Form of Fixed Rate Medium-Term Note, Series E





 Exhibit 4.78 

[Form of Fixed Rate Medium-Term Note, Series E of GS Finance Corp.] 

(Face of Security) 

[IF A GLOBAL SECURITY, INSERT — 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.] 
 [IF DTC IS THE
DEPOSITARY, INSERT — 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.] 

[INSERT ANY LEGEND REQUIRED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND THE REGULATIONS THEREUNDER.] 

[INSERT ANY LEGEND REQUIRED BY THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT AND THE REGULATIONS THEREUNDER.] 

THIS SECURITY IS FULLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED BY THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. (THE “GUARANTOR”) PURSUANT TO THE
GUARANTEE SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO (THE “GUARANTEE”). 
 THIS SECURITY IS NOT A BANK DEPOSIT AND
IS NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY, NOR IS IT AN OBLIGATION OF, OR GUARANTEED BY, A BANK. 












 CUSIP No.             

GS FINANCE CORP. 
 MEDIUM-TERM
NOTES, SERIES E 
 FULLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED BY 

THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. 

(Fixed Rate) 
 The following terms
apply to this Security, as and to the extent shown below: 

 

 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: 

STATED MATURITY DATE: 
 SPECIFIED CURRENCY: U.S.
dollars for all payments unless otherwise specified below: 
  

	 	•	 	payments of principal and any premium: 

  

	 	•	 	payments of interest: 

 EXCHANGE RATE AGENT: 

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC 

INTEREST RATE:     % per annum 

INTEREST PAYMENT DATE(S): 

                    , subject to the provisions under
“Payments Due on a Business Day” below 
 ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE1: 

BUSINESS DAY CONVENTION: 
  

	 	•	 	Following: 

  

	 	•	 	Modified Following:




 ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY: 

 

	 	•	 	Total Amount of OID: 

  

	 	•	 	Yield to Maturity: 

  

	 	•	 	Initial Accrual Period OID: 

 REDEMPTION COMMENCEMENT DATE: 

REPAYMENT DATE(S): 

REDEMPTION OR REPAYMENT PRICE(S): 

DEFEASANCE: 
  

	 	•	 	Full Defeasance: 

  

	 	•	 	Covenant Defeasance: 

 DAY COUNT CONVENTION: 

 

	 	•	 	1/1 (ISDA): 


 

  

	1 	 This date shall be the issue date of this Security, unless there is a Predecessor Security, in which case this
date shall be the issue date of the first Predecessor Security. 



  
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	 	•	 	Following Unadjusted: 

  

	 	•	 	Modified Following Unadjusted 

 OTHER TERMS:




	 	•	 	Actual/Actual (ISDA): 

  

	 	•	 	Actual/Actual (ICMA): 

  

	 	•	 	Actual/365 (Fixed): 

  

	 	•	 	Actual/360 (ISDA): 

  

	 	•	 	30/360 (ISDA): 

  

	 	•	 	30E/360: 

  

	 	•	 	30E/360 (ISDA): 

  

	 	•	 	Other: 


 

  
 Terms left blank or marked
“N/A”, “No”, “None” or in a similar manner do not apply to this Security except as otherwise may be specified. 

Whenever used in this Security, the terms specified above that apply to this Security have the meanings specified above, unless the context
requires otherwise. Other terms used in this Security that are not defined herein but that are defined in the Indenture referred to in Section 1 on the reverse of this Security are used herein as defined therein. 

  
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 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), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
                    , or registered assigns, as principal, the Principal Amount on the Stated Maturity Date and to pay interest thereon, from the
Original Issue Date or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or made available for payment, on the Interest Payment Date(s) in each year, commencing on the first such date specified on the face of this Security,
and at the Maturity of the principal hereof, at the rate per annum equal to the Interest Rate specified on the face hereof, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Any premium and any such installment of interest that is
overdue at any time shall also bear interest (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate per annum at which the principal then bears interest, from the date any such overdue amount first becomes due
until it is paid or made available for payment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, interest on any principal, premium or installment of interest that is overdue shall be payable on demand, subject to the provisions in the Indenture. 

