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GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC FILES (8-K) Disclosing Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
[July 25, 2014]

GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC FILES (8-K) Disclosing Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits


(Edgar Glimpses Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) James J. Schiro, a Director, the Lead Director and the Chair of the Corporate Governance, Nominating and Public Responsibilities Committee (the "Governance Committee") of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (the "Company"), retired from the Board, effective July 23, 2014, due to personal health-related reasons.



Item 8.01 Other Events The independent directors of the Board appointed Adebayo O. Ogunlesi, a Director and the previous Chair of the Risk Committee of the Board, as the new Lead Director, and the independent directors of the Board recommended, and the Board approved, the appointment of Mr. Ogunlesi as the new Chair of the Governance Committee. The independent directors of the Board recommended, and the Board approved, the appointment of M. Michele Burns, a Director and the previous Chair of the Audit Committee of the Board, to replace Mr. Ogunlesi as the Chair of the Risk Committee and Peter Oppenheimer, a Director of the Board, to replace Ms. Burns as Chair of the Audit Committee. Each of the appointments were effective upon Mr. Schiro's retirement from the Board.

On July 24, 2014, the Company issued two press releases announcing these changes. The press releases are being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2 to this Form 8-K. Each of Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2 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 Company under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits The following exhibits are furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K: 99.1 Press Release issued by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., dated July 24, 2014.

99.2 Press Release issued by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., dated July 24, 2014.

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