Goldman Sachs Bank plans variable-coupon CDs tied to basket of stocks

By Toni Weeks

San Luis Obispo, Calif., Nov. 1 - Goldman Sachs Bank USA plans to price variable-coupon basket-linked certificates of deposit due Nov. 27, 2020 linked to a basket of 10 stocks, according to a term sheet.

The underlying stocks are AT&T Inc., Chevron Corp., E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co., General Electric Co., Intel Corp., McDonald's Corp., Merck & Co., Inc., Pfizer Inc., Proctor & Gamble Co. and Verizon Communications Inc.

Interest is payable annually in an amount equal to the average of the stock returns, subject to a floor of 1%.

If a stock's return is flat or positive, its performance will be fixed at a coupon expected to be 4%. The exact fixed percentage will be set at pricing. Otherwise, its performance will be the greater of the stock return and a minimum stock return of zero.

The payout at maturity will be par.

There is a survivor put for the CDs (Cusip: 38147JNZ1), which are expected to price on Nov. 25 and settle on Nov. 29.

Goldman Sachs & Co. is the agent. Incapital LLC is the distributor.

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