On each Interest Payment Date or at the Maturity of the principal hereof, the amount of interest payable will equal the Principal Amount
hereof multiplied by an accrued interest factor for the Interest Period. The Interest Period will be the period from and including [Insert Original Issue Date], or the last date to which interest has been paid or made available for payment,
to but excluding such Interest Payment Date or Maturity, as the case may be (subject to “Payments Due on a Business Day” below). The accrued interest factor will equal the Interest Rate specified on the face hereof multiplied by the
Day Count Convention specified on the face hereof for the applicable Interest Period. 
 The applicable Day Count Convention is specified on
the face hereof and means: 
 (i)    if “1/1 (ISDA)” or “1/1” is specified, 1; 

(ii)    if “Actual/Actual”, “Actual/Actual (ISDA)”, “Act/Act” or
“Act/Act (ISDA)” is specified, the actual number of days in the Interest Period divided by 365 (or, if any portion of that Interest Period falls in a leap year, the sum of (1) the actual number of days in that portion of
the Interest Period falling in a leap year divided by 366 and (2) the actual number of days in that portion of the Interest Period falling in a non-leap year divided by 365); 

(iii)    if “Actual/Actual (ICMA)” or “Act/Act (ICMA)” is specified, the number of days
in the Interest Period, including February 29 in a leap year, divided by the product of (1) the actual number of days in such Interest Period and (2) the number of Interest Periods in the year; 

  
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 (iv)    if “Actual/365 (Fixed)”, “Act/365
(Fixed)”, “A/365 (Fixed)” or “A/365F” is specified, the actual number of days in the Interest Period divided by 365; 

(v)    if “Actual/360 (ISDA)”, “Act/360 (ISDA)”, “A/360 (ISDA)”,
“Actual/360”, “Act/360” or “A/360” is specified, the actual number of days in the Interest Period divided by 360; 

(vi)    if “30/360 (ISDA)”, “360/360 (ISDA)”, “Bond Basis (ISDA)”,
“30/360”, “360/360” or “Bond Basis” is specified, the number of days in the Interest Period in respect of which payment is being made divided by 360, calculated on a formula basis as follows: 

 

					
	
                                         
                                         
      	 	 [360x(Y2-Y1)]+[30x(M2-M1)]+(D2-D1)
 360
	  	
                
                                         
                           


 where 
  

	 	•	 	 “Y1” is the year, expressed as a number, in
which the first day of the Interest Period falls; 


  

	 	•	 	 “Y2” is the year, expressed as a number, in
which the day immediately following the last day included in the Interest Period falls; 


  

	 	•	 	 “M1” is the calendar month, expressed as a
number, in which the first day of the Interest Period falls; 


  

	 	•	 	 “M2” is the calendar month, expressed as a
number, in which the day immediately following the last day included in the Interest Period falls; 


  

	 	•	 	 “D1” is the first calendar day, expressed as a
number, of the Interest Period, unless such number would be 31, in which case D1 will be 30; and 


  

	 	•	 	 “D2” is the calendar day, expressed as a
number, immediately following the last day included in the Interest Period, unless such number would be 31 and D1 is greater than 29, in which case D2 will be 30; and 


 (vii)    if
“30E/360” or “Eurobond Basis” is specified, the number of days in the Interest Period in respect of which payment is being made divided by 360, calculated on a formula basis as follows: 

 

					
	
                                         
                                         
      	 	 [360x(Y2-Y1)]+[30x(M2-M1)]+(D2-D1)
 360
	  	
                
                                         
                           



  
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 where 
  

	 	•	 	 “Y1” is the year, expressed as a number, in
which the first day of the Interest Period falls; 


  

	 	•	 	 “Y2” is the year, expressed as a number, in
which the day immediately following the last day included in the Interest Period falls; 


  

	 	•	 	 “M1” is the calendar month, expressed as a
number, in which the first day of the Interest Period falls; 


  

	 	•	 	 “M2” is the calendar month, expressed as a
number, in which the day immediately following the last day included in the Interest Period falls; 


  

	 	•	 	 “D1” is the first calendar day, expressed as a
number, of the Interest Period, unless such number would be 31, in which case D1 will be 30; and 


  

	 	•	 	 “D2” is the calendar day, expressed as a
number, immediately following the last day included in the Interest Period, unless such number would be 31, in which case D2 will be 30; and 



(viii)    if “30E/360 (ISDA)” is specified, the number of days in the Interest Period in respect
of which payment is being made divided by 360, calculated on a formula basis as follows: 
  

