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Published on 4/12/2017 in the Prospect News Structured Products Daily.

New Issue: GS Finance sells $9.12 million leveraged buffered on index basket

By Marisa Wong

Morgantown, W.Va., April 12 – GS Finance Corp. priced $9.12 million of 0% leveraged buffered notes due April 3, 2019 linked to a basket of indexes, according to a 424B2 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The notes are guaranteed by Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

The basket consists of the Euro Stoxx 50 index with a 37% weight, the FTSE 100 index with a 23% weight, the Topix index with a 23% weight, the Swiss Market index with a 9% weight and the S&P/ASX 200 index with an 8% weight.

The payout at maturity will be par plus 1.5 times any basket gain, up to a maximum settlement amount of $1,363 for each $1,000 principal amount of notes.

Investors will receive par if the basket falls by up to 10% and will lose 1.1111% for each 1% decline beyond 10%.

Goldman, Sachs & Co. is the agent.

Issuer:GS Finance Corp.
Guarantor:Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Issue:Leveraged buffered notes
Underlying basket:Euro Stoxx 50 index with a 37% weight, FTSE 100 index with a 23% weight, Topix index with a 23% weight, Swiss Market index with a 9% weight and S&P/ASX 200 index with an 8% weight.
Amount:$9,118,000
Maturity:April 3, 2019
Coupon:0%
Price:Par
Payout at maturity:Par plus 1.5 times any basket gain, up to a maximum settlement amount of $1,363 for each $1,000 principal amount; par if the basket falls by up to 10%; 1.1111% loss for each 1% decline beyond 10%.
Initial levels:3,500.93 for Euro Stoxx, 7,322.92 for FTSE, 1,512.60 for Topix, 8,658.89 for Swiss Market and 5,864.905 for S&P/ASX
Pricing date:March 31
Settlement date:April 7
Underwriter:Goldman Sachs & Co.
Fees:1.65%
Cusip:40054L4E1

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