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
Individual Insiders	147,217	0.0119%
Private Companies	155,372	0.0126%
State or Government	693,365	0.056%
Institutions	606,470,911	49%
General Public	630,096,655	50.9%

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 36.95% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
5.61%	BMO Asset Management Corp.	69,432,916	CA$5.3b	-0.21%	1.44%
4.03%	Royal Bank of Canada, Banking & Securities Investments	49,846,136	CA$3.8b	-9.37%	3.79%
3.99%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	49,339,729	CA$3.7b	3.09%	0.04%
2.29%	RBC Global Asset Management Inc.	28,288,089	CA$2.1b	22.3%	0.93%
2.27%	Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Asset Management Arm	28,067,937	CA$2.1b	-4.48%	3.26%
1.54%	Toronto-Dominion Bank, Banking Investments	19,022,174	CA$1.4b	0.83%	1.43%
1.51%	National Bank Investments Inc.	18,673,937	CA$1.4b	-3.75%	1.27%
1.51%	TD Asset Management, Inc.	18,657,241	CA$1.4b	0.07%	0.71%
1.46%	RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Asset Management Arm	18,084,896	CA$1.4b	5.55%	1.07%
1.26%	Norges Bank Investment Management	15,544,282	CA$1.2b	16%	0.07%
1.22%	1832 Asset Management L.P.	15,096,457	CA$1.1b	-11.3%	1.07%
1.22%	Mackenzie Financial Corporation	15,091,880	CA$1.1b	4.75%	0.85%
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$1.1b	200%	4.28%
1.03%	Jarislowsky, Fraser Limited	12,685,074	CA$960.4m	-0.44%	3.19%
0.81%	CIBC Asset Management Inc.	10,074,518	CA$762.7m	2.45%	1.08%
0.76%	Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan	9,410,966	CA$712.5m	-35.4%	1.41%
0.75%	Legal & General Investment Management Limited	9,281,724	CA$702.7m	0.63%	0.09%
0.62%	Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.	7,710,790	CA$583.8m	-20.9%	1.85%
0.59%	Beutel Goodman & Company Ltd.	7,361,945	CA$557.4m	-1.81%	1.73%
0.46%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	5,640,471	CA$427.0m	10.3%	0.02%
0.42%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	5,231,871	CA$396.1m	2.76%	0.04%
0.42%	Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Banking and Securities Investments	5,183,501	CA$392.4m	-13.6%	0.12%
0.41%	CI Global Asset Management	5,122,248	CA$387.8m	-0.82%	0.54%
0.41%	JP Morgan Asset Management	5,111,029	CA$387.0m	-4.31%	0.03%