497 1 d878112d497.htm GOLDMAN SACHS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust

GOLDMAN SACHS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST

Institutional and Service Shares of the

Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund (the “Fund”)

Supplement dated February 20, 2015 to the

Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information (the “Prospectus” and “SAI,” respectively),

each dated April 30, 2014, as supplemented to date

Effective immediately, Timothy Ryan will serve as a portfolio manager for the Fund.

Accordingly, effective immediately, the Fund’s disclosure is modified as follows:

The following replaces in its entirety the “Portfolio Managers” subsection in the “Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund—Summary—Portfolio Management” section of the Prospectus:

Portfolio Managers: Sean Gallagher, Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer, Value Equity, has managed the Fund since 2001; Andrew Braun, Managing Director, has managed the Fund since 2001; Dolores Bamford, CFA, Managing Director, has managed the Fund since 2002; and Timothy Ryan, CFA, Vice President, has managed the Fund since 2015.

The following replaces the first two existing rows in the table under the Value Investment Team in the “Service Providers—Fund Managers” section of the Prospectus:

 

Name and Title Fund Responsibility Years
Primarily
Responsible
Five Year Employment History

Sean Gallagher

Managing Director

Chief Investment Officer,

Value Equity

Portfolio Manager—

Mid Cap Value

Since

2001

Mr. Gallagher joined the Investment Adviser as a research analyst in May 2000. He became a portfolio manager in December 2001. From October 1993 to May 2000, he was a research analyst at Merrill Lynch Asset Management.

Andrew Braun

Managing Director

Portfolio Manager—

Mid Cap Value

Since

2001

Mr. Braun joined the Investment Adviser as a mutual fund product development analyst in July 1993. From January 1997 to April 2001, he was a research analyst on the Value team and he became a portfolio manager in May 2001.


The following is added to the table under the Value Investment Team in the “Service Providers—Fund Managers” section of the Prospectus:

 

Name and Title Fund Responsibility Years
Primarily
Responsible
Five Year Employment History

Timothy Ryan, CFA

Vice President

Portfolio Manager—

Mid Cap Value

Since

2015

Mr. Ryan joined the Investment Adviser in 2010. Prior to joining the Investment Adviser, Mr. Ryan was a portfolio manager at Oppenheimer Funds since June of 2004 covering the financial services sector.

The following replaces in its entirety the second paragraph under the Value Investment Team in the “Service Providers—Fund Managers” section of the Prospectus:

Sean Gallagher serves as Chief Investment Officer of the Value Investment Team. The other portfolio managers serve as primary research analysts for particular industries. While the entire team debates investment ideas and overall portfolio structure, the final buy/sell decision for a particular security resides primarily with the portfolio manager responsible for that particular industry. As Chief Investment Officer of the team, Mr. Gallagher is ultimately responsible for the composition of the Fund’s portfolio structure at both the stock and industry level.

This Supplement should be retained with your Prospectus and SAI for future reference.

 

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