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Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2)
Registration Statement No. 333-231751

 

Pricing Supplement to the Prospectus Supplement dated June 18, 2019 and the

Prospectus dated June 18, 2019

 

LOGO

The Toronto-Dominion Bank

US$1,000,000,000 0.750% Senior Medium-Term Notes, Series C, Due 2025

 

 

We will pay interest on the 0.750% Senior Medium-Term Notes, Series C, due 2025 (the “Notes”), semi-annually on March 11 and September 11 of each year. We will make the first interest payment on the Notes on March 11, 2021. The Notes will mature on September 11, 2025. The Notes will be our unsecured obligations and will rank equally with all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness from time to time outstanding. We will issue the Notes in minimum denominations of US$2,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess of US$2,000.

The Notes are bail-inable notes (as defined in the accompanying prospectus supplement) and subject to conversion in whole or in part — by means of a transaction or series of transactions and in one or more steps — into common shares of the Bank or any of its affiliates under subsection 39.2(2.3) of the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Act (the “CDIC Act”) and to variation or extinguishment in consequence, and subject to the application of the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein in respect of the operation of the CDIC Act with respect to the Notes.

Other than as set forth under “Terms of the Notes — Redemption for Tax Reasons,” we may not redeem the Notes prior to their maturity. There is no sinking fund for the Notes.

The Notes will not be listed on any securities exchange.

Investing in the Notes involves a number of risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page PS-8 of this pricing supplement and page S-4 of the prospectus supplement dated June 18, 2019 and page 1 of the accompanying prospectus dated June 18, 2019.

 

 

The Notes are unsecured and are not savings accounts or insured deposits of a bank. The Notes are not insured or guaranteed by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation, the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency or instrumentality of Canada or the United States.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of the Notes or determined that this pricing supplement or the accompanying prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

     Notes  
     Per Note     Total  

Price to the public(1)

     99.721   US$ 997,210,000  

Underwriting commissions

     0.350   US$ 3,500,000  

Proceeds to The Toronto-Dominion Bank

     99.371   US$ 993,710,000  

 

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The price to the public also will include interest accrued on the Notes after September 11, 2020, if any.

This pricing supplement may be used by certain of our affiliates in connection with offers and sales of the Notes in market-making transactions. TD Securities (USA) LLC is our affiliate. See “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)” in this pricing supplement.

We expect to deliver the Notes in book-entry only form through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (including through its indirect participants Euroclear, Clearstream and CDS) on or about September 11, 2020, against payment in immediately available funds.

Joint Book-Running Managers

 

TD Securities    Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC    J.P. Morgan
Citigroup   

nabSecurities, LLC

Co-Managers
IMI – Intesa Sanpaolo    SOCIETE GENERALE    Academy Securities
Drexel Hamilton    R. Seelaus & Co., LLC    Ramirez & Co., Inc.    Siebert Williams Shank

 

Pricing Supplement dated September 9, 2020


We are responsible for the information contained or incorporated by reference in this pricing supplement, the accompanying prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus, and in any free writing prospectus we may authorize to be delivered to you. We have not, and the agents have not, authorized anyone to give you any other information, and take no responsibility for any other information that others may give you. We are not, and the agents are not, making an offer to sell the Notes in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should not assume that the information contained in this pricing supplement, the accompanying prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus, the documents incorporated by reference or any free writing prospectus we may authorize to be delivered to you is accurate as of any date other than the dates thereon. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.

 

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

You should read this pricing supplement together with the prospectus supplement dated June 18, 2019 (the “prospectus supplement”) and the prospectus dated June 18, 2019 (the “base prospectus”) and the documents incorporated by reference therein (collectively, the “prospectus”), which together contain the terms of the Notes and supersede all prior or contemporaneous oral statements as well as any other written materials. You should carefully consider, among other things, the matters set forth in “Risk Factors” in this pricing supplement and the prospectus supplement and the base prospectus and the other information included and incorporated by reference in this pricing supplement and the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus. We urge you to consult your investment, legal, tax, accounting and other advisors before you invest in the Notes.

