[FORM OF FLOATING RATE SENIOR
DEBT SECURITY]
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[IF A GLOBAL
SECURITY, INSERT — THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN
THE MEANING OF THE 2008 INDENTURE AS DEFINED ON THE REVERSE OF THIS
SECURITY AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR
A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR
IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN
SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE 2008 INDENTURE AND THIS
SECURITY.]
[IF DTC IS THE
DEPOSITARY, INSERT — UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY
AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW
YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP,
INC. OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE
& CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF
FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS
THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.]
[INSERT ANY
LEGEND REQUIRED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND THE REGULATIONS
THEREUNDER.]
[INSERT ANY
LEGEND REQUIRED BY THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT AND
THE REGULATIONS THEREUNDER.]
THIS SECURITY
IS GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, AND THE
RIGHTS OF THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RIGHTS
OF THE FDIC, AS AND TO THE EXTENT INDICATED IN THIS SECURITY,
INCLUDING SECTIONS 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 AND 16 ON THE
REVERSE HEREOF.
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Title of
Series:
Title of Securities:
THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP,
INC.
The Goldman Sachs
Group, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called the
“Company”, which term includes any successor Person
under the 2008 Indenture (as defined on the reverse of this
Security)), for value received, hereby promises to pay to ___, or
registered assigns, the principal sum of ___on ___and to pay
interest thereon, from ___or from the most recent Interest Payment
Date to which interest has been paid or made available for payment,
___on ___in each year (each, an “Interest Payment
Date”), commencing on ___and at the Maturity of the principal
hereof, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for
payment, at the rate of [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT - ___% above
] [LIBOR][EURIBOR], determined in accordance with the
following provisions and reset effective each Interest Reset Date.
[IF FOLLOWING BUSINESS DAY CONVENTION APPLIES, INSERT
— If an Interest Payment Date would otherwise be a day
that is not a Business Day, the Interest Payment Date will be
postponed to the next day that is a Business Day. [IF MODIFIED
FOLLOWING BUSINESS DAY CONVENTION APPLIES, ALSO INSERT —
However, if that Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar
month, the Interest Payment Date will instead be advanced to the
immediately preceding day that is a Business Day. ]] [IF
FOLLOWING UNADJUSTED BUSINESS DAY CONVENTION APPLIES, INSERT
— If an Interest Payment Date would otherwise be a day
that is not a Business Day, the payment due on that Interest
Payment Date (but no such Interest Payment Date) will be postponed
to the next day that is a Business Day; provided ,
however , that interest due with respect to such Interest
Payment Date shall not accrue from and including such Interest
Payment Date shall not accrue from and including such Interest
Payment Date to and including the date of payment of such interest
as so postponed [IF MODIFIED FOLLOWING UNADJUSTED BUSINESS DAY
CONVENTION APPLIES, ALSO INSERT —, and provided
further that, if such next succeeding Business Day would
fall in the next succeeding calendar month, the date of payment
with respect to such Interest Payment Date (but not such Interest
Payment Date) will be advanced to the Business Day immediately
preceding such Interest Payment Date ] . ] Not
withstanding the foregoing, an Interest Payment Date that falls on
the Maturity of this Security will not be changed. Any such
installment of interest that is overdue shall also bear interest at
the same rate in effect during the Interest Period ending on the
due date of such installment of interest (to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the
date any such overdue amount first becomes due until it is paid or
made available for payment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, interest
on any installment of interest that is overdue shall be payable on
demand.
Unless otherwise
specified, interest on this Security shall be calculated on the
basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed.
