EX-4.78



 





Exhibit 4.78




(Face of Security)




          THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO
AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE
EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE
OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.




          UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO GS FINANCE CORP., OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO.
OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS
MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC),
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.




          THIS SECURITY IS A MASTER NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING SPECIFIED HEREIN.





 









 





	Title of Series:	Series A
	Title
of Tranche:	Represents multiple tranches as described below






GS FINANCE CORP.




MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES A




FULLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED BY




THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.




(Master Note)




          This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture (as defined in
Section 1 on the reverse hereof) and represents one or more obligations of The GS Finance Corp., a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called
the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture) (each such
obligation, a “Supplemental Obligation”). Each
Supplemental Obligation evidenced by this Security is entitled to the
benefit of the Guarantee endorsed hereon. The terms of each
Supplemental Obligation (and the Guarantees as applicable thereto) are
and will be reflected in this Security and in a pricing supplement to the Company’s prospectus,
dated December 4, 2007 (as supplemented by the prospectus supplement, dated December 4, 2007),
relating to such Supplemental Obligation, which supplement and prospectus, as so supplemented, are
on file with the Trustee hereinafter referred to and which supplement is identified on Schedule A
hereto (each such pricing supplement, together with such prospectus, a “Pricing
Supplement”). With respect to each Supplemental Obligation (and the Guarantees as applicable thereto), the provisions of the applicable
Pricing Supplement are hereby incorporated by reference herein and are deemed to be a part of this
Security (including the Guarantee) as of the Original Issue Date specified on Schedule A. Each reference to “this Security”
includes and shall be deemed to refer to each Supplemental
Obligation and the Guarantee as applicable thereto.




          With
respect to each Supplemental Obligation, every term of this Security
(and the Guarantee as applicable to such Supplemental Obligation) is subject to
modification, amendment or elimination through the incorporation of the applicable Pricing
Supplement by reference, whether or not the phrase “unless otherwise provided in the Pricing
Supplement” or language of similar import precedes the term of this Security so modified, amended
or eliminated. It is the intent of the parties hereto that, in the case of any conflict between
the terms of a Pricing Supplement and the terms herein, the terms of the Pricing Supplement shall
control over the terms herein with respect to the relevant





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Supplemental Obligation (and the Guarantees as applicable thereto). Without
limiting the foregoing, in the case of each Supplemental Obligation, the Holder of this Security is
directed to the applicable Pricing Supplement for a description of certain terms of such
Supplemental Obligation (and the Guarantees as applicable thereto), including, in the case of any such obligation that is designated in the
applicable Pricing Supplement as an “indexed note” (an “Indexed Note”), the manner of
determining the principal amount of and interest, if any, on such Supplemental
 Obligation, the dates, if any, on which the principal amount of and interest, if any, on such
Supplemental Obligation is determined and payable, the amount payable upon any acceleration of such
Supplemental Obligation and the principal amount of such Supplemental Obligation deemed to be
Outstanding for purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Securities have made or given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action under the Indenture.




          Terms that are used and not defined in this Security but that are defined in the Indenture are
used herein as defined therein.




          This Security is a “Master Note”, which term means a Global Security that provides for
incorporation therein of the terms of Supplemental Obligations by reference to the applicable
Pricing Supplements, substantially as contemplated herein.




 






          The Company, for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., as nominee for The
Depository Trust Company, or registered assigns: (i) on each principal payment date, including each
amortization date, redemption date, repayment date or maturity date, as applicable, of each
Supplemental Obligation, the principal amount (and any premium) then due and payable for each such Supplemental
Obligation, and (ii) on each interest payment date and at maturity, the interest then due and
payable, if any, with respect to each Supplemental Obligation.




          With
respect to each Supplemental Obligation, the Company shall pay the
principal amount (and any premium)
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement on the Stated Maturity shown therein, and shall pay
interest on such principal, from the date specified therein as the “Original Issue Date” (or in a
comparable manner) (the “Original Issue Date” for such Supplemental Obligation) or from the
most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined below) to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, on the Interest Payment Date(s) in each year, commencing on the first such date that
is at least 15 calendar days after the Original Issue Date, and at the Maturity of such principal,
as follows:






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          (i) in the case of a Supplemental Obligation for which the interest rate is designated as
fixed in the applicable Pricing Supplement (a “Fixed Rate Note”), at a rate per annum equal
to the annual rate specified in such Pricing Supplement until the principal of such Supplemental
Obligation is paid or made available for payment and (to the extent that the payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate per annum equal to the rate at which the
principal then bears interest on any overdue premium or installment of interest from the date any
such overdue amount first becomes due until it is paid or made available for payment,
provided that interest on any premium or installment of interest that is overdue shall be
payable on demand;





          (ii) in the case of a Supplemental Obligation for which the interest rate is designated as
floating in the applicable Pricing Supplement (a “Floating Rate Note”), at a rate per annum
determined in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 3A on the reverse hereof, with
such rate being dependent in part upon whether the rate specified as the “base rate” (or in a
comparable manner) in the applicable Pricing Supplement (the “Base Rate” for such
Supplemental Obligation) is the commercial paper rate, the prime rate, LIBOR, EURIBOR, the treasury
rate, the CMT rate, the CD rate, the federal funds rate, the USD-federal funds-open rate or the
11th district rate, until the principal of such Supplemental Obligation is paid or made available
for payment and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at
the rate at which the principal then bears interest on any overdue premium or installment of
interest from the date any such overdue amount first becomes due until it is paid or made available
for payment, provided that interest on any premium or installment of interest that is
overdue shall be payable on demand; and




          (iii) in the case of a Supplemental Obligation that is an Indexed Note, at such rate
or in such manner, if any, as may be specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.




          With respect to each Supplemental Obligation that is a Fixed Rate Note and unless otherwise
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, interest (other than interest on overdue amounts)
shall be payable by the Company, semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 of each year.




          With respect to each Supplemental Obligation that is a Floating Rate Note and unless otherwise
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, interest (other than interest on overdue amounts)
shall be payable:





	 	•	 	if the interest reset period specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement (the “Interest Reset Period” for such Supplemental
Obligation) is daily, weekly or monthly, on the third Wednesday of each month
or on the third Wednesday of March, June, September 




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	 	 	 	and December of each year,
as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement;
	 
	 	•	 	if the Interest Reset Period is quarterly, on the third
Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year;
	 
	 	•	 	if the Interest Reset Period is semi-annual, on the third
Wednesday of the two months specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement;
	 
	 	•	 	and if the Interest Reset Period is annual, on the third
Wednesday of the month specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement





provided that, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the
following sentence shall apply with respect to any such day on which interest would otherwise be
payable, other than any such day on which the Maturity of the principal of such Floating Rate Note
falls: If any such day is not a Business Day (as defined in Section 3C(b) on the reverse hereof)
the day on which interest should be payable shall be deferred to the next succeeding Business Day,
provided that, if the Base Rate is LIBOR or EURIBOR and such next succeeding Business Day
falls in the next calendar month, the day on which interest should be payable shall be advanced to
the next preceding Business Day.




          With respect to each Supplemental Obligation that is an Indexed Note, such interest,
if any, will be payable on the dates specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.




          Each date so determined or provided for in the preceding three paragraphs (or the applicable
Pricing Supplement) is hereinafter referred to as an “Interest Payment Date”.




          The interest so payable, and punctually paid or made available for payment, on any Interest
Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture and unless otherwise provided in the applicable
Pricing Supplement, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the 15th calendar day (whether or not a
Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date (a “Regular Record Date”);
provided, however, if this Security is a Global Security, a Regular Record Date
will instead occur on the fifth Business Day next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any
interest so payable, but not punctually paid or made available for payment, on any Interest Payment
Date will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and such
Defaulted Interest may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the
payment





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of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to the
Holder of this Security not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which this
Security may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided in the Indenture. With respect to any Supplemental Obligation, references herein to the
“Holder” mean the Holder of this Security.




     Currency of Payment



          Payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on any Supplemental Obligation will
be made in the currency designated as the “specified currency” for such payment (or in a comparable manner) in the applicable Pricing Supplement
(the “Specified Currency” for any payment on such Supplemental Obligation), except as provided in
this and the next three paragraphs. For each Supplemental Obligation, any payment shall be made in
the Specified Currency for such payment unless, at the time of such payment, such currency
is not legal tender for the payment of public and private debts in the country issuing such
currency on the Original Issue Date, in which case the Specified Currency for such
payment shall be such coin or currency as at the time of such payment is legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts in such country, except as provided in the next sentence. If
the euro is the Specified Currency for any payment, the Specified Currency for such
payment shall be such coin or currency as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of
public and private debts in all EMU Countries (as defined in Section 3C(b) on the reverse hereof),
provided that, if on any day there are not at least two EMU Countries, or if on any day
there are at least two EMU Countries but no coin or currency is legal tender for the payment of
public and private debts in all EMU Countries, then the Specified Currency for such payment shall
be deemed not to be available to the Company on such day.