You may access these documents on the SEC website at www.sec.gov as follows (or if such address has changed, by reviewing our filings for the relevant date on the SEC website):

 

   

Prospectus Supplement dated June 18, 2019: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/947263/000119312519175713/d747878d424b3.htm

 

   

Prospectus dated June  18, 2019: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/947263/000119312519175701/d741334d424b3.htm

In addition to our continuous disclosure obligations under the securities laws of the provinces and territories of Canada, we are subject to the information reporting requirements of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and in accordance therewith file reports and other information with the SEC. Under the multijurisdictional disclosure system adopted by the United States, such reports and other information may be prepared in accordance with the disclosure requirements of Canada, which requirements are different from those of the United States. Our SEC filings are available to the public at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Our common shares are listed on the NYSE, and reports and other information concerning us can be inspected at the offices of the NYSE, 11 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005. Information about us can be located at our website at www.td.com. All Internet references in this pricing supplement and the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus are inactive textual references and we do not incorporate website contents into this pricing supplement and the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus.

Our Central Index Key, or CIK, on the SEC website is 947263.

 

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DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The SEC allows the Bank to “incorporate by reference” the information we file with it, which means we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. Copies of the documents incorporated herein by reference may be obtained upon written or oral request without charge from the Corporate Secretary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank, TD Bank Tower, Toronto-Dominion Centre, Toronto, Ontario, M5K 1A2, Canada (telephone: (416) 308-6963). The documents incorporated by reference are available at www.sec.gov.

We incorporate by reference:

 

   

our Annual Report on Form 40-F for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2019, the report dated December 4, 2019 to the shareholders and Directors of The Toronto-Dominion Bank on the Consolidated Balance Sheet of the Bank as at October 31, 2019 and 2018 and the Consolidated Statements of Income, Comprehensive Income, Changes in Equity, and Cash Flows for each of the years in the three year period ended October 31, 2019, and the report dated December 4, 2019 to the shareholders and Directors of The Toronto-Dominion Bank on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of October 31, 2019 (the “2019 Annual Report”); and

 

   

our Reports on Form 6-K dated November 25, 2019, December 5, 2019 (excluding Exhibit 99.2, Exhibit 99.3, Exhibit 99.4, Exhibit 99.5 and Exhibit 99.6 thereto), December 20, 2019 (related to our receipt of regulatory approval for a normal course issuer bid), January 17, 2020, January 27, 2020, February 27, 2020 (excluding Exhibit 99.4, Exhibit 99.5 and Exhibit 99.6 thereto), March 2, 2020, March 20, 2020 (related to a joint statement by Canadian banks regarding annual meeting planning), March 20, 2020 (related to our plan to hold virtual annual meeting of shareholders), April 1, 2020April  14, 2020, May 8, 2020, May 28, 2020 (excluding Exhibit 99.4, Exhibit 99.5 and Exhibit  99.6 thereto), June 12, 2020, July 16, 2020 and August 27, 2020 (excluding Exhibit 99.4, Exhibit 99.5 and Exhibit 99.6 thereto).

In addition, we will incorporate by reference all documents that we file under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and, to the extent, if any, we designate therein, reports on Form 6-K we furnish to the SEC after the date of this pricing supplement and prior to the termination of any offering contemplated in this pricing supplement.

Any statement contained in this pricing supplement, the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus or in any other document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference will be deemed to be modified or superseded, for the purposes of this pricing supplement, the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus, to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed or furnished document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. The modifying or superseding statement need not state that it has modified or superseded a prior statement or include any other information set forth in the document that it modifies or supersedes. The making of a modifying or superseding statement shall not be deemed an admission for any purposes that the modified or superseded statement, when made, constituted a misrepresentation, an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact that is required to be stated or that is necessary to make a statement not misleading in light of the circumstances in which it was made. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this pricing supplement, the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus.

All documents incorporated by reference, or to be incorporated by reference, have been filed with or furnished to, or will be filed with or furnished to, the SEC.

 

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TERMS OF THE NOTES

We describe the basic features of the Notes in the sections of the base prospectus called “Description of the Debt Securities” and the prospectus supplement called “Description of the Notes We May Offer,” subject to and as modified by the provisions described below. References in this pricing supplement to “we,” “us,” “our,” “TD” or “the Bank” are to The Toronto-Dominion Bank.

