THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA Senior Medium-Term Notes, Series I Distribution Agreement

Representations and Warranties of the Bank. The Bank represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Agent as of the Commencement Date, as of each date on which the Agent solicits offers to purchase Securities, as of each date on which the Bank accepts an offer to purchase Securities (including any purchase by an Agent as principal pursuant to a Terms Agreement), as of each date the Bank issues and delivers Securities and as of each date the Registration Statement or the Basic Prospectus is amended or supplemented, as follows (it being understood that such representations, warranties and agreements shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Program Prospectus and the Prospectus, each as amended or supplemented to each such date) that (provided, however, that as of the Commencement Date, the Bank does not represent and warrant with respect to the Time of Sale (as defined below), the Time of Sale Information (as defined below) or the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below):

the Bank meets the requirements for use of form F-3 (“Form F-3”) under the Securities Act; the Registration Statement is a shelf registration statement on Form F-3 that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and, to the knowledge of the Bank, no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Bank; the Registration Statement has become effective; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before, or to the knowledge of the Bank, threatened by the Commission;

the documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information, when they were filed with the Commission conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulation of the Commission thereunder and none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus comply and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply as of the time of such amendment or supplement in all material respects with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and, if applicable, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), and as to the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and such amendment, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading and, as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, do not and will not, as of their dates and applicable filing dates as to the Prospectus and such amendment or supplement, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to (i) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Bank by or on behalf of the Agent expressly for use in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to a particular issuance of Securities or (ii) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act (Form T-1) of the Trustee;

other than the Prospectus, as amended and supplemented, the Bank (including its representatives other than the Agent (in the event the Agent is acting as agent)) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any written communication (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities (each such communication by the Bank or its agents and representatives, other than a communication referred to in clause (i) below, an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed on Schedule II to Annex I hereto and other written communications approved in writing in advance by the Agent; each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, has been filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with the Prospectus, as amended and supplemented, did not, and at the Closing Date or time of settlement of such sale (in the case of Securities sold via an Agent) will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Agent furnished in writing to the Bank by or on behalf of the Agent expressly for use in any Issuer Free Writing

the Bank has been duly organized and is validly existing as a bank listed on Schedule I to the Bank Act (Canada) (the “Bank Act”), is duly qualified to carry on its business in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the ownership, leasing or operation of its property and assets requires such qualification except to the extent that the failure to so qualify would not have a material adverse effect on the condition, financial or otherwise, or the results of operations, business affairs or business prospects of the Bank and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”) and has all requisite power and authority (corporate and other) to conduct its businesses and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets as described in the Prospectus and Time of Sale Information, except where failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and any applicable Terms Agreement and to issue, sell and deliver the Securities;

the Bank is not, and after giving effect to the offer and sales of the Securities and application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, will not be required to register as an “investment company,” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“Investment Company Act”);

any auditors who audited the financial statements incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement (any such auditor, an “Auditor”) were independent registered chartered accountants for the period covered by such financial statements as required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder, and the Bank Act;

the consolidated financial statements of the Bank included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement (and any amendments or supplements thereto), the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Bank and its subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the consolidated results of operations and the consolidated changes in financial position of the Bank and its subsidiaries for the periods specified; and such consolidated financial statements, together with the related schedules and notes, have been prepared in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), as adopted in Canada, consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except as disclosed therein;

the Securities have been duly authorized by the Bank and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered and paid for in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and any Terms Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Bank, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity and subject to the qualification that equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, and the Securities will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture;

the execution and delivery by the Bank of this Agreement and any applicable Terms Agreement and the performance by the Bank of its obligations under this Agreement, the applicable Terms Agreement and the Indenture and the creation and issue of the Securities and the sale of the Securities will not result in a breach of or default under, and will not conflict with: (i) the by-laws of the Bank; (ii) any agreement, indenture, lease, document or instrument by which the Bank or any Significant Subsidiary, is contractually bound at the Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery (each as defined below), except for breaches or violations which would not have a Material Adverse Effect; or (iii) any statute, regulation or rule applicable to the Bank or any Significant Subsidiary, or any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Bank or any Significant Subsidiary, except for breaches or violations which would not have a Material Adverse Effect, nor will such actions result in any material violation of the provisions of the Bank Act (Canada);

no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any court or relevant regulatory or governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Bank or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties (“Governmental Authorization”) is required in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Bank of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any applicable Terms Agreement or the Indenture, except such as have been, or will have been prior to Time of Delivery, obtained under the laws of the provinces and territories of Canada (including those required by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada) or any successor thereto), the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such Governmental Authorizations as may be required under state securities or blue sky laws in connection with the distribution of the Securities by the Agent;

since the date of the latest financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, there has not occurred any material adverse change in the financial condition or in the earnings, business or operations of the Bank and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information;

there is no action, suit or proceeding now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Bank, threatened against the Bank or any of its subsidiaries or to which any of the properties of the Bank or any of its subsidiaries is subject, that is required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or the Time of Sale Information, and is not so described;

this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Bank and the Bank will have authorized, executed and delivered any Terms Agreement entered in to in respect of the Securities, and this Agreement and any such Terms Agreement constitute and will constitute, as the case may be, the valid and legally binding agreement of the Bank enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as rights to indemnity or contribution may be limited by applicable law and subject as to enforcement to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equity principles;

the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, complies as to form in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Trust Indenture Act and has been duly authorized by the Bank, and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustees, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Bank, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity and subject to the qualification that equitable remedies may only be granted in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction;

each “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act) (the “Significant Subsidiaries”) of the Bank, if any, has been duly incorporated and is validly existing under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction, and each Significant Subsidiary, if any, is duly qualified to carry on its business in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the ownership, leasing or operation of its property and assets requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and has all requisite power and authority (corporate and other) to conduct its business and to own, lease and operate its properties and assets as described in the Time of Sale Information, except where failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

the Bank has conducted and is conducting its business in compliance in all respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on, except where the failure to be in such compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect;

neither the Bank nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Bank, any director, officer, agent acting on behalf of the Bank or employee of the Bank or of any of its subsidiaries has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), or any similar law or regulation of any other jurisdiction, in each case to the extent applicable; and the Bank and its subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA or any similar law or regulation of any other jurisdiction, in each case to the extent applicable, and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to provide compliance therewith;

