BNS 6-K
Bank Of Nova Scotia (BNS)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
Form 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of: April, 2026
Commission File Number: 002-09048
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
(Name of registrant)
40 Temperance Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 0B4
Attention: Secretary’s Department (Tel.: (416) 866-3672)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Form 20-F ☐ Form 40-F ☒
This report on Form 6-K shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in The Bank of Nova Scotia’s registration statements on Form S-8 (File No. 333-199099) and Form F-3 (File No. 333-282565) and to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is filed, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA | ||
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| Date: April 14, 2026 | By: | /s/ Nives Gaiotto |
| Name: Nives Gaiotto | ||
| Title: Assistant Corporate Secretary |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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| 99.1 | The Bank of Nova Scotia’s By-laws as at April 14, 2026 |
EX-99.1
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Exhibit 99.1
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA<br><br>By-laws<br><br>As at 14th<br>April, 2026<br><br><br><br><br> |
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A By-law to Regulate the Business and Affairs of the Bank
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In this by-law and all other by-laws and resolutions of the Bank, unless the context otherwise requires:
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| (i) | “Act” means the Bank Act or any statute which may be substituted therefor, as amended from time to time; |
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| (ii) | “Bank” means The Bank of Nova Scotia (English form) and La Banque de Nouvelle-Écosse (French form); |
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| (iii) | “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Bank; |
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| (iv) | “Committee” means a committee of Directors established pursuant to the<br>By-laws or by the Board; |
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| (v) | “Director” means a director of the Bank; |
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| (vi) | “meeting of Shareholders” means an annual meeting of Shareholders, a special meeting of Shareholders, or<br>both, and includes a meeting of any class or series of any class of Shareholders; |
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| (vii) | “Officer” means the chief executive officer, a president, any vice-president, secretary, controller or<br>treasurer of the Bank and any natural person designated as an officer of the Bank by by-law or by resolution of the Board; and |
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| (viii) | “Shareholder” means a shareholder of the Bank; |
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| (b) | terms used herein that are defined in the Act shall have the meanings given to those terms in the Act unless defined<br>otherwise herein; and |
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| (c) | words importing gender shall include the feminine, masculine and neuter genders, and words importing the singular number<br>shall include the plural number, and vice versa. |
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| 2.01 | Annual and special meetings |
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The Board shall call an annual meeting of Shareholders to be held not later than 6 months after the end of each financial year unless such longer period is permitted under the Act, applicable laws and applicable stock exchange requirements. The Board may at any time call a special meeting of Shareholders.
| 2.02 | Notice of meetings |
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Notice of the time and place of each meeting of Shareholders shall be given in accordance with the Act. The accidental failure to give notice of a meeting of Shareholders to any person entitled thereto or any error in such notice not affecting the substance thereof shall not invalidate any action taken at the meeting.
| 2.03 | Quorum |
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At any meeting of Shareholders, at least two persons present in person or represented by proxyholders who, together, hold or represent by proxy, at least 25% of the outstanding shares of the Bank entitled to be voted at the meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. However, where the provisions relating to a class or series of shares otherwise provide for the quorum for meetings of the holders thereof, such provisions shall apply to meetings of such Shareholders.
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| 2.04 | Presiding officer and secretary |
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The Chair of the Board shall preside at meetings of the Shareholders. In the absence of the Chair of the Board, the chair of a meeting of Shareholders shall be appointed by the Board from among the Directors. The Board shall designate a secretary to act at meetings of the Shareholders.
| 2.05 | Scrutineers |
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At any meeting of Shareholders, the chair of the meeting may appoint one or more persons, who may but need not be Shareholders, to serve as scrutineers with such duties as the chair may determine.
| 2.06 | Voting |
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Subject to the Act, voting at any meeting of Shareholders shall take place by show of hands except when, either before or after a show of hands, a ballot is required by the chair of the meeting or is requested by any person present and entitled to vote at the meeting. On a show of hands, each person present and entitled to vote at the meeting shall have one vote. On a ballot, each Shareholder present in person or represented by proxyholder at the meeting and entitled to vote thereat shall have one vote for each share entitled to be voted which the Shareholder owns. Any ballot shall be taken in such manner as the chair of the meeting directs. After a vote, a declaration by the chair of the meeting that the vote upon the matter has been carried or carried by a particular majority or not carried and an entry to that effect in the minutes of the meeting shall be prima facie evidence of the result of the vote.
