X0202 4 2007-12-19 0 0000886982 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC/ GS 0001126949 JOHNSON JAMES A /DC/ C/O GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. 85 BROAD STREET NEW YORK, NY 10004 1 0 0 0 Restricted Stock Units 2007-12-19 4 A 0 458 A Common Stock 458 15864 D Nonqualified Stock options 204.16 2007-12-19 4 A 0 11600 A 2017-11-24 Common Stock 11600 11600 D These Restricted Stock Units will convert into shares of the Issuer's Common Stock on the last business day in May in the year following the year of the retirement of the Reporting Person from the Issuer's Board of Directors. These Stock Options become exercisable on the earlier of (i) the date the Reporting Person ceases to be a director of the Issuer and (ii) January 2011, although for so long as the Reporting Person remains a director of the Issuer, the Common Stock underlying any exercised Stock Option cannot be transferred before January 2013. /s/ Roger S. Begelman, Attorney-in-fact 2007-12-21