 

Issuer:    The Toronto-Dominion Bank
Title of Series:    Senior Medium-Term Notes, Series C
Issue:    0.750% Senior Medium-Term Notes, Series C, due 2025
Ranking:    Senior
Aggregate Principal Amount Initially Being Issued:   

 

US$1,000,000,000

Currency:    U.S. Dollars
Minimum Denominations:    US$2,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof
Issue Date:    September 11, 2020
Maturity Date:    September 11, 2025
Interest Rate:    0.750%
Interest Payment Dates:    Semi-annually on March 11 and September 11 of each year, beginning on March 11, 2021.
Day Count Fraction:    30 / 360
Record Dates for Interest Payments:    The fifteenth calendar day prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date.
Redemption at Our Option:   

The Notes may be redeemed at any time prior to maturity, as a whole or in part, at our option, at any time and from time to time on at least 30 days’, but not more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest discounted to the redemption date, on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) (the “Make-Whole Amount”), with respect to such Notes at a rate equal to the sum of the Treasury Rate plus 10 basis points. Accrued but unpaid interest will be payable to, but excluding, the redemption date. See “—Optional Redemption.”

 

See also “— Redemption for Tax Reasons.”

Optional Redemption by Holders of Notes:   

 

Not applicable.

Listing:    The Notes will not be listed on any securities exchange.
Clearance and Settlement:    DTC global (including through its indirect participants Euroclear, Clearstream and CDS as described under “Ownership, Book-Entry Procedures and Settlement” in the accompanying prospectus supplement and base prospectus).
Conflicts of Interest:    TD Securities (USA) LLC is our affiliate. Accordingly, the offering of the Notes will conform to the requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) Rule 5121. TD Securities (USA) LLC is not permitted to sell the Notes to an account over which it exercises discretionary authority without the prior specific written approval of the account holder.

 

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Canadian Bail-in Powers:    The Notes are bail-inable notes (as defined in the accompanying prospectus supplement) and subject to conversion in whole or in part — by means of a transaction or series of transactions and in one or more steps — into common shares of the Bank or any of its affiliates under subsection 39.2(2.3) of the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Act (the “CDIC Act”) and to variation or extinguishment in consequence, and subject to the application of the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein in respect of the operation of the CDIC Act with respect to the Notes. See “Description of the Debt Securities — Terms Specific to Senior Debt Securities — Special Provisions Related to Bail-inable Debt Securities” and “Risk Factors — Risks Related to the Bank’s Bail-inable Debt Securities” in the accompanying prospectus supplement and base prospectus.

Agreement with Respect to the Exercise of Canadian Bail-in Powers

By its acquisition of an interest in any Note, each holder or beneficial owner of that Note is deemed to (1) agree to be bound, in respect of the Notes, by the CDIC Act, including the conversion of the Notes, in whole or in part — by means of a transaction or series of transactions and in one or more steps — into common shares of the Bank or any of its affiliates under subsection 39.2(2.3) of the CDIC Act and the variation or extinguishment of the Notes in consequence, and by the application of the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein in respect of the operation of the CDIC Act with respect to the Notes; (2) attorn and submit to the jurisdiction of the courts in the Province of Ontario with respect to the CDIC Act and those laws; (3) have represented and warranted that TD has not directly or indirectly provided financing to the holder or beneficial owner of the Notes for the express purpose of investing in the Notes; and (4) acknowledge and agree that the terms referred to in clauses (1) and (2), above, are binding on that holder or beneficial owner despite any provisions in the indenture or the Notes, any other law that governs the Notes and any other agreement, arrangement or understanding between that holder or beneficial owner and the Bank with respect to the Notes.

Holders and beneficial owners of Notes will have no further rights in respect of their bail-inable notes to the extent those bail-inable notes are converted in a bail-in conversion, other than those provided under the bail-in regime, and by its acquisition of an interest in any Note, each holder or beneficial owner of that Note is deemed to irrevocably consent to the converted portion of the principal amount of that Note and any accrued and unpaid interest thereon being deemed paid in full by the Bank by the issuance of common shares of the Bank (or, if applicable, any of its affiliates) upon the occurrence of a bail-in conversion, which bail-in conversion will occur without any further action on the part of that holder or beneficial owner or the trustee; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, this consent will not limit or otherwise affect any rights that holders or beneficial owners may have under the bail-in regime.

See “Description of the Debt Securities — Terms Specific to Senior Debt Securities — Special Provisions Related to Bail-inable Debt Securities” in the accompanying prospectus supplement and base prospectus for a description of the provisions applicable to the Notes as a result of Canadian bail-in powers.

