EX-10.55



 EXHIBIT 10.55 

THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. 

[            ] YEAR-END
RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD 
 This Award Agreement, together with The Goldman Sachs
Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (2015) (the “Plan”), governs your award of              year-end Restricted Shares (your “Award”).
You should read carefully this entire Award Agreement, which includes the Award Statement and any attached Appendix. 
 ACCEPTANCE

 1. You Must Decide Whether to Accept this Award Agreement. To be eligible to receive your Award, you must by the date
specified (a) open and activate an Account and (b) agree to all the terms of your Award by executing the related signature card in accordance with its instructions. By executing the signature card, you confirm your agreement to all
of the terms of this Award Agreement, including the arbitration and choice of forum provisions in Paragraph 15. Within 30 days of the Date of Grant, you must make a Section 83(b) Election, which will result in your recognition of taxable income
on the Date of Grant equal to the fair market value of the Restricted Shares on the Date of Grant, but will not affect Vesting of your Restricted Shares or the removal of the Transfer Restrictions. 

DOCUMENTS THAT GOVERN YOUR AWARD; DEFINITIONS 

2. The Plan. Your Award is granted under the Plan, and the Plan’s terms apply to, and are a part of, this Award Agreement.

 3. Your Award Statement. The Award Statement delivered to you contains some of your Award’s specific terms. For
example, it contains the number of Restricted Shares awarded to you and any applicable Vesting Dates and Transferability Dates. 
 4.
Definitions. Capitalized terms are defined in the Definitions Appendix, which also includes terms that are defined in the Plan. 

VESTING OF YOUR RESTRICTED SHARES 

5. Vesting. On each Vesting Date listed on your Award Statement, you will become Vested in the amount of Outstanding
Restricted Shares listed next to that date. When a Restricted Share becomes Vested, it means only that your continued active Employment is not required for that portion of Restricted Shares to become fully transferrable without risk of
forfeiture. Vesting does not mean you have a non-forfeitable right to the Vested portion of your Award. The terms of this Award Agreement (including the Transfer Restrictions) continue to apply to Vested Restricted Shares, and you can still
forfeit Vested Restricted Shares. 
 TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS 

6. Transfer Restrictions. Restricted Shares will be subject to Transfer Restrictions until the Transferability Date next to such
number or percentage of Restricted Shares on your Award Statement. Any purported sale, exchange, transfer, assignment, pledge, hypothecation, fractionalization, hedge or other disposition in violation of the Transfer Restrictions will be void.
Within 30 Business Days after the Transferability Date listed on your Award Statement (or any other date on which the Transfer Restrictions are to be removed), GS Inc. will remove the Transfer Restrictions. The Committee or the SIP Committee may
select multiple dates within such 30 Business-Day-period on which to remove Transfer Restrictions for all or a portion of the Restricted Shares with the same Transferability Date listed on the Award Statement, and all such dates will be treated as a
single Transferability Date for purposes of this Award. 







 DIVIDENDS 

7. Dividends. You will be entitled to receive on a current basis any regular cash dividend paid in respect of your Restricted
Shares. 
 FORFEITURE OF YOUR AWARD 

8. How You May Forfeit Your Award. This Paragraph 8 sets forth the events that result in forfeiture of up to all of your
Restricted Shares and may require repayment to the Firm of up to all other amounts previously delivered or paid to you under your Award in accordance with Paragraph 9. More than one event may apply, and in no case will the occurrence of one event
limit the forfeiture and repayment obligations as a result of the occurrence of any other event. In addition, the Firm reserves the right to (a) suspend vesting of Outstanding Restricted Shares or release of Transfer Restrictions,
(b) deliver any Restricted Shares into an escrow account in accordance with Paragraph 12(f)(v) or (c) apply Transfer Restrictions to any Restricted Shares in connection with any investigation of whether any of the events that result in
forfeiture under the Plan or this Paragraph 8 have occurred. Paragraph 10 (relating to certain circumstances under which you will not forfeit your unvested Restricted Shares upon Employment termination) and Paragraph 11 (relating to certain
circumstances under which vesting and/or release of Transfer Restrictions may be accelerated) provide for exceptions to one or more provisions of this Paragraph 8. 

(a) Unvested Restricted Shares Forfeited if Your Employment Terminates. If your Employment terminates for any reason or
you are otherwise no longer actively employed with the Firm (which includes off-premises notice periods, “garden leaves,” pay in lieu of notice or any other similar status), your rights to your Outstanding Restricted Shares that are not
Vested will terminate and those Restricted Shares will be cancelled. 
 (b) Restricted Shares Vested at Grant Forfeited if
You Associate With a Covered Enterprise. If you Associate With a Covered Enterprise before the earlier of              or a Qualifying Termination After a Change In Control, your
rights to your Outstanding Restricted Shares that were Vested on the Date of Grant will terminate and those Restricted Shares will be cancelled. 

