TORONTO, ON - March 06, 2014 /CNW/ - Scotiabank's Notice of the 182^nd Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Management Proxy Circular is now available at www.scotiabank.com. It can be found under the Annual Reports and Annual Meeting menu in the Investor Relations section of the website. Copies were mailed to shareholders today.

Scotiabank's Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held in Kelowna, British Columbia, on Tuesday, April 8, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. (local time).

Scotiabank is a leading financial services provider in over 55 countries and Canada's most international bank. Through our team of more than 83,000 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 $783 billion (as at January 31, 2013), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto (TSX: BNS) and New York Exchanges (NYSE: BNS). Scotiabank distributes the Bank's media releases using CNW. For more information please visit www.scotiabank.com.

Sheena Findlay
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