Scotia Canadian Growth Fund Series A

1 SCOTIAFUNDSAs of April 30, 2018 Scotia Canadian Growth fund - Series ACanadian Focused EquityInvestment ObjectiveThe fund s objective is long-term capital Growth . Itinvests primarily in a broad range of Canadian for InvestingnGrowth opportunities The fund provides highergrowth potential by investing in companies that aregrowing at a faster rate than the overall Well diversified across a broadnumber of sectors with some Canadian smaller capand international complement Complements moreconservative or value-oriented Canadian equity fundswithin a Rating LOWMEDIUMHIGHTime Horizon LongFUND ESSENTIALSI nception DateFebruary 20, Assets $ Initial Inv.($) Additional Inv.($) % (as of 12/31/2017) $ Capped Composite Index(TR)..SeriesLoad StructureCurrencyFundCodeANo LoadCADBNS372 FNo LoadCADBNS572 Adv*Deferred SalesCADBNS972 Adv*Front EndCADBNS772 Adv*Low LoadCADBNS872*All advisor Series funds are closed to new investment effective June25, Manager(s)Alexander LaneAlexander LaneAlexander LaneAlexander Lane 1832 Asset Management Asset Management & PORTFOLIO ANALYSISC ompound returns (%)1 Mth3 Mth6 Mth1 Yr2 Yr3 Yr5 Yr10 Year Returns (%) ($/unit)YTD20172016201520142013201220112 01020092008 Total of $10,000$0 $50,000 $100,000 $150,000 Jan-80 Apr-18 Composition (%) Canadian International Cap (%)Mega (>$34B) ($ - $34B) ($850M - $ ) ($220M - $850M) (<$220M) 10 Holdings% AssetsToronto-Dominion Inc.

2 - Class C Common of Nova of America Royalty Financial Imperial Bank of of 5 Sector Allocation (%) Allocation (%) States of Portfolio HoldingsStock Holdings49 Bond Holdings0 Other Holdings1 Total Number of Underlying Holdings50 SCOTIAFUNDSS cotia Canadian Growth fund - Series ACanadian Focused EquityMANAGER BIOA lexander LaneManager Since January 3, 20121832 Asset Management Lane is a multi-award winning portfoliomanager and lead manager of the Scotia Canadian GrowthFund. With over 14 years of experience, Alex joined 1832 Asset Management in 2000 where he currentlymanages Canadian and Global Growth equity , Alex was a Vice President at TD AssetManagement. His conservative Growth style employs bothtop-down macroeconomic analysis and bottom-upfundamental research to construct flexible portfolios thattake advantage of market fluctuations. Alex holds the CFAdesignation and has a BComm.

3 (Hons.) from Queen sUniversity. Registered trademarks of The Bank of Nova Scotia , used under are managed by 1832 Asset Management , a limited partnership the general partner of which is wholly owned by The Bank of Nova Scotia . ScotiaFunds are availablethrough Scotia Securities Inc. and from other dealers and advisors, including ScotiaMcLeod and Scotia iTRADE which are divisions of Scotia Capital Inc. Scotia Securities Inc. and ScotiaCapital Inc. are wholly owned by The Bank of Nova Scotia . Scotia Capital Inc. is a member of the Canadian Investor Protection fund and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization prices are provided for information purposes only. All information pertains to Series A units of the fund unless stated otherwise. Units of the fund are only available for sale to residents ofCanada, unless the laws of a foreign jurisdiction permit sales to its residents. Please contact your financial advisor for more details.

4 The contents of this document should not be considered anoffer to sell to, or a solicitation to buy mutual fund units from, any person in a jurisdiction where such offer or solicitation is considered MUTUAL fund INFORMATIONC ommissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses may be associated with mutual fund investments. Please read the prospectus beforeinvesting. Mutual funds are not guaranteed or insured by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government deposit insurer, theirvalues change frequently and past performance may not be repeated. The indicated rates of return are the historical annual compounded total returnsincluding changes in unit value and reinvestment of all distributions and does not take into account sales, redemption, distribution or optional charges orincomes taxes payable by any security holder that would have reduced Asset Management , as Manager of the ScotiaFunds, may compensate its staff and any appointed sub-distributor by regular payments based on the net asset value (NAV) of unitsheld by investors.

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