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.
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Subject to Completion. Dated May 11, 2026. |
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GS Finance Corp. $ Autocallable Contingent Coupon ETF-Linked Notes due 2029 guaranteed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. |
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Payment at Maturity: The amount that you will be paid on your notes at maturity, if they have not been automatically called, in addition to the final coupon, if any, is based on the performance of the underlier with the lowest underlier return. You could lose your entire investment in the notes.
Coupon Payments: The notes will pay a contingent monthly coupon on a coupon payment date if the closing level of each underlier is greater than or equal to its coupon trigger level on the related coupon observation date.
Automatic Call: The notes will be automatically called on a call payment date if the closing level of each underlier is greater than or equal to its initial underlier level on the related call observation date.
The return on your notes is linked to the performance of each underlier, and in each case not to that of the underlying index on which such underlier is based.
The terms included in the “Key Terms” table below are expected to be as indicated, but such terms will be set on the trade date. 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-8.
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Key Terms |
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Company (Issuer) / Guarantor: |
GS Finance Corp. / The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. |
Aggregate face amount: |
$ |
Cash settlement amount: |
subject to the automatic call feature, on the stated maturity date, in addition to any coupon then due, the company will pay, for each $1,000 face amount of the notes, an amount in cash equal to: |
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•if the final underlier level of each underlier is greater than or equal to its trigger buffer level: $1,000; or |
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•if the final underlier level of any underlier is less than its trigger buffer level: |
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$1,000 + ($1,000 × the lesser performing underlier return) |
Underliers: |
the VanEck Gold Miners ETF (current Bloomberg symbol: “GDX UP Equity”), the Invesco QQQ TrustSM, Series 1 (current Bloomberg symbol: “QQQ UQ Equity”) and the State Street® Utilities Select Sector SPDR® ETF (current Bloomberg symbol: “XLU UP Equity”) |
Underlying indices: |
with respect to an underlier, the index tracked by such underlier |
Coupon trigger level: |
for each underlier, 70% of its initial underlier level |
Trigger buffer level: |
for each underlier, 50% of its initial underlier level |
Initial underlier level: |
with respect to an underlier, an intra-day level or the closing level of such underlier on the trade date |
Final underlier level: |
with respect to an underlier, the closing level of such underlier on the determination date* |
Underlier return: |
with respect to an underlier: (its final underlier level - its initial underlier level) ÷ its initial underlier level |
Lesser performing underlier return: |
the underlier return of the lesser performing underlier (the underlier with the lowest underlier return) |
Calculation agent: |
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (“GS&Co.”) |
CUSIP / ISIN: |
40054RCM1 / US40054RCM16 |
* subject to adjustment as described in the accompanying general terms supplement
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Our estimated value of the notes on trade date / Additional amount / Additional amount end date: |
$925 to $955 per $1,000 face amount, which is less than the original issue price. The additional amount is $ and the additional amount end date is . See “The Estimated Value of Your Notes At the Time the Terms of Your Notes Are Set On the Trade Date Is Less Than the Original Issue Price Of Your Notes.” |
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Original issue price |
Underwriting discount |
Net proceeds to the issuer |
100% of the face amount1 |
% of the face amount1 |
% of the face amount |
1 The original issue price will be % for certain investors; see "Supplemental Plan of Distribution; Conflicts of Interest" 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.
Pricing Supplement No. dated , 2026.
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Key Terms (continued) |
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Coupon: |
subject to the automatic call feature, on each coupon payment date, the company will pay, for each $1,000 of the outstanding face amount, an amount in cash equal to: •if the closing level of each underlier on the related coupon observation date is greater than or equal to its coupon trigger level: $11.542 (1.1542% monthly, or the potential for up to approximately 13.85% per annum); or •if the closing level of any underlier on the related coupon observation date is less than its coupon trigger level: $0 |
Automatic call feature: |
The notes will be automatically called if the closing level of each underlier is greater than or equal to its initial underlier level on any call observation date. In that case, the company will pay, for each $1,000 of the outstanding face amount, an amount in cash on the following call payment date equal to $1,000 (along with the coupon then due). |
Trade date: |
May 22, 2026 |
Original issue date: |
May 28, 2026 |
Determination date: |
the last coupon observation date, May 22, 2029* |
Stated maturity date: |
May 30, 2029* |
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Call observation dates: |
each coupon observation date commencing on November 23, 2026 and ending on April 23, 2029 |
Call payment dates: |
the coupon payment date immediately after the applicable call observation date |
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Coupon observation dates* |
Coupon payment dates* |
June 22, 2026 |
June 29, 2026 |
July 22, 2026 |
July 29, 2026 |
August 24, 2026 |
August 31, 2026 |
September 22, 2026 |
September 29, 2026 |
October 22, 2026 |
October 29, 2026 |
November 23, 2026 |
December 1, 2026 |
December 22, 2026 |
December 30, 2026 |
January 22, 2027 |
January 29, 2027 |
February 22, 2027 |
March 1, 2027 |
