Filed pursuant to Rule 433
Registration Statement No. 333-261476
Pricing Term Sheet
Dated May 29, 2024
The Bank of Nova Scotia
Senior Medium-Term Notes, Series I
Consisting of
US$400,000,000 Floating Rate Senior Medium-Term Notes due 2027
US$850,000,000 5.400% Senior Medium-Term Notes due 2027
US$300,000,000 Floating Rate Senior Medium-Term Notes due 2029
US$700,000,000 5.450% Senior Medium-Term Notes due 2029
| US$400,000,000 Floating Rate Senior Medium-Term Notes due 2027 | ||
| Issuer: | The Bank of Nova Scotia | |
| Title of the Series: | Floating Rate Senior Medium-Term Notes, due June 4, 2027 (the “2027 Floating Rate Notes”) | |
| Expected Ratings*: | A2 / A- / AA- (Moody’s / S&P / Fitch) | |
| Principal Amount: | US$400,000,000 | |
| Issue Price: | 100.000%, plus accrued interest, if any, from the start of the initial Interest Period to the date of delivery. | |
| Trade Date: | May 29, 2024 | |
| Settlement Date**: | June 4, 2024 (T+4) | |
| Maturity Date: | June 4, 2027 | |
| Minimum Denomination: | US$2,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof. | |
| Interest Rate: | The interest rate for each Interest Period (as defined below) will be equal to the Base Rate plus the Spread and will in no event be less than 0.000%. | |
| Base Rate: | Compounded SOFR, as defined in, and in accordance with the specific formula described under “Description of the Notes We May Offer—Interest Rates—Floating Rate Notes” in the prospectus supplement dated December 29, 2021 (the “Prospectus Supplement”). | |
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| Spread: | SOFR + 78 basis points | |
| Fees: | 0.250% | |
| Interest Payment Dates: | Quarterly, on each March 4, June 4, September 4 and December 4 beginning on September 4, 2024 and ending on the Maturity Date or redemption date, subject to the Floating Rate Payment Convention, as described below. | |
| Interest Periods: | Each quarterly period from, and including, an Interest Payment Date (or, in the case of the first Interest Period, commencing on the Settlement Date) to, but excluding, the next Interest Payment Date (or, in the case of the final Interest Period, the Maturity Date or redemption date) (each such period, an “Interest Period”), subject to the modified following business day convention described below under “Floating Rate Payment Convention.” | |
| SOFR Interest Payment Determination Date: | The date two U.S. Government Securities Business Days before each Interest Payment Date. | |
| Observation Period: | In respect of each Interest Period, the period from, and including, the date two U.S. Government Securities Business Days preceding the first date in such Interest Period to, but excluding, the date two U.S. Government Securities Business Days preceding the Interest Payment Date for such Interest Period (or in the final Interest Period, preceding the Maturity Date or redemption date). | |
| Interest Calculation: | Other than as specified herein, the interest rate on the 2027 Floating Rate Notes will be calculated as described for SOFR Index Notes in the section “Description of the Notes We May Offer—Interest Rates—SOFR Index Notes” in the Prospectus Supplement. | |
| Floating Rate Payment Convention: | If any Interest Payment Date would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day, then such Interest Payment Date will be the next succeeding Business Day. However, if the next Business Day falls in the next calendar month, then the Interest Payment Date will be advanced to the next preceding day that is a Business Day. If the Maturity Date or redemption date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, we will make the required payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the next succeeding Business Day, and no additional interest will be paid in respect of the postponement. | |
| Business Days: | New York, Toronto | |
| U.S. Government Securities Business Day: | Any day except for a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in U.S. government securities. | |
| Day Count Fraction: | Actual/360 | |
| Listing: | None | |
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| Optional Redemption: | Not applicable, except for Tax Redemption (see below) | |
| Tax Redemption: | The Bank may redeem the 2027 Floating Rate Notes, in whole but not in part, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount of such 2027 Floating Rate Notes together with accrued and unpaid interest on such 2027 Floating Rate Notes to the date fixed for redemption under the circumstances described in “Description of the Notes We May Offer—Redemption at the Option of the Bank; No Sinking Fund—Tax Redemption” in the Prospectus Supplement. | |
| Canadian Bail-in Powers Acknowledgement: | Yes. The 2027 Floating Rate Notes are subject to bail-in conversion under the Canadian bail-in regime. | |
| CUSIP / ISIN: | 06418G AG2 / US06418GAG29 | |
| Lead Managers and Joint Book-Runners: |
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Standard Chartered Bank Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | |
| Co-Managers: | Academy Securities, Inc. CastleOak Securities, L.P. Penserra Securities LLC Tigress Financial Partners, LLC | |
| US$850,000,000 5.400% Senior Medium-Term Notes due 2027 | ||
| Issuer: | The Bank of Nova Scotia | |
| Title of the Series: | 5.400% Senior Medium-Term Notes, due June 4, 2027 (the “2027 Fixed Rate Notes”) | |
| Expected Ratings*: | A2 / A- / AA- (Moody’s / S&P / Fitch) | |
| Principal Amount: | US$850,000,000 | |
| Issue Price: | 99.888%, plus accrued interest, if any, from June 4, 2024 to the date of delivery. | |
| Trade Date: | May 29, 2024 | |
| Settlement Date**: | June 4, 2024 (T+4) | |
| Maturity Date: | June 4, 2027 | |
| Minimum Denomination: | US$2,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof. | |
| Interest Rate: | For each Interest Period (as defined below), the 2027 Fixed Rate Notes will bear interest at the fixed rate of 5.400% per annum. | |
