497 1 d669972d497.htm GOLDMAN SACHS TRUST Goldman Sachs Trust

GOLDMAN SACHS TRUST

(the “Trust”)

Supplement dated January 9, 2024

to the current Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) for each series of the Trust

In an effort to align and consolidate the membership of the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) with the Board of Trustees of each of Goldman Sachs ETF Trust, Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II, Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund, Goldman Sachs Trust II and Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust, the Board nominated Cheryl K. Beebe, Lawrence Hughes, John F. Killian, Steven D. Krichmar, Michael Latham, and Lawrence W. Stranghoener (the “Nominees”) for election as Trustees of the Trust. The Nominees are current Trustees of Goldman Sachs ETF Trust, Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II, Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund and Goldman Sachs Trust II. At a virtual special joint meeting of shareholders held on November 16, 2023, the Nominees were elected to serve as Trustees of the Trust alongside the current Trustees of the Trust. The election was effective as of January 1, 2024 (the “Effective Date”).

Accordingly, as of the Effective Date, the table in the “Trustees and Officers—Trustees of the Trust” section in each SAI is restated as follows:

Trustees of the Trust

Information pertaining to the Trustees of the Trust as of January 9, 2024 is set forth below.

Independent Trustees

 

Name, Address
and Age1
  Position(s)
Held with
the Fund
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time
Served2
   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee3
  Other
Directorships
Held
by Trustee4

Gregory G. Weaver

Age: 72

  Chair of the Board of Trustees    



Since
2023
(Trustee
since
2015)
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mr. Weaver is retired. He is Director, Verizon Communications Inc. (2015–Present); and was formerly Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte & Touche LLP (a professional services firm) (2001–2005 and 2012–2014); and Member of the Board of Directors, Deloitte & Touche LLP (2006–2012).

 

Chair of the Board of Trustees—Goldman Sachs Trust; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  191   Verizon Communications Inc.
         


Name, Address
and Age1
  Position(s)
Held with
the Fund
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time
Served2
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee3
  Other
Directorships
Held
by Trustee4

Cheryl K. Beebe

Age: 68

  Trustee   Since
2024
 

Ms. Beebe is retired. She is Director, Packaging Corporation of America (2008–Present); Director, The Mosaic Company (2019–Present); Director, HanesBrands Inc. (2020–Present); and was formerly Director, Convergys Corporation (a global leader in customer experience outsourcing) (2015–2018); and formerly held the position of