UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 6-K

 


 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date: February 22, 2017

Commission File Number: 002-09048

 


 

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA

(Name of Registrant)

 


 

44 King Street West, Scotia Plaza, 8th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5H 1H1

Attention: Secretary’s Department (Tel.: (416) 866-3672)

(Address of principal executive office)

 


 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

 

Form 20-F o       Form 40-F x

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): o

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): o

 

This report on Form 6-K shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the registration statement of The Bank of Nova Scotia on Form F-3 (File No. 333-215597) and to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is filed, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.

 

 

 



 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA

 

 

Date: February 22, 2017

By:

/s/ Christy Bunker

 

 

Name:

Christy Bunker

 

 

Title:

Managing Director, Secured and Capital Funding

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

 

Description of Exhibit

 

 

 

23.6

 

Consent of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Canadian counsel for the Registrant, as to certain matters of Canadian taxation.

 

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