NANOSONICS LIMITED — Major Shareholding Notification 2016

Aug 7, 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 4 August 2016 The previous notice was given to the company on 2 August 2016 The previous notice was dated 2 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 Asset Management Australia Pty Ltd ("GSAMA")	Level 17, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000
Goldman Sachs Australia Managed Funds Limited ("GSAMF")	Level 17, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000
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
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 8 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 8 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
08/01/2016	GSAMA	Sell	55,300	20,131	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	20,131
08/01/2016	GSAMA	Sell	29,725	10,821	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	10,821
08/01/2016	GSAMA	Sell	100,362	36,535	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	36,535
08/01/2016	GSAMF	Sell	23,863	8,687	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	8,687
08/01/2016	GAUS	Sell	5,727	2,090	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	2,090
08/01/2016	GSCO	Return of borrowed shares	N/A	402,270	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	402,270
08/01/2016	GAUS	Borrow of shares	N/A	721	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	721
08/01/2016	GSI	Loan of shares	N/A	721	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	721
08/02/2016	GSAMA	Sell	102,451	37,638	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	37,638
08/02/2016	GSAMA	Sell	30,342	11,147	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	11,147
08/02/2016	GSAMA	Sell	56,452	20,739	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	20,739
08/02/2016	GSAMF	Sell	24,359	8,949	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	8,949
08/02/2016	GAUS	Sell	2,954	1,086	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	1,086
08/02/2016	GSI	Return of borrowed shares	N/A	402,270	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	402,270
08/02/2016	GSCO	Return of lent shares	N/A	402,270	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	402,270
08/02/2016	GSI	Return of lent shares	N/A	1,842	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	1,842
08/02/2016	GAUS	Return of borrowed shares	N/A	1,171	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	1,171
08/02/2016	GSI	Return of lent shares	N/A	721	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	721
08/02/2016	GAUS	Return of borrowed shares	N/A	5,846	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	5,846
08/02/2016	GSI	Return of lent shares	N/A	171	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	171
08/02/2016	GAUS	Return of borrowed shares	N/A	167	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	167
08/02/2016	GSI	Return of lent shares	N/A	1,301	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	1,301
08/02/2016	GAUS	Return of borrowed shares	N/A	363	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	363
08/02/2016	GSI	Return of lent shares	N/A	5,570	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	5,570
08/02/2016	GAUS	Return of borrowed shares	N/A	1,842	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	1,842
08/02/2016	GSI	Return of lent shares	N/A	1,171	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	1,171
08/02/2016	GAUS	Return of borrowed shares	N/A	721	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	721
08/02/2016	GSI	Return of lent shares	N/A	5,846	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	5,846
08/02/2016	GAUS	Return of borrowed shares	N/A	171	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	171
08/02/2016	GSI	Return of lent shares	N/A	167	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	167

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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
08/02/2016	GAUS	Return of borrowed shares	N/A	1,301	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	1,301
08/02/2016	GSI	Return of lent shares	N/A	363	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	363
08/02/2016	GAUS	Return of borrowed shares	N/A	5,570	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	5,570
08/03/2016	GSAMA	Sell	111,011	40,768	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	40,768
08/03/2016	GSAMA	Sell	35,629	13,032	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	13,032
08/03/2016	GSAMA	Sell	19,630	7,180	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	7,180
08/03/2016	GSAMA	Sell	10,551	3,859	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	3,859
08/03/2016	GSAMA	Sell	61,169	22,464	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	22,464
08/03/2016	GSAMF	Sell	8,470	3,098	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	3,098
08/03/2016	GSAMA	Sell	32,880	12,075	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	12,075
08/03/2016	GSAMF	Sell	26,394	9,693	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	9,693
08/03/2016	GAUS	Sell	58	21	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	21
08/03/2016	GSCO	Borrow of shares	N/A	10,000	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	10,000
08/03/2016	GSI	Borrow of shares	N/A	6,578	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	6,578
08/03/2016	GSI	Return of lent shares	N/A	2,691	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	2,691
08/03/2016	GAUS	Loanofshares	N/A	6,578	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	6,578
08/03/2016	GAUS	Return of borrowed shares	N/A	2,691	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	2,691
08/04/2016	GSAMA	Sell	67,174	24,769	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	24,769
08/04/2016	GSAMA	Sell	781,819	288,494	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	288,494
08/04/2016	GSAMA	Sell	19,895	7,336	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	7,336
08/04/2016	GSAMF	Sell	15,971	5,889	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	5,889
08/04/2016	GSAMA	Sell	37,013	13,648	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	13,648
08/04/2016	GSAMA	Sell	1,418,880	523,572	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	523,572
08/04/2016	GSAMF	Sell	337,352	124,484	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	124,484
08/04/2016	GSAMA	Sell	420,221	155,063	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	155,063
08/04/2016	GAUS	Sell	418	153	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	153
08/04/2016	GAUS	Return of lent shares	N/A	21	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	21
08/04/2016	GSI	Return of borrowed shares	N/A	21	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	21

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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 8 August 2016