NANOSONICS LIMITED — Major Shareholding Notification 2015

Dec 7, 2015

ASX Form 603

Form 603

Corporations Act 2001 Section 671B

Notice of initial substantial shareholder

To Company Name/Scheme NANOSONICS LIMITED

ACN 095 076 896

1. Details of substantial holder

Name The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (“GSGI”) on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries (“Goldman Sachs Group”) including its significant subsidiaries listed in Annexure A (“Significant Subsidiaries”) and Goldman Sachs Holdings ANZ Pty Limited and its subsidiaries (“Goldman Sachs Australia Group”).

ACN/ARSN (if applicable) Not applicable

The holder became a 3 December 2015 substantial holder on

2. Details of voting power The total number of votes attached to all the voting shares in the company or voting interests in the scheme that the substantial holder or an associate (2) had a relevant interest (3) in on the date the substantial holder became a substantial holder are as follows:

follows:
Class of securities	Number of securities	Persons’ votes	Voting power
Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	14,458,152	14,458,152	5.10%

3. Details of relevant interests The nature of the relevant interest the substantial holder had in the following voting securities on the date the substantial holder became a substantial holder are as follows:

Holder of relevant	Nature of relevant interest	Class and number	f securities
interest
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc (“GSGI”)	GSGI has a relevant interest in ordinary fully paid shares by virtue of section 608(3) of the Corporations Act 2001.	14,458,152	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares
Goldman Sachs Asset Management Australia Pty Ltd ("GSAMA")	GSAMA has a relevant interest in 11,961,597 ordinary fully paid shares in its capacity as investment manager for a range of client portfolios.	11,961,597	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares
Goldman Sachs Australia Managed Funds Limited ("GSAMF")	GSAMF has a relevant interest in 1,617,774 ordinary fully paid shares in its capacity as responsible entity for the range of Goldman Sachs Australia Managed Funds.	1,617,774	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares
GSAMA	GSAMA has a relevant interest in 1,617,774 ordinary fully paid shares in its capacity as investment manager for a range of Goldman Sachs Australia registered managed investment schemes.	1,617,774	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares
Goldman Sachs International (“GSI”)	Holder of shares subject to an obligation to return under a securities lending agreement (see Annexure B).	41,777	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares
Goldman Sachs Financial Markets Pty Ltd (“GAUS”)	Holder of shares subject to an obligation to return under a securities lending agreement with GSI (see Annexure B).	39,658	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares
Rothesay Life Limited	Holder of shares subject to an obligation to return under a securities lending agreement (see Annexure B).	837,004	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares

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4. Details of present registered holders

The persons registered as holders of the securities referred to in paragraph 3 above are as follows:

Holder of relevant interest	Registered holder of securities	Person entitled to be registered as holder	Class and number of securities	Class and number of securities
GSAMA	JP Morgan Chase Bank, Sydney	Various clients	11,961,597	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares
GSAMF GSAMA	RBC Dexia Investor Services Australia Pty Limited	GSAMF as the responsible entity for the range of Goldman Sachs Australia registered managed investment schemes	1,617,774	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares
GSI	HSBC Custody Nominees Australia Limited	GSI	2,119	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares
GAUS	HSBC Custody Nominees Australia Limited	GAUS	39,658	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares
Rothesay Life Limited	Bank of New York Mellon	Rothesay Life Limited	837,004	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares

5. Consideration

The consideration paid for each relevant interest referred to in paragraph 3 above, and acquired in the four months prior to the day that the substantial holder became a substantial holder is as follows:

Holder of Relevant Interest	Date of Acquisition	Number of Securities	Total Consideration
Please refer to Annexure C.

