UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
January 11, 2011

THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		No. 001-14965		No. 13-4019460
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

200 West Street New York, New York		10282
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 902-1000

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, the firm) will be making certain changes to its business segments, commencing with its earnings release for the fourth quarter of 2010, which will be issued on January 19, 2011.

Prior to the fourth quarter of 2010, the firm had three business segments: Investment Banking, Trading and Principal Investments, and Asset Management and Securities Services. Beginning with the fourth quarter of 2010, the firm will report its results in the following four business segments: Investment Banking, Institutional Client Services, Investing & Lending, and Investment Management. Prior results beginning with the firm’s 2008 fiscal year are presented on a comparable basis in the tables below.

     The changes made were as follows:

•

Trading and Principal Investments has been disaggregated into two new segments: Institutional Client Services, which includes results from the firm’s market making in various products for and on behalf of clients, and Investing & Lending, which includes results from the firm’s investing and lending activities. These changes reflect the increased importance of providing greater transparency with respect to the firm’s revenues from client execution activities related to making markets for clients in various products, and revenues from investing and lending activities. Accordingly, the firm’s revenues will now be aggregated based on the nature of the firm’s activities, rather than its products.

	•		The results from client execution activities related to making markets for clients, previously reported in Equities and Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities, are now included in Institutional Client Services.
	•		The results previously reported in Principal Investments are now included in Investing & Lending (except for overrides, which are included in Investment Management as described below). In addition, the results related to investing and lending activities across various asset classes, primarily including debt and equity securities, loans, private equity and real estate, previously reported in Equities and Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities, are now included in Investing & Lending.

	•		Asset Management and Securities Services has been disaggregated, with the results previously reported in Asset Management now included in Investment Management. The results previously reported in Securities Services are now included in Institutional Client Services, together with the firm’s other client execution businesses.
	•		Derivative transactions that are directly related to client advisory and underwriting assignments, previously reported in Equities and Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities, are now included in Investment Banking, together with the advisory and underwriting assignments to which they are directly related.
	•		Transaction revenues and custody fees related to the firm’s Private Wealth Management business, previously reported in Securities Services, Equities and Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities, are now included in Investment Management, together with the firm’s other investment management activities.
	•		Overrides, which represent the increased share of the income and gains derived from the firm’s merchant banking funds when the return on a fund’s investments over the life of the fund exceeds certain threshold returns, previously reported in Principal Investments, are now included in Investment Management (within incentive fees), together with the firm’s other investment management activities.

The firm’s new business segments are as follows:

     Investment Banking

     Investment Banking is comprised of:

	•		Financial Advisory, which includes advisory assignments with respect to mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense activities, restructurings and spin-offs, and derivative transactions directly related to such client advisory assignments.
	•		Underwriting, which includes public offerings and private placements of a wide range of securities and other financial instruments, and derivative transactions directly related to such client underwriting activities.

     Institutional Client Services

     Institutional Client Services is comprised of:

	•		Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities, which includes client execution activities related to making markets in credit products, interest rate products, mortgages, currencies and commodities.
	•		Equities, which includes client execution activities related to making markets in equities, commissions and fees, and the firm’s securities services business.

     Investing & Lending

     Investing & Lending includes the following activities:

	•		The firm’s investing and lending activities across various asset classes, primarily including debt and equity securities, loans, private equity and real estate. These activities include both direct investing and investing through funds.
	•		The firm’s investments in consolidated investment entities.

     Investment Management

     Investment Management includes the following activities:

	•		Management and other fees related to the firm’s asset management businesses, including Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Private Wealth Management and the firm’s merchant banking funds.
	•		Incentive fees related to the firm’s asset management and merchant banking funds.
	•		Transaction revenues related to the firm’s Private Wealth Management business, including commissions and spreads.

These changes to the firm’s business segments have no effect on the firm’s historical consolidated results of operations. Prior period segment results have been conformed to the new business segments.

THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
OPERATING RESULTS BY SEGMENT
(UNAUDITED)
$ in millions

		Three Months Ended
		September 30,				June 30,				March 31,
		2010				2010				2010
Investment Banking
Financial Advisory		$	499			$	471			$	464
Equity underwriting			310				225				372
Debt underwriting			350				245				367
Total Underwriting			660				470				739
Net revenues			1,159				941				1,203
Operating expenses			890				713				880
Pre-tax earnings		$	269			$	228			$	323
Institutional Client Services
Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities Client Execution		$	2,687			$	3,367			$	6,017
Equities client execution			860				312				1,287
Commissions and fees			779				940				844
Securities services			343				362				359
Total Equities			1,982				1,614				2,490
Net revenues			4,669				4,981				8,507
Operating expenses			3,166				4,173				4,831
Pre-tax earnings		$	1,503			$	808			$	3,676
Investing & Lending
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC)		$	9			$	905			$	(222	)
Equity (excluding ICBC)			823				(44	)			847
Debt			508				422				1,130
Other			457				503				215
Net revenues			1,797				1,786				1,970
Operating expenses			951				934				908
Pre-tax earnings		$	846			$	852			$	1,062
Investment Management
Management and other fees		$	1,001			$	966			$	932
Incentive fees			158				33				26
Transaction revenues			119				134				137
Net revenues			1,278				1,133				1,095
Operating expenses			1,038				954				949
Pre-tax earnings		$	240			$	179			$	146
Total
Net revenues		$	8,903			$	8,841			$	12,775
Operating expenses (1)			6,092				7,393				7,616
Pre-tax earnings		$	2,811			$	1,448			$	5,159

(1)		Includes the following expenses that have not been allocated to the firm’s segments: (i) charitable contributions of $25 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010; (ii) net provisions for a number of litigation and regulatory proceedings of $27 million, $615 million and $21 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, June 30, 2010 and March 31, 2010, respectively; and (iii) real estate-related exit costs of $20 million, $4 million and $2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, June 30, 2010 and March 31, 2010, respectively.

THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
OPERATING RESULTS BY SEGMENT
(UNAUDITED)
$ in millions

		Year Ended								One Month Ended
		December 31,				November 28,				December 26,
		2009				2008				2008
Investment Banking
Financial Advisory		$	1,897			$	2,663			$	73
Equity underwriting			1,797				1,415				19
Debt underwriting			1,290				1,375				46
Total Underwriting			3,087				2,790				65
Net revenues			4,984				5,453				138
Operating expenses			3,482				3,269				170
Pre-tax earnings		$	1,502			$	2,184			$	(32	)
Institutional Client Services
Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities Client Execution		$	21,883			$	9,318			$	446
Equities client execution			5,237				4,950				420
Commissions and fees			3,680				4,826				239
Securities services			1,919				3,251				227
Total Equities			10,836				13,027				886
Net revenues			32,719				22,345				1,332
Operating expenses			13,691				10,294				736
Pre-tax earnings		$	19,028			$	12,051			$	596
Investing & Lending
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC)		$	1,582			$	(446	)		$	228
Equity (excluding ICBC)			(596	)			(5,953	)			(1,076	)
Debt			1,045				(6,325	)			(856	)
Other			832				1,903				74
Net revenues			2,863				(10,821	)			(1,630	)
Operating expenses			3,523				2,719				204
Pre-tax earnings		$	(660	)		$	(13,540	)		$	(1,834	)
Investment Management
Management and other fees		$	3,860			$	4,346			$	320
Incentive fees			180				301				2
Transaction revenues			567				598				21
Net revenues			4,607				5,245				343
Operating expenses			3,673				3,528				263
Pre-tax earnings		$	934			$	1,717			$	80
Total
Net revenues		$	45,173			$	22,222			$	183
Operating expenses (1)			25,344				19,886				1,441
Pre-tax earnings		$	19,829			$	2,336			$	(1,258	)

(1)		Includes the following expenses that have not been allocated to the firm’s segments: (i) charitable contributions of $810 million for the year ended December 31, 2009; (ii) net provisions for a number of litigation and regulatory proceedings of $104 million, $(4) million and $68 million for the years ended December 31, 2009 and November 28, 2008 and one month ended December 26, 2008, respectively; and (iii) real estate-related exit costs of $61 million and $80 million for the years ended December 31, 2009 and November 28, 2008, respectively.

SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.