Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) / Registration Statement No. 333-269296

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.

Subject to Completion. Dated February 6, 2024.

	GS Finance Corp. $ Buffer Autocallable GEARS Linked to the Invesco S&P 500® Equal Weight ETF due guaranteed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Investment Description

The amount you will be paid on your securities is based on the performance of the Invesco S&P 500® Equal Weight ETF (ETF). The securities are unsecured notes issued by GS Finance Corp. and guaranteed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. The securities will mature on the stated maturity date unless they are automatically called on the call observation date. Unless your securities are automatically called, if the closing price of the ETF on the determination date (the final ETF price) is greater than the initial ETF price (set on the trade date), then the return on your securities will be positive and equal the product of the upside gearing times the ETF return (the percentage increase or decrease in the final ETF price from the initial ETF price). If the final ETF price is equal to or less than the initial ETF price but greater than or equal to the downside threshold, you will receive the face amount of your securities at maturity.

If the final ETF price is less than the downside threshold, the return on your securities will be negative and you will lose 1.00% of the face amount of your securities for every 1.00% decline in the price of the ETF beyond the downside threshold.

Your securities will be automatically called if the closing price of the ETF on the call observation date is greater than or equal to the autocall barrier, resulting in a payment on the call payment date for each $10 face amount of your securities equal to the face amount per security plus the product of $10 times the call return specified below.

The return on your notes is linked to the performance of the ETF, and not to that of the S&P 500® Equal Weight Index on which the ETF is based.

Investing in the securities involves significant risks. You may lose a significant portion of your investment and will not receive any coupon during the term of the securities. The contingent repayment of principal applies only at maturity. Any payment on the securities, including any repayment of principal, is subject to the creditworthiness of GS Finance Corp. and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Features	Key Dates*
O Automatic Call Feature – Your securities will be automatically called and you will receive the face amount of your securities plus the product of $10 times the call return on the call payment date if the closing price of the ETF is greater than or equal to the autocall barrier on the call observation date. O Enhanced Exposure to Positive ETF Return – At maturity, if the securities have not been automatically called and the final ETF price is greater than the initial ETF price, you will receive a payment equal to the face amount of your securities plus a return equal to the ETF return times the upside gearing. O Contingent Repayment of Principal at Maturity with Potential for Buffered Downside Market Exposure – At maturity, if the securities have not been automatically called and the final ETF price is equal to or less than the initial ETF price but greater than or equal to the downside threshold, you will receive a payment equal to the face amount of your securities. If, however, the final ETF price is less than the downside threshold, you will receive less than the face amount of your securities, resulting in a percentage loss on your investment equal to the percentage that the final ETF price is less than the initial ETF price in excess of the buffer. You may lose a substantial portion of your investment. Any payment on the securities, including any repayment of principal, is subject to the creditworthiness of GS Finance Corp. and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.	Trade date	February 9, 2024
	Original issue date	February 14, 2024
	Call observation date	February 17, 2025
	Call payment date	February 20, 2025
	Determination date**	February 9, 2027
	Stated maturity date**	February 12, 2027
	*Expected.
	**Subject to postponement.
Notice to investors: the securities are a riskier investment than ordinary debt securities. GS Finance Corp. is not necessarily obligated to repay the face amount of the securities at maturity, and the securities may have the same downside market risk as the ETF, subject to the buffer. This market risk is in addition to the credit risk of GS Finance Corp. and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. You should not purchase the securities if you do not understand or are not comfortable with the significant risks involved in investing in the securities. 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-11.
Key Terms

ETF	Bloomberg Symbol	Initial ETF Price	Autocall Barrier	Upside Gearing	Downside Threshold(% of Initial ETF Price)	Buffer	Call Return	CUSIP	ISIN
Invesco S&P 500® Equal Weight ETF	RSP UP Equity		100.00% of the initial ETF price	between 1.30 and 1.45	90.00%	10.00%	8.00%	36267H401	US36267H4011

The estimated value of your securities at the time the terms of your securities are set on the trade date is expected to be between $9.30 and $9.60 per $10 face amount. For a discussion of the estimated value and the price at which Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC would initially buy or sell your securities, if it makes a market in the securities, see page PS-2.

Original issue price	Underwriting discount	Net proceeds to the issuer
100.00% of the face amount	2.50% of the face amount	97.50% of the face amount

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 pricing supplement. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. The securities 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.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC UBS Financial Services Inc. Selling Agent

Pricing Supplement No. dated , 2024.

The issue price, underwriting discount and net proceeds listed above relate to the securities we sell initially. We may decide to sell additional securities after the date of this pricing supplement , at issue prices and with underwriting discounts and net proceeds that differ from the amounts set forth above. The return (whether positive or negative) on your investment in securities will depend in part on the issue price you pay for such securities.

GS Finance Corp. may use this prospectus in the initial sale of the securities. In addition, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC or any other affiliate of GS Finance Corp. may use this prospectus in a market-making transaction in a security after its initial sale. Unless GS Finance Corp. or its agent informs the purchaser otherwise in the confirmation of sale, this prospectus is being used in a market-making transaction.

Estimated Value of Your Securities

The estimated value of your securities at the time the terms of your securities are set on the trade date (as determined by reference to pricing models used by Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) and taking into account our credit spreads) is expected to be between $9.30 and $9.60 per $10 face amount), which is less than the original issue price. The value of your securities at any time will reflect many factors and cannot be predicted; however, the price (not including GS&Co.’s customary bid and ask spreads) at which GS&Co. would initially buy or sell securities (if it makes a market, which it is not obligated to do) and the value that GS&Co. will initially use for account statements and otherwise is equal to approximately the estimated value of your securities at the time of pricing, plus an additional amount (initially equal to $ per $10 face amount).

Prior to , the price (not including GS&Co.’s customary bid and ask spreads) at which GS&Co. would buy or sell your securities (if it makes a market, which it is not obligated to do) will equal approximately the sum of (a) the then-current estimated value of your securities (as determined by reference to GS&Co.’s pricing models) plus (b) any remaining additional amount (the additional amount will decline to zero on a straight-line basis over a 89 day period from the time of pricing). On and after , the price (not including GS&Co.’s customary bid and ask spreads) at which GS&Co. would buy or sell your securities (if it makes a market) will equal approximately the then-current estimated value of your securities determined by reference to such pricing models.

About Your Securities

The securities are part of the Medium-Term Securities, Series F program of GS Finance Corp., and are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. This prospectus includes this pricing supplement and the accompanying documents listed below. This pricing supplement constitutes a supplement to the documents listed below, does not set forth all of the terms of your securities and therefore should be read in conjunction with such documents:

•General terms supplement no. 8,999 dated February 13, 2023

•Prospectus supplement dated February 13, 2023

•Prospectus dated February 13, 2023

The information in this pricing supplement supersedes any conflicting information in the documents listed above. In addition, some of the terms or features described in the listed documents may not apply to your securities.

We refer to the securities we are offering by this pricing supplement as the “offered securities” or the “securities”. Each of the offered securities has the terms described below. Please note that in this pricing supplement, references to “GS Finance Corp.”, “we”, “our” and “us” mean only GS Finance Corp. and do not include its subsidiaries or affiliates, references to “The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.”, our parent company, mean only The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and do not include its subsidiaries or affiliates and references to “Goldman Sachs” mean The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. together with its consolidated subsidiaries and affiliates, including us.

Please note that, for purposes of this pricing supplement, references in the general terms supplement no. 8,999 to “underlier(s)” and “indices” shall be deemed to refer to “underlying(s)” and “underlying index(es)”, respectively.

The securities will be issued under the senior debt indenture, dated as of October 10, 2008, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 20, 2015, each among us, as issuer, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee. This indenture, as so supplemented and as further supplemented thereafter, is referred to as the “GSFC 2008 indenture” in the accompanying prospectus supplement.

The securities will be issued in book-entry form and represented by master note no. 3, dated March 22, 2021.

Minimum Purchase Amount of Securities Offered Hereby

In connection with the initial offering of the securities, the minimum face amount of securities that may be purchased by any investor is $1,000.

