Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce 6-K, filed Apr 8, 2020

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16under

the Securities Exchange Actof 1934

CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

Commerce Court

Toronto, Ontario

Canada M5L 1A2

(Address of principal executive offices)

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

Exhibits

Exhibit99.1

CIBC Announces Election of Directors

TORONTO, April 8, 2020 /CNW/ -CIBC(TSX: CM) (NYSE: CM) announced today that the nominees listed in its Management Proxy Circular dated February 26, 2020 were elected as Directors of CIBC.

Detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held earlier today at CIBC's Annual Meeting of Shareholders are below.

Each of the following 15 nominees proposed by management was elected as a Director of CIBC:

Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Annual Meeting will be available shortly at https://www.cibc.com/en/about-cibc/investor-relations/annual-meeting.html  and will be filed with Canadian and U.S. securities regulators.

About CIBC

CIBC is a leading North American financial institution with 10 million personal banking, business, public sector and institutional clients. Across Personal and Business Banking, Commercial Banking and Wealth Management, and Capital Markets businesses, CIBC offers a full range of advice, solutions and services through its leading digital banking network, and locations across Canada with offices in the United States and around the world. Ongoing news releases and more information about CIBC can be found at https://cibc.mediaroom.com/.

SOURCE CIBC

View original content to download multimedia: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2020/08/c3289.html

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For further information: Investor Relations: Alice Dunning, 416-861-8870, alice.dunning@cibc.com; Investor & Financial Communications, Erica Belling, 416-594-7251, erica.belling@cibc.com

CO: CIBC

CNW 15:19e 08-APR-20

Exhibit 99.2