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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2008</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>The Toronto-Dominion Bank</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>13-5640479</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>P.O. Box 1<BR>
Toronto-Dominion Centre<BR>
King Street West and Bay Street<BR>
Toronto, Ontario M5K 1A2<BR>
Canada<BR>
(416)&nbsp;982-8222</B><BR>
(Address, including zip code, of Registrant&#146;s principal executive office)</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Commerce Bancorp, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan<BR>
1997 Employee Stock Option Plan<BR>
1998 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors<BR>
2004 Employee Stock Option Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Brendan O&#146;Halloran<BR>
The Toronto-Dominion Bank<BR>
31 West 52</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>nd</b></SUP> <b>Street<BR>
New York, New York 10019-6101<BR>
(212)&nbsp;827-7000</B><BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrants agent for service)</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><I>Copies to:</I></B><BR>
<B>Lee Meyerson<BR>
Ellen Patterson<BR>
Simpson Thacher &#038; Bartlett LLP<BR>
425 Lexington Avenue<BR>
New York, New York 10017-3954<BR>
(212)&nbsp;455-2000</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,  a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Large accelerated filer
<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accelerated filer
<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Non-accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> &nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Smaller reporting company <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></DIV>

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                    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">Common Shares, <BR>
without par value
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">11,798,088
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$60.94</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$718,975,482.72
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$17,594.82</TD>
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    <TD>The number of Common Shares being registered hereby shall be adjusted to include any
additional shares which may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or
similar transactions in accordance with the provisions of the plans described herein.</TD>
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    <TD>The shares are issuable pursuant to the Commerce Bancorp,
Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan (1,000,000
Common Shares) and the 1997 Employee Stock Option Plan, the 1998
Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors and the 2004 Employee
Stock Option Plan (10,798,088&nbsp;Common Shares).</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
proposed maximum offering price per share, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price and
the amount of registration fee have been computed on the basis of the average of the high and
low prices of the Common Shares on the New York Stock
Exchange on March 28,
2008.</TD>
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    <TD>The price per share was calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;of the Securities
Act of 1933 for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The maximum aggregate offering
price was computed by multiplying 11,798,088 shares by the average of the high and low price
of the stock on March 28, 2008 ($60.94 per share).</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(p), $10,660.91 of the
$192,928.60 filing fee previously paid by the registrant in connection with the filing of its Form&nbsp;F-4
(File No.&nbsp;333-147304) on November&nbsp;13, 2007 is offset against the currently due filing fee.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold
pursuant to the Commerce Bancorp, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan.
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y52581exv5w1.htm">EX-5.1: OPINION OF CHRISTOPHER A. MONTAGUE</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y52581exv23w3.htm">EX-23.3: JOINT CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP AND PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Effective
as of March&nbsp;31, 2008, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October&nbsp;2, 2007
(the &#147;Merger Agreement&#148;), by and among The Toronto-Dominion Bank (the &#147;Company&#148; or &#147;Registrant&#148;),
Cardinal Merger Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant, and Commerce Bancorp, Inc.