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Investor Suitability
The securities may be suitable for you if, among other considerations: •You fully understand the risks inherent in an investment in the securities, including the risk of loss of up to 90.00% of the stated principal amount. •You can tolerate a loss of a substantial portion of your investment. •You believe that the price of the ETF will appreciate over the term of the securities. •You can tolerate fluctuations in the market price of the securities prior to maturity that may be similar to or exceed the downside fluctuations in the price of the ETF. •You understand and accept that your securities will be automatically called on the call observation date if the closing price of the ETF so appreciates and that your potential return is limited to the call return. •You are willing to invest in the securities based on the downside threshold and call return specified on the cover hereof and if the upside gearing was set equal to the bottom of the range indicated on the cover hereof (the actual upside gearing will be set on the trade date). •You understand and accept that if the securities are automatically called, you will not participate in any appreciation in the price of the ETF and your potential return is limited to the call return. •You believe the closing price of the ETF will be greater than or equal to the autocall barrier on the call observation date or the initial ETF price on the determination date. •You do not seek current income from your investment and are willing to forgo dividends paid on the ETF or the stocks comprising the ETF. •You are able and willing to invest in securities that may be automatically called early or you are otherwise able and willing to hold the securities to maturity. •You accept that there may be little or no secondary market for the securities and that any secondary market will depend in large part on the price, if any, at which GS&Co., is willing to purchase the securities. •You understand and accept the risks associated with the ETF. •You are willing to assume the credit risks of GS Finance Corp. and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. for all payments under the securities, and understand that if GS Finance Corp. and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. default on their obligations, you may not receive any amounts due on the securities.	The securities may not be suitable for you if, among other considerations: •You do not fully understand the risks inherent in an investment in the securities, including the risk of loss of up to 90.00% of the stated principal amount. •You require an investment designed to provide a full return of principal at maturity. •You cannot tolerate a loss of a substantial portion of your investment. •You believe that the price of the ETF will decline during the term of the securities and the final ETF price is likely to close below the downside threshold on the determination date. •You cannot tolerate fluctuations in the market price of the securities prior to maturity that may be similar to or exceed the downside fluctuations in the price of the ETF. •You are not willing to invest in the securities based on the downside threshold or call return specified on the cover hereof or if the upside gearing was set equal to the bottom of the range indicated on the cover hereof (the actual upside gearing will be set on the trade date). •You do not understand or accept that, if the securities are automatically called, you will not participate in any appreciate in the price of the ETF and your potential return is limited to the call return. •You do not believe the closing price of the ETF will be greater than or equal to the autocall barrier on the call observation date or the initial ETF price on the determination date. •You prefer the lower risk, and therefore accept the potentially lower returns, of fixed income investments with comparable maturities and credit ratings. •You seek current income from your investment or prefer to receive the dividends paid on the ETF or the stocks comprising the ETF. •You are unable or unwilling to invest in securities that may be automatically called early, or you are otherwise unable or unwilling to hold the securities to maturity, or you seek an investment for which there will be an active secondary market. •You do not understand or accept the risks associated with the ETF. •You are not willing to assume the credit risks of GS Finance Corp. and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. for all payments under the securities, including any repayment of principal.
The suitability considerations identified above are not exhaustive. Whether or not the securities are an appropriate investment for you will depend on your individual circumstances, and you should reach an investment decision only after you and your investment, legal, tax, accounting and other advisors have carefully considered the suitability of an investment in the securities in light of your particular circumstances. You should also review carefully the “Additional Risk Factors Specific to Your Securities” section of this pricing supplement. For more information on the ETF, please see the section titled “The Underlying ETF” below.

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Key Terms (continued)

Company (Issuer):	GS Finance Corp.
Guarantor:	The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Underlying ETF:	the Invesco S&P 500® Equal Weight ETF
Underlying index:	with respect to the underlying ETF, the S&P 500® Equal Weight Index
Face Amount:	$ in the aggregate on the original issue date; the aggregate face amount may be increased if the company, at its sole option, decides to sell an additional amount on a date subsequent to the trade date.
Authorized denominations:	$10 or any integral multiple of $10 in excess thereof
Principal amount:	Subject to redemption by the company as provided under “— Company’s redemption right (automatic call feature)” below, on the stated maturity date, the company will pay, for each $10 of the outstanding face amount, an amount in cash equal to the cash settlement amount.
Cash settlement amount:	•if the final underlying ETF price is greater than the initial underlying ETF price, the sum of (i) $10 plus (ii) the product of (a) the underlying ETF return times (b) $10 times (c) the upside gearing; •if the final underlying ETF price is equal to or less than the initial underlying ETF price but greater than or equal to the downside threshold, $10; or •if the final underlying ETF price is less than the downside threshold, the sum of (i) $10 plus (ii) the product of (a) $10 times (b) the sum of the underlying ETF return plus the buffer
Company’s redemption right (automatic call feature):	If a redemption event occurs, then the outstanding face amount will be automatically redeemed in whole and the company will pay an amount in cash on the call payment date, for each $10 of the outstanding face amount, equal to the sum of (i) $10 plus (ii) the product of $10 times the call return
Redemption event:	a redemption event will occur if, as measured on the call observation date, the closing price of the underlying ETF is greater than or equal to the autocall barrier
Initial underlying ETF price:	the closing price of the underlying ETF on the trade date.
Final underlying ETF price:	the closing price of the underlying ETF on the determination date
Underlying ETF return:	the quotient of (i) the final underlying ETF price minus the initial underlying ETF price divided by (ii) the initial underlying ETF price, expressed as a percentage
Upside gearing (set on the trade date):	expected to be between 1.30 and 1.45
Downside threshold:	90.00% of the initial underlying ETF price (rounded to the nearest one-hundredth)
Buffer:	10.00%
Trade date:	expected to be February 9, 2024
Original issue date (set on the trade date):	expected to be February 14, 2024
Determination date (set on the trade date):	expected to be February 9, 2027, subject to adjustment as described in the accompanying general terms supplement
Stated maturity date (set on the trade date):	expected to be February 12, 2027, subject to adjustment as described in the accompanying general terms supplement
Autocall barrier:	100.00% of the initial underlying ETF price
Call return:	8.00%
Call observation date (set on the trade date):	expected to be February 17, 2025, subject to adjustment as described in the accompanying general terms supplement
Call payment date (set on the trade date):	expected to be February 20, 2025, subject to adjustment as described in the accompanying general terms supplement
Calculation agent:	Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (“GS&Co.”)

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Investment Timeline With Respect to The Securities Offered Hereby

Trade Date	The initial underlying ETF price and the final terms of the securities are set
Call Observation Date	Your securities will be automatically called if the closing price of the underlying ETF on the call observation date is greater than or equal to the autocall barrier. If your securities are automatically called on the call observation date, on the related call payment date we will pay you an amount in cash for each $10 face amount of your securities equal to the sum of (i) $10 plus (ii) the product of $10 times the call return, and no further payments will be made on the securities.
Maturity Date	The final underlying ETF price is determined as of the determination date. If the securities are not automatically calledand the final underlying ETF price is greater than the initial underlying ETF price, the sum of (i) $10 plus (ii) the product of (a) the underlying ETF return times (b) $10 times (c) the upside gearing; If the securities are not automatically calledand the final underlying ETF price is equal to or less than the initial underlying ETF price but greater than or equal to the downside threshold, $10; or If the securities are not automatically calledand the final underlying ETF price is less than the downside threshold, the sum of (i) $10 plus (ii) the product of (a) $10 times (b) the sum ofthe underlying ETF return plus the buffer. You will receive less than the face amount of your securities at maturity and you will lose 90.00% of your investment in the securities if the final ETF price is zero.

INVESTING IN THE SECURITIES INVOLVES SIGNIFICANT RISKS. YOU MAY LOSE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE SECURITIES. ANY PAYMENT ON THE SECURITIES IS SUBJECT TO THE CREDITWORTHINESS OF GS FINANCE CORP. AND THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. IF GS FINANCE CORP. AND THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. WERE TO DEFAULT ON THEIR PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS, YOU MAY NOT RECEIVE ANY AMOUNTS OWED TO YOU UNDER THE SECURITIES AND YOU COULD LOSE YOUR ENTIRE INVESTMENT.

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HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLES

(Hypothetical examples use hypothetical terms only. Actual terms will vary.)

The following examples illustrate the hypothetical payments upon an automatic call or at maturity under different hypothetical scenarios for a $10 security linked to the underlying ETF based on the assumptions set forth in the table below. The actual terms for the offering of securities are specified above.

The following examples are provided for purposes of illustration only. They should not be taken as an indication or prediction of future investment results and are intended merely to illustrate the impact that various hypothetical closing prices of the underlying ETF on the call observation date and on the determination date could have on the amount of cash payable on the call payment date or on the stated maturity date, as the case may be, assuming all other variables remain constant.

The examples below are based on a range of underlying ETF prices that are entirely hypothetical; no one can predict what the underlying ETF price will be on any day throughout the life of your securities, what the closing price of the underlying ETF will be on the call observation date or what the final underlying ETF price will be on the determination date. The underlying ETF has been highly volatile in the past — meaning that the underlying ETF prices have changed substantially in relatively short periods — and its performance cannot be predicted for any future period.

The information in the following examples reflects hypothetical rates of return on the offered securities assuming that they are purchased on the original issue date at the face amount and held to the call payment date or the stated maturity date. If you sell your securities in a secondary market prior to the call payment date or the stated maturity date, as the case may be, your return will depend upon the market value of your securities at the time of sale, which may be affected by a number of factors that are not reflected in the examples below such as interest rates, the volatility of the underlying ETF, the creditworthiness of GS Finance Corp., as issuer, and the creditworthiness of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., as guarantor. In addition, the estimated value of your securities at the time the terms of your securities are set on the trade date (as determined by reference to pricing models used by GS&Co.) is less than the original issue price of your securities. For more information on the estimated value of your securities, see “Additional Risk Factors Specific to Your Securities — The Estimated Value of Your Securities At the Time the Terms of Your Securities Are Set On the Trade Date (as Determined By Reference to Pricing Models Used By GS&Co.) Is Less Than the Original Issue Price Of Your Securities” on page PS-11 of this pricing supplement.