					
	
                                         
                                         
      	 	 [360x(Y2-Y1)]+[30x(M2-M1)]+(D2-D1)
 360
	  	
                
                                         
                           


 where 
  

	 	•	 	 “Y1” is the year, expressed as a number, in
which the first day of the Interest Period falls; 


  

	 	•	 	 “Y2” is the year, expressed as a number, in
which the day immediately following the last day included in the Interest Period falls; 


  

	 	•	 	 “M1” is the calendar month, expressed as a
number, in which the first day of the Interest Period falls; 


  

	 	•	 	 “M2” is the calendar month, expressed as a
number, in which the day immediately following the last day included in the Interest Period falls; 


  

	 	•	 	 “D1” is the first calendar day, expressed as a
number, of the Interest Period, unless (1) that day is the last day of February or (2) such number would be 31, in which cases D1 will be 30; and 



  
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	 	•	 	 “D2” is the calendar day, expressed as a
number, immediately following the last day included in the Interest Period, unless (1) that day is the last day of February, but not the stated maturity date or (2) such number would be 31, in which cases D2 will be 30. 


 The interest so payable, and punctually paid or made
available for payment, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, 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 [if Global Security,
insert — calendar day (whether or not a Business Day (as defined in Section 3 on the reverse hereof))] [if not a Global Security, insert alternative provision acceptable to Trustee and Registrar] immediately preceding the day on
which payment is to be made (as such payment date may be adjusted in accordance with the Business Day Convention specified on the face hereof and the second paragraph under “Payments Due on a Business Day” below) (a “Regular Record
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 of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof being 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. For the purpose of determining the Holder at the close of business on any relevant record date when business is not being conducted, the close of business will
mean 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on that day. 
 All percentages resulting from any calculation with respect to this Security 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 this Security 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. 
 Currency of Payment 

Payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made in the Specified Currency for such payment, except as
provided in this and the next three paragraphs. The Specified Currency for any payment shall be the currency specified as such on the face of this Security unless, at the time of such payment, such currency is not legal tender for the payment of
public and private debts in the country 

  
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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 specified on the face of this Security as 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 3 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. 
 Except as provided in the next paragraph, any payment to be made on this Security 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: Global
Corporate Trust, 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 this Security payable to a particular Holder will remain in effect for all later payments on this Security 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 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 based upon the highest bid quotation received by the Exchange Rate Agent as of approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the second Business Day 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 this Security 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. 

  
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 Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any amount payable on this Security 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, disruption in a currency
market 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 an exchange rate for such Specified Currency published at approximately 12:00 noon, New York City time, by a generally recognized and publicly available source, to be
determined in the sole discretion of the Exchange Rate Agent, on the latest day before the day on which such payment is to be made (the “Exchange Rate”). 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 this Security in U.S. dollars will be
made 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 such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and 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 hereof (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 this Security 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 this Security is at least $1,000,000 (or the equivalent in another
currency) 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: Global Corporate Trust, 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 hereof (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 this Security payable to a particular Holder will remain in effect for all later


  
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payments on this Security 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 payment and all later payments. In the case of any 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 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 this Security 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 the case of any such payment due at the Maturity of the principal hereof (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 this Security by the Holder hereof will remain in
effect with respect to any further payments with respect to this Security payable to such Holder. If a payment in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars with respect to this Security 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. 

  
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 Manner of Payment — Global Securities 

Notwithstanding any provision of this Security or the Indenture, if this Security is a Global Security, 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. 

Payments Due on a Business Day 

Notwithstanding any provision of this Security or the Indenture, if the Maturity of the principal hereof occurs on a day that is not a Business
Day, any amount of principal, premium or interest due at the Maturity hereof would otherwise be due on this Security on such day (the “Specified Day”) that is not a Business Day, such amount may be paid or made available for payment
on the Business Day that is next succeeding the Specified Day with the same force and effect as if such amount were paid on the Specified Day, and no interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from the Specified Day to such next
succeeding Business Day. 
 As specified on the face of this Security, one of the following Business Day Conventions shall apply to any
Interest Period or Interest Payment Date, other than one that falls on the date of Maturity of the principal hereof. If any such date would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day: 