the operations of the Bank and its subsidiaries are conducted and, to the knowledge of the Bank, have been conducted in all material respects in compliance with the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions to which the Bank or its subsidiaries are subject and the rules and regulations thereunder, including the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act) (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”). No action, suit or proceeding brought by any governmental agency, authority or body, and no material action, suit or proceeding brought by a private plaintiff before any court or arbitrator, in each case involving the Bank or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Bank, threatened; and

none of the Bank, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Bank, any director, officer or employee of, or agent acting on behalf of, the Bank or any of its subsidiaries is an individual or entity (“Person”) that is currently the subject of any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or any other Canadian, European Union, United Nations or United Kingdom economic sanctions (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Bank or its Significant Subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of comprehensive Sanctions; and the Bank will not directly or, to the knowledge of the Bank, indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, to fund activities of or business (a) with any Sanctioned Person in violation of Sanctions, (b) in any country or territory, that at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of comprehensive Sanctions, or (c) in any manner that would result in a violation of applicable Sanctions in the jurisdiction in which such activity is carried out by such Person (including any Person involved in or facilitating the offering of the Securities, whether as agent, advisor, or otherwise).

Representations and Warranties of the Agent. The Agent also represents, and warrants to, and agrees with, the Bank, that:

it will comply with all applicable laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction in which it purchases, offers or sells Securities or possesses or distributes the preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or any other offering material and will obtain any consent, approval or permission required by it for the purchase, offer or sale by it of Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which it is subject or in which it makes such purchases, offers or sales;

it will comply in all material respects with the selling restrictions (i) set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement under the caption “Selling Restrictions” and (ii) any additional selling restrictions set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement; and

it will not offer or sell any Securities acquired pursuant to this Agreement or any applicable Terms Agreement, directly or indirectly, in Canada or to any resident of Canada without the consent of the Bank, and further agrees that it will include a comparable provision in any sub-underwriting, sub-dealer, banking group or selling group agreement or similar arrangement with respect to any Securities that may be entered into by such Agent.

Appointment as Agent; Terms and Procedures.

On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Agent hereby agrees, upon receipt of instructions from the Bank, to act as agent of the Bank and to use its reasonable efforts to solicit and receive offers to purchase a particular Security or Securities from the Bank upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented from time to time. The Agent shall solicit offers to purchase only Securities having such terms, and shall solicit such offers only during such periods, as the Bank shall instruct the Agent. The appointment of the Agent hereunder is not exclusive and the Bank may from time to time offer Securities for sale otherwise than to or through an Agent. It is understood that if from time to time the Bank is approached by a prospective agent offering to solicit a specific purchase of Securities, the Bank may enter into an agreement with such agent with respect to such specific purchase upon such terms as the Bank and such agent may agree.

Procedural details relating to the issue and delivery of Securities, the solicitation of offers to purchase Securities and the payment in each case therefor shall be as set forth in the Administrative Procedures Memorandum attached hereto as Annex II as it may be amended from time to time by written agreement between the Agent and the Bank (the “Administrative Procedure”). The provisions of the Administrative Procedure (except as otherwise stated in any applicable Terms Agreement) shall apply to all transactions contemplated hereunder. The Agent and the Bank agree to perform the respective duties and obligations specifically provided to be performed by each of them in the Administrative Procedure. The Bank will furnish to the U.S. Trustee a copy of the Administrative Procedure as from time to time in effect.

The Bank reserves the right, in its sole discretion, at any time when the Bank has instructed the Agent, as agent, to solicit offers to purchase the Securities, to instruct such Agent to suspend, for any period of time or permanently, the solicitation of offers to purchase the Securities. As soon as practicable, but in any event not later than one business day in New York City, after receipt of notice from the Bank, such Agent will suspend solicitation of offers to purchase Securities from the Bank until such time as the Bank has instructed such Agent to resume such solicitation. During such period, the Bank shall not be required to comply with the provisions of Sections 5(f), 5(g), 5(h), 5(i) and 5(j) with regard to such Agent. Upon advising such Agent that such solicitation may be resumed, however, the Bank shall simultaneously provide the documents (if any) required to be delivered by Sections 5(f), 5(g), 5(h), 5(i) and 5(j), and such Agent shall have no obligation to solicit offers to purchase the Securities until such documents have been received by such Agent. In addition, any failure by the Bank to comply with its obligations hereunder, including its obligations to deliver the documents required by Sections 5(f), 5(g), 5(h), 5(i) and 5(j), with regard to the Agent shall automatically terminate such Agent’s obligations hereunder, including its obligations to solicit offers to purchase the Securities hereunder as agent or to purchase Securities hereunder as principal.

The Bank agrees to pay the Agent a commission, at the time of settlement of any sale of a Security by the Bank as a result of a solicitation made by the Agent, in an amount as may be agreed between the Agent and the Bank.

Each sale of Securities by the Bank to the Agent as principal shall be made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (unless the Bank and such Agent shall otherwise agree) a Terms Agreement, which will provide for the sale of such Securities by the Bank to, and the purchase thereof by, such Agent; such Terms Agreement may also specify certain provisions relating to the reoffering of such Securities by such Agent. The commitment of the Agent to purchase Securities as principal, and the Bank to sell such Securities to such Agent, whether pursuant to any Terms Agreement or otherwise, shall be deemed to have

For each sale of Securities by the Bank to the Agent as principal that is not made pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the Bank agrees to pay such Agent a commission (or grant an equivalent discount) as provided in Section 3(d) hereof and in accordance with the schedule set forth therein (or in such amount as may be agreed between such Agent and the Bank).

Each time and date of delivery of and payment for Securities to be purchased from the Bank by the Agent as principal, whether set forth in a Terms Agreement or in accordance with the Administrative Procedure, is referred to herein as a “Time of Delivery”.

The Agent agrees, with respect to any Security denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars, and whether acting as agent, as principal under any applicable Terms Agreement or otherwise (including in any Secondary Market Transaction), not to solicit offers to purchase or otherwise offer, sell or deliver such Security, directly or indirectly, in, or to residents of, the country issuing such currency, except as permitted by applicable law.