Key Terms and Assumptions
Face amount	$10
Upside gearing	1.30
Downside threshold	90.00% of the initial underlying ETF price (rounded to the nearest one-hundredth)
Buffer	10.00%
Call return	8.00%
Neither a market disruption event nor a non-trading day occurs on the originally scheduled call observation date or the originally scheduled determination date
No change in or affecting the underlying ETF, any of the underlying ETF stocks or the policies of the underlying ETF’s investment advisor or the method by which the sponsor of the underlying ETF’s underlying index calculates the underlying index
Securities purchased on original issue date at the face amount and held to the call payment date or the stated maturity date

Moreover, we have not yet set the initial underlying ETF price that will serve as the baseline for determining if the securities will be automatically called and the amount that we will pay on your securities, if any, on the call payment date or at maturity. We will not do so until the trade date. As a result, the actual initial underlying ETF price may differ substantially from the underlying ETF price prior to the trade date.

For these reasons, the actual performance of the underlying ETF over the life of your securities, as well as the amount payable on the call payment date or at maturity, may bear little relation to the hypothetical examples shown below or to the historical ETF prices shown elsewhere in this pricing supplement. For information about

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the underlying ETF prices during recent periods, see “The Underlying ETF — Historical Closing Prices of the Underlying ETF” on page PS-20. Before investing in the securities, you should consult publicly available information to determine the underlying ETF prices between the date of this pricing supplement and the date of your purchase of the securities.

Also, the hypothetical examples shown below do not take into account the effects of applicable taxes. Because of the U.S. tax treatment applicable to your securities, tax liabilities could affect the after-tax rate of return on your securities to a comparatively greater extent than the after-tax return on the underlying ETF stocks.

Hypothetical Amount In Cash Payable on the Call Payment Date

The example below shows the hypothetical amount that we would pay on the call payment date with respect to each $10 face amount of the securities if the closing price of the underlying ETF is greater than or equal to the autocall barrier on the call observation date.

If, for example, your securities are automatically called on the call observation date (i.e., on the call observation date the closing price of the underlying ETF is greater than or equal to the autocall barrier), the amount in cash that we would deliver for each $10 face amount of your securities on the call payment date would be the sum of (i) $10 plus (ii) the product of $10 times the call return. Therefore, for example, if the closing price of the underlying ETF on the call observation date were determined to be 120.000% of the initial underlying ETF price, your securities would be automatically called and the amount in cash that we would deliver on your securities on the call payment date would be 108.000% of the face amount of your securities or $10.80 for each $10 of the face amount of your securities. Even if the closing price of the underlying ETF on the call observation date exceeds the autocall barrier, causing the securities to be automatically called, the amount in cash payable on the call payment date will be limited due to the call return, and you will not participate in any increase in the closing price of the underlying ETF above the autocall barrier on the call observation date.

Hypothetical Cash Settlement Amount at Maturity

If the securities are not automatically called on the call observation date (i.e., on the call observation date the closing price of the underlying ETF is less than the autocall barrier) the cash settlement amount we would deliver for each $10 face amount of your securities on the stated maturity date will depend on the performance of the underlying ETF on the determination date, as shown in the table below. The table below assumes that the securities have not been automatically called on the call observation date and reflects hypothetical cash settlement amounts that you could receive on the stated maturity date.

The prices in the left column of the table below represent hypothetical final underlying ETF prices and are expressed as percentages of the initial underlying ETF price. The amounts in the right column represent the hypothetical cash settlement amounts, based on the corresponding hypothetical final underlying ETF price, and are expressed as percentages of the face amount of a security (rounded to the nearest one-thousandth of a percent). Thus, a hypothetical cash settlement amount of 100.000% means that the value of the cash payment that we would deliver for each $10 of the outstanding face amount of the offered securities on the stated maturity date would equal 100.000% of the face amount of a security, based on the corresponding hypothetical final underlying ETF price and the assumptions noted above.

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The Securities Have Not Been Automatically Called
Hypothetical Final Underlying ETF Price	Hypothetical Cash Settlement Amount at Maturity
(as Percentage of Initial Underlying ETF Price)	(as Percentage of Face Amount)
175.000%	197.500%
150.000%	165.000%
125.000%	132.500%
110.000%	113.000%
100.000%	100.000%
95.000%	100.000%
90.000%	100.000%
75.000%	85.000%
50.000%	60.000%
25.000%	35.000%
10.000%	20.000%
0.000%	10.000%

If, for example, the securities have not been automatically called on the call observation date and the final underlying ETF price were determined to be 25.000% of the initial underlying ETF price, the cash settlement amount that we would deliver on your securities at maturity would be 35.000% of the face amount of your securities, as shown in the table above. As a result, if you purchased your securities on the original issue date at the face amount and held them to the stated maturity date, you would lose 65.000% of your investment, which is equivalent to losing 1.000% of the face amount of your securities for every 1.000% that the decline in the underlying ETF from the trade date to the determination date exceeds 10.000% (if you purchased your securities at a premium to face amount you would lose a correspondingly higher percentage of your investment).

Alternatively, if, for example, the securities have not been automatically called on the call observation date and the final underlying ETF price were determined to be 90.000% of the initial underlying ETF price, the cash settlement amount that we would deliver on your securities at maturity would be 100.000% of the face amount of your securities, as shown in the table above.

If, however, the securities have not been automatically called on the call observation date and the final underlying ETF price were determined to be 125.000% of the initial underlying ETF price, the cash settlement amount that we would deliver on your securities at maturity would be 132.500% of the face amount of your securities, as shown in the table above. Since the hypothetical final underlying ETF price is greater than the initial underlying ETF price, the underlying ETF return is enhanced by the upside gearing and the cash settlement amount that we would deliver on your securities at maturity would be 132.500% of the face amount of your securities, as shown in the table above.

The following chart also shows a graphical illustration of the hypothetical cash settlement amounts (expressed as a percentage of the face amount of your securities) that we would pay on your securities on the stated maturity date, if the final underlying ETF price were any of the hypothetical prices shown on the horizontal axis. The chart shows that any hypothetical final underlying ETF price of less than 90.000% (the section left of the 90.000% marker on the horizontal axis) would result in a hypothetical cash settlement amount of less than 100.000% of the face amount of your securities (the section below the 100.000% marker on the vertical axis) and, accordingly, in a loss of principal to the holder of the securities.

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The amounts shown above are entirely hypothetical; they are based on hypothetical market prices for the underlying ETF stocks that may not be achieved on the call observation date or the determination date and on assumptions that may prove to be erroneous. The actual market value of your securities on the stated maturity date or at any other time, including any time you may wish to sell your securities, may bear little relation to the hypothetical amounts shown above, and these amounts should not be viewed as an indication of the financial return on an investment in any offered securities. The hypothetical amounts on securities held to the stated maturity date in the examples above assume you purchased your securities at their face amount and have not been adjusted to reflect the actual issue price you pay for your securities. The return on your investment (whether positive or negative) in your securities will be affected by the amount you pay for your securities. If you purchase your securities for a price other than the face amount, the return on your investment will differ from, and may be significantly lower than, the hypothetical returns suggested by the above examples. Please read “Additional Risk Factors Specific to Your Securities — The Market Value of Your Securities May Be Influenced by Many Unpredictable Factors” on page PS-13.

Payments on the securities are economically equivalent to the amounts that would be paid on a combination of other instruments. For example, payments on the securities are economically equivalent to a bond bought by the holder and one or more options entered into between the holder and us. Therefore, the terms of the securities may be impacted by the various factors mentioned under “Additional Risk Factors Specific to Your Securities — The Market Value of Your Securities May Be Influenced by Many Unpredictable Factors” on page PS-13. The discussion in this paragraph does not modify or affect the terms of the securities or the U.S. federal income tax treatment of the securities, as described elsewhere in this pricing supplement.

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We cannot predict the actual closing price of the underlying ETF on any day, the final underlying ETF price or what the market value of your securities will be on any particular trading day, nor can we predict the relationship between the closing price of the underlying ETF and the market value of your securities at any time prior to the stated maturity date. The actual amount that you will receive on the call payment date or at maturity and the rate of return on the offered securities will depend on whether or not the securities are automatically called, the actual initial underlying ETF price and the upside gearing, which we will set on the trade date, and the actual closing prices of the underlying ETF and the actual final underlying ETF price determined by the calculation agent as described above. Moreover, the assumptions on which the hypothetical examples are based may turn out to be inaccurate. Consequently, the amount of cash to be paid in respect of your securities on the call payment date or the stated maturity date may be very different from the information reflected in the examples above.

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ADDITIONAL RISK FACTORS SPECIFIC TO YOUR SECURITIES

An investment in your securities is subject to the risks described below, as well as the risks and considerations described in the accompanying prospectus, in the accompanying prospectus supplement and under “Additional Risk Factors Specific to the Securities” in the accompanying general terms supplement. You should carefully review these risks and considerations as well as the terms of the securities described herein and in the accompanying prospectus, the accompanying prospectus supplement and the accompanying general terms supplement. Your securities are a riskier investment than ordinary debt securities. Also, your securities are not equivalent to investing directly in the underlying ETF stocks, i.e., the stocks comprising the underlying ETF to which your securities are linked. You should carefully consider whether the offered securities are appropriate given your particular circumstances.