Additional Amounts

All payments of principal and interest and other amounts payable in respect of the Notes by us will be made without us making any withholding of or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature (“Taxes”), unless the withholding or deduction of such Taxes is required or authorized by law or the administration thereof. In that event, we will, subject to certain exceptions and limitations set forth below, pay such additional amounts (“Additional Amounts”) to the holder or beneficial owner of any Note as may be necessary in order that every net payment of the principal of and interest on such Note and any other amounts payable on such Note, after any withholding or deduction for Taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of Canada or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein having the power to tax (each a “Taxing Jurisdiction”) (and Taxes imposed or levied by a Taxing Jurisdiction on such Additional Amounts), will not be less than the amount such holder or beneficial owner would have received

 

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if such Taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of a Taxing Jurisdiction had not been withheld or deducted. We will not, however, be required to make any payment of Additional Amounts to any holder or beneficial owner for or on account of:

 

   

any Taxes that would not have been so imposed but for a present or former connection (including, without limitation, carrying on business in a Taxing Jurisdiction or having a permanent establishment or fixed base in a Taxing Jurisdiction) between such holder or beneficial owner of a Note (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of, or possessor of power over, such holder or beneficial owner, if such holder or beneficial owner is an estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company or corporation) and a Taxing Jurisdiction, other than merely holding such Note or receiving payments with respect to such Note;

 

   

any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer or personal property Tax or any similar Tax with respect to a Note;

 

   

any Tax imposed by reason that such holder or beneficial owner of a Note or other person entitled to payment under the Note does not deal at arm’s length within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada) with us or is, or does not deal at arm’s length with any person who is, a “specified shareholder” of us for purposes of the thin capitalization rules in the Income Tax Act (Canada);

 

   

any Tax that is levied or collected otherwise than by withholding from payments on or in respect of a Note;

 

   

any Tax required to be withheld by any paying agent from any payment on a Note, if such payment can be made without such withholding by at least one other paying agent;

 

   

any Tax that would not have been imposed but for the failure of a holder or beneficial owner of a Note to comply with certification, identification, declaration, information or other reporting requirements, if such compliance is required by a Taxing Jurisdiction (including where required by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative pronouncement) as a precondition to relief or exemption from such Tax;

 

   

any Tax which would not have been imposed but for the presentation of a Note (where presentation is required) for payment on a date more than 30 days after (i) the date on which such payment became due and payable or (ii) the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later;

 

   

any withholding or deduction imposed pursuant to (i) Sections 1471 to 1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“FATCA”), or any successor version thereof, or any similar legislation imposed by any other governmental authority, (ii) any treaty, law, regulation or other official guidance enacted by Canada implementing FATCA or an intergovernmental agreement with respect to FATCA or any similar legislation imposed by any other governmental authority, or (iii) any agreement between us and the United States or any authority thereof implementing FATCA; or

 

   

any combination of the items listed above;

nor shall Additional Amounts be paid with respect to any payment on a Note to a holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or any person other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, a member of such partnership or such beneficial owner would not have been entitled to the Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner held its interest in the Note directly.

Optional Redemption

The Notes may be redeemed at any time prior to maturity, as a whole or in part, at our option, at any time and from time to time on at least 30 days’, but not more than 60 days’, prior notice provided (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with DTC procedures) to each holder of the Notes to be redeemed. The redemption price will be calculated by us and will be equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (2) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined below)

 

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discounted to the redemption date, on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at a rate equal to the sum of the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 10 basis points. In the case of each of clauses (1) and (2), accrued but unpaid interest will be payable to, but excluding, the redemption date.

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security or securities selected by the Investment Bank (as defined below) as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date for the Notes, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations (as defined below) for such redemption date after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Investment Bank obtains fewer than three such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

“Investment Bank” means TD Securities (USA) LLC or its successors, or, if such firm is not willing and able to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, an investment banking institution of national standing appointed by us.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means the Investment Bank, which is a primary U.S. government securities dealer and its successors, as selected by us, and any other primary U.S. government securities dealer as we may specify from time to time, provided, however, that if any of them shall cease to be a primary U.S. government securities dealer, we will substitute therefor another primary U.S. government securities dealer.

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date for the Notes, the average, as determined by the Investment Bank, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Investment Bank by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such redemption date.

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to the Notes to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on such Notes that would be due after the related redemption date through maturity (not including any portion of payments of interest accrued as of the redemption date). If that redemption date is not an interest payment date with respect to the Notes, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on the Notes will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued on the Notes to the redemption date.

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date for the Notes, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolation (on a day count basis) of the interpolated Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date, as determined by us or the Investment Bank.

On and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or any portion of the Notes called for redemption, unless we default in the payment of the redemption price and accrued interest. On or before the redemption date, we will deposit with our paying agent or the trustee money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on the Notes to be redeemed on that date.