(&#147;Commerce&#148;), the Registrant acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Commerce and, as
a result of the transaction, Commerce became an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, upon completion of the transactions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement, each outstanding and unexercised option to purchase shares of
Commerce common stock shall be fully vested and shall be converted into an option (&#147;Converted
Option&#148;) to acquire common shares, without par value, of the Registrant (&#147;Common Shares&#148;),
according to a formula set forth in the Merger Agreement. Further, in connection with the
completion of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement,
effective as of March&nbsp;31, 2008,
Commerce common stock was eliminated as an eligible investment option under the Commerce Bancorp,
Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan (the &#147;401(k) Plan&#148;) and participants may in the future be able to
direct the investments of their plan accounts in the Common Shares.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) is being filed for the purpose of registering Common
Shares (i)&nbsp;issuable upon the exercise of Converted Options outstanding under the stock option plans
listed on the cover page of this Registration Statement and (ii)&nbsp;to be offered to employees of
Commerce under the 401(k) Plan.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of this
Registration Statement is omitted from this filing in accordance with
the provisions of Rule 428 under the 1933 Act and the introductory
note to Part I of the Registration Statement. The documents
containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to
the participants in the Plans covered by this Registration Statement as required by Rule 428(b)(1).</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Registrant or the 401(k) Plan with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement:
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 40-F for the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31,
2007, which contains audited financial statements for the Registrant&#146;s latest fiscal year
for which such statements have been filed.</TD>
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    <TD>Form&nbsp;6-K, filed on November&nbsp;1, 2007.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
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    <TD>Form&nbsp;6-K, filed on November&nbsp;29, 2007.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
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    <TD>Form&nbsp;6-K, filed on January&nbsp;22, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD>Form&nbsp;6-K, filed on January&nbsp;25, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD>Form&nbsp;6-K, filed on February&nbsp;21, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD>Form&nbsp;6-K, filed on February&nbsp;28, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD>Form&nbsp;6-K, filed on March&nbsp;3, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
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    <TD>Form&nbsp;6-K, filed on March&nbsp;5, 2008.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(j)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Form&nbsp;6-K, filed on March&nbsp;27, 2008.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(k)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The 401(k) Plan&#146;s Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006.</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(l)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Shares contained in the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on August&nbsp;22, 1996.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Company or the 401(k) Plan pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) after the date of
this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is
or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not
applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Christopher A. Montague, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Registrant, owns
or has the right to acquire Common Shares of the Registrant in an amount that does not exceed 0.05%
of the outstanding Common Shares of the Registrant.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the Bank Act of Canada, a bank may not, by contract, resolution or by-law, limit the
liability of its directors for breaches of the Act, including their fiduciary duties imposed under
the Act. However, a bank may indemnify a director or officer, a former director or officer or a
person who acts or acted, at the bank&#146;s request, as a director or officer of or in a similar
capacity for another entity, and his or her heirs and legal representatives, against all costs,
charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment,
reasonably incurred by him or her because of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or
other proceeding in which he or she is involved because of that association and may advance funds
to him or her for the costs, charges or expenses of such a proceeding, provided however, that a
bank may not indemnify such a person unless:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">(1)&nbsp;that person acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of, as the
case may be, the bank or the other entity for which they acted at the bank&#146;s request as a
director or officer or in a similar capacity; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">(2)&nbsp;in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a
monetary penalty, that person had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her impugned
conduct was lawful.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the Bank Act of Canada, these individuals are entitled to be indemnified by the bank in
respect of all costs, charges and expenses incurred by them in connection with the defence of any
civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which he or she is involved
because of an association referred to above with the bank or other entity if the person was not
judged by the courts or other competent authority to have committed any fault or omitted to do
anything that they ought to have done and fulfilled the conditions set out in (1)&nbsp;and (2)&nbsp;above. A
bank may, with the approval of a court, also indemnify these individuals in respect of, or advance
amounts to him or her for the costs, charges and expenses of, a proceeding referred to above, in
respect of an action by or on behalf of the bank or other entity to procure a judgment in its
favor, to which the person is made a party because of an association referred to above with the
bank or other entity, if he or she fulfills the conditions set out in (1)&nbsp;and (2)&nbsp;above.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s by-laws provide that subject to the limitations contained in the Bank Act of
Canada, but without limit to the right of the Registrant to indemnify or advance funds to any
person under the Bank Act of Canada or otherwise, the Registrant will indemnify a director or
officer or a former director or officer, or a person who acts or acted at the Registrant&#146;s request
as a director or officer of or in a similar capacity for another entity, and such person&#146;s heirs
and legal representatives, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to
settle an action or satisfy a judgment reasonably incurred by such person in respect of any civil,
criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding to which such person is involved
because of that association with the Registrant or other entity. However, the Registrant&#146;s bylaws
further provide that the Registrant shall not indemnify any such person unless: (i)&nbsp;such person
acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Registrant or the other
entity for which they acted at the Registrant&#146;s request as a director or officer or in a similar
capacity; and (ii)&nbsp;in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is
enforced by a monetary penalty, such person had reasonable grounds for believing that such person&#146;s
conduct was lawful. These indemnification provisions could be construed to permit or require
indemnification for certain liabilities arising out of U.S. federal securities laws. Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
officers or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Registrant
has been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable in the United States.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant maintains directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance policies providing for
the insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the Registrant and
subsidiary companies against any liability incurred by him or her in any such capacity or arising
out of his or her status as such.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant also maintains liability insurance policies providing for the insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was an employee of the Registrant while acting as a director,
officer, trustee, governor or executive director of any organization where such service is with the
knowledge and consent of the Registrant&#146;s Board of Directors against any liability incurred by him
or her in any such capacity or arising out of his or her status, provided that such insurance shall
not apply to the extent that any such person is entitled to be indemnified by such organization or
to the extent that such organization maintains separate insurance of behalf of the person against
such liability.
