Goldman Sachs Announces Redemption of All Outstanding Depositary Shares Representing Interest in its 5.95% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series I

NEW YORK, NY, October 18, 2017, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) today announced that it will redeem all of the 34,000 outstanding shares of its 5.95% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series I (the “Series I Preferred Stock”) and the corresponding 34,000,000 depositary shares (“Depositary Shares”) each representing a 1/1000th interest in a share of Series I Preferred Stock, on November 17, 2017 (the “Redemption Date”). The Depositary Shares are currently traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GS PrI (CUSIP 38145G209).

The Depositary Shares will be redeemed for a redemption price equal to $25 per Depositary Share (equivalent to $25,000 per share of Series I Preferred Stock) plus an amount equal to any dividends that have accrued but not been paid for the then-current dividend period to but excluding the Redemption Date attributable to one-thousandth of a share of Series I Preferred Stock (together, the “Redemption Payment”). From and after the Redemption Date, all dividends will cease to accrue on the Series I Preferred Stock.

Simultaneously with the redemption of the Series I Preferred Stock, the Bank of New York Mellon will redeem all of the outstanding Depositary Shares on the Redemption Date, for an amount per Depositary Share equal to the Redemption Payment. All Depositary Shares are held in book-entry form through the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) and will be redeemed in accordance with the procedures of DTC.

The Bank of New York Mellon’s address is as follows:

First Class/Registered/Certified
The Bank of New York Mellon
Global Corporate Trust
P.O. Box 396
East Syracuse, New York 13057

Express Delivery Only
The Bank of New York Mellon
Global Corporate Trust
111 Sanders Creek Parkway
East Syracuse, New York 13057

Investors in the Depositary Shares should contact the bank or broker through which they hold a beneficial interest in the Depositary Shares for information about obtaining the Redemption Payment for the Depositary Shares in which they have a beneficial interest.

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world.

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