Commencement Date. The date on which this Agreement is executed shall be referred to herein as the “Commencement Date.”

Certain Agreements of the Bank. The Bank agrees with the Agent:

(i) the Bank has filed or will file the Program Prospectus, the preliminary prospectus (if any) and the Prospectus, each as amended and supplemented, with the Commission within the time periods specified by the Securities Act, will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act and will file promptly all reports and other information required to be filed by the Bank with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Program Prospectus for so long as the delivery of a prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities; (ii) during the period from the Commencement Date and continuing for as long as may be required under applicable law, in the reasonable

from time to time to take such action as the Agent may reasonably request to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such states of the United States of America or such jurisdictions as the Agent may reasonably request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Securities (including, in the case of the Agent, in any Secondary Market Transactions during the Secondary Transactions Period); provided, however, that in no event shall the Bank be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified, to file any general consent to service of process or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process or to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject;

(i) if the delivery of a Prospectus is required during the Secondary Transactions Period, and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or, if applicable, the Trust Indenture Act, to notify the Agent and request the Agent, in its capacity as agent for the Bank, to suspend solicitation of offers to purchase Securities from the Bank (and, if so notified, the Agent shall cease such solicitations as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than one business day in New York City later); and if the Bank shall decide to amend or

to make generally available to the Bank’s security holders and the Agent as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the effective date (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Securities Act) of the Registration Statement, an earnings statement of the Bank and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Bank occurring after the date of this Agreement which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; provided, that the Bank may make such earnings statements generally available by filing periodic reports with the Commission as may satisfy the earnings statement requirement of Rule 158;

that, if required pursuant to the terms of a Terms Agreement, from the date of such Terms Agreement with such Agent or other agreement by such Agent to purchase Securities as principal and continuing to and including the later of (i) the termination of the trading restrictions for the Securities purchased thereunder, as notified to the Bank by such Agent, and (ii) the related Time of Delivery, the Bank will not, without the prior written consent of such Agent, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of the Bank which both mature more than 9 months after such Time of Delivery and are substantially similar to the Securities except pursuant to this Agreement or any Terms Agreement, or except in an offering of Securities that are not and are not required to be registered under the Securities Act or except in connection with a firm commitment underwriting pursuant to an underwriting agreement that does not provide for a continuous offering of medium-term debt securities;

that, if and to the extent that the Bank and the Agent shall agree that the following requirements of this Section 5(f) shall be applicable, reasonably in advance of each time an annual report on Form 40-F of the Bank is filed with the Commission, and each time the Bank sells Securities to the Agent as principal pursuant to a Terms Agreement and such Terms Agreement specifies the delivery of an opinion or opinions by ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP as a condition to the purchase of Securities pursuant to such Terms Agreement (it being understood that the Agent will include such condition only when in its reasonable discretion such opinion would be appropriate under the circumstances and after consultation with the Bank), the Bank shall furnish to such counsel such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to furnish to the Agent the opinion or opinions referred to in Sections 8(d) hereof;

that, if and to the extent that the Bank and the Agent shall agree that the following requirements of this Section 5(g) shall be applicable, reasonably promptly after each time an annual report on Form 40-F of the Bank, or any amendment thereto, is filed with the Commission and, each time the Bank sells Securities to such Agent as principal pursuant to a Terms Agreement and such Terms Agreement specifies the delivery of a written opinion under this Section 5(g) as a condition to the purchase of Securities pursuant to such Terms Agreement (it being understood that the Agent will include such condition only when in its reasonable discretion such opinion would be appropriate under the circumstances and after consultation with the Bank), the Bank shall cause ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Harcourt LLP, Canadian counsel for the Bank, to furnish such Agent a written opinion, dated the date of such amendment, supplement or incorporation or the Time of Delivery relating to such sale, as the case may be, in form satisfactory to such Agent, to the effect that such Agent may rely on the opinion of such counsel referred to in Section 8(b) hereof which was last furnished to such Agent to the same extent as though it were dated the date of such letter authorizing reliance (except that the statements in such last opinion shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information as amended and supplemented to such date) or, in lieu of such opinion, an opinion of the same tenor as the opinion of such counsel referred to in Section 8(b) hereof but modified to relate to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information as amended and supplemented to such date;

that, if and to the extent that the Bank and the Agent shall agree that the following requirements of this Section 5(h) shall be applicable, reasonably promptly after each time an annual report on Form 40-F of the Bank, or any amendment thereto, is filed with the Commission and, each time the Bank sells Securities to such Agent as principal pursuant to a Terms Agreement and such Terms Agreement specifies the delivery of a written opinion under this Section 5(h) as a condition to the purchase of Securities pursuant to such Terms Agreement (it being understood that the Agent will include such condition only when in its reasonable discretion such opinion would be appropriate under the circumstances and after consultation with the Bank), the Bank shall cause ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ US LLP, United States counsel for the Bank, to furnish such Agent a written opinion, dated the date of such amendment, supplement or incorporation or the Time of Delivery relating to such sale, as the case may be, in form satisfactory to such Agent, to the effect that such Agent may rely on the opinion of such counsel referred to in Section 8(c) hereof which was last furnished to such Agent to the same extent as though it were dated the date of such letter authorizing reliance (except that the statements in such last opinion shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information as amended and supplemented to such date) or, in lieu of such opinion, an opinion of the same tenor as the opinion of such counsel referred to in Section 8(c) hereof but modified to relate to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information as amended and supplemented to such date;

that, if and to the extent that the Bank and the Agent shall agree that the following requirements of this Section 5(i) shall be applicable, reasonably promptly after each time an annual report on Form 40-F of the Bank, or any amendment thereto, is filed with the Commission and, each time the Bank sells Securities to such Agent as principal pursuant to a Terms Agreement and such Terms Agreement specifies the delivery of a letter under this Section 5(i) as a condition to the purchase of Securities pursuant to such Terms Agreement (it being understood that the Agent will include such condition only when in its reasonable discretion such opinion would be appropriate under the circumstances and after consultation with the Bank), the Bank shall cause the Auditors to furnish such Agent a letter, dated the date of such amendment, supplement or incorporation or the Time of Delivery relating to such sale, as the case may be, in form reasonably satisfactory to such Agent, of the same tenor as the letter referred to in Section 8(e) hereof but modified to relate to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information as amended or supplemented to the date of such letter; provided, however, that, with respect to any financial information or other matter, such letter may reconfirm as true and correct at such date as though made at and as of such date, rather than repeat, statements with respect to such financial information or other matter made in the letter referred to in Section 8(e) hereof which was last furnished to such Agent; and

