Toronto Dominion Bank 6-K, filed Feb 25, 2025
Toronto Dominion Bank (TD)
About this 6-K
Toronto Dominion Bank filed this 6-K on February 25, 2025.
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-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of February, 2025. |
Commission File Number: 001-14446 |
The Toronto-Dominion Bank
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
c/o General Counsel’s Office
P.O. Box 1, Toronto Dominion Centre,
Toronto, Ontario, M5K 1A2
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
| Form 20-F _________ | Form 40-F √ |
This Form 6-K is incorporated by reference into all outstanding Registration Statements of The Toronto-Dominion Bank filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated February 24, 2025 - The Toronto-Dominion Bank Receives Regulatory Approval for Normal Course Issuer Bid |
FORM 6-K
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, thereunto duly authorized.
| THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK | ||||
| DATE: February 24, 2025 | By: | /s/ Caroline Cook | ||
| Name: | Caroline Cook |
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| Title: | Associate Vice President, Legal Treasury and Corporate Securities |
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EXHIBIT 99.1
The Toronto-Dominion Bank Receives Regulatory Approval for Normal Course Issuer Bid
TORONTO, February 24, 2025 /CNW/ - The Toronto-Dominion Bank (“TD”) (TSX: TD) (NYSE: TD) announced today that the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”) and the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada have approved TD's previously announced normal course issuer bid (the “Bid”) to purchase for cancellation up to 100 million of its common shares. The Bid will commence on March 3, 2025 and end on February 28, 2026, or such earlier date as TD may determine.
The maximum number of shares that may be purchased for cancellation under the Bid represents approximately 5.7% of the public float of 1,751,598,409 common shares as at February 19, 2025, or 5.7% of the 1,752,312,163 issued and outstanding common shares as at February 19, 2025. Under the TSX rules, TD is entitled to purchase, during each trading day, up to 2,018,594 common shares (excluding purchases made pursuant to the block purchase exception), which represents 25% of the average daily trading volume of 8,074,379 common shares during the six months ended January 31, 2025.
TD will make purchases under the Bid through the facilities of the TSX as well as through other designated exchanges and alternative trading systems in Canada. Additionally, purchases may be made through the facilities of the New York Stock Exchange or other designated exchanges and published markets in the U.S. The purchases will be made in accordance with applicable securities laws and regulatory requirements. The price paid for such purchased shares will be the prevailing market price of such common shares at the time of acquisition or such other price as may be permitted by the TSX. All purchased common shares will be cancelled.
The number of shares and timing of the purchases under the Bid will be determined by TD. Prior to commencing purchases under the Bid, TD also intends to establish an automatic share purchase plan under which its broker, TD Securities, will purchase TD’s common shares within a defined set of criteria.
TD’s previous normal course issuer bid to purchase up to 90 million of its common shares commenced on August 31, 2023 and terminated on August 30, 2024. TD purchased 71,428,800 of its common shares under this previous normal course issuer bid through the facilities of the TSX as well as through other designated exchanges and alternative trading systems in Canada at an average price of $80.30 per common share.
As at October 31, 2024, the Bank's Common Equity Tier 1, Tier 1 and Total Capital and Leverage ratios were 13.11%, 14.78%, 16.76% and 4.19%, respectively.
Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
From time to time, the Bank (as defined in this document) makes written and/or oral forward-looking statements, including in this document, in other filings with Canadian regulators or the United States (U.S.) Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and in other communications. In addition, representatives of the Bank may make forward-looking statements orally to analysts, investors, the media, and others. All such statements are made pursuant to the "safe harbour" provisions of, and are intended to be forward-looking statements under, applicable Canadian and U.S. securities legislation, including the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements made in this document, the Management's Discussion and Analysis ("2024 MD&A") in the Bank's 2024 Annual Report under the heading "Economic Summary and Outlook", under the headings "Key Priorities for 2025" and "Operating Environment and Outlook" for the Canadian Personal and Commercial Banking, U.S. Retail, Wealth Management and Insurance, and Wholesale Banking segments, and under the heading "2024 Accomplishments and Focus for 2025" for the Corporate segment, and in other statements regarding the Bank's objectives and priorities for 2025 and beyond and strategies to achieve them, the regulatory environment in which the Bank operates, and the Bank's anticipated financial performance.
Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as "will", "would", "should", "believe", "expect", "anticipate", "intend", "estimate", "plan", "goal", "target", "may", and "could". By their very nature, these forward-looking statements require the Bank to make assumptions and are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties, general and specific. Especially in light of the uncertainty related to the physical, financial, economic, political, and regulatory environments, such risks and uncertainties - many of which are beyond the Bank's control and the effects of which can be difficult to predict - may cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements.