Payments of interest on this Security with respect to any Interest
Payment Date or at the Maturity of the principal hereof will
include interest accrued to but excluding such Interest Payment
Date or the date of such Maturity, as the case may be. Accrued
interest from the date of issue or from the last date to which
interest has been paid or made available for payment shall be
calculated by the Calculation Agent by multiplying the
principal amount by an accrued interest factor. Such accrued
interest factor shall be computed by adding the interest factors
calculated for each day from and including the date of issue or
from and including the last date to which interest has been paid or
made available for payment, to but excluding the date for which
accrued interest is being calculated. The interest factor for each
such day shall be expressed as a decimal and computed by
dividing the interest rate (also expressed as a decimal) in
effect on such day by 360. Notwithstanding the foregoing, interest
on this Security shall not be higher than the maximum rate
permitted by New York law, as it may be modified by U.S. law of
general applicability.
For the purposes
of this Security, [LIBOR][EURIBOR] will be determined in the
following manner:
[IF LIBOR,
INSERT — LIBOR will be the offered rate for [insert
applicable index maturity] deposits in [insert applicable index
currency], as that rate appears on the Reuters Screen LIBOR Page as
of
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11:00 A.M., London time, on the relevant
Interest Determination Date, beginning on the relevant Interest
Reset Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, LIBOR for the initial
Interest Period will be the Initial Base Rate.
If the rate
described above does not so appear on the Reuters Screen LIBOR
Page, LIBOR will be determined on the basis of the rates, at
approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on the relevant
Interest Determination Date, at which deposits of the following
kind are offered to prime banks in the London interbank market by
four major banks in that market selected by the Calculation Agent:
[insert applicable index maturity] [insert applicable index
currency] deposits, beginning on the relevant Interest Reset Date,
and in a Representative Amount. The Calculation Agent will request
the principal London office of each such bank to provide a
quotation of its rate. If at least two quotations are provided,
LIBOR for the relevant Interest Determination Date will be the
arithmetic mean of the quotations.
If fewer than two
quotations are provided as described above, LIBOR for the relevant
Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the
rates for loans of the following kind to leading European banks
quoted, at approximately 11:00 A.M., in [the principal
financial center for the country of the applicable index currency],
on that Interest Determination Date, by three major banks in [that
principal financial center] selected by the Calculation Agent:
[insert applicable index maturity] [insert applicable index
currency] loans, beginning on the relevant Interest Reset Date, and
in a Representative Amount.
If fewer than
three banks selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as
described above, LIBOR for the new Interest Period will be LIBOR in
effect for the prior Interest Period. If the Initial Base Rate has
been in effect for the prior Interest Period, however, it will
remain in effect for the new Interest Period.
For all purposes
of this Security:
The term
“Initial Base Rate” means the base rate in effect for
the initial Interest Period. This rate will be ___%, which is the
[insert applicable index maturity] deposits in [insert applicable
index currency] LIBOR rate on ___, as determined by the Calculation
Agent.
The term
“Interest Determination Date” means [IF INDEX
CURRENCY IS NOT POUNDS STERLING, INSERT — two London
Business Days prior to ] the first day of each Interest
Period.
The term
“Interest Period” means, with respect to the initial
Interest Period, the period from and including ___to, but
excluding, the initial Interest Reset Date and, with respect to the
subsequent Interest Periods, the periods from and including an
Interest Reset Date to, but excluding, the next Interest Reset
Date.
The term
“Interest Reset Date” means every ___, commencing on
___, on each of which the rate of interest on this Security will be
reset. If any Interest Reset Date would otherwise be a day that is
not a Business Day with respect to this Security, the Interest
Reset Date shall be the next succeeding day that is a Business Day
with respect to this Security. However, if that Business Day is in
the next succeeding calendar month, the Interest Reset Date will
instead be the immediately preceding Business Day. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, an Interest Reset Date that falls on the Maturity of
this Security will not be changed.
The term
“London Business Day” means each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is not a day on which banking
institutions in London generally are authorized or obligated by
law, regulation or executive order to close and is also a day on
which dealings in [insert applicable index currency] are transacted
in the London interbank market.
The term
“Representative Amount” means an amount that, in the
Calculation Agent’s judgment, is representative of a single
transaction in the relevant market at the relevant time.
