Annual Meeting

If you’re a registered shareholder you’ll be able to vote at the virtual meeting by completing a ballot online at the https://web.lumiagm.com/139089025Opens a new window in your browser..

• Make sure you have your 13-digit control number located on the Proxy Form or in the email notification you received from AST.
• Select “I have a control number” and then enter your control number and password “cibc2020” in lower case.
• If you use your control number to sign on to the meeting, any vote you cast at the meeting will revoke any proxy you previously submitted. If you don’t wish to revoke a previously submitted proxy, you shouldn’t vote during the meeting.

To vote and ask questions online at the meeting, make sure that you have internet connectivity for the duration of the meeting. The link will be available one hour before the start of the meeting. We recommend that you sign on at least 20 minutes before the meeting starts.

Alternatively, if you want to appoint a proxyholder to attend and vote at the meeting on your behalf, read “How can I appoint a proxyholder?”

If you’re a non-registered (beneficial) shareholder you must appoint yourself as proxyholder to vote at the virtual meeting. For instructions on how to appoint yourself as proxyholder, read “How can I appoint a proxyholder?” If you don’t complete these steps to appoint yourself as proxyholder by 8:30 am ET, April 7, 2020, you won’t be able to vote at the meeting. Proxyholders who have been duly appointed and registered with AST by 8:30 am ET, April 7, 2020, will receive a control number by email from AST. Once you have registered with AST, you can attend the meeting and vote your shares by taking these steps:

• Sign on at https://web.lumiagm.com/139089025.
• Select “I have a control number” and then enter your control number and password “cibc2020” in lower case.
•  If you use your control number to sign on to the meeting, any vote you cast at the meeting will revoke any proxy you previously submitted. If you don’t want to revoke a previously submitted proxy, you shouldn’t vote during the meeting.

To vote and ask questions online at the meeting, make sure you have Internet connectivity for the duration of the meeting. The link will be available one hour before the start of the meeting. We recommend that you sign on at least 20 minutes before the meeting starts.

If you’re a non-registered (beneficial) shareholder in the United States, you must take these steps to vote at the virtual meeting:

1. Provide AST with your properly completed legal proxy.
2. Appoint yourself as proxyholder by 8:30 am ET, April 7, 2020, to vote at the meeting. For instructions on how to appoint yourself as proxyholder, read “How can I appoint a proxyholder?”

Legal proxies should be returned to AST by email at proxyvote@astfinancial.com or by mail  - Attention: Proxy Department, P.O. Box 721, Agincourt, Ontario M1S 0A1 and must be labeled “Legal Proxy”.

Allow sufficient time for the return of your legal proxy by the proxy cut-off date of 8:30 am ET on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 to AST. If you don’t follow these steps to appoint yourself as proxyholder by 8:30 am ET on April 7, 2020, you won’t be able to vote at the meeting.

Once you have registered with AST, you can attend the meeting and vote your shares by taking these steps:

• Sign on at https://web.lumiagm.com/139089025Opens a new window in your browser..
• Select “I have a control number” and then enter your control number and password “cibc2020” in lower case.
• If you use your control number to sign on to the meeting, any vote you cast at the meeting will revoke any proxy you previously submitted. If you don’t wish to revoke a previously submitted proxy, you shouldn’t vote during the meeting.

To vote and ask questions online at the meeting, make sure that you have internet connectivity for the duration of the meeting. The link will be available one hour before the start of the meeting. We recommend that you sign on at least 20 minutes before the meeting starts.

Registered holders and non-registered (beneficial) holders who don’t plan on attending the virtual meeting may appoint a person other than the management nominees identified in the Proxy Form or Voting Instruction Form to attend the meeting as their proxyholder and vote their common shares.

To do so, you must complete the following two steps by 8:30 am ET, April 7, 2020.

1. Complete and submit your Proxy Form or Voting Instruction Form by inserting the name of the person you’re appointing as your proxyholder in the space provided on the form, signing and returning it according to the instructions on the form.
2.  Contact AST Trust Company (Canada) at 1-866-751-6315Opens your phone app. within North America or 1-212-235-5754 Opens your phone app.outside of North America to get a control number issued to your proxyholder in order to vote at the meeting.

Non-registered (beneficial) shareholders who wish to vote at the virtual meeting must also complete the two steps above. For step 1 above, write your own name in the space provided on your voting instruction form, sign and return the voting instruction form according to the delivery instructions provided on your form.

If a proxyholder isn’t registered with AST by 8:30 am ET, April 7, 2020, the proxyholder won’t receive a control number, which is required to vote at the meeting.