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THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA: meeting of 14 Apr 2026
Votes reported on Form N-PX, item by item
373 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA meeting of 14 Apr 2026. Their records fall into 18 items below, in ballot order: management items first, then proposals from security holders. Each bar shows how the reporting filers split; it is not the result of the meeting.
foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management
Items
DIRECTOR ELECTIONSIssuer
Director elections
12 nominees; 98.4% of reported votes for; 6 filers withheld from or voted against at least one nominee.
2,764 vote records from 132 filers. 1 of the 131 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer reported this item without a management mark.
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESIssuer
Advisory vote on executive pay (say-on-pay)
476 vote records from 299 filers. 10 of the 279 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 20 filers reported this item without a management mark.
AUDIT-RELATEDIssuer
Audit-related items (auditor ratification)
231 vote records from 131 filers. 3 of the 130 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer reported this item without a management mark.
COMPENSATIONIssuer
COMPENSATION: management items
Management items in this category are shown together; filers word and number them differently.
334 vote records from 108 filers. 1 of the 107 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer reported this item without a management mark.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCEIssuer
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: management items
Management items in this category are shown together; filers word and number them differently.
279 vote records from 131 filers. 2 of the 129 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 2 filers reported this item without a management mark.
OTHERIssuer
OTHER: management items
Management items in this category are shown together; filers word and number them differently.
157 vote records from 9 filers. 0 of the 1 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 8 filers reported this item without a management mark.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCESecurity holder
Strengthen Shareholder Participation in Annual General Meetings (AGMs)
201 vote records from 112 filers. 3 of the 111 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer reported this item without a management mark.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCESecurity holder
Increase Youth Representation in the Bank's Governing Bodies
201 vote records from 112 filers. 4 of the 111 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer reported this item without a management mark.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCESecurity holder
Adopt New Skill Diversification Policy
201 vote records from 112 filers. 8 of the 111 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer reported this item without a management mark.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCESecurity holder
Establish a Permanent Advisory Committee on the Systemic Impact of the Bank's Decisions
201 vote records from 112 filers. 8 of the 111 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer reported this item without a management mark.
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUESSecurity holder
Disclose Non-Confidential Information Relating to the Bank's Country-by-Country Reporting
201 vote records from 112 filers. 8 of the 111 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer reported this item without a management mark.
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUESSecurity holder
Report on AI-Use in High-Level Decision-Making, Risk Assessment and Loan Grants
160 vote records from 87 filers. 11 of the 86 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer reported this item without a management mark.
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATESecurity holder
Advisory Vote on Environmental Policies
160 vote records from 87 filers. 17 of the 86 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer reported this item without a management mark.
COMPENSATIONSecurity holder
Adopt Performance-Aligned Compensation Policy
160 vote records from 87 filers. 7 of the 86 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer reported this item without a management mark.
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATESecurity holder
Shareholder Proposal Regarding Say on Climate
43 vote records from 30 filers. 15 of the 30 filers that marked the item either way voted against management.
COMPENSATIONSecurity holder
Shareholder Proposal Regarding Executive Compensation Policy
41 vote records from 29 filers. 1 of the 29 filers that marked the item either way voted against management.
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUESSecurity holder
Shareholder Proposal Regarding Report on Use of Artificial Intelligence
41 vote records from 29 filers. 8 of the 29 filers that marked the item either way voted against management.
Several categoriesSecurity holder
Shareholder proposals (not separable from the filings)
Filers described these proposals in wordings that could not be matched to one another, so they are shown together.
230 vote records from 20 filers. 2 of the 19 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer reported this item without a management mark.
How the largest families voted
| Family | 1. Directors | 2. Say-on-pay | 3. Auditor | 7. Proposal | 8. Proposal | 9. Proposal | 10. Proposal | 11. Proposal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| BlackRock and iShares | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Fidelity | For | No report | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Dimensional | For | No report | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| State Street and SPDR | For | No report | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| American Century | For | No report | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Franklin Templeton | For | No report | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Invesco | For | No report | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Equitable | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Charles Schwab | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Nuveen and TIAA | For | No report | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| John Hancock and Manulife | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Morgan Stanley, Eaton Vance and Calvert | For | No report | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | For * |
| J.P. Morgan | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Goldman Sachs | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| WisdomTree | For | No report | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| PGIM and Prudential | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Jackson National funds | For | For | For | No report | No report | No report | No report | No report |
| Northern Trust and FlexShares | For | For | For | Against | Against | For * | For * | For * |
| SEI | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Lincoln Financial | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Voya | For | No report | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| First Trust | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Russell Investments | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Victory Capital | For | No report | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Brighthouse Funds | For | For | For | Against * | Against * | Against * | Against * | Against * |
| Guggenheim and Rydex | For | No report | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| BNY Mellon | For | No report | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Principal | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Pacific Life funds | For | No report | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Transamerica | For | No report | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Federated Hermes | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| AllianceBernstein | For | No report | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Hartford Funds | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| PIMCO | For | No report | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| MassMutual | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Harbor Funds | For | For | For | No report | No report | No report | No report | No report |
| Virtus | For | No report | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| American Beacon | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Against | Against |
| Natixis and Loomis Sayles | No report | For | No report | No report | No report | No report | No report | No report |
| Baird | No report | For | 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.
Questions
How did large funds vote at the THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA meeting?
373 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the meeting of 14 Apr 2026. On say-on-pay, 10 of 279 voted against management (3.6%). 11 proposals from security holders could be told apart in the filings. The family table lists each of the largest families item by item.
Is this the meeting result?
No. These are the votes of funds and managers that file Form N-PX, counted by filer and by the shares they reported. The certified result, which includes every shareholder, is reported by THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA on Form 8-K.
Why are director elections shown as counts only?
Director records name the nominee. This site does not publish pages or rows about individuals, so for director elections it keeps the number of nominees and the split of votes and discards the wording.
Every meeting on file for THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings listing THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA with a meeting date within three days of 14 Apr 2026. Proposal titles are the most common wording among filers and are replaced by the SEC category where a wording could name a person. Not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026.