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    Scotiabank Announces Election of Directors

    TORONTO, April 8, 2020 /CNW/ - Scotiabank announced that the nominees listed in the management proxy circular dated February 4, 2020 were elected as directors of the Bank. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 7, 2020 via webcast and teleconference are set out below.

    Election of Directors

    Each of the following 13 nominees proposed by management was elected as a director of the Bank:

    Nominee

    Votes For

    % For

    Votes
    Withheld

    % Withheld

    Nora A. Aufreiter

    651,230,298

    99.37%

    4,106,736

    0.63%

    Guillermo E. Babatz

    650,745,233

    99.30%

    4,591,802

    0.70%

    Scott B. Bonham

    650,390,771

    99.25%

    4,946,264

    0.75%

    Charles H. Dallara

    653,432,706

    99.71%

    1,904,329

    0.29%

    Tiff Macklem

    654,366,183

    99.85%

    970,851

    0.15%

    Michael D. Penner

    651,223,973

    99.37%

    4,113,061

    0.63%

    Brian J. Porter

    654,185,346

    99.82%

    1,151,688

    0.18%

    Una M. Power

    652,026,495

    99.49%

    3,310,540

    0.51%

    Aaron W. Regent

    647,126,114

    98.75%

    8,210,921

    1.25%

    Indira V. Samarasekera

    647,740,722

    98.84%

    7,596,312

    1.16%

    Susan L. Segal

    653,503,444

    99.72%

    1,833,591

    0.28%

    L. Scott Thomson

    643,446,953

    98.19%

    11,890,081

    1.81%

    Benita M. Warmbold

    650,253,340

    99.22%

    5,083,694

    0.78%

     

    Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 7, 2020 will be published shortly on www.scotiabank.com, and filed with the Canadian and U.S. securities regulators.

    About Scotiabank

    Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future," we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success 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 approximately 100,000 employees and assets of approximately $1.2 trillion (as at January 31, 2020), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: BNS) and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BNS). For more information, please visit http://www.scotiabank.com and follow us on Twitter @ScotiabankViews.

    SOURCE Scotiabank

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