          If provided in the applicable Pricing Supplement and except as provided in the next paragraph,
any payment to be made on a Supplemental Obligation in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars
will be made in U.S. dollars if the Person entitled to receive such payment transmits a written
request for such payment to be made in U.S. dollars to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, on or before the fifth Business Day before the payment
is to be made. Such written request may be mailed, hand delivered, telecopied or delivered in any
other manner approved by the Trustee. Any such request made with respect to any payment on a
Supplemental Obligation payable to a particular Holder will remain in effect for all later payments
on such Supplemental Obligation payable to such Holder, unless such request is revoked on or before
the fifth Business Day before a payment is to be made, in which case such revocation shall be
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payment of interest payable on an
Interest Payment Date, such written request must be made by the Person who is the registered Holder
of this Security on the relevant Regular Record Date.



          The U.S. dollar amount of any payment made pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph
will be determined by the Exchange Rate Agent (as defined in Section 3C(a) on the reverse hereof)
based upon the highest bid quotation received by the Exchange Rate Agent as of 11:00 A.M., New York
City time, on the second Business Day next preceding the applicable payment date, from three (or,
if three are not available, then two) recognized foreign exchange dealers selected by the Exchange
Rate Agent in the City of New York, in each case for the purchase by the quoting dealer, for U.S.
dollars and for settlement on such payment date of an amount of such
Specified Currency for such payment equal to the aggregate amount of such Specified Currency payable on such
payment date to all Holders of Securities of this or any other tranche who elect to receive U.S.
dollar payments on such payment date, and at which the applicable dealer commits to execute a
contract. If the Exchange Rate Agent determines that two such bid quotations are not available on
such second Business Day, such payment will be made in the Specified Currency for such payment.
All currency exchange costs associated with any payment in U.S. dollars on this Security will be
borne by the Holder entitled to receive such payment, by deduction from such payment.




          Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any amount payable on a Supplemental Obligation is payable
on any day (including at Maturity) in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, and if such
Specified Currency is not available to the Company on the two Business Days before such day, due to
the imposition of exchange controls, a disruption in the currency markets or any other
circumstances beyond the control of the Company, the Company will be entitled to satisfy its
obligation to pay such amount in such Specified Currency by making such payment in U.S. dollars.
The amount of such payment in U.S. dollars shall be determined by the Exchange Rate Agent on the
basis of the noon buying rate in The City of New York, quoted by The Federal Reserve Bank of New
York, for cable transfers for such Specified Currency (the “Exchange Rate”) as of the
latest day before the day on which such payment is to be made. Any payment made under such
circumstances in U.S. dollars where the required payment is in other than U.S. dollars will not
constitute an Event of Default under the Indenture or this Security.




     Manner of Payment – U.S. Dollars



          Except as provided in the next paragraph, payment of any amount payable on any Supplemental
Obligation in U.S. dollars will be made at the office or agency maintained for that purpose in The
City of New York (or at any other office or agency maintained by the Company for that purpose), in
such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and






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private debts, against surrender (in the manner provided below) of this
Security in the case of any payment due at the Maturity of the principal of such Supplemental
Obligation (other than any payment of interest that first becomes due on an Interest Payment Date);
provided, however, that, at the option of the Company and subject to the next
paragraph, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.





          Payment of any amount payable on any Supplemental Obligation in U.S. dollars will be made by
wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account maintained by the payee with a bank
located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if (i) the principal of such
Supplemental Obligation is at least $1,000,000 and (ii) the Holder entitled to receive such payment
transmits a written request for such payment to be made in such manner to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention:
Corporate Trust Administration, on or before the fifth Business Day before the day on which such
payment is to be made; provided that, in the case of any such payment due at the Maturity
of the principal of such Supplemental Obligation (other than any payment of interest that first
becomes due on an Interest Payment Date), this Security must be surrendered (in the manner provided
below) at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York
(or at any other office or agency maintained by the Company for that purpose) in time for the
Paying Agent to make such payment in such funds in accordance with its normal procedures. Any such
request made with respect to any payment on such Supplemental Obligation payable to a particular
Holder will remain in effect for all later payments on such Supplemental Obligation payable to such
Holder, unless such request is revoked on or before the fifth Business Day before a payment is to
be made, in which case such revocation shall be effective for such and all later payments. In the
case of any payment of interest payable on a Supplemental Obligation on an Interest Payment Date,
such written request must be made by the Person who is the registered Holder of this Security on
the relevant Regular Record Date. The Company will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks
in connection with making payments by wire transfer with respect to this Security, but any tax,
assessment or other governmental charge imposed upon any payment will be borne by the Holder of
this Security and may be deducted from the payment by the Company or the Paying Agent.




     Manner of Payment – Other Specified Currencies



          Payment of any amount payable on any Supplemental Obligation in a Specified Currency other
than U.S. dollars will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account as
is maintained in such Specified Currency at a bank or other financial institution acceptable to the
Company and the Trustee and as shall have been designated at least five Business Days prior to the
applicable payment date by the Person entitled to receive such payment; provided that, in
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due at the Maturity of the principal of such Supplemental Obligation
(other than any payment of interest that first becomes due on an Interest Payment Date), this
Security must be surrendered (in the manner provided below) at the office or agency of the Company
maintained for that purpose in The City of New York (or at any other office or agency maintained by
the Company for that purpose) in time for the Paying Agent to make such payment in such funds in
accordance with its normal procedures. Such account designation shall be made by transmitting the
appropriate information to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York, by mail, hand delivery, telecopier or in any other manner approved by the
Trustee. Unless revoked, any such account designation made with respect to any Supplemental
Obligation by the Holder hereof will remain in effect with respect to any further payments with
respect to such Supplemental Obligation payable to such Holder. If a payment in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars with respect to any Supplemental
Obligation cannot be made by wire transfer because the required account designation has not been
received by the Trustee on or before the requisite date or for any other reason, the Company will
cause a notice to be given to the Holder of this Security at its registered address requesting an
account designation pursuant to which such wire transfer can be made and such payment will be made
within five Business Days after the Trustee’s receipt of such a designation meeting the
requirements specified above, with the same force and effect as if made on the due date. The
Company will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in connection with making payments by
wire transfer with respect to this Security, but any tax, assessment or other governmental charge
imposed upon any payment will be borne by the Holder of this Security and may be deducted from the
payment by the Company or the Paying Agent.





Manner of Payment – Payments Pursuant to the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary;
Surrender of this Security



          Notwithstanding any provision of this Security or the Indenture, the Company may make any and
all payments of principal, premium and interest on this Security pursuant to the Applicable
Procedures of the Depositary for this Security as permitted in the Indenture.




          Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever the provisions hereof require that this Security be
surrendered against payment of the principal of a Supplemental Obligation, such surrender may be
effected by means of an appropriate adjustment to Schedule A hereto to reflect the discharge of
such Supplemental Obligation, with such adjustment to be made by the Trustee in a manner not
inconsistent with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary for this Security, and in such
circumstances this Security need not actually be surrendered. This paragraph shall apply only to a
Master Note.





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Payments Due on a Business Day



          Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement for a Supplemental Obligation,
if any amount of principal, premium or interest would otherwise be due on such Supplemental
Obligation on a day (the “Specified Day”) that is not a Business Day for such Supplemental
Obligation, such amount may be paid or made available for payment on the next succeeding Business
Day (unless the Base Rate for such Supplemental Obligation is LIBOR or EURIBOR and such next
succeeding Business Day falls in the next calendar month, in which case such amount may be paid or
made available for payment on the next preceding Business Day) with the same force and effect as if
such amount were paid on the Specified Day. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply to this
Security in lieu of the provisions of Section 113 of the Indenture.



 






          Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.




          Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee by manual
signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.





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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.



Dated:
December 4, 2007




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	GS FINANCE CORP.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Wing Yee Veronica Foo
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Wing Yee Veronica Foo 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 



 









 






	 	 	 	 	 


This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and referred to in the Indenture.




Dated:
December 4, 2007




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK,

               as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Teisha Wright	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 	 	 	 



 









 






	 	 	 	 	 



GUARANTEE




          Capitalized terms used in this Guarantee that are not defined herein but that are defined in
the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed or the Indenture referred to in such Security
are used herein as defined therein.




          The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware
(herein called the “Guarantor”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture), for value received,
hereby fully and unconditionally guarantees to the Holder of the Security upon which this Guarantee
is endorsed, the due and punctual payment of the principal, and premium, if any, and interest, if
any, for each Supplemental Obligation when and as the same shall become due and payable, on each
principal payment date, including each amortization date, redemption date, repayment date or
maturity date, as applicable, or each interest payment date, as applicable, in accordance with the
terms of each such Supplemental Obligation and of the Indenture. In case of the failure of GS
Finance Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”,
which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture), punctually to make any such payment, the
Guarantor hereby agrees to cause such payment to be made punctually when and as the same shall
become due and payable, and as if such payment were made by the Company.