that, if and to the extent that the Bank and the Agent shall agree that the following requirements of this Section 5(j) shall be applicable, reasonably promptly after each time an annual report on Form 40-F of the Bank, or any amendment thereto, is filed with the Commission and, each time the Bank sells Securities to such Agent as principal and the applicable Terms Agreement specifies the delivery of a certificate under this Section 5(j) as a condition to the purchase of Securities pursuant to such Terms Agreement, the Bank shall furnish or cause to be furnished forthwith to such Agent a certificate signed by an executive officer of the Bank, dated the date of such supplement, amendment or incorporation or the Time of Delivery relating to such sale, as the case may be, to the effect that the statements contained in the certificate referred to in Section 8(g) hereof which was last furnished to such Agent are true and correct at such date as though made at and as of such date (except that such statements shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information as amended and supplemented to such date), or, in lieu of such certificate, a certificate of the same tenor as the certificates referred to in said Section 8(g) but modified to relate to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information as amended and supplemented to such date.

Certain Agreements of the Agent. The Agent hereby represents and agrees that:

it has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use of, any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Bank and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Bank) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that contains no “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Prospectus, the Pricing Supplement or a previously filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus previously approved by the Bank pursuant to clause (iii) below, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed in the Terms Agreement or other agreement in respect of a specific offering of Securities in the form of Schedule II to Annex I or prepared pursuant to Section 5(a) above or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by the Agent and approved by the Bank in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”);

it has not and will not distribute any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus referred to in clause (a)(iii) in a manner reasonably designed to lead to its broad unrestricted dissemination;

the Agent will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder in connection with the use of each free writing prospectus for any offer and sale of Securities, including, without limitation, Rule 164(e) for so long as the Bank is an ineligible issuer (as defined in Rule 405);

it has not and will not, without the prior written consent of the Bank, use any free writing prospectus or term sheet that contains the final terms of the Securities unless such terms have previously been included in a free writing prospectus filed with the Commission; provided that the Agent may use a term sheet containing such additional information as may be mandated by the relevant product supplement or, substantially in the form of Schedule III to Annex I hereto (unless another form is mutually agreed by the Bank and the Agent), the contents of which will be agreed with the Bank in the context of a specific offering of Securities; provided, further, that the Agent shall notify the Bank, and provide a copy of such term sheet to the Bank, prior to, or substantially concurrently with, the first use of such term sheet;

it will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each free writing prospectus used or referred to by it, in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act; and

at any time the Agent is participating in an offering of Securities, it is not and will not be subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act (and will promptly notify the Bank as soon as practicable if any such proceeding has been initiated or is pending if the Agent is currently being invited or instructed to participate or that is participating in an offering of Securities).

Payment of Certain Expenses. The Bank covenants and agrees with the Agent that the Bank will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Bank’s counsel and the Bank’s accountants in connection with the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement, the Program Prospectus and, any Pricing Supplements, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Time of Sale Information and all other amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Agent; (ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Securities, including any transfer or similar taxes payable thereon, (iii) the cost of printing or producing any Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities under state securities laws and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel for the Agent in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum, (iv) all filing fees and the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel to the Agent incurred in connection with the review and qualification of the offering of the Securities by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), (v) any fees charged by the rating agencies for the rating of the Securities, (vi) the cost of the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Securities, (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any agent of the Trustee and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Securities, (viii) the document production charges and expenses associated with printing this Agreement; and (ix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Bank hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in

Conditions to the Obligations of the Agent. The obligation of the Agent, as agent of the Bank, at any time (“Solicitation Time”) to solicit offers to purchase the Securities from the Bank and the obligation of the Agent to purchase Securities from the Bank as principal, pursuant to any Terms Agreement or otherwise, shall in each case be subject, in such Agent’s discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Bank herein (and, in the case of an obligation of an Agent under a Terms Agreement, in or incorporated by reference in such Terms Agreement) are true and correct at and as of the Commencement Date and any applicable date referred to in Section 5(j) hereof that is prior to such Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case may be, and at and as of such Solicitation Time or at and as of both such Time of Delivery and Time of Agent Purchase, as the case may be (“Time of Agent Purchase” shall mean, with respect to any obligation of the Agent to purchase Securities as principal, the time when the related Terms Agreement becomes effective or if there is no Terms Agreement, the time when the Agent otherwise becomes committed to purchase the Securities); the condition that prior to such Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case may be, the Bank shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder and under any applicable Terms Agreement theretofore to be performed; and the following additional conditions:

(i) the Registration Statement (or if a post-effective amendment thereto is required to be filed under the Securities Act, such post-effective amendment) shall have become effective; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission; the preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agent; (ii) there shall not have occurred any downgrading in the rating accorded any debt securities of the Bank by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act or any public announcement by any such organization of an intended or potential downgrading; and (iii) there shall have been no material adverse change in the financial condition, earnings, business or operations of the Bank and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendments or

▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Harcourt LLP, Canadian counsel for the Bank, shall have furnished to such Agent their written opinions, dated the Commencement Date, should such opinion be jointly requested by the parties to this Agreement, and each applicable date referred to in Section 5(g) hereof that is on or prior to such Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case may be, subject to such exceptions and qualifications as would be customary, to the effect that:

the Bank validly exists as a Schedule I bank under the Bank Act;

the Bank has the corporate power to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement, any applicable Terms Agreement and the Indenture and to sell the Securities to be delivered on the Closing Date (as defined in Annex I);

all necessary corporate action has been taken by the Bank to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder and this Agreement has been, to the extent execution and delivery are matters governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario or the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, duly executed and delivered by the Bank;

all necessary corporate action has been taken by the Bank to authorize the execution and delivery of any applicable Terms Agreement and the performance of its obligations thereunder and any applicable Terms Agreement has been, to the extent execution and delivery are matters governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario or the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, duly executed and delivered by the Bank;

all necessary corporate action has been taken by the Bank to authorize the creation, issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities to be delivered on the Closing Date, and the Securities have been, to the extent issuance, execution and delivery are matters governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario or the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, duly issued, executed and delivered by the Bank;

all necessary corporate action has been taken by the Bank to authorize the execution and delivery of the Indenture and the performance of its obligations thereunder and the Indenture has been, to the extent execution and delivery are matters governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario or the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, duly executed and delivered by the Bank. The Indenture will, with respect to the provisions thereof governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Bank enforceable in accordance with its terms;

the execution and delivery of this Agreement, any applicable Terms Agreement and the Indenture, the fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement, any applicable Terms Agreement and the Indenture by the Bank, and the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities do not and will not result in a breach of or default under, and do not and will not create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time or both, will result in a breach of or default under: (a) any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the Bank Act or the by-laws of the Bank; or (b) any law, statute, regulation or rule applicable to the Bank or its property or assets;

the Indenture and the issuance of the Securities thereunder comply, to the extent applicable, with the provisions of the Bank Act. No registration, filing or recording of the Indenture under the laws of the Province of Ontario or the federal laws of Canada applicable therein is necessary or required for the issue of the Securities or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Indenture, except such as have been made;

all necessary corporate action has been taken by the Bank to authorize the execution and delivery of each of the Prospectus and any applicable Pricing Supplement and the filing thereof with the Commission;

the statements in the Registration Statement under Part II of the Registration Statement on Form F-3 under the heading “Indemnification”, insofar as such statements constitute statements of the laws of the Province of Ontario or the federal laws of Canada applicable therein or purport to summarize provisions of agreements or instruments, have been reviewed by us and fairly summarize the matters described therein and are accurate in all material respects;

the form of global certificate representing the Securities to be delivered at the Time of Delivery has been approved by the Bank and, to the extent applicable, complies with the provisions of the Bank Act;

the statements in the Prospectus under the heading “Limitations on Enforcement of U.S. Laws Against the Bank, Our Management and Others” insofar as such statements constitute statements of Canadian federal or Ontario law, have been reviewed by us and fairly summarize the matters described therein and are accurate in all material respects;

the submission by the Bank to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts (as defined below) in each of Section 17 of this Agreement and Section 1501 of the Indenture would be recognized and given effect by an Ontario Court (as defined below) as a valid submission to the New York Courts; provided, that the provisions of this Agreement and the Indenture, as applicable, dealing with service of process on the Bank are duly complied with;

an Ontario Court would give a judgment based upon a final and conclusive in personam judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction in New York (a “New York Court”) for a sum certain, obtained against the Bank with respect to a claim arising out of this Agreement or the Indenture (a “New York Judgment”) without reconsideration of the merits provided that:

an action to enforce the New York Judgment must be commenced in an Ontario Court within any applicable limitation period;

an Ontario Court has discretion to stay or decline to hear an action on the New York Judgment if such judgment is under appeal, or there is another subsisting judgment in any jurisdiction relating to the same cause of action;

an Ontario Court will render judgment only in Canadian dollars; and

an action in an Ontario Court on the New York Judgment may be affected by bankruptcy, insolvency or laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally;

the New York Judgment was obtained by fraud or in a manner contrary to the principles of natural justice;

the New York Judgment is for a claim which would be characterized as based on foreign revenue, expropriatory, or penal, or other public law under Ontario Law (as defined below);

the New York Judgment is contrary to Public Policy (as defined below) or to an order made by the Attorney General of Canada under the Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act (Canada) or by the Competition Tribunal under the Competition Act (Canada) in respect of certain judgments referred to in such statutes; or

the New York Judgment has been satisfied or is void or voidable under New York Law (as defined below); and

in any proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction in the Province of Ontario (an “Ontario Court”) for the enforcement of this Agreement and the Indenture, an Ontario Court would apply the laws of State of New York (“New York Law”), in accordance with the parties’ choice of New York Law in this Agreement and the Indenture, to all issues which under the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws applicable in the Province of Ontario (“Ontario Law”) are to be determined in accordance with the chosen law of the contract, provided that:

the parties’ choice of New York Law is bona fide and legal and is not contrary to public policy, as such term is interpreted under Ontario Law (“Public Policy”); and

in any such proceeding, an Ontario Court:

will not take judicial notice of the provisions of New York Law but will only apply such provisions if they are pleaded and proven by expert testimony;

will apply Ontario Law to matters which would be characterized as procedural under Ontario Law;

will apply provisions of Ontario Law that have overriding effect;

will not apply any New York Law if its application would be contrary to Public Policy;

will not apply any New York Law if such application would be characterized under Ontario Law as the direct or indirect enforcement of a foreign revenue, expropriatory, penal or other public law;

will not enforce the performance of any obligation that is illegal under the laws of any jurisdiction in which the obligation is to be performed; and

an Ontario Court has discretion to decline to hear an action if: (i) it is contrary to Public Policy; (ii) it is not the proper forum to hear such an action; or (iii) another action is properly pending before, or a decision has been rendered by, a foreign authority relating to the same cause of action.

▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ US LLP, United States counsel for the Bank, shall have furnished to such Agent their written opinions, dated the Commencement Date, should such opinion be jointly requested by the parties to this Agreement, and each applicable date referred to in Section 5(h) hereof that is on or prior to such Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case may be, subject to such assumptions, limitations, exceptions and qualifications as would be customary, to the effect that:

this Agreement and any applicable Terms Agreement have been duly executed and delivered by the Bank, to the extent such execution and delivery are governed by the laws of the State of New York;

the Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Bank, to the extent such execution and delivery are governed by the laws of the State of New York, and is the valid and binding obligation of the Bank, enforceable against the Bank in accordance with its terms;

the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act;

no authorization, approval or consent of, and no filing or registration with, any governmental or regulatory authority or agency of the United States or of the State of New York is required on the part of the Bank for the execution, delivery or performance by the Bank of this Agreement, the applicable Terms Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities, as applicable (other than as have been obtained and are in full force and effect under the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act or as may be required under the federal securities laws, the securities or “blue sky” laws of any state, the Uniform Commercial Code of any state, or to be obtained from or made to FINRA);

