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TORONTO, May 30, 2017 /CNW/ - The Bank of Nova Scotia ("Scotiabank") (TSX, NYSE: "BNS") announced today that the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") and the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions ("OSFI") have approved its normal course issuer bid to purchase up to 24 million of its Common Shares. This represents approximately two per cent of the 1,201,878,897 Common Shares issued and outstanding as of May 25, 2017.

Scotiabank believes that the purchase of its Common Shares at market prices may be an appropriate use of its funds to generate shareholder value, as well as for capital management purposes.

Purchases under the bid may commence on June 2, 2017, and will terminate on June 1, 2018, or on such earlier date as Scotiabank may complete its purchases pursuant to the notice of intention to make a normal course issuer bid filed with the TSX. Purchases will be made on the open market by Scotiabank through the facilities of the TSX, as well as through other designated exchanges and alternative Canadian trading systems. The price that Scotiabank will pay for any such Common Shares will be the market price of such Common Shares at the time of acquisition. Purchases may also be made through other means permitted by the TSX and applicable securities laws, including by private agreements or under specific share repurchase programs pursuant to issuer bid exemption orders issued by applicable securities regulatory authorities. Any purchases made under an exemption order issued by a securities regulatory authority will generally be at a discount to the prevailing market price.

Based on the average daily trading volume of 2,223,103 Common Shares during the last six calendar months on the TSX, daily purchases will be limited to 555,775 Common Shares, other than block purchase exceptions. Common Shares purchased under the bid will be cancelled.

Scotiabank will establish an automatic repurchase plan on June 2, 2017, under which its broker, Scotia Capital Inc., may periodically purchase its Common Shares pursuant to the normal course issuer bid within a defined set of criteria which Scotiabank would not vary or suspend.  The actual number of Common Shares purchased under the automatic repurchase plan, the timing of purchases and the price at which the Common Shares are bought will depend upon future market conditions. On a quarterly basis, Scotiabank will notify OSFI, prior to making purchases. 

Under its current normal course issuer bid, which expires on June 1, 2017, Scotiabank purchased 10,000,000 Common Shares for cancellation at a volume weighted average price of approximately $71.00 per Common Share.

About Scotiabank

Scotiabank is Canada's international bank and a leading financial services provider in North America, Latin America, the Caribbean and Central America, and Asia-Pacific. We are dedicated to helping our 23 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. With a team of more than 88,000 employees and assets of over $921 billion (as at April 30, 2017), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto (TSX: BNS) and New York Exchanges (NYSE: BNS). For more information, please visit www.scotiabank.com and follow us on Twitter @ScotiabankViews.

SOURCE Scotiabank