Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to Rule 433 dated August 14, 2020

Registration Statement No. 333-239610

 

 

Leveraged Basket-Linked Notes due        

OVERVIEW

The notes do not bear interest. The amount that you will be paid on your notes on the stated maturity date is based on the performance of an equally-weighted basket comprised of the common stock, common shares or American depositary shares (basket stocks) of 20 companies as measured from the trade date to and including the determination date.

The initial basket level is 100 and the final basket level will equal the sum of the products, as calculated for each basket stock, of: (i) its final stock price on the determination date divided by its initial stock price multiplied by (ii) its initial weighted value.

If the final basket level on the determination date is greater than the initial basket level, the return on your notes will be positive and will equal 150% times the basket return, subject to the maximum settlement amount (expected to be between $1,166.2 and $1,195 for each $1,000 face amount of your notes).

If the final basket level is less than the initial basket level, the return on your notes will be negative and will equal the basket return.

You should read the accompanying preliminary prospectus supplement dated August 14, 2020, which we refer to herein as the accompanying preliminary prospectus supplement, to better understand the terms and risks of your investment, including the credit risk of GS Finance Corp. and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

 

Key Terms

CUSIP/ISIN:

40057CNN7 / US40057CNN73

Company (Issuer):

GS Finance Corp.

Guarantor:

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Basket:

an equally-weighted basket comprised of the common stock, common shares or American depositary shares of 20 companies

Basket Stocks

the 20 common stocks, common shares or American depositary shares listed under “About the Basket” below.

Basket stock issuer:

the issuer of a basket stock

Trade date:

 

Settlement date:

expected to be the fifth scheduled business day following the trade date

Determination date:

a specified date that is expected to be between 18 and 21 months following the trade date

Stated maturity date:

a specified date that is expected to be the second scheduled business day after the determination date

Hypothetical Payment amount AT Maturity*

 

Hypothetical Final
Basket Level
(as a % of the Initial Basket Level)

Hypothetical Payment Amount at Maturity
(as a % of Face Amount)

175.000%

116.620%

150.000%

116.620%

125.000%

116.620%

111.080%

116.620%

110.000%

115.000%

105.000%

107.500%

100.000%

100.000%

90.000%

90.000%

75.000%

75.000%

50.000%

50.000%

25.000%

25.000%

0.000%

0.000%

*assumes a cap level of 111.08% of the initial basket price


This document does not provide all of the information that an investor should consider prior to making an investment decision. You should not invest in the notes without reading the accompanying preliminary prospectus supplement and related documents for a more detailed description of the underlier, the terms of the notes and certain risks.


 

 


Payment amount at maturity (for each $1,000 face amount of your notes)

●if the basket return is positive (the final basket level is greater than the initial basket level), the sum of (i) $1,000 plus (ii) the product of (a) $1,000 times (b) 150% times (c) the basket return, subject to the maximum settlement amount; or

●if the basket return is zero or negative (the final basket level is equal to or less than the initial basket level), the sum of (i) $1,000 plus (ii) the product of (a) $1,000 times (b) the basket return.

Initial basket level:

100

Initial weighted value:

for each of the basket stocks, the product of the initial weight of such basket

stock in the basket times the initial basket level.

Final basket level:

the closing level of the basket on the determination date

Closing level of the basket:

on any trading day, the sum of, for each of the basket stocks: the product of (i) the quotient of (a) the closing price of such basket stock on such trading day divided by (b) the initial stock price of such basket stock times (ii) the initial weighted value of such basket stock

Initial stock price:

for each of the basket stocks, set on the trade date and may be higher or lower than the actual closing price of the basket stock on that date, as determined by the calculation agent in its sole discretion

Final stock price:

for each of the basket stocks, the closing price of such basket stock on the

determination date

Basket return:

the quotient of (i) the final basket level minus the initial basket level divided by (ii) the initial basket level, expressed as a percentage

Cap Level:

expected to be between 111.08% and 113%

Maximum settlement amount:

expected to be between $1,166.2 and $1,195

Estimated value range:

$940 to $970 (which is less than the original issue price; see accompanying preliminary prospectus supplement)

 

About the Basket

The following table lists the basket stocks and related information, including their corresponding Bloomberg tickers, primary listings, initial weights in the basket, initial weighted values and initial stock prices. The initial weighted values and the initial stock prices will not be determined until the trade date. Each of the basket stock issuers faces its own business risks and other competitive factors. All of those factors may affect the basket return, and, consequently, the amount payable on your notes, if any, on the stated maturity date. Our offering of the notes does not constitute our recommendation or the recommendation of our affiliates to invest in the basket, any basket stock or the notes. You should make your own investigation of the basket stocks and the basket stock issuers and whether to obtain exposure to the basket through an investment in the notes.