the execution and delivery by the Bank of this Agreement, the applicable Terms Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities does not, and the performance by the Bank of its obligations thereunder will not, result in a violation of Applicable Law. “Applicable Law” means the federal law of the United States of America, and the law of the State of New York (including the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder or pursuant thereto, but not including any statutes, ordinances, administrative decisions, rules or regulations of any political subdivision of the State of New York), that a New York lawyer exercising customary professional diligence would reasonably be expected to recognize as being applicable to the Bank, this Agreement, the applicable Terms Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities or the transactions governed by this Agreement, the applicable Terms Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities;

the discussions set forth in the Prospectus under the headings “Description of the Debt Securities We May Offer” and “Plan of Distribution (Conflicts of Interest),” in each case, to the extent they describe specific provisions of the Securities or legal conclusions with respect thereto currently applicable to the holders described therein, are (subject to the qualifications set forth therein) fair summaries of such matters in all material respects;

the Securities, when duly executed and issued under New York Law by the Bank and when authenticated by the U.S. Trustee in accordance with the Indenture and delivered and paid for as provided in this Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement, will be the valid and binding obligations of the Bank, enforceable against the Bank in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture;

the submission by the Bank to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and New York State courts located in The City of New York pursuant each of this Agreement and the Indenture is effective, and the appointment of The Bank of Nova Scotia, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ (Attention: Head of Global Banking & Markets, U.S., The Bank of Nova Scotia) for service of process pursuant to Section 17 of this Agreement and Section 1501 of the Indenture is binding on the Bank;

the discussions set forth in the Prospectus under the heading “United States Taxation,” to the extent that they constitute matters of United States federal income tax law or legal conclusions with respect thereto currently applicable to holders described therein, are (subject to the qualifications set forth therein) fair summaries of such matters in all material respects; and

the Bank is not required to register as an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act.

the Registration Statement, when it became effective, and the Prospectus, as of the date thereof, appear on their face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (assuming that such documents comport with Canadian law); except that, in each case, such counsel expresses no belief and makes no statement with respect to (a) the financial, accounting and statistical data contained or incorporated by reference in or omitted from the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus, and (b) the exhibits to the Registration Statement, including the Form T-1;

the statements contained in the Registration Statement and the Basic Prospectus under the captions “Description of Debt Securities We May Offer”, “United States Taxation” and “Plan of Distribution (Conflicts of Interest)” and in the Prospectus Supplement, under the captions “Description of the Notes We May Offer”, “United States Taxation” and “Supplemental Plan of Distribution (Conflicts of Interest)”, insofar as they relate to provisions of the Securities, the Indenture or this Agreement or of United States Federal tax law therein described, constitute a fair and accurate summary of such provisions in all material respects; and

if requested by the Agent or the Bank in a reasonable time in advance of delivery of such opinion, such counsel’s performance of the services referred to in such opinion did not disclose any information that gave such counsel’s reason to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, as of the time it became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (ii) (a) other than in the case of a sale of Securities by the Bank via an Agent, the Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale (which such counsel may assume to be the date of the Terms Agreement), or (b) the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, as of the date of such amendment or supplement and as of the date of the related letter, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; except that in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), such counsel expresses no belief and makes no statement with respect to (a) the financial, accounting and statistical data contained or incorporated by reference in or omitted from the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus, and (b) the exhibits to the Registration Statement, including the Form T-1.

▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Agent, shall have furnished to the Agent their written opinions, dated the Commencement Date and each applicable date referred to in Section 5(f) hereof that is on or prior to such Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to such Agent with respect to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, the Securities and such other matters that such Agent may reasonably request.

Not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Commencement Date and on each applicable date referred to in Section 5(i) hereof that is on or prior to such Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, such Agent shall have received, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, from the Auditor, constituting statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to Agent with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

On or after the date hereof or of any applicable Terms Agreement there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the Toronto Stock Exchange; (ii) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in The City of New York or the City of Toronto, declared by either United States federal, New York State, Canadian federal or Ontario provincial authorities, as the case may be; or (iv) an outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other calamity or crisis having an adverse effect on the financial markets of the United States of America, which, in the judgment of such Agent makes it impracticable to proceed with the solicitation of offers to purchase Securities or the purchase of the Securities from the Bank as principal pursuant to the applicable Terms Agreement or otherwise, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus as first amended or supplemented relating to the Securities to be delivered at the relevant Time of Delivery.

The Bank shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to such Agent a certificate signed by an authorized officer of the Bank dated the Commencement Date and each applicable date referred to in Section 5(j) hereof that is on or prior to such Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case may be, to the effect set forth in Section 8(a)(i) and (ii) above and to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Bank contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Commencement Date or such applicable date, as the case may be, and that the Bank has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or prior to the Commencement Date or such applicable date, as the case may be.

Indemnification and Contribution.

The Bank agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent, its directors, its officers, each affiliate of the Agent within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act and each person, if any, who controls the Agent within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Time of

The Agent agrees, to indemnify and hold harmless the Bank, its directors, its officers, its authorized representative or representatives in the United States, and each person, if any, who controls the Bank within the meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Bank to the Agent, but only with reference to information relating to such Agent furnished in writing by such Agent expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, in each case as amended or supplemented.

In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either of the two preceding paragraphs, such person (the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all such indemnified parties and that such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by the Agent in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to

If the indemnification provided for in Sections 9(a) and 9(b) hereof is unavailable as a matter of law to an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each indemnifying party under either such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Bank on the one hand, and the Agent on the other, from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Bank on the one hand, and of the Agent on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Bank on the one hand, and the Agent on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Bank bear to the total underwriting commissions received by the Agent, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Bank and of the Agent shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Bank or by the Agent and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

The Bank and the Agent agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 9(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, the Agent shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities referred to in 9(d) above that were offered and sold to the public through such Agent exceeds the amount of any damages that such Agent has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 9 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.

Agency.

The Agent, in soliciting offers to purchase Securities from the Bank and in performing the other obligations of such Agent hereunder (other than in respect of any purchase by an Agent as principal, pursuant to a Terms Agreement or otherwise), is acting solely as agent for the Bank and not as principal. The Agent is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Bank with respect to the offering of Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to the Bank or any other person; additionally, no Agent is advising the Bank or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction; the Bank shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making their own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby.

