This is an initial public offering of shares of common stock of The
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. This prospectus relates to an offering of 55,200,000
shares in the United States and Canada. In addition, 9,200,000 shares are being
offered outside the United States, Canada and the Asia/ Pacific region and
4,600,000 shares are being offered in the Asia/Pacific region.
Goldman Sachs is offering 51,000,000 of the shares to be sold in the
offerings. Sumitomo Bank Capital Markets, Inc. and Kamehameha Activities
Association are each offering an additional 9,000,000 shares.
Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for the common
stock. Goldman Sachs will list the common stock on the New York Stock Exchange
under the symbol "GS".
See "Risk Factors" beginning on page 11 to read about factors you
should consider before buying shares of the common stock.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any other
regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon
the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the
contrary is a criminal offense.
This offering includes 9,000,000 shares of common stock purchased by
the underwriters pursuant to options granted by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
See "Underwriting".
The underwriters expect to deliver the shares in New York, New York on
May 7, 1999.
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