March 22, 2027 |
March 29, 2027 |
April 22, 2027 |
April 29, 2027 |
May 24, 2027 |
June 1, 2027 |
June 22, 2027 |
June 29, 2027 |
July 22, 2027 |
July 29, 2027 |
August 23, 2027 |
August 30, 2027 |
September 22, 2027 |
September 29, 2027 |
October 22, 2027 |
October 29, 2027 |
November 22, 2027 |
November 30, 2027 |
December 22, 2027 |
December 29, 2027 |
January 24, 2028 |
January 31, 2028 |
February 22, 2028 |
February 29, 2028 |
March 22, 2028 |
March 29, 2028 |
April 24, 2028 |
May 1, 2028 |
May 22, 2028 |
May 30, 2028 |
June 22, 2028 |
June 29, 2028 |
July 24, 2028 |
July 31, 2028 |
August 22, 2028 |
August 29, 2028 |
September 22, 2028 |
September 29, 2028 |
October 23, 2028 |
October 30, 2028 |
November 22, 2028 |
November 30, 2028 |
December 22, 2028 |
January 2, 2029 |
January 22, 2029 |
January 29, 2029 |
February 22, 2029 |
March 1, 2029 |
March 22, 2029 |
March 29, 2029 |
April 23, 2029 |
April 30, 2029 |
May 22, 2029 |
May 30, 2029 |
* subject to adjustment as described in the accompanying general terms supplement
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Hypothetical Payment at Maturity |
If the notes are not automatically called on any call observation date, the cash settlement amount that we would deliver for each $1,000 face amount of your notes on the stated maturity date will depend on the performance of the lesser performing underlier on the determination date, as shown in the table below. The table below assumes that the notes have not been automatically called on a call observation date and does not include the final coupon, if any. If the final underlier level of the lesser performing underlier is less than its coupon trigger level, you will not be paid a final coupon at maturity. |
The levels in the left column of the table below represent hypothetical final underlier levels of the lesser performing underlier and are expressed as percentages of the initial underlier level of the lesser performing underlier. The amounts in the right column represent the hypothetical cash settlement amounts, based on the corresponding hypothetical final underlier level of the lesser performing underlier, 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 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 underlier level of the lesser performing underlier and the assumptions noted above. |
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Hypothetical Final Underlier Level of the Lesser Performing Underlier (as Percentage of Its Initial Underlier Level) |
Hypothetical Cash Settlement Amount (as Percentage of Face Amount) |
200.000% |
100.000%* |
167.000% |
100.000%* |
133.000% |
100.000%* |
100.000% |
100.000%* |
85.000% |
100.000%* |
70.000% |
100.000%* |
60.000% |
100.000% |
50.000% |
100.000% |
49.999% |
49.999% |
37.000% |
37.000% |
25.000% |
25.000% |
12.000% |
12.000% |
0.000% |
0.000% |
*Does not include the final coupon
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As shown in the table above, if the notes have not been automatically called on a call observation date: |
•If the final underlier level of the lesser performing underlier were determined to be 12.000% of its initial underlier level, the cash settlement amount that we would deliver on your notes at maturity would be 12.000% of the face amount of your notes. |
○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 lose 88.000% of your investment (if you purchased your notes at a premium to face amount you would lose a correspondingly higher percentage of your investment). |
•If the final underlier level of the lesser performing underlier were determined to be 200.000% of its initial underlier level, the cash settlement amount that we would deliver on your notes at maturity would be limited to 100.000% of each $1,000 face amount of your notes. |
○As a result, if you held your notes to the stated maturity date, you would not benefit from any increase in the final underlier level of the lesser performing underlier over its initial underlier level. |
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Historical Closing Levels of the Underliers |
The closing levels of the underliers have fluctuated in the past and may, in the future, experience significant fluctuations. |
Before investing in the offered notes, you should consult publicly available information to determine the levels of each underlier between the date of this pricing supplement and the date of your purchase of the offered notes. You should not take the historical levels of an underlier as an indication of the future performance of that underlier. |
The graphs below show the daily historical closing levels of each underlier from January 4, 2021 through May 7, 2026. We obtained the closing levels in the graphs below from Bloomberg Financial Services, without independent verification. In the graph for the VanEck Gold Miners ETF, the historical closing levels after the VanEck Gold Miners ETF began tracking the MarketVector Global Gold Miners Index after the close of trading on September 19, 2025 can be found to the right of the vertical solid line marker. Closing levels to the left of the vertical solid line marker reflect the closing levels of the VanEck Gold Miners ETF before the VanEck Gold Miners ETF began tracking the MarketVector Global Gold Miners Index before the close of trading on September 19, 2025. |
Historical Performance of the VanEck Gold Miners ETF*

* Prior to the close of trading on September 19, 2025, the VanEck Gold Miners ETF tracked the NYSE® Arca Gold Miners Index®. After the close of trading on September 19, 2025, the VanEck Gold Miners ETF started tracking the MarketVector Global Gold Miners Index. Any historical information about the performance of the VanEck Gold Miners ETF for any period before the close of trading on September 19, 2025 is during a period in which the VanEck Gold Miners ETF tracked a different underlying index, and therefore should not be considered information relevant to how the VanEck Gold Miners ETF will perform tracking the MarketVector Global Gold Miners Index.
Historical Performance of the Invesco QQQ TrustSM, Series 1

The daily historical closing levels for the State Street® Utilities Select Sector SPDR® ETF in the graph below have been adjusted for a 2-for-1 stock split that became effective before the market open on December 5, 2025.
Historical Performance of the State Street® Utilities Select Sector SPDR® ETF
