NANOSONICS LIMITED — Major Shareholding Notification 2016

Aug 11, 2016

ASX Form 605

Form 605

Corporations Act 2001 Section 671B

Notice of ceasing to be a 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 ceased to be a substantial holder on 10 August 2016 The previous notice was given to the company on 10 August 2016 The previous notice was dated 10 August 2016

2. Changes in relevant interests

Particulars of each change in, or change in the nature of, a relevant interest of the substantial holder or an associate in voting securities of the company or scheme, since the substantial holder was last required to give a substantial holding notice to the company or scheme are as follows:

Date of Change	Holder of Relevant Interest	Nature of Change	Consideration (AUD)	Class and Number of Securities	Person's votes affected
SeeAnnexureB.

3. Changes in association

The persons who have become associates of, ceased to be associates of, or have changed the nature of their association with, the substantial holder in relation to voting interests in the company or scheme are as follows:

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

4. Addresses

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

Name	Address
GSGI	Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington DE 19801, U.S.A.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.(“GSCO”)	200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, U.S.A
Goldman Sachs International (“GSI”)	Peterborough Court, 133 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2BB, United Kingdom
Goldman Sachs Financial Markets Pty Ltd (“GAUS”)	Level 17, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000
Rothesay Life Limited	Level 25, 122 Leadenhall Street, London EC3V 4AB, United Kingdom
Goldman Sachs Australia Group	All care of Level 17, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne Victoria 3000, Australia

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Signature

Print name Sign here	Raymond Chow (signing under power of attorney in accordance with section 52 of the CorporationsAct) Capacity Authorised Person
	Date 12 August 2016

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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, 2015 and the states or jurisdictions in which they are organized. Each subsidiary is indented beneath its principal parent. 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 12 August 2016

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Annexure B

Date of Change	Holder of Relevant Interest	Nature of Change	Consideration (AUD)	Class and Number of Securities	Class and Number of Securities	Person’s votes affected
8/9/2016	GSI	Borrow of shares	N/A	12,039	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	12,039
8/9/2016	GAUS	Loan of shares	N/A	12,039	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	12,039
8/9/2016	GAUS	Sell	1,537	543	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	543
8/9/2016	GAUS	Buy	88	32	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	32
8/9/2016	Rothesay Life Limited	Return of shares to the counterparty under a repurchase agreement	N/A	13,584	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	13,584
8/10/2016	GSCO	Return of lent shares	N/A	2,907	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	2,907
8/10/2016	GSI	Return of borrowed shares	N/A	2,907	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	2,907
8/10/2016	GSCO	Return of lent shares	N/A	157,730	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	157,730
8/10/2016	GSI	Return of borrowed shares	N/A	157,730	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	157,730
8/10/2016	GSCO	Loan of shares	N/A	160,637	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	160,637
8/10/2016	GSI	Borrow of shares	N/A	160,637	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	160,637
8/10/2016	GSI	Borrow of shares	N/A	2,907	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	2,907
8/10/2016	GSCO	Loan of shares	N/A	2,907	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	2,907
8/10/2016	GAUS	Sell	1,008	355	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	355
8/10/2016	GSCO	Sell	129,369	47,093	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	47,093
8/10/2016	Rothesay Life Limited	Return of shares to the counterparty under a repurchase agreement	N/A	2,140,832	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	2,140,832

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 12 August 2016