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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