CIBC Quick Facts

CIBC (TSX, NYSE: CM) is a leading North American financial institution celebrating 140 years of serving clients in Canada and around the world. Through our 2 distinct business lines, CIBC Retail Markets and CIBC World Markets, CIBC provides a full range of products and services to almost 11 million individual and small business clients and meets the financial needs of corporate and institutional clients.

At year end (October 31, 2007):

Revenue was $12.1 billion
Net income was $3.3 billion or $9.21 per share
Market capitalization was $34.2 billion
Tier 1 capital ratio was 9.7%
CIBC had approximately 40,000 employees worldwide
CIBC had 1,048 branches with more than 3,700 automated banking machines (ABMs), including 1,110 "Access for All" ABMs
CIBC has been a constituent of the DJSI World Index for 6 consecutive years and a member of the DJSI North America Index since its inception in 2005
CIBC has been listed on the FTSE4Good Index since its inception in 2001
CIBC has been a member of the Jantzi Social Index since its inception in 2000
The CIBC group of companies contributed more than $36 million globally to charitable and non-profit initiatives; of this, more than $27 million was invested in Canada, including more than $20 million in charitable donations, supporting a wide variety of national, regional and local organizations with a strategic focus on youth, education and health

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CIBC Retail Markets

CIBC Retail Markets comprises CIBC's retail and wealth management businesses. We provide a full range of financial products and services to almost 11 million personal, wealth and small business clients, as well as investment management services globally to retail and institutional clients. In addition, we offer a full range of financial services to clients in 17 regional markets in the Caribbean through FirstCaribbean International Bank.

CIBC World Markets

CIBC World Markets is the wholesale and corporate banking arm of CIBC, providing a range of integrated credit and capital markets products, investment banking, and merchant banking to clients in key financial markets in North America and around the world. We provide innovative capital solutions and advisory expertise across a wide range of industries as well as top-ranked research for our corporate, government and institutional clients.

Functional Groups

There are 5 functional groups in CIBC which provide infrastructure support services:

Administration, Technology and Operations - comprises our technology infrastructure and solutions, operations, human resources and communications and public affairs
Corporate Development - partners with CIBC's lines of business to identify opportunities for growth and to increase the value of existing businesses
Finance - provides accounting and financial services to CIBC and its strategic business lines through effective governance and decision support processes
Legal and Regulatory Compliance - provides leadership on governance and regulatory requirements and engages in a wide range of support services
Risk Management - measures, monitors and controls CIBC's exposure to risk

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