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PROXY
Background
• | There is currently a proxy vote occurring for the Goldman Sachs Financial Square Money Market Fund (the “Fund”). The proposal relates to a change to the industry concentration policy for the Fund. Details are summarized below. |
Fund
• | Goldman Sachs Financial Square Money Market Fund |
Current industry concentration policy
• | The Fund is currently required to invest more than 25% of its total assets in obligations issued or guaranteed by banks (whether foreign or domestic) and repurchase agreements and securities loans collateralized by such obligations. |
Proposed industry concentration policy
• | The Board of Trustees of the Fund has, subject to shareholder approval, approved an amendment to the Fund’s concentration policy to permit, but not require, the Fund to invest more than 25% of its total assets in obligations (other than commercial paper) issued or guaranteed by U.S. banks and U.S. branches of U.S. or foreign banks and repurchase agreements and securities loans collateralized by such bank obligations. |
Why are we requesting this change to the Fund’s concentration policy now?
• | This change will bring the Fund’s industry concentration policy in line with many other money market funds in the industry. |
• | This has been in the prospectus since the fund launched in 1991 and the 1940 Act requires shareholder approval to change the Fund’s (or any other fund’s) industry concentration policy. |
• | We do not currently expect this change to impact the way in which the Fund is managed. |
• | We believe that the proposed change is beneficial to the Fund and its shareholders as the Fund will no longer be unnecessarily restricted in this regard. |
• | This change would allow the Fund to take advantage of regulatory flexibility that many other money market funds have. |
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