Basket Stock

Current Bloomberg Ticker

Type of Security

Current Primary Listing

Initial Weight in the Basket

Initial Weighted Value

Initial Stock Price (USD)

Abbott Laboratories

ABT

Common Share

NYSE

5.00%

5.00

 

Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation

ADPT

Common Stock

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

5.00%

5.00

 

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

ALNY

Common Stock

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

5.00%

5.00

 

Becton, Dickinson and Company

BDX

Common Stock

NYSE

5.00%

5.00

 

BioNTech SE

BNTX

An ADS, representing one ordinary share

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

5.00%

5.00

 

Danaher Corporation

DHR

Common Stock

NYSE

5.00%

5.00

 

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

GILD

Common Stock

The Nasdaq Global Select Market

5.00%

5.00

 

This document does not provide all of the information that an investor should consider prior to making an investment decision. You should not invest in the notes without reading the accompanying preliminary prospectus supplement and related documents for a more detailed description of the underlier, the terms of the notes and certain risks.


 

Grifols, S.A.

GRFS

An ADS, representing one Class B non-voting share

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

5.00%

5.00

 

Incyte Corporation

INCY

Common Stock

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

5.00%

5.00

 

Johnson & Johnson

JNJ

Common Stock

NYSE

5.00%

5.00

 

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings

LH

Common Stock

NYSE

5.00%

5.00

 

Moderna, Inc.

MRNA

Common Stock

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

5.00%

5.00

 

Novartis AG

NVS

An ADS, representing one ordinary share

NYSE

5.00%

5.00

 

Novavax, Inc.

NVAX

Common Stock

The Nasdaq Global Select Market

5.00%

5.00

 

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated

DGX

Common Stock

NYSE

5.00%

5.00

 

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

REGN

Common Stock

The Nasdaq Global Select Market

5.00%

5.00

 

Sanofi

SNY

An ADS, representing one-half of one ordinary share

The Nasdaq Global Select Market

5.00%

5.00

 

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

TAK

An ADS, representing one-half of one share of common stock

NYSE

5.00%

5.00

 

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

TMO

Common Stock

NYSE

5.00%

5.00

 

Vir Biotechnology, Inc.

VIR

Common Stock

The Nasdaq Global Select Market

5.00%

5.00

 

 

 

This document does not provide all of the information that an investor should consider prior to making an investment decision. You should not invest in the notes without reading the accompanying preliminary prospectus supplement and related documents for a more detailed description of the underlier, the terms of the notes and certain risks.


 

About Your Notes

GS Finance Corp. and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. have filed a registration statement (including a prospectus, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement and preliminary prospectus supplement listed below) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus, prospectus supplement and preliminary prospectus supplement, and any other documents relating to this offering that GS Finance Corp. and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. have filed with the SEC for more complete information about us and this offering. You may get these documents without cost by visiting EDGAR on the SEC web site at sec.gov. Alternatively, we will arrange to send you the prospectus, prospectus supplement and preliminary prospectus supplement if you so request by calling (212) 357-4612.

The notes are part of the Medium-Term Notes, Series E program of GS Finance Corp. and are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. This document should be read in conjunction with the following:

RISK FACTORS

An investment in the notes is subject to risks. Many of the risks are described in the accompanying preliminary prospectus supplement, accompanying prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus. Below we have provided a list of certain risk factors discussed in such documents. In addition to the below, you should read in full “Additional Risk Factors Specific to Your Notes” in the accompanying preliminary prospectus supplement as well as the risks and considerations described in the accompanying prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus.