          The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional
irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of
any such Supplemental Obligation or the Indenture, any failure to enforce the provisions of any
such Supplemental Obligation or the Indenture, or any waiver, modification or indulgence granted to
the Company with respect thereto, by the Holder of this Security or the Trustee or any other
circumstance which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety
or guarantor; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, no such waiver, modification
or indulgence shall, without the consent of the Guarantor, increase the principal amount of any
such Supplemental Security, or increase the interest rate thereon, change any redemption provisions
thereof (including any change to increase any premium payable upon redemption thereof) or change
the payment date of any payment thereon.




          The Guarantor hereby waives the benefits of diligence, presentment, demand for payment, any
requirement that the Trustee or the Holder of this Security exhaust any right or take any action
against the Company or any other Person, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency
or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest
or notice with respect to any Supplemental Obligation or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all
demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged in respect of such




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Security except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such Security and in this
Guarantee. This Guarantee shall constitute a guaranty of payment and
not of
collection. The Guarantor hereby agrees that, in the event of a default in payment of
principal, or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on each principal payment date, including each
amortization date, redemption date, repayment date or maturity date, as applicable, or each
interest payment date, as applicable any Supplemental Obligation, legal proceedings may be
instituted by the Trustee on behalf of, or by, the Holder of this Security, subject to the terms
and conditions set forth in the Indenture, directly against the Guarantor to enforce this Guarantee
without first proceeding against the Company.




          The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder with respect to each Supplemental Obligation shall
be continuing and irrevocable until the date upon which the entire principal of, premium, if any,
and interest, if any, for each Supplemental Obligation has been, or has been deemed pursuant to the
provisions of Article Four of the Indenture to have been, paid in full or otherwise discharged.




          The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holder of such Security upon which this
Guarantee is endorsed against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by the Guarantor on
account of any Supplemental Obligation pursuant to the provisions of this Guarantee or the
Indenture; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce or to receive any
payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of, and
premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all Securities issued under the Indenture shall have been
paid in full.




          This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue notwithstanding any petition
filed by or against the Company for liquidation or reorganization, the Company becoming insolvent
or making an assignment for the benefit of creditors or a receiver or trustee being appointed for
all or any significant part of the Company’s assets, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, continue to be effective or reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment of the
Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or
reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Holder of this Security,
whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent transfer,” or otherwise, all as though such payment
or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is
rescinded, reduced, restored or returned on this Security, this Security shall, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed paid only by such amount paid and not so
rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.




          This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of
authentication of the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed shall have been manually
executed by or on behalf of the Trustee under the Indenture.






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          All terms used in this Guarantee which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.





          This Guarantee shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York,
and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York.




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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be duly executed.




Dated:
December 4, 2007




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	     /s/ Wing Yee Veronica Foo
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Wing Yee Veronica Foo 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Assistant Treasurer 	 
	 




 









 








(Reverse of Security)




          1. Securities and Indenture




          This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called
the “Securities”) issued and to be issued in one or more series (and with respect to each series, one or more tranches of such series)
under a Senior Debt Indenture, dated as of December 4, 2007 (herein called the
“Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), among
the Company, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., as Guarantor (herein called the “Guarantor”, which term
includes any successor guarantor under the Indenture) and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (herein
called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference
is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights,
duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders of the
Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered.




          In the case of the acquisition of all or a portion of a Supplemental Obligation by the Company
or any Affiliate thereof, the Company or such Affiliate may submit to the Trustee such evidence of
such acquisition as is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, whereupon the Trustee, at the
Company’s direction, shall reduce the principal amount of such Supplemental Obligation in Schedule
A hereto by such acquired amount, and the principal amount of such Supplemental Obligation shall be
reduced accordingly for all purposes of this Security.




          2. Series, Tranche and Denominations




          This
Security is one of the series of Securities designated on the face
hereof, limited to an aggregate principal amount as shall be
determined and may be increased from time to time
pursuant to the Determination of a Treasury Signatory of the Company,
dated December 4, 2007 (or
the equivalent thereof in any other currency or currencies, currency units or composite
currencies). For all purposes of the Indenture and the Securities,
each Supplemental Obligation represented by this Security constitutes a separate tranche of
Securities of such series, limited to an aggregate principal amount
as shall be determined and may be increased from time to time
pursuant to said Determination of a Treasury Signatory (or the
equivalent thereof in any other currency or currencies, currency
units or composite currencies). The designation of each tranche of
Securities evidenced hereby shall be the designation of the
corresponding Supplemental Obligation as stated in the Pricing
Supplement relating thereto. References herein to “this series” mean the series of Securities
designated as Medium-Term Notes, Series A. References herein
(and in the Indenture with respect to this Security) to a
“tranche” of



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          Securities
mean a particular Supplemental Obligation, each of which constitutes
a separate tranche of Securities of this series. This Security and each Supplemental Obligation are issuable only in registered form without
coupons in “Authorized Denominations”, which term shall have the following meaning. For
each Supplemental Obligation having a principal amount payable in U.S. dollars, the Authorized
Denominations shall be $1,000 and multiples thereof, unless otherwise provided in the applicable
Pricing Supplement. For each Supplemental Obligation having a principal amount payable in a
Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, the Authorized Denominations shall be the amount of
such Specified Currency equivalent, at the Exchange Rate on the first
Business Day next preceding the date on which the Company accepts the offer to purchase such Security, to $1,000
or any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, unless otherwise provided in the applicable
Pricing Supplement.




          3. 3A. Interest Rate on Floating Rate Notes




          Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the provisions of this
Section 3A shall apply with respect to each Supplemental Obligation that is a Floating Rate Note.




          (a) Interest Rate Reset. The interest rate on such Supplemental Obligation will be reset from
time to time, as provided in this Section 3A, and each date upon which such rate is reset as so
provided is hereinafter called an “Interest Reset Date” for such Supplemental Obligation.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Interest Reset Dates with
respect to such Supplemental Obligation will be as follows:






     (i) if the Interest Reset Period is daily, each Business Day;




     (ii) if the Interest Reset Period is weekly and the Base Rate is not the treasury
rate, the Wednesday of each week;




     (iii) if the Interest Reset Period is weekly and the Base Rate is the treasury rate,
except as otherwise provided in the definition of “Treasury Interest Determination Date” in
Section 3A(n) below, the Tuesday of each week;




     (iv) if the Interest Reset Period is monthly, the third Wednesday of each month;




     (v) if the Interest Reset Period is quarterly, the third Wednesday of each March,
June, September and December;







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     (vi) if the Interest Reset Period is semi-annual, the third Wednesday of each of two
months in each year specified under “interest reset period” (or in a comparable manner) in
the applicable Pricing Supplement; and




     (vii) if the Interest Reset Period is annual, the third Wednesday of the month in each
year specified under “interest reset period” (or in a comparable manner) in the applicable
Pricing Supplement;


provided, however, that (x) the Base Rate in effect from the Original Issue Date to
but excluding the first Interest Reset Date will be the rate specified as the “initial base rate”
(or in a comparable manner) in the applicable Pricing Supplement (the
“Initial Base Rate”
for such Supplemental Obligation) and (y) if the Interest Reset Period is daily or weekly, the Base
Rate in effect for each day following the second Business Day immediately prior to an Interest
Payment Date to but excluding such Interest Payment Date, and for each day following the second
Business Day immediately prior to the day of Maturity of the principal of such Supplemental
Obligation to but excluding such day of Maturity, will be the Base Rate in effect on such
applicable second Business Day; and provided, further, that, if any Interest Reset
Date would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Reset Date shall be the
next succeeding day that is a Business Day, except that, unless otherwise specified on the face
hereof, if the Base Rate is LIBOR or EURIBOR and such next succeeding Business Day falls in the
next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Reset Date shall be the immediately preceding
Business Day.




          Subject to applicable provisions of law and except as otherwise specified herein or in the
applicable Pricing Supplement, on each Interest Reset Date the interest rate on a Supplemental
Obligation shall be the rate determined in accordance with such of the following Sections 3A(b)
through 3A(j) as provide for determination of the Base Rate for such Supplemental Obligation. The
Calculation Agent (as defined in Section 3C(a) below) shall determine the interest rate on such
Supplemental Obligation in accordance with the applicable Section below.




          Unless the Base Rate is LIBOR or EURIBOR, the Calculation Agent will determine the interest
rate on such Supplemental Obligation that takes effect on any Interest Reset Date on a day no later
than the Calculation Date (as defined in Section 3A(n) below) corresponding to such Interest Reset
Date. However, the Calculation Agent need not wait until the Calculation Date to determine such
interest rate if the rate information it needs to make such determination in the manner specified
in the applicable provisions of Sections 3A(b) through 3A(j) hereof is available from the relevant
sources specified in such applicable provisions.





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          Upon request of the Holder to the Calculation Agent, the Calculation Agent will provide the
interest rate then in effect on such Supplemental Obligation and, if determined, the interest rate
that will become effective on the next Interest Reset Date.




