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BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC

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Title: INDENTURE
Governing Law: New York     Date: 1/27/2009
Industry: Investment Services     Sector: Financial

INDENTURE, Parties: bank of new york mellon , goldman sachs group  inc
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Exhibit 4.5

[FORM OF FLOATING RATE SENIOR DEBT SECURITY]

 

 

 

Registered No.

 

CUSIP No.
ISIN No.

(Face of Security)

      [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.

[TITLE OF SECURITY]

     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.

      Exchange Rate Agent

     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. ]

      Calculation Agent

     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.

Dated:                     

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.
 

 

 

By  

 

 

 

 

Name:  

 

 

 

 

Title:  

 

 

 

     This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and referred to in the 2008 Indenture.

Dated:                     

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
 

 

 

By  

 

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

(Reverse of Security)

     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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