The following risk factors are discussed in greater detail in the accompanying preliminary prospectus supplement:

 

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

The Amount Payable on Your Notes Is Not Linked to the Level of the Basket at Any Time Other Than the Determination Date

You May Lose Your Entire Investment in the Notes

Your Notes Do Not Bear Interest

The Potential for the Value of Your Notes to Increase Will Be Limited

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

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

As of the Date of this Prospectus Supplement, There is No History for the Closing Levels of the Basket

Past Basket Stock Performance is No Guide to Future Performance

Hypothetical Past Basket Performance is No Guide to Future Performance

There Is Limited Hypothetical Historical Information About the Basket

The Return on Your Notes Will Not Reflect Any Dividends Paid on the Basket Stocks

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

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

The Lower Performance of One or More Basket Stocks May Offset an Increase in the Other Basket Stocks

Your Notes are Linked to the Basket Stocks and Therefore the Price Movements of Those Stocks

If the Level of the Basket Changes, the Market Value of Your Notes May Not Change in the Same Manner

There is No Affiliation Between the Basket Stock Issuers and Us and We Are Not Responsible for Any Disclosure By Any of the Basket Stock Issuers

Anticipated Hedging Activities by Goldman Sachs or Our Distributors May Negatively Impact Investors in the Notes and Cause Our Interests and Those of Our Clients and Counterparties to be Contrary to Those of Investors in the Notes

Goldman Sachs’ Trading and Investment Activities for its Own Account or for its Clients, Could Negatively Impact Investors in the Notes

Goldman Sachs’ Market-Making Activities Could Negatively Impact Investors in the Notes

You Should Expect That Goldman Sachs Personnel Will Take Research Positions, or Otherwise Make Recommendations, Provide Investment Advice or Market Color or Encourage Trading Strategies That Might Negatively Impact Investors in the Notes

This document does not provide all of the information that an investor should consider prior to making an investment decision. You should not invest in the notes without reading the accompanying preliminary prospectus supplement and related documents for a more detailed description of the underlier, the terms of the notes and certain risks.


 

Goldman Sachs Regularly Provides Services to, or Otherwise Has Business Relationships with, a Broad Client Base, Which May Include the Basket Stock Issuers or Other Entities That Are Involved in the Transaction

The Offering of the Notes May Reduce an Existing Exposure of Goldman Sachs or Facilitate a Transaction or Position That Serves the Objectives of Goldman Sachs or Other Parties

Other Investors in the Notes May Not Have the Same Interests as You

As Calculation Agent, GS&Co. Will Have the Authority to Make Determinations that Could Affect the Value of Your Notes, When Your Notes Mature, and the Amount You Receive at Maturity

Your Notes May Not Have an Active Trading Market

You Have Limited Anti-Dilution Protection

You Have No Shareholder Rights or Rights to Receive Any Basket Stock

The Calculation Agent Can Postpone the Determination Date If a Market Disruption Event or Non-Trading Day With Respect to Any Basket Stock Occurs

Certain Considerations for Insurance Companies and Employee Benefit Plans

An Investment in the Offered Notes Is Subject to Risks Associated with Foreign Securities

The Offered Notes are Subject to Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

There are Important Differences Between the Rights of Holders of ADSs and the Rights of Holders of the Securities Represented By the ADSs

The Tax Consequences of an Investment in Your Notes Are Uncertain

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

 

The following risk factors are discussed in greater detail in the accompanying prospectus supplement:

 

The Return on Indexed Notes May Be Below the Return on Similar Securities

The Issuer of a Security or Currency That Serves as an Index Could Take Actions That May Adversely Affect an Indexed Note

An Indexed Note May Be Linked to a Volatile Index, Which May Adversely Affect Your Investment

An Index to Which a Note Is Linked Could Be Changed or Become Unavailable

We May Engage in Hedging Activities that Could Adversely Affect an Indexed Note

Information About an Index or Indices May Not Be Indicative of Future Performance

We May Have Conflicts of Interest Regarding an Indexed Note

 

The following risk factors are discussed in greater detail in the accompanying prospectus:

Risks Relating to Regulatory Resolution Strategies and Long-Term Debt Requirements

 

The application of regulatory resolution strategies could increase the risk of loss for holders of our debt securities in the event of the resolution of Group Inc.

The application of Group Inc.’s proposed resolution strategy could result in greater losses for Group Inc.’s security holders

 

This document does not provide all of the information that an investor should consider prior to making an investment decision. You should not invest in the notes without reading the accompanying preliminary prospectus supplement and related documents for a more detailed description of the underlier, the terms of the notes and certain risks.


 

 

 

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