          (b) Determination of Commercial Paper Rate. If the Base Rate for such Supplemental
Obligation is the commercial paper rate, the Base Rate that takes effect on any Interest Reset Date
shall equal the Money Market Yield (as defined in Section 3A(n) below) of the rate, for the second
Business Day immediately preceding such Interest Reset Date (the “Commercial Paper Interest
Determination Date”), for commercial paper having the Index Maturity, as published in H.15(519)
(as defined in Section 3A(n) below) under the heading
“Commercial paper — Nonfinancial”. If the commercial paper rate cannot be determined as described above, the following procedures will
apply in determining the commercial paper rate:





     (i) If the rate described above does not appear in H.15(519) at 3:00 P.M., New York
City time, on the Calculation Date corresponding to such Commercial Paper Interest
Determination Date (unless the calculation is made earlier and the rate is available from
that source at that time), then the commercial paper rate will be the rate, for such
Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date, for commercial paper having the maturity
specified as the “index maturity” (or in a comparable manner) in the applicable Pricing
Supplement (the “Index Maturity” for such Supplemental Obligation), as published in H.15
Daily Update (as defined in Section 3A(n) below) or any other recognized electronic source
used for displaying that rate, under the heading “Commercial paper — Nonfinancial”.




     (ii) If the rate described in clause (i) above does not appear in H.15(519), H.15
Daily Update or another recognized electronic source at 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on
such Calculation Date (unless the calculation is made earlier and the rate is available
from one of those sources at that time), the commercial paper rate will be the Money Market
Yield of the arithmetic mean of the following offered rates for U.S. dollar commercial
paper that has the Index Maturity and is placed for an industrial issuer whose long-term
bond rating is “AA”, or the equivalent, from a nationally recognized rating agency: the
rates offered as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Commercial Paper Interest
Determination Date by three leading U.S. dollar commercial paper dealers in New York City
selected by the Calculation Agent.




     (iii) If fewer than three dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as
described in clause (ii) above, the commercial paper rate shall be the commercial paper
rate in effect on such Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date (or, in the case of the
first Interest Reset Date, the Initial Base Rate).






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          The Base Rate determined in accordance with this Section 3A(b) will be adjusted by the
addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, or by multiplying such Base Rate by the Spread
Multiplier, if any.




          (c) Determination of Prime Rate. If the Base Rate for such Supplemental Obligation is
the prime rate, the Base Rate that takes effect on any Interest Reset Date shall equal the rate,
for the second Business Day immediately preceding such Interest Reset Date (the “Prime Interest
Determination Date”), published in H.15(519) under the heading “Bank prime loan”. If the prime
rate cannot be determined as described above, the following procedures will apply in determining
the prime rate:





     (i) If the rate described above does not appear in H.15(519) at 3:00 P.M., New York
City time, on the Calculation Date corresponding to such Prime Interest Determination Date
(unless the calculation is made earlier and the rate is available from that source at that
time), then the prime rate will be the rate, for such Prime Interest Determination Date, as
published in H.15 Daily Update or another recognized electronic source used for the purpose
of displaying that rate, under the heading “Bank prime loan”.




     (ii) If the rate described in clause (i) above does not appear in H.15(519), H.15
Daily Update or another recognized electronic source at 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on
such Calculation Date (unless the calculation is made earlier and the rate is available
from one of those sources at that time), then the prime rate will be the arithmetic mean of
the following rates as they appear on the Reuters Screen USPRIME1 Page (as defined in
Section 3A(n) below): the rate of interest publicly announced by each bank appearing on
that page as that bank’s prime rate or base lending rate, as of 11:00 A.M., New York City
time, on such Prime Interest Determination Date.




     (iii) If fewer than four of the rates referred to in clause (ii) above appear on the
Reuters Screen USPRIME1 Page, the prime rate will be the arithmetic mean of the prime rates
or base lending rates, as of the close of business on such Prime Interest Determination
Date, of three major banks in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent. For this
purpose, the Calculation Agent will use rates quoted on the basis of the actual number of
days in the year divided by a 360-day year.




     (iv) If fewer than three banks selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as
described in clause (iii) above, the prime rate shall be the prime rate in effect on such
Prime Interest Determination Date (or, in the case of the first Interest Reset Date, the
Initial Base Rate).





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          The Base Rate determined in accordance with this Section 3A(c) will be adjusted by the
addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, or by multiplying such Base Rate by the Spread
Multiplier, if any.




          (d) Determination of LIBOR. If the Base Rate for such Supplemental Obligation is
LIBOR, the Base Rate that takes effect on any Interest Reset Date shall be LIBOR on the
corresponding LIBOR Interest Determination Date (as defined in Section 3A(n) below) and shall be
determined in accordance with the following provisions:




          (i) LIBOR will be either:



     (A) the offered rate appearing on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (as defined in
Section 3A(n) below); or




     (B) the arithmetic mean of the offered rates appearing on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page
(as defined in Section 3A(n) below) unless that page by its terms cites only one rate, in
which case that rate;



in either case, as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on such
LIBOR Interest Determination Date for deposits of the currency specified as the “index
currency” (or in a comparable manner) in the applicable Pricing Supplement (the “Index Currency”
for such Supplemental Obligation) having the Index Maturity beginning on such Interest Reset Date.





     (ii) If Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page applies and the rate reference in clause (i)(A) above does not
appear on that page, or if Reuters Screen LIBO Page applies and fewer than two of the rates referenced in clause (i)(B) above appear on that page or no rate
appears on any page on which only one rate normally appears, then LIBOR will be determined
on the basis of the rates, at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such LIBOR Interest
Determination Date, at which deposits of the following kind are offered to prime banks in
the London interbank market by four major banks in that market selected by the Calculation
Agent: deposits of the Index Currency having the Index Maturity beginning on such Interest
Reset Date and in a Representative Amount (as defined in Section 3A(n) below). The
Calculation Agent will request the principal London office of each such bank to provide a
quotation of its rate. If at least two quotations are provided, LIBOR for such LIBOR
Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations.




     (iii) If fewer than two quotations are provided as described in clause (ii) above, LIBOR
for such LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for
loans of the following kind to leading European




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banks quoted, at approximately 11:00 A.M.
in the principal financial center for the country issuing the Index Currency, on such LIBOR
Interest Determination Date, by three major banks in that financial center selected by the
Calculation Agent: loans of the Index Currency having the Index Maturity beginning on such
Interest Reset Date and in a Representative Amount.




     (iv) If fewer than three banks selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as
described in clause (iii) above, LIBOR will be the LIBOR in effect on such LIBOR Interest
Determination Date (or, in the case of the first Interest Reset Date, the Initial Base
Rate).



          The Base Rate determined in accordance with this Section 3A(d) will be adjusted by the
addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, or by multiplying such Base Rate by the Spread
Multiplier, if any. If the Base Rate is LIBOR and no currency is specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement as the Index Currency, the Index Currency shall be U.S. dollars.




          (e) Determination of EURIBOR. If the Base Rate for such Supplemental Obligation is
EURIBOR, the Base Rate that takes effect on any Interest Reset Date shall equal the interest rate
for deposits in euros designated as “EURIBOR” and sponsored jointly by the European Banking
Federation and ACI — The Financial Markets Association (or any company established by the joint sponsors for purposes of
compiling and publishing that rate) on the second Euro Business Day (as defined in Section 3C(b)
below) before such Interest Reset Date (a “EURIBOR Interest Determination Date”), and will
be determined in accordance with the following provisions:




     (i) EURIBOR will be the offered rate for deposits in euros having the Index Maturity
beginning on such Interest Reset Date, as that rate appears on Reuters Screen EURIBOR01 Page (as
defined in Section 3A(n) below) as of 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on such EURIBOR Interest
Determination Date.



     (ii) If the rate described in clause (i) above does not appear on Reuters Screen
EURIBOR01 Page, EURIBOR will be determined on the basis of the rates, at approximately 11:00
A.M., Brussels time, on such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, at which deposits of the
following kind are offered to prime banks in the Euro-Zone (as defined in Section 3C(b)
below) interbank market by the principal Euro-Zone office of each of four major banks in
that market selected by the Calculation Agent: euro deposits having the Index Maturity
beginning on such Interest Reset Date and in a Representative Amount. The Calculation
Agent will request the principal Euro-Zone office of each of these banks to provide a
quotation of its rate. If at least two quotations are provided, EURIBOR for such EURIBOR
Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations.



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     (iii) If fewer than two quotations are provided as described in clause (ii) above,
EURIBOR for such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the
rates for loans of the following kind to leading Euro-Zone banks quoted, at approximately
11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, by three major
banks in the Euro-Zone selected by the Calculation Agent: loans of euros having the Index
Maturity beginning on such Interest Reset Date and in a Representative Amount.



     (iv) If fewer than three banks selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as
described in clause (iii) above, EURIBOR shall be the EURIBOR in effect on such EURIBOR
Interest Determination Date (or, in the case of the first Interest Reset Date, the Initial
Base Rate).


          The Base Rate determined in accordance with this Section 3A(e) will be adjusted by the
addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, or by multiplying such Base Rate by the Spread
Multiplier, if any.