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The term
“Reuters Screen LIBOR Page” means the display on the
Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page or Reuters Screen LIBOR02 Page, as
specified on the face hereof, or any successor or replacement page
or pages on that or any successor service, on which London
interbank rates of major banks for the Index Currency are
displayed. ]
[IF EURIBOR,
INSERT — For the purposes of this Security, EURIBOR will
be determined in the following manner:
EURIBOR will be
the offered rate per annum for [insert applicable index maturity]
deposits in euros, beginning on the second Euro Business Day after
the relevant Interest Determination Date, as that rate appears on
the Reuters Screen EURIBOR01 Page as of 11:00 A.M., Brussels
time, on the relevant Interest Determination Date. EURIBOR for the
initial Interest Period will be the Initial Base Rate.
If the rate
described above does not so appear on the Reuters Screen EURIBOR01
Page, EURIBOR will be determined on the basis of the rates, at
approximately 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on the relevant
Interest Determination Date, at which deposits of the following
kind are offered to prime banks in the euro-zone interbank market
by the principal euro-zone office of each of four major banks in
that market selected by the Calculation Agent: [insert applicable
index maturity] deposits in euros, beginning on the relevant
Interest Reset Date, and in a Representative Amount. The
Calculation Agent will request the principal euro-zone office of
each of these banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least
two quotations are provided, EURIBOR for the relevant Interest
Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the
quotations.
If fewer than two
quotations are provided as described above, EURIBOR for the
relevant Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of
the rates for loans of the following kind to leading euro-zone
banks quoted, at approximately 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on
that Interest Determination Date, by three major banks in the
euro-zone selected by the Calculation Agent: loans of euros having
the maturity of [insert applicable index maturity], beginning on
the relevant Interest Reset Date, and in a Representative
Amount.
If fewer than
three banks selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as
described above, EURIBOR for the new Interest Period will be
EURIBOR in effect for the prior Interest Period. If the Initial
Base Rate has been in effect for the prior Interest Period,
however, it will remain in effect for the new Interest
Period.
For all purposes
of this Security:
The term
“Initial Base Rate” means the base rate in effect for
the initial Interest Period. This rate will be ___%, which is the
[insert applicable index maturity] deposits in euros EURIBOR rate
on ___, as determined by the Calculation Agent.
The term
“Interest Determination Date” means two Euro Business
Days prior to the first day of each Interest Period.
The term
“Interest Period” means, with respect to the initial
Interest Period, the period from and including ___to, but
excluding, the initial Interest Reset Date and, with respect to the
subsequent Interest Periods, the periods from and including an
Interest Reset Date to, but excluding, the next Interest Reset
Date.
The term
“Interest Reset Date” means every ___, commencing on
___, on each of which the rate of interest on this Security will be
reset. If any Interest Reset Date would otherwise be a day that is
not a Business Day with respect to this Security, the Interest
Reset Date shall be the next succeeding day that is a Business Day
with respect to this Security. However, if that Business Day is in
the next succeeding calendar month, the Interest Reset Date will
instead be the immediately preceding Business Day.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, an Interest Reset Date that falls on the Maturity of
this Security will not be changed.
The term
“Euro Business Day” means each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday on which the Trans-European
Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer
(TARGET) System, or any successor system, is open for
business.
The term
“Representative Amount” means an amount that, in the
Calculation Agent’s judgment, is representative of a single
transaction in the relevant market at the relevant time.
The term
“Reuters Screen EURIBOR01 Page” means the display on
the Reuters 3000 Xtra Service, or any successor or replacement
service, on the page designated as “EURIBOR01” or
successor or any replacement page or pages on which euro-zone
interbank rates of major banks for deposits in euros are displayed.
