Scotiabank to Announce Third Quarter Results

TORONTO, ON --(Marketwired - August 11, 2016) - Scotiabank will announce its third quarter results on Tuesday, August 30, 2016.

Scotiabank Third Quarter Results News Release
A news release of the Bank's third quarter results will be issued in Canada and the U.S. over Marketwired at approximately 6:00 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, August 30, 2016.

Scotiabank Third Quarter Results Conference Call
The conference call will take place on Tuesday, August 30, 2016, at 8:00 a.m. EDT and is expected to last approximately one hour.

Interested parties are invited to access the call live:

• Via telephone, in listen-only mode, by calling 416-847-6330 or 1-866-530-1553 (North America toll free). Please call shortly before 8:00 a.m. EDT;
• Via the Internet on the Investor Relations page of www.scotiabank.com.

During the call, listeners may also wish to refer to the third quarter results posted on the Investor Relations page of www.scotiabank.com.

Following discussion of the results by Scotiabank executives, there will be a question and answer session.

Conference Call Archive
A telephone replay of the call will be available between August 30 and September 14, 2016, by calling 647-436-0148 or 1-888-203-1112 (North America toll free). The access code is 4421684 #.

The archived audio webcast will be available on the Investor Relations page of www.scotiabank.com from approximately 6:00 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 for three months.

About Scotiabank

Scotiabank is Canada's international bank and a leading financial services provider in North America, Latin America, the Caribbean and Central America, and Asia-Pacific. We are dedicated to helping our 23 million customers become better off through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets. With a team of more than 89,000 employees and assets of $895 billion (as at April 30, 2016), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto (TSX: BNS) and New York Exchanges (NYSE: BNS). Scotiabank distributes the Bank's media releases using Marketwired. For more information, please visit www.scotiabank.com and follow us on Twitter @ScotiabankViews.

For further information:

Jake Lawrence
Scotiabank
Investor Relations
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Rick Roth
Scotiabank
Public, Corporate and Government Affairs
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