          (f) Determination of Treasury Rate. If the Base Rate for such Supplemental Obligation
is the treasury rate, the Base Rate that takes effect on any Interest Reset Date shall equal the rate for the auction on the corresponding Treasury Interest
Determination Date (as defined in Section 3A(n) below) of direct obligations of the United States
(“Treasury Bills”) having the Index Maturity, as that rate appears on Reuters Screen US
AUCTION 10/11 Page under the heading “Investment Rate”. If the treasury rate cannot be determined as
described above, the following procedures will apply in determining the treasury rate:




     (i) If the rate described above does not appear on either Reuters Screen US AUCTION
10/11 Page at 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date corresponding to such
Treasury Interest Determination Date (unless the calculation is made earlier and the rate
is available from that source at that time), the treasury rate will be the Bond Equivalent
Yield (as defined in Section 3A(n) below) of the rate, for such Treasury Interest
Determination Date and for Treasury Bills having the Index Maturity, as published in H.15
Daily Update, or another recognized electronic source used for displaying that rate, under
the heading “U.S. government securities/Treasury bills/Auction high”.



     (ii) If the rate described in clause (i) above does not appear in H.15 Daily Update or
another recognized electronic source at 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation
Date (unless the calculation is made earlier and the


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rate is available from one of those
sources at that time), the Treasury Rate will be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the auction
rate, for such Treasury Interest Determination Date and for Treasury Bills having the Index
Maturity, as announced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.



     (iii) If the auction rate described in clause (ii) above is not so announced by 3:00
P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, or if no such auction is held for the
relevant week, then the Treasury Rate will be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the rate, for
such Treasury Interest Determination Date and for Treasury Bills having a remaining
maturity closest to the Index Maturity, as published in H.15(519) under the heading “U.S.
government securities/Treasury bills/Secondary market”.




     (iv) If the rate described in clause (iii) above does not appear in H.15(519) at 3:00
P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date (unless the calculation is made earlier
and the rate is available from one of those sources at that time), then the treasury rate
will be the rate, for such Treasury Interest Determination Date and for Treasury Bills
having a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity, as published in H.15 Daily
Update, or another recognized electronic source used for displaying that rate, under the
heading “U.S. government securities/ Treasury bills /Secondary
market”.



     (v) If the rate described in clause (iv) above does not appear in H.15 Daily Update or
another recognized electronic source at 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation
Date (unless the calculation is made earlier and the rate is available from one of those
sources at that time), the treasury rate will be the Bond Equivalent Yield of the
arithmetic mean of the following secondary market bid rates for the issue of Treasury Bills
with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity: the rates bid as of approximately
3:30 P.M., New York City time, on such Treasury Interest Determination Date, by three
primary U.S. government securities dealers in New York City selected by the Calculation
Agent.



     (vi) If fewer than three dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as
described in clause (v) above, the Treasury Rate shall be the treasury rate in effect on
such Treasury Interest Determination Date (or, in the case of the first Interest Reset
Date, the Initial Base Rate).


          The Base Rate determined in accordance with this Section 3A(f) will be adjusted by the
addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, or by multiplying such Base rate by the Spread
Multiplier, if any.


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          (g) Determination of CMT Rate. If the Base Rate for such Supplemental Obligation is
the CMT rate, the Base Rate that takes effect on any Interest Reset Date shall equal the CMT rate
on the second Business Day immediately preceding such Interest Reset Date (the “CMT Interest
Determination Date”). “CMT rate” means the following rate displayed on the Designated
CMT Reuters Screen Page (as defined in Section 3A(n) below) under the heading “ . . . Treasury Constant
Maturities . . . Federal Reserve Board Release H.15 . . . Mondays Approximately 3:45 P.M.”, under
the column for the Designated CMT Index Maturity (as defined in Section 3A(n) below):




     (x) if the Designated CMT Reuters Screen Page is Reuters Screen FRBCMT Page, the rate for such CMT
Interest Determination Date; or



     (y) if the Designated CMT Reuters Screen Page is Reuters Screen FEDCMT Page, the weekly or monthly
average, as specified on the face hereof, for the week that ends immediately before the
week in which such CMT Interest Determination Date falls, or for the month that ends
immediately before the month in which such CMT Interest Determination Date falls, as
applicable.


If the CMT rate cannot be determined as described above, the following procedures will apply in
determining the CMT rate:




     (i) If the applicable rate described above is not displayed on the relevant Designated
CMT Reuters Screen Page at 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date corresponding to such CMT Interest Determination Date (unless the
calculation is made earlier and the rate is available from that source at that time), then
the CMT rate will be the applicable Treasury constant maturity rate described above —
i.e., for the Designated CMT Index Maturity and for either such CMT
Interest Determination Date or the weekly or monthly average, as applicable — as published
in H.15(519).



     (ii) If the applicable rate described in clause (i) above does not appear in H.15(519)
at 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date (unless the calculation is made
earlier and the rate is available from that source at that time), then the CMT rate will be
the Treasury constant maturity rate, or other U.S. Treasury rate, for the Designated CMT
Index Maturity and with reference to such CMT Interest Determination Date, that:



     (A) is published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or
the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and



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     (B) is determined by the Calculation Agent to be comparable to the applicable
rate formerly displayed on the Designated CMT Reuters Screen Page and published in
H.15(519).



     (iii) If the rate described in clause (ii) above does not appear in H.15(519) at 3:00
P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date (unless the calculation is made earlier
and the rate is available from that source at that time), then the CMT rate will be the
yield to maturity of the arithmetic mean of the following secondary market offered rates
for the most recently issued Treasury Notes (as defined in Section 3A(n) below) having an
original maturity of approximately the Designated CMT Index Maturity, having a remaining
term to maturity of not less than the Designated CMT Index Maturity minus one year and in a
Representative Amount: the offered rates, as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City
time, on such CMT Interest Determination Date, of three primary U.S. government securities
dealers in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent. In selecting such offered
rates, the Calculation Agent will request quotations from five such primary dealers and
will disregard the highest quotation — or, if there is equality, one of the highest — and
the lowest quotation — or, if there is equality, one of the lowest.



     (iv) If the Calculation Agent is unable to obtain three quotations of the kind
described in clause (iii) above, the CMT rate will be the yield to maturity of the
arithmetic mean of the following secondary market offered rates for Treasury Notes having
an original maturity longer than the Designated CMT Index Maturity, having a remaining term
to maturity closest to the Designated CMT Index Maturity and in a Representative Amount: the offered rates, as of approximately
3:30 P.M., New York City time, on such CMT Interest Determination Date, of three primary
U.S. government securities dealers in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent. In
selecting such offered rates, the Calculation Agent will request quotations from five such
primary dealers and will disregard the highest quotation — or, if there is equality, one of
the highest — and the lowest quotation — or, if there is equality, one of the lowest. If
two Treasury Notes with an original maturity longer than the CMT Designated Index Maturity
have remaining terms to maturity that are equally close to the Designated CMT Index
Maturity, the Calculation Agent will obtain quotations for the Treasury Note with the
shorter remaining term to maturity.



     (v) If fewer than five but more than two such primary dealers are quoting as described
in clause (iv) above, then the CMT rate for such CMT Interest Determination Date will be
based on the arithmetic mean of the offered rates so obtained, and neither the highest nor
the lowest of such quotations will be disregarded.




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     (vi) If two or fewer primary dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as
described in clause (v) above, the CMT rate shall be the CMT rate in effect on such CMT
Interest Determination Date (or, in the case of the first Interest Reset Date, the Initial
Base Rate).


          The Base Rate determined in accordance with this Section 3A(g) will be adjusted by the
addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, or by multiplying such Base Rate by the Spread
Multiplier, if any.



          (h) Determination of CD Rate. If the Base Rate for such Supplemental Obligation is
the CD rate, the Base Rate that takes effect on any Interest Reset Date shall equal the rate, on
the second Business Day immediately preceding such Interest Reset Date (the “CD Interest
Determination Date”), for negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit having the Index
Maturity as published in H.15(519) under the heading “CDs (secondary market)”. If the CD rate
cannot be determined as described above, the following procedures will apply in determining the CD
rate:




     (i) If the rate described above does not appear in H.15(519) at 3:00 P.M., New York
City time, on the Calculation Date corresponding to such CD Interest Determination Date
(unless the calculation is made earlier and the rate is available from that source at that
time), then the CD rate shall be the rate described above as published in H.15 Daily
Update, or another recognized electronic source used for displaying that rate, under the
heading “CDs (secondary market)”.


     (ii) If the rate described in clause (i) above does not appear in H.15(519), H.15
Daily Update or another recognized electronic source at 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on
such Calculation Date (unless the calculation is made earlier and the rate is available
from one of those sources at that time), then the CD rate shall be the arithmetic mean of
the following secondary market offered rates for negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of
deposit of major U.S. money center banks having a remaining maturity closest to the Index
Maturity and in a Representative Amount: the rates offered as of 10:00 A.M., New York City
time, on such CD Interest Determination Date, by three leading nonbank dealers in
negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit in New York City, as selected by the
Calculation Agent.



     (iii) If fewer than three dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as
described in clause (ii) above, the CD rate will be the CD rate in effect on such
CD Interest Determination Date (or, in the case of the first Base Reset Date, the Initial
Base Rate).



