The Toronto-Dominion Bank announced today that TD Capital Trust III and TD Bank Financial Group have entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters led by TD Securities Inc. for an issue of 1,000,000 TD Capital Trust III Securities – Series 2008 (TD CaTS III).

Each TD CaTS III carries a face value of $1,000. The offering will raise gross proceeds of $1 billion.

TD Capital Trust III and TD Bank Financial Group have filed a short-form prospectus with the securities regulators in each of the provinces and territories of Canada with respect to the offering of TD CaTS III.

TD Bank Financial Group anticipates the issuance of TD CaTS III to constitute Tier 1 Capital of the bank. The expected closing date is September 17, 2008.

For the period from the closing date up to and including Dec. 31, 2018, cash distributions are expected to be paid semi-annually on the TD CaTS III at a yield of 7.243% per year. Subsequent to Dec. 31, 2018, the cash distributions on each TD CaTS III will reset semi-annually as described in the short-form prospectus.