Scotiabank to Announce Third Quarter Results

TORONTO, ON --(Marketwired - August 12, 2014) - Scotiabank will announce its third quarter results on Tuesday, August 26, 2014.

Third Quarter Results News Release

--  A news release of the third quarter results will be issued in Canada and
    the U.S. over Marketwired at approximately 6:00 a.m. EDT on Tuesday,
    August 26, 2014.

Third Quarter Results Conference Call

--  The conference call will take place on Tuesday, August 26, 2014 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 5 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 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 26 and
    September 10, 2014 by calling 647-436-0148 or 1-888-203-1112 (North
    America toll free). The access code is 9882752#.
--  The archived audio webcast will be available on the Investor Relations
    page of www.scotiabank.com from approximately 6:00 p.m. EDT on August
    26, 2014 for three months.

Scotiabank is a leading financial services provider in over 55 countries and Canada's most international bank. Through our team of more than 86,000 employees, Scotiabank and its affiliates offer a broad range of products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management, corporate and investment banking to over 21 million customers. With assets of $792 billion (as at April 30, 2014), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto BNS and New York BNS Exchanges. Scotiabank distributes the Bank's media releases using Marketwired. For more information please visit www.scotiabank.com.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

For further information:

Peter Slan
Scotiabank Investor Relations
(416) 933-1273

Devinder Lamsar
Scotiabank Media Communications
(416) 933-1171