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): September 18, 2018
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) | |||
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 902-1000
N/A (former name or former address, if changed since last report) | ||||
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule l2b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On September 18, 2018, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the commencement of a tender offer to purchase for cash any and all outstanding (i) $2,500,000,000 principal amount of its 2.625% Notes due January 2019 (CUSIP No. 38145XAA1), (ii) $3,000,000,000 principal amount of its 7.50% Notes due February 2019 (CUSIP No. 38141EA25) and (iii) $2,350,000,000 principal amount of its 6.125% Notes due February 2033 (CUSIP No. 38141GCU6). A copy of the Company’s press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated into this Item 8.01 by reference.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
The following exhibit is filed as part of this Current Report:
| 99.1 | Press Release of the Company issued September 18, 2018. |
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: September 18, 2018 | By | /s/ Kenneth L. Josselyn | ||||||
| Name: | Kenneth L. Josselyn | |||||||
| Title: | Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary | |||||||