(i)    if the Business Day Convention specified on the face hereof is “Following”, then
such date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day; 
 (ii)    if the Business Day
Convention specified on the face hereof is “Modified Following”, then such date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day; provided that, if such next succeeding Business Day falls in the next calendar month,
then such date shall be advanced to the immediately preceding Business Day; 
 (iii)    if the Business
Day Convention specified on the face hereof is “Following Unadjusted”, any payment due on such date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day; provided that interest due with respect to such Interest Payment
Date shall not accrue from and including such Interest Payment Date to and including the date of payment of such interest as so postponed; provided further that the Interest Periods shall not be adjusted for non-Business Days; and 
 (iv)    if the Business Day Convention
specified on the face hereof is “Modified Following Unadjusted”, any payment due on such date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day; provided that interest due with respect to such Interest Payment Date
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Interest Payment Date to and including the date of payment of such interest as so postponed; and provided further that, if such day would fall in the next succeeding calendar month,
the date of payment with respect to such Interest Payment Date shall be advanced to the Business Day immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date; and provided further that the Interest Periods shall not be adjusted for non-Business Days. 
 The provisions of the two immediately preceding paragraphs shall apply to this
Security in lieu of the provisions of Section 1.13 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: 
  

					
	 GS FINANCE CORP.

		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:	 	
		 	Title:	 	  Treasury Signatory


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

Dated: 
  

					
	 THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

as Trustee

		
	By:	 	  

		 		 	     Authorized Signatory














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	 	1.	 Securities and the 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 under a Senior Debt Indenture, dated as of October 10, 2008 (herein called the “Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), among the Company, as Issuer, 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 Mellon, 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. For the avoidance of doubt, the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 1, 2020, among the Company as
Issuer, the Guarantor, and the Trustee shall not apply to this Security. 
  

	 	2.	 Series and Denominations 



This Security is one of the series of Securities designated on the face hereof, limited to an aggregate principal amount (or the equivalent
thereof in any other currency or currencies or currency units) as shall be determined and may be increased from time to time by the Company. References herein to “this series” mean the series of Securities designated as Medium-Term Notes,
Series E. 
 This Security is issuable only in registered form without coupons in “Authorized Denominations”, which term
shall have the following meaning: for each Security having a principal amount payable in U.S. dollars, $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof; for each Security having a principal amount payable in a Specified Currency other than
U.S. dollars, the amount of such Specified Currency equivalent, at the Exchange Rate on the first Business Day preceding the date on which the Company accepts the offer to purchase such Security, to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess
thereof. 
  

	 	3.	 Exchange Rate Agent and Related Terms  



If the principal of or interest on this Security is payable in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, the Company has initially
appointed the institution named on the face of this Security as Exchange Rate Agent to act as such agent with respect to this Security, but the Company may, in its sole discretion, appoint any other institution (including any Affiliate of the
Company) to serve as any such agent from time to time. The Company will give the Trustee prompt written notice of any change in any such appointment. Insofar as this Security 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 such agent,
Affiliates of such agent or Affiliates of the Company. 

  
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 Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Exchange Rate Agent pursuant
to the provisions set forth in this Security, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision
to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, may be made by such agent in its sole discretion, and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the documentation relating to this
Security, shall become effective without consent from the Holders of this Security or any other party. The Exchange Rate Agent shall not have any liability therefor. 

Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, for all purposes of this Security, the term “Business Day” means, for this
Security, a day that meets the requirements set forth in each of clauses (i) through (iv) below, in each case to the extent such requirements apply to this Security as specified below: 

(i)    is a New York Business Day; 

(ii)    if the Specified Currency for payment of principal of or interest on this Security is other than
U.S. dollars or euros, is also a day on which banking institutions are not authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close in the principal financial center of the country issuing the Specified Currency; 

(iii)    if the Specified Currency for payment of principal of or interest on this Security is euros, is
also a Euro Business Day; and 
 (iv)    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. 
 “Euro Business Day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday on which the
Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) System, or any successor system, is open for business. 

“New York Business Day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is not a day on which banking
institutions in New York City generally are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close. 

  
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 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. 
 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. “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. 
 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. 

 

	 	4.	 [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT — Additional Amounts.