Risk factors that could cause, individually or in the aggregate, such differences include: strategic, credit, market (including equity, commodity, foreign exchange, interest rate, and credit spreads), operational (including technology, cyber security, process, systems, data, third-party, fraud, infrastructure, insider and conduct), model, insurance, liquidity, capital adequacy, legal and regulatory compliance (including financial crime), reputational, environmental and social, and other risks. Examples of such risk factors include general business and economic conditions in the regions in which the Bank operates (including the economic, financial, and other impacts of pandemics); geopolitical risk; inflation, interest rates and recession uncertainty; regulatory oversight and compliance risk; risks associated with the Bank's ability to satisfy the terms of the global resolution of the investigations into the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/anti-money laundering (AML) program; the impact of the global resolution of investigations into the Bank's U.S. BSA/AML program on the Bank's businesses, operations, financial condition, and reputation; the ability of the Bank to execute on long-term strategies, shorter-term key strategic priorities, including the successful completion of acquisitions and dispositions and integration of acquisitions, the ability of the Bank to achieve its financial or strategic objectives with respect to its investments, business retention plans, and other strategic plans; technology and cyber security risk (including cyber-attacks, data security breaches or technology failures) on the Bank's technologies, systems and networks, those of the Bank's customers (including their own devices), and third parties providing services to the Bank; data risk; model risk; fraud activity; insider risk; conduct risk; the failure of third parties to comply with their obligations to the Bank or its affiliates, including relating to the care and control of information, and other risks arising from the Bank's use of third-parties; the impact of new and changes to, or application of, current laws, rules and regulations, including without limitation consumer protection laws and regulations, tax laws, capital guidelines and liquidity regulatory guidance; increased competition from incumbents and new entrants (including Fintechs and big technology competitors); shifts in consumer attitudes and disruptive technology; environmental and social risk (including climate-related risk); exposure related to litigation and regulatory matters; ability of the Bank to attract, develop, and retain key talent; changes in foreign exchange rates, interest rates, credit spreads and equity prices; downgrade, suspension or withdrawal of ratings assigned by any rating agency, the value and market price of the Bank's common shares and other securities may be impacted by market conditions and other factors; the interconnectivity of Financial Institutions including existing and potential international debt crises; increased funding costs and market volatility due to market illiquidity and competition for funding; critical accounting estimates and changes to accounting standards, policies, and methods used by the Bank; and the occurrence of natural and unnatural catastrophic events and claims resulting from such events.
The Bank cautions that the preceding list is not exhaustive of all possible risk factors and other factors could also adversely affect the Bank's results. For more detailed information, please refer to the "Risk Factors and Management" section of the 2024 MD&A, as may be updated in subsequently filed quarterly reports to shareholders and news releases (as applicable) related to any events or transactions discussed under the headings "Significant Events" or "Significant and Subsequent Events" in the relevant MD&A, which applicable releases may be found on www.td.com.
All such factors, as well as other uncertainties and potential events, and the inherent uncertainty of forward-looking statements, should be considered carefully when making decisions with respect to the Bank. The Bank cautions readers not to place undue reliance on the Bank's forward-looking statements. Material economic assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements contained in this document are set out in this document, as well as the 2024 MD&A under the headings "Economic Summary and Outlook" and "Significant Events", under the headings "Key Priorities for 2025" and "Operating Environment and Outlook" for the Canadian Personal and Commercial Banking, U.S. Retail, Wealth Management and Insurance, and Wholesale Banking segments, and under the heading "2024 Accomplishments and Focus for 2025" for the Corporate segment, each as may be updated in subsequently filed quarterly reports to shareholders.
Any forward-looking statements contained in this document represent the views of management only as of the date hereof and are presented for the purpose of assisting the Bank's shareholders and analysts in understanding the Bank's financial position, objectives and priorities and anticipated financial performance as at and for the periods ended on the dates presented, and may not be appropriate for other purposes. The Bank does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time by or on its behalf, except as required under applicable securities legislation.
About TD Bank Group
The Toronto-Dominion Bank and its subsidiaries are collectively known as TD Bank Group ("TD" or the "Bank"). TD is the sixth largest bank in North America by assets and serves over 27.9 million customers in four key businesses operating in a number of locations in financial centres around the globe: Canadian Personal and Commercial Banking, including TD Canada Trust and TD Auto Finance Canada; U.S. Retail, including TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank®, TD Auto Finance U.S., and TD Wealth (U.S.); Wealth Management and Insurance, including TD Wealth (Canada), TD Direct Investing, and TD Insurance; and Wholesale Banking, including TD Securities and TD Cowen. TD also ranks among the world's leading online financial services firms, with more than 17 million active online and mobile customers. TD had $2.06 trillion in assets on October 31, 2024. The Toronto-Dominion Bank trades under the symbol "TD" on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges.
For further information: Brooke Hales, Vice President, Investor Relations, 416-307-8647, Brooke.hales@td.com; Elizabeth Goldenshtein, Senior Manager, Corporate Communications, 416-994-4124, Elizabeth.goldenshtein@td.com.