SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-A

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Canada

 

Not Applicable

(State of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

Commerce Court

Toronto, Ontario, M5L 1A2, Canada

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box.  ý

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box.  o

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:  Not applicable

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Securities
to be so Registered

 

Name of Each Exchange on Which
Securities are to be Registered

CIBC Yield Generator NotesSM due May 13, 2010

 

American Stock Exchange

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

 

None

(Title of Class)

 

 


 

Item 1.  Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

 

A complete description of the CIBC Yield Generator NotesSM due May 13, 2010 of the Registrant is contained under the caption “Specific Terms of the Notes” in the Terms Supplement filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) on May 12, 2005, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), under the caption “Description of the Notes” in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, and under the caption “Description of the Debt Securities” in the accompanying Prospectus.  Such descriptions are hereby incorporated by reference.

 

 

Item 2.  Exhibits

 

A list of exhibits filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference is set forth on the Index to Exhibits which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

Date:       May 12, 2005

 

 

 

CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Linda A. Wallace

 

 

Name:

Linda A. Wallace

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ William Haney

 

 

Name:

William Haney

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description of Document

 

 

 

2.1

 

Form of the Indenture in connection with the issuance of the CIBC Yield Generator NotesSM due May 13, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.l to Registration Statement No. 333-104577).

 

 

 

2.2

 

Form of CIBC Yield Generator NotesSM due May 13, 2010.

 

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