</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="93%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Christopher A. Montague.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</TD>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Joint Consent of Ernst &#38; Young
LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;With respect to the 401(k) Plan, in lieu of the opinion of counsel or determination letter
contemplated by Item&nbsp;601(b)(5) of Regulation&nbsp;S-K, the Registrant hereby undertakes that it will
submit or has submitted the 401(k) Plan, and any amendments thereto, to the Internal Revenue
Service (&#147;IRS&#148;) in a timely manner and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in
order to quality the 401(k) Plan under Section&nbsp;401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which
was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than
20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
Registration Statement.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in the Registration
Statement;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the
Registration Statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability of the Registrant
under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered hereby which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.
</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on this 31st day of March
2008.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Christopher A. Montague</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name: Christopher A. Montague</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">William E. Bennett</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Hugh J. Bolton</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John L. Bragg</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><BR>
*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(principal executive officer)&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">W. Edmund Clark</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Wendy K. Dobson</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Darren Entwistle</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Donna M. Hayes</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Henry H. Ketcham</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Pierre H. Lessard</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Harold H. MacKay</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Brian F. MacNeill</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Irene R. Miller</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Roger Phillips</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Wilbur J. Prezzano</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->7<!-- /Folio -->
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">William J. Ryan</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Helen K. Sinclair</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director and Chairman&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John M. Thompson</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><BR>
*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and Chief Accountant (principal
accounting officer)&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Kelvin Tran</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><BR>
*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Group Head, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Colleen M. Johnston</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"></DIV>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Christopher A. Montague</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Christopher A. Montague
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">* Attorney-in-fact</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Authorized Representative in the United States:</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Brendan
O&#146;Halloran
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Name: Brendan O&#146;Halloran
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Title: Senior Vice President</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Plan Administrator
of the Commerce Bancorp, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan has duly caused this Registration Statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>,
State of New Jersey on the <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> day of <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> 2008.
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S-8
Table of Contents
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2008
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
The Toronto-Dominion Bank
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Canada
13-5640479
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
P.O. Box 1
Toronto-Dominion Centre
King Street West and Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario M5K 1A2
Canada
(416) 982-8222
(Address, including zip code, of Registrant's principal executive office)
Commerce Bancorp, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan
1997 Employee Stock Option Plan
1998 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors
2004 Employee Stock Option Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Brendan O'Halloran
The Toronto-Dominion Bank
31 West 52
nd
Street
New York, New York 10019-6101
(212) 827-7000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrants agent for service)
Copies to:
Lee Meyerson
Ellen Patterson
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017-3954
(212) 455-2000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,  a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Securities to be
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Registered
Registered (a)(b)
Share(c)
Price
Registration Fee
Common Shares,
without par value
11,798,088
$60.94
$718,975,482.72
$17,594.82
(a)
The number of Common Shares being registered hereby shall be adjusted to include any
additional shares which may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or
similar transactions in accordance with the provisions of the plans described herein.
(b)
The shares are issuable pursuant to the Commerce Bancorp,
Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan (1,000,000
Common Shares) and the 1997 Employee Stock Option Plan, the 1998
Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors and the 2004 Employee
Stock Option Plan (10,798,088 Common Shares).
(c)
Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
proposed maximum offering price per share, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price and
the amount of registration fee have been computed on the basis of the average of the high and
low prices of the Common Shares on the New York Stock
Exchange on March 28,
2008.
(d)
The price per share was calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) of the Securities
Act of 1933 for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The maximum aggregate offering
price was computed by multiplying 11,798,088 shares by the average of the high and low price
of the stock on March 28, 2008 ($60.94 per share).
(e)
Pursuant to Rule 457(p), $10,660.91 of the
$192,928.60 filing fee previously paid by the registrant in connection with the filing of its Form F-4
(File No. 333-147304) on November 13, 2007 is offset against the currently due filing fee.
