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	7,098	0.000577%
Individual Insiders	273,436	0.0222%
State or Government	691,444	0.0562%
Institutions	610,823,515	49.7%
General Public	617,774,104	50.2%

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 37.18% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
5.66%	BMO Asset Management Corp.	69,580,701	CA$4.6b	-8.42%	1.42%
4.47%	Royal Bank of Canada, Banking & Securities Investments	55,000,583	CA$3.6b	6.09%	1.41%
3.89%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	47,862,189	CA$3.2b	1.9%	0.04%
2.28%	Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Asset Management Arm	28,059,220	CA$1.9b	2.94%	3.24%
2.02%	RBC Global Asset Management Inc.	24,777,597	CA$1.6b	-21%	0.79%
1.68%	Toronto-Dominion Bank, Banking Investments	20,704,004	CA$1.4b	-3.63%	1.45%
1.57%	National Bank Investments Inc.	19,309,947	CA$1.3b	11.7%	1.47%
1.54%	TD Asset Management, Inc.	18,935,769	CA$1.3b	-4.57%	0.71%
1.39%	RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Asset Management Arm	17,133,496	CA$1.1b	-0.15%	0.97%
1.38%	1832 Asset Management L.P.	17,015,877	CA$1.1b	16.1%	1.17%
1.18%	Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan	14,563,337	CA$964.2m	17.6%	2.5%
1.17%	Mackenzie Financial Corporation	14,407,934	CA$954.0m	7.34%	0.75%
1.15%	Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets, Asset Management Division	14,193,050	CA$939.7m	5.75%	4.05%
1.09%	Norges Bank Investment Management	13,402,099	CA$887.4m	0%	0.05%
1.04%	Jarislowsky, Fraser Limited	12,741,121	CA$843.6m	-3.21%	3.15%
0.86%	Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.	10,582,719	CA$700.7m	19.6%	2.08%
0.81%	CIBC Asset Management Inc.	9,903,612	CA$655.7m	13.9%	0.98%
0.75%	Legal & General Investment Management Limited	9,218,803	CA$610.4m	-0.35%	0.09%
0.61%	Beutel Goodman & Company Ltd.	7,497,905	CA$496.4m	117%	1.63%
0.49%	Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Banking and Securities Investments	5,997,903	CA$397.1m	126%	0.15%
0.48%	Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Banking Investments	5,853,383	CA$387.6m	47.4%	0.11%
0.43%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	5,286,742	CA$350.0m	-5.85%	0.04%
0.42%	JP Morgan Asset Management	5,205,951	CA$344.7m	0.99%	0.03%
0.41%	Amundi Asset Management SAS	5,057,995	CA$334.9m	4.76%	0.05%
0.4%	CI Global Asset Management	4,870,123	CA$322.4m	0.15%	0.48%