Mr. Adam Borgatti reports

SCOTIABANK TO ANNOUNCE FIRST QUARTER RESULTS

A news release of Bank of Nova Scotia's first quarter results will be issued in Canada and the United States at approximately 6 a.m. ET on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018.

Scotiabank results conference call

The conference call will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, at 8 a.m. ET, and is expected to last approximately one hour.

Interested parties are invited to access the call live:

• Through telephone, in listen-only mode, by calling 416-640-5944 or 1-800-274-0251 (North America toll-free) using ID 6751615 followed by the number sign; please call shortly before 8 a.m. ET;
• Through the Internet on the investor relations page of Scotiabank's website.

During the call, listeners may also wish to refer to the first quarter results posted on the investor relations page of Scotiabank's website.

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 Feb. 27, 2018, and March 14, 2018, by calling 647-436-0148 or 1-888-203-1112 (North America toll-free). The access code is 6751615 followed by the number sign.

The archived audio webcast will be available on the investor relations page of Scotiabank's website from approximately 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, for three months.

About Bank of Nova Scotia

Scotiabank is Canada's international bank and a leading financial services provider in North America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Central America and Asia Pacific. The bank is dedicated to helping its 24 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. The bank has a team of more than 88,000 employees and assets of over $915-billion (as at Oct. 31, 2017).