Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2)

Registration Statement No. 333-284538

The information in this preliminary pricing supplement is not complete and may be changed. This preliminary pricing supplement is not an offer to sell nor does it seek an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

 

Subject to Completion. July 7, 2025.

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GS Finance Corp.

$

Callable Equity-Linked Notes due

guaranteed by

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

The notes do not bear interest. The notes will mature on the stated maturity date (expected to be July 17, 2028), unless we redeem them.

We may redeem your notes at 100% of their face amount plus an amount equal to the product of $1,000 times the applicable call premium amount on any call payment date (expected to be the monthly dates specified on page PS-4 of this pricing supplement). The call payment dates and applicable call premium amount for each call payment date are specified on page PS-4 of this pricing supplement.

If we do not redeem your notes, the amount that you will be paid on your notes on the stated maturity date is based on the performance of the lesser performing of the Class C capital stock of Alphabet Inc., the common stock of Amazon.com, Inc., the common stock of Apple Inc., the Class A common stock of Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly Facebook, Inc.) and the common stock of NVIDIA Corporation (the lesser performing index stock is the index stock with the lowest index stock return). The index stock return for each index stock is the percentage increase or decrease in its final price (the closing price of such index stock on the determination date, expected to be June 30, 2028) from its initial price (set on the trade date (expected to be July 11, 2025) and will be an intra-day price or the closing price of one share of such index stock on the trade date).

If the final price of each index stock is greater than its initial price, the return on your notes will be positive and will equal the participation rate of 2 times the lesser performing index stock return. If the final price of any index stock is equal to or less than its initial price, you will receive the face amount of your notes.

At maturity, for each $1,000 face amount of your notes, you will receive an amount in cash equal to:

if the final price of each index stock is greater than its initial price, the sum of (i) $1,000 plus (ii) the product of (a) $1,000 times (b) the participation rate times (c) the lesser performing index stock return; or
if the final price of any index stock is equal to or less than its initial price, $1,000.

You should read the disclosure herein to better understand the terms and risks of your investment, including the credit risk of GS Finance Corp. and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. See page PS-12.

The estimated value of your notes at the time the terms of your notes are set on the trade date is expected to be between $925 and $955 per $1,000 face amount. For a discussion of the estimated value and the price at which Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC would initially buy or sell your notes, if it makes a market in the notes, see the following page.

Original issue date:

expected to be July 16, 2025

Original issue price:

100% of the face amount*

Underwriting discount:

     % of the face amount*

Net proceeds to the issuer:

    % of the face amount

* The original issue price will be % for certain investors; see “Supplemental Plan of Distribution; Conflicts of Interest” on page PS-28 for additional information regarding the fees comprising the underwriting discount.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. The notes are not bank deposits and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, nor are they obligations of, or guaranteed by, a bank.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Pricing Supplement No. dated , 2025.

 

 


 

The issue price, underwriting discount and net proceeds listed above relate to the notes we sell initially. We may decide to sell additional notes after the date of this pricing supplement, at issue prices and with underwriting discounts and net proceeds that differ from the amounts set forth above. The return (whether positive or negative) on your investment in notes will depend in part on the issue price you pay for such notes.

GS Finance Corp. may use this prospectus in the initial sale of the notes. In addition, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC or any other affiliate of GS Finance Corp. may use this prospectus in a market-making transaction in a note after its initial sale. Unless GS Finance Corp. or its agent informs the purchaser otherwise in the confirmation of sale, this prospectus is being used in a market-making transaction.

 

Estimated Value of Your Notes

The estimated value of your notes at the time the terms of your notes are set on the trade date (as determined by reference to pricing models used by Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) and taking into account our credit spreads) is expected to be between $925 and $955 per $1,000 face amount, which is less than the original issue price. The value of your notes at any time will reflect many factors and cannot be predicted; however, the price (not including GS&Co.’s customary bid and ask spreads) at which GS&Co. would initially buy or sell notes (if it makes a market, which it is not obligated to do) and the value that GS&Co. will initially use for account statements and otherwise is equal to approximately the estimated value of your notes at the time of pricing, plus an additional amount (initially equal to $ per $1,000 face amount).

 

Prior to , the price (not including GS&Co.’s customary bid and ask spreads) at which GS&Co. would buy or sell your notes (if it makes a market, which it is not obligated to do) will equal approximately the sum of (a) the then-current estimated value of your notes (as determined by reference to GS&Co.’s pricing models) plus (b) any remaining additional amount (the additional amount will decline to zero on a straight-line basis from the time of pricing through ). On and after , the price (not including GS&Co.’s customary bid and ask spreads) at which GS&Co. would buy or sell your notes (if it makes a market) will equal approximately the then-current estimated value of your notes determined by reference to such pricing models.

 

About Your Prospectus

The notes are part of the Medium-Term Notes, Series F program of GS Finance Corp. and are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. This prospectus includes this pricing supplement and the accompanying documents listed below. This pricing supplement constitutes a supplement to the documents listed below, does not set forth all of the terms of your notes and therefore should be read in conjunction with such documents:

The information in this pricing supplement supersedes any conflicting information in the documents listed above. In addition, some of the terms or features described in the listed documents may not apply to your notes.

We refer to the notes we are offering by this pricing supplement as the “offered notes” or the “notes”. Each of the offered notes has the terms described below. Please note that in this pricing supplement, references to “GS Finance Corp.”, “we”, “our” and “us” mean only GS Finance Corp. and do not include its subsidiaries or affiliates, references to “The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.”, our parent company, mean only The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and do not include its subsidiaries or affiliates and references to “Goldman Sachs” mean The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. together with its consolidated subsidiaries and affiliates, including us. The notes will be issued under the senior debt indenture, dated as of October 10, 2008, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 20, 2015, each among us, as issuer, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee. This indenture, as so supplemented and as further supplemented thereafter, is referred to as the “GSFC 2008 indenture” in the accompanying prospectus supplement.

The notes will be issued in book-entry form and represented by master note no. 3, dated March 22, 2021.


 

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS

CUSIP / ISIN: 40058JLS2 / US40058JLS23

Company (Issuer): GS Finance Corp.

Guarantor: The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Index stocks (each individually, an index stock): the Class C capital stock of Alphabet Inc. (current Bloomberg ticker: “GOOG UW”), the common stock of Amazon.com, Inc. (current Bloomberg ticker: “AMZN UW”), the common stock of Apple Inc. (current Bloomberg ticker: “AAPL UW”), the Class A common stock of Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly Facebook, Inc.) (current Bloomberg ticker: “META UW”) and the common stock of NVIDIA Corporation (current Bloomberg ticker: “NVDA UW”), as each may be replaced or adjusted from time to time as provided herein

Face amount: $ in the aggregate on the original issue date; the aggregate face amount may be increased if the company, at its sole option, decides to sell an additional amount on a date subsequent to the trade date.

Authorized denominations: $1,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof

Principal amount: Subject to redemption by the company as provided under “— Company’s redemption right ” below, on the stated maturity date the company will pay, for each $1,000 of the outstanding face amount, an amount in cash equal to the cash settlement amount

Cash settlement amount:

if the final index stock price of each index stock is greater than its initial index stock price, the sum of (i) $1,000 plus (ii) the product of (a) $1,000 times (b) the upside participation rate times (c) the lesser performing index stock return; or
if the final index stock price of any index stock is equal to or less than its initial index stock price, $1,000

Company’s redemption right: the company may redeem this note, at its option, in whole but not in part, on each call payment date for an amount in cash for each $1,000 of the outstanding face amount on the redemption date equal to the sum of (i) $1,000 plus (ii) the product of $1,000 times the applicable call premium amount specified under “— Call payment dates” below.

If the company chooses to exercise the company’s redemption right, it will notify the holder of this note and the trustee by giving at least ten business days’ prior notice. The day the company gives the notice, which will be a business day, will be the redemption notice date and the immediately following call payment date, which the company will state in the redemption notice, will be the redemption date.

The company will not give a redemption notice that results in a redemption date later than the last call payment date. A redemption notice, once given, shall be irrevocable.

