TORONTO, April 8, 2014 /CNW/ - TD Bank Group (TD) announced today that Mike Pedersen, Group Head U.S. Banking, TD Bank Group and President & CEO, TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank^®, will enact an automatic plan to exercise stock options expiring in December 2014. The plan covers 19% of Mr. Pedersen's outstanding options. Mr. Pedersen will donate to charity the net proceeds from the sale of shares he acquires as a result of the exercise.  As reported in TD's proxy circular, Mr. Pedersen has a share ownership requirement of six times his base salary which he exceeds by a wide margin.

Mr. Pedersen made the decision to enter into the plan at this time due to TD's conservative trading policies that could prevent him from trading TD shares or exercising options for potentially long periods of time. Under these policies, trading is not permitted for at least six weeks prior to each quarterly release. From time to time, particular circumstances arise that further restrict trading and the combined effect can be a blackout for certain individuals for the better part of a year.

Under TD's policies and applicable securities rules, TD is required to announce by way of press release executives' intention to conduct any transaction in TD stock, including the exercise of stock options at least five business days in advance of the date of the transaction, and any intention to enter into an automatic plan.

About TD Bank Group
The Toronto-Dominion Bank and its subsidiaries are collectively known as TD Bank Group ("TD" or the "Bank"). TD is the sixth largest bank in North America by branches and serves over 22 million customers in three key businesses operating in a number of locations in financial centres around the globe: Canadian Retail, including TD Canada Trust, TD Auto Finance Canada, TD Wealth (Canada), TD Direct Investing, and TD Insurance; U.S. Retail, including TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, TD Auto Finance U.S., TD Wealth (U.S.) and an investment in TD Ameritrade; and Wholesale Banking, including TD Securities. TD also ranks among the world's leading online financial services firms, with approximately 8 million active online and mobile customers. TD had CDN$909 billion in assets on January 31, 2014. The Toronto-Dominion Bank trades under the symbol "TD" on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges.

SOURCE TD Bank Group