SEC Form 6-K filed by Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3

2/24/26 7:34:45 AM ET

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6-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

Form

6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule

13a-16

15d-16

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of: February 2026

Commission File Number:

002-09048

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA

(Name of registrant)

40 Temperance Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 0B4

(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and to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is filed, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.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

Date: February 24, 2026	By:	/s/ Gerhardt Samwell
		Name:	Gerhardt Samwell
		Title:	Senior Vice-President and Chief Accountant

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit		Description of Exhibit

99.1		2026 First Quarter Report to Shareholders

101		Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL)

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

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