| 2.07 | Dividends |
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The mailing or other transmission to any Shareholder at the Shareholder’s address as recorded in the Bank’s securities register of a cheque payable to the Shareholder or the Shareholder’s order, or the electronic deposit in accordance with the last instructions of the Shareholder received by the Bank or its transfer agent, for the amount of any dividend payable in cash shall discharge the Bank’s liability for the dividend to the extent of the amount of the cheque or the electronic deposit plus the amount of any tax which the Bank has properly withheld, unless the cheque is not paid on due presentation. If any cheque for a dividend payable in cash is not received, the Bank shall issue to the Shareholder a replacement cheque for the same amount on such reasonable terms as to indemnity and evidence of non-receipt as the Board or any Officer or agent designated by the Board may impose. Any dividend unclaimed for a period of 6 years from the date on which it was payable shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Bank.
| 2.08 | Adjournment and termination |
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The chair at any meeting of Shareholders or the Chair of the Board, may adjourn such meeting of Shareholders from time to time and change the place at which or facility through which Shareholders may participate and may terminate such meeting of Shareholders on completion of the business for which it was called as set out in the notice of meeting.
| 3.01 | Number of Directors |
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The number of Directors shall be a minimum as required by the Act and a maximum of 35.
| 3.02 | Fixing number |
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Prior to each annual meeting of Shareholders, the Board shall fix the number of Directors to be elected at such meeting.
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| 3.03 | Filling vacancy and appointment of additional directors |
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Subject to the Act, a quorum of Directors may fill a vacancy among the Directors which exists for any reason. The Directors of the Bank may appoint one or more additional Directors, within the maximum number permitted by these By-laws, who shall hold office for a term expiring not later than the close of the next annual meeting of Shareholders of the Bank, but the total number of Directors so appointed may not exceed one-third of the number of Directors elected at the previous annual meeting of Shareholders of the Bank.
| 3.04 | Retirement age |
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Deleted.
| 3.05 | Meetings |
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Meetings of the Board shall be held at Toronto or at other places on days and at times determined from time to time by the Board and may be conducted by means of telephonic, electronic or other communication facility that permits all participants to communicate adequately with each other during the meeting. Notice thereof shall be sent by prepaid mail, by personal delivery or other means of electronic, transmitted or recorded communication or by telephone in accordance with the Act at least 24 hours before the time fixed for such meeting to each Director at their address or communication number last recorded with the Secretary.
| 3.06 | Special meetings |
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The Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any three Directors may call a special meeting of the Board to be held at any place at any time they are of the opinion that the interests of the Bank require it and may be conducted by means of telephonic, electronic or other communication facility that permits all participants to communicate adequately with each other during the meeting. Notice of such special meeting shall be sent by prepaid mail, by personal delivery or other means of electronic, transmitted or recorded communication or by telephone in accordance with the Act at least 12 hours before the meeting to each Director at their address or communication number last recorded with the Secretary.
| 3.07 | Quorum |
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Subject to the Act, a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board shall consist of a majority of Directors.
| 3.08 | Board procedure |
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Subject to the Act, the Board shall have the power to regulate its procedure and shall designate a chair to preside at meetings of Directors. In the event of an equality of votes on any question at a meeting of the Board, the chair of the meeting shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote.
| 3.09 | Committees |
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The Board may appoint such Committees as it deems necessary and, subject to the Act, delegate to those Committees such powers of the Directors and assign to them such duties as the Board considers appropriate.
| 3.10 | Committee procedure |
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Unless otherwise determined by the Board or provided herein, and subject to the Act, each Committee shall have the power to elect its chair, to regulate its procedure and to fix its quorum; provided that no less than 2 members of any Committee shall constitute a quorum at a meeting thereof.