6. Associates

The reasons the persons named in paragraph 3 above are associates of the substantial holder are as follows:

Name and ACN (if applicable)	Nature of association
N/A	N/A

7. Addresses

The addresses of persons named in this form are as follows:

Name	Address
GSGI	Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington DE 19801, USA
GSAMA	Level 17, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
GSAMF	Level 17, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
GSI	Peterborough Court, 133 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2BB, United Kingdom
Goldman Sachs & Co (“GSCO”)	200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, USA
GAUS	Level 17, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
Rothesay Life Limited	Level 25, 122 Leadenhall Street, London EC3V 4AB, United Kingdom
JP Morgan Chase Bank, Sydney	Level 16, 85 Castlereagh Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
RBC Dexia Investor Services Australia Pty Limited	2 Park Street, Level 17, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
HSBC Custody Nominees Australia Limited	GPO Box 5302, Sydney NSW 2001, Australia
Bank of New York Mellon	One Wall Street, New York, NY 10286, USA

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Name	Address
Goldman Sachs Australia Group	All care of Level 17, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne Victoria 3000, Australia

Signature

Print name Sign here	Raymond Chow (signing under power of attorney in accordance with section 52 of the CorporationsAct) Capacity Authorised Person
	Date 7 December 2015

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Annexure A

Significant Subsidiaries of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

The following are significant subsidiaries of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. as of December 31, 2014 and the states or jurisdictions in which they are organized. Indentation indicates the principal parent of each subsidiary. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. owns, directly or indirectly, at least 99% of the voting securities of substantially all of the subsidiaries included below. The names of particular subsidiaries have been omitted because, considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, they would not constitute, as of the end of the year covered by this report, a “significant subsidiary” as that term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

Signature

print name Raymond Chow capacity Authorised Person (signing under power of attorney in accordance with section 52 of the Corporations Act) sign here date 7 December 2015

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Annexure B

This is Annexure B referred to in the Form 603: Notice of initial substantial shareholder issued by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

The following is description of the securities lending agreements referenced in the accompanying Form 603:

Type of agreement	Global Master Securities Lending Agreement
Parties to agreement	Rothesay Life Limited (the “Borrower”); Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC (the “Lender”)
Transfer date	08/18/2015 09/29/2015 10/06/2015 10/12/2015 10/15/2015 10/21/2015 10/23/2015 11/02/2015 11/04/2015 11/06/2015 11/27/2015 12/01/2015 12/03/2015
Holder of voting rights	Securities Borrower, Rothesay Life Limited
Are there any restrictions on voting rights?Yes/no If yes, detail	No
Scheduled return date (if any)	N/A
Does the borrower have the right to return early?Yes/no Ifyes, detail	Yes
Does the lender have the right to recall early? Yes/no Ifyes, detail	Yes
Will the securities be returned on settlement?Yes/no Ifyes,detail anyexceptions	Yes

Type of agreement	Global Master Securities Lending Agreement
Parties to agreement	Goldman Sachs Financial Markets Pty Ltd (the “ Borrower”); Goldman Sachs International (the“Lender”)
Transfer date	09/10/2015 – 11/25/2015
Holder of voting rights	Securities Borrower, Goldman Sachs Financial Markets Pty Ltd
Are there any restrictions on voting rights?Yes/no Ifyes, detail	No
Scheduled return date(if any)	N/A
Does the borrower have the right to return early?Yes/no Ifyes, detail	Yes, the borrower may return borrowed securities upon giving notice
Does the lender have the right to recall early? Yes/no Ifyes, detail	Yes, the lender may recall lent securities upon giving notice
Will the securities be returned on settlement?Yes/no Ifyes, detail anyexceptions	Yes

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Type of agreement	Master Securities Lending Agreement
Parties to agreement	Goldman Sachs International (the “Borrower”); JP Morgan Chase Bank (the “Lender”)
Transfer date	09/11/2015 09/21/2015
Holder of voting rights	Securities Borrower, Goldman Sachs International
Are there any restrictions on voting rights?Yes/no If yes, detail	No
Scheduled return date (if any)	N/A
Does the borrower have the right to return early?Yes/no If yes, detail	Yes, the borrower may return borrowed securities upon giving notice
Does the lender have the right to recall early?Yes/no If yes, detail	Yes, the lender may recall lent securities upon giving notice.
Will the securities be returned on settlement?Yes/no If yes, detail any exceptions	Yes