Initial index stock price (set on the trade date): with respect to an index stock, an intra-day price or the closing price of one share of such index stock on the trade date

Final index stock price: with respect to an index stock, the closing price of one share of such index stock on the determination date, subject to adjustment as provided in “— Consequences of a market disruption event or a non-trading day” and “— Anti-dilution adjustments” below

Upside participation rate: 200%

Index stock return: with respect to an index stock, the quotient of (i) its final index stock price minus its initial index stock price divided by (ii) its initial index stock price, expressed as a percentage

Lesser performing index stock return: the index stock return of the lesser performing index stock

Lesser performing index stock: the index stock with the lowest index stock return

Call premium amount: with respect to any call payment date, the applicable call premium amount specified in the table set forth under “— Call payment dates” below

Trade date: expected to be July 11, 2025

Original issue date (set on the trade date): expected to be July 16, 2025

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Determination date (set on the trade date): expected to be June 30, 2028, unless the calculation agent determines that, with respect to any index stock, a market disruption event occurs or is continuing on such day or such day is not a trading day. In the event the originally scheduled determination date is a non-trading day with respect to any index stock, the determination date will be the first day thereafter that is a trading day for all index stocks (the “first qualified trading day”) provided that no market disruption event occurs or is continuing with respect to an index stock on that day. If a market disruption event with respect to an index stock occurs or is continuing on the originally scheduled determination date or the first qualified trading day, the determination date will be the first following trading day on which the calculation agent determines that each index stock has had at least one trading day (from and including the originally scheduled determination date or the first qualified trading day, as applicable) on which no market disruption event has occurred or is continuing and the closing price of each index stock will be determined on or prior to the postponed determination date as set forth under “— Consequences of a market disruption event or a non-trading day” below. (In such case, the determination date may differ from the date on which the price of an index stock is determined for the purpose of the calculations to be performed on the determination date.) In no event, however, will the determination date be postponed by more than three scheduled trading days for all index stocks from the originally scheduled determination date, either due to the occurrence of serial non-trading days or due to the occurrence of one or more market disruption events. (For the avoidance of doubt, a day that is a scheduled trading day for only one index stock will not count as one of the three scheduled trading days for this purpose). On such last possible determination date, if a market disruption event occurs or is continuing with respect to an index stock that has not yet had such a trading day on which no market disruption event has occurred or is continuing or if such last possible day is not a trading day with respect to such index stock, that day will nevertheless be the determination date.

Stated maturity date (set on the trade date): expected to be July 17, 2028, unless that day is not a business day, in which case the stated maturity date will be postponed to the next following business day. If the determination date is postponed as described under “— Determination date” above, such postponement of the determination date will not postpone the stated maturity date.

Call payment dates (set on the trade date): expected to be the dates set forth in the table below, unless, for any such call payment date, that day is not a business day, in which case such call payment date will be postponed to the next following business day.

Call Payment Dates

Call Premium Amount

July 16, 2026

21.5004%

August 17, 2026

23.2921%

September 16, 2026

25.0838%

October 16, 2026

26.8755%

November 16, 2026

28.6672%

December 16, 2026

30.4589%

January 19, 2027

32.2506%

February 16, 2027

34.0423%

March 16, 2027

35.834%

April 16, 2027

37.6257%

May 17, 2027

39.4174%

June 16, 2027

41.2091%

July 16, 2027

43.0008%

August 16, 2027

44.7925%

September 16, 2027

46.5842%

October 18, 2027

48.3759%

November 16, 2027

50.1676%

December 16, 2027

51.9593%

January 18, 2028

53.751%

February 16, 2028

55.5427%

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March 16, 2028

57.3344%

April 17, 2028

59.1261%

May 16, 2028

60.9178%

June 16, 2028

62.7095%

Closing price: on any trading day, with respect to an index stock, the closing sale price or last reported sale price, regular way, for such index stock, on a per-share or other unit basis:

on the principal national securities exchange on which such index stock is listed for trading on that day, or
if such index stock is not listed on any national securities exchange on that day, on any other U.S. national market system that is the primary market for the trading of such index stock.

If an index stock is not listed or traded as described above, then the closing price for such index stock on any day will be the average, as determined by the calculation agent, of the bid prices for such index stock obtained from as many dealers in such index stock selected by the calculation agent as will make those bid prices available to the calculation agent. The number of dealers need not exceed three and may include the calculation agent or any of its or the company’s affiliates.

The closing price of an index stock is subject to adjustment as described under “—Anti-dilution adjustments” below.

Trading day: with respect to an index stock, a day on which the principal securities market for such index stock is open for trading. A day is a scheduled trading day if, as of the trade date, the principal securities market for the index stock is scheduled to be open for trading on such day.

Index stock issuer: with respect to an index stock, the issuer of such index stock as then in effect

Market disruption event: With respect to any given trading day, any of the following will be a market disruption event with respect to an index stock:

a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading in the index stock on its primary market for more than two consecutive hours of trading or during the one-half hour before the close of trading in that market, as determined by the calculation agent in its sole discretion,
a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading in option or futures contracts relating to the index stock in the primary market for those contracts for more than two consecutive hours of trading or during the one-half hour before the close of trading in that market, as determined by the calculation agent in its sole discretion, or
the index stock does not trade on what was the primary market for the index stock, as determined by the calculation agent in its sole discretion,

and, in the case of any of these events, the calculation agent determines in its sole discretion that such event could materially interfere with the ability of the company or any of its affiliates or a similarly situated person to unwind all or a material portion of a hedge that could be effected with respect to this note.

The following events will not be market disruption events:

a limitation on the hours or numbers of days of trading, but only if the limitation results from an announced change in the regular business hours of the relevant market, and
a decision to permanently discontinue trading in option or futures contracts relating to an index stock.

For this purpose, an “absence of trading” in the primary securities market on which shares of an index stock are traded, or on which option or futures contracts, if available, relating to an index stock are traded, will not include any time when that market is itself closed for trading under ordinary circumstances. In contrast, a suspension or limitation of trading in shares of an index stock or in option or futures contracts, if available, relating to such index stock in the primary market for that index stock or those contracts, by reason of:

a price change exceeding limits set by that market,
an imbalance of orders relating to the shares of the index stock or those contracts, or
a disparity in bid and ask quotes relating to the shares of the index stock or those contracts,

will constitute a suspension or material limitation of trading in shares of the index stock or those contracts in that market.

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A market disruption event with respect to one index stock will not, by itself, constitute a market disruption event for any unaffected index stock.

Consequences of a market disruption event or a non-trading day: With respect to any index stock, if a market disruption event occurs or is continuing on a day that would otherwise be the determination date or such day is not a trading day, then the determination date will be postponed as described under “— Determination date” above.

If the determination date is postponed to the last possible date due to the occurrence of serial non-trading days, the price of each index stock will be the calculation agent’s assessment of such price, in its sole discretion, on such last possible postponed determination date. If the determination date is postponed due to a market disruption event with respect to any index stock, the final index stock price of each index stock with respect to the determination date will be calculated based on (i) for any index stock that is not affected by a market disruption event on the originally scheduled determination date or the first qualified trading day thereafter (if applicable), the closing price of the index stock on that date, (ii) for any index stock that is affected by a market disruption event on the originally scheduled determination date or the first qualified trading day thereafter (if applicable), the closing price of the index stock on the first following trading day on which no market disruption event exists for such index stock and (iii) the calculation agent’s assessment, in its sole discretion, of the price of any index stock on the last possible postponed determination date with respect to such index stock as to which a market disruption event continues through the last possible postponed determination date. As a result, this could result in the final index stock price on the determination date of each index stock being determined on different calendar dates. For the avoidance of doubt, once the closing price for an index stock is determined for the determination date, the occurrence of a later market disruption event or non-trading day will not alter such calculation.

Anti-dilution adjustments: The calculation agent will adjust the reference amount of an index stock in respect of each event for which adjustment is required under any of the six subsections beginning with “Stock splits” below (and not in respect of any other event). (If more than one such event occurs, the calculation agent shall adjust the reference amount as so provided for each such event, sequentially, in the order in which such events occur, and on a cumulative basis.) Having adjusted the reference amount for any and all such events as so provided, the calculation agent shall determine a closing price for the reference amount as so adjusted on the determination date. (If the reference amount is adjusted pursuant to “Reorganization events” below so as to consist of distribution property, then the closing price on the determination date shall equal the sum of the respective closing prices or other values for all such distribution property on the determination date, as provided in “Reorganization events” below.) Having determined the closing price on the determination date, the calculation agent shall use such prices to calculate the cash settlement amount. The calculation agent shall make all adjustments no later than the determination date.

Notwithstanding any other provision in this note, if an event for which adjustment is required under any of the six subsections beginning with “Stock splits” below occurs, the calculation agent may make the adjustment and any related determinations and calculations in a manner that differs from that specified in this note as necessary to achieve an equitable result. Upon written request by the holder to the calculation agent, the calculation agent will provide the holder with such information about these adjustments as such agent determines is appropriate.

Stock splits. A stock split is an increase in the number of a corporation’s outstanding shares of stock without any change in its stockholders’ equity. Each outstanding share will be worth less as a result of a stock split. If an index stock is subject to a stock split, then at the opening of business on the first day on which such index stock trades without the right to receive the stock split, the calculation agent will adjust the reference amount to equal the sum of the reference amount in effect immediately prior to such adjustment plus the product of (i) the number of new shares issued in the stock split with respect to one share of such index stock times (ii) the reference amount in effect immediately prior to such adjustment. The reference amount will not be adjusted, however, unless such first day occurs after the trade date and on or before the determination date.

Reverse stock splits. A reverse stock split is a decrease in the number of a corporation’s outstanding shares of stock without any change in its stockholders’ equity. Each outstanding share will be worth more as a result of a reverse stock split. If an index stock is subject to a reverse stock split, then once the reverse stock split becomes effective, the calculation agent will adjust the reference amount to equal the product of the reference amount in effect immediately prior to such adjustment and the quotient of (i) the number of shares of such index stock outstanding immediately after the reverse stock split becomes effective divided by (ii) the number of shares of such index stock outstanding immediately before the reverse stock split becomes effective. The reference

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amount will not be adjusted, however, unless the reverse stock split becomes effective after the trade date and on or before the determination date.

