UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
| CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | |
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 14, 2021 |
Commission File Number: 001-14965
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | 13-4019460 (IRS Employer Identification No.) | |
200 West Street, New York, N.Y. | 10282 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(212) 902-1000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading Symbol | Exchange on which registered | ||
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Common stock, par value $.01 per share | GS | NYSE | ||
Depositary Shares, Each Representing 1/1,000th Interest in a Share of Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A | GS PrA | NYSE | ||
Depositary Shares, Each Representing 1/1,000th Interest in a Share of Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series C | GS PrC | NYSE | ||
Depositary Shares, Each Representing 1/1,000th Interest in a Share of Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series D | GS PrD | NYSE | ||
Depositary Shares, Each Representing 1/1,000th Interest in a Share of 5.50% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series J | GS PrJ | NYSE | ||
Depositary Shares, Each Representing 1/1,000th Interest in a Share of 6.375% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series K | GS PrK | NYSE | ||
5.793% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Normal Automatic Preferred Enhanced Capital Securities of Goldman Sachs Capital II | GS/43PE | NYSE | ||
Floating Rate Normal Automatic Preferred Enhanced Capital Securities of Goldman Sachs Capital III | GS/43PF | NYSE | ||
Medium-Term Notes, Series F, Callable Fixed and Floating Rate Notes due 2031 of GS Finance Corp. | GS/31B | NYSE | ||
Medium-Term Notes, Series E, Index-Linked Notes due 2028 of GS Finance Corp. | FRLG | NYSE Arca | ||
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(b) Stephen M. Scherr, currently Chief Financial Officer of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (Goldman Sachs or the Registrant), has determined to retire as Chief Financial Officer on December 31, 2021.
(c) On September 14, 2021, the Board of Directors of Goldman Sachs determined to appoint Denis P. Coleman III, 47, and currently the co-head of the Global Financing Group in the Investment Banking Division (IBD) since June 2018, as Chief Financial Officer of Goldman Sachs, effective January 1, 2022. As Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Coleman will receive an annual salary rate of $1,500,000 and will be eligible for annual variable compensation.
Mr. Coleman joined Goldman Sachs in 1996 as an analyst in the Bank Loan Group. In 1998, he moved to Capital Markets in the then Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities Division. Mr. Coleman transferred to IBD in 2004 and became co-head of U.S. Loan Capital Markets in 2005. In 2008, he was named co-head of U.S. Leveraged Finance, in 2009 he became head of EMEA Credit Finance in London and was then named head of the EMEA Financing Group from 2016 to June 2018. Denis became a vice president in 2001 and was named managing director in 2005 and partner in 2008.
A copy of the Registrant’s press release relating to these changes is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
The following exhibit is furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:
99.1 |
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:
101 | Pursuant to Rule 406 of Regulation S-T, the cover page information is formatted in iXBRL (Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language). |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in iXBRL in Exhibit 101). |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. | ||||||||
| (Registrant) | |||||||
Date: September 14, 2021 | By: | /s/ Kathryn H. Ruemmler | ||||||
| Name: Kathryn H. Ruemmler | |||||||
Title: Executive Vice President, Chief | ||||||||
Legal Officer and General Counsel |