| Treasury Benchmark: | UST 4.500% Notes due May 15, 2027 | |
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| Treasury Benchmark Price: | 99-06+ | |
| Treasury Yield: | 4.791% | |
| Re-offer Spread to Treasury Benchmark: | +65 basis points | |
| Re-Offer Yield: | 5.441% | |
| Fees: | 0.250% | |
| Interest Payment Dates: | Semi-annually, on each June 4 and December 4, beginning on December 4, 2024 and ending on the Maturity Date or redemption date, subject to the Fixed Rate Payment Convention, as described below. | |
| Interest Periods: | The 2027 Fixed Rate Notes will bear interest from and including each Interest Payment Date (or in the case of the initial Interest Period, commencing on the Settlement Date) to but excluding the following Interest Payment Date (or, in the case of the final Interest Period, the Maturity Date or redemption date) (each such period, an “Interest Period”), subject to the Fixed Rate Payment Convention, as described below. | |
| Fixed Rate Payment Convention: | If any Interest Payment Date, redemption date or the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the Bank will postpone the making of such interest or principal payment to the next succeeding Business Day, and no additional interest will be paid in respect of the postponement. | |
| Business Days: | New York, Toronto | |
| Day Count Fraction: | 30/360 | |
| Listing: | None | |
| Optional Redemption: | The Bank may redeem the 2027 Fixed Rate Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 10 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
(2) 100% of the principal amount of the 2027 Fixed Rate Notes to be redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date. | |
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| “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by the Bank in accordance with the following two paragraphs.
The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Bank after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third business day preceding the redemption date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily)—H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Bank shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the redemption date to the Maturity Date of the 2027 Fixed Rate Notes (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields – one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life – and shall interpolate to the Maturity Date of the 2027 Fixed Rate Notes on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the redemption date.
If on the third business day preceding the redemption date, H.15 or any successor designation or publication is no longer published, the Bank shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second business day preceding such redemption date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Maturity Date of the 2027 Fixed Rate Notes, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Maturity Date of the 2027 Fixed Rate Notes but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Maturity Date of the 2027 Fixed Rate Notes, one with a maturity date preceding the Maturity |
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| Date of the 2027 Fixed Rate Notes and one with a maturity date following the Maturity Date of the 2027 Fixed Rate Notes, the Bank shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Maturity Date of the 2027 Fixed Rate Notes. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Maturity Date of the 2027 Fixed Rate Notes or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Bank shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places. | ||
| Tax Redemption: | The Bank may also redeem the 2027 Fixed Rate Notes, in whole but not in part, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount of such 2027 Fixed Rate Notes together with accrued and unpaid interest on such 2027 Fixed Rate Notes to the date fixed for redemption under the circumstances described in “Description of the Notes We May Offer—Redemption at the Option of the Bank; No Sinking Fund—Tax Redemption” in the Prospectus Supplement. | |
| Canadian Bail-in Powers Acknowledgement: | Yes. The 2027 Fixed Rate Notes are subject to bail-in conversion under the Canadian bail-in regime. | |
| CUSIP / ISIN: | 06418G AH0 / US06418GAH02 | |
| Lead Managers and Joint Book-Runners: |
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Standard Chartered Bank Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | |
| Co-Managers: | Academy Securities, Inc. CastleOak Securities, L.P. Penserra Securities LLC Tigress Financial Partners, LLC | |
| US$300,000,000 Floating Rate Senior Medium-Term Notes due 2029 | ||
| Issuer: | The Bank of Nova Scotia | |
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| Title of the Series: | Floating Rate Senior Medium-Term Notes, due August 1, 2029 (the “2029 Floating Rate Notes”) | |
| Expected Ratings*: | A2 / A- / AA- (Moody’s / S&P / Fitch) | |
| Principal Amount: | US$300,000,000 | |
| Issue Price: | 100.000%, plus accrued interest, if any, from the start of the initial Interest Period to the date of delivery. | |
| Trade Date: | May 29, 2024 | |
| Settlement Date**: | June 4, 2024 (T+4) | |
| Maturity Date: | August 1, 2029 | |
| Minimum Denomination: | US$2,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof. | |
| Interest Rate: | The interest rate for each Interest Period (as defined below) will be equal to the Base Rate plus the Spread and will in no event be less than 0.000%. | |
| Base Rate: | Compounded SOFR, as defined in, and in accordance with the specific formula described under “Description of the Notes We May Offer—Interest Rates—Floating Rate Notes” in the prospectus supplement dated December 29, 2021 (the “Prospectus Supplement”). | |
| Spread: | SOFR + 108 basis points | |
| Fees: | 0.350% | |
| Interest Payment Dates: | Quarterly, on each February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1 beginning on November 1, 2024 (long first interest payment period) and ending on the Maturity Date or redemption date, subject to the Floating Rate Payment Convention, as described below. | |