Without limiting the foregoing, for certain risks and considerations related to conflicts of interest, including calculation agent discretion and hedging activities, see “Additional Risk Factors Specific to the Notes — Risks Related to Structure, Valuation and Secondary Market Sales — The Calculation Agent Will Have the Authority to Make Determinations That Could Affect the Market Value of Your Notes, When Your Notes Mature and the Amount, If Any, Payable on Your Notes” and “Additional Risk Factors Specific to the Notes — Risks Related to Conflicts of Interest — Hedging Activities by Goldman Sachs or Our Distributors May Negatively Impact Investors in the Notes and Cause Our Interests and Those of Our Clients and Counterparties to be Contrary to Those of Investors in the Notes” in the accompanying general terms supplement.

Risks Related to Structure, Valuation and Secondary Market Sales

•The Estimated Value of Your Securities At the Time the Terms of Your Securities Are Set On the Trade Date (as Determined By Reference to Pricing Models Used By GS&Co.) Is Less Than the Original Issue Price Of Your Securities

The original issue price for your securities exceeds the estimated value of your securities as of the time the terms of your securities are set on the trade date, as determined by reference to GS&Co.’s pricing models and taking into account our credit spreads. Such estimated value on the trade date is set forth above under “Estimated Value of Your Securities”; after the trade date, the estimated value as determined by reference to these models will be affected by changes in market conditions, the creditworthiness of GS Finance Corp., as issuer, the creditworthiness of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., as guarantor, and other relevant factors. The price at which GS&Co. would initially buy or sell your securities (if GS&Co. makes a market, which it is not obligated to do), and the value that GS&Co. will initially use for account statements and otherwise, also exceeds the estimated value of your securities as determined by reference to these models. As agreed by GS&Co. and the distribution participants, this excess (i.e., the additional amount described under “Estimated Value of Your Securities”) will decline to zero on a straight line basis over the period set forth above under “Estimated Value of Your Securities”. Thereafter, if GS&Co. buys or sells your securities it will do so at prices that reflect the estimated value determined by reference to such pricing models at that time. The price at which GS&Co. will buy or sell your securities at any time also will reflect its then current bid and ask spread for similar sized trades of structured securities.

In estimating the value of your securities as of the time the terms of your securities are set on the trade date, as disclosed above under “Estimated Value of Your Securities”, GS&Co.’s pricing models consider certain variables, including principally our credit spreads, interest rates (forecasted, current and historical rates), volatility, price-sensitivity analysis and the time to maturity of the securities. These pricing models are proprietary and rely in part on certain assumptions about future events, which may prove to be incorrect. As a result, the actual value you would receive if you sold your securities in the secondary market, if any, to others may differ, perhaps materially, from the estimated value of your securities determined by reference to our models due to, among other things, any differences in pricing models or assumptions used by others. See “— The Market Value of Your Securities May Be Influenced by Many Unpredictable Factors” below.

The difference between the estimated value of your securities as of the time the terms of your securities are set on the trade date and the original issue price is a result of certain factors, including principally the underwriting discount and commissions, the expenses incurred in creating, documenting and marketing the securities, and an estimate of the difference between the amounts we pay to GS&Co. and the amounts GS&Co. pays to us in connection with your securities. We pay to GS&Co. amounts based on what we would pay to holders of a non-

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structured security with a similar maturity. In return for such payment, GS&Co. pays to us the amounts we owe under your securities.

In addition to the factors discussed above, the value and quoted price of your securities at any time will reflect many factors and cannot be predicted. If GS&Co. makes a market in the securities, the price quoted by GS&Co. would reflect any changes in market conditions and other relevant factors, including any deterioration in our creditworthiness or perceived creditworthiness or the creditworthiness or perceived creditworthiness of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. These changes may adversely affect the value of your securities, including the price you may receive for your securities in any market making transaction. To the extent that GS&Co. makes a market in the securities, the quoted price will reflect the estimated value determined by reference to GS&Co.’s pricing models at that time, plus or minus its then current bid and ask spread for similar sized trades of structured securities (and subject to the declining excess amount described above).

Furthermore, if you sell your securities, you will likely be charged a commission for secondary market transactions, or the price will likely reflect a dealer discount. This commission or discount will further reduce the proceeds you would receive for your securities in a secondary market sale.

There is no assurance that GS&Co. or any other party will be willing to purchase your securities at any price and, in this regard, GS&Co. is not obligated to make a market in the securities. See “— Your Securities May Not Have an Active Trading Market” below.

•The Securities Are Subject to the Credit Risk of the Issuer and the Guarantor

Although the return on the securities will be based on the performance of the underlying ETF, the payment of any amount due on the securities is subject to the credit risk of GS Finance Corp., as issuer of the securities, and the credit risk of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., as guarantor of the securities. The securities are our unsecured obligations. Investors are dependent on our ability to pay all amounts due on the securities, and therefore investors are subject to our credit risk and to changes in the market’s view of our creditworthiness. Similarly, investors are dependent on the ability of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., as guarantor of the securities, to pay all amounts due on the securities, and therefore are also subject to its credit risk and to changes in the market’s view of its creditworthiness. See “Description of the Notes We May Offer — Information About Our Medium-Term Notes, Series F Program — How the Notes Rank Against Other Debt” on page S-5 of the accompanying prospectus supplement and “Description of Debt Securities We May Offer — Guarantee by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.” on page 67 of the accompanying prospectus.

•You May Lose a Substantial Portion of Your Investment in the Securities

You can lose a substantial portion of your investment in the securities. Assuming your securities are not automatically called, the cash settlement amount on your securities on the stated maturity date will be based on the performance of the underlying ETF as measured from the initial underlying ETF price set on the trade date to the closing price of the underlying ETF on the determination date. If the final underlying ETF price is less than the downside threshold (i.e., the final underlying ETF price has declined, relative to the initial underlying ETF price, by more than the buffer), you will have a loss for each $10 of the face amount of your securities equal to the product of $10 times the sum of the underlying ETF return plus the buffer. As specified elsewhere in this pricing supplement, if the final underlying ETF price declines, relative to the initial underlying ETF price, by more than the buffer, you will lose 1.00% of the face amount of your securities for every 1.00% that such decline exceeds the buffer. Thus, you may lose a substantial portion of your investment in the securities, which would include any premium to face amount you paid when you purchased the securities.

Also, the application of the buffer applies only at maturity and the market price of your securities prior to the call payment date or the stated maturity date, as the case may be, may be significantly lower than the purchase price you pay for your securities. Consequently, if you sell your securities before the stated maturity date, you may receive far less than the amount of your investment in the securities even if the price of the underlying ETF is not below the downside threshold at the time of sale.

•The Amount in Cash You Will Receive on the Call Payment Date or on the Stated Maturity Date Is Not Linked to the Closing Price of the Underlying ETF at Any Time Other Than on the Call Observation Date or the Determination Date, as the Case May Be

The amount in cash that you will receive on the call payment date, if any, will be paid only if the closing price of the underlying ETF on the call observation date is greater than or equal to the autocall barrier. Therefore, the closing price of the underlying ETF on dates other than the call observation date will have no effect on any amount paid in respect of your securities on the call payment date. In addition, the cash settlement amount you

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will receive on the stated maturity date will be based on the closing price of the underlying ETF on the determination date. Therefore, for example, if the closing price of the underlying ETF dropped precipitously on the determination date, the cash settlement amount for the securities would be significantly less than it would otherwise have been had the cash settlement amount been linked to the closing price of the underlying ETF prior to such drop. Although the actual closing price of the underlying ETF on the call payment date, stated maturity date or at other times during the life of the securities may be higher than the closing price of the underlying ETF on the call observation date or the determination date, you will not benefit from the closing prices of the underlying ETF at any time other than on the call observation date or on the determination date.

•The Amount You Will Receive on the Call Payment Date Will Be Limited Due to the Call Return

Regardless of the closing price of the underlying ETF on the call observation date, the amount in cash you may receive on the call payment date is limited. Even if the closing price of the underlying ETF on the call observation date exceeds the autocall barrier, causing the securities to be automatically called, the amount in cash payable on the call payment date will be limited due to the call return, and you will not participate in any increase in the closing price of the underlying ETF above the autocall barrier on the call observation date. If your securities are automatically called on the call observation date, the maximum payment you will receive for each $10 face amount of your securities will depend on the call return. Additionally, the autocall barrier does not apply on the determination date and you will not be entitled to the call return on the stated maturity date. Assuming your securities are not automatically called and the final underlying ETF price is less than the downside threshold, you will be fully exposed to the decline in the price of the underlying ETF from the trade date to the determination date in excess of the buffer, and you may lose a significant portion of your investment in the securities.