Any redemption or notice may, at our discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent and, at our discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions precedent included at our discretion shall be satisfied (or waived by us) or the redemption date may not occur and such notice may be rescinded if all such conditions precedent included at our discretion shall not have been satisfied (or waived by us).

 

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In the case of any partial redemption, selection of the Notes to be redeemed will be made in accordance with applicable procedures of DTC.

Redemption for Tax Reasons

We may redeem the Notes, in whole but not in part, at our option at any time prior to maturity, upon the giving of a notice of redemption as described below, if:

(i) as a result of any change (including any announced prospective change) in or amendment to the laws or treaties (or any rules, regulations, rulings or administrative pronouncements thereunder) of Canada or of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein affecting taxation, or any change in official position regarding the application or interpretation of such laws, treaties, rules, regulations, rulings or administrative pronouncements (including a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction), which change or amendment is announced or becomes effective on or after the date of this pricing supplement, in the written opinion of our legal counsel of recognized standing, we have or will become obligated to pay, on the next succeeding date on which interest is due, Additional Amounts (assuming, in the case of any announced prospective change, that such announced change will become effective as of the date specified in such announcement and in the form announced); or

(ii) on or after the date of this pricing supplement any action has been taken by any taxing authority of, or any decision has been rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction in, Canada or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, including any of those actions specified in the paragraph immediately above, whether or not such action was taken or decision was rendered with respect to us, or any change, amendment, application or interpretation shall be officially proposed, which, in any such case, in the written opinion of our legal counsel of recognized standing, will result in our becoming obligated to pay, on the next succeeding date on which interest is due, Additional Amounts (assuming, in the case of any announced prospective change, that such announced change will become effective as of the date specified in such announcement and in the form announced);

and, in any such case, we in our business judgment, determine that such obligation cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures available to us. For the avoidance of doubt, reasonable measures do not include a change in the terms of the Notes or a substitution of the debtor.

Prior to the giving of any notice of redemption pursuant to the above paragraph, we will deliver to the trustee:

 

   

a certificate stating that we are entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to our right to so redeem have occurred; and

 

   

an opinion of counsel prepared in accordance with the terms of the indenture.

Any Notes redeemed for tax reasons will be redeemed at 100% of their principal amount together with interest accrued up to, but excluding, the redemption date. Notice of redemption will be given not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, which date and the applicable redemption price will be specified in the notice.

Any such redemption of bail-inable notes will require the prior approval of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada) if the redemption would result in TD not meeting the Total Loss Absorbing Capacity (“TLAC”) requirements applicable to it pursuant to the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions guideline on TLAC.

 

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RISK FACTORS

An investment in the Notes is subject to the risk described below, as well as the risks described under “Risk Factors” in the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus. This pricing supplement should be read together with the accompanying prospectus supplement and the prospectus. The information in the prospectus supplement and prospectus is supplemented by, and to the extent inconsistent therewith replaced and superseded by, the information in this pricing supplement.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a significant global economic downturn which has adversely affected, and is expected to continue to adversely affect, the Bank’s business and results of operations, and the future impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Canadian, U.S., and/or global economy and the Bank’s business, results of operations, and financial condition remain uncertain.

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of a strain of novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, a global pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the Canadian, U.S., and global economies; disrupted Canadian, U.S., and global supply chains; lowered equity market valuations and created significant volatility and disruption in financial markets; contributed to a decrease in interest rates and yields on Canadian and U.S. treasury securities; resulted in ratings downgrades, credit deterioration and defaults in many industries; resulted in the closure of many businesses, leading to loss of revenues and increased unemployment; the institution of quarantines, social distancing, business closures, travel restrictions, and sheltering-in-place requirements in Canada, the U.S., and other countries; increased demands on capital and liquidity; and decreased consumer confidence. A substantial amount of the Bank’s business involves making loans or otherwise committing resources to retail and commercial borrowers, and specific industries or countries. The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on such borrowers could have significant adverse effects on the Bank’s financial results, businesses, financial condition or liquidity, including by influencing the recognition of credit losses in its loan portfolios and increasing its allowance for credit losses, particularly as businesses remain closed and as more customers are expected to draw on their lines of credit or seek additional loans to help finance their businesses. Should current economic conditions persist or continue to deteriorate, the Bank expects that this macroeconomic environment will continue to have an adverse effect on the business and results of operations, including decreased use of and demand for products and services; protracted periods of lower interest rates; lower asset management fees; lower sales and trading revenue due to decreased market liquidity resulting from heightened volatility; increased non-interest expenses including operational losses; downgrades to credit ratings; increased credit losses due to deterioration in the financial condition of borrowers, which may continue to increase provision for credit losses and net charge-offs; and the possibility that significant portions of the Bank’s employees, including key executives, may be unable to work effectively, including because of illness, quarantines, sheltering-in-place arrangements, government actions or other restrictions in connection with the pandemic. Additionally, the Bank’s liquidity and/or regulatory capital could be adversely impacted by customers’ withdrawal of deposits, difficulty in accessing liquidity at reasonable cost through the Bank’s funding programs; volatility and disruptions in the capital and credit markets; volatility in foreign exchange rates; and continued customer draws on lines of credit. Moreover, stress levels ultimately experienced by the Bank’s borrowers may be different from and more intense than assumptions made in earlier estimates or models used by the Bank during or prior to the emergence of the pandemic.