(c) Vested and Unvested Restricted Shares Forfeited if You Solicit Clients or Employees, Interfere with Client or Employee
Relationships or Participate in the Hiring of Employees. If either: 
 (i) you, in any manner, directly or indirectly,
(A) Solicit any Client to transact business with a Covered Enterprise or to reduce or refrain from doing any business with the Firm, (B) interfere with or damage (or attempt to interfere with or damage) any relationship between the Firm
and any Client, (C) Solicit any person who is an employee of the Firm to resign from the Firm or to apply for or accept employment with any Covered Enterprise or (D) on behalf of yourself or any person or Covered Enterprise hire, or
participate in the hiring of, any Selected Firm Personnel or identify, or participate in the identification of, Selected Firm Personnel for potential hiring, whether as an employee or consultant or otherwise, or 

(ii) Selected Firm Personnel are Solicited, hired or accepted into partnership,


  
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membership or similar status (A) by a Covered Enterprise that you form, that bears your name, in which you are a partner, member or have similar status, or in which you possess or control
greater than a de minimis equity ownership, voting or profit participation or (B) by any Covered Enterprise where you have, or are intended to have, direct or indirect managerial or supervisory responsibility for such Selected Firm
Personnel, 
 then your rights to the following Restricted Shares (whether or not Vested) will terminate and those Restricted Shares will be
cancelled: 
 (X) all of the Restricted Shares granted to you if any of the events in this Paragraph 8(c) occurs before the
             Date, 
 (Y) the Restricted Shares with a
Vesting Date of              or              if any of the events in this Paragraph 8(c) occurs after the
             Date but before the              Date; and 

(Z) the Restricted Shares with a Vesting Date of
             if any of the events in this Paragraph 8(c) occurs after the              Date but before the
             Date. 
 (d) Vested and Unvested
Restricted Shares Forfeited upon Certain Events. If any of the following occurs, your rights to all of your Outstanding Restricted Shares (whether or not Vested) will terminate and those Restricted Shares will be cancelled, in each case, as may
be further described below: 
 (i) You Failed to Consider Risk. You Failed to Consider Risk during the Firm’s
             fiscal year. 
 (ii) Your Conduct
Constitutes Cause. Any event that constitutes Cause has occurred before the Transferability Date. 
 (iii) You Do Not
Meet Your Obligations to the Firm. The Committee determines that, before the Transferability Date, you failed to meet, in any respect, any obligation under any agreement with the Firm, or any agreement entered into in connection with your
Employment or this Award, including the Firm’s notice period requirement applicable to you, any offer letter, employment agreement or any shareholders’ agreement relating to the Firm. Your failure to pay or reimburse the Firm, on demand,
for any amount you owe to the Firm will constitute (A) failure to meet an obligation you have under an agreement, regardless of whether such obligation arises under a written agreement, and/or (B) a material violation of Firm policy
constituting Cause. 
 (iv) You Do Not Provide Timely Certifications or Comply with Your Certifications. You fail to
certify to GS Inc. that you have complied with all of the terms of the Plan and this Award Agreement, or the Committee determines that you have failed to comply with a term of the Plan or this Award Agreement to which you have certified compliance.

 (v) You Do Not Follow Dispute Resolution/Arbitration Procedures. You attempt to have any dispute under the Plan or
this Award Agreement resolved in any manner that is not provided for by Paragraph 15 or Section 3.17 of the Plan. 

  
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 (vi) You Bring an Action that Results in a Determination that Any Award
Agreement Term Is Invalid. As a result of any action brought by you, it is determined that any term of this Award Agreement is invalid. 

(vii) You Receive Compensation in Respect of Your Award from Another Employer. Your Employment terminates for any reason
or you otherwise are no longer actively employed with the Firm and another entity grants you cash, equity or other property (whether vested or unvested) to replace, substitute for or otherwise in respect of any Outstanding Restricted Shares;
provided, however, that your rights will only be terminated in respect of the Restricted Shares that are replaced, substituted for or otherwise considered by such other entity in making its grant. 

REPAYMENT OF YOUR AWARD 

9. When You May Be Required to Repay Your Award. If the Committee determines that any term of this Award was not satisfied, you
will be required, immediately upon demand therefor, to repay to the Firm the following: 
 (a) Any Restricted Shares for
which the terms (including the terms for the release of Transfer Restrictions) were not satisfied, in accordance with Section 2.5.3 of the Plan. 

(b) Any Restricted Shares for which Transfer Restrictions were previously released if (i) any Restricted Shares with a
Transferability Date of              are forfeited in accordance with any of Paragraphs 8(d)(i) through 8(d)(vi) or (ii) are required to be repaid due to the occurrence of any
of the events described in Paragraphs 8(d)(i) through 8(d)(vi). 
 (c) Any dividends paid in respect of any Restricted Shares
that are cancelled or required to be repaid. 
 (d) Any amount applied to satisfy tax withholding or other obligations with
respect to any Restricted Shares or dividend payments that are forfeited or required to be repaid. 
 EXCEPTIONS TO
THE VESTING AND/OR TRANSFERABILITY DATES 
 10.
Circumstances Under Which You Will Not Forfeit Your Unvested Restricted Shares on Employment Termination (but the Transferability Date Continues to Apply). If your Employment terminates at a time when you meet the requirements for
Extended Absence, Retirement or “downsizing”, each as described below, then Paragraph 8(a) will not apply, and your Outstanding Restricted Shares will be treated as described in this Paragraph 10. All other terms of this Award Agreement,
including the other forfeiture and repayment events in Paragraphs 8 and 9, continue to apply. 
 (a) Extended Absence or
Retirement and No Association With a Covered Enterprise. 
 (i) Generally. If your Employment terminates by
Extended Absence or Retirement, your Outstanding Restricted Shares that are not Vested will become Vested. However, your rights to any Outstanding Restricted Shares that becomes Vested by this Paragraph 10(a)(i) will terminate and those Restricted
Shares will be cancelled if you Associate With a Covered Enterprise on or before the originally scheduled Vesting Date for those Restricted Shares. 