The Agent will make reasonable efforts to assist the Bank in obtaining performance by each purchaser whose offer to purchase Securities from the Bank was solicited by such Agent and has been accepted by the Bank, but such Agent shall not have any liability to the Bank in the event such purchase is not consummated for any reason. If the Bank shall default on its obligation to deliver Securities to a purchaser whose offer it has accepted, the Bank shall (i) hold the Agent harmless against any loss, claim or damage arising from or as a result of such default by the Bank and (ii) notwithstanding such default, pay to the Agent any commission to which it would be entitled in connection with such sale.

Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Bank and the Agent, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement or any Terms Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any (i) termination of this Agreement or any Terms Agreement, (ii) investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of the Agent or any controlling person of the Agent, or the Bank, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Bank, and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Securities.

Suspension or Termination; Additional Agents; Amendments.

The provisions of this Agreement relating to the solicitation of offers to purchase Securities from the Bank may be suspended or terminated at any time by the Bank as to the Agent or by any Agent as to the Agent upon the giving of written notice of such suspension or termination to such Agent or the Bank, as the case may be. In the event of such suspension or termination with respect to the Agent, (x) this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect with respect to the Agent as to which such suspension or termination has not occurred, (y) this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect with respect to the rights and obligations of any party which have previously accrued or which relate to Securities which are already issued, agreed to be issued or the subject of a pending offer at the time of such suspension or termination and (z) in any event, this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect insofar as Sections 3(d), 5(d), 7, 9, 10 and 11 hereof are concerned.

The Bank, in its sole discretion, may appoint one or more additional parties to act as Agents hereunder from time to time. Any such appointment shall be made in writing and signed by the Bank and the party so appointed. Such appointment shall become effective in accordance with its terms after the execution and delivery of such writing by the Bank and such other party. When such appointment is effective, such other party shall be deemed to be one of the Agents referred to in, and to have the rights and obligations of an Agent under, this Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions of such appointment. The Bank shall deliver a copy of such appointment to each other Agent promptly after it becomes effective.

The Bank, in its sole discretion, may increase the aggregate initial offering price of the Securities from time to time without consent of, or notice to, the Agent.

Default by Agent. The following terms shall apply to any Terms Agreement if provided for therein:

If any Agent shall default in its obligation to purchase the Securities which it has agreed to purchase pursuant to such Terms Agreement, the representatives named in such Terms Agreement may in their discretion arrange for the representatives or another party or other parties to purchase such Securities on the terms provided by such Terms Agreement. If within thirty-six hours after such default by any Agent the representatives do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Bank shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to

If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Agent or Agents by the representatives and the Bank as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities covered by such Terms Agreement, then the Bank shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Agent to purchase the principal amount of Securities which such Agent agreed to purchase pursuant to such Terms Agreement and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Agent to purchase its pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities which such Agent agreed to purchase pursuant to such Terms Agreement) of the Securities of such defaulting Agent or Agents for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Agent from liability for its default.

If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Agent or Agents by the Agent and the Bank as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of Securities pursuant to such Terms Agreement which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities under such Terms Agreement, or if the Bank shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Agents to purchase Securities of a defaulting Agent or Agents, then such Terms Agreement shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Agent or the Bank, except for the expenses to be borne by the Bank and the Agent as provided in Section 7 hereof incorporated therein by reference and the indemnity and contribution agreement in Section 9 hereof incorporated therein by reference; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Agent from liability for its default.

Notices. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Agent shall be delivered or sent by mail, electronic mail or facsimile transmission to the address of the Agent as set forth in Annex III and to any other Agents at the addresses set forth in their letter of appointment delivered in accordance with Section 12; and if to the Bank shall be delivered to the address of the Bank set forth in the Registration Statement: Attention: Senior Vice President, Canadian Banking and Global Wealth Management Treasurer, Term Funding and Capital Management, with a copy to: Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel; provided, however, that any notice to an Agent appointed pursuant to Section 12(b) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to such Agent at its address set forth in its Agents’ questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Bank by such Agent upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.

Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Agent is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Bank, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Agent to properly identify their respective clients.

Successors. This Agreement and any Terms Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Agent and the Bank, and to the extent provided in Sections 8 and 10 hereof, the officers and directors of the Bank and each person who controls the Agent or the Bank, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement or any Terms Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Securities through or from the Agent hereunder shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.

Submission to Jurisdiction; Appointment of Agent for Service.

The Bank irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or United States Federal court sitting in The City of New York over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any applicable Terms Agreement, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. The Bank irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. To the extent that the Bank has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise) from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process with respect to itself or its property, the Bank irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, such immunity in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding.

The Bank hereby irrevocably appoints Head of Global Banking & Markets, U.S. of The Bank of Nova Scotia, with offices at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ as its agent for service of process in any suit, action or proceeding described in the preceding paragraph and agrees that service of process in any such suit, action or proceeding may be made upon it at the office of such agent. The Bank waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any other requirements of

Business Day. Time shall be of the essence in this Agreement and any Terms Agreement. As used herein, “business day” shall mean Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or executive order to close in The City of New York, New York or Toronto, Ontario.

Judgment Currency. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder into any currency other than United States dollars, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the relevant Agent could purchase United States dollars with such other currency in The City of New York on the business day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of the Bank with respect to any sum due from it to the Agent or any person controlling the Agent shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than United States dollars, not be discharged until the first business day following receipt by such Agent or controlling person of any sum in such other currency, and only to the extent that such Agent or controlling person may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase United States dollars with such other currency. If the United States dollars so purchased are less than the sum originally due to such Agent or controlling person hereunder, the Bank agrees as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Agent or controlling person against such loss. If the United States dollars so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to such Agent or controlling person hereunder, such Agent or controlling person agrees to pay to the Bank an amount equal to the excess of the dollars so purchased over the sum originally due to such Agent or controlling person hereunder.