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          The Base Rate determined in accordance with this Section 3A(h) will be adjusted by the
addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, or by multiplying such Base Rate by the Spread
Multiplier, if any.


          (i) Determination of Federal Funds Rate. If the Base Rate for such Supplemental
Obligation is the federal funds rate, the Base Rate that takes effect on any Interest Reset Date
shall equal the rate, on the second Business Day immediately preceding such Interest Reset Date
(the “Federal Funds Interest Determination Date”), for Federal Funds as published in
H.15(519) under the heading “Federal funds (effective)”, as that rate is displayed on Reuters
Screen FEDFUNDS1 Page. If the federal funds rate cannot be determined as described above, the following
procedures will apply in determining the federal funds rate:




     (i) If the rate described above is not displayed on Reuters Screen FEDFUNDS1 Page at 3:00
P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date corresponding to such Federal Funds
Interest Determination Date (unless the calculation is made earlier and the rate is
available from that source at that time), then the federal funds rate will be the rate
described above as published in H.15 Daily Update, or another recognized electronic source
used for displaying that rate, under the heading “Federal funds (effective)”.



     (ii) If the rate described in clause (i) above is not displayed on Reuters Screen
FEDFUNDS1 Page and does not appear in H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update or another recognized
electronic source at 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date (unless the
calculation is made earlier and the rate is available from one of those sources at that time), the federal funds rate will be the arithmetic
mean of the rates for the last transaction in overnight, U.S. dollar federal funds
arranged, before 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Federal Funds Interest
Determination Date, by three leading brokers of U.S. dollar federal funds transactions in
New York City selected by the Calculation Agent.



     (iii) If fewer than three brokers selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as
described in clause (ii) above, the federal funds rate will be the federal funds rate in
effect on such Federal Funds Interest Determination Date (or, in the case of the first
Interest Reset Date, the Initial Base Rate).


          The interest rate determined in accordance with this Section 3A(i) will be adjusted by the
addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, or by multiplying such Base Rate by the Spread
Multiplier, if any.



          (j) Determination of 11th District Rate. If the Base Rate for such Supplemental
Obligation is the 11th district rate (which term refers to the Eleventh


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Federal Home Loan Bank
District Cost of Funds Rate), the Base Rate that takes effect on any Interest Reset Date shall
equal the 11th district rate on the 11th District Interest Determination Date (as defined in
Section 3A(n) below) corresponding to such Interest Reset Date. The 11th district rate on any 11th
District Interest Determination Date shall be the rate equal to the monthly weighted average cost
of funds for the calendar month immediately before such date, as displayed on Reuters Screen
COFI/ARMS Page under the heading “11th District” as of 11:00 A.M., San Francisco time, on such date. If
the 11th district rate cannot be determined as described above, the following procedures will apply
in determining the 11th district rate:




     (i) If the rate described above does not appear on Reuters Screen COFI/ARMS Page on such
11th District Interest Determination Date, then the 11th district rate on such date will be
the monthly weighted average cost of funds paid by institutions that are members of the
Eleventh Federal Home Loan Bank District for the calendar month immediately preceding such
date, as most recently announced by the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco as such
monthly weighted average cost of funds.



     (ii) If the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco fails to announce the cost of
funds described in clause (i) above on or before such 11th District Interest Determination
Date, the 11th district rate that takes effect on such Interest Reset Date will be the 11th
district rate in effect on such 11th District Interest Determination Date (or, in the case
of the first Interest Reset Date, the Initial Base Rate).


          The interest rate determined in accordance with this Section 3A(j) will be adjusted by the
addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, or by multiplying such Base Rate by the Spread
Multiplier, if any.



          (k) Determination of USD-Federal Funds-Open Rate Notes. If the Base Rate for such
Supplemental Obligation is the USD-federal funds-open rate, the Base Rate that takes effect on any
Interest Reset Date shall equal the rate on such Interest Reset Date (the “USD-Federal
Funds-Open Interest Determination Date”), for U.S. dollar federal funds as published under the
heading “Federal Funds” and opposite the caption “Open,” as that rate is displayed on Reuters
Telerate Page 5. If the USD-federal funds-open rate cannot be determined as described above, the
following procedures will apply in determining the USD-federal funds-open rate:




     (i) If the rate described above is not displayed on Reuters Telerate Page 5 at 3:00
P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date corresponding to such USD-Federal
Funds-Open Interest Determination Date (unless the calculation is made earlier and the rate
is available from that source at that time),



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then the USD-federal funds-open rate will be
the rate displayed on the FEDSPREB Index on Bloomberg (which is the Fed Funds Opening Rate
as reported by Prebon Yamane on Bloomberg).



     (ii) If the rate described in clause (i) above is not displayed on Reuters Telerate
Page 5 and does not appear on FEDSPREB Index on Bloomberg at 5:00 P.M., New York City time,
on such Calculation Date (unless the calculation is made earlier and the rate is available
from one of those sources at that time), the USD-federal funds-open rate will be the
arithmetic mean of the rates for the last transaction in overnight, U.S. dollar federal
funds arranged, before 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on such USD-Federal Funds-Open
Interest Determination Date, by three leading brokers of U.S. dollar federal funds
transactions in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent.



     (iii) If fewer than three brokers selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as
described in clause (ii) above, the federal funds rate will be the federal funds rate in
effect on such USD-Federal Funds-Open Interest Determination Date (or, in the case of the
first Interest Reset Date, the Initial Base Rate).


          The interest rate determined in accordance with this Section 3A(k) will be adjusted by the
addition or subtraction of the Spread, if any, or by multiplying such Base Rate by the Spread
Multiplier, if any.




          (l) Minimum and Maximum Limits. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the rate at which
interest accrues on such Supplemental Obligation (i) shall not at any time be higher than the
maximum rate, if any, or less than the minimum rate, if any,



specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, in each case on an accrual basis, and
(ii) shall not at any time be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law, as the same
may be modified by United States law of general application.




          (m) Calculation of Interest. Payments of interest on such Supplemental Obligation
with respect to any Interest Payment Date or at the Maturity of the principal thereof will include
interest accrued to but excluding such Interest Payment Date or the date of such Maturity, as the
case may be. Accrued interest from the date of issue or from the last date to which interest has
been paid or duly provided for shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent by multiplying the
principal amount of such Supplemental Obligation by an accrued interest factor. Such accrued
interest factor shall be computed by adding the interest factors calculated for each day from and
including the Original Issue Date or from and including the last date to which interest has been
paid or duly provided for, to but excluding the date for which accrued interest is being
calculated. The interest factor for each such day shall be expressed as a decimal and computed by
dividing the interest rate (also expressed as a decimal) in effect on such day by 360, if the




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Base
Rate is the commercial paper rate, prime rate, LIBOR, EURIBOR, CD rate, federal funds rate, 11th
district rate or USD-federal funds open rate, or by the actual number of days in the year, if the
Base Rate is the treasury rate or CMT rate.




          All percentages resulting from any calculation with respect to such Supplemental Obligation
will be rounded upward or downward, as appropriate, to the next higher or lower one
hundred-thousandth of a percentage point (e.g., 9.876541% (or .09876541) being rounded down to
9.87654% (or .0987654) and 9.876545% (or .09876545) being rounded up to 9.87655% (or .0987655) ).
All amounts used in or resulting from any calculation with respect to such Supplemental Obligation
will be rounded upward or downward, as appropriate, to the nearest cent, in the case of U.S.
dollars, or to the nearest corresponding hundredth of a unit, in the case of a currency other than
U.S. dollars, with one-half cent or one-half of a corresponding hundredth of a unit or more being
rounded upward.




          (n) Definitions of Calculation Terms. As used with respect to such Supplemental
Obligation, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:




          “Bond Equivalent Yield” means a yield expressed as a percentage and calculated in
accordance with the following formula:




	 	 	 	 	 
	Bond Equivalent Yield =

	 	D x N
	 	x 100,
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	360 – (D x M)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	where
	 	 	 	 






	 	•	 	“D” equals the annual rate for Treasury Bills quoted on a
bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal;
	 
	 	•	 	“N” equals 365 or 366, as the case may be; and
	 
	 	•	 	“M” equals the actual number of days in the period from and
including the relevant Interest Reset Date to but excluding the next
succeeding Interest Reset Date.





          The “Calculation Date” corresponding to any Commercial Paper Interest Determination
Date, Prime Interest Determination Date, LIBOR Interest Determination Date, EURIBOR Interest
Determination Date, Treasury Interest Determination Date, CMT Interest Determination Date, CD
Interest Determination Date, Federal Funds Interest Determination Date, 11th District Interest
Determination Date or USD-Federal Funds-Open Interest Determination Date, as the case may be, means
the earlier of:




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     (i) the tenth day after such interest determination date or, if any such day is not a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day; and




     (ii) the Business Day immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date or the date of
Maturity of the principal hereof, whichever is the day on which the next payment of
interest will be due.


The Calculation Date corresponding to any Interest Reset Date means the Calculation Date
corresponding to the relevant interest determination date immediately preceding such Interest Reset
Date.




