Bank of Nova Scotia Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

TSX:BNS Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
29 Aug 24	BuyCA$299,684	Michael Medline	Individual	4,529	CA$66.17
06 Mar 24	BuyCA$33,720	Nora Aufreiter	Individual	500	CA$67.44
04 Mar 24	BuyCA$132,476	Calin Rovinescu	Individual	2,000	CA$66.24
29 Feb 24	BuyCA$196,470	Michael Medline	Individual	3,000	CA$65.49

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: BNS insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of BNS?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
Private Companies	192	0.0000155%
Individual Insiders	146,947	0.0119%
State or Government	693,365	0.056%
Institutions	608,527,705	49.2%
General Public	627,973,848	50.8%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 2.7%.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 37.35% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
5.61%	BMO Asset Management Corp.	69,432,916	CA$5.0b	-0.21%	1.45%
4.04%	Royal Bank of Canada, Banking & Securities Investments	49,926,900	CA$3.6b	-9.22%	1.37%
3.99%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	49,339,729	CA$3.6b	3.09%	0.04%
2.41%	RBC Global Asset Management Inc.	29,794,195	CA$2.1b	20.3%	0.94%
2.37%	Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Asset Management Arm	29,383,797	CA$2.1b	4.72%	3.42%
1.57%	National Bank Investments Inc.	19,401,436	CA$1.4b	0.47%	1.45%
1.53%	Toronto-Dominion Bank, Banking Investments	18,938,272	CA$1.4b	-8.53%	1.45%
1.51%	TD Asset Management, Inc.	18,643,699	CA$1.3b	-1.54%	0.71%
1.46%	RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Asset Management Arm	18,084,896	CA$1.3b	5.55%	1.07%
1.26%	Norges Bank Investment Management	15,544,282	CA$1.1b	16%	0.06%
1.22%	1832 Asset Management L.P.	15,096,457	CA$1.1b	-11.3%	1.06%
1.22%	Mackenzie Financial Corporation	15,091,880	CA$1.1b	4.75%	0.84%
1.21%	Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets, Asset Management Division	14,957,788	CA$1.1b	5.39%	4.18%
1.16%	Fédération des Caisses Desjardins du Québec, Asset Management Arm	14,341,497	CA$1.0b	200%	4.24%
1.03%	Jarislowsky, Fraser Limited	12,685,074	CA$913.5m	-0.44%	3.29%
0.79%	CIBC Asset Management Inc.	9,833,715	CA$708.1m	-0.71%	1.05%
0.79%	Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.	9,748,293	CA$702.0m	-7.88%	1.91%
0.76%	Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan	9,410,966	CA$677.7m	-35.4%	1.45%
0.75%	Legal & General Investment Management Limited	9,281,724	CA$668.4m	0.63%	0.09%
0.59%	Beutel Goodman & Company Ltd.	7,361,945	CA$530.1m	-1.81%	1.67%
0.43%	JP Morgan Asset Management	5,341,129	CA$384.6m	2.6%	0.03%
0.42%	Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Banking and Securities Investments	5,183,501	CA$373.3m	-13.6%	0.13%
0.42%	CI Global Asset Management	5,169,752	CA$372.3m	0.1%	0.54%
0.41%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	5,115,975	CA$368.4m	5.73%	0.02%
0.41%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	5,091,492	CA$366.6m	-3.69%	0.04%