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EX-1.1 - DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT - GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCd312535dex11.htm
EX-4.3 - AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST - GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCd312535dex43.htm
EX-4.2 - GUARANTEE AGREEMENT - GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCd312535dex42.htm
EX-5.2 - OPINION OF SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP - GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCd312535dex52.htm
EX-4.1 - SIXTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE - GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCd312535dex41.htm
EX-5.1 - OPINION OF RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER, P.A. - GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCd312535dex51.htm
EX-8.1 - TAX OPINION OF SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP - GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCd312535dex81.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 5, 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 securities by Murray Street Investment Trust I (the “Trust”) and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (the “Company”) on March 9, 2012, pursuant to the Company’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-176914) (as amended, the “Registration Statement”):

 

   

$1,750,010,000 aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust’s 4.647% Senior Guaranteed Trust Securities due 2017, guaranteed on a senior basis by the Company; and

 

   

$1,750,010,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s Series MS-1 Remarketed 4.647% Junior Subordinated Notes due 2017.

(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:

 

1.1    Distribution Agreement, dated March 5, 2012, among Murray Street Investment Trust I, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as representative of the several Agents named therein.
4.1    Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 9, 2012, between The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., as Issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, with respect to the junior subordinated notes of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
4.2    Guarantee Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2012, between The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., as Guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Guarantee Trustee, with respect to Murray Street Investment Trust I.
4.3    Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated as of March 9, 2012, among The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. as Sponsor, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Property Trustee, BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, as Delaware Trustee, the Administrative Trustees and the several Holders of the Trust Securities, with respect to Murray Street Investment Trust I.
5.1    Opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.
5.2    Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.
8.1    Tax Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.
23.1    Consent of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).
23.2    Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (included as part of Exhibits 5.2 and 8.1).


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 9, 2012   By:  

/s/ Kenneth L. Josselyn

 
    Name: Kenneth L. Josselyn  
    Title: Assistant Secretary