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| 3.11 | Chief Executive Officer |
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The Board shall elect from their number a Chief Executive Officer who must be ordinarily resident in Canada and who, subject to the Act and to the authority of the Board and any Committee, shall exercise general supervision, direction and control over the business and affairs of the Bank.
| 3.12 | Other Officers |
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The Board shall elect from their number a Chair of the Board and may elect a President (who may be the same person and either of whom may be the Chief Executive Officer) having such responsibilities as may be assigned to them by the Board. The Board may elect or appoint such other Officers having such responsibilities as may be assigned to them by the Board.
| 3.13 | Compensation |
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For each financial year, a sum not exceeding $7,000,000 may be taken by the Board from the funds of the Bank as remuneration for their services as Directors, and the Directors may from time to time apportion the same among themselves in such manner as they shall think fit. The Directors shall also be entitled to be reimbursed for travelling and other expenses properly incurred by them in attending meetings of the Board, of any Committee of the Board, or of Shareholders.
Every Director and Officer shall be bound to secrecy with respect to all information relating to the Bank or its customers that the Director or Officer obtains in his/her capacity as a Director or Officer and shall only disclose such information if he/she is authorized by the Board or required by law to do so.
| 4.01 | Declarations |
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The Board may make such arrangements as it deems necessary to require any person in whose name shares of the Bank are held, any person desiring to have a transfer of shares of the Bank to such person made or
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recorded in a register of securities of the Bank, and any person desiring to have issued to such person shares of the Bank to submit a declaration with respect to such matters as the Board may deem relevant for the purposes of the provisions of the Act dealing with the ownership of securities of the Bank by any person. Declarations shall be in such form as the Board may from time to time approve.
| 4.02 | Failure to submit declaration – Entries in securities registers |
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If a person who desires to have a transfer of shares of the Bank to such person made or recorded in a register of securities of the Bank or desires to have issued to such person shares of the Bank, fails to submit a declaration as required under section 4.01 the Bank may refuse to allow such transfer to be made or recorded or to accept such subscription.
| 5.01 | Repeal |
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By-law No. 1 of the Bank is repealed as of the coming into force of this by-law. Such repeal shall not affect the previous operation of such by-law so repealed or affect the validity of any act done or right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired or incurred under, or the validity of any changes in the charter of the Bank obtained pursuant to any such by-law prior to its repeal. All officers and persons acting under such by-law so repealed shall continue to act as if appointed under the provisions of this by-law and all resolutions of the Shareholders or the Board or a Committee with continuing effect under such repealed by- law shall continue to be good and valid except to the extent inconsistent with this by-law or until amended or repealed.
A By-law Providing for the Class Rights of Certain Classes of Shares in the Authorized Capital of the Bank and Respecting Shareholders’ Pre-emptive Rights
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The holders of the common shares shall be entitled to vote at all meetings of the shareholders of the Bank except meetings at which only the holders of preferred shares of one or more series are entitled to vote.
Subject to the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attached to the preferred shares, the holders of the common shares shall be entitled to receive dividends declared by the Board of Directors on the common shares from time to time.
After the payment to the holders of the preferred shares of the amount or amounts to which they may be entitled hereunder, the holders of the common shares shall be entitled to receive the remaining property of the Bank upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up thereof.
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| 3. | No Pre-emptive Right |
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Subject to any conversion, exchange or reclassification rights set forth in the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to any series of preferred shares, the Directors may issue any shares of any class of the Bank’s authorized capital without the shares so to be issued having been first offered to the shareholders holding shares of the Bank of that or any other class, and those shareholders shall not have a pre- emptive right to acquire the shares to be issued.
A By-law Providing for the Subdivision of the Common Shares of the Bank
Subdivision of Shares
Be it enacted as By-law No. 3 of The Bank of Nova Scotia (the “Bank”) that the 75,000,000 issued and unissued common shares without nominal or par value of the capital stock of the Bank be subdivided, immediately after the close of business on January 27, 1984, on a three- for-one basis, into 225,000,000 common shares without nominal or par value and that the aggregate consideration for which all of such shares may be issued shall remain at $1,500,000,000.
A By-law Providing for the Authorized Capital of the Bank.
The authorized capital of the Bank consists of:
| 1. | an unlimited number of common shares without nominal or par value; and |
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| 2. | an unlimited number of preferred shares without nominal or par value. |
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A By-law Providing for the Subdivision of Common Shares of the Bank.
The number of issued and outstanding common shares of the Bank without nominal or par value is changed by being subdivided on a two- for-one basis, effective at the close of business on February 12, 1998.
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