0000909567-07-000256.txt : 20120801 0000909567-07-000256.hdr.sgml : 20120801 20070226172534 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000909567-07-000256 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070226 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA / CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000009631 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 134941099 FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 44 KING STREET WEST STREET 2: SCOTIA PLAZA 8TH FL. CITY: TORONTO STATE: A6 ZIP: M5H 1H1 BUSINESS PHONE: (416)866-7555 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 44 KING STREET WEST STREET 2: SCOTIA PLAZA 8TH FL. CITY: TORONTO STATE: A6 ZIP: M5H 1H1 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm The Bank of Nova Scotia
 

     
Julie Walsh
Senior Legal Counsel
julie.walsh@scotiabank.com
416-866-3489
  The Bank of Nova Scotia
Legal Department, Executive Offices
Scotia Plaza, 44 King Street West
Toronto, Ontario
Canada  M5H 1H1
 
Fax: (416) 866-7767
(SCOTIABANK LOGO)
February 26, 2007
Mr. James Lopez
Office of Global Security Risk
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C.
20549-5546
Dear Mr. Lopez:
Re:    Bank of Nova Scotia
Form 40-F for the period ended October 31, 2005
This letter is delivered in response to your request arising from our telephone call on February 26, 2007. The Bank of Nova Scotia is currently finalizing its process to provide the Securities and Exchange Commission with the supplemental information it has requested in its letter received by the Bank on January 11, 2007 regarding the Bank’s Form 40-F for the period ended October 31, 2005 (your File No. 001-31316). As discussed during our telephone call, the Bank now expects to respond to your letter during the week of March 12, 2007.
If we expect there to be any changes in this timeline for delivering the Bank’s response, we will contact you promptly to discuss this matter.
Sincerely,
/s/  Julie Walsh
Julie Walsh
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Copy To:    Joan Smart, The Bank of Nova Scotia

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