$14,938,730 Contingent Income Auto-Callable Securities Based on the Performance of the Class A Common Stock of RingCentral, Inc. due October 27, 2022, priced on October 22, 2021, were issued by GS Finance Corp. The pricing supplement for this note (CUSIP: 36261U507) can be found here. The notes had a $10 face value and paid a quarterly coupon of $0.38125, so long as the notes had not been called and and RingCentral all closed above 70% of their October 22, 2021 closing prices on a determination date. If and RingCentral closed below 70% of their October 22, 2021 closing prices on a determination date, the notes did not pay a coupon. If not previously called, at maturity, the notes returned $10 in principal if and RingCentral all closed on the final determination date on October 24, 2022 and above 70% of their October 22, 2021 closing prices. If on October 24, 2022 and RingCentral closed below 70% of their October 22, 2021 closing prices, the notes paid reduced principal euqal to $10 multiplied by the lowest ratio of and RingCentral October 24, 2022 closing prices to their October 22, 2021 closing prices. The notes have matured. They didn't pay any coupon and $1.35 repayment per $10 note. Investors thus suffered capital losses of $8.65 and net losses of $8.65.† In the aggregate, investors in this note suffered $12,918,713 in capital losses and $12,918,713 in net losses. See Table 1 and Figure 1.
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