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold
pursuant to the Commerce Bancorp, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EX-5.1: OPINION OF CHRISTOPHER A. MONTAGUE
EX-23.1: CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
EX-23.2: CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
EX-23.3: JOINT CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP AND PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
EX-24.1: POWER OF ATTORNEY
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Effective
as of March 31, 2008, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October 2, 2007
(the "Merger Agreement"), by and among The Toronto-Dominion Bank (the "Company" or "Registrant"),
Cardinal Merger Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant, and Commerce Bancorp, Inc.
("Commerce"), the Registrant acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Commerce and, as
a result of the transaction, Commerce became an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant.
Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, upon completion of the transactions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement, each outstanding and unexercised option to purchase shares of
Commerce common stock shall be fully vested and shall be converted into an option ("Converted
Option") to acquire common shares, without par value, of the Registrant ("Common Shares"),
according to a formula set forth in the Merger Agreement. Further, in connection with the
completion of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement,
effective as of March 31, 2008,
Commerce common stock was eliminated as an eligible investment option under the Commerce Bancorp,
Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan (the "401(k) Plan") and participants may in the future be able to
direct the investments of their plan accounts in the Common Shares.
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") is being filed for the purpose of registering Common
Shares (i) issuable upon the exercise of Converted Options outstanding under the stock option plans
listed on the cover page of this Registration Statement and (ii) to be offered to employees of
Commerce under the 401(k) Plan.
PART
I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The
information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of this
Registration Statement is omitted from this filing in accordance with
the provisions of Rule 428 under the 1933 Act and the introductory
note to Part I of the Registration Statement. The documents
containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to
the participants in the Plans covered by this Registration Statement as required by Rule 428(b)(1).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant or the 401(k) Plan with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 40-F for the fiscal year ended October 31,
2007, which contains audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year
for which such statements have been filed.
(b)
Form 6-K, filed on November 1, 2007.
(c)
Form 6-K, filed on November 29, 2007.
(d)
Form 6-K, filed on January 22, 2008.
(e)
Form 6-K, filed on January 25, 2008.
(f)
Form 6-K, filed on February 21, 2008.
(g)
Form 6-K, filed on February 28, 2008.
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(h)
Form 6-K, filed on March 3, 2008.
(i)
Form 6-K, filed on March 5, 2008.
(j)
Form 6-K, filed on March 27, 2008.
(k)
The 401(k) Plan's Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.
(l)
The description of the Registrant's Common Shares contained in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on August 22, 1996.
All documents filed by the Company or the 401(k) Plan pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the "Exchange Act") after the date of
this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is
or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not
applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Christopher A. Montague, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Registrant, owns
or has the right to acquire Common Shares of the Registrant in an amount that does not exceed 0.05%
of the outstanding Common Shares of the Registrant.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Under the Bank Act of Canada, a bank may not, by contract, resolution or by-law, limit the
liability of its directors for breaches of the Act, including their fiduciary duties imposed under
the Act. However, a bank may indemnify a director or officer, a former director or officer or a
person who acts or acted, at the bank's request, as a director or officer of or in a similar
capacity for another entity, and his or her heirs and legal representatives, against all costs,
charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment,
reasonably incurred by him or her because of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or
other proceeding in which he or she is involved because of that association and may advance funds
to him or her for the costs, charges or expenses of such a proceeding, provided however, that a
bank may not indemnify such a person unless:
(1) that person acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of, as the
case may be, the bank or the other entity for which they acted at the bank's request as a
director or officer or in a similar capacity; and
(2) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a
monetary penalty, that person had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her impugned
conduct was lawful.
Under the Bank Act of Canada, these individuals are entitled to be indemnified by the bank in
respect of all costs, charges and expenses incurred by them in connection with the defence of any
civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which he or she is involved
because of an association referred to above with the bank or other entity if the person was not
judged by the courts or other competent authority to have committed any fault or omitted to do
anything that they ought to have done and fulfilled the conditions set out in (1) and (2) above. A
bank may, with the approval of a court, also indemnify these individuals in respect of, or advance
amounts to him or her for the costs, charges and expenses of, a proceeding referred to above, in
respect of an action by or on behalf of the bank or other entity to procure a judgment in its
favor, to which the person is made a party because of an association referred to above with the
bank or other entity, if he or she fulfills the conditions set out in (1) and (2) above.