•Your Securities Are Subject to Automatic Redemption

We will automatically call and redeem all, but not part, of your securities on the call payment date, if, as measured on the call observation date, the closing price of the underlying ETF is greater than or equal to the autocall barrier. Therefore, the term for your securities may be reduced and you will not receive any further payments on the securities since your securities will no longer be outstanding. You may not be able to reinvest the proceeds from an investment in the securities at a comparable return for a similar level of risk in the event the securities are automatically called prior to maturity. For the avoidance of doubt, if your securities are automatically called, no discounts, commissions or fees described herein will be rebated or reduced.

If the securities remain outstanding following the call observation date, it means that the underlying ETF has closed below the autocall barrier on the call observation date. The longer the securities are outstanding from the trade date, the less time remains during which the underlying ETF will have an opportunity to increase to or above the autocall barrier to be automatically called. The securities will not be automatically called in the event that the underlying ETF does not increase to or beyond the autocall barrier.

•Your Securities Do Not Bear Interest

You will not receive any interest payments on your securities. As a result, even if the amount payable for your securities on the call payment date or the stated maturity date, as applicable, exceeds the face amount of your securities, the overall return you earn on your securities may be less than you would have earned by investing in a non-indexed debt security of comparable maturity that bears interest at a prevailing market rate.

•The Market Value of Your Securities May Be Influenced by Many Unpredictable Factors

When we refer to the market value of your securities, we mean the value that you could receive for your securities if you chose to sell them in the open market before the stated maturity date. A number of factors, many of which are beyond our control and impact the value of bonds and options generally, will influence the market value of your securities, including:

 the price of the underlying ETF;

 the volatility — i.e., the frequency and magnitude of changes — in the price of the underlying ETF;

 the dividend rates of the underlying ETF stocks;

 economic, financial, regulatory, political, military, public health and other events that affect stock markets generally and the underlying ETF stocks, and which may affect the price of the underlying ETF;

 interest rates and yield rates in the market;

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 the time remaining until your securities mature; and

 our creditworthiness and the creditworthiness of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., whether actual or perceived, and including actual or anticipated upgrades or downgrades in our credit ratings or the credit ratings of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. or changes in other credit measures.

Without limiting the foregoing, the market value of your securities may be negatively impacted by increasing interest rates. Such adverse impact of increasing interest rates could be significantly enhanced in securities with longer-dated maturities, the market values of which are generally more sensitive to increasing interest rates.

These factors, and many other factors, will influence the price you will receive if you sell your securities before maturity, including the price you may receive for your securities in any market-making transaction. If you sell your securities before maturity, you may receive less than the face amount of your securities or the amount you may receive upon an automatic call or, if the securities are not automatically called, the amount you may receive at maturity.

You cannot predict the future performance of the underlying ETF based on its historical performance. The actual performance of the underlying ETF over the life of the offered securities and the amount paid on the call payment date or the stated maturity date, as the case may be, may bear little or no relation to the historical closing prices of the underlying ETF or to the hypothetical examples shown elsewhere in this pricing supplement.

•Your Securities May Not Have an Active Trading Market

Your securities will not be listed or displayed on any securities exchange or included in any interdealer market quotation system, and there may be little or no secondary market for your securities. Even if a secondary market for your securities develops, it may not provide significant liquidity and we expect that transaction costs in any secondary market would be high. As a result, the difference between bid and asked prices for your securities in any secondary market could be substantial.

•If You Purchase Your Securities at a Premium to Face Amount, the Return on Your Investment Will Be Lower Than the Return on Securities Purchased at Face Amount and the Impact of Certain Key Terms of the Securities Will Be Negatively Affected

The cash settlement amount you will be paid for your securities on the stated maturity date or the amount you will be paid on the call payment date will not be adjusted based on the issue price you pay for the securities. If you purchase securities at a price that differs from the face amount of the securities, then the return on your investment in such securities held to the call payment date or the stated maturity date will differ from, and may be substantially less than, the return on securities purchased at face amount. If you purchase your securities at a premium to face amount and hold them to the call payment date or the stated maturity date, the return on your investment in the securities will be lower than it would have been had you purchased the securities at face amount or a discount to face amount. In addition, the impact of the downside threshold on the return on your investment will depend upon the price you pay for your securities relative to face amount. For example, the downside threshold, while still limiting some downside exposure to the underlying ETF, will allow a greater percentage decrease in your investment in the securities than would have been the case for securities purchased at face amount or a discount to face amount.

•A Higher Call Return and/or a Lower Downside Threshold May Reflect Greater Expected Volatility of the Underlying ETF, and Greater Expected Volatility Generally Indicates An Increased Risk of Declines in the Price of the Underlying ETF and, Potentially, a Significant Loss at Maturity

The economic terms for the securities, including the call return, the closing price of the underlying ETF on the call observation date at or above which the securities will be automatically called and the downside threshold, are based, in part, on the expected volatility of the underlying ETF at the time the terms of the securities are set. “Volatility” refers to the frequency and magnitude of changes in the price of the underlying ETF.

Higher expected volatility with respect to the underlying ETF as of the trade date generally indicates a greater expectation as of that date that the final underlying ETF price could ultimately be less than the downside threshold on the determination date, which would result in a loss of a significant portion or all of your investment in the securities. At the time the terms of the securities are set, higher expected volatility will generally be reflected in a higher call return, a lower closing price of the underlying ETF at or above which the securities will be automatically called and/or a lower downside threshold, as compared to otherwise comparable securities issued by the same issuer with the same maturity (taking into account any ability of the issuer to redeem the securities prior to maturity) but with one or more different underlying ETFs. However, there is no guarantee that the higher call

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return or lower downside threshold set for your securities on the trade date will adequately compensate you, from a risk-potential reward perspective, for the greater risk of your securities not being automatically called or of losing some or all of your investment in the securities.

A relatively higher call return (as compared to otherwise comparable securities), which would increase the positive return if the closing price of the underlying ETF is greater than or equal to the autocall barrier on the call observation date may generally indicate an increased risk that your securities will not be automatically called on the call payment date.

Similarly, a relatively lower downside threshold (as compared to otherwise comparable securities), which would increase the buffer against the loss of principal, may generally indicate an increased risk that the price of the underlying ETF will decrease substantially. This would result in a significant loss at maturity if the final underlying ETF price is less than the downside threshold. Further, a relatively lower downside threshold may not indicate that the securities have a greater likelihood of a return of principal at maturity based on the performance of the underlying ETF.

You should not take the historical volatility of the underlying ETF as an indication of its future volatility. You should be willing to accept the downside market risk of the underlying ETF and the potential to lose a significant portion or all of your investment in the securities.

•The Return on Your Notes Will Not Reflect Any Dividends Paid on the Underlying ETF or Any Underlying ETF Stocks

The return on your notes will not reflect the return you would realize if you actually owned shares of the underlying ETF or underlying ETF stocks and received the distributions paid on the shares of the underlying ETF. You will not receive any dividends that may be paid on any of the underlying ETF stocks by the underlying ETF stock issuers or the shares of the underlying ETF. See “—You Have No Shareholder Rights or Rights to Receive Any Shares of the Underlying ETF or Any Underlying ETF Stock” below for additional information.

•You Have No Shareholder Rights or Rights to Receive Any Shares of the Underlying ETF or Any Underlying ETF Stock

Investing in your securities will not make you a holder of any shares of the underlying ETF or any underlying ETF stocks. Neither you nor any other holder or owner of your securities will have any rights with respect to the underlying ETF or the underlying ETF stocks, including any voting rights, any right to receive dividends or other distributions, any rights to make a claim against the underlying ETF or the underlying ETF stocks or any other rights of a holder of any shares of the underlying ETF or the underlying ETF stocks. Your securities will be paid in cash and you will have no right to receive delivery of any shares of the underlying ETF or any underlying ETF stocks.

•We May Sell an Additional Aggregate Face Amount of the Securities at a Different Issue Price

At our sole option, we may decide to sell an additional aggregate face amount of the securities subsequent to the date of this pricing supplement. The issue price of the securities in the subsequent sale may differ substantially (higher or lower) from the issue price you paid as provided on the cover of this pricing supplement.

Additional Risks Related to the Underlying ETF

•The Policies of the Underlying ETF’s Investment Advisor and the Sponsor of the Underlying ETF’s Underlying Index Could Affect the Amount Payable on Your Notes and Their Market Value

The underlying ETF’s investment advisor, may from time to time be called upon to make certain policy decisions or judgments with respect to the implementation of policies of the underlying ETF investment advisor concerning the calculation of the net asset value of its underlying ETF, additions, deletions or substitutions of securities in the underlying ETF and the manner in which changes affecting the underlying index are reflected in the underlying ETF that could affect the market price of the shares of the underlying ETF, and therefore, the amount payable on your notes on the stated maturity date. The amount payable on your notes and their market value could also be affected if the underlying ETF investment advisor changes these policies, for example, by changing the manner in which it calculates the net asset value of the underlying ETF, or if the underlying ETF investment advisor discontinues or suspends calculation or publication of the net asset value of the underlying ETF, in which case it may become difficult or inappropriate to determine the market value of your notes.

