# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000009631
**File Stem:** 0001193125-23-052287
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
**Character Count:** 9944
**Document Hash:** 8215ff7509a792286c466b8b82f9877b
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-23-052287.hdr.sgml**: 20230228

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-23-052287

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 6-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230228

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230228

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230228

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000009631
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 134941099
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** Z4
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1031

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 6-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 002-09048
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23678452

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 40 TEMPERANCE STREET
- **CITY:** TORONTO
- **STATE:** A6
- **ZIP:** M5H 0B4
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (416) 866-3672

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 40 TEMPERANCE STREET
- **CITY:** TORONTO
- **STATE:** A6
- **ZIP:** M5H 0B4

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA /
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19970702

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**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, DC 20549** 

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**Form 6-K** 

**Report of Foreign Private Issuer** 

**Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of** 

**the Securities Exchange Act of 1934** 

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**For the month of: February, 2023** 

**Commission File Number: 002-09048** 

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## THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
**(Name of registrant)** 

**40 Temperance Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 0B4** 

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

**(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** 

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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 ☐ Form 40-F ☒

This report on Form 6-K shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in The Bank of Nova Scotia's registration statements on Form S-8 (File No. 333-199099) and Form F-3 (File No. 333-261476) 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.

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**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.

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|  | THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA | THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA | THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA |
| Date: February 28, 2023 | By: | /s/ Nives Gaiotto | /s/ Nives Gaiotto |
|  |  | Name: | Nives Gaiotto |
|  |  | Title: | Assistant Corporate Secretary |

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**EXHIBIT INDEX** 

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| **Exhibit** | **Description of Exhibit** |
| 99.1 | Certifications required under Canadian securities legislation |

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## Exhibit 99.1

**Exhibit 99.1** 

**FORM 52-109F2** 

**CERTIFICATION OF INTERIM FILINGS** 

**FULL CERTIFICATE** 

I, L. Scott Thomson, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Bank of Nova Scotia, certify the following:

1. ***Review:*** I have reviewed the interim financial report and interim MD&A (together, the "interim filings") of The Bank of Nova Scotia (the "issuer") for the interim period ended January 31, 2023.

2. ***No misrepresentations:*** Based on my knowledge, having exercised reasonable diligence, the interim filings do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated or that is necessary to make a statement not misleading in light of the circumstances under which it was made, with respect to the period covered by the interim filings.

3. ***Fair presentation:*** Based on my knowledge, having exercised reasonable diligence, the interim financial report together with the other financial information included in the interim filings fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, financial performance and cash flows of the issuer, as of the date of and for the periods presented in the interim filings.

4. ***Responsibility:*** The issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (DC&P) and internal control over financial reporting (ICFR), as those terms are defined in National Instrument 52-109 *Certification of Disclosure in Issuers' Annual and Interim Filings*, for the issuer.

5. ***Design:*** Subject to the limitations, if any, described in paragraphs 5.2 and 5.3, the issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I have, as at the end of the period covered by the interim filings

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) designed DC&P, or caused it to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance that

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) material information relating to the issuer is made known to us by others, particularly during the period in
which the interim filings are being prepared; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) information required to be disclosed by the issuer in its annual filings, interim filings or other reports
filed or submitted by it under securities legislation is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in securities legislation; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) designed ICFR, or caused it to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with the issuer's GAAP.

5.1 ***Control framework:*** The control framework the issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I used to design the issuer's ICFR is based on the Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organization of the Treadway Commission (the COSO criteria).

5.2 N/A

5.3 N/A

6. ***Reporting changes in ICFR:*** The issuer has disclosed in its interim MD&A any change in the issuer's ICFR that occurred during the period beginning on November 1, 2022 and ended on January 31, 2023 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuer's ICFR.

Date: February 28, 2023

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| /s/ L. Scott Thomson |
| L. Scott Thomson |
| President and Chief Executive Officer |

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**FORM 52-109F2** 

**CERTIFICATION OF INTERIM FILINGS** 

**FULL CERTIFICATE** 

I, Rajagopal Viswanathan, Group Head and Chief Financial Officer of The Bank of Nova Scotia, certify the following:

1. ***Review:*** I have reviewed the interim financial report and interim MD&A (together, the "interim filings") of The Bank of Nova Scotia (the "issuer") for the interim period ended January 31, 2023.

2. ***No misrepresentations:*** Based on my knowledge, having exercised reasonable diligence, the interim filings do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated or that is necessary to make a statement not misleading in light of the circumstances under which it was made, with respect to the period covered by the interim filings.

3. ***Fair presentation:*** Based on my knowledge, having exercised reasonable diligence, the interim financial report together with the other financial information included in the interim filings fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, financial performance and cash flows of the issuer, as of the date of and for the periods presented in the interim filings.

4. ***Responsibility:*** The issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (DC&P) and internal control over financial reporting (ICFR), as those terms are defined in National Instrument 52-109 *Certification of Disclosure in Issuers' Annual and Interim Filings*, for the issuer.

5. ***Design:*** Subject to the limitations, if any, described in paragraphs 5.2 and 5.3, the issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I have, as at the end of the period covered by the interim filings

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) designed DC&P, or caused it to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance that

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) material information relating to the issuer is made known to us by others, particularly during the period in
which the interim filings are being prepared; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) information required to be disclosed by the issuer in its annual filings, interim filings or other reports
filed or submitted by it under securities legislation is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in securities legislation; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) designed ICFR, or caused it to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with the issuer's GAAP.

5.1 ***Control framework:*** The control framework the issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I used to design the issuer's ICFR is based on the Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organization of the Treadway Commission (the COSO criteria).

5.2 N/A

5.3 N/A

6. ***Reporting changes in ICFR:*** The issuer has disclosed in its interim MD&A any change in the issuer's ICFR that occurred during the period beginning on November 1, 2022 and ended on January 31, 2023 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuer's ICFR.

Date: February 28, 2023

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| /s/ Rajagopal Viswanathan |
| Rajagopal Viswanathan |
| Group Head and Chief Financial Officer |

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