmation
Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of our agreement by executing a copy of this Confirmation and returning it to us. We are delighted to have executed this Transaction with you and look forward to working with you again.
Time of trading is available upon request.
Yours sincerely,
CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE
By:
Name: Wojtek Niebrzydowski
Title: Authorized Signatory
Confirmed as of the date first written above:
CIBC COVERED BOND (LEGISLATIVE) GUARANTOR LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, acting by its managing general partner, CIBC Covered Bond (Legislative) GP Inc.
By:
Name: Wojtek Niebrzydowski
Title: Authorized Signatory
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