TORONTO, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Scotiabank will announce details of its fourth quarter/year-end results on Friday, December 8, 2006. Fourth Quarter/Year-End Results News Release -------------------------------------------- - A news release of the fourth quarter/year-end results will be issued in Canada over CNW and in the U.S. over PR Newswire at approximately 11:45 a.m. EST on Friday, December 8, 2006. Fourth Quarter/Year-End Results Conference Call ----------------------------------------------- - The conference call will take place on Friday, December 8, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. EST and is expected to last approximately one hour. - Interested parties are invited to access the call live, in listen- only mode: - Via telephone, toll-free, at 1-800-796-7558 (please call five to 15 minutes in advance). - Via the Internet on the Investor Relations page of http://www.scotiabank.com/. - During the call, listeners may also wish to refer to the Quarterly Results information displayed on the Investor Relations page of http://www.scotiabank.com/. - Following discussion of the results by Scotiabank Executives, there will be a question and answer session. Listeners are also invited to submit questions by e-mail, to . Conference Call Archive ----------------------- - A telephone replay of the call will be available between December 8, 2006 and December 22, 2006 by calling (416) 640-1917 (identification code 21207808 followed by the number sign). - The archived audio webcast will be available on the Investor Relations page of http://www.scotiabank.com/ from approximately 6:00 p.m. EST on December 8, 2006 for three months. Scotiabank is one of North America's premier financial institutions and Canada's most international bank. With close to 56,000 employees, Scotiabank Group and its affiliates serve about 10 million customers in some 50 countries around the world. Scotiabank offers a diverse range of products and services including personal, commercial, corporate and investment banking. With $365 billion in assets (as at July 31, 2006), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto (BNS) and New York (BNS) Stock Exchanges. For more information please visit http://www.scotiabank.com/. DATASOURCE: Scotiabank CONTACT: Paula Cufre, Scotiabank Public Affairs, (416) 933-1093,

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