Governmental and regulatory authorities have taken, and are continuing to take, significant measures to provide economic assistance to individual households and businesses, stabilize the markets, and support economic growth. The success of these measures is unknown, and they may not be sufficient to fully mitigate the negative impact of the pandemic or avert continued recessionary conditions in the markets or economies in which the Bank operates. The Bank’s participation directly or on behalf of customers and clients in these measures may be criticized and subject the Bank to increased governmental and regulatory scrutiny, negative publicity or increased exposure to litigation, including class actions, or regulatory and government actions and proceedings,

 

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all of which could increase its operational, legal and compliance costs and damage its reputation. Furthermore, some measures, such as payment deferrals and other types of customer assistance, may have a negative impact on its business, financial condition, liquidity, and results of operations.

Moreover, the pandemic has created additional operational and compliance risks, including the need to quickly implement and execute new programs and procedures for the Bank’s products and services; provide enhanced safety measures for its employees and customers; comply with rapidly changing regulatory requirements; address the risk and increased incidence of, attempted fraudulent activity and cybersecurity threat behaviour; and protect the integrity and functionality of its systems and networks as a larger number of employees work remotely. The Bank also faces increased risk as a result of its reliance on third parties to support its businesses; just as the Bank is subject to additional operational and compliance risks, including those listed above, each of its agents and third-party suppliers may be exposed to similar risks which could in turn impact the Bank’s operations.

Consumer behaviour has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic (and may remain so changed even if economic conditions rebound and COVID-19 restrictions such as quarantines, travel restrictions, and business closures are lifted), and it is unclear how the macroeconomic business environment or societal norms may unfold after the pandemic. The post-COVID-19 environment may undergo unexpected developments or changes in financial markets, the fiscal, tax and regulatory environments, and consumer behaviour. These developments and changes could have an adverse impact on the Bank’s results of operations and financial condition. Ongoing business and regulatory uncertainties and changes may make the Bank’s longer-term business, balance sheet and budget planning more difficult or costly. The Bank, its management and its businesses may also experience increased or different competitive and other challenges in this environment. To the extent that the Bank is not able to adapt or compete effectively, it could experience loss of business and its results of operations and financial condition could suffer.

The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacts the Bank’s business, results of operations, corporate reputation or financial condition, as well as regulatory capital and liquidity ratios, will depend on future developments in Canada, the U.S. and globally, including the scope and duration of the pandemic, the continued effectiveness of business continuity plans, the direct and indirect impact of the pandemic on its customers, employees, counterparties and service providers, and actions taken by governmental, regulatory and other authorities in response to the pandemic and the impact and effectiveness of those actions, all of which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted. Furthermore, the recessionary conditions being seen in the Canadian and U.S. economies may be prolonged, and the Bank’s business could be severely and adversely affected by a prolonged recession. To the extent the COVID-19 pandemic adversely affects the Bank’s business, results of operations, corporate reputation or financial condition, it may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described under “Risk Factors That May Affect Future Results” in the Bank’s 2019 Annual Report.

 

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U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

For a discussion of certain material U.S. federal income tax consequences of owning the Notes, please see the section “Tax Consequences — United States Taxation” in the accompanying prospectus supplement and base prospectus.

CANADIAN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

For a discussion of certain material Canadian federal income tax consequences of owning the Notes, please see the section “Tax Consequences — Canadian Taxation” in the accompanying prospectus supplement and base prospectus.