Stock dividends. In a stock dividend, a corporation issues additional shares of its stock to all holders of its outstanding shares of its stock in proportion to the shares they own. Each outstanding share will be worth less as a result of a stock dividend. If an index stock is subject to a stock dividend that is given ratably to all holders of such index stock, then at the opening of business on the ex-dividend date, the calculation agent will adjust the reference amount to equal the reference amount in effect immediately prior to such adjustment plus the product of (i) the number of shares issued in the stock dividend with respect to one share of such index stock times (ii) the reference amount in effect immediately prior to such adjustment. The reference amount will not be adjusted, however, unless such ex-dividend date occurs after the trade date and on or before the determination date.

Other dividends and distributions. There will be no adjustments to the reference amount to reflect dividends or other distributions paid with respect to an index stock other than:

stock dividends as provided in “Stock dividends” above,
issuances of transferable rights or warrants as provided in “Transferable rights and warrants” below,
dividends or other distributions constituting spin-off events as provided in “Reorganization events” below, or
extraordinary dividends described below.

A dividend or other distribution with respect to an index stock will be deemed to be an “extraordinary dividend” if its per share value of such dividend or other distribution exceeds the per share value of the immediately preceding dividend or distribution with respect to such index stock, if any, that is not an extraordinary dividend by an amount equal to at least 10% of the closing price of such index stock on the trading day immediately preceding the ex-dividend date for such extraordinary dividend.

If an extraordinary dividend occurs with respect to an index stock, the calculation agent will adjust the reference amount to equal the product of (a) the reference amount in effect immediately prior to such adjustment and (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is the closing price of such index stock on the trading day immediately preceding the ex-dividend date and the denominator of which is the amount by which such closing price exceeds the extraordinary dividend amount.

The “extraordinary dividend amount” with respect to an extraordinary dividend for an index stock will equal:

in the case of an extraordinary dividend that is paid in lieu of a regular quarterly dividend, the amount per share of such extraordinary dividend minus the amount per share of the immediately preceding dividend or distribution with respect to such index stock, if any, that is not an extraordinary dividend or
in the case of an extraordinary dividend that is not paid in lieu of a regular quarterly dividend, the amount per share of such extraordinary dividend.

To the extent an extraordinary dividend is not paid in cash, the value of the non-cash component will be determined by the calculation agent. A distribution on an index stock that constitutes a stock dividend, an issuance of transferable rights or warrants or a spin-off event and also constitutes an extraordinary dividend will result only in an adjustment to the reference amount pursuant to “Stock dividends” above, “Transferable rights and warrants” below or “Reorganization events” below, as applicable. The reference amount will not be adjusted pursuant to this subsection unless the ex-dividend date for the extraordinary dividend occurs after the trade date and on or before the determination date.

Transferable rights and warrants. With respect to an index stock, if the index stock issuer issues transferable rights or warrants to all holders of the index stock to subscribe for or purchase the index stock at an exercise price per share less than the closing price of the index stock on the trading day immediately before the ex-dividend date for such issuance, then the calculation agent will adjust the reference amount by multiplying the reference amount in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction:

the numerator of which is the number of shares of index stock outstanding at the close of business on the day before such ex-dividend date plus the number of additional shares of index stock offered for subscription or purchase under such transferable rights or warrants, and
the denominator of which is the number of shares of index stock outstanding at the close of business on the day before such ex-dividend date plus the number of additional shares of index stock that the aggregate

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offering price of the total number of shares of index stock so offered for subscription or purchase would purchase at the closing price of the index stock on the trading day immediately before such ex-dividend date, with such number of additional shares being determined by multiplying the total number of shares so offered by the exercise price of such transferable rights or warrants and dividing the resulting product by the closing price of the index stock on the trading day immediately before such ex-dividend date.

The reference amount will not be adjusted, however, unless such ex-dividend date occurs after the trade date and on or before the determination date.

Reorganization events. With respect to an index stock, if:

any reclassification or other change of the index stock occurs,
the index stock issuer has been subject to a merger, consolidation, amalgamation, binding share exchange or other business combination and is not the surviving entity or it does survive but all the shares of index stock are reclassified or changed,
the index stock has been subject to a takeover, tender offer, exchange offer, solicitation proposal or other event by another person to purchase or otherwise obtain all of the outstanding shares of the index stock, such that all of the outstanding shares of the index stock (other than shares of the index stock owned or controlled by such other person) are transferred, or irrevocably committed to be transferred, to another person,
the index stock issuer or any subsidiary of the index stock issuer has been subject to a merger, consolidation, amalgamation or binding share exchange in which the index stock issuer is the surviving entity and all the outstanding shares of the index stock (other than shares of the index stock owned or controlled by such other person) immediately prior to such event collectively represent less than 50% of the outstanding shares of the index stock immediately following such event,
the index stock issuer sells or otherwise transfers its property and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to another entity
the index stock issuer issues to all holders of index stock equity securities of an issuer other than the index stock issuer (other than in a transaction described in any of the bullet points above) (a “spin-off event”),
the index stock issuer is liquidated, dissolved or wound up or is subject to a proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or
any other corporate or similar events that affect or could potentially affect market prices of, or shareholders’ rights in, the index stock or distribution property, which will be substantiated by an official characterization by either the Options Clearing Corporation with respect to options contracts on the index stock or by the primary securities exchange on which the index stock or listed options on the index stock are traded, and will ultimately be determined by the calculation agent in its sole discretion (any such event in this bullet point or any of the bullet points above in this subsection, a “reorganization event”),

then the calculation agent will adjust the reference amount so that the reference amount consists of the respective amounts of each type of distribution property deemed, for the purposes of this note, to be distributed in such reorganization event in respect of the reference amount as in effect immediately prior to such adjustment, taken together.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, the calculation agent will not make any adjustment for a reorganization event unless the event becomes effective — or, if the event is a spin-off event, unless the ex-dividend date for the spin-off event occurs — after the trade date and on or before the determination date.

The calculation agent will determine the value of each component type of distribution property, using the closing price on the relevant day for any such type consisting of securities and such other method as it determines to be appropriate, in its sole discretion, for any other type. If a holder of an index stock may elect to receive different types or combinations of types of distribution property in the reorganization event, the distribution property will be deemed to include the types and amounts thereof distributed to a holder that makes no election, as determined by the calculation agent in its sole discretion. If a reorganization event occurs and as a result the reference amount is adjusted to consist of distribution property, the calculation agent will make further adjustments for subsequent events that affect such distribution property or any component type thereof, to the same extent that it would make adjustments if an index stock were outstanding and were affected by the same kinds of events. The closing price on the determination date will be the total value, as determined by the calculation agent at the close of trading

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hours of an index stock on the determination date of all components of the reference amount, with each component having been adjusted on a sequential and cumulative basis for all relevant events affecting it.

The calculation agent may, in its sole discretion, modify the adjustments described in “Reorganization events” as necessary to ensure an equitable result.

If at any time the reference amount consists of distribution property, as determined by the calculation agent, then all references in this note to an “index stock” shall thereupon be deemed to mean such distribution property and all references in this note to a “share of index stock” shall thereupon be deemed to mean a comparable unit of each type of property comprising such distribution property, as determined by the calculation agent.

Minimum adjustments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment will be required in respect of any event specified in “Stock splits”, “Reverse stock splits”, “Stock dividends”, “Other dividends and distributions” and “Transferable rights and warrants” above unless such adjustment would result in a change of at least 0.1% in the closing price of such index stock. The closing price of an index stock resulting from any adjustment shall be rounded up or down, as appropriate, to the nearest ten-thousandth, with five hundred-thousandths being rounded upward — e.g., 0.12344 will be rounded down to 0.1234 and 0.12345 will be rounded up to 0.1235.

Distribution property: cash, securities and/or other property distributed in any reorganization event in respect of the relevant reference amount and, in the case of a spin-off event, includes such reference amount

Ex-dividend date: for any dividend or other distribution with respect to an index stock, the first day on which the index stock trades without the right to receive such dividend or other distribution

Reference amount: with respect to an index stock, initially, one share of such index stock which shall be adjusted, as to the amount(s) and/or type(s) of property comprising the same, by the calculation agent as provided under “Anti-dilution adjustments” above

Calculation agent: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (“GS&Co.”)

Overdue principal rate: the effective Federal Funds rate

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HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLES

Payment Examples

The following examples are provided for purposes of illustration only. They should not be taken as an indication or prediction of future investment results and are intended merely to illustrate the impact that various hypothetical closing prices of the lesser performing index stock on the determination date could have on the cash settlement amount at maturity assuming all other variables remain constant.

The examples below are based on a range of index stock prices that are entirely hypothetical; no one can predict what the closing price of any index stock will be on any day throughout the life of your notes or what the final index stock price of the lesser performing index stock will be on the determination date. The index stocks have been highly volatile in the past — meaning that the index stock prices have changed considerably in relatively short periods — and their performance cannot be predicted for any future period.