  
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 (ii) Special Treatment for Involuntary or Mutual Agreement Termination.
Paragraph 8(b) and the second sentence of Paragraph 10(a)(i) (each relating to forfeiture if you Associate With a Covered Enterprise) will not apply if (A) the Firm characterizes your Employment termination as “involuntary” or by
“mutual agreement” and (B) you execute a general waiver and release of claims and an agreement to pay any associated tax liability, in each case, in the form the Firm prescribes. No Employment termination that you initiate, including
any purported “constructive termination,” a “termination for good reason” or similar concepts, can be “involuntary” or by “mutual agreement.” 

(b) Downsizing. If (i) the Firm terminates your Employment solely by reason of a “downsizing” (and you
have not engaged in conduct constituting Cause) and (ii) you execute a general waiver and release of claims and an agreement to pay any associated tax liability, in each case, in the form the Firm prescribes, your Outstanding Restricted Shares
that are not yet Vested will become Vested and Paragraph 8(b) will not apply. Whether or not your Employment is terminated solely by reason of a “downsizing” will be determined by the Firm in its sole discretion. 

11. Accelerated Vesting and/or Release of Transfer Restrictions in the Event of a Qualifying Termination After a Change in Control,
Conflicted Employment or Death. In the event of your Qualifying Termination After a Change in Control, Conflicted Employment or death, each as described below, then Paragraph 8(a) will not apply, your Outstanding Award will be treated as
described in this Paragraph 11, and, except as set forth in Paragraph 11(a), all other terms of this Award Agreement, including the other forfeiture and repayment events in Paragraphs 8 and 9, continue to apply. 

(a) You Have a Qualifying Termination After a Change in Control. If your Employment terminates when you meet the
requirements of a Qualifying Termination After a Change in Control, your Outstanding Restricted Shares will Vest and any Transfer Restrictions will cease to apply. In addition, the forfeiture events in Paragraph 8 will not apply to your Award. 

(b) You Are Determined to Have Accepted Conflicted Employment. 

(i) Generally. If your Employment terminates solely because you resign to accept Conflicted Employment, as soon as
practicable after the Committee has received satisfactory documentation relating to your Conflicted Employment, (A) your Outstanding Restricted Shares will Vest and (B) any Transfer Restrictions will cease to apply. In addition, if,
following your termination of Employment, you notify the Firm and provide the Committee with satisfactory documentation that you are accepting Conflicted Employment, any Transfer Restrictions will cease to apply. 

(ii) You May Have to Take Other Steps to Address Conflicts of Interest. The Committee retains the authority to exercise
its rights under the Award Agreement or the Plan (including Section 1.3.2 of the Plan) to take or require you to take other steps it determines in its sole discretion to be necessary or appropriate to cure an actual or perceived conflict of
interest (which may include a determination that the accelerated vesting and/or release of Transfer Restrictions described in Paragraph 11(b)(i) will not apply because such actions are not necessary or appropriate to cure an actual or perceived
conflict of interest). 
 (c) Death. If you die, any Transfer Restrictions will cease to apply as soon as practicable
after the date of death and after such documentation as may be requested by the Committee is provided to the Committee. 

  
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 OTHER TERMS, CONDITIONS AND
AGREEMENTS 
 12. Additional Terms, Conditions and Agreements. 

(a) You Must Satisfy Applicable Tax Withholding Requirements. Vesting of Restricted Shares and removal of the Transfer
Restrictions are conditioned on your satisfaction of any applicable withholding taxes in accordance with Section 3.2 of the Plan (which includes the Firm deducting or withholding amounts from any payment or distribution to you). In addition, to
the extent permitted by applicable law, the Firm, in its sole discretion, may require you to provide amounts equal to all or a portion of any Federal, state, local, foreign or other tax obligations imposed on you or the Firm in connection with the
grant, Vesting or delivery of this Award by requiring you to choose between remitting the amount (i) in cash (or through payroll deduction or otherwise), (ii) in the form of proceeds from the Firm’s executing a sale of shares of
Common Stock delivered to you under this Award or (iii) shares of Common Stock delivered to you pursuant to this Award. In addition, if you are an individual with separate employment contracts (at any time during and/or after the Firm’s
             fiscal year), the Firm, in its sole discretion, may require you to provide for a reserve in an amount the Firm determines is advisable or necessary in connection with
any actual, anticipated or potential tax consequences related to your separate employment contracts by requiring you to choose between remitting such amount (i) in cash (or through payroll deduction or otherwise) or (ii) in the form of
proceeds from the Firm’s executing a sale of shares of Common Stock delivered to you pursuant to this Award (or any other Outstanding awards granted under the Plan or any predecessor or successor plan thereto). 

(b) Firm May Deliver Cash or Other Property Instead of Shares. In accordance with Section 1.3.2(i) of the Plan, in
the sole discretion of the Committee, in lieu of all or any portion of the shares of Common Stock, the Firm may deliver cash, other securities, other awards under the Plan or other property, and all references in this Award Agreement to deliveries
of shares of Common Stock will include such deliveries of cash, other securities, other awards under the Plan or other property. 

