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EX-5.1 - OPINION OF SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP - GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCd310335dex51.htm

 

 

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):

March 1, 2012

 

 

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)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibits are filed herewith in connection with the issuance of the following debt securities by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (the “Company”) on March 1, 2012, pursuant to the Company’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-176914) (the “Registration Statement”):

 

   

$19,759,000 3.75% Notes due 2017.

 

   

$16,957,000 5.00% Notes due 2023.

 

   

$16,169,000 5.50% Notes due 2032.

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibits are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement as exhibits thereto and are filed as part of this Current Report:

 

5.1

   Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.

23.1

   Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).


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.

 

        THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.
   

    (Registrant)

Date: March 1, 2012     By:  

       /s/ Kenneth L. Josselyn

      Name:      Kenneth L. Josselyn
      Title:      Assistant Secretary