TORONTO, ON - February 24, 2014 /CNW/ - Scotiabank will announce its first quarter results on Tuesday, March 4, 2014.

*Please note the new earlier times for both the release of the first quarter results and the conference call.

First Quarter Results News Release

• A news release of the first quarter results will be issued in Canada and the U.S. over Marketwired at approximately 6:00 a.m. EST on Tuesday, March 4, 2014.

First Quarter Results Conference Call

• The conference call will take place on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at 8:00 a.m. EST and is expected to last approximately one hour.
• Interested parties are invited to access the call live:
  • Via telephone, in listen-only mode, by calling 416-644-3414 or 1-800-814-4859 (North America toll free). Please call 5 to 15 minutes in advance;
  • Via the Internet on the Investor Relations page of www.scotiabank.com.
• During the call, listeners may also wish to refer to the first quarter results posted on the Investor Relations page ofwww.scotiabank.com.
• Following discussion of the results by Scotiabank Executives, there will be a question and answer session. 

Conference Call Archive

• A telephone replay of the call will be available between March 4 and March 19, 2014 by calling 416-640-1917 or 1-877-289-8525 (North America toll free). The access code is 4654843#.
• The archived audio webcast will be available on the Investor Relations page of www.scotiabank.com from approximately 6:00 p.m. EST on March 4, 2014 for three months.

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 $744 billion (as at October 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.

For further information:

Peter Slan
Scotiabank Investor Relations
(416) 933-1273

Diana Hart
Scotiabank Media Communications
(416) 866-7238