The information in the following examples reflects hypothetical rates of return on the offered notes assuming that they are purchased on the original issue date at the face amount and held to the stated maturity date or date of early redemption. If you sell your notes in a secondary market prior to the stated maturity date or date of early redemption, as the case may be, your return will depend upon the market value of your notes at the time of sale, which may be affected by a number of factors that are not reflected in the examples below, such as interest rates, the volatility of the index stocks, the creditworthiness of GS Finance Corp., as issuer, and the creditworthiness of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., as guarantor. In addition, the estimated value of your notes at the time the terms of your notes are set on the trade date (as determined by reference to pricing models used by GS&Co.) is less than the original issue price of your notes. For more information on the estimated value of your notes, see “Additional Risk Factors Specific to Your Notes — The Estimated Value of Your Notes At the Time the Terms of Your Notes Are Set On the Trade Date (as Determined By Reference to Pricing Models Used By GS&Co.) Is Less Than the Original Issue Price Of Your Notes” on page PS-15 of this pricing supplement. The information in the examples also reflects the key terms and assumptions in the box below.

Key Terms and Assumptions

Face amount

$1,000

Upside participation rate

200%

Neither a market disruption event nor a non-trading day occurs on the originally scheduled determination date

No change in or affecting any of the index stocks

Notes purchased on original issue date at the face amount and held to the stated maturity date or date of early redemption

Moreover, we have not yet set the initial index stock prices that will serve as the baseline for determining the index stock returns and the amount that we will pay on your notes at maturity. We will not do so until the trade date. As a result, the actual initial index stock prices may differ substantially from the index stock prices prior to the trade date.

For these reasons, the actual performance of the index stocks over the life of your notes, as well as the amount payable at maturity, may bear little relation to the hypothetical examples shown below or to the historical index stock prices shown elsewhere in this pricing supplement. For information about the index stock prices during recent periods, see “The Index Stocks — Historical Closing Prices of the Index Stocks” below. Before investing in the offered notes, you should consult publicly available information to determine the index stock prices between the date of this pricing supplement and the date of your purchase of the offered notes.

Also, the hypothetical examples shown below do not take into account the effects of applicable taxes. Because of the U.S. tax treatment applicable to your notes, tax liabilities could affect the after-tax rate of return on your notes to a comparatively greater extent than the after-tax return on the index stocks.

The prices in the left column of the table below represent hypothetical final index stock prices of the lesser performing index stock and are expressed as percentages of the initial index stock price of the lesser performing index stock. The amounts in the right column represent the hypothetical cash settlement amounts, based on the corresponding hypothetical final index stock price of the lesser performing index stock, and are expressed as percentages of the face amount of a note (rounded to the nearest one-thousandth of a percent). Thus, a hypothetical cash settlement amount of 100.000% means that the value of the cash payment that we would

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deliver for each $1,000 of the outstanding face amount of the offered notes on the stated maturity date would equal 100.000% of the face amount of a note, based on the corresponding hypothetical final index stock price of the lesser performing index stock and the assumptions noted above.

The Notes Have Not Been Redeemed

 

Hypothetical Final Index Stock Price of the Lesser Performing Index Stock

(as Percentage of Initial Index Stock Price)

Hypothetical Cash Settlement Amount

(as Percentage of Face Amount)

 

175.000%

250.000%

 

150.000%

200.000%

 

140.000%

180.000%

 

125.000%

150.000%

 

110.000%

120.000%

 

100.000%

100.000%

 

95.000%

100.000%

 

85.000%

100.000%

 

75.000%

100.000%

 

50.000%

100.000%

 

25.000%

100.000%

 

0.000%

100.000%

If, for example, the notes have not been redeemed and the final index stock price of the lesser performing index stock were determined to be 25.000% of its initial index stock price, the cash settlement amount that we would deliver on your notes at maturity would be 100.000% of the face amount of your notes, as shown in the table above. As a result, if you purchased your notes on the original issue date at the face amount and held them to the stated maturity date, you would receive no return on your investment.

The cash settlement amounts shown above are entirely hypothetical; they are based on market prices for the index stocks that may not be achieved on the determination date and on assumptions that may prove to be erroneous. The actual market value of your notes on the stated maturity date or at any other time, including any time you may wish to sell your notes, may bear little relation to the hypothetical cash settlement amounts shown above, and these amounts should not be viewed as an indication of the financial return on an investment in the offered notes. The hypothetical cash settlement amounts on notes held to the stated maturity date in the examples above assume you purchased your notes at their face amount and have not been adjusted to reflect the actual issue price you pay for your notes. The return on your investment (whether positive or negative) in your notes will be affected by the amount you pay for your notes. If you purchase your notes for a price other than the face amount, the return on your investment will differ from, and may be significantly lower than, the hypothetical returns suggested by the above examples. Please read “Additional Risk Factors Specific to Your Notes — The Market Value of Your Notes May Be Influenced By Many Unpredictable Factors” on page PS-17.

Payments on the notes are economically equivalent to the amounts that would be paid on a combination of other instruments. For example, payments on the notes are economically equivalent to a combination of an interest-bearing bond bought by the holder and one or more options entered into between the holder and us (with one or more implicit option premiums paid over time). The discussion in this paragraph does not modify or affect the terms of the notes or the U.S. federal income tax treatment of the notes, as described elsewhere in this pricing supplement.

We cannot predict the actual final index stock prices of the index stocks or what the market value of your notes will be on any particular trading day, nor can we predict the relationship between the closing prices of the index stocks and the market value of your notes at any time prior to the stated maturity date. The actual amount that you will receive at maturity, and the rate of return on the offered notes will depend on whether or not the notes are redeemed and the actual initial index stock prices, which we will set on the trade date, and on the actual final index stock prices determined by the calculation agent as described above. Moreover, the assumptions on which the hypothetical examples are based may turn out to be inaccurate. Consequently, the cash amount to be paid in respect of your notes on the stated maturity date may be very different from the information reflected in the examples above.

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Anti-dilution Adjustment Examples

The calculation agent will adjust the closing price of an index stock on the determination date only if an event described under one of the six subsections beginning with “Stock splits” under “Terms and Conditions — Anti-dilution adjustments” occurs and only if the relevant event occurs during the period described under the applicable subsection. The adjustments described under “Terms and Conditions — Anti-dilution adjustments” do not cover all events that could affect the closing price of an index stock on the determination date such as an issuer tender or exchange offer for such index stock at a premium to its market price or a tender or exchange offer made by a third party for less than all outstanding shares of such index stock. We describe the risks relating to dilution under “Additional Risk Factors Specific to The Notes — With Respect to Notes Linked to Index Stocks or Exchange Traded Funds, You Have Limited Anti-Dilution Protection” on page S-9 of the accompanying general terms supplement no. 17,741.

How Adjustments Will Be Made

In this pricing supplement, we refer to anti-dilution adjustment of the closing price of an index stock on the determination date. With respect to an index stock, if an event requiring anti-dilution adjustment occurs, the calculation agent will make the adjustment by taking the following steps:

Step One. The calculation agent will adjust the reference amount. This term refers to the amount of the index stock or other property that must be used to determine the closing price of the index stock on the determination date. For example, if no adjustment described under “Terms and Conditions — Anti-dilution adjustments” is required at a time, the reference amount for that time will be one share of the index stock. In that case, the closing price of the index stock on the determination date will be the closing price of one share of the index stock on the determination date. We describe how the closing price will be determined under “Terms and Conditions — Closing price” above.

If an adjustment described under “Terms and Conditions — Anti-dilution adjustments” is required because one of the dilution events described in the first five subsections beginning with “Stock splits” under “Terms and Conditions — Anti-dilution adjustments” — these involve stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock dividends, other dividends and distributions and issuances of transferable rights and warrants — occurs, then the adjusted reference amount at that time might instead be, for example, two shares of the index stock or a half share of the index stock, depending on the event. In that example, the closing price of the index stock on the determination date would be the price (determined as specified under “Terms and Conditions — Closing price” above) at the close of trading on the determination date of two shares of the index stock or a half share of the index stock, as applicable.

If an adjustment described under “Terms and Conditions — Anti-dilution adjustments” is required at a time because one of the reorganization events described under “Terms and Conditions — Reorganization events” — these involve events in which cash, securities or other property is distributed in respect of the index stock — occurs, then the reference amount at that time will be adjusted to be as follows, assuming there has been no prior or subsequent anti-dilution adjustment: the amount of each type of the property distributed in the reorganization event in respect of one share of the index stock, plus one share of the index stock if the index stock remains outstanding. In that event, the closing price of the index stock on the determination date would be the value of the adjusted reference amount at the close of trading on the determination date.

The manner in which the calculation agent adjusts the reference amount in step one will depend on the type of dilution event requiring adjustment. These events and the nature of the required adjustments are described in the six subsections beginning with “Stock splits” under “Terms and Conditions — Anti-dilution adjustments”.

Step Two. Having adjusted the reference amount in step one, the calculation agent will determine the closing price of the index stock on the determination date in the following manner.

If the adjusted reference amount at the applicable time consists entirely of shares of the index stock, the index stock price will be the closing price (determined as described under “Terms and Conditions — Closing price” above) of the adjusted reference amount on the applicable date.

On the other hand, if the adjusted reference amount at the applicable time includes any property other than shares of the index stock, the closing price of the index stock on the determination date will be the value of the adjusted reference amount as determined by the calculation agent in the manner described under “— Adjustments for Reorganization Events” below at the applicable time.

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Step Three. Having determined the closing price of the index stock on the determination date in step two, the calculation agent will use such price to calculate the cash settlement amount.

