/R E P E A T -- Scotiabank to Announce First Quarter Results/

TORONTO, Feb. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Scotiabank will announce details of its first quarter results on Tuesday, March 6, 2012.

First Quarter Results News Release

• A news release of the first quarter results will be issued in Canada over Canada NewsWire and in the U.S. over PR Newswire at approximately 7:30 a.m. EST on Tuesday, March 6, 2012.

First Quarter Results Conference Call

• The conference call will take place on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 2:00 p.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 five 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 of www.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 6, 2012 and March 21, 2012 by calling 416-640-1917 or 1-877-289-8525 (North America toll free). The access code is 4487923#.
• 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 6, 2012 for three months.

Scotiabank is one of North America's premier financial institutions and Canada's most international bank. With more than 75,000 employees, Scotiabank Group and its affiliates serve some 19 million customers in more than 55 countries around the world. Scotiabank offers a broad range of products and services including personal, commercial, corporate and investment banking. With assets above $575 billion (as at October 31, 2011), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto (BNS) and New York Exchanges (BNS). For more information please visit www.scotiabank.com.

SOURCE Scotiabank