AMENDMENT NO. 1 DATED AUGUST 12, 2014 TO THE ANNUAL INFORMATION FORM DATED JUNE 27, In respect of Class A and O units of:

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1 AMENDMENT NO. 1 DATED AUGUST 12, 2014 TO THE ANNUAL INFORMATION FORM DATED JUNE 27, 2014 In respect of Class A and O units of: (individually, a Fund and collectively, the Funds ) This is Amendment No. 1 to the annual information form dated June 27, 2014 (the Annual Information Form ), which should be read subject to this information. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the same meanings given to such terms in the Annual Information Form. SUMMARY OF AMENDMENT CIBC Asset Management Inc. ( CAMI ), as portfolio advisor of CIBC Canadian Resources Fund, CIBC Energy Fund, and CIBC Precious Metals Fund, assumed all portfolio management responsibilities for the Funds on August 11, 2014, replacing portfolio sub-advisor Front Street Investment Management Inc. As a result, the Annual Information Form is amended as set out below. SPECIFIC AMENDMENTS The disclosure with respect to each of the Funds under the section Name, Formation and History of the Funds is supplemented with the following: August 11, 2014, CAMI assumed portfolio management responsibilities for the Fund, replacing portfolio sub-advisor Front Street Investment Management Inc.; The disclosure in the fifth paragraph under the sub-section Portfolio Advisor under the section Responsibility for Operations of the Funds is deleted and replaced with the following. Prior to January 1, 2014, CGAM was a portfolio sub-advisor to certain of the Funds listed below. As a result of the amalgamation among CAMI, CIBC Asset Management Holdings Inc., CIBC Private Investment Counsel Inc., and CGAM, CAMI now directly provides investment management services to these Funds for which CGAM previously acted as portfolio sub-advisor. The following table indicates the Funds for which CAMI directly provides investment management services: The disclosure in the table following the fifth paragraph under the sub-section Portfolio Advisor under the section Responsibility for Operations of the Funds is supplemented by adding reference to CIBC Canadian Resources Fund, CIBC Precious Metals Fund, and CIBC Energy Fund.

2 The disclosure with respect to the names, titles, and length of service of individuals employed by CAMI under the subsection Portfolio Advisor is supplemented with the following: Name of Individual Position and Office Details of Experience Brian See Vice President, Equity Research, Energy Specialist 2013; prior thereto was Principal at OMERS Capital Markets from 2010 to 2013; prior thereto was Senior Associate, Scotia Capital from Lawrence Smith Scott Vali Vice President, Equity Research, Mining Specialist Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Equities 2006 to ; prior thereto was, Metals and Mining, Equity Research at Scotia Capital Inc. from 2006 to ; prior thereto was Vice- President and Portfolio Manager at CI Investments Inc. from 2005 to 2014 The disclosure with respect to the Funds under the sub-section Portfolio sub-advisors under the section Responsibility for Operations of the Funds is deleted. The disclosure with respect to the names, titles, and length of service of individuals employed by Front Street Investment Management Inc. under the sub-section Portfolio sub-advisors under the section Responsibility for Operations of the Funds is deleted.

3 CERTIFICATE OF THE FUNDS This Amendment No. 1 dated, together with the Annual Information Form dated June 27, 2014 and the CIBC TRUST CORPORATION the Trustee of the Funds signed Victor G. Dodig Victor G. Dodig Chairman signed Peter H. Lee Peter H. Lee President and Chief Executive Officer

4 CERTIFICATE OF THE MANAGER AND PROMOTER This Amendment No. 1 dated, together with the Annual Information Form dated June 27, 2014 and the CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE the Manager and Promoter of the Funds signed Gerald T. McCaughey Gerald T. McCaughey President and Chief Executive Officer signed Kevin A. Glass Kevin A. Glass Senior Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer On behalf of the Board of s of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce signed Brent Belzberg Brent Belzberg signed Gary Colter Gary Colter

5 CERTIFICATE OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTOR This Amendment No. 1 dated, together with the Annual Information Form dated June 27, 2014 and the CIBC SECURITIES INC. The Principal Distributor of the Funds signed Victor G. Dodig Victor G. Dodig signed Stephen Geist Stephen Geist

AMENDMENT NO. 1 DATED DECEMBER 21, 2011 TO THE ANNUAL INFORMATION FORM DATED JULY 28, In respect of Class A units of:

A m e n d m e n t AMENDMENT NO. 1 DATED DECEMBER 21, 2011 TO THE ANNUAL INFORMATION FORM DATED JULY 28, 2011 In respect of Class A units of: CIBC CANADIAN EQUITY FUND CIBC CANADIAN RESOURCES FUND CIBC