(c) Amounts May Be Rounded to Avoid Fractional Shares. Restricted Shares that become Vested on a Vesting Date and
Restricted Shares subject to Transfer Restrictions may, in each case, be rounded to avoid fractional shares of Common Stock. 

(d) You May Be Required to Become a Party to the Shareholders’ Agreement. Your rights to your Restricted Shares are
conditioned on your becoming a party to any shareholders’ agreement to which other similarly situated employees (e.g., employees with a similar title or position) of the Firm are required to be a party. 

(e) Firm May Affix Legends and Place Stop Orders on Restricted Shares. GS Inc. may affix to Certificates representing
shares of Common Stock any legend that the Committee determines to be necessary or advisable (including to reflect any restrictions to which you may be subject under a separate agreement). GS Inc. may advise the transfer agent to place a stop order
against any legended shares of Common Stock. 
 (f) You Agree to Certain Consents, Terms and Conditions. By accepting
this Award you understand and agree that: 
 (i) You Agree to Certain Consents as a Condition to the Award. You have
expressly consented to all of the items listed in Section 3.3.3(d) of the Plan, including the Firm’s supplying to any third-party recordkeeper of the Plan or other person such personal information of yours as the Committee deems advisable
to administer the Plan, and you agree to provide any additional consents that the Committee determines to be necessary or advisable; 

  
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 (ii) You Are Subject to the Firm’s Policies, Rules and Procedures.
You are subject to the Firm’s policies in effect from time to time concerning trading in shares of Common Stock and hedging or pledging shares of Common Stock and equity-based compensation or other awards (including, without limitation, the
Firm’s “Policies With Respect to Transactions Involving GS Shares, Equity Awards and GS Options by Persons Affiliated with GS Inc.” or any successor policies), and confidential or proprietary information, and you will effect sales of
shares of Common Stock in accordance with such rules and procedures as may be adopted from time to time (which may include, without limitation, restrictions relating to the timing of sale requests, the manner in which sales are executed, pricing
method, consolidation or aggregation of orders and volume limits determined by the Firm); 
 (iii) You Are Responsible for
Costs Associated with Your Award. You will be responsible for all brokerage costs and other fees or expenses associated with your Restricted Shares, including those related to the sale of shares of Common Stock; 

(iv) You Will Be Deemed to Represent Your Compliance with All the Terms of Your Award if You Sell Shares. You will be
deemed to have represented and certified that you have complied with all of the terms of the Plan and this Award Agreement when you request the sale of shares of Common Stock following the release of Transfer Restrictions; 

(v) Firm May Deliver Your Award into an Escrow Account. The Firm may establish and maintain an escrow account on such
terms (which may include your executing any documents related to, and your paying for any costs associated with, such account) as it may deem necessary or appropriate, and the delivery of shares of Common Stock (including Restricted Shares) or the
payment of cash or other property may initially be made into and held in that escrow account until such time as the Committee has received such documentation as it may have requested or until the Committee has determined that any other conditions or
restrictions on delivery of shares of Common Stock, cash or other property required by this Award Agreement have been satisfied; 

(vi) You May Be Required to Certify Compliance with Award Terms; You Are Responsible for Providing the Firm with Updated
Address and Contact Information After Your Departure from the Firm. If your Employment terminates while you continue to hold Restricted Shares, from time to time, you may be required to provide certifications of your compliance with all of the
terms of the Plan and this Award Agreement as described in Paragraph 8(d)(iv). You understand and agree that (A) your address on file with the Firm at the time any certification is required will be deemed to be your current address, (B) it
is your responsibility to inform the Firm of any changes to your address to ensure timely receipt of the certification materials, (C) you are responsible for contacting the Firm to obtain such certification materials if not received and
(D) your failure to return properly completed certification materials by the specified deadline (which includes your failure to timely return the completed certification because you did not provide the Firm with updated contact information)
will result in the forfeiture of all of your Restricted Shares and subject previously delivered amounts to repayment under Paragraph 8(d)(iv); 

(vii) You Authorize the Firm to Register, in Its or Its Designee’s Name, Any Restricted Shares and Sell, Assign or
Transfer any Forfeited Restricted Shares. You are granting to the Firm the full power and authority to register any Restricted Shares in its or its designee’s 

  
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name and authorizing the Firm or its designee to sell, assign or transfer any Restricted Shares if forfeited by you. This Award, if held in escrow, will not be delivered to you but will be held
by an escrow agent for your benefit. If an escrow agent is used, such escrow agent will also hold the Restricted Shares for the benefit of the Firm for the purpose of perfecting its security interest; 

(viii) You Must Comply with Applicable Deadlines and Procedures to Appeal Determinations Made by the Committee, the SIP
Committee or SIP Administrators. In order to appeal a determination by the Committee, the SIP Committee, the SIP Administrators, or any of their delegates or designees, you must submit a written request for the appeal within 180 days after
receipt of any such determination. You must exhaust all administrative remedies before seeking to resolve a dispute through arbitration pursuant to Paragraph 15 and Section 3.17 of the Plan; and 

(ix) You Agree that Covered Persons Will Not Have Liability. In addition to and without limiting the generality of the
provisions of Section 1.3.5 of the Plan, neither the Firm nor any Covered Person will have any liability to you or any other person for any action taken or omitted in respect of this or any other Award. 