]
All percentages
resulting from any calculation with respect to this Security shall
be rounded upward or downward, as appropriate, to the next higher
or lower one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point (e.g.,
9.876541% (or .09876541) being rounded down to 9.87654% (or
.0987654) and 9.876545% (or .09876545) being rounded up to 9.87655%
(or .0987655)). All amounts used in or resulting from any
calculation with respect to this Security shall be rounded upward
or downward, as appropriate, to the nearest cent with one-half or
more of a cent being rounded upward.
The interest so
payable, and punctually paid or made available for payment, on any
Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the 2008 Indenture, be
paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on
the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the
___(whether or not a Business Day, as defined below) next preceding
such Interest Payment Date. Any interest so payable, but not
punctually paid or made available for payment, on any Interest
Payment Date will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on
such Regular Record Date and such Defaulted Interest may either be
paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to
be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof being given to the Holder
of this Security not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record
Date, or be paid in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with
the requirements of any securities exchange on which this Security
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, all as more fully provided in the 2008 Indenture. For the
purpose of determining the Holder at the close of business on any
relevant record date when business is not conducted, the close of
business will mean 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on that
day.
The Company and
the Trustee acknowledge that the Company has not opted out of the
debt guarantee program (the “Debt Guarantee Program”)
established by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(“FDIC”) under its Temporary Liquidity Guarantee
Program. As a result, this debt is guaranteed under the FDIC
Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program and is backed by the full
faith and credit of the United States. The details of the FDIC
guarantee are provided in the FDIC’s regulations, 12 CFR
Part 370, and at the FDIC’s website, www.fdic.gov/tlgp.
The expiration date of the FDIC’s guarantee is the earlier of
the maturity date of this debt or June 30, 2012
.
The Trustee is
hereby designated as the duly authorized representative of the
Holder for purposes of making claims and taking other permitted or
required actions under the Debt Guarantee Program (the
“Representative”). The Holder of this Security may
elect not to be represented by the Representative with respect to
this Security by providing written notice of such election to the
Representative.
Notwithstanding
any provision of this Security, any right of the Holder to receive
payment in respect of this Security under the Debt Guarantee
Program shall be subject to the procedures and other requirements
of the Debt Guarantee Program, and the Holder will not be entitled
under the Debt Guarantee
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Program to
receive any additional interest or penalty amounts on account of
any default or resulting delay in payment in respect of this
Security.
Currency
and Manner of Payment
[IF PAYMENT IS
IN U.S. DOLLARS, INSERT — Payment of the principal of and
premium or interest on this Security will be made in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment
is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Security or the 2008
Indenture, if this Security is a Global Security, any payment in
respect of this Security may be made pursuant to the Applicable
Procedures of the Depositary as permitted in the 2008
Indenture.
Subject to the
prior paragraph and except as provided in the next paragraph,
payment of any amount payable on this Security will be made at the
office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The
City of New York (and at any other office or agency maintained by
the Company for that purpose), against surrender of this Security
in the case of any payment due at the Maturity of the principal
hereof (other than any payment of interest that first becomes due
on an Interest Payment Date); provided , however ,
that, at the option of the Company and subject to the next
paragraph, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear
in the Security Register.
Subject to the
second preceding paragraph, payment of any amount payable on this
Security will be made by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if (i) the
principal of this Security is at least $1,000,000 (or the
equivalent in another currency) and (ii) the Holder entitled
to receive such payment transmits a written request for such
payment to be made in such manner to the Trustee at its Corporate
Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, on or
before the fifth Business Day before the day on which such payment
is to be made; provided that, in the case of any such
payment due at the Maturity of the principal hereof (other than any
payment of interest that first becomes due on an Interest Payment
Date), this Security must be surrendered at the office or agency of
the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York (or
at any other office or agency maintained by the Company for that
purpose) in time for the Paying Agent to make such payment in such
funds in accordance with its normal procedures. Any such request
made with respect to any payment on this Security payable to a
particular Holder will remain in effect for all later payments on
this Security payable to such Holder, unless such request is
revoked on or before the fifth Business Day before a payment is to
be made, in which case such revocation shall be effective for such
payment and all later payments. In the case of any payment of
interest payable on an Interest Payment Date, such written request
must be made by the Person who is the registered Holder of this
Security on the relevant Regular Record Date. The Company will pay
any administrative costs imposed by banks in connection with making
payments by wire transfer with respect to this Security, but any
tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed upon any
payment will be borne by the Holder of this Security and may be
deducted from the payment by the Company or the Paying Agent.