If more than one event requiring adjustment as described under “Terms and Conditions — Anti-dilution adjustments” occurs, the calculation agent will first adjust the reference amount as described in step one above for each event, sequentially, in the order in which the events occur, and on a cumulative basis. Thus, having adjusted the reference amount for the first event, the calculation agent will repeat step one for the second event, applying the required adjustment to the reference amount as already adjusted for the first event, and so on for each event. Having adjusted the reference amount for all events, the calculation agent will then take the remaining applicable steps in the process described above, determining the closing price of the index stock on the determination date using the reference amount as sequentially and cumulatively adjusted for all the relevant events. The calculation agent will make all required determinations and adjustments no later than the determination date.

The calculation agent will adjust the reference amount for each reorganization event described under “Terms and Conditions — Reorganization events” above. For any other dilution event described above, however, the calculation agent will not be required to adjust the reference amount unless the adjustment would result in a change of at least 0.1% in the index stock price that would apply without the adjustment. The closing price of the index stock on the determination date resulting from any adjustment will be rounded up or down, as appropriate, to the nearest ten-thousandth, with five hundred-thousandths being rounded upward — e.g., 0.12344 will be rounded down to 0.1234 and 0.12345 will be rounded up to 0.1235.

If an event requiring anti-dilution adjustment occurs, the calculation agent will make the adjustment with a view to offsetting, to the extent practical, any change in the economic position of the holder, GS Finance Corp., as issuer, and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., as guarantor, relative to your notes, that results solely from that event. The calculation agent may, in its sole discretion, modify the anti-dilution adjustments as necessary to ensure an equitable result.

The calculation agent will make all determinations with respect to anti-dilution adjustments, including any determination as to whether an event requiring adjustment has occurred, as to the nature of the adjustment required and how it will be made or as to the value of any property distributed in a reorganization event, and will do so in its sole discretion. In the absence of manifest error, those determinations will be conclusive for all purposes and will be binding on you and us, without any liability on the part of the calculation agent. The calculation agent will provide information about the adjustments it makes upon written request by the holder.

In this pricing supplement, when we say that the calculation agent will adjust the reference amount for one or more dilution events, we mean that the calculation agent will take all the applicable steps described above with respect to those events.

The six subsections beginning with “Stock splits” under “Terms and Conditions — Anti-dilution adjustments” describe the dilution events for which the reference amount is to be adjusted. Each subsection describes the manner in which the calculation agent will adjust the reference amount — the first step in the adjustment process described above — for the relevant event.

Adjustments for Reorganization Events

If a reorganization event occurs, then the calculation agent will adjust the reference amount so that it consists of the amount of each type of distribution property described under “Terms and Conditions — Reorganization events” above distributed in respect of one share of an index stock — or in respect of whatever the prior reference amount may be — in the reorganization event, taken together. For purposes of the three-step adjustment process described under “— How Adjustments Will Be Made” above, the distribution property so distributed will be the adjusted reference amount described in step one, the value of that property at the close of trading hours for an index stock on the applicable date will be the index stock price described in step two, and the calculation agent will determine the cash settlement amount as described in step three. As described under “— How Adjustments Will Be Made” above, the calculation agent may, in its sole discretion, modify the adjustments described in this paragraph as necessary to ensure an equitable result.

The calculation agent will determine the value of each type of distribution property in its sole discretion. For any distribution property consisting of a security, the calculation agent will use the closing price (calculated according to the same methodology as specified in this pricing supplement, without any anti-dilution adjustments) of one

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share of such security on the applicable date. The calculation agent may value other types of property in any manner it determines, in its sole discretion, to be appropriate. If a holder of an index stock may elect to receive different types or combinations of types of distribution property in the reorganization event, the distribution property will consist of the types and amounts of each type distributed to a holder that makes no election, as determined by the calculation agent in its sole discretion. As described under “— How Adjustments Will Be Made” above, the calculation agent may, in its sole discretion, modify the adjustments described in this paragraph as necessary to ensure an equitable result.

If a reorganization event occurs and the calculation agent adjusts the reference amount to consist of the distribution property distributed in the reorganization event, as described above, the calculation agent will make any further anti-dilution adjustments for later events that affect the distribution property, or any component of the distribution property, comprising the new reference amount. The calculation agent will do so to the same extent that it would make adjustments if an index stock were outstanding and were affected by the same kinds of events. If a subsequent reorganization event affects only a particular component of the reference amount, the required adjustment will be made with respect to that component, as if it alone were the reference amount.

For example, if an index stock issuer merges into another company and each share of such index stock is converted into the right to receive two common shares of the surviving company and a specified amount of cash, the reference amount will be adjusted to consist of two common shares of the surviving company and the specified amount of cash for each share of index stock (adjusted proportionately for any partial share) comprising the reference amount before the adjustment. The calculation agent will adjust the common share component of the adjusted reference amount to reflect any later stock split or other event, including any later reorganization event, that affects the common shares of the surviving company, to the extent described in this subsection entitled “— Anti-dilution Adjustment Examples” as if the common shares of the surviving company were such index stock. In that event, the cash component will not be adjusted but will continue to be a component of the reference amount. Consequently, each component included in the reference amount will be adjusted on a sequential and cumulative basis for all relevant events requiring adjustment up to the relevant date.

The calculation agent will not make any adjustment for a reorganization event, however, unless the event becomes effective (or, if the event is a spin-off, unless the ex-dividend date for the spin-off occurs) after the trade date and on or before the determination date.

 

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ADDITIONAL RISK FACTORS SPECIFIC TO YOUR NOTES

An investment in your notes is subject to the risks described below, as well as the risks and considerations described in the accompanying prospectus, in the accompanying prospectus supplement and under “Additional Risk Factors Specific to the Notes” in the accompanying general terms supplement no. 17,741. You should carefully review these risks and considerations as well as the terms of the notes described herein and in the accompanying prospectus, the accompanying prospectus supplement and the accompanying general terms supplement no. 17,741. Your notes are a riskier investment than ordinary debt securities. Also, your notes are not equivalent to investing directly in the index stocks. You should carefully consider whether the offered notes are appropriate given your particular circumstances.

Risks Related to Structure, Valuation and Secondary Market Sales

The Estimated Value of Your Notes At the Time the Terms of Your Notes Are Set On the Trade Date (as Determined By Reference to Pricing Models Used By GS&Co.) Is Less Than the Original Issue Price Of Your Notes

The original issue price for your notes exceeds the estimated value of your notes as of the time the terms of your notes are set on the trade date, as determined by reference to GS&Co.’s pricing models and taking into account our credit spreads. Such estimated value on the trade date is set forth above under “Estimated Value of Your Notes”; after the trade date, the estimated value as determined by reference to these models will be affected by changes in market conditions, the creditworthiness of GS Finance Corp., as issuer, the creditworthiness of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., as guarantor, and other relevant factors. The price at which GS&Co. would initially buy or sell your notes (if GS&Co. makes a market, which it is not obligated to do), and the value that GS&Co. will initially use for account statements and otherwise, also exceeds the estimated value of your notes as determined by reference to these models. As agreed by GS&Co. and the distribution participants, this excess (i.e., the additional amount described under “Estimated Value of Your Notes”) will decline to zero on a straight line basis over the period from the date hereof through the applicable date set forth above under “Estimated Value of Your Notes”. Thereafter, if GS&Co. buys or sells your notes it will do so at prices that reflect the estimated value determined by reference to such pricing models at that time. The price at which GS&Co. will buy or sell your notes at any time also will reflect its then current bid and ask spread for similar sized trades of structured notes.

In estimating the value of your notes as of the time the terms of your notes are set on the trade date, as disclosed above under “Estimated Value of Your Notes, GS&Co.’s pricing models consider certain variables, including principally our credit spreads, interest rates (forecasted, current and historical rates), volatility, price-sensitivity analysis and the time to maturity of the notes. These pricing models are proprietary and rely in part on certain assumptions about future events, which may prove to be incorrect. As a result, the actual value you would receive if you sold your notes in the secondary market, if any, to others may differ, perhaps materially, from the estimated value of your notes determined by reference to our models due to, among other things, any differences in pricing models or assumptions used by others. See “— The Market Value of Your Notes May Be Influenced By Many Unpredictable Factors” below.

The difference between the estimated value of your notes as of the time the terms of your notes are set on the trade date and the original issue price is a result of certain factors, including principally the underwriting discount and commissions, the expenses incurred in creating, documenting and marketing the notes, and an estimate of the difference between the amounts we pay to GS&Co. and the amounts GS&Co. pays to us in connection with your notes. We pay to GS&Co. amounts based on what we would pay to holders of a non-structured note with a similar maturity. In return for such payment, GS&Co. pays to us the amounts we owe under your notes.

In addition to the factors discussed above, the value and quoted price of your notes at any time will reflect many factors and cannot be predicted. If GS&Co. makes a market in the notes, the price quoted by GS&Co. would reflect any changes in market conditions and other relevant factors, including any deterioration in our creditworthiness or perceived creditworthiness or the creditworthiness or perceived creditworthiness of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. These changes may adversely affect the value of your notes, including the price you may receive for your notes in any market making transaction. To the extent that GS&Co. makes a market in the notes, the quoted price will reflect the estimated value determined by reference to GS&Co.’s pricing models at that time, plus or minus its then current bid and ask spread for similar sized trades of structured notes (and subject to the declining excess amount described above).

