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 February 24, 2026. |
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GS Finance Corp. $ Leveraged EURO STOXX 50® Index-Linked Notes due 2031 guaranteed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. |
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Payment at Maturity: The amount that you will be paid on your notes on the stated maturity date is based on the performance of the underlier as measured from the trade date to and including the determination date.
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•If the final underlier level on the determination date is greater than the initial underlier level, the return on your notes will be positive and will equal the upside participation rate times the underlier return. |
•If the final underlier level is equal to or less than the initial underlier level, the return on your notes will be zero or negative and you will lose 1% of the face amount of your notes for every 1% that the final underlier level has declined below the initial underlier level. You could lose your entire investment in the notes. |
Interest: The notes do not bear interest. |
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-5.
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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: |
On the stated maturity date, 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 is greater than the initial underlier level: $1,000 + ($1,000 × the upside participation rate × the underlier return); or |
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•if the final underlier level is equal to or less than the initial underlier level: $1,000 + ($1,000 × the underlier return) |
Underlier: |
the EURO STOXX 50® Index (current Bloomberg symbol: “SX5E Index”) |
Upside participation rate: |
182.5% |
Trade date: |
March 9, 2026 |
Original issue date: |
March 12, 2026 |
Determination date: |
March 10, 2031* |
Stated maturity date: |
March 13, 2031* |
Initial underlier level: |
set on the trade date and will be an intra-day level or the closing level of the underlier on the trade date |
Final underlier level: |
the closing level of the underlier on the determination date* |
Underlier return: |
(the final underlier level - the initial underlier level) ÷ the initial underlier level |
Calculation agent: |
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (“GS&Co.”) |
CUSIP / ISIN: |
40058XSM7 / US40058XSM73 |
* 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: |
$885 to $925 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 amount |
% of the face amount1 |
% of the face amount |
1 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.
THE UNDERLIER
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The EURO STOXX 50® Index is a free-float market capitalization-weighted index of 50 European blue-chip stocks. The 50 stocks included in the EURO STOXX 50® Index are allocated to one of the following Eurozone countries based on their country of incorporation, primary listing and largest trading volume: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. |
For more details about the EURO STOXX 50® Index, the underlier sponsor and license agreement between the underlier sponsor and the issuer, see “The Underliers — EURO STOXX 50® Index” in the accompanying underlier supplement. |
The EURO STOXX 50® is the intellectual property of STOXX Limited, Zurich, Switzerland and/or its licensors (“Licensors“), which is used under license. The securities or other financial instruments based on the index are in no way sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by STOXX and its Licensors and neither STOXX nor its Licensors shall have any liability with respect thereto. |
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Historical Closing Levels of the Underlier |
The closing level of the underlier has 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 the 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 the underlier as an indication of the future performance of the underlier. |
The graph below shows the daily historical closing levels of the underlier from January 4, 2021 through February 20, 2026. We obtained the closing levels in the graph below from Bloomberg Financial Services, without independent verification. |
Historical Performance of the EURO STOXX 50® Index