Governing Law. This Agreement and any Terms Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

U.S. Special Resolution Regime. In the event that the Agent that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Agent of this Agreement or any Terms Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement or such Terms Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement or such Terms Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event that the Agent that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Agent becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement or any Terms Agreement that may be exercised against such Agent are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement or such Terms Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

EU and UK Bail-in Powers. Notwithstanding and to the exclusion of any other term of this Distribution Agreement or any other agreements, arrangements, or understanding between the Bank and any BRRD Party, the Bank acknowledges and accepts that a BRRD Liability arising under this Agreement or any Terms Agreement may be subject to the exercise of EU Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority, and acknowledges, accepts, and agrees to be bound by: (a) the effect of the exercise of EU Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority in relation to any BRRD Liability of such BRRD Party to the Bank under this Agreement or any Terms Agreement, that (without limitation) may include and result in any of the following, or some combination thereof: (i) the reduction of all, or a portion, of the BRRD Liability or outstanding amounts due thereon; (ii) the conversion of all, or a portion, of the BRRD Liability into shares, other securities or other obligations of such BRRD Party or another person (and the issue to or conferral on the Bank of such shares, securities or obligations); (iii) the cancellation of the BRRD Liability; (iv) the amendment or alteration of any interest, if applicable, thereon, the maturity or the dates on which any payments are due, including by suspending payment for a temporary period; and (b) the variation of the terms of this Agreement or such Terms Agreement, as deemed necessary by the Relevant Resolution Authority, to give effect to the exercise of EU Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority.

Counterparts. This Agreement and any Terms Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto and thereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Agreement and of signature pages by facsimile or electronic format (i.e., “.pdf” or “.tif”) transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Agreement as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Agreement for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or electronic format (i.e., “.pdf” or “.tif”) shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

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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 by the assigning rating organization.

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 [☐] business days (T+[☐]), to specify alternative settlement arrangements to prevent a failed settlement.]

(A)  The Distribution Agent will advise the Bank by telephone, confirmed by facsimile or e-mail (with a copy to the Registrar), of the following settlement information:

1.  Taxpayer identification number of the purchaser.

2.  Principal amount of such Book-Entry Notes.

3.  Each term specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.

4.  Price to public, if any, of such Book-Entry Notes (if such Book-Entry Notes are not being offered “at the market”).

5.  Trade Date.

6.  Settlement Date (Original Issue Date).

7.  Maturity Date.

8.  Redemption provisions, if any, including: Initial Redemption Date, Initial Redemption Percentage and Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction.

Repayment provisions, if any, including ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Optional Repayment Date(s).

9.  Net proceeds to the Bank.

10.  Whether such Book-Entry Notes are being sold to the Distribution Agent as principal or to an investor or other purchaser through the Distribution Agent acting as agent for the Bank.

11.  The Distribution Agent’s commission or discount, as applicable.

12.  Whether such Book-Entry Notes are being issued with Original Issue Discount and the terms thereof.

13.  Default Rate.

14.  Identification numbers of participant accounts maintained by DTC on behalf of the Distribution Agent.

15.  Whether additional documentation will be required for Securities being sold to the Distribution Agent as principal.

16.  Such other information specified with respect to such Book-Entry Notes (whether by Addendum or otherwise).

(B)  The Registrar will assign a CUSIP number of the appropriate series to the Global Note representing such Book-Entry Notes and, as soon thereafter as practicable, the Registrar will notify the Distribution Agent by telephone of such CUSIP number.

(C)  The Distribution Agent will communicate to DTC through DTC’s Participant Terminal System, a pending deposit message specifying the following settlement information:

1.  The information set forth in Settlement Procedure A.

2.  The identification numbers of the participant accounts maintained by DTC on behalf of the Registrar and the Distribution Agent.

3.  Identification of the Book-Entry Note as a Fixed Rate Book-Entry Note or Floating Rate Book-Entry Note.

4.  The initial Interest Payment Date for the Global Note representing such Book-Entry Notes, the number of days by which such date succeeds the related Record Date and, if then calculable, the amount of interest payable on such Interest Payment Date (which amount shall have been confirmed by the Bank).

5.  The CUSIP number of the Global Notes representing Book Entry Notes.

6.  Whether such Global Note represents any other Securities issued or to be issued in book-entry form.

The Distribution Agent will complete and deliver to the Trustee the Global Note representing such Book-Entry Notes in a form that has been approved by the Bank and the Distribution Agent and the Bank will deliver its authentication instructions to the Trustee.

(D)  The Trustee will authenticate pursuant to the Bank’s instructions the Global Note representing such Book-Entry Notes in a form that has been approved by the Bank and the Distribution Agent.

(E)  DTC will credit the Book-Entry Notes represented by such Global Note to the participant account of the Registrar maintained by DTC.

(F)  The Registrar will enter an SDFS deliver order through DTC’s Participant Terminal System instructing DTC (i) to debit such Book-Entry Notes to the Registrar’s participant account and credit such Book-Entry Notes to the participant account of the Distribution Agent maintained by DTC and (ii) to debit the settlement account of the Distribution Agent and credit the settlement account of the Registrar maintained by DTC, in an amount equal to the price of such Book-Entry Notes less such Distribution Agent’s commission or discount. Any entry of such deliver order shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Registrar to DTC that (i) the Global Note representing such Book-Entry Notes has been issued and authenticated and (ii) the Registrar is holding such Global Note pursuant to the Certificate Agreement.

(G)  In the case of Book-Entry Notes sold through a Distribution Agent acting as agent, the Distribution Agent will enter an SDFS deliver order through DTC’s Participant Terminal System instructing DTC (i) to debit such Book-Entry Notes to the Distribution Agent’s participant account and credit such Book-Entry Notes to the participant accounts of the Participants maintained by DTC and (ii) to debit the settlement accounts of such Participants and credit the settlement account of the Distribution Agent maintained by DTC, in an amount equal to the offering price of such Book-Entry Notes.

(H)  Transfers of funds in accordance with SDFS delivery orders described in Settlement Procedures F and G will be settled in accordance with SDFS operating procedures in effect on the Settlement Date.

(I)   In the case of Book-Entry Notes sold through a Distribution Agent acting as agent, the Distribution Agent will confirm the purchase of such Book-Entry Notes to the purchaser either by transmitting to the Participant with respect to such Book-Entry Notes a confirmation order through DTC’s Participant Terminal System or by mailing a written confirmation to such purchaser.

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