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Media Advisory – CIBC President and Chief Executive Officer to speak at National Bank Financial Canadian Financial Services Conference

Gerry McCaughey, President and Chief Executive Officer, CIBC, will speak at National Bank

Financial’s Canadian Financial Services Conference on Wednesday, March 26,

2008 in Montreal. Mr. McCaughey is scheduled to address the conference at

1:15 p.m. EDT and his speech will be followed by a question and answer

session.

Interested parties may access the live audio webcast and view the

presentation through cibc.com , Investor Relations section, under Executive

Presentations and Webcasts. An archived version of the audio webcast and

presentation will be available at the same location. cibc.com

For further information: Jason Patchett, Director, Investor Relations,

(416) 980-8691; or Mary Lou Frazer, Senior Director, Investor and Financial

Communications of Corporate Communications, (416) 980-4111

Cibc.com

Business Summary:

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) is a diversified financial institution. CIBC was formed through the amalgamation of The Canadian Bank of Commerce and Imperial Bank of Canada. CIBC is a financial institution serving clients in Canada and certain other countries. Through its two business lines, CIBC Retail Markets and CIBC World Markets, it provides a range of products and services to approximately 11 million individual and small business clients, corporate and institutional clients. These business lines are supported by five functional groups: Administration; Technology and Operations; Corporate Development; Finance, and Risk Management. During the fiscal year ended October 30, 2008, the Company sold its United States-based investment banking, equities, leveraged finance and related debt capital markets businesses, to Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (Oppenheimer). In July, 2008, it sold its remaining shares in Visa Inc.

General Information:

199 Bay Street, Commerce Court West
Toronto, ONM5L 1A2

(416) 980-2088 (Phone)

http://www.cibc.com

Industry: Money Center Banks

Sector: Financial

Employees: 42,305

CEO: Gerald McCaughey, 52