New Issue: Goldman Sachs prices $12.33 million notes linked to five commodities

By Angela McDaniels

Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 7 - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. priced $12.33 million of 0% commodity basket-linked notes due Jan. 23, 2013 linked to five commodities, according to a 424B2 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The basket includes the Nymex February 2012 West Texas Intermediate light sweet crude oil futures contract with a 40% weight, the London Metals Exchange January 2012 copper - grade A futures contract with a 20% weight, the Nymex January 2012 platinum futures contract with a 20% weight, the CBOT March 2012 soybean futures contract with a 10% weight and the ICE Futures March 2012 cotton No. 2 futures contract with a 10% weight.

The notes priced at 100.3.

The payout at maturity will be par plus the basket return, which could be positive or negative.

Goldman Sachs & Co. is the underwriter.

Issuer:	Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Issue:	Commodity basket-linked notes
Underlying contracts:	West Texas Intermediate light sweet crude oil (40% weight), copper - grade A (20% weight), platinum (20% weight), soybeans (10% weight) and cotton (10% weight)
Amount:	$12,334,000
Maturity:	Jan. 23, 2013
Coupon:	0%
Price:	100.3
Payout at maturity:	Par plus basket return, whether positive or negative
Initial contract prices:	$93.40 for oil, $9,310 for copper, $1,731 for platinum, 1,294 cents for soybeans, $96 for cotton
Pricing date:	Jan. 5
Settlement date:	Jan. 12
Underwriter:	Goldman Sachs & Co.
Fees:	0.1%
Cusip:	38143UQR5

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