PR Newswire | Apr 13, 2021 03:49PM EDT

04/13 14:48 CDT

Scotiabank Announces Election of Directors TORONTO, April 13, 2021

TORONTO, April 13, 2021 /CNW/ - Scotiabank announced that the nominees listed in the management proxy circular dated February 9, 2021 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 13, 2021 via webcast and teleconference are set out below.

Election of DirectorsEach of the following 12 nominees proposed by management was elected as a director of the Bank:

Nominee Votes For % For Votes Withheld% Withheld

Nora A. Aufreiter 594,334,67592.63%47,283,934 7.37%

Guillermo E. Babatz596,773,34193.01%44,845,268 6.99%

Scott B. Bonham 637,272,49899.32%4,346,111 0.68%

Lynn K. Patterson 640,401,48299.82%1,134,673 0.18%

Michael D. Penner 637,554,30099.38%3,981,855 0.62%

Brian J. Porter 639,593,29199.70%1,942,864 0.30%

Una M. Power 596,850,41693.02%44,762,693 6.98%

Aaron W. Regent 592,913,07992.41%48,700,030 7.59%

Calin Rovinescu 637,052,65499.29%4,560,455 0.71%

Susan L. Segal 634,028,80998.82%7,589,800 1.18%

L. Scott Thomson 590,928,92392.10%50,689,686 7.90%

Benita M. Warmbold 596,771,73793.01%44,846,872 6.99%

Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on April 13, 2021 will be published shortly on www.scotiabank.com, and filed with the Canadian and U.S. securities regulators.

About ScotiabankScotiabank 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 90,000 employees and assets of approximately $1.2 trillion (as at January 31, 2021), 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