If events such as these occur, the calculation agent — which initially will be GS&Co., our affiliate — may determine the closing price of the underlying ETF on the determination date — and thus the amount payable on the stated maturity date, if any — in a manner it considers appropriate, in its sole discretion. We describe the

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discretion that the calculation agent will have in determining the closing price of the underlying ETF on the determination date and the amount payable on your notes more fully under “Supplemental Terms of the Notes - Discontinuance or Modification of an Underlier That is an Index or an Exchange-Traded Fund” in the accompanying general terms supplement.

In addition, the sponsor of the underlying ETF’s underlying index owns the underlying index and is responsible for the design and maintenance of its underlying index. The policies of the sponsor of the underlying ETF’s underlying index concerning the calculation of its underlying index, including decisions regarding the addition, deletion or substitution of the equity securities included in its underlying index, could affect the level of its underlying index and, consequently, could affect the market price of shares of the underlying ETF and, therefore, the amount payable on your notes and their market value.

•Except to the Extent that the Common Stock of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Is One of the Common Stocks Currently Held by the Underlying ETF and One of the Common Stocks that Comprise Its Underlying ETF, and Except to the Extent that GS&Co. and One or More of Our Other Affiliates Act as Authorized Participants in the Distribution of, and, at Any Time, May Hold, Shares of the Underlying ETF, There Is No Affiliation Between the Underlying ETF Investment Advisor or the Sponsor of the Underlying ETF’s Underlying Index and Us

The common stock of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is one of the underlying ETF stocks comprising the S&P 500® Equal Weight Index, and is one of the common stocks currently held by the underlying ETF. In addition, GS&Co. and one or more of our other affiliates may act, from time to time, as authorized participants in the distribution of shares of the underlying ETF, and, at any time, may hold shares of the underlying ETF. Goldman Sachs is not otherwise affiliated with the underlying ETF investment advisor, sponsor of the underlying ETF’s underlying index or the issuers of the underlying ETF stocks. We or our affiliates may currently or from time to time in the future engage in business with the underlying ETF investment advisor, sponsor of the underlying ETF’s underlying index or the issuers of the underlying ETF stocks. Neither we nor any of our affiliates have participated in the preparation of any publicly available information or made any “due diligence” investigation or inquiry with respect to the underlying ETF, the underlying index or the issuers of the underlying ETF stocks. You, as an investor in your notes, should make your own investigation into the underlying ETF, the underlying ETF’s underlying index and the issuers of the underlying ETF stocks.

Other than as set forth herein with respect to The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., neither the underlying ETF investment advisor nor any of the other issuers of the underlying ETF stocks are involved in the offering of your notes in any way and none of them have any obligation of any sort with respect to your notes. Thus, neither the underlying ETF investment advisor nor any issuer of the underlying ETF stocks has any obligation to take your interests into consideration for any reason, including in taking any corporate actions that might affect the market value of your notes.

•There Is No Assurance That an Active Trading Market Will Continue for the Underlying ETF or That There Will Be Liquidity in Any Such Trading Market; Further, the Underlying ETF Is Subject to Management Risks, Securities Lending Risks and Custody Risks

Although the shares of the underlying ETF and a number of similar products have been listed for trading on securities exchanges for varying periods of time, there is no assurance that an active trading market will continue for the shares of the underlying ETF or that there will be liquidity in the trading market.

In addition, the underlying ETF is subject to management risk, which is the risk that the underlying ETF investment advisor’s investment strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may not produce the intended results. The underlying ETF is also not actively managed and may be affected by a general decline in market segments relating to its underlying index. The underlying ETF investment advisor invests in securities included in, or representative of, its underlying index regardless of their investment merits. The underlying ETF investment advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. In addition, the underlying ETF investment advisor may be permitted to engage in securities lending with respect to a portion of the underlying ETF’s total assets, which could subject the underlying ETF to the risk that the borrower of such loaned securities fails to return the securities in a timely manner or at all.

In addition, the underlying ETF is subject to custody risk, which refers to the risks in the process of clearing and settling trades and to the holding of securities by local banks, agents and depositories.

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Further, the underlying ETF is subject to listing standards adopted by the securities exchange on which the underlying ETF is listed for trading. There can be no assurance that the underlying ETF will continue to meet the applicable listing requirements, or that the underlying ETF will not be delisted.

•The Underlying ETF and Its Underlying Index Are Different and the Performance of the Underlying ETF May Not Correlate With the Performance of Its Underlying Index

The underlying ETF may not hold all or substantially all of the equity securities included in its underlying index and may hold securities or assets not included in its underlying index. For example, it is possible that the underlying ETF may not always fully replicate the performance of its underlying index due to unavailability of certain underlying index securities in the secondary market or due to other extraordinary circumstances (e.g., if trading in a security has been halted). Further, although the underlying ETF seeks to track the performance of its underlying index, the underlying ETF’s return may not match or achieve a high degree of correlation with the return of its underlying index due to, among other things, transaction costs.

In addition, the performance of the underlying ETF will reflect additional transaction costs and fees that are not included in the calculation of its underlying index and this may increase the tracking error of the underlying ETF. Also, corporate actions with respect to the sample of equity securities (such as mergers and spin-offs) may impact the performance differential between the underlying ETF and its underlying index. Finally, because the shares of the underlying ETF are traded on an exchange and are subject to market supply and investor demand, the market value of one share of the underlying ETF may differ from the net asset value per share of the underlying ETF.

For all of the foregoing reasons, the performance of the underlying ETF may not correlate with the performance of its underlying index. Consequently, the return on the notes will not be the same as investing directly in the underlying ETF or in its underlying index or in the underlying ETF stocks or in its underlying index stocks, and will not be the same as investing in a debt security with a payment at maturity linked to the performance of its underlying index.

Risks Related to Tax

•Certain Considerations for Insurance Companies and Employee Benefit Plans

Any insurance company or fiduciary of a pension plan or other employee benefit plan that is subject to the prohibited transaction rules of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, which we call “ERISA”, or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including an IRA or a Keogh plan (or a governmental plan to which similar prohibitions apply), and that is considering purchasing the offered securities with the assets of the insurance company or the assets of such a plan, should consult with its counsel regarding whether the purchase or holding of the offered securities could become a “prohibited transaction” under ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code or any substantially similar prohibition in light of the representations a purchaser or holder in any of the above categories is deemed to make by purchasing and holding the offered securities. This is discussed in more detail under “Employee Retirement Income Security Act” below.

•The Tax Consequences of an Investment in Your Securities Are Uncertain

The tax consequences of an investment in your securities are uncertain, both as to the timing and character of any inclusion in income in respect of your securities.

The Internal Revenue Service announced on December 7, 2007 that it is considering issuing guidance regarding the tax treatment of an instrument such as your securities, and any such guidance could adversely affect the value and the tax treatment of your securities. Among other things, the Internal Revenue Service may decide to require the holders to accrue ordinary income on a current basis and recognize ordinary income on payment at maturity, and could subject non-U.S. investors to withholding tax. Furthermore, in 2007, legislation was introduced in Congress that, if enacted, would have required holders that acquired instruments such as your securities after the bill was enacted to accrue interest income over the term of such instruments even though there will be no interest payments over the term of such instruments. It is not possible to predict whether a similar or identical bill will be enacted in the future, or whether any such bill would affect the tax treatment of your securities. We describe these developments in more detail under “Supplemental Discussion of U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences – United States Holders – Possible Change in Law” below. You should consult your tax advisor about this matter. Except to the extent otherwise provided by law, GS Finance Corp. intends to continue treating the securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes in accordance with the treatment described under

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“Supplemental Discussion of U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” below unless and until such time as Congress, the Treasury Department or the Internal Revenue Service determine that some other treatment is more appropriate. Please also consult your tax advisor concerning the U.S. federal income tax and any other applicable tax consequences to you of owning your securities in your particular circumstances.

Your Notes May Be Subject to the Constructive Ownership Rules

There exists a risk that the constructive ownership rules of Section 1260 of the Internal Revenue Code could apply to your notes. If your notes were subject to the constructive ownership rules, then any long-term capital gain that you realize upon the sale, exchange or maturity of your notes would be re-characterized as ordinary income (and you would be subject to an interest charge on deferred tax liability with respect to such re-characterized capital gain) to the extent that such capital gain exceeds the amount of “net underlying long-term capital gain” (as defined in Section 1260 of the Internal Revenue Code). Because the application of the constructive ownership rules is unclear you are strongly urged to consult your tax advisor with respect to the possible application of the constructive ownership rules to your investment in the notes.

•Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Withholding May Apply to Payments on Your Securities, Including as a Result of the Failure of the Bank or Broker Through Which You Hold the Securities to Provide Information to Tax Authorities

Please see the discussion under “United States Taxation — Taxation of Debt Securities — Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Withholding” in the accompanying prospectus for a description of the applicability of FATCA to payments made on your securities.

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THE UNDERLYING ETF

The shares of the Invesco S&P 500® Equal Weight ETF (the “underlying ETF”) are issued by the Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (the “trust”), a registered investment company.