Type of agreement	Overseas Securities Lender’s Agreement
Parties to agreement	Goldman Sachs International (the “Borrower”); JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the “Lender”)
Transfer date	09/02/2015 09/29/2015
Holder of voting rights	Securities Borrower, Goldman Sachs International
Are there any restrictions on voting rights?Yes/no If yes, detail	Yes. The Borrower holding the securities will use its best endeavours to arrange for the voting rights attached to such securities to be exercised in accordance with the instruction of the Lender upon receiving the written notification from the Lender.
Scheduled return date (if any)	N/A
Does the borrower have the right to return early?Yes/no If yes, detail	Yes, the borrower may return borrowed securities upon giving notice
Does the lender have the right to recall early?Yes/no If yes, detail	Yes, the lender may recall lent securities upon giving notice.
Will the securities be returned on settlement?Yes/no If yes, detail any exceptions	Yes

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Type of agreement	Overseas Securities Lender’s Agreement
Parties to agreement	Goldman Sachs International (“Borrower”) RBC Dexia Investor Services Trust (“Lender”)
Transfer date	09/14/2015
Holder of voting rights	Borrower, Goldman Sachs International
Are there any restrictions on voting rights?Yes/no If yes, detail	No
Scheduled return date (if any)	N/A
Does the borrower have the right to return early?Yes/no If yes, detail	Yes
Does the lender have the right to recall early?Yes/no If yes, detail	Yes, with notice
Will the securities be returned on settlement?Yes/no If yes, detail any exceptions	Yes

A copy of the agreements will be provided to Nanosonics Limited or the Australian Securities and Investments Commission upon request.

Signature

print name sign here	Raymond Chow (signing under power of attorney in accordance with section 52 of the Corporations Act) capacity Authorised Person
	date 7 December 2015

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Annexure C

Holder of Relevant Interest	Date of Acquisition	Number of Securities	Total Consideration
GSI	08/06/2015	20,186	N/A
GSI	08/07/2015	5,474	N/A
RothesayLifeLimited	08/18/2015	1,344,230	N/A
GSI	08/19/2015	3,290	N/A
GSCO	08/19/2015	3,290	N/A
GSI	08/20/2015	8,668	N/A
GSI	08/21/2015	14,758	N/A
GSI	09/02/2015	21,000	N/A
GSI	09/03/2015	25,411	N/A
GSI	09/03/2015	2,312	N/A
GSI	09/03/2015	3,526	N/A
GSAMA	09/04/2015	61,591	79,452
GSAMA	09/04/2015	39,852	51,011
GSAMA	09/04/2015	35,471	45,758
GSAMF	09/04/2015	15,130	19,518
GSAMF	09/04/2015	16,998	21,757
GSAMA	09/04/2015	69,200	88,576
GSAMA	09/04/2015	20,950	26,816
GSAMA	09/04/2015	18,646	24,053
GSAMA	09/07/2015	34,182	43,992
GSAMA	09/07/2015	19,685	25,335
GSAMF	09/07/2015	8,396	10,806
GSAMA	09/07/2015	10,348	13,318
GSAMA	09/08/2015	45,501	58,696
GSAMF	09/08/2015	19,408	25,036
GSAMA	09/08/2015	79,008	101,920
GSAMA	09/08/2015	23,919	30,856
GAUS	09/10/2015	3,406	N/A
GSI	09/11/2015	40,000	N/A
GSI	09/14/2015	100,000	N/A
GSAMA	09/14/2015	21,688	29,279
GSAMA	09/14/2015	11,401	15,391
GSAMF	09/14/2015	9,251	12,489
GSAMA	09/14/2015	37,660	50,841
GAUS	09/21/2015	20,871	N/A
GSI	09/21/2015	104,000	N/A
GAUS	09/22/2015	9,735	N/A
GSAMA	09/22/2015	13,901	18,600
GSAMA	09/22/2015	24,138	32,297
GSAMA	09/22/2015	7,307	9,777
GSAMF	09/22/2015	5,929	7,933
GSAMA	09/23/2015	8,780	11,458
GSAMA	09/23/2015	5,056	6,598
GSAMF	09/23/2015	2,157	2,815
GSAMA	09/23/2015	2,658	3,469
GSAMA	09/24/2015	29,276	38,410
GSAMA	09/24/2015	15,390	20,192
GSAMF	09/24/2015	12,487	16,383
GSAMA	09/24/2015	50,836	66,697
GSI	09/25/2015	50	N/A
GSCO	09/25/2015	50	N/A