 If the beneficial owner of this Security is a United States Alien (as defined below), the Company will pay all
additional amounts that may be necessary so that every net payment of the principal of and interest on this Security to such beneficial owner, after deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, assessment or governmental
charge imposed with respect to such payment by any U.S. Taxing Authority (as defined below), will not be less than the amount provided for in this Security to be then due and payable; provided, however, that the Company shall have no
obligation to pay additional amounts for or on account of any one or more of the following: 
 (i)    any
tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed solely because at any time there is or was a connection between such beneficial owner (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, shareholder or member of such beneficial owner, if such
beneficial owner is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation) and the United States (as defined below) (other than the mere receipt of a payment on, or the ownership or holding of, this Security), including because such beneficial owner (or such
fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, shareholder or member) at any time, for U.S. federal income tax purposes: (a) is or was a citizen or resident, or is or was treated as a resident, of the United States, (b) is or was present in the United
States, (c) is or was engaged in a trade or business in the United States, (d) has or had a permanent establishment in the United States, (e) is or was a personal holding company, a passive foreign investment company or a


  
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controlled foreign corporation, (f) is or was a corporation that accumulates earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax or (g) is or was a
“10-percent shareholder” of the Company as defined in Section 871(h)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code or any successor provision; 

(ii)    any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed solely because of a change in applicable law or
regulation, or in any official interpretation or application of applicable law or regulation, that becomes effective more than 15 days after the day on which the payment becomes due or is duly provided for, whichever occurs later; 

(iii)    any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, wealth or personal property tax or any
similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge; 
 (iv)    any tax, assessment or other
governmental charge imposed solely because such beneficial owner or any other Person fails to comply with any certification, identification or other reporting requirement concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the United
States of the Holder or any beneficial owner of this Security, if compliance is required by statute, by regulation of the U.S. Treasury Department or by an applicable income tax treaty to which the United States is a party, as a precondition to
exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge; 
 (v)    any tax, assessment or other
governmental charge that can be paid other than by deduction or withholding from payments of principal of or interest on this Security; 

(vi)    any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed solely because the payment is to be made
by a particular Paying Agent (which term may include the Company) and would not be imposed if made by another Paying Agent (which term may include the Company); 

(vii)    any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed solely because the Holder (1) is a
bank purchasing this Security in the ordinary course of its lending business or (2) is a bank that is neither (A) buying this Security for investment purposes only nor (B) buying this Security for resale to a third party that either
is not a bank or holding this Security for investment purposes only; or 
 (viii)    any combination of
the taxes, assessments or other governmental charges described above. 
 Additional amounts also will not be paid with respect to any
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partnership, or who is not the sole beneficial owner of any such payment, to the extent that the Company would not be required to pay additional amounts to any beneficiary or settlor of such
fiduciary or any member of such a partnership, or to any beneficial owner of the payment, if that Person had been treated as the beneficial owner of this Security for these purposes. 

In addition, any amounts to be paid on this Security will be paid net of any deduction or withholding imposed or required pursuant to Sections
1471 through 1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code, or any fiscal or
regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code, and no additional amounts will be required to be paid on account of any
such deduction or withholding. 
 The term “United States Alien” means any Person who, for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, is a nonresident alien individual, a foreign corporation, a foreign partnership one or more of the members of which is, for United States federal income tax purposes, a foreign corporation, a nonresident alien individual or a nonresident
alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust, or a nonresident alien fiduciary of an estate or trust that is not subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis on income or gain from this Security. For the purposes of this Section 4
and Section 5 only, (a) the term “United States” means the United States of America (including the states thereof and the District of Columbia), together with the territories, possessions and all other areas subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States of America and (b) the term “U.S. Taxing Authority” means the United States of America or any state, other jurisdiction or taxing authority in the United States. 

Except as specifically provided in this Security, the Company shall not be required to make any payment with respect to any tax, assessment or
other governmental charge imposed by any government or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein. 
 Whenever in the
Securities of this series (or in the Indenture, including in Sections 5.01(1) and (2) thereof, insofar as applicable to this series) there is a reference, in any context, to the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security of this
series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of any payment of additional amounts to United States Aliens in respect of such payment of principal or interest to the extent that, in such context, such additional amounts are, were or would
be payable in respect thereof pursuant to this Section 4 or any corresponding section of another Security of this series, as the case may be. Express mention of the payment of additional amounts in any provision of any Security of this series
shall not be construed as excluding additional amounts in the provisions of any Security of this series (or of the Indenture insofar as it applies to this series) where such express mention is not made.] 