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Furthermore, if you sell your notes, you will likely be charged a commission for secondary market transactions, or the price will likely reflect a dealer discount. This commission or discount will further reduce the proceeds you would receive for your notes in a secondary market sale.

There is no assurance that GS&Co. or any other party will be willing to purchase your notes at any price and, in this regard, GS&Co. is not obligated to make a market in the notes. See “Additional Risk Factors Specific to the Notes — Your Notes May Not Have an Active Trading Market” on page S-7 of the accompanying general terms supplement no. 17,741.

The Notes Are Subject to the Credit Risk of the Issuer and the Guarantor

Although the return on the notes will be based on the performance of each index stock, the payment of any amount due on the notes is subject to the credit risk of GS Finance Corp., as issuer of the notes, and the credit risk of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., as guarantor of the notes. The notes are our unsecured obligations. Investors are dependent on our ability to pay all amounts due on the notes, and therefore investors are subject to our credit risk and to changes in the market’s view of our creditworthiness. Similarly, investors are dependent on the ability of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., as guarantor of the notes, to pay all amounts due on the notes, and therefore are also subject to its credit risk and to changes in the market’s view of its creditworthiness. See “Description of the Notes We May Offer — Information About Our Medium-Term Notes, Series F Program — How the Notes Rank Against Other Debt” on page S-5 of the accompanying prospectus supplement and “Description of Debt Securities We May Offer — Guarantee by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.” on page 65 of the accompanying prospectus.

The Amount Payable on Your Notes Is Not Linked to the Prices of the Index Stocks at Any Time Other Than the Determination Date

The final index stock price of each index stock will be based on the closing price of such index stock on the determination date (subject to adjustment as described elsewhere in this pricing supplement). Therefore, if the closing price of one index stock dropped precipitously on the determination date, the cash settlement amount for your notes may be significantly less than it would have been had the cash settlement amount been linked to the closing price of the index stock prior to such drop. Although the actual closing prices of the index stocks on the stated maturity date or at other times during the life of your notes may be higher than the closing prices of the index stocks on the determination date, you will not benefit from the closing prices of the index stocks at any time other than on the determination date.

Also, the market price of your notes prior to the stated maturity date may be significantly lower than the purchase price you pay for your notes. Consequently, if you sell your notes before the stated maturity date, you may receive far less than the amount of your investment in the notes.

The Cash Settlement Amount Will Be Based Solely on the Lesser Performing Index Stock

The cash settlement amount will be based on the lesser performing index stock without regard to the performance of the other index stocks. As a result, you would receive no return on your initial investment if the lesser performing index stock return is negative, even if there is an increase in the prices of the other index stocks. This could be the case even if the other index stocks increased by an amount greater than the decrease in the lesser performing index stock.

You May Receive Only the Face Amount of Your Notes at Maturity

If the index stock return of any index stock is zero or negative, the return on your notes will be limited to the face amount.

Even if the amount paid on your notes at maturity exceeds the face amount of your notes, the overall return you earn on your notes may be less than you would have earned by investing in a note with the same stated maturity that bears interest at the prevailing market rate.

We Are Able to Redeem Your Notes at Our Option

On each call payment date, we will be permitted to redeem your notes at our option. Even if we do not exercise our option to redeem your notes, our ability to do so may adversely affect the value of your notes. It is our sole option whether to redeem your notes prior to maturity and we may or may not exercise this option for any reason. Because of this redemption option, the term of your notes could be reduced.

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The Amount You Will Receive on a Call Payment Date Will Be Capped and Does Not Reflect the Actual Performance of the Index Stocks

Regardless of the performance of the index stocks, the amount in cash you may receive on a call payment date is capped. The call premium amount for each call payment date is different from, and may be significantly less than, a call premium amount that is based on the performance of the index stocks. If we redeem your notes, you will not participate in any appreciation of any index stock and the maximum payment you will receive for each $1,000 face amount of your notes will depend on the applicable call premium amount. Accordingly, the call premium amount you may receive on a call payment date may be significantly less than the return you could earn on another instrument linked to the index stocks that pays a call premium amount based on the performance of the index stocks.

Your Notes Do Not Bear Interest

You will not receive any interest payments on your notes. As a result, even if the cash settlement amount payable for your notes on the stated maturity date exceeds the face amount of your notes, the overall return you earn on your notes may be less than you would have earned by investing in a non-indexed debt security of comparable maturity that bears interest at a prevailing market rate.

The Market Value of Your Notes May Be Influenced By Many Unpredictable Factors

When we refer to the market value of your notes, we mean the value that you could receive for your notes if you chose to sell them in the open market before the stated maturity date. A number of factors, many of which are beyond our control, will influence the market value of your notes, including:

the market prices of the index stocks to which your notes are linked;
the volatility – i.e., the frequency and magnitude of changes – in the market prices of the index stocks;
the dividend rates of the index stocks;
economic, financial, regulatory, political, military, public health and other events that affect stock markets generally and the market segments of which the index stocks are a part, and which may affect the market prices of the index stocks;
interest rates and yield rates in the market;
the time remaining until your notes mature; and
our creditworthiness and the creditworthiness of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., whether actual or perceived, and including actual or anticipated upgrades or downgrades in our credit ratings or the credit ratings of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. or changes in other credit measures.

Without limiting the foregoing, the market value of your notes may be negatively impacted by increasing interest rates. Such adverse impact of increasing interest rates could be significantly enhanced in notes with longer-dated maturities, the market values of which are generally more sensitive to increasing interest rates.

These factors may influence the market value of your notes if you sell your notes before maturity, including the price you may receive for your notes in any market making transaction. If you sell your notes prior to maturity, you may receive less than the face amount of your notes. You cannot predict the future performance of the index stocks based on their historical performance.

If You Purchase Your Notes at a Premium to Face Amount, the Return on Your Investment Will Be Lower Than the Return on Notes Purchased at Face Amount and the Impact of Certain Key Terms of the Notes Will Be Negatively Affected

The cash settlement amount you will be paid for your notes on the stated maturity date or the amount we will pay you upon any early redemption of your notes will not be adjusted based on the issue price you pay for the notes. If you purchase notes at a price that differs from the face amount of the notes, then the return on your investment in such notes held to the stated maturity date or date of early redemption will differ from, and may be substantially less than, the return on notes purchased at face amount. If you purchase your notes at a premium to face amount and hold them to the stated maturity date or date of early redemption, the return on your investment in the notes will be lower than it would have been had you purchased the notes at face amount or a discount to face amount.

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We Will Not Hold Shares of the Index Stocks for Your Benefit

The indenture governing your notes does not contain any restriction on our ability or the ability of any of our affiliates to sell, pledge or otherwise convey any shares of the index stocks acquired by us or them. Neither we nor our affiliates will pledge or otherwise hold shares of the index stocks for your benefit in order to enable you to exchange your notes for shares under any circumstances. Consequently, in the event of our bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation, any shares of the index stocks owned by us will be subject to the claims of our creditors generally and will not be available for your benefit specifically.

You Have No Shareholder Rights or Rights to Receive Any Shares of the Index Stock

Investing in your notes will not make you a holder of any shares of the index stocks. Neither you nor any other holder or owner of your notes will have any rights with respect to the index stocks, including any voting rights, any rights to receive dividends or other distributions, any rights to make a claim against the index stocks or any other rights of a holder of any shares of the index stocks. Your notes will be paid in cash and you will have no right to receive delivery of any shares of the index stocks.

In Some Circumstances, the Payment You Receive On the Notes May Be Based On the Securities of Another Company and Not the Issuer of an Index Stock

Following certain corporate events relating to an index stock where its issuer is not the surviving entity, the amount you receive at maturity may be based on the securities of a successor to such index stock issuer or any cash or any other assets distributed to holders of shares of such index stock in such corporate event. The occurrence of these corporate events and the consequent adjustments may materially and adversely affect the value of the notes. We describe the specific corporate events that can lead to these adjustments and the procedures for selecting distribution property (as described above) under “Terms and Conditions — Anti-dilution adjustments”.

There Is No Affiliation Between the Index Stock Issuers and Us

Goldman Sachs is not affiliated with the index stock issuers. However, we or our affiliates may currently or from time to time in the future engage in business with the index stock issuers. Neither we nor any of our affiliates have participated in the preparation of any publicly available information or made any “due diligence” investigation or inquiry with respect to the index stock issuers. You, as an investor in your note, should make your own investigation into the index stock issuers.

The index stock issuers are not involved in this offering of your notes in any way and do not have any obligation of any sort with respect to your notes. Thus, the index stock issuers do not have any obligation to take your interests into consideration for any reason, including in taking or not taking any corporate actions that might affect the value of your notes.

We May Sell an Additional Aggregate Face Amount of the Notes at a Different Issue Price

At our sole option, we may decide to sell an additional aggregate face amount of the notes subsequent to the date of this pricing supplement. The issue price of the notes in the subsequent sale may differ substantially (higher or lower) from the original issue price you paid as provided on the cover of this pricing supplement.