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The Registrant's by-laws provide that subject to the limitations contained in the Bank Act of
Canada, but without limit to the right of the Registrant to indemnify or advance funds to any
person under the Bank Act of Canada or otherwise, the Registrant will indemnify a director or
officer or a former director or officer, or a person who acts or acted at the Registrant's request
as a director or officer of or in a similar capacity for another entity, and such person's heirs
and legal representatives, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to
settle an action or satisfy a judgment reasonably incurred by such person in respect of any civil,
criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding to which such person is involved
because of that association with the Registrant or other entity. However, the Registrant's bylaws
further provide that the Registrant shall not indemnify any such person unless: (i) such person
acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Registrant or the other
entity for which they acted at the Registrant's request as a director or officer or in a similar
capacity; and (ii) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is
enforced by a monetary penalty, such person had reasonable grounds for believing that such person's
conduct was lawful. These indemnification provisions could be construed to permit or require
indemnification for certain liabilities arising out of U.S. federal securities laws. Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
officers or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Registrant
has been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable in the United States.
The Registrant maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance policies providing for
the insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the Registrant and
subsidiary companies against any liability incurred by him or her in any such capacity or arising
out of his or her status as such.
The Registrant also maintains liability insurance policies providing for the insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was an employee of the Registrant while acting as a director,
officer, trustee, governor or executive director of any organization where such service is with the
knowledge and consent of the Registrant's Board of Directors against any liability incurred by him
or her in any such capacity or arising out of his or her status, provided that such insurance shall
not apply to the extent that any such person is entitled to be indemnified by such organization or
to the extent that such organization maintains separate insurance of behalf of the person against
such liability.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
No.
Exhibit
5.1
Opinion of Christopher A. Montague.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.3
Joint Consent of Ernst & Young
LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
24.1
Power of Attorney.
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With respect to the 401(k) Plan, in lieu of the opinion of counsel or determination letter
contemplated by Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K, the Registrant hereby undertakes that it will
submit or has submitted the 401(k) Plan, and any amendments thereto, to the Internal Revenue
Service ("IRS") in a timely manner and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in
order to quality the 401(k) Plan under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which
was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than
20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
Registration Statement.
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in the Registration
Statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the
Registration Statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability of the Registrant
under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered hereby which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
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(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on this 31st day of March
2008.
THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK
By:
/s/ Christopher A. Montague
Name: Christopher A. Montague
Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
*
Director
March 31, 2008
William E. Bennett
*
Director
March 31, 2008
Hugh J. Bolton
*
Director
March 31, 2008
John L. Bragg
*
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(principal executive officer)
March 31, 2008
W. Edmund Clark
*
Director
March 31, 2008
Wendy K. Dobson
*
Director
March 31, 2008
Darren Entwistle
*
Director
March 31, 2008
Donna M. Hayes
*
Director
March 31, 2008
Henry H. Ketcham
*
Director
March 31, 2008
Pierre H. Lessard
*
Director
March 31, 2008
Harold H. MacKay
*
Director
March 31, 2008
Brian F. MacNeill
*
Director
March 31, 2008
Irene R. Miller
*
Director
March 31, 2008
Roger Phillips
*
Director
March 31, 2008
Wilbur J. Prezzano
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Signature
Title
Date
*
Director
March 31, 2008
William J. Ryan
*
Director
March 31, 2008
Helen K. Sinclair
*
Director and Chairman
March 31, 2008
John M. Thompson
*
Vice President and Chief Accountant (principal
accounting officer)
March 31, 2008
Kelvin Tran
*
Group Head, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)
March 31, 2008
Colleen M. Johnston
/s/   Christopher A. Montague
March 31, 2008
Christopher A. Montague
* Attorney-in-fact
Authorized Representative in the United States:
/s/   Brendan
O'Halloran
March 31, 2008
Name: Brendan O'Halloran
Title: Senior Vice President
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Plan Administrator
of the Commerce Bancorp, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan has duly caused this Registration Statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
,
State of New Jersey on the
day of
2008.
COMMERCE BANCORP, INC. 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN
By:
Commerce Bancorp, Inc., as Plan Administrator
By:
/s/ James L. Gertie
Name: James L. Gertie
Title: Trustee
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
No.
Exhibit
5.1
Opinion of Christopher A. Montague.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.3
Joint Consent of Ernst & Young
LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
24.1
Power of Attorney.
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