13. Non-transferability. Except as otherwise may be provided in this Paragraph 13 or as otherwise may be provided by the
Committee, the limitations on transferability set forth in Section 3.5 of the Plan will apply to this Award. Any purported transfer or assignment in violation of the provisions of this Paragraph 13 or Section 3.5 of the Plan will be void.
The Committee may adopt procedures pursuant to which some or all recipients of Restricted Shares may transfer some or all of their Restricted Shares (which will continue to be subject to Transfer Restrictions until the Transferability Date) through
a gift for no consideration to any immediate family member, a trust or other estate planning vehicle approved by the Committee or SIP Committee in which the recipient and/or the recipient’s immediate family members in the aggregate have 100% of
the beneficial interest. 
 14. Right of Offset. The obligation to pay dividends or to remove the Transfer Restrictions under
this Award Agreement is subject to Section 3.4 of the Plan, which provides for the Firm’s right to offset against such obligation any outstanding amounts you owe to the Firm and any amounts the Committee deems appropriate pursuant to any
tax equalization policy or agreement. 
 ARBITRATION, CHOICE OF FORUM AND
GOVERNING LAW 
 15. Arbitration; Choice of Forum. 

(a) BY ACCEPTING THIS AWARD, YOU
ARE INDICATING THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE ARBITRATION AND
CHOICE OF FORUM PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 3.17 OF THE PLAN
WILL APPLY TO THIS AWARD. THESE PROVISIONS, WHICH ARE EXPRESSLY INCORPORATED
HEREIN BY REFERENCE, PROVIDE AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT ANY DISPUTE, CONTROVERSY
OR CLAIM BETWEEN THE FIRM AND YOU ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING
TO OR CONCERNING THE PLAN OR THIS AWARD AGREEMENT WILL BE FINALLY
SETTLED BY ARBITRATION IN NEW YORK CITY, PURSUANT TO THE TERMS MORE
FULLY SET FORTH IN SECTION 3.17 OF THE PLAN. 

(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitrator will have the authority to consider class, collective or
representative claims, to order consolidation or to join different claimants or grant relief other than on an individual basis to the individual claimant involved. 

  
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 (c) Notwithstanding any applicable forum rules to the contrary, to the extent
there is a question of enforceability of this Award Agreement arising from a challenge to the arbitrator’s jurisdiction or to the arbitrability of a claim, it will be decided by a court and not an arbitrator. 

(d) All references to the New York Stock Exchange in Section 3.17 of the Plan will be read as references to the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority. 
 (e) The Federal Arbitration Act governs interpretation and enforcement of all arbitration
provisions under the Plan and this Award Agreement, and all arbitration proceedings thereunder. 
 (f) Nothing in this Award
Agreement creates a substantive right to bring a claim under U.S. Federal, state, or local employment laws. 
 16. Governing
Law. THIS AWARD WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES
OF CONFLICT OF LAWS. 
 COMMITTEE AUTHORITY,
AMENDMENT AND CONSTRUCTION 
 17. Committee Authority. The Committee has the
authority to determine, in its sole discretion, that any event triggering forfeiture or repayment of your Award will not apply, to limit the forfeitures and repayments that result under Paragraphs 8 and 9 and to remove Transfer Restrictions before
the Transferability Date. In addition, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may determine whether Paragraphs 10(a)(ii) and 10(b) will apply upon a termination of Employment. 

18. Amendment. The Committee reserves the right at any time to amend the terms of this Award Agreement, and the Board may amend
the Plan in any respect; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing and Sections 1.3.2(f), 1.3.2(h) and 3.1 of the Plan, no such amendment will materially adversely affect your rights and obligations under this Award Agreement without your
consent; and provided further that the Committee expressly reserves its rights to amend the Award Agreement and the Plan as described in Sections 1.3.2(h)(1), (2) and (4) of the Plan. A modification that impacts the tax consequences
of this Award will not be an amendment that materially adversely affects your rights and obligations under this Award Agreement. Any amendment of this Award Agreement will be in writing. 

19. Construction, Headings. Unless the context requires otherwise, (a) words describing the singular number include the
plural and vice versa, (b) words denoting any gender include all genders and (c) the words “include,” “includes” and “including” will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The
headings in this Award Agreement are for the purpose of convenience only and are not intended to define or limit the construction of the provisions hereof. References in this Award Agreement to any specific Plan provision will not be construed as
limiting the applicability of any other Plan provision. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, GS Inc. has caused this Award Agreement to be duly executed and
delivered as of the Date of Grant. 
 THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. 

  
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 SHAREHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT APPENDIX 

Treatment of              Year-End Restricted Shares under the Amended and Restated
Shareholders’ Agreement (the “Shareholders’ Agreement”). Certain capitalized terms used in this Appendix are used with the meaning assigned to them in the Shareholders’ Agreement, as noted below.  

 

	 	•	 	With respect to all Restricted Shares that are awarded under the              Year-End Award, an event triggering the recalculation of the Covered
Person’s Covered Shares (as each term is defined in the Shareholders’ Agreement) shall be deemed to occur with respect to one-third of such Restricted Shares on each of the
             Date, the              Date, and the
             Date (each such date being referred to as a “Trigger Date”). 

  

	 	•	 	As of each such Trigger Date, such Covered Person’s Covered Shares shall be increased by: 

  

	 	•	 	the gross number of Restricted Shares for such Trigger Date (determined before any deductions, including any deductions for withholding taxes, fees or commissions), minus 


 

	 	•	 	such gross number multiplied by the Specified Tax Rate (as defined in the Shareholders’ Agreement) that would apply if the Covered Person had received, on or around the Trigger Date, a delivery of RSU Shares
underlying RSUs instead of receiving a grant of Restricted Shares. 

