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
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
29 May 23	BuyCA$147,378	Nora Aufreiter	Individual	2,200	CA$66.99

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	1,143	0.0000935%
Individual Insiders	277,639	0.0227%
State or Government	691,444	0.0566%
Institutions	591,981,902	48.4%
General Public	629,233,178	51.5%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 2.6%.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 36.88% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
6.22%	BMO Asset Management Corp.	75,977,808	CA$4.9b	-5.33%	1.5%
4.24%	Royal Bank of Canada, Banking & Securities Investments	51,842,685	CA$3.3b	5.36%	1.3%
3.84%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	46,971,032	CA$3.0b	2.8%	0.04%
2.57%	RBC Global Asset Management Inc.	31,360,001	CA$2.0b	0.1%	0.97%
2.23%	Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Asset Management Arm	27,258,429	CA$1.8b	12.3%	3.25%
1.76%	Toronto-Dominion Bank, Banking Investments	21,483,627	CA$1.4b	24.6%	1.43%
1.62%	TD Asset Management, Inc.	19,841,901	CA$1.3b	23.2%	0.74%
1.41%	National Bank Investments Inc.	17,285,427	CA$1.1b	-7.31%	1.29%
1.4%	RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Asset Management Arm	17,158,960	CA$1.1b	-10.6%	0.98%
1.2%	Scotia Asset Management L.P.	14,654,741	CA$945.4m	-6.03%	1.0%
1.1%	Mackenzie Financial Corporation	13,422,200	CA$865.9m	-14.4%	0.7%
1.1%	Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets, Asset Management Division	13,420,717	CA$865.8m	0.25%	4.06%
1.1%	Norges Bank Investment Management	13,402,099	CA$864.6m	11.5%	0.06%
1.08%	Jarislowsky, Fraser Limited	13,163,545	CA$849.2m	4.3%	3.25%
1.01%	Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan	12,384,704	CA$798.9m	12%	2.09%
0.76%	Legal & General Investment Management Limited	9,251,416	CA$596.8m	29.5%	0.09%
0.72%	Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.	8,845,705	CA$570.6m	-5.09%	1.79%
0.71%	CIBC Asset Management Inc.	8,693,115	CA$560.8m	6.09%	0.89%
0.46%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	5,615,011	CA$362.2m	-0.99%	0.05%
0.42%	JP Morgan Asset Management	5,154,849	CA$332.5m	3.9%	0.03%
0.4%	CI Global Asset Management	4,852,539	CA$313.0m	0.33%	0.53%
0.4%	Amundi Asset Management SAS	4,827,986	CA$311.5m	0.95%	0.05%
0.38%	Jefferies Group LLC, Asset Management Arm	4,681,303	CA$302.0m	0%	9.04%
0.38%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	4,612,979	CA$297.6m	5.09%	0.02%
0.37%	IG Investment Management, Ltd.	4,546,241	CA$293.3m	0%	0.55%