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Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
883107	Nanophase Technologies Corporation	NANX	Miscellaneous Primary Metal Products (3390)	363687863

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1173970	Janet R Whitmore	1319 Marquette Drive Romeoville IL 60446		Yes	No	No	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2012-12-10	5,525	$0.33	318,056	No	4	P	Direct
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2012-12-11	24,100	$0.33	342,156	No	4	P	Direct
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2012-12-11	17,807	$0.34	359,963	No	4	P	Direct
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2012-12-11	9,288	$0.35	369,251	No	4	P	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
No	4	P	Direct
No	4	P	Direct
No	4	P	Direct
No	4	P	Direct

Reported Non-Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock	32,675	Indirect	By Daughter

Reported Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Sec. Type	Price	Date	Expiration Date	Amount	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership
Common Stock	Stock Option (right to buy)	$5.55	2004-11-24	2013-11-24	10,000	10,000	Direct
Common Stock	Stock Option (right to buy)	$1.36	2014-01-31	2021-01-31	10,000	10,000	Direct
Common Stock	Deferred Common Stock	$0.00			2,000	20,030	Direct
Common Stock	Stock Appreciation Right	$0.99			2,000	14,000	Direct
Common Stock	Stock Option (right to buy)	$0.30	2015-08-07	2022-08-07	10,000	10,000	Direct

Expiration Date	Amount	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership
2013-11-24	10,000	10,000	Direct
2021-01-31	10,000	10,000	Direct
	2,000	20,030	Direct
	2,000	14,000	Direct
2022-08-07	10,000	10,000	Direct

Footnotes

Subject to certain rights and restrictions, beginning on this date, options vest in three equal annual installments.
Each share of deferred common stock represents a right to receive one share of common stock.
The deferred common stock becomes payable upon the reporting person's termination of service as a director of the Company.
Pursuant to such plan, the reporting person elected to defer receipt of such shares and receive a cumulative total of 20,030 shares of deferred common stock which will all be accounted for under the Company's Non-Employee Director Deferred Compensation Plan.
The stock appreciation right becomes payable upon the reporting person's termination of service as a director of the Company. 2,000 were issued 4/8/2009 at a conversion price of $0.90, 2,000 were issued 7/1/2009 at a conversion price of $1.05, 2,000 were issued 10/1/2009 at a conversion price of $1.18, 2,000 were issued 1/4/2010 at a conversion price of $0.84, 2,000 were issued 4/1/2010 at a conversion price of $1.85, 2,000 were issued 7/1/2010 at a conversion price of $1.10, and 2,000 were issued 10/1/2010 at a conversion price of $0.99.