CommBank Perls VIII Capital NotesThe Commonwealth Bank of Australia has announced today the launch of CommBank PERLS VIII. PERLS VIII will qualify as new Tier 1 capital for the Group, and will raise around $1.25b. The notes will be subordinated, unsecured notes, scheduled to pay quarterly, floating rate distributions. The margin over the bank bill rate will be between 5.2-5.35% and will be fully franked. The notes will trade under the code CBAPE, and have a call date in October 2021, with a mandatory exchange into CBA shares in October 2023.