Scotiabank Announces Closing of Secondary Offering TORONTO,

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Scotiabank ( TSX : BNS ) ( NYSE : BNS ) today announced the closing of the previously announced secondary offering (the "Offering") by Scotiabank of common shares (the "Common Shares") of CI Financial Corp. ("CI"). The underwriters have exercised the over-allotment option in full, resulting in a total transaction size of 82.8 million Common Shares.

The gross proceeds of the Offering to Scotiabank are $2,616,480,000, resulting in an after-tax gain of approximately $400 million. The Bank continues to hold approximately 22 million Common Shares as available-for-sale equity securities, representing approximately 7.7% of CI's shares outstanding.

Commencing June 28, 2014, dividends declared by CI will be recorded as income by the Bank.

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ABOUT SCOTIABANK 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 Exchanges (BNS). Scotiabank distributes the Bank's media releases using Marketwired . For more information please visit www.scotiabank.com .