  

	 	•	 	Until a Trigger Date, the Covered Person shall not be deemed to be the Sole Beneficial Owner (as defined in the Shareholders’ Agreement) of the Restricted Shares relating to such Trigger Date (and therefore until
such Trigger Date such Shares shall not be counted toward the satisfaction of the Transfer Restrictions (as defined in the Shareholders’ Agreement)). 


  
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 DEFINITIONS APPENDIX 

The following capitalized terms are used in this Award Agreement with the following meanings: 

(a) “409A Deferred Compensation” means a “deferral of compensation” or “deferred compensation” as those
terms are defined in the regulations under Section 409A. 
 (b) “Associate With a Covered Enterprise” means that you
(i) form, or acquire a 5% or greater equity ownership, voting or profit participation interest in, any Covered Enterprise or (ii) associate in any capacity (including association as an officer, employee, partner, director, consultant,
agent or advisor) with any Covered Enterprise. Associate With a Covered Enterprise may include, as determined in the discretion of either the Committee or the SIP Committee, (i) becoming the subject of any publicly available announcement or
report of a pending or future association with a Covered Enterprise and (ii) unpaid associations, including an association in contemplation of future employment. “Association With a Covered Enterprise” will have its correlative
meaning. 
 (c) “Covered Enterprise” means an existing or planned business enterprise that competes with the Firm (which,
for this purpose means offering products or services that are the same as or similar to those offered by the Firm (“Firm Products or Services”)), or reasonably may be expected to do so. The enterprises covered by this definition include
enterprises that offer Firm Products or Services directly, as well as those that do so indirectly by ownership or control (e.g., by owning, being owned by, or being under common ownership with an enterprise that offers Firm Products or
Services). An enterprise will be treated as providing Firm Products or Services if, solely by way of example, it provides products or services associated with investment banking, public or private finance, lending, financial advisory services,
private investing (for anyone other than you or your family members), private banking, commercial banking, merchant banking, asset or hedge fund management, insurance or reinsurance underwriting or brokerage, property management, or securities,
futures, commodities, energy, derivatives or currency brokerage, sales, lending, custody, clearance, settlement or trading. A Competitive Enterprise is a Covered Enterprise. An enterprise that offers, or may reasonably be expected to offer, Firm
Products or Services is a Covered Enterprise irrespective of whether the enterprise is a customer, client or counterparty of the Firm, and, because the Firm is a global enterprise, irrespective of where the Covered Enterprise is physically
located. 
 (d) “Failed to Consider Risk” means that you participated in the structuring or marketing of any product or
service, or participated on behalf of the Firm or any of its clients in the purchase or sale of any security or other property, in any case without appropriate consideration of the risk to the Firm or the broader financial system as a whole (for
example, where you have improperly analyzed such risk or where you have failed sufficiently to raise concerns about such risk) and, as a result of such action or omission, the Committee determines there has been, or reasonably could be expected to
be, a material adverse impact on the Firm, your business unit or the broader financial system. 
 (e)
“[            ] Date” means the first trading day in a Window Period in              (or if there is no
trading day in a Window Period that occurs in              on or before             , another date in
             that is selected by the Committee or the SIP Committee) and includes the 30 Business Days after such date. 

(f) “Qualifying Termination After a Change in Control” means that the Firm terminates your Employment other than for Cause or
you terminate your Employment for Good Reason, in each case, within 18 months following a Change in Control. 

  
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 (g) “Section 83(b) Election” means an election filed with the Internal Revenue
Service, electing under Section 83(b) of the Code to be taxed currently on the fair market value of the Restricted Shares on the Date of Grant. 

(h) “Selected Firm Personnel” means any individual who is or in the three months preceding the conduct prohibited by Paragraph
8(c) was (i) a Firm employee or consultant with whom you personally worked while employed by the Firm, (ii) a Firm employee or consultant who, at any time during the year preceding the date of the termination of your Employment, worked in
the same division in which you worked or (iii) an Advisory Director, a Managing Director or a Senior Advisor of the Firm. 
 The following
capitalized terms are used in this Award Agreement with the meanings that are assigned to them in the Plan. 
 (a)
“Account” means any brokerage account, custody account or similar account, as approved or required by GS Inc. from time to time, into which shares of Common Stock, cash or other property in respect of an Award are delivered. 

(b) “Award Agreement” means the written document or documents by which each Award is evidenced, including any Award Statement.

 (c) “Award Statement” means a written statement that reflects certain Award terms. 