  
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	 	5.	 Redemption at the Company’s Option 



(a)    [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT — This Security may be redeemed, as a whole but not in part, at the
option of the Company, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be redeemed, together with interest accrued and unpaid to but excluding the Redemption Date, if, as a result of any amendment to, or change in, the laws or
regulations of any U.S. Taxing Authority (as defined in Section 4 above), or any amendment to or change in any official interpretation or application of such laws or regulations, which amendment or change becomes effective or is announced on or
after [INSERT TRADE DATE], the Company will become obligated to pay, on the next Interest Payment Date, additional amounts in respect of this Security pursuant to Section 4 of this Security. If the Company becomes entitled to
redeem this Security, it may do so on any day thereafter pursuant to the Indenture; provided, however, that (1) the Company gives the Holder of this Security notice of such redemption not more than 60 days nor less than
30 days prior to the Redemption Date as provided in the Indenture, (2) no such notice of redemption may be given earlier than 90 days prior to the next Interest Payment Date on which the Company would be obligated to pay such additional
amounts and (3) at the time such notice is given, such obligation to pay such additional amounts remains in effect. Immediately prior to the giving of any notice of redemption of Securities pursuant to this Section 5(a), the Company will
deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the Company is entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth in reasonable detail a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the right of the Company to so
redeem the Securities have occurred. Interest installments due on or prior to a 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 date, all
as provided in the Indenture.] 
 (b)    [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT — In addition, if a Redemption
Commencement Date or the occurrence of a specified event giving rise to redemption is specified on the face hereof, this Security shall be redeemable at the option of the Company before the Maturity of the principal thereof. If a Redemption
Commencement Date or a redemption event is so specified, and unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, this Security is subject to redemption upon the notice specified on the face hereof, or if no notice period is specified, 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, in each case as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company and at the applicable Redemption Price specified on
the face hereof (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of this Security to be redeemed), together with accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding 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 on the relevant record dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.] 

  
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 (c)    [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT — In addition,
this Security shall be redeemable at the option of the Company before the Maturity of the principal thereof, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on or after
                     (or, if any additional Securities are issued after the Original Issue Date, beginning six months after the last issue date for
the additional Securities), except for                     , at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount to be
redeemed or (2) as determined by the Quotation Agent described below, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest, to the [and
including                (assuming for this purpose that the Securities of this series would mature
on                , rather than the Stated Maturity Date of the principal hereof)][Stated Maturity Date], on the Securities to be redeemed, not including any portion of
these payments of interest accrued as of the date on which the Securities are to be redeemed, discounted to the date on which the Securities are to be redeemed on a [semi-annual] basis, applying the [Insert Day Count Convention], at the
Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus          basis points, plus, in each case, interest accrued to the Redemption Date. Notice of a redemption pursuant to this Section [5(c)] must be provided to the Holder
of this Security not more than 60 days nor less than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date. Interest installments due on or prior to a 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 date, all as provided in the Indenture. 
 “Treasury Rate”
means:     
  

	 	•	 	 the average of the yields for the five Business Days prior to the date of calculation, appearing in the most
recently published statistical release appearing on the website of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or in another recognized electronic source, in each case as determined by the Quotation Agent in its sole discretion, and which
establishes yields on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity, for the maturity most closely corresponding to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed, [assuming for this purpose that the Securities of this
series would mature on                (rather than the Stated Maturity Date of the principal hereof),] or if no maturity is within three months before or after this time
period, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to this time period will be determined and the Treasury Rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest month;
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	 	•	 	 if the release or any successor release is not published during the five Business Days preceding the calculation
date or does not contain such yields, the annual rate equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue (as defined below), calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed as a percentage of
its principal amount, equal to the Comparable Treasury Price (as defined below) for the Redemption Date. 


 The Treasury
Rate will be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date. 
 “Quotation Agent” shall initially mean Goldman
Sachs & Co. LLC or its successor. However, if Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC ceases to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City, the Company will appoint another primary U.S. Government securities dealer to serve as
the Quotation Agent. 
 “Comparable Treasury Issue” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the United States Treasury
security selected by the Quotation Agent as being the most recently issued United States Treasury note or bond as displayed by Bloomberg L.P. (or any successor service) on screens PX1 through PX8 (or any other screens as may replace such screens on
such service) that has a remaining term comparable to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed [, assuming for this purpose that the Securities of this series would mature
on                (rather than the Stated Maturity Date of the principal hereof)]. 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations (as defined below) for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the
average of all such quotations. 
 “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer
(as defined below) and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and ask prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the
Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date. 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means (1) the Quotation Agent or (2) any other primary U.S. Government securities dealer
selected by the Quotation Agent after consultation with the Company.] 