]
[IF PAYMENT IS
IN EUROS, INSERT — Payment of the principal of and
premium or interest on this Security will be made in euros.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Security or the 2008
Indenture, if this Security is a Global Security, any payment in
respect of this Security may be made pursuant to the Applicable
Procedures of the Depositary as permitted in the 2008
Indenture.
Subject to the
prior paragraph and except as provided in the next [ two
][ three ] paragraphs, payment of any amount payable
on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the
Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York (and at
any other office or agency maintained by the Company for that
purpose), against surrender of this Security in the case of any
payment due at the Maturity of the principal hereof (other than any
payment of interest that first becomes due on an Interest Payment
Date); provided, however, that, at the option of the Company and
subject to the next paragraph, payment of
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interest may be
made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto
as such address shall appear in the Security Register.
Subject to the
second preceding paragraph, payment of any amount payable on this
Security will be made by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if (i) the
principal of this Security is at least USD$1,000,000 (or the
equivalent in euros) and (ii) the Holder entitled to receive
such payment transmits a written request for such payment to be
made in such manner to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, on or before the fifth
Business Day before the day on which such payment is to be made;
provided that, in the case of any such payment due at the Maturity
of the principal hereof (other than any payment of interest that
first becomes due on an Interest Payment Date), this Security must
be surrendered at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for that purpose in The City of New York (or at any other office or
agency maintained by the Company for that purpose) in time for the
Paying Agent to make such payment in such funds in accordance with
its normal procedures. Any such request made with respect to any
payment on this Security payable to a particular Holder will remain
in effect for all later payments on this Security payable to such
Holder, unless such request is revoked on or before the fifth
Business Day before a payment is to be made, in which case such
revocation shall be effective for such payment and all later
payments. In the case of any payment of interest payable on an
Interest Payment Date, such written request must be made by the
Person who is the registered Holder of this Security on the
relevant Regular Record Date. The Company will pay any
administrative costs imposed by banks in connection with making
payments by wire transfer with respect to this Security, but any
tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed upon any
payment will be borne by the Holder of this Security and may be
deducted from the payment by the Company or the Paying Agent.
]
[IF LISTED ON
LUXEMBOURG STOCK EXCHANGE, INSERT — So long as the
Securities of this series are listed on the Official List of the
Luxembourg Stock Exchange and such Stock Exchange shall so require,
the Company will at all times maintain an office or agency in
Luxembourg for the payment of the principal of and interest on the
Securities of this series. Such Paying Agent in Luxembourg shall
initially be Dexia Banque Internationale à Luxembourg
société anonyme. ]
Payments
Due on a Business Day
[IF LIBOR,
INSERT — Notwithstanding any provision of this Security
or the 2008 Indenture, if the Maturity of the principal hereof
occurs on a day that is not a Business Day, any amount of
principal, premium or interest that would otherwise be due on this
Security on a day (the “ Specified Day ”) that
is not a Business Day may be paid or made available for payment on
the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as
if such amount were paid on the Specified Day. For all purposes of
this Security, “ Business Day ” means any day
that is not a Saturday or Sunday, and that is not a day on which
banking institutions generally are authorized or obligated by law,
regulation or executive order to close in The City of New York and
that is also a London Business Day; provided that, solely
with respect to any payment to be made at any Place of Payment
outside The City of New York or London, Business Day means any day
that is a “Business Day” as defined above and that also
is not a day on which banking institutions generally are authorized
or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close in such
Place of Payment; provided further that, with respect
to Section 12 of the reverse hereof and Exhibit B hereto,
the definition of “Business Day” therein shall apply.