(d) “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York City are
authorized or obligated by Federal law or executive order to be closed. 
 (e) “Cause” means (i) the Grantee’s
conviction, whether following trial or by plea of guilty or nolo contendere (or similar plea), in a criminal proceeding (A) on a misdemeanor charge involving fraud, false statements or misleading omissions, wrongful taking, embezzlement,
bribery, forgery, counterfeiting or extortion, or (B) on a felony charge, or (C) on an equivalent charge to those in clauses (A) and (B) in jurisdictions which do not use those designations, (ii) the Grantee’s engaging
in any conduct which constitutes an employment disqualification under applicable law (including statutory disqualification as defined under the Exchange Act), (iii) the Grantee’s willful failure to perform the Grantee’s duties to the
Firm, (iv) the Grantee’s violation of any securities or commodities laws, any rules or regulations issued pursuant to such laws, or the rules and regulations of any securities or commodities exchange or association of which the Firm is a
member, (v) the Grantee’s violation of any Firm policy concerning hedging or pledging or confidential or proprietary information, or the Grantee’s material violation of any other Firm policy as in effect from time to time,
(vi) the Grantee’s engaging in any act or making any statement which impairs, impugns, denigrates, disparages or negatively reflects upon the name, reputation or business interests of the Firm or (vii) the Grantee’s engaging in
any conduct detrimental to the Firm. The determination as to whether Cause has occurred shall be made by the Committee in its sole discretion and, in such case, the Committee also may, but shall not be required to, specify the date such Cause
occurred (including by determining that a prior termination of Employment was for Cause). Any rights the Firm may have hereunder and in any Award Agreement in respect of the events giving rise to Cause shall be in addition to the rights the Firm may
have under any other agreement with a Grantee or at law or in equity. 
 (f) “Change in Control” means the consummation of a
merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar form of corporate transaction involving GS Inc. (a “Reorganization”) or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of GS Inc.’s assets to an entity that is not an
affiliate of GS Inc. (a “Sale”), that in each case requires the approval of GS Inc.’s shareholders under the law of GS Inc.’s jurisdiction of organization, whether for such Reorganization or Sale (or the issuance of
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Inc. in such Reorganization or Sale), unless immediately following such Reorganization or Sale, either: (i) at least 50% of the total voting power (in respect of the election of directors,
or similar officials in the case of an entity other than a corporation) of (A) the entity resulting from such Reorganization, or the entity which has acquired all or substantially all of the assets of GS Inc. in a Sale (in either case, the
“Surviving Entity”), or (B) if applicable, the ultimate parent entity that directly or indirectly has beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, as such Rule is in effect on the date of the adoption
of the 1999 SIP) of 50% or more of the total voting power (in respect of the election of directors, or similar officials in the case of an entity other than a corporation) of the Surviving Entity (the “Parent Entity”) is represented by GS
Inc.’s securities (the “GS Inc. Securities”) that were outstanding immediately prior to such Reorganization or Sale (or, if applicable, is represented by shares into which such GS Inc. Securities were converted pursuant to such
Reorganization or Sale) or (ii) at least 50% of the members of the board of directors (or similar officials in the case of an entity other than a corporation) of the Parent Entity (or, if there is no Parent Entity, the Surviving Entity)
following the consummation of the Reorganization or Sale were, at the time of the Board’s approval of the execution of the initial agreement providing for such Reorganization or Sale, individuals (the “Incumbent Directors”) who either
(A) were members of the Board on the Effective Date or (B) became directors subsequent to the Effective Date and whose election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors then on the
Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of GS Inc.’s proxy statement in which such persons are named as nominees for director). 

(g) “Client” means any client or prospective client of the Firm to whom the Grantee provided services, or for whom the Grantee
transacted business, or whose identity became known to the Grantee in connection with the Grantee’s relationship with or employment by the Firm. 

(h) “Committee” means the committee appointed by the Board to administer the Plan pursuant to Section 1.3, and, to the
extent the Board determines it is appropriate for the compensation realized from Awards under the Plan to be considered “performance based” compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, shall be a committee or subcommittee of the
Board composed of two or more members, each of whom is an “outside director” within the meaning of Code Section 162(m), and which, to the extent the Board determines it is appropriate for Awards under the Plan to qualify for the
exemption available under Rule 16b-3(d)(1) or Rule 16b-3(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act, shall be a committee or subcommittee of the Board composed of two or more members, each of whom is a “non-employee director” within the meaning
of Rule 16b-3. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the Committee shall be the Compensation Committee of the Board. 
 (i)
“Common Stock” means common stock of GS Inc., par value $0.01 per share. 
 (j) “Competitive Enterprise”
means an existing or planned business enterprise that (i) engages, or may reasonably be expected to engage, in any activity, (ii) owns or controls, or may reasonably be expected to own or control, a significant interest in or
(iii) is, or may reasonably be expected to be, owned by, or a significant interest in which is, or may reasonably expected to be, owned or controlled by, any entity that engages in any activity that, in any case, competes or will compete
anywhere with any activity in which the Firm is engaged. The activities covered by this definition include, without limitation, financial services such as investment banking, public or private finance, lending, financial advisory services, private
investing (for anyone other than the Grantee and members of the Grantee’s family), merchant banking, asset or hedge fund management, insurance or reinsurance underwriting or brokerage, property management, or securities, futures, commodities,
energy, derivatives or currency brokerage, sales, lending, custody, clearance, settlement or trading. 
 (k) “Conflicted
Employment” means the Grantee’s employment at any U.S. Federal, state or local government, any non-U.S. government, any supranational or international organization, any self-

