TORONTO, ON -- (Marketwired) -- 05/15/15

Scotiabank will announce its second quarter results on Friday, May 29, 2015.

Second Quarter Results News Release

• A news release of the second quarter results will be issued in Canada and the U.S. over Marketwired at approximately 6:00 a.m. EDT on Friday, May 29, 2015.

Second Quarter Results Conference Call

• The conference call will take place on Friday, May 29, 2015 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 416-849-1847 or 1-866-530-1554 (North America toll free). Please call five to 15 minutes in advance;
• Via the Internet on the Investor Relations page of www.scotiabank.com.
• During the call, listeners may also wish to refer to the second 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 May 29 and June 13, 2015 by calling 647-436-0148 or 1-888-203-1112 (North America toll free). The access code is 1232313#.
• The archived audio webcast will be available on the Investor Relations page of www.scotiabank.com from approximately 6:00 p.m. EDT on May 29, 2015 for three months.

Scotiabank is Canada's international bank and a leading financial services provider in North America, Latin America, the Caribbean and Central America, and parts of Asia. We are dedicated to helping our 21 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. With a team of more than 86,000 employees and assets of $852 billion (as at January 31, 2015), 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 @ScotiabankNews.

For further information:

Jake Lawrence
Scotiabank Investor Relations
(416) 866-5712

Sheena Findlay
Scotiabank Corporate Communications
(416) 866-6806