| Interest Periods: | Each quarterly period from, and including, an Interest Payment Date (or, in the case of the first Interest Period, commencing on the Settlement Date) to, but excluding, the next Interest Payment Date (or, in the case of the final Interest Period, the Maturity Date or redemption date) (each such period, an “Interest Period”), subject to the modified following business day convention described below under “Floating Rate Payment Convention.” | |
| SOFR Interest Payment Determination Date: | The date two U.S. Government Securities Business Days before each Interest Payment Date. | |
| Observation Period: | In respect of each Interest Period, the period from, and including, the date two U.S. Government Securities Business Days preceding the first date in such Interest Period to, but excluding, the date two U.S. Government Securities Business Days preceding the Interest Payment Date for such Interest Period (or in the final Interest Period, preceding the Maturity Date or redemption date). | |
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| Interest Calculation: | Other than as specified herein, the interest rate on the 2029 Floating Rate Notes will be calculated as described for SOFR Index Notes in the section “Description of the Notes We May Offer—Interest Rates—SOFR Index Notes” in the Prospectus Supplement. | |
| Floating Rate Payment Convention: | If any Interest Payment Date would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day, then such Interest Payment Date will be the next succeeding Business Day. However, if the next Business Day falls in the next calendar month, then the Interest Payment Date will be advanced to the next preceding day that is a Business Day. If the Maturity Date or redemption date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, we will make the required payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the next succeeding Business Day, and no additional interest will be paid in respect of the postponement. | |
| Business Days: | New York, Toronto | |
| U.S. Government Securities Business Day: | Any day except for a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in U.S. government securities. | |
| Day Count Fraction: | Actual/360 | |
| Listing: | None | |
| Optional Redemption: | Not applicable, except for Tax Redemption (see below) | |
| Tax Redemption: | The Bank may redeem the 2029 Floating Rate Notes, in whole but not in part, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount of such 2029 Floating Rate Notes together with accrued and unpaid interest on such 2029 Floating Rate Notes to the date fixed for redemption under the circumstances described in “Description of the Notes We May Offer—Redemption at the Option of the Bank; No Sinking Fund—Tax Redemption” in the Prospectus Supplement. | |
| Canadian Bail-in Powers Acknowledgement: | Yes. The 2029 Floating Rate Notes are subject to bail-in conversion under the Canadian bail-in regime. | |
| CUSIP / ISIN: | 06418G AJ6 / US06418GAJ67 | |
| Lead Managers and Joint Book-Runners: |
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Standard Chartered Bank Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | |
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| Co-Managers: | Academy Securities, Inc. CastleOak Securities, L.P. Penserra Securities LLC Tigress Financial Partners, LLC | |
| US$700,000,000 5.450% Senior Medium-Term Notes due 2029 | ||
| Issuer: | The Bank of Nova Scotia | |
| Title of the Series: | 5.450% Senior Medium-Term Notes, due August 1, 2029 (the “2029 Fixed Rate Notes”) | |
| Expected Ratings*: | A2 / A- / AA- (Moody’s / S&P / Fitch) | |
| Principal Amount: | US$700,000,000 | |
| Issue Price: | 99.799%, plus accrued interest, if any, from June 4, 2024 to the date of delivery. | |
| Trade Date: | May 29, 2024 | |
| Settlement Date**: | June 4, 2024 (T+4) | |
| Maturity Date: | August 1, 2029 | |
| Minimum Denomination: | US$2,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof. | |
| Interest Rate: | For each Interest Period (as defined below), the 2029 Fixed Rate Notes will bear interest at the fixed rate of 5.450% per annum. | |
| Treasury Benchmark: | UST 4.625% Notes due April 30, 2029 | |
| Treasury Benchmark Price: | 99-29+ | |
| Treasury Yield: | 4.642% | |
| Re-offer Spread to Treasury Benchmark: | +85 basis points | |
| Re-Offer Yield: | 5.492% | |
| Fees: | 0.350% | |
| Interest Payment Dates: | Semi-annually, on each February 1 and August 1, beginning on February 1, 2025 (long first interest payment period) and ending on the Maturity Date or redemption date, subject to the Fixed Rate Payment Convention, as described below. | |
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| Interest Periods: | The 2029 Fixed Rate Notes will bear interest from and including each Interest Payment Date (or in the case of the initial Interest Period, commencing on the Settlement Date) to but excluding the following Interest Payment Date (or, in the case of the final Interest Period, the Maturity Date or redemption date) (each such period, an “Interest Period”), subject to the Fixed Rate Payment Convention, as described below. | |
| Fixed Rate Payment Convention: | If any Interest Payment Date, redemption date or the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the Bank will postpone the making of such interest or principal payment to the next succeeding Business Day, and no additional interest will be paid in respect of the postponement. | |
| Business Days: | New York, Toronto | |
| Day Count Fraction: | 30/360 | |
| Listing: | None | |
| Optional Redemption: | The Bank may redeem the 2029 Fixed Rate Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
(2) 100% of the principal amount of the 2029 Fixed Rate Notes to be redeemed,
plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by the Bank in accordance with the following two paragraphs.