The provisions of this paragraph shall apply to this Security in
lieu of the provisions of Section 1.13 of the 2008 Indenture.
]
[IF EURIBOR,
INSERT — Notwithstanding any provision of this Security
or the 2008 Indenture, if the Maturity of the principal hereof
occurs on a day that is not a Business Day, any amount of
principal, premium or interest that would otherwise be due on this
Security on a day (the “Specified Day”) that is not a
Business Day may be paid or made available for payment on the next
succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if such
amount were paid on the Specified Day. For all purposes of this
Security, “Business Day” means any day that is not a
Saturday or Sunday, and that is not a day on which banking
institutions are generally authorized or obligated by law,
regulation or executive order to close in
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The City of New
York or London, and that is also a Euro Business Day, as defined
below; provided that, with respect to Section 12 of the
reverse hereof and Exhibit B hereto, the definition of
“Business Day” therein shall apply. The term
“Euro Business Day” means any day on which the
Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express
Transfer (TARGET) System, or any successor system, is open for
business. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply to this
Security in lieu of the provisions of Section 1.13 of the 2008
Indenture. ]
[IF PAYMENT
IS IN EUROS, INSERT — Payments Made in U.S.
Dollars
Notwithstanding
any provision of this Security or the 2008 Indenture, if any amount
payable on this Security is payable on any day and if euros are not
available to the Company on the two Business Days before such day,
due to the imposition of exchange controls, disruption in a
currency market or any other circumstances beyond the control of
the Company, the Company will be entitled to satisfy its obligation
to pay such amount in euros by making such payment in U.S. dollars.
The amount of such payment in U.S. dollars shall be determined by
the Exchange Rate Agent on the basis of the noon buying rate for
cable transfers in The City of New York for euros (the
“Exchange Rate”) as of the latest day before the day on
which such payment is to be made. Any payment made under such
circumstances in U.S. dollars where the required payment is in
euros will not constitute an Event of Default under this Security
or the 2008 Indenture.
As used herein,
the “Exchange Rate Agent” shall initially mean
[ ];
provided that the Company may, in its sole discretion, appoint any
other institution (including any affiliate of the Company) to serve
as any such agent from time to time. The Company will give the
Trustee prompt written notice of any change in any such
appointment. Insofar as this Security provides for any such agent
to obtain rates, quotes or other data from a bank, dealer or other
institution for use in making any determination hereunder, such
agent may do so from any institution or institutions of the kind
contemplated hereby notwithstanding that any one or more of such
institutions are any such agent, affiliates of any such agent or
affiliates of the Company.
All determinations
made by the Exchange Rate Agent pursuant to the terms of this
Security shall be, absent manifest error, conclusive for all
purposes and binding on the Holder of this Security and the
Company. The Exchange Rate Agent shall not have any liability
therefor. ]
As used herein,
the “Calculation Agent” shall initially mean The Bank
of New York Mellon; provided that the Company may, in its sole
discretion, appoint any other institution (including any affiliate
of the Company) to serve as any such agent from time to time. The
Company will give the Trustee prompt written notice of any change
in any such appointment. Insofar as this Security provides for any
such agent to obtain rates, quotes or other data from a bank,
dealer or other institution for use in making any determination
hereunder, such agent may do so from any institution or
institutions of the kind contemplated hereby notwithstanding that
any one or more of such institutions are any such agent, affiliates
of any such agent or affiliates of the Company.
All determinations
made by the Calculation Agent may be made by such agent in its sole
discretion and, absent manifest error, shall be conclusive for all
purposes and binding on the Holder of this Security and the
Company. The Calculation Agent shall not have any liability
therefor.
Reference is
hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on
the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
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Unless the
certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this
Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the 2008
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.
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THE GOLDMAN
SACHS GROUP, INC.
