X0202 4 2006-12-15 0 0000886982 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC/ GS 0001029607 FRIEDMAN STEPHEN C/O GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. 85 BROAD STREET NEW YORK, NY 10004 1 0 0 0 Restricted Stock Units 2006-12-15 4 A 0 385 A Common Stock 385 5767 D These Restricted Stock Units vested immediately upon grant and the shares of Common Stock underlying these Restricted Stock Units will be deliverable, without the payment of any consideration, 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. /s/ Roger S. Begelman, Attorney-in-fact 2006-12-19