6-K

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 under

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of April, 2021 Commission File Number: 1-14678

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.

	CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE
Date: April 8, 2021	By:	/s/ Michelle Caturay
	Name:	Michelle Caturay
	Title:	Senior Vice-President, Associate General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Privacy Officer

Exhibits

Exhibits	Description
99.1	News Release Dated April 8, 2021 - CIBC Announces Election of Directors
99.2	Report of Voting Results

EX-99.1

 Exhibit 99.1

 

CIBC Announces Election of Directors

TORONTO, April 8, 2021 /CNW/ - CIBC (TSX: CM) (NYSE: CM) announced today that the nominees listed in its Management Proxy Circular dated February 16, 2021 were elected as Directors of CIBC, which brings the Board to gender parity with 50% women and 50% men.

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

On a vote by ballot, each of the following 14 nominees proposed by management was elected as a Director of CIBC:

Nominees	VOTES FOR		VOTES WITHHELD
Charles J.G. Brindamour	201,765,577	99.26%	1,494,262	0.74%
Nanci E. Caldwell	202,421,645	99.59%	838,194	0.41%
Michelle L. Collins	202,418,273	99.59%	841,566	0.41%
Patrick D. Daniel	201,112,081	98.94%	2,147,758	1.06%
Luc Desjardins	196,548,604	96.70%	6,711,235	3.30%
Victor G. Dodig	202,278,867	99.52%	980,972	0.48%
Kevin J. Kelly	202,596,626	99.67%	663,213	0.33%
Christine E. Larsen	202,467,853	99.61%	791,986	0.39%
Nicholas D. Le Pan	194,577,870	95.73%	8,681,969	4.27%
Mary Lou Maher	202,539,239	99.65%	720,600	0.35%
Jane L. Peverett	196,818,469	96.83%	6,441,370	3.17%
Katharine B. Stevenson	201,751,140	99.26%	1,508,699	0.74%
Martine Turcotte	202,520,926	99.64%	738,913	0.36%
Barry L. Zubrow	202,468,823	99.61%	791,016	0.39%

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/April2021/08/c6021.html

%CIK: 0001045520

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 14:34e 08-APR-21

EX-99.2

EXHIBIT 99.2

 

ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
VIRTUAL MEETING
Thursday, April 8, 2021
VOTING RESULTS

In accordance with section 11.3 of National Instrument 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations

"The following matters were voted on at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of CIBC (the ""Bank"") held on April 8, 2021. The votes were conducted by ballot. Each of the matters set out below is described in greater detail in the Management Proxy Circular which can be found at https://www.cibc.com/en/about-cibc/investor-relations/annual-reports-and-proxy-circulars.html." 

1.	Election of Directors
	Each of the following 14 nominees proposed by management was elected as a Director of the Bank.
	NOMINEES	VOTES FOR		VOTES WITHHELD
	Election of Directors	FOR	% FOR	WITHHOLD	% WITHHOLD
	Charles J.G. Brindamour	201,765,577	99.26%	1,494,262	0.74%
	Nanci E. Caldwell	202,421,645	99.59%	838,194	0.41%
	Michelle L. Collins	202,418,273	99.59%	841,566	0.41%
	Patrick D. Daniel	201,112,081	98.94%	2,147,758	1.06%
	Luc Desjardins	196,548,604	96.70%	6,711,235	3.30%
	Victor G. Dodig	202,278,867	99.52%	980,972	0.48%
	Kevin J. Kelly	202,596,626	99.67%	663,213	0.33%
	Christine E. Larsen	202,467,853	99.61%	791,986	0.39%
	Nicholas D. Le Pan	194,577,870	95.73%	8,681,969	4.27%
	Mary Lou Maher	202,539,239	99.65%	720,600	0.35%
	Jane L. Peverett	196,818,469	96.83%	6,441,370	3.17%
	Katharine B. Stevenson	201,751,140	99.26%	1,508,699	0.74%
	Martine Turcotte	202,520,926	99.64%	738,913	0.36%
	Barry L. Zubrow	202,468,823	99.61%	791,016	0.39%
2.	Appointment of Auditors
	Ernst & Young LLP was appointed as the auditors of the Bank.
	VOTES FOR		VOTES WITHHELD
	206,770,476	98.95%	2,187,566	1.05%
3.	Advisory resolution on Executive Compensation Approach (Say on Pay)
	VOTES FOR		VOTES AGAINST
	194,539,168	95.71%	8,719,867	4.29%
4.	Shareholder Proposal 1   - Circular Economy
	VOTES FOR		VOTES AGAINST		VOTES ABSTAIN *
	45,431,047	22.51%	156,410,401	77.49%	1,373,969	1%

 * An abstention is counted as present for quorum purposes but is not counted as a vote cast in determining whether the requisite majority of votes cast has approved the proposal.