Goldman Sachs Repurchases TARP Preferred Stock

New York, NY June 17, 2009 -- The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) today announced that it has repurchased from the United States Department of the Treasury the 10,000,000 shares of the Company’s Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series H, that were issued to the Treasury pursuant to the U.S. Treasury’s TARP Capital Purchase Program. The aggregate purchase price paid by Goldman Sachs to the U.S. Treasury for the Preferred Stock (including accrued dividends) was approximately $10.04 billion. The repurchase includes a one-time preferred dividend of approximately $425 million which will be reflected in our second quarter results. This is expected to reduce reported diluted EPS for the quarter by approximately $0.77 per share.

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities and investment management services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high net worth individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major financial centers around the world.

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