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The Bank of Nova Scotia has announced:

that it has completed the domestic public offering of Non-cumulative 5-Year Rate Reset Preferred Shares Series 38 (Non-Viability Contingent Capital (NVCC)) (the “Preferred Shares Series 38”).

Scotiabank sold 20 million Preferred Shares Series 38 at a price of $25.00 per share and holders will be entitled to receive a non-cumulative quarterly fixed dividend for the initial period ending January 26, 2022, yielding 4.85% per annum, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of Scotiabank. The gross proceeds of the offering were $500 million.

The offering was made through a syndicate of underwriters led by Scotia Capital Inc. The Preferred Shares Series 38 commenced trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange today under the symbol BNS.PR.H.

On January 27, 2022 and on January 27 every five years thereafter, Scotiabank may, at its option, with the prior approval of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada), redeem all or any number of the then outstanding Preferred Shares Series 38 at a redemption price which is equal to par. Thereafter, the dividend rate will reset every five years at a rate equal to 4.19% over the 5-year Government of Canada bond yield. Holders of Preferred Shares Series 38 will, subject to certain conditions, have the right to convert all or any part of their shares to Non-cumulative Floating Rate Preferred Shares Series 39 (Non-Viability Contingent Capital (NVCC)) (the “Preferred Shares Series 39”) of Scotiabank on January 27, 2022 and on January 27 every five years thereafter.

Holders of the Preferred Shares Series 39 will be entitled to receive a non-cumulative quarterly floating dividend at a rate equal to the 3-month Government of Canada Treasury Bill yield plus 4.19%, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of Scotiabank. Holders of Preferred Shares Series 39 will, subject to certain conditions, have the right to convert all or any part of their shares to Preferred Shares Series 38 on January 27, 2027 and on January 27 every five years thereafter.

BNS.PR.H is a FixedReset, 4.85%+419, NVCC, announced 2016-9-7. It will be tracked by HIMIPref™ and has been assigned to the FixedReset subindex.

The issue traded 2,738,643 shares in a range of 25.41-49 before closing at 25.46-47. This represents the tenth largest daily volume in my database, just behind TD.PF.H, which settled last week, despite having only half the number of shares outstanding. Vital statistics are:

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