•The underlying ETF is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the investment results, before fees and expenses, of the S&P 500® Equal Weight Index (the “index”). The index consists of all of the components of the S&P 500® Index, which measures the performance of equity securities of larger U.S. companies. The index is an equal-weighted version of the S&P 500® Index.

•The return on your securities is linked to the performance of the underlying ETF, and not to that of the index on which the underlying ETF is based. The underlying ETF employs a “full replication” methodology in seeking to track its index, meaning that it generally will invest in all of the securities comprising its index in proportion to their weightings in the index. However, under various circumstances, the underlying ETF follows a strategy of “representative sampling”, which means the underlying ETF’s holdings are not the same as those of its index. The performance of the underlying ETF may significantly diverge from that of its index.

•Invesco Capital Management LLC currently serves as the investment advisor to the underlying ETF.

•The underlying ETF’s shares trade on the NYSE Arca under the ticker symbol “RSP”.

•The trust’s SEC CIK Number is 0001209466.

•The underlying ETF’s inception date was April 24, 2003.

Where Information About the Underlying ETF Can Be Obtained

Information filed by the trust with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) electronically can be reviewed through a web site maintained by the SEC. The address of the SEC’s web site is sec.gov. Information filed with the SEC by the trust, including its reports to shareholders, can be located by referencing its CIK number referred to above.

In addition, information regarding the underlying ETF (including its fees, top ten constituent stocks and weights and sector weights) may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles, other publicly available documents, and the underlying ETF’s website. We are not incorporating by reference the website, the sources listed above or any material they include in this pricing supplement.

We do not make any representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any materials referred to above, including any filings made by the trust with the SEC.

We Obtained the Information About the Underlying ETF From the Trust’s Publicly Available Information

This pricing supplement relates only to your note and does not relate to the underlying ETF. We have derived all information about the underlying ETF in this pricing supplement from the publicly available information referred to in the preceding subsection. We have not participated in the preparation of any of those documents or made any “due diligence” investigation or inquiry with respect to the underlying ETF in connection with the offering of your note. Furthermore, we do not know whether all events occurring before the date of this pricing supplement — including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents referred to above and the trading price of shares of the underlying ETF — have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any events of this kind or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning the underlying ETF could affect the value you will receive at maturity and, therefore, the market value of your note.

Neither we nor any of our affiliates make any representation to you as to the performance of the underlying ETF.

We or any of our affiliates may currently or from time to time engage in business with the trust, including making loans to or equity investments in the trust or providing advisory services to the trust, including merger and acquisition advisory services. In the course of that business, we or any of our affiliates may acquire non-public information about the trust and, in addition, one or more of our affiliates may publish research reports about the underlying ETF. As an investor in a note, you should undertake such independent investigation of the trust as in your judgment is appropriate to make an informed decision with respect to an investment in a note.

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Historical Closing PRICES of the Underlying ETF

The closing prices of the underlying ETF have fluctuated in the past and may, in the future, experience significant fluctuations. In particular, the underlying ETF has recently experienced extreme and unusual volatility. Any historical upward or downward trend in the closing prices of the underlying ETF during the period shown below is not an indication that the underlying ETF is more or less likely to increase or decrease at any time during the life of your securities.

You should not take the historical closing prices of the underlying ETF as an indication of the future performance of the underlying ETF, including because of the recent volatility described above. We cannot give you any assurance that the future performance of the underlying ETF or the underlying ETF stocks will result in you receiving an amount greater than the outstanding face amount of your securities, or that you will not incur a loss on your investment, on the stated maturity date.

Neither we nor any of our affiliates make any representation to you as to the performance of the underlying ETF. Before investing in the offered securities, you should consult publicly available information to determine the prices of the underlying ETF between the date of this pricing supplement and the date of your purchase of the offered securities and, given the recent volatility described above, you should pay particular attention to recent prices of the underlying ETF. The actual performance of the underlying ETF over the life of the offered securities, as well as the cash settlement amount at maturity, may bear little relation to the historical prices shown below.

The graph below shows the daily historical closing prices of the underlying ETF from January 1, 2019 through February 2, 2024. As a result, the following graph does not reflect the global financial crisis which began in 2008, which had a materially negative impact on the price of most equity securities and, as a result, the price of most equity ETFs. We obtained the closing prices in the graph below from Bloomberg Financial Services, without independent verification.

Historical Performance of the Invesco S&P 500® Equal Weight ETF

 

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Supplemental Discussion of U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences

The following section supplements, and to the extent inconsistent, replaces, the discussion of U.S. federal income taxation in the accompanying prospectus.

The following section is the opinion of Sidley Austin LLP, counsel to GS Finance Corp. and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. In addition, it is the opinion of Sidley Austin LLP that the characterization of the securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes that will be required under the terms of the securities, as discussed below, is a reasonable interpretation of current law. It applies to you only if you hold your securities as a capital asset for tax purposes. This section does not apply to you if you are a member of a class of holders subject to special rules, such as:

•a dealer in securities or currencies;

•a trader in securities that elects to use a mark-to-market method of accounting for your securities holdings;

•a bank;

•a life insurance company;

•a regulated investment company;

•an accrual method taxpayer subject to special tax accounting rules as a result of its use of financial statements;

•a tax exempt organization;

•a partnership;

•a person that owns a security as a hedge or that is hedged against interest rate risks;

•a person that owns a security as part of a straddle or conversion transaction for tax purposes; or

•a United States holder (as defined below) whose functional currency for tax purposes is not the U.S. dollar.

Although this section is based on the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, its legislative history, existing and proposed regulations under the Internal Revenue Code, published rulings and court decisions, all as currently in effect, no statutory, judicial or administrative authority directly discusses how your securities should be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and as a result, the U.S. federal income tax consequences of your investment in your securities are uncertain. Moreover, these laws are subject to change, possibly on a retroactive basis.

You should consult your tax advisor concerning the U.S. federal income tax and other tax consequences of your investment in the securities, including the application of state, local or other tax laws and the possible effects of changes in federal or other tax laws.

United States Holders

This section applies to you only if you are a United States holder that holds your securities as a capital asset for tax purposes. You are a United States holder if you are a beneficial owner of each of your securities and you are:

●a citizen or resident of the United States;

●a domestic corporation;

●an estate whose income is subject to U.S. federal income tax regardless of its source; or

●a trust if a United States court can exercise primary supervision over the trust’s administration and one or more United States persons are authorized to control all substantial decisions of the trust.

Tax Treatment. By purchasing the securities you agree — in the absence of a change in law, an administrative determination or a judicial ruling to the contrary — to characterize your securities for all tax purposes as pre-paid derivative contracts in respect of the underlying ETF. Except as otherwise stated below, the discussion herein assumes that the securities will be so treated.

Upon the sale, exchange, redemption or maturity of your securities, you should recognize capital gain or loss equal to the difference, if any, between the amount of cash you receive at such time and your tax basis in your securities. Your tax basis in the securities will generally be equal to the amount that you paid for the securities. If

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you hold your securities for more than one year, the gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss. If you hold your securities for one year or less, the gain or loss generally will be short-term capital gain or loss. Short-term capital gains are generally subject to tax at the marginal tax rates applicable to ordinary income.

In addition, the constructive ownership rules of Section 1260 of the Internal Revenue Code could possibly apply to your notes. If your notes were subject to the constructive ownership rules, then any long-term capital gain that you realize upon the sale, exchange, or maturity of your notes would be re-characterized as ordinary income (and you would be subject to an interest charge on deferred tax liability with respect to such re-characterized capital gain) to the extent that such capital gain exceeds the amount of “net underlying long-term capital gain” (as defined in Section 1260 of the Internal Revenue Code). Because the application of the constructive ownership rules is unclear you are strongly urged to consult your tax advisor with respect to the possible application of the constructive ownership rules to your investment in the notes.

No statutory, judicial or administrative authority directly discusses how your securities should be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result, the U.S. federal income tax consequences of your investment in the securities are uncertain and alternative characterizations are possible. Accordingly, we urge you to consult your tax advisor in determining the tax consequences of an investment in your securities in your particular circumstances, including the application of state, local or other tax laws and the possible effects of changes in federal or other tax laws.

Alternative Treatments. There is no judicial or administrative authority discussing how your securities should be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Therefore, the Internal Revenue Service might assert that a treatment other than that described above is more appropriate. For example, the Internal Revenue Service could treat your securities as a single debt instrument subject to special rules governing contingent payment debt instruments. Under those rules, the amount of interest you are required to take into account for each accrual period would be determined by constructing a projected payment schedule for the securities and applying rules similar to those for accruing original issue discount on a hypothetical noncontingent debt instrument with that projected payment schedule. This method is applied by first determining the comparable yield – i.e., the yield at which we would issue a noncontingent fixed rate debt instrument with terms and conditions similar to your securities – and then determining a payment schedule as of the original issue date that would produce the comparable yield. These rules may have the effect of requiring you to include interest in income in respect of your securities prior to your receipt of cash attributable to that income.

If the rules governing contingent payment debt instruments apply, any gain you recognize upon the sale, exchange, redemption or maturity of your securities would be treated as ordinary interest income. Any loss you recognize at that time would be treated as ordinary loss to the extent of interest you included as income in the current or previous taxable years in respect of your securities, and, thereafter, as capital loss.