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By
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Name:
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Title:
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This is one of the
Securities of the series designated herein and referred to in the
2008 Indenture.
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THE BANK OF NEW
YORK MELLON, as Trustee
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By
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Authorized
Signatory
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1.
Securities and Indenture.
This Security is
one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein
called the “ Securities ”) issued and to be
issued in one or more series under a Senior Debt Indenture, dated
as of July 16, 2008 (herein called the “ 2008
Indenture ”, which term shall have the meaning assigned
to it in such instrument), between the Company and The Bank of New
York Mellon, as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee
”, which term includes any successor trustee under the 2008
Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the 2008 Indenture for
a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties
and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the
Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the
Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered.
2.
Series and Denominations.
This Security is
one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited to an
aggregate principal amount as shall be determined and may be
increased from time to time by the Company. Any election by the
Company so to increase such aggregate principal amount shall be
evidenced by a certificate of an Authorized Person (as defined in
the Determination of an Authorized Person, dated ___, with respect
to this series). References herein to “ this series
” mean the series of Securities designated on the face
hereof. The Securities of this series are issuable only in
registered form without coupons in denominations of integral
multiples of ___, subject to a minimum denomination of
$___.
3. [IF
APPLICABLE, INSERT -Additional Amounts.
If the beneficial
owner of this Security is a United States Alien (as defined below),
the Company will pay all additional amounts that may be necessary
so that every net payment of the principal of and interest on this
Security to such beneficial owner, after deduction or withholding
for or on account of any present or future tax, assessment or
governmental charge imposed with respect to such payment by any
U.S. Taxing Authority (as defined below), will not be less than the
amount provided for in this Security to be then due and payable;
provided , however , that the Company shall have no
obligation to pay additional amounts for or on account of any one
or more of the following:
(i) any
tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed solely because
at any time there is or was a connection between such beneficial
owner (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary or member of
such beneficial owner, if such beneficial owner is an estate, trust
or partnership) and the United States (as defined below) (other
than the mere receipt of a payment on, or the ownership or holding
of, a Security), including because such beneficial owner (or such
fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary or member) at any time, for U.S.
federal income tax purposes: (a) is or was a citizen or
resident, or is or was treated as a resident, of the United States,
(b) is or was present in the United States, (c) is or was
engaged in a trade or business in the United States, (d) has
or had a permanent establishment in the United States, (e) is
or was a domestic or foreign personal holding company, a passive
foreign investment company or a controlled foreign corporation,
(f) is or was a corporation that accumulates earnings to avoid
U.S. federal income tax or (g) is or was a “10-percent
shareholder” of the Company as defined in section 871(h)(3)
of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code or any successor
provision;
(ii) any
tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed solely because of a
change in applicable law or regulation, or in any official
interpretation or application of applicable law or regulation, that
becomes effective more than 15 days after the day on which the
payment becomes due or is made available, whichever occurs
later;
(iii) any
estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, wealth or
personal property tax or any similar tax, assessment or other
governmental charge;
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(iv) any
tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed solely because
such beneficial owner or any other Person fails to comply with any
certification, identification or other reporting requirement
concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with
the United States of the Holder or any beneficial owner of this
Security, if compliance is required by statute, by regulation of
the U.S. Treasury Department or by an applicable income tax treaty
to which the United States is a party, as a precondition to
exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental
charge;
(v) any
tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable
otherwise than by deduction or withholding from payments of
principal of or interest on this Security;
(vi) any
tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed solely because
the payment is to be made by a particular Paying Agent (which term
may include the Company) and would not be imposed if made by
another Paying Agent (which term may include the
Company);
(vii) by
or on behalf of a Holder who would be able to avoid such
withholding or deduction by presenting this Security to another
Paying Agent in a Member State of the European Union;
(viii) any
tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed solely because
the Holder (1) is a bank purchasing this Security in the
ordinary course of its lending business or (2) is a bank that
is neither (A) buying this Security for investment purposes
only nor (B) buying this Security for resale t
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