          “Designated CMT Index Maturity” means, if the Base Rate is the CMT Rate, the Index
Maturity for such Security and will be the original period to maturity of a U.S. Treasury security
— either 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 20 or 30 years — specified on the face hereof, provided that,
if no such original maturity period is so specified, the Designated CMT Index Maturity will be 2
years.




          “Designated CMT Screen Reuters Page” means, if the Base Rate is the CMT Rate, the Reuters
Screen Page specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement that displays Treasury constant maturities as
reported in H.15(519), provided that, if no Reuters Screen Page is so specified, then the
applicable page will be Reuters Screen FEDCMT Page and provided, further, that if
Reuters Screen FEDCMT Page applies but it is not specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement whether
the weekly or monthly average applies, the weekly average will apply.




          The “11th District Interest Determination Date” corresponding to a particular Interest
Reset Date will be the last working day, in the first calendar month immediately preceding such Interest Reset Date, on which the Federal Home Loan Bank of San
Francisco publishes the monthly average cost of funds paid by member institutions of the Eleventh
Federal Home Loan Bank District for the second calendar month immediately preceding such Interest
Reset Date.




          “H.15(519)” means the weekly statistical release entitled “Federal Reserve Statistical
Release — H.15(519) Selected Interest Rates”, or any successor publication, published by the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.




          “H.15 Daily Update” means the daily update of H.15(519) available through the web
site of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/Update, or any successor site or publication.




          The “LIBOR Interest Determination Date” corresponding to any Interest Reset Date means
the second London Business Day preceding such Interest Reset Date,




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unless the Index Currency is
pounds sterling, in which case the LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the Interest Reset
Date.




          “London Business Day” means any day on which dealings in the Index Currency are
transacted in the London interbank market.




          “Money Market Yield” means a yield expressed as a percentage and calculated in
accordance with the following formula:




	 	 	 	 	 
	Money Market Yield =

	 	D x 360
	 	x 100,
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	360 – (D x M)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	where
	 	 	 	 







	 	•	 	“D” equals the per annum rate for commercial paper quoted on
a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal; and
	 
	 	•	 	“M” equals the actual number of days in the period from and
including the relevant Interest Reset Date to but excluding the next
succeeding Interest Reset Date.





          “Representative Amount” means an amount that, in the Calculation Agent’s judgment, is
representative of a single transaction in the relevant market at the relevant time.




          “Reuters Page” means the display on the Reuters service or any
successor or replacement service, on the page or pages or any successor or replacement page or
pages on that service.





          “Reuters Screen LIBO Page” means the display on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates
Service, or any successor or replacement service, on the page designated as “LIBO” or any
successor or replacement page or pages on which London Interbank rates of major banks for the Index Currency are displayed.




          “Reuters Screen LIBOR Page” means the display on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates
Service, or any successor or replacement service, on the page designated as “LIBOR01” or any
successor or replacement page or pages on which London interbank rates of major banks for the Index
Currency are displayed.




          “Reuters Screen USPRIME1 Page” means the display on the “USPRIME1” page on the Reuters
Monitor Money Rates Service, or any successor



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service, or any successor or replacement page or
pages on that service, for the purpose of displaying prime rates or base lending rates of major
U.S. banks.




          “Spread” means the number of basis points (each being one one-hundredth of a
percentage point) specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement to be added to or subtracted from
the Base Rate for a Floating Rate Note to determine the applicable interest rate.




          “Spread Multiplier” is the percentage specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement
by which the Base Rate for a Floating Rate Note will be multiplied to determine the applicable
interest rate.




          The “Treasury Interest Determination Date” corresponding to any Interest Reset Date
means the day of the week in which such Interest Reset Date falls on which Treasury bills would
normally be auctioned. If, as the result of a legal holiday, an auction is so held on the Friday
in the week immediately preceding the week in which such Interest Reset Day falls, such Friday will
be the corresponding Treasury Interest Determination Date. If an auction date shall fall on a day
that would otherwise be an Interest Reset Date, then such Interest Reset Date shall instead be the
first Business Day immediately following such auction date.




          “Treasury Notes” means direct, noncallable, fixed rate obligations of the U.S.
government.




          References in this Security to a particular heading or headings on any of Designated CMT
Reuters Page, H.15(519), H.15 Daily Update, Reuters Screen LIBO Page, Reuters Screen LIBOR01
Page, Reuters Screen Page or Reuters Telerate Page 5 include any successor or replacement heading or
headings as determined by the Calculation Agent.




          3B. Interest Rate on Indexed Notes




          In the case of any Supplemental Obligation that is an Indexed Note, the manner of calculating
interest payable thereon shall be determined as provided in the applicable Pricing Supplement.




          3C.
Payments-Other Terms




          The provisions of this Section 3C apply to all Supplemental Obligations.




          (a) Calculation Agent and Exchange Rate Agent. With respect to any Supplemental
Obligation, the “Calculation Agent” or the “Exchange Rate Agent”


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shall initially mean the Person
(if any) named as such agent in the applicable Pricing Supplement, provided that the
Company may, in its sole discretion, appoint any other institution (including any Affiliate of the
Company) to serve as any such agent for such Supplemental Obligation from time to time. The
Company will give the Trustee prompt written notice of any change in any such appointment. Insofar
as this Security or the applicable Pricing Supplement provides for any such agent to obtain rates,
quotes or other data from a bank, dealer or other institution for use in making any determination
hereunder, such agent may do so from any institution or institutions of the kind contemplated
hereby notwithstanding that any one or more of such institutions are any such agent, Affiliates of
any such agent or Affiliates of the Company.




          All determinations made by the Calculation Agent or the Exchange Rate Agent with regard to a
Supplemental Obligation may be made by such agent in its sole discretion and, absent manifest
error, shall be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Holder of this Security and the
Company. Neither the Calculation Agent nor the Exchange Rate Agent shall have any liability
therefor.




          (b) Other Definitions. “Business Day” means, for any Supplemental Obligation,
a day that meets the requirements set forth in each of clauses (i) through (v) below, in each case
to the extent such requirements apply to such Supplemental Obligation as specified below:





	 	(i)	 	is a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
or Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in The City
of New York generally are authorized or obligated by law, regulation
or executive order to close;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	if the Base Rate is LIBOR, is also a London
Business Day;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	if the Specified Currency for payment of
principal of or interest on such Security is other than U.S. dollars
or euros, is also a day on which banking institutions in the principal
financial center of the country issuing such Specified Currency
generally are not authorized or obligated by law, regulation or
executive order to close;






	 
	 	(iv)	 	if the Base Rate is EURIBOR or if the
Specified Currency for payment of principal of or interest on such
Security is euros, or the Base Rate is LIBOR for which the Index
Currency is euros, is also a Euro Business Day; and






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	 	(v)	 	solely with respect to any payment or other
action to be made or taken at any Place of Payment outside The City
of New York, is a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday that
is not a day on which banking institutions in such Place of Payment
generally are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive
order to close.




Solely when used in the third paragraph under the heading “Currency of Payment” on the face of this
Security, the meaning of the term “Business Day” shall be determined as if the Base Rate for the
relevant Supplemental Obligation is neither LIBOR nor EURIBOR. With respect to any particular
location, the close of business on any day on which business is not being conducted at that
location shall be deemed to mean 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on that day.




          “EMU Countries” means, at any time, the countries (if any) then participating in the
European Economic and Monetary Union (or any successor union) pursuant to the Treaty on European
Union of February 1992 (or any successor treaty), as it may be amended from time to time.




          “Euro Business Day” means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-Time
Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) System, or any successor system, is open for business.




          “Euro-Zone” means, at any time, the region comprised of the EMU Countries.




          References in this Security to U.S. dollars shall mean, as of any time, the coin or currency
that is then legal tender for the payment of public and private debts in the United States of
America.




          References in this Security to the euro shall mean, as of any time, the coin or currency (if
any) that is then legal tender for the payment of public and private debts in all EMU Countries.






          With respect to any Supplemental Obligation, references in this Security to a particular
currency other than U.S. dollars and euros shall mean, as of any time, the coin or currency that is
then legal tender for the payment of public and private debts in the country issuing such currency
on the Original Issue Date for such Supplemental Obligation.




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          4. Redemption at the Company’s Option




          Unless a redemption commencement date is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, a
Supplemental Obligation shall not be redeemable at the option of the Company before the Stated
Maturity of the principal thereof Date. If a redemption commencement date is so specified, and
unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, such Supplemental Obligation is
subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice at any time and
from time to time on or after the redemption commencement date, as a whole or in part, at the
election of the Company and at the redemption price specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement
(expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of such Supplemental Obligation to be redeemed),
together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments due on or prior to
such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holder of this Security, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant record dates referred to on the face
hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.