  
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	 	6.	 Repayment at the Holder’s Option 



Except as otherwise may be provided on the face hereof, if one or more Repayment Dates are specified on the face hereof, this Security will be
repayable in whole or in part in an amount equal to any Authorized Denomination (provided that the remaining principal amount of any Security 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 on the face hereof (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). If this Security 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 this Security 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 next succeeding Business Day),
either (i) this Security, with 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 Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority, 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 this Security and the
amount of this Security 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 this Security, with 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 this Security and form duly completed and signed are 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 Mellon, Attention: Global Corporate Trust, 240 Greenwich Street, 7E, 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 Security for repayment will be determined by the Company, whose determination
will be final and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) if this Security is a Global Security, the option of the Holder to elect repayment may be exercised in accordance with the Applicable


  
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Procedures of the Depositary for this Security at least 15 calendar days prior to the applicable Repayment Date and (y) whether or not this Security is a Global Security, the option of
the Holder to elect repayment may be exercised in any such manner as the Company may approve. 
  

	 	7.	 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 this series 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 this series are exchangeable for a like
aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor, of a different Authorized Denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. 

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. 
 If this Security is a Global Security, this Security shall be
subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to Global Securities, including the limitations in Section 3.05 thereof on transfers and exchanges of Global Securities. 

 

	 	8.	 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. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, both of such provisions are applicable to this Security. 

  
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	 	9.	 Remedies 



If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series
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, unless such Holder shall have
previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series 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 this series 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. 

If so provided pursuant to the terms of any specific Securities, the above-referenced provisions of the Indenture regarding the ability of
Holders to waive certain defaults, or to request the Trustee to institute proceedings (or to give the Trustee other directions) in respect thereof, may be applied differently with regard to such Securities. 

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. 
  

	 	10.	 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 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 all
Securities at the time Outstanding to be affected, considered together as one class for this purpose (such Securities to be affected may be Securities of the same or different series and, with respect to any series, may comprise fewer than all the
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provisions (i) permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding to be affected under the Indenture, considered together as one class for
this purpose (such affected Securities may be Securities of the same or different series and, with respect to any particular series, may comprise fewer than all the Securities of such series), on behalf of the Holders of all Securities so affected,
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 series to be affected under the Indenture (with each
such series considered separately for this purpose), on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, 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. 
  

	 	11.	 Guarantee by the Guarantor 



This Security is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee set forth in the Indenture. 

 

	 	12.	 Governing Law 



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

  
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 CUSIP NO.              

ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:              

GS FINANCE CORP. 
 MEDIUM-TERM
NOTE, SERIES E 
 FULLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED BY 

THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. 

OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT 

TO BE COMPLETED ONLY IF THIS SECURITY 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 Security 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 Security, 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) 

If such Security 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 such Security are used herein as defined therein. 

For such Security 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) such Security, with this “Option to Elect Repayment” form duly completed and signed, or (ii) a facsimile transmission or letter from a member of a national securities
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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 Security and the amount of such Security to be repaid, (c) a statement that the option to elect repayment is being exercised thereby and (d) a guarantee stating that such Security to be repaid with the form entitled “Option to
Elect Repayment” on the addendum to the 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 Security and form
duly completed and signed are 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 Mellon 

Attention: Global Corporate Trust 

240 Greenwich Street, 7E 
 New
York, New York 10286 
 or at such other place as the Company or the Trustee shall notify the Holder of such Security. 

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

 
 and specify the denomination or
denominations (which shall equal any Authorized Denomination) of the Security or Securities to be issued to the Holder in respect of the portion of such Security not being repaid (in the absence of any specification, one Security will be issued in
respect of the portion not being 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
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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	  	-	  	as tenants in common
				
		 	TEN ENT	  	-	  	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 guaranteed. must correspond with
the name of the Holder as written upon the face of the attached Security in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.



  
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