The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Bank after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third business day preceding the redemption date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily)—H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption | |
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| “U.S. government securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Bank shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the redemption date to the Maturity Date of the 2029 Fixed Rate Notes (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields – one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life – and shall interpolate to the Maturity Date of the 2029 Fixed Rate Notes on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the redemption date.
If on the third business day preceding the redemption date, H.15 or any successor designation or publication is no longer published, the Bank shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second business day preceding such redemption date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Maturity Date of the 2029 Fixed Rate Notes, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Maturity Date of the 2029 Fixed Rate Notes but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Maturity Date of the 2029 Fixed Rate Notes, one with a maturity date preceding the Maturity Date of the 2029 Fixed Rate Notes and one with a maturity date following the Maturity Date of the 2029 Fixed Rate Notes, the Bank shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Maturity Date of the 2029 Fixed Rate Notes. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Maturity Date of the 2029 Fixed Rate Notes or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Bank shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places. |
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| Tax Redemption: | The Bank may also redeem the 2029 Fixed Rate Notes, in whole but not in part, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount of such 2029 Fixed Rate Notes together with accrued and unpaid interest on such 2029 Fixed Rate Notes to the date fixed for redemption under the circumstances described in “Description of the Notes We May Offer—Redemption at the Option of the Bank; No Sinking Fund—Tax Redemption” in the Prospectus Supplement. | |
| Canadian Bail-in Powers Acknowledgement: | Yes. The 2029 Fixed Rate Notes are subject to bail-in conversion under the Canadian bail-in regime. | |
| CUSIP / ISIN: | 06418G AK3 / US06418GAK31 | |
| Lead Managers and Joint Book-Runners: |
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Standard Chartered Bank Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | |
| Co-Managers: | Academy Securities, Inc. CastleOak Securities, L.P. Penserra Securities LLC Tigress Financial Partners, LLC | |
| * | Note: A credit rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities, and it may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time. Each of the ratings above should be evaluated independently of any other rating. |
| ** | Under Rule 15c6-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle no later than one business day after the trade date, unless the parties to such trade expressly agree otherwise at the time of the trade. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade on any date more than one business day prior to delivery of the notes will be required, by virtue of the fact that the notes initially will settle in four business days (T+4), to specify alternative settlement arrangements to prevent a failed settlement. |
The Notes are bail-inable notes (as defined in the Prospectus) and subject to conversion in whole or in part – by means of a transaction or series of transactions and in one or more steps – into common shares of the Bank or any of its affiliates under subsection 39.2(2.3) of the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Act (Canada) (the “CDIC Act”) and to variation or extinguishment in consequence, and subject to the application of the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein in respect of the operation of the CDIC Act with respect to the Notes.
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The Issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus supplement and a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read those documents and the other documents that the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer and this offering. You may obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the lead managers will arrange to send you the pricing supplement, the prospectus supplement, and the prospectus if you request them by contacting Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. at 1-800-372-3930, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. at 1-800-503-4611, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at 1-212-834-4533, Standard Chartered Bank at +44 2078 85573, or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC at 1-800-645-3751.
No EU or UK Prospectus, as the Notes are to be offered in the EEA and the UK only to qualified investors, as defined in Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (as amended), including as it forms part of domestic law in the UK by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended. No PRIIPs or UK PRIIPs key information document (KID) has been prepared as not available to retail in EEA or UK.
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