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THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
How funds and institutional managers reported voting their shares, year to 30 June 2026
- Filers reporting
- 375year to 30 June 2026
- Against management on pay
- 3.6%10 of 279 reporting filers
- Same, by reported shares
- 0.7%shares reported on Form N-PX
- Meetings on file
- 3across 3 seasons
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375 Form N-PX filers reported votes at THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA for the year to 30 June 2026, across one meeting.
On the advisory vote on executive pay, 10 of the 279 filers that reported a position voted against management (3.6%), 3.0 percentage points below the median company on this site (6.6%). By reported shares the figure is 0.7% (median 2.9%). These are shares of the filers reporting on Form N-PX, not of all votes cast at the meeting.
All 23 of the largest fund families that reported a say-on-pay vote here voted with management.
Meetings
| Meeting date | Season | Filers reporting | Items | Against management on pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr 2026 | year to 30 June 2026 | 373 | 18 | 3.6% |
| 8 Apr 2025 | year to 30 June 2025 | 327 | 14 | 4.5% |
| 9 Apr 2024 | year to 30 June 2024 | 300 | 9 | 4.1% |
Meetings with 20 or more reporting filers have their own page with every item. Dates are as filers typed them; dates up to three days apart are treated as one meeting.
Say-on-pay: this company and the median
| year to 30 June 2026 | THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA | Median company |
|---|---|---|
| Reporting filers voting against management | 3.6% | 6.6% |
| Reported shares voted against management | 0.7% | 2.9% |
Among filers reporting on Form N-PX. The median is over 3,799 companies with a say-on-pay item reported by 20 or more filers.
How the largest families voted
Meeting of 14 Apr 2026: say-on-pay and each shareholder proposal that could be told apart.
| Family | Say-on-pay | Proposal A | Proposal B | Proposal C | Proposal D | Proposal E | Proposal F | Proposal G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| BlackRock and iShares | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Fidelity | No report | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Dimensional | No report | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| State Street and SPDR | No report | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| American Century | No report | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Franklin Templeton | No report | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Invesco | No report | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Equitable | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | For * | For * |
| Charles Schwab | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | No report | No report |
| Nuveen and TIAA | No report | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | For * |
| John Hancock and Manulife | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Morgan Stanley, Eaton Vance and Calvert | No report | Against | Against | Against | Against | For * | For * | For * |
| J.P. Morgan | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | For * |
| Goldman Sachs | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| WisdomTree | No report | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| PGIM and Prudential | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | No report | No report |
| Jackson National funds | For | No report | No report | No report | No report | No report | No report | No report |
| Northern Trust and FlexShares | For | Against | Against | For * | For * | For * | For * | For * |
| SEI | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | No report | No report |
| Lincoln Financial | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Voya | No report | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| First Trust | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Russell Investments | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | No report | No report |
| Victory Capital | No report | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Brighthouse Funds | For | Against * | Against * | Against * | Against * | Against * | Against * | Against * |
| Guggenheim and Rydex | No report | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| BNY Mellon | No report | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Principal | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | No report | No report |
| Pacific Life funds | No report | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Transamerica | No report | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | For * |
| Federated Hermes | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | No report | No report |
| AllianceBernstein | No report | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Hartford Funds | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | No report | No report |
| PIMCO | No report | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| MassMutual | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | No report | No report |
| Harbor Funds | For | No report | No report | No report | No report | No report | No report | No report |
| Virtus | No report | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| American Beacon | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against | No report | No report |
| Natixis and Loomis Sayles | For | No report | No report | No report | No report | No report | No report | No report |
| Baird | For | No report | No report | No report | No report | No report | No report | No report |
* against management. A family's position is the way most of its reported shares were voted across its filers; "split" means no single position led. "No report" means none of the family's filers listed the item.
- Proposal A: Strengthen Shareholder Participation in Annual General Meetings (AGMs)
- Proposal B: Increase Youth Representation in the Bank's Governing Bodies
- Proposal C: Adopt New Skill Diversification Policy
- Proposal D: Establish a Permanent Advisory Committee on the Systemic Impact of the Bank's Decisions
- Proposal E: Disclose Non-Confidential Information Relating to the Bank's Country-by-Country Reporting
- Proposal F: Report on AI-Use in High-Level Decision-Making, Risk Assessment and Loan Grants
- Proposal G: Advisory Vote on Environmental Policies
By season
| Season | Filers reporting | Against management on pay, filers | By reported shares | Say-on-pay split |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 30 June 2024 | 302 | 4.1% | 0.6% | |
| year to 30 June 2025 | 332 | 4.5% | 0.4% | |
| year to 30 June 2026 | 375 | 3.6% | 0.7% |
Category mix
Share of the vote records reported for this company, by the category filers chose.
| Category | Vote records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| DIRECTOR ELECTIONS | 7,613 | 54.1% |
| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | 1,459 | 10.4% |
| SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES | 1,097 | 7.8% |
| OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES | 899 | 6.4% |
| COMPENSATION | 858 | 6.1% |
| ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE | 727 | 5.2% |
| AUDIT-RELATED | 604 | 4.3% |
| HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE | 335 | 2.4% |
| OTHER | 312 | 2.2% |
| DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION | 160 | 1.1% |
Questions
How did large funds vote at THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA?
For the year to 30 June 2026, 279 Form N-PX filers reported a say-on-pay vote at THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA; 10 voted against management (3.6%). The table on this page lists the position of each of the largest fund families on say-on-pay and on each shareholder proposal that could be told apart in the filings.
Were there shareholder proposals at THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA?
Filers reported 11 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the year to 30 June 2026. Across them, 6.3% of reporting filers voted for at the median proposal.
Is this the meeting result?
No. The figures are shares of the funds and managers that file Form N-PX, and of the shares they reported. Holders that do not file the form (individuals, most foreign investors, insiders) are not included, so the split here can differ widely from the certified result, which THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA reports on Form 8-K.
Where does the data come from?
From Form N-PX filings on the SEC's EDGAR system, grouped by company. Filers type company names and meeting dates themselves; this site groups spellings of the same company and folds meeting dates up to three days apart. Data runs through 23 Sep 2026; the median compares 3,799 companies.
Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings that list THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, grouped by company. The name is the most common spelling among filers. Not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.