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Offering Overview: GS Finance Corp., guaranteed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., is offering Market Linked Securities (Series F) linked to the EURO STOXX 50® Index, due 27 July 2028. Each $1,000 note is unsecured, bears no coupon or dividend, and is intended to be held to maturity; all payments depend on issuer and guarantor credit.
Key Terms
- Face amount: $1,000; minimum denomination $1,000.
- Pricing date: 22 July 2025; issue date: 25 July 2025.
- Call date: 27 July 2026; automatic call if index ≥ starting level, paying face plus ≥10.40% call premium ($1,104).
- If not called, maturity (27 July 2028): 150% leveraged upside on index gains; full principal return if index decline ≤15%; 1-for-1 downside beyond 15% buffer, up to 85% loss.
- Starting level: index close on pricing date; threshold: 85% of starting level.
- Estimated value at pricing: $925–$955 (92.5%–95.5% of issue price).
- No exchange listing; secondary liquidity only through GS & Co. on a best-efforts basis.
- Underwriting discount up to 2.575% plus up to 0.3% dealer concession.
Risk Highlights
- Principal is at risk; investors could lose up to 85%.
- Exposure to Goldman Sachs credit and senior debt ranking.
- Estimated value below offer price reflects embedded fees and hedging costs.
- Early auto-call caps upside and introduces reinvestment risk.
- Complex payoff structure and uncertain U.S. tax treatment.
Suitability: Appropriate only for investors with a moderately bullish view on European equities who can accept complexity, limited liquidity and significant downside risk in exchange for enhanced upside participation and a 15% buffer.
GS Finance Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., is offering $1,254,000 aggregate face amount of Autocallable Variable Coupon Equity-Linked Notes due July 3, 2030 under its Series F MTN program. The notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Underlying basket: Amazon.com (AMZN), Meta Platforms Class A (META), Palantir Technologies Class A (PLTR), Tesla (TSLA) and NVIDIA (NVDA). The initial prices are set on June 26 2025 at $217.12, $726.09, $144.25, $325.78 and $155.02, respectively.
Coupon mechanics
- Monthly observation dates: 26th of each month from July 2025 to June 2030.
- If each stock closes ≥ 75 % of its initial price, investors receive the maximum coupon of $8.542 per $1,000 (0.8542 % monthly ≈10.25 % p.a.).
- If any stock closes < 75 %, investors receive the minimum coupon of $0.209 (0.0209 % monthly ≈0.25 % p.a.).
Automatic call feature
- Commences June 2026; assessed on every observation date through May 2030.
- The notes are called in whole if all five stocks close ≥ 90 % of their initial price. Payment on the fifth business day after an observation date equals face amount + applicable coupon; no further coupons accrue.
Principal repayment: If not previously called, holders receive $1,000 per note plus the final coupon at maturity; no downside protection on principal prior to maturity is offered.
Pricing & fees
- Issue price: 100 % of face.
- Underwriting discount: 3.75 %; net proceeds: 96.25 %.
- Estimated value at pricing: ~$936 per $1,000, reflecting model-based fair value below issue price. An additional ~$26.50 premium in secondary quotes amortises to zero by Oct 8 2025.
Denominations: $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. CUSIP 40058JLJ2. Original issue date: July 10 2025.
Key risks highlighted
- Credit risk of GS Finance Corp. and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
- Potential to earn only the minimum 0.25 % p.a. if any stock underperforms 75 % trigger.
- High call threshold (90 % for all stocks) may shorten tenor and cap income.
- Liquidity: no listing; market making at GS&Co.’s discretion with bid/ask spreads.
- Estimated value < issue price due to structuring costs and dealer margin.
The prospectus supplement details extensive anti-dilution provisions, market-disruption adjustments, taxation (characterised as a variable-rate debt instrument), and default calculation mechanics. Investors should review the 21 pages of “Additional Risk Factors Specific to Your Notes” beginning at page S-19.