/EINPresswire.com/ -- TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 06/28/16 -- Scotiabank (TSX: BNS)(NYSE: BNS) today announced a correction to its press release issued on May 31, 2016, entitled "Scotiabank Announces Dividend on Outstanding Shares". In the press release, the dividend amount for the quarter ending July 31, 2016, payable on July 27, 2016, to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 5, 2016, for the Non-Cumulative Preferred Shares Series 33, Dividend No. 2, was misstated. The corrected statement is as follows:

Non-Cumulative Preferred Shares:

- Series 33, Dividend No. 2 of $0.112316 per share.

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Contacts:
Jake Lawrence
Scotiabank Investor Relations
Scotiabank
416-866-5712
jake.lawrence@scotiabank.com

Rick Roth
Scotiabank Public, Corporate and Government Affairs
Scotiabank
(416) 933-1795
rick.roth@scotiabank.com

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