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Holder of Relevant Interest	Date of Acquisition	Number of Securities	Total Consideration
GSI	09/25/2015	50	N/A
GSI	09/25/2015	50	N/A
GSCO	09/25/2015	50	N/A
GSCO	09/25/2015	50	N/A
GSI	09/25/2015	50	N/A
GSI	09/25/2015	50	N/A
GSCO	09/25/2015	50	N/A
GSCO	09/25/2015	50	N/A
GSAMA	09/25/2015	15,028	19,702
GSAMA	09/25/2015	4,549	5,964
GSAMA	09/25/2015	8,655	11,347
GSAMF	09/25/2015	3,691	4,839
GSAMA	09/28/2015	14,314	18,837
GSAMA	09/28/2015	7,525	9,903
GSAMF	09/28/2015	6,105	8,034
GSAMA	09/28/2015	24,855	32,709
RothesayLifeLimited	09/29/2015	1,247,750	N/A
GSI	09/29/2015	16,296	N/A
GSAMA	09/29/2015	35,221	45,928
GSAMF	09/29/2015	15,023	19,590
GSAMA	09/29/2015	61,157	79,749
GSAMA	09/29/2015	18,515	24,144
GSAMA	09/30/2015	16,835	21,987
GSAMF	09/30/2015	7,181	9,378
GSAMA	09/30/2015	29,232	38,177
GSAMA	09/30/2015	8,850	11,558
GSAMA	10/01/2015	40,918	53,521
GSAMA	10/01/2015	23,565	30,823
GSAMF	10/01/2015	10,051	13,147
GSAMA	10/01/2015	12,388	16,204
RothesayLifeLimited	10/06/2015	90,244	N/A
GSAMA	10/06/2015	4,693	6,218
GSAMA	10/06/2015	2,467	3,269
GSAMA	10/06/2015	8,149	10,797
GSAMF	10/06/2015	2,002	2,653
GSAMA	10/09/2015	194,961	258,323
GSAMA	10/09/2015	28,018	37,264
GSAMA	10/09/2015	59,021	78,203
GSAMA	10/09/2015	8,482	11,281
GSAMF	10/09/2015	6,882	9,153
GSAMA	10/09/2015	112,278	148,768
GSAMA	10/09/2015	16,136	21,461
GSAMF	10/09/2015	47,891	63,456
RothesayLifeLimited	10/12/2015	871,820	N/A
RothesayLifeLimited	10/15/2015	1,121,368	N/A
GSI	10/21/2015	2,115	N/A
GSCO	10/21/2015	2,115	N/A
RothesayLifeLimited	10/21/2015	1,099,720	N/A
RothesayLifeLimited	10/23/2015	1,083,576	N/A
RothesayLifeLimited	11/02/2015	998,390	N/A
RothesayLifeLimited	11/04/2015	748,264	N/A
RothesayLifeLimited	11/06/2015	500,580	N/A

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Holder of Relevant Interest	Date of Acquisition	Number of Securities	Total Consideration
GSI	11/11/2015	1,277	N/A
GSI	11/11/2015	4,581	N/A
GSCO	11/11/2015	4,581	N/A
GSCO	11/11/2015	1,277	N/A
GAUS	11/18/2015	5,646	N/A
GSCO	11/24/2015	1,000	N/A
GAUS	11/24/2015	1,119	N/A
GSI	11/25/2015	1,119	N/A
GSI	11/25/2015	1,000	N/A
Rothesay Life Limited	11/27/2015	1,259,548	N/A
Rothesay Life Limited	12/01/2015	1,175,376	N/A
Rothesay Life Limited	12/03/2015	837,004	N/A

Signature

print name Raymond Chow capacity Authorised Person (signing under power of attorney in accordance with section 52 of the Corporations Act) sign here date 7 December 2015