BENEFIT PLAN INVESTOR CONSIDERATIONS

For a discussion of certain considerations in connection with owning the Notes with plan assets, please see the section “Benefit Plan Investor Considerations” in the accompanying prospectus supplement and base prospectus.

 

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UNDERWRITING (CONFLICTS OF INTEREST)

On September 9, 2020, we entered into a Terms Agreement with the agents pursuant to the Distribution Agreement, dated June 18, 2019, among us and the agents party thereto for the purchase and sale of the Notes. We have agreed to sell to each of the agents, and each of the agents has severally agreed to purchase from us, as principal, the principal amount of the Notes shown opposite its name at the public offering price set forth above, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Terms Agreement and the Distribution Agreement.

 

Agent

     Principal Amount of Notes    

TD Securities (USA) LLC

     US$   300,000,000  

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

     200,000,000  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     200,000,000  

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     150,000,000  

nabSecurities, LLC

     100,000,000  

Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.

     17,500,000  

SG Americas Securities, LLC

     17,500,000  

Academy Securities, Inc.

     3,000,000  

Drexel Hamilton, LLC

     3,000,000  

R. Seelaus & Co., LLC

     3,000,000  

Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc.

     3,000,000  

Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

     3,000,000  
  

 

 

 

Total

     US$1,000,000,000  
  

 

 

 

The agents initially propose to offer the Notes to the public at the public offering price set forth on the cover page of this pricing supplement and may offer the Notes to certain dealers at the public offering price less a concession not in excess of 0.200% of the principal amount of the Notes. The agents may allow, and such dealers may reallow, a concession not in excess of 0.100% of the principal amount of the Notes on sales to certain dealers. After the initial offering of the Notes, the public offering price and other selling terms may from time to time be changed. The offering of the Notes by the agents is subject to receipt and acceptance and subject to the agents’ right to reject any order in whole or in part.

We estimate that the total offering expenses for the Notes and our concurrent offering of 0.450% Senior Medium-Term Notes, Series C, due 2023, excluding underwriting commissions, will be approximately US$250,000.

We have agreed to indemnify the several agents against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

To the extent any agent that is not a U.S. registered broker-dealer intends to effect any offers or sales of any notes in the United States, it will do so through one or more U.S. registered broker-dealers in accordance with the applicable U.S. securities laws and regulations.

The agents and their respective affiliates are full service financial institutions engaged in various activities, which may include securities trading, commercial and investment banking, financial advisory, investment management, investment research, principal investment, hedging, financing and brokerage activities. Certain of the agents and their respective affiliates have, from time to time, performed, and may in the future perform, various financial advisory and investment banking services for the Bank, for which they received or will receive customary fees and expenses.

In the ordinary course of their various business activities, the agents and their respective affiliates may make or hold a broad array of investments, including serving as counterparties to certain derivative and trading arrangements, and actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial

 

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instruments (including bank loans) for their own account and for the accounts of their customers, and such investment and securities activities may involve securities and/or instruments of the Bank. The agents and their respective affiliates may also make investment recommendations and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such securities or instruments and may at any time hold, or recommend to clients that they acquire, long and/or short positions in such securities and instruments.

Conflicts of Interest

TD Securities (USA) LLC is our affiliate. Accordingly, the offering of the Notes will conform to the requirements of FINRA Rule 5121. TD Securities (USA) LLC is not permitted to sell the Notes to an account over which it exercises discretionary authority without the prior specific written approval of the account holder.

Selling Restrictions

The People’s Republic of China

This pricing supplement and the prospectus have not been filed with or approved by the People’s Republic of China (for such purposes, not including Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions or Taiwan) authorities, and is not an offer of securities (whether public offering or private placement) within the meaning of the Securities Law or other pertinent laws and regulations of the People’s Republic of China. This pricing supplement and the prospectus shall not be offered to the general public if used within the People’s Republic of China, and the Notes so offered cannot be sold to anyone that is not a qualified purchaser of the People’s Republic of China. Each agent has represented, warranted and agreed that the Notes are not being offered or sold and may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in the People’s Republic of China, except under circumstances that will result in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Notice to Prospective Investors in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom

The Notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or in the United Kingdom (the “UK”). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, “MiFID II”) or (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97 (the “Insurance Distribution Directive”), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the “Prospectus Regulation”). Consequently no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the “PRIIPs Regulation”) for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA or in the UK has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA or in the UK may be unlawful under the PRIIPs Regulation.

