Nova Minerals Ltd — Major Shareholding Notification 2024

Sep 26, 2024

604 Page 1 of 2 15 July 2001

Form 604

Corporations Act 2001

Section 671B

Notice of change of interests of substantial holder

To Company Name/Scheme Nova Minerals Limited ACN/ARSN 006 690 348

1. Details of substantial holder (1)

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNYMC) and each Group Name Entity listed in Annexure A (Group Entity),(together BNYMC Group)

ACN/ARSN (if applicable)

There was a change in the interests of the substantial holder on

substantial holder on 25 / September / 2024 The previous notice was given to the company on 13 / September / 2024 The previous notice was dated 12 / September / 2024

2. Previous and present 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 when last required, and when now required, to give a substantial holding notice to the company or scheme, are as follows:

mpany or scheme, are as follows:
Class of securities (4)	Previous notice		Present notice
	Person’s votes	Voting power(5)	Person’s votes	Voting power(5)
Ordinary shares	21,750,373	8.93%	47,513,713*	17.47%*
			*See Note 1in AnnexureC

3. 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:

follows:
Date ofchangeSeeAnnexureB	Person whoserelevant interestchanged	Nature of change (6)	Consideration given inrelation to change (7)	Class and numberof securitiesaffected	Person's votesaffected

4. Present relevant interests

Particulars of each relevant interest of the substantial holder in voting securities after the change are as follows:

Holder ofrelevantinterestSeeAnnexureC	Registered holderof securities	Person entitled to beregistered as holder(8)	Nature of relevantinterest (6)	Class and numberof securities	Person's votes

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5. Changes in association

The persons who have become associates (2) of, ceased to be associates of, or have changed the nature of their association (9) with, the substantial holder in relation to voting interests in the company or scheme are as follows:

Name and ACN/ARSN (if applicable)	Nature of association
BNYMC and each GroupEntity	Each Group Entity is an associate of BNYMC pursuant tosection 12(2)(a) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) as eachentity is directly or indirectly owned and controlled byBNYMC.

6. Addresses

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

Name	Address
The Bank of New YorkMellon Corporation	240 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10286 USA
Each Group Entity	240 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10286 USA

Signature

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print namesign here	Kevin LockhartcapacityAttorney-In-Fact
	date26/September/2024

Annexure A

This is Annexure A of 1 page referred to in Form 604 Notice of Change of Interests of Substantial Holder given by The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation and its related bodies corporate

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation is the ultimate parent company of a corporate group comprised of a large number of operating and holding companies. Details of the entities directly owned and controlled by The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation are listed below.

• The Bank of New York Mellon

• Pershing Group LLC

• Pershing LLC

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Annexure B

This is Annexure B of 1 page referred to in Form 604 Notice of Change of Interests of Substantial Holder given by The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation and its related bodies corporate

Changes in relevant interests

Date of change	Person whose relevant interestchanged	Nature of Change	Consideration givenin relation to change	Class and number of securitiesaffected(Ordinary Shares)	Person's votesaffected
13-Sep-2024	The Bank of New York Mellon	Transfer out of securities	N/A	(18,300)	(18,300)
16-Sep-2024	The Bank of New York Mellon	Transfer out of securities	N/A	(319,800)	(319,800)
17-Sep-2024	The Bank of New York Mellon	Deposit of securities	N/A	347,760	347,760
17-Sep-2024	The Bank of New York Mellon	Transfer out of securities	N/A	(32,760)	(32,760)
19-Sep-2024	The Bank of New York Mellon	Transfer out of securities	N/A	(432,000)	(432,000)
23-Sep-2024	The Bank of New York Mellon	Deposit of securities	N/A	99,960	99,960
24-Sep-2024	The Bank of New York Mellon	Transfer out of securities	N/A	(533,340)	(533,340)
25-Sep-2024	The Bank of New York Mellon	Deposit of securities	N/A	28,380,000	28,380,000
25-Sep-2024	The Bank of New York Mellon	Transfer out of securities	N/A	(1,728,180)	(1,728,180)

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Annexure C

This is Annexure C of 2 pages referred to in Form 604 Notice of Change of Interests of Substantial Holder given by The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation and its related bodies corporate

Present relevant interests

Holder of relevant interest	Nature of relevant interest	Class and number of securities
The Bank of New York	Remote Interest Held Under Deposit Agreement	47,513,700
Mellon (BNYM)		ordinary shares
	Relevant interest under section 608(1)(c) of the
	Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) arising from BNYM
	having the limited power to dispose of, or control the
	exercise of a power to dispose of, securities
	deposited with or held by BNYM (or its custodian or
	agent) in its capacity as depositary administering an
	ADR programNova Minerals Limited(Company)
	under the Deposit Agreement datedJuly 23, 2024
	between the Company, holders of American
	depositary receipts (ADRs) and BNYM (Deposit
	Agreement).
	[*See Note 1 below].
BNYMC Group (other than	Relevant interest under section 608(3)(a) and/or	47,513,700
BNYM)	section 608(3)(b) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)	ordinary shares
	being a relevant interest held through a body
	corporate (namely BNYM) in which the voting power
	of each other entity in the BNYMC Group is above
	20%, or that each other entity in the BNYMC Group
	controls.
	[*See Note 1 and Note 2 below]
Pershing LLC	Relevant interest under sections 608(1) of the	13ordinary shares
	Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) arising from Pershing
	LLC being the registered owner of the securities.
BNYMC Group (other than	Relevant interest under section 608(3)(a) and/or	13ordinary shares
Pershing LLC)	section 608(3)(b) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)
	being a relevant interest held through a body
	corporate (namely Pershing LLC) in which the voting
	power of each other entity in the BNYMC Group is
	above 20%, or that each other entity in the BNYMC
	Group controls.
	[*See Note 2 below]

NOTES :

• Note 1 : Of the total of 47,513,713 securities in which the BNYMC Group has a relevant interest, BNYM has a relevant interest in 47,513,700 securities as depositary for Nova Minerals Limited ADR program administered under the Deposit Agreement. BNYM's relevant interest in these securities arises as a result of the Deposit Agreement containing rights for BNYM to dispose of securities held under the ADR program in limited circumstances. Under the Deposit Agreement, ADR holders retain their rights to dispose of those securities and to give voting instructions for the exercise of voting rights attached to the securities. BNYMC Group's power to vote or dispose of these securities is qualified accordingly.

• Note 2 : Each Group Entity is a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of BNYMC, the ultimate parent company. Other than BNYM in respect of 47,513,700 securities (of which BNYM's power to only dispose of 47,513,700 securities is limited – see Note 1), and Pershing LLC in respect of 13 securities, none of the BNYMC Group entities are entitled to be registered as holder of the securities and their power to vote or dispose of the securities is qualified accordingly.

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