determined
by reference to SCUSA’s pricing models at that time, plus or minus SCUSA’s then current bid and ask spread
for similar sized trades of structured notes (and subject to the declining excess amount described above).
Furthermore,
if you sell your Notes, you will likely be charged a commission for secondary market transactions, or the price will
likely reflect a dealer discount. This commission or discount will further reduce the proceeds you would receive for
your Notes in a secondary market sale.
There
is no assurance that SCUSA or any other party will be willing to purchase your Notes at any price and, in this regard,
SCUSA is not obligated to make a market in the Notes. See “— The Notes lack liquidity” herein.
The
price at which the Notes may be sold prior to maturity will depend on a number of factors and may be substantially less
than the amount for which they were originally purchased
The
price at which the Notes may be sold prior to maturity will depend on a number of factors. Some of these factors include,
but are not limited to: (i) actual or anticipated changes in the value of the Reference Asset over the full term of the
Notes, (ii) volatility of the Reference Asset and the market’s perception of future volatility of the Reference
Asset, (iii) changes in interest rates generally, (iv) any actual or anticipated changes in our credit ratings or credit
spreads and (v) the time remaining to maturity. In particular, because the provisions of the Notes relating to the Payment
at Maturity and the Automatic Call feature behave like options, the value of the Notes will vary in ways which are non-linear
and may not be intuitive.
Depending
on the actual or anticipated value of the Reference Asset and other relevant factors, the market value of the Notes may
decrease and you may receive substantially less than 100% of the issue price if you sell your Notes prior to maturity.
See
“Additional Risk Factors Specific to the Notes — Risks Relating to Liquidity — The Market Value of
Your Notes May Be Influenced by Many Unpredictable Factors” in the accompanying product supplement.
The
Notes lack liquidity
The
Notes will not be listed on any securities exchange or automated quotation system. Therefore, there may be little or
no secondary market for the Notes. SCUSA and any other affiliates of the Bank may, but are not obligated to, make a market
in the Notes. Even if there is a secondary market, it may not provide enough liquidity to allow you to trade or sell
the Notes easily. Because we do not expect that other broker-dealers will participate significantly in the secondary
market for the Notes, the price at which you may be able to trade your Notes is likely to depend on the price, if any,
at which SCUSA is willing to purchase the Notes from you. If at any time SCUSA does not make a market in the Notes, it
is likely that there would be no secondary market for the Notes. Accordingly, you should be willing to hold your Notes
to maturity.
Risks
Relating to Hedging Activities and Conflicts of Interest
There
are potential conflicts of interest between you and the Calculation Agent
Scotia
Capital Inc., the Calculation Agent, is one of our affiliates. In performing its duties, the economic interests of the
Calculation Agent are potentially adverse to your interests as an investor in the Notes. The Calculation Agent is under
no obligation to consider your interests as a holder of the Notes in taking any actions that might affect the value of
the Reference Asset or the value of, and return on, the Notes.
Hedging
activities by the Bank and SCUSA may negatively impact investors in the Notes and cause our respective interests and
those of our clients and counterparties to be contrary to those of investors in the Notes
The
Bank, SCUSA or one or more of our other affiliates has hedged or expects to hedge the obligations under the Notes by
purchasing futures and/or other instruments linked to the Reference Asset or one or more Reference Asset Constituent
Stocks. The Bank, SCUSA or one or more of our other affiliates also expects to adjust the hedge by, among other things,
purchasing or selling any of the foregoing, and perhaps other instruments linked to the Reference Asset or one or more
Reference Asset Constituent Stocks, at any time and from time to time, and to unwind the hedge by selling any of the
foregoing on or before the Final Valuation Date.
The
Bank, SCUSA or one or more of our other affiliates may also enter into, adjust and unwind hedging transactions relating
to other basket- or index-linked notes whose returns are linked to changes in the value or price of the Reference Asset
or the Reference Asset Constituent Stocks. Any of these hedging activities may adversely affect the value of the Reference
Asset and, therefore, the market value of, and return on, the Notes.
The
Bank, the Agents and/or our or their affiliates regularly provide services to, or otherwise have business relationships
with, a broad client base, which may include issuers of the Reference Asset Constituent Stocks and the market activities
by the Bank, the Agents or our respective affiliates for our own account or for our clients could negatively impact investors
in the Notes