  
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regulatory organization, or any agency or instrumentality of any such government or organization, or any other employer determined by the Committee, if, as a result of such employment, the
Grantee’s continued holding of any Outstanding Award would result in an actual or perceived conflict of interest. 
 (l)
“Covered Person” means a member of the Board or the Committee or any employee of the Firm. 
 (m) “Date of
Grant” means the date specified in the Grantee’s Award Agreement as the date of grant of the Award. 
 (n) “Dividend
Equivalent Right” means a dividend equivalent right granted under the Plan, which represents an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay to the Grantee amounts equal to all or any portion of the regular cash dividends that would be paid on
shares of Common Stock covered by an Award if such shares had been delivered pursuant to an Award. 
 (o) “Employment” means
the Grantee’s performance of services for the Firm, as determined by the Committee. The terms “employ” and “employed” shall have their correlative meanings. The Committee in its sole discretion may determine (i) whether
and when a Grantee’s leave of absence results in a termination of Employment (for this purpose, unless the Committee determines otherwise, a Grantee shall be treated as terminating Employment with the Firm upon the occurrence of an Extended
Absence), (ii) whether and when a change in a Grantee’s association with the Firm results in a termination of Employment and (iii) the impact, if any, of any such leave of absence or change in association on Awards theretofore made.
Unless expressly provided otherwise, any references in the Plan or any Award Agreement to a Grantee’s Employment being terminated shall include both voluntary and involuntary terminations. 

(p) “Extended Absence” means the Grantee’s inability to perform for six (6) continuous months, due to illness,
injury or pregnancy-related complications, substantially all the essential duties of the Grantee’s occupation, as determined by the Committee. 

(q) “Fair Market Value” means, with respect to a share of Common Stock on any day, the fair market value as determined in
accordance with a valuation methodology approved by the Committee. 
 (r) “Firm” means GS Inc. and its subsidiaries and
affiliates. 
 (s) “Good Reason” means, in connection with a termination of employment by a Grantee following a Change in
Control, (a) as determined by the Committee, a materially adverse alteration in the Grantee’s position or in the nature or status of the Grantee’s responsibilities from those in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control or
(b) the Firm’s requiring the Grantee’s principal place of Employment to be located more than seventy-five (75) miles from the location where the Grantee is principally Employed at the time of the Change in Control (except for
required travel on the Firm’s business to an extent substantially consistent with the Grantee’s customary business travel obligations in the ordinary course of business prior to the Change in Control). 

(t) “Grantee” means a person who receives an Award. 

(u) “GS Inc.” means The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., and any successor thereto. 

(v) “Outstanding” means any Award to the extent it has not been forfeited, cancelled, terminated, exercised or with respect to
which the shares of Common Stock underlying the Award have not been previously delivered or other payments made. 

  
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 (w) “Restricted Share” means a share of Common Stock delivered under the Plan
that is subject to Transfer Restrictions, forfeiture provisions and/or other terms and conditions specified in the Plan and in the Award Agreement or other Applicable Award Agreement. All references to Restricted Shares include “Shares at
Risk.” 
 (x) “Retirement” means termination of the Grantee’s Employment (other than for Cause) on or after the
Date of Grant at a time when (i) (A) the sum of the Grantee’s age plus years of service with the Firm (as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion) equals or exceeds 60 and (B) the Grantee has completed at least 10
years of service with the Firm (as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion) or, if earlier, (ii) (A) the Grantee has attained age 50 and (B) the Grantee has completed at least five years of service with the Firm (as
determined by the Committee in its sole discretion). 
 (y) “RSU” means a restricted stock unit Award granted under the
Plan, which represents an unfunded and unsecured promise to deliver shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the RSU Award Agreement. 

(z) “RSU Shares” means shares of Common Stock that underlie an RSU. 

(aa) “Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code, including any amendments or successor provisions to that Section and
any regulations and other administrative guidance thereunder, in each case as they, from time to time, may be amended or interpreted through further administrative guidance. 

(bb) “SIP Administrator” means each person designated by the Committee as a “SIP Administrator” with the authority
to perform day-to-day administrative functions for the Plan. 
 (cc) “SIP Committee” means the persons who have been
delegated certain authority under the Plan by the Committee. 
 (dd) “Solicit” means any direct or indirect communication of
any kind whatsoever, regardless of by whom initiated, inviting, advising, encouraging or requesting any person or entity, in any manner, to take or refrain from taking any action. 

(ee) “Transfer Restrictions” means restrictions that prohibit the sale, exchange, transfer, assignment, pledge, hypothecation,
fractionalization, hedge or other disposal (including through the use of any cash-settled instrument), whether voluntarily or involuntarily by the Grantee, of an Award or any shares of Common Stock, cash or other property delivered in respect of an
Award. 
 (ff) “Transferability Date” means the date Transfer Restrictions on a Restricted Share will be released. Within 30
Business Days after the applicable Transferability Date, GS Inc. shall take, or shall cause to be taken, such steps as may be necessary to remove Transfer Restrictions. 

(gg) “Vested” means, with respect to an Award, the portion of the Award that is not subject to a condition that the Grantee
remain actively employed by the Firm in order for the Award to remain Outstanding. The fact that an Award becomes Vested shall not mean or otherwise indicate that the Grantee has an unconditional or nonforfeitable right to such Award, and such Award
shall remain subject to such terms, conditions and forfeiture provisions as may be provided for in the Plan or in the Award Agreement. 

(hh) “Vesting Date” means each date specified in the Grantee’s Award Agreement as a date on which part or all of an Award
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 (ii) “Window Period” means a period designated by the Firm during which all
employees of the Firm are permitted to purchase or sell shares of Common Stock (provided that, if the Grantee is a member of a designated group of employees who are subject to different restrictions, the Window Period may be a period
designated by the Firm during which an employee of the Firm in such designated group is permitted to purchase or sell shares of Common Stock). 

  
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