          5. Repayment at the Holder’s Option




          Except as otherwise may be provided in the applicable Pricing Supplement, if one or more
repayment dates are specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the principal of a Supplemental
Obligation will be repayable in whole or in part in an amount equal to any Authorized Denomination
(provided that the remaining principal amount of any Supplemental Obligation surrendered
for partial repayment shall at least equal an Authorized Denomination), on any such repayment date,
in each case at the option of the Holder and at the applicable repayment price specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount to be repaid),
together with accrued interest to the applicable repayment date (but interest installments due on
or prior to such repayment date will be payable to the Holder of this Security, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date as
provided in the Indenture). With respect to any Supplemental Obligation, if the applicable Pricing
Supplement provides for more than one repayment date and the Holder exercises its option to elect
repayment, the Holder shall be deemed to have elected repayment on the earliest repayment date
after all conditions to such exercise have been satisfied, and references herein to the applicable
repayment date shall mean such earliest repayment date.






          In order for the exercise of such option to be effective and the principal amount of a
Supplemental Obligation to be repaid, the Company must receive at the applicable address of the
Trustee set forth below (or at such other place or places of which the Company shall from time to
time notify the Holder of this Security), on any Business Day not later than the 15th, and not
earlier than the 25th, calendar day prior to the applicable repayment date (or, if either such
calendar day is not a Business Day, the




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next succeeding Business Day), either (i) the form below
entitled “Option to Elect Repayment” duly completed and signed, or (ii) a facsimile transmission or
letter from a member of a national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc., a commercial bank or a trust company in the United States of America setting forth
(a) the name, address and telephone number of the Holder of this Security, (b) the principal amount
of such Supplemental Obligation and the portion thereof to be repaid, (c) a statement that the
option to elect repayment is being exercised thereby and (d) a guarantee stating that the Company
will receive the form below entitled “Option to Elect Repayment” duly completed and signed, not
later than five Business Days after the date of such facsimile transmission or letter
(provided that such form duly completed and signed is received by the Company by such fifth
Business Day). Any such election shall be irrevocable. The address to which such deliveries are
to be made is The Bank of New York, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, 101 Barclay Street,
New York, New York 10286 (or at such other places as the Company or the Trustee shall notify the
Holder of this Security). All questions as to the validity, eligibility (including time of
receipt) and acceptance of any Supplemental Obligation for repayment will be determined by the
Company, whose determination will be final and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the option
of the Holder to elect repayment may be exercised in accordance with the Applicable Procedures of
the Depositary for this Security at least 15 calendar days prior to the applicable repayment date
and the option of the Holder to elect repayment may be exercised in any such manner as the Company
may approve.




          6. Transfer and Exchange




          As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security
for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the
principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or his or her attorney duly authorized in
writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of such tranche and
of like tenor, of Authorized Denominations,
and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.





          As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities
of a specific tranche are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of that
tranche and of like tenor, of a different Authorized Denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the
same.





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          No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
payable in connection therewith.




          Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this
Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.




          This Security is a Global Security and is subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating
to Global Securities, including the limitations in Section 305 thereof on transfers and exchanges
of Global Securities.




          This Security is a Master Note and may be exchanged at any time, solely upon the request of
the Company to the Trustee, for one or more Global Securities in the same aggregate principal
amount, each of which may or may not be a Master Note, as requested by the Company. Each such
replacement Global Security that is a Master Note shall reflect such of the Supplemental
Obligations as the Company shall request. Each such replacement Global Security that is not a
Master Note shall represent one (and only one) Supplemental Obligation as requested by the Company,
and such Global Security shall be appropriately modified so as to reflect the terms of such
Supplemental Obligation.




          7. Defeasance




          The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of
this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security,
in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture. If so specified in
the applicable Pricing Supplement, either or both of such provisions are applicable to a
Supplemental Obligation, as so specified.




          8. Remedies




          If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of a specific tranche shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of the Securities of that tranche may be declared due and payable in the
manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.




          As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security
shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy thereunder, each with reference to a
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previously given the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default with respect to such tranche of Securities, the Holders of not less
than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of such tranche at the time Outstanding shall have
made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as
Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not
have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of such tranche at
the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute
any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The
foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement
of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due
dates expressed herein.




          No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate,
and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed, or alter or impair the obligation of the Guarantor,
which is unconditional to pay pursuant to the Guarantee endorsed hereupon.




          9. Modification and Waiver




          The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the Guarantor and the rights of
the Holders of the Securities of each tranche to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the
Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of all tranches to be affected (considered
together as one class for this purpose). The Indenture also contains provisions (i) permitting the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of all tranches
to be affected under the Indenture (considered together as one class for this purpose), on behalf
of the Holders of all Securities of such tranches, to waive compliance by the Company with certain
provisions of the Indenture and (ii) permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Securities at the time Outstanding of any tranche to be affected under the Indenture (with each
such tranche considered separately for this purpose), on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of
such tranche, to waive certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such
consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder
and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or
waiver is made upon this Security.





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          10. Governing Law




          This Security and the Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York.






	 	 	 	 	 
	MASTER NOTE CUSIP NO.
	 	 	 	 
	SUPPLEMENTAL OBLIGATION:

	 	 

	 	  
	Pricing Supplement No. and Date:

	 	 

	 	 
	Original Issue Date:

	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	 

	 	 






GS FINANCE CORP.

MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES A




FULLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED BY

THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.




(Master Note)




OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT




TO BE COMPLETED ONLY IF THE SUPPLEMENTAL OBLIGATION

REFERENCED IN THIS NOTICE

IS REPAYABLE AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDER AND

THE HOLDER ELECTS TO EXERCISE SUCH RIGHT




          The undersigned hereby irrevocably requests and instructs the Company to repay the
Supplemental Obligation referred to in this notice (or the portion thereof specified below) at the
applicable repayment price, together with interest to the repayment date, all as provided for in
such Supplemental Obligation, to the undersigned, whose name, address and telephone number are as
follows:



 



 



(please print name of the undersigned)



 



 



(please print address of the undersigned)



 



 



(please print telephone number of the undersigned)



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          If such Supplemental Obligation provides for more than one repayment date, the undersigned
requests repayment on the earliest repayment date after the

requirements for exercising this option have been satisfied, and references in this notice to
the repayment date mean such earliest repayment date. Terms used in this notice that are defined
in the Security specified above are used herein as defined therein.




          For such Supplemental Obligation to be repaid the Company must receive at the applicable
address of the Trustee set forth below or at such other place or places of which the Company or the
Trustee shall from time to time notify the Holder of such Security, any Business Day not later than
the 15th or earlier than the 25th calendar day prior to the repayment date (or, if either such
calendar day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), (i) this “Option to Elect
Repayment” form duly completed and signed, or (ii) a facsimile transmission or letter from a member
of a national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., a
commercial bank or a trust company in the United States of America setting forth (a) the name,
address and telephone number of the Holder of such Security, (b) the principal amount of such
Supplemental Obligation and the amount of such Supplemental Obligation to be repaid, (c) a
statement that the option to elect repayment is being exercised thereby and (d) a guarantee stating
that the form entitled “Option to Elect Repayment” on the addendum to such Security duly completed
and signed will be received by the Company not later than five Business Days after the date of such
facsimile transmission or letter (provided that such form duly completed and signed is
received by the Company by such fifth Business Day). The address to which such deliveries are to
be made is:



The Bank of New York

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

101 Barclay Street

New York, New York 10286



or at such other places as the Company or the Trustee shall notify the Holder of such Security.




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          If less than the entire principal amount of such Supplemental Obligation is to be repaid,
specify the portion thereof (which shall equal any Authorized Denomination) that the Holder elects
to have repaid:




 






	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Date:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

	 	 	 	 

Notice: The signature to this Option to Elect
Repayment must correspond with the name of the
Holder as written on the face of such Security in
every particular without alteration or
enlargement or any other change whatsoever.
	 	 






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ABBREVIATIONS




          The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Security, shall
be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations.





	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	TEN COM



TEN ENT
	 	-



-
	 	as tenants in common


as tenants by the entireties

	 
	 

	 	JT TEN
	 	-
	 	as joint tenants with the right of survivorship and not
as tenants in common








	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT 
	-	                    
	 	Custodian
	 	                    
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	(Cust)
	 	 	 	(Minor)	 	 






under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act




      




(State)




Additional abbreviations may also be used

though not in the above list.



 






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ASSIGNMENT




          FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto                                         




PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER

IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE




	 
	 
	 



 



 



(Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address



Including Postal Zip Code of Assignee)



 




	 	 	 	 	 
	the attached Security and all rights thereunder,
and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints

	 	 

	 	 





 



to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of
substitution in the premises.




Dated:                     




Signature Guaranteed




	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 

NOTICE: Signature must be
guaranteed.

	 	 

NOTICE: The signature to this
assignment must correspond with the name
of the Holder as written upon the face of the
attached Security in every particular, without
	 	 






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alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
	 	 





SCHEDULE A




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Decrease	 	Increase	 	Effective Date	 	 
	Pricing	 	Principal Amount of	 	Original	 	in Principal	 	in Principal	 	of Increase or	 	 
	Supplement No.	 	Supplemental Obligation	 	Issue Date	 	Amount	 	Amount	 	Decrease	 	Trustee Notation
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 






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