Risks Related to Tax

Your Notes Will Be Treated as Debt Instruments Subject to Special Rules Governing Contingent Payment Debt Instruments for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes

The notes will be treated as debt instruments subject to special rules governing contingent payment debt instruments for U.S. federal income tax purposes. If you are a U.S. individual or taxable entity, you generally will be required to pay taxes on ordinary income from the notes over their term based on the comparable yield for the notes, even though you generally will not receive any payments from us until maturity. This comparable yield is determined solely to calculate the amount on which you will be taxed prior to maturity and is neither a prediction nor a guarantee of what the actual yield will be. In addition, any gain you may recognize on the sale, exchange, redemption or maturity of the notes will be taxed as ordinary interest income. If you are a secondary purchaser of the notes, the tax consequences to you may be different. Please see “Supplemental Discussion of U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” below for a more detailed discussion. Please also consult your tax advisor concerning the U.S. federal income tax and any other applicable tax consequences to you of owning your notes in your particular circumstances.

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Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Withholding May Apply to Payments on Your Notes, Including as a Result of the Failure of the Bank or Broker Through Which You Hold the Notes to Provide Information to Tax Authorities

Please see the discussion under “United States Taxation — Taxation of Debt Securities — Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Withholding” in the accompanying prospectus for a description of the applicability of FATCA to payments made on your notes.



 

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The INDEX STOCKS

Where Information About the Index Stock Issuers Can Be Obtained

The index stocks are registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Companies with securities registered under the Exchange Act are required to file financial and other information specified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) periodically. Information filed by the index stock issuers with the SEC electronically can be reviewed through a website maintained by the SEC. The address of the SEC’s website is sec.gov.

Information about the index stock issuers may also be obtained from other sources such as press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly available documents.

We do not make any representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any materials referred to above, including any filings made by the index stock issuers with the SEC.

We Obtained the Information About the Index Stock Issuers From The Index Stock Issuers’ Public Filings

This pricing supplement relates only to your note and does not relate to the index stocks or other securities of the index stock issuers. We have derived all information about the index stock issuers in this pricing supplement from the publicly available information referred to in the preceding subsection. We have not participated in the preparation of any of those documents or made any “due diligence” investigation or inquiry with respect to the index stock issuers in connection with the offering of your note. Furthermore, we do not know whether all events occurring before the date of this pricing supplement — including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents referred to above and the trading price of shares of the index stocks — have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any events of this kind or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning the index stock issuers could affect the value you will receive at maturity and, therefore, the market value of your note.

Neither we nor any of our affiliates make any representation to you as to the performance of the index stocks.

We or any of our affiliates may currently or from time to time engage in business with the index stock issuers, including making loans to or equity investments in the index stock issuers or providing advisory services to the index stock issuers, including merger and acquisition advisory services. In the course of that business, we or any of our affiliates may acquire non-public information about the index stock issuers and, in addition, one or more of our affiliates may publish research reports about the index stock issuers. As an investor in a note, you should undertake such independent investigation of the index stock issuers as in your judgment is appropriate to make an informed decision with respect to an investment in a note.

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Historical Closing Prices of the Index Stocks

The closing prices of the index stocks have fluctuated in the past and may, in the future, experience significant fluctuations. In particular, the index stocks have recently experienced extreme and unusual volatility. Any historical upward or downward trend in the closing prices of any index stock during the period shown below is not an indication that such index stock is more or less likely to increase or decrease at any time during the life of your notes.

You should not take the historical closing prices of an index stock as an indication of the future performance of an index stock, including because of the recent volatility described above. We cannot give you any assurance that the future performance of any index stock will result in you receiving an amount greater than the outstanding face amount of your notes on the stated maturity date.

Neither we nor any of our affiliates make any representation to you as to the performance of the index stocks. Before investing in the offered notes, you should consult publicly available information to determine the relevant prices of the index stocks between the date of this pricing supplement and the date of your purchase of the notes and, given the recent volatility described above, you should pay particular attention to recent prices of the index stocks. The actual performance of an index stock over the life of the offered notes, as well as the cash settlement amount, may bear little relation to the historical prices shown below.

The graphs below show the daily historical closing prices of each index stock from January 1, 2020 through July 2, 2025, adjusted for corporate events, if applicable. As a result, the following graphs do not reflect the global financial crisis which began in 2008, which had a materially negative impact on the price of most equity securities. We obtained the closing prices in the graphs below from Bloomberg Financial Services, without independent verification.

According to publicly available information, Alphabet Inc. is a collection of businesses — the largest of which is Google. Information filed with the SEC by the index stock issuer under the Exchange Act can be located by referencing its SEC file number 001-37580. The daily historical closing prices for Alphabet Inc. in the graph below have been adjusted for a 20-for-1 stock split that became effective before the market open on July 15, 2022.

Historical Performance of Alphabet Inc. – Class C

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According to publicly available information, Amazon.com, Inc. is an e-commerce company. Information filed with the SEC by the index stock issuer under the Exchange Act can be located by referencing its SEC file number 000-22513. The daily historical closing prices for Amazon.com, Inc. in the graph below have been adjusted for a 20-for-1 stock split that became effective before the market open on June 6, 2022.

Historical Performance of Amazon.com, Inc.

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According to publicly available information, Apple Inc. designs, manufactures and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables and accessories, and sells a variety of related services. Information filed with the SEC by the index stock issuer under the Exchange Act can be located by referencing its SEC file number 001-36743. The daily historical closing prices for Apple Inc. in the graph below have been adjusted for a 4-for-1 stock split that became effective before the market open on August 31, 2020.

Historical Performance of Apple Inc.

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According to publicly available information, Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly Facebook, Inc.) builds products that enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, personal computers, virtual reality and mixed reality headsets, augmented reality, and wearables. On June 9, 2022, Meta Platforms, Inc. began trading under the ticker symbol “META” on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Prior to June 9, 2022, Meta Platforms, Inc. traded under the ticker symbol “FB”. Information filed with the SEC by the index stock issuer under the Exchange Act can be located by referencing its SEC file number 001-35551.

Historical Performance of Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly Facebook, Inc.)

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According to publicly available information, NVIDIA Corporation is a full-stack computing infrastructure company with data-center-scale offerings. Information filed with the SEC by the index stock issuer under the Exchange Act can be located by referencing its SEC file number 000-23985. The daily historical closing prices for NVIDIA Corporation in the graph below have been adjusted for a 4-for-1 stock split that became effective before the market open on July 20, 2021 and a 10-for-1 stock split that became effective before the market open on June 10, 2024.

 

Historical Performance of NVIDIA Corporation

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SUPPLEMENTAL DISCUSSION OF U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

The following section supplements the discussion of U.S. federal income taxation in the accompanying prospectus.

The following section is the opinion of Sidley Austin LLP, counsel to GS Finance Corp. and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. It applies to you only if you hold your notes as a capital asset for tax purposes.

This section does not apply to you if you are a member of a class of holders subject to special rules, such as:

a dealer in securities or currencies;
a trader in securities that elects to use a mark-to-market method of accounting for your securities holdings;
a bank;
a life insurance company;
a regulated investment company;
an accrual method taxpayer subject to special tax accounting rules as a result of its use of financial statements;
a tax-exempt organization;
a partnership;
a person that owns a note as a hedge or that is hedged against interest rate risks;
a person that owns a note as part of a straddle or conversion transaction for tax purposes; or
a United States holder (as defined below) whose functional currency for tax purposes is not the U.S. dollar.

This section is based on the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, its legislative history, existing and proposed regulations under the Internal Revenue Code, published rulings and court decisions, all as currently in effect. These laws are subject to change, possibly on a retroactive basis.

You should consult your tax advisor concerning the U.S. federal income tax and any other applicable tax consequences of your investments in the notes, including the application of state, local or other tax laws and the possible effects of changes in federal or other tax laws.

United States Holders

This subsection describes the tax consequences to a United States holder. You are a United States holder if you are a beneficial owner of notes and you are:

a citizen or resident of the United States;

a domestic corporation;

an estate whose income is subject to U.S. federal income tax regardless of its source; or

a trust if a United States court can exercise primary supervision over the trust’s administration and one or more United States persons are authorized to control all substantial decisions of the trust.

If you are not a United States holder, this section does not apply to you and you should refer to “— Non-United States Holders” below.

Your notes will be treated as debt instruments subject to special rules governing contingent payment debt instruments for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Under those rules, the amount of interest you are required to take into account for each accrual period will be determined by constructing a projected payment schedule for your notes and applying rules similar to those for accruing original issue discount on a hypothetical noncontingent debt instrument with that projected payment schedule. This method is applied by first determining the yield at which we would issue a noncontingent fixed rate debt instrument with terms and conditions similar to your notes

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(the “comparable yield”) and then determining as of the issue date a payment schedule that would produce the comparable yield. These rules will generally have the effect of requiring you to include amounts in income in respect of your notes over their term based on the comparable yield for the notes, even though you generally will not receive any payments from us until maturity.

It is not entirely clear how, under the rules governing contingent payment debt instruments, the maturity date for debt instruments (such as your notes) that provide for the possibility of early redemption should be determined for purposes of computing the comparable yield and projected payment schedule. It would be reasonable, however, to compute the comparable yield and projected payment schedule for your notes (and we intend to make the computation in such a manner) based on the assumption that your notes will remain outstanding until the stated maturity date.