Hong Kong

The Notes may not be offered or sold by means of any document other than (i) in circumstances which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.32, Laws of Hong Kong), or (ii) to “professional investors” within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap.571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any rules made thereunder, or (iii) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.32, Laws of Hong Kong), and no advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Notes may be issued or may be in the possession of any person for the purpose of issue (in each case whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere), which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Notes which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any rules made thereunder.

 

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Japan

The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and each agent has agreed that it will not offer or sell any Notes, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to, or for the benefit of, any resident of Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan), or to others for re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to a resident of Japan, except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law and any other applicable laws, regulations and ministerial guidelines of Japan.

Singapore

This pricing supplement and the prospectus have not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, this pricing supplement and the prospectus and any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Notes may not be circulated or distributed, nor may the Notes be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA.

Where the Notes are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 by a relevant person which is: (a) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (b) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary is an accredited investor, shares, debentures and units of shares and debentures of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest in that trust will not be transferable for six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the Notes under Section 275 except: (1) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the SFA or to a relevant person, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA; (2) where no consideration is given for the transfer; or (3) by operation of law.

Singapore Securities and Futures Act Product Classification – Solely for the purposes of its obligations pursuant to sections 309B(1)(a) and 309B(1)(c) of the SFA, we have determined, and hereby notify all relevant persons (as defined in Section 309A of the SFA) that the Notes are “prescribed capital markets products” (as defined in the Securities and Futures (Capital Markets Products) Regulations 2018) and Excluded Investment Products (as defined in MAS Notice SFA 04-N12: Notice on the Sale of Investment Products and MAS Notice FAA-N16: Notice on Recommendations on Investment Products).

South Korea

The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Investments Services and Capital Markets Act of Korea and the decrees and regulations thereunder (the “FSCMA”) and the Notes have been and will be offered in Korea as a private placement under the FSCMA. None of the Notes may be offered, sold and delivered directly or indirectly, or offered or sold to any person for re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Korea or to any resident of Korea except pursuant to the applicable laws and regulations of Korea, including the FSCMA and the Foreign Exchange Transaction Law of Korea and the decrees and regulations thereunder (the “FETL”). For a period of one year from the issue date of the Notes, any acquirer of the Notes who was solicited to buy the Notes in Korea is prohibited from transferring any of the Notes to another person in any way other than as a whole to one transferee. Furthermore, the purchaser of the Notes shall comply with all applicable regulatory requirements (including but not limited to requirements under the FETL) in connection with the purchase of the Notes.

 

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Each agent has represented and agreed that it has not offered, sold or delivered the Notes directly or indirectly, or offered or sold the Notes to any person for re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Korea or to any resident of Korea and will not offer, sell or deliver the Notes directly or indirectly, or offer or sell the Notes to any person for re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Korea or to any resident of Korea, except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the FSCMA, the FETL and other relevant laws and regulations of Korea.

Notice to Prospective Investors in Switzerland

The Notes may not be publicly offered in Switzerland and will not be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (“SIX”) or on any other stock exchange or regulated trading facility in Switzerland. This document does not constitute a prospectus within the meaning of, and has been prepared without regard to the disclosure standards for issuance prospectuses under art. 652a or art. 1156 of the Swiss Code of Obligations or the disclosure standards for listing prospectuses under art. 27 ff. of the SIX Listing Rules or the listing rules of any other stock exchange or regulated trading facility in Switzerland. Neither this document nor any other offering or marketing material relating to the Notes or the offering may be publicly distributed or otherwise made publicly available in Switzerland.

Neither this document nor any other offering or marketing material relating to the offering, the Bank, the Notes have been or will be filed with or approved by any Swiss regulatory authority. In particular, this document will not be filed with, and the offer of Notes will not be supervised by, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA (FINMA), and the offer of Notes has not been and will not be authorized under the Swiss Federal Act on Collective Investment Schemes (“CISA”). The investor protection afforded to acquirers of interests in collective investment schemes under the CISA does not extend to acquirers of Notes.

Taiwan

The Notes may be made available for purchase outside Taiwan by investors residing in Taiwan (either directly or through properly licensed Taiwan intermediaries acting on behalf of such investors) but may not be offered or sold in Taiwan.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the Notes will be passed upon, on behalf of the Bank, by McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Toronto, Ontario, as to matters of Canadian law and applicable matters of Ontario law, and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, New York, as to matters of New York law. Certain legal matters relating to the Notes will be passed upon, on behalf of the agents, by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, New York.

 

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