If the rules governing contingent payment debt instruments apply, special rules would apply to a person who purchases securities at a price other than the adjusted issue price as determined for tax purposes.

It is also possible that your securities could be treated in the manner described above, except that any gain or loss that you recognize at maturity or upon redemption would be treated as ordinary gain or loss. You should consult your tax advisor as to the tax consequences of such characterization and any possible alternative characterizations of your securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

It is possible that the Internal Revenue Service could seek to characterize your securities in a manner that results in tax consequences to you that are different from those described above. You should consult your tax advisor as to the tax consequences of any possible alternative characterizations of your securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Possible Change in Law

On December 7, 2007, the Internal Revenue Service released a notice stating that the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department are actively considering issuing guidance regarding the proper U.S. federal income tax treatment of instruments such as the offered securities, including whether holders should be required to accrue ordinary income on a current basis and whether gain or loss should be ordinary or capital. It is not possible to determine what guidance they will ultimately issue, if any. It is possible, however, that under such guidance, holders of the securities will ultimately be required to accrue income currently and this could be applied on a retroactive basis. The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department are also considering other relevant issues, including whether foreign holders of such instruments should be subject to withholding tax on any deemed income accruals and whether the special “constructive ownership rules” of Section 1260 of the Internal Revenue

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Code might be applied to such instruments. Except to the extent otherwise provided by law, we intend to continue treating the securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes in accordance with the treatment described above under “Tax Treatment” unless and until such time as Congress, the Treasury Department or the Internal Revenue Service determines that some other treatment is more appropriate.

Furthermore, in 2007, legislation was introduced in Congress that, if enacted, would have required holders that acquired instruments such as your securities after the bill was enacted to accrue interest income over the term of such instruments even though there will be no interest payments over the term of such instruments. It is not possible to predict whether a similar or identical bill will be enacted in the future, or whether any such bill would affect the tax treatment of your securities.

It is impossible to predict what any such legislation or administrative or regulatory guidance might provide, and whether the effective date of any legislation or guidance will affect securities that were issued before the date that such legislation or guidance is issued. You are urged to consult your tax advisor as to the possibility that any legislative or administrative action may adversely affect the tax treatment of your securities.

Backup Withholding and Information Reporting

You will be subject to generally applicable information reporting and backup withholding requirements as discussed in the accompanying prospectus under “United States Taxation — Taxation of Debt Securities — Backup Withholding and Information Reporting — United States Holders” with respect to payments on your securities and, notwithstanding that we do not intend to treat the securities as debt for tax purposes, we intend to backup withhold on such payments with respect to your securities unless you comply with the requirements necessary to avoid backup withholding on debt instruments (in which case you will not be subject to such backup withholding) as set forth under “United States Taxation — Taxation of Debt Securities — Backup Withholding and Information Reporting — United States Holders” in the accompanying prospectus. Please see the discussion under “United States Taxation — Taxation of Debt Securities — Backup Withholding and Information Reporting—United States Holders” in the accompanying prospectus for a description of the applicability of the backup withholding and information reporting rules to payments made on your securities.

Non-United States Holders

This section applies to you only if you are a non-United States holder. You are a non-United States holder if you are the beneficial owner of securities and are, for U.S. federal income tax purposes:

●a nonresident alien individual;

●a foreign corporation; or

●an estate or trust that in either case is not subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis on income or gain from the securities.

You will be subject to generally applicable information reporting and backup withholding requirements as discussed in the accompanying prospectus under “United States Taxation — Taxation of Debt Securities — Backup Withholding and Information Reporting — Non-United States Holders” with respect to payments on your securities and, notwithstanding that we do not intend to treat the securities as debt for tax purposes, we intend to backup withhold on such payments with respect to your securities unless you comply with the requirements necessary to avoid backup withholding on debt instruments (in which case you will not be subject to such backup withholding) as set forth under “United States Taxation — Taxation of Debt Securities — Backup Withholding and Information Reporting — Non-United States Holders” in the accompanying prospectus.

As discussed above, alternative characterizations of the securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes are possible. Should an alternative characterization of the securities, by reason of a change or clarification of the law, by regulation or otherwise, cause payments with respect to the securities to become subject to withholding tax, we will withhold tax at the applicable statutory rate and we, or the applicable withholding agent, will not make payments of any additional amounts. Prospective non-United States holders of the securities should consult their tax advisor in this regard.

Furthermore, on December 7, 2007, the Internal Revenue Service released Notice 2008-2 soliciting comments from the public on various issues, including whether instruments such as your securities should be subject to withholding. It is therefore possible that rules will be issued in the future, possibly with retroactive effect, that would cause payments on your securities to be subject to withholding, even if you comply with certification requirements as to your foreign status.

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In addition, the Treasury Department has issued regulations under which amounts paid or deemed paid on certain financial instruments (“871(m) financial instruments”) that are treated as attributable to U.S.-source dividends could be treated, in whole or in part depending on the circumstances, as a “dividend equivalent” payment that is subject to tax at a rate of 30% (or a lower rate under an applicable treaty), which in the case of any amounts you receive upon the sale, exchange, redemption or maturity of your securities, could be collected via withholding. If these regulations were to apply to the securities, we may be required to withhold such taxes if any U.S.-source dividends are paid on the underlying ETF during the term of the securities. We could also require you to make certifications (e.g., an applicable Internal Revenue Service Form W-8) prior to thematurity of the securities in order to avoid or minimize withholding obligations, and we could withhold accordingly (subject to your potential right to claim a refund from the Internal Revenue Service) if such certifications were not received or were not satisfactory. If withholding was required, we, or the applicable withholding agent, would not be required to pay any additional amounts with respect to amounts so withheld. These regulations generally will apply to 871(m) financial instruments (or a combination of financial instruments treated as having been entered into in connection with each other) issued (or significantly modified and treated as retired and reissued) on or after January 1, 2025, but will also apply to certain 871(m) financial instruments (or a combination of financial instruments treated as having been entered into in connection with each other) that have a delta (as defined in the applicable Treasury regulations) of one and are issued (or significantly modified and treated as retired and reissued) on or after January 1, 2017. In addition, these regulations will not apply to financial instruments that reference a “qualified index” (as defined in the regulations). We have determined that, as of the original issue date of your securities, your securities will not be subject to withholding under these rules. In certain limited circumstances, however, you should be aware that it is possible for non-United States holders to be liable for tax under these rules with respect to a combination of transactions treated as having been entered into in connection with each other even when no withholding is required. You should consult your tax advisor concerning these regulations, subsequent official guidance and regarding any other possible alternative characterizations of your securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Withholding

Pursuant to Treasury regulations, Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) withholding (as described in “United States Taxation—Taxation of Debt Securities—Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Withholding” in the accompanying prospectus) will generally apply to obligations that are issued on or after July 1, 2014; therefore, the securities will generally be subject to the FATCA withholding rules.

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SUPPLEMENTAL PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION; CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

See “Supplemental Plan of Distribution” on page S-51 of the accompanying general terms supplement and “Plan of Distribution - Conflicts of Interest” on page 127 of the accompanying prospectus. GS Finance Corp. estimates that its share of the total offering expenses, excluding underwriting discounts and commissions, will be approximately $ .

GS Finance Corp. will sell to Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (“GS&Co.”), and GS&Co. will purchase from GS Finance Corp., the aggregate face amount of the offered securities specified on the front cover of this pricing supplement. GS&Co. proposes initially to offer the securities to the public at the original issue price set forth on the cover page of this pricing supplement, and to UBS Financial Services Inc. at such price less a concession not in excess of 2.50% of the face amount. GS&Co. is an affiliate of GS Finance Corp. and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and, as such, will have a “conflict of interest” in this offering of securities within the meaning of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) Rule 5121. Consequently, this offering of securities will be conducted in compliance with the provisions of FINRA Rule 5121. GS&Co. will not be permitted to sell securities in this offering to an account over which it exercises discretionary authority without the prior specific written approval of the account holder.

In connection with the initial offering of the securities, the minimum face amount of securities that may be purchased by any investor is $1,000.

We expect to deliver the securities against payment therefor in New York, New York on February 14, 2024. Under Rule 15c6-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in two business days, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade securities on any date prior to two business days before delivery will be required to specify alternative settlement arrangements to prevent a failed settlement.

We have been advised by GS&Co. that it intends to make a market in the securities. However, neither GS&Co. nor any of our other affiliates that makes a market is obligated to do so and any of them may stop doing so at any time without notice. No assurance can be given as to the liquidity or trading market for the securities.

The securities will not be listed on any securities exchange or interdealer quotation system.

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We have not authorized anyone to provide any information or to make any representations other than those contained or incorporated by reference in this pricing supplement, the accompanying general terms supplement, the accompanying prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus. We take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. This pricing supplement, the accompanying general terms supplement, the accompanying prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus is an offer to sell only the securities offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. The information contained in this pricing supplement, the accompanying general terms supplement, the accompanying prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus is current only as of the respective dates of such documents.

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