We have determined that the comparable yield for the notes is equal to % per annum, compounded semi-annually with a projected payment at maturity of $ based on an investment of $1,000.

Based on this comparable yield, if you are an initial holder that holds a note until maturity and you pay your taxes on a calendar year basis, we have determined that you would be required to report the following amounts as ordinary income, not taking into account any positive or negative adjustments you may be required to take into account based on the actual payments on the notes, from the note each year:

Accrual Period

 

Interest Deemed to Accrue During Accrual Period (per $1,000 note)

 

Total Interest Deemed to Have Accrued from Original Issue Date (per $1,000 note) as of End of Accrual Period

                           through December 31, 2025

 

 

 

January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026

 

 

 

 

January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2027

 

 

 

 

January 1, 2028 through

 

 

 

 

You are required to use the comparable yield and projected payment schedule that we compute in determining your interest accruals in respect of your notes, unless you timely disclose and justify on your U.S. federal income tax return the use of a different comparable yield and projected payment schedule.

The comparable yield and projected payment schedule are not provided to you for any purpose other than the determination of your interest accruals in respect of your notes, and we make no representation regarding the amount of contingent payments with respect to your notes.

If you purchase your notes at a price other than their adjusted issue price determined for tax purposes, you must determine the extent to which the difference between the price you paid for your notes and their adjusted issue price is attributable to a change in expectations as to the projected payment schedule, a change in interest rates, or both, and reasonably allocate the difference accordingly. The adjusted issue price of your notes will equal your notes’ original issue price plus any interest deemed to be accrued on your notes (under the rules governing contingent payment debt instruments) as of the time you purchase your notes. The original issue price of your notes will be the first price at which a substantial amount of the notes is sold to persons other than bond houses, brokers or similar persons or organizations acting in the capacity of underwriters, placement agents or wholesalers. Therefore, you may be required to make the adjustments described above even if you purchase your notes in the initial offering if you purchase your notes at a price other than the issue price.

If the adjusted issue price of your notes is greater than the price you paid for your notes, you must make positive adjustments increasing (i) the amount of interest that you would otherwise accrue and include in income each year, and (ii) the amount of ordinary income (or decreasing the amount of ordinary loss) recognized upon maturity by the amounts allocated under the previous paragraph to each of interest and the projected payment schedule; if the adjusted issue price of your notes is less than the price you paid for your notes, you must make negative adjustments, decreasing (i) the amount of interest that you must include in income each year, and (ii) the amount of ordinary income (or increasing the amount of ordinary loss) recognized upon maturity by the amounts allocated

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under the previous paragraph to each of interest and the projected payment schedule. Adjustments allocated to the interest amount are not made until the date the daily portion of interest accrues.

Because any Form 1099-OID that you receive will not reflect the effects of positive or negative adjustments resulting from your purchase of notes at a price other than the adjusted issue price determined for tax purposes, you are urged to consult with your tax advisor as to whether and how adjustments should be made to the amounts reported on any Form 1099-OID.

You will recognize gain or loss upon the sale, exchange, redemption or maturity of your notes in an amount equal to the difference, if any, between the cash amount you receive at such time and your adjusted basis in your notes. In general, your adjusted basis in your notes will equal the amount you paid for your notes, increased by the amount of interest you previously accrued with respect to your notes (in accordance with the comparable yield and the projected payment schedule for your notes), and increased or decreased by the amount of any positive or negative adjustment, respectively, that you are required to make if you purchase your notes at a price other than the adjusted issue price determined for tax purposes.

Any gain you recognize upon the sale, exchange, redemption or maturity of your notes will be ordinary interest income. Any loss you recognize at such time will be ordinary loss to the extent of interest you included as income in the current or previous taxable years in respect of your notes, and, thereafter, capital loss. If you are a noncorporate holder, you would generally be able to use such ordinary loss to offset your income only in the taxable year in which you recognize the ordinary loss and would generally not be able to carry such ordinary loss forward or back to offset income in other taxable years.

Non-United States Holders

If you are a non-United States holder, please see the discussion under “United States Taxation — Taxation of Debt Securities — Non-United States Holders” in the accompanying prospectus for a description of the tax consequences relevant to you. You are a non-United States holder if you are the beneficial owner of the notes and are, for U.S. federal income tax purposes:

a nonresident alien individual;
a foreign corporation; or
an estate or trust that in either case is not subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis on income or gain from the notes.

The Treasury Department has issued regulations under which amounts paid or deemed paid on certain financial instruments (“871(m) financial instruments”) that are treated as attributable to U.S.-source dividends could be treated, in whole or in part depending on the circumstances, as a “dividend equivalent” payment that is subject to tax at a rate of 30% (or a lower rate under an applicable treaty), which in the case of amounts you receive upon the sale, exchange, redemption or maturity of your notes, could be collected via withholding. If these regulations were to apply to the notes, we may be required to withhold such taxes if any U.S.-source dividends are paid on the index stocks during the term of the notes. We could also require you to make certifications (e.g., an applicable Internal Revenue Service Form W-8) prior to the maturity of the notes in order to avoid or minimize withholding obligations, and we could withhold accordingly (subject to your potential right to claim a refund from the Internal Revenue Service) if such certifications were not received or were not satisfactory. If withholding was required, we would not be required to pay any additional amounts with respect to amounts so withheld. These regulations generally will apply to 871(m) financial instruments (or a combination of financial instruments treated as having been entered into in connection with each other) issued (or significantly modified and treated as retired and reissued) on or after January 1, 2027, but will also apply to certain 871(m) financial instruments (or a combination of financial instruments treated as having been entered into in connection with each other) that have a delta (as defined in the applicable Treasury regulations) of one and are issued (or significantly modified and treated as retired and reissued) on or after January 1, 2017. In addition, these regulations will not apply to financial instruments that reference a “qualified index” (as defined in the regulations). We have determined that, as of the issue date of your notes, your notes will not be subject to withholding under these rules. In certain limited circumstances, however, you should be aware that it is possible for non-United States holders to be liable for tax under these rules with respect to a combination of transactions treated as having been entered into in connection with each other even when no withholding is required. You should consult your tax advisor concerning these

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regulations, subsequent official guidance and regarding any other possible alternative characterizations of your notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Withholding

Pursuant to Treasury regulations, Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) withholding (as described in “United States Taxation—Taxation of Debt Securities—Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Withholding” in the accompanying prospectus) will generally apply to obligations that are issued on or after July 1, 2014; therefore, the notes will generally be subject to the FATCA withholding rules.

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Supplemental plan of distribution; conflicts of interest

See “Supplemental Plan of Distribution” on page S-51 of the accompanying general terms supplement no. 17,741 and “Plan of Distribution — Conflicts of Interest” on page 127 of the accompanying prospectus; GS Finance Corp. estimates that its share of the total offering expenses, excluding underwriting discounts and commissions, will be approximately $ .

GS Finance Corp. will sell to GS&Co., and GS&Co. will purchase from GS Finance Corp., the aggregate face amount of the offered notes specified on the front cover of this pricing supplement. GS&Co. proposes initially to offer the notes to the public at the original issue price set forth on the cover page of this pricing supplement, and to certain securities dealers at such price less a concession not in excess of % of the face amount. GS&Co. may pay a referral fee of % from the concession to another dealer in connection with its marketing efforts related to the offered notes. The original issue price for notes purchased by certain retirement accounts and certain fee-based advisory accounts will be % of the face amount of the notes, which will reduce the underwriting discount specified on the cover of this pricing supplement with respect to such notes to %. GS&Co. is an affiliate of GS Finance Corp. and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and, as such, will have a “conflict of interest” in this offering of notes within the meaning of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) Rule 5121. Consequently, this offering of notes will be conducted in compliance with the provisions of FINRA Rule 5121. GS&Co. will not be permitted to sell notes in this offering to an account over which it exercises discretionary authority without the prior specific written approval of the account holder. We have been advised that GS&Co. will also pay a fee to iCapital Markets LLC, a broker-dealer in which an affiliate of GS Finance Corp. holds an indirect minority equity interest, for services it is providing in connection with this offering.

We expect to deliver the notes against payment therefor in New York, New York on July 16, 2025. Under Rule 15c6-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in one business day, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade notes on any date prior to one business day before delivery will be required to specify alternative settlement arrangements to prevent a failed settlement.

We have been advised by GS&Co. that it intends to make a market in the notes. However, neither GS&Co. nor any of our other affiliates that makes a market is obligated to do so and any of them may stop doing so at any time without notice. No assurance can be given as to the liquidity or trading market for the notes.

The notes will not be listed on any securities exchange or interdealer quotation system.

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We have not authorized anyone to provide any information or to make any representations other than those contained or incorporated by reference in this pricing supplement, the accompanying general terms supplement no. 17,741, the accompanying prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus. We take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. This pricing supplement, the accompanying general terms supplement no. 17,741, the accompanying prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus is an offer to sell only the notes offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. The information contained in this pricing supplement, the accompanying general terms supplement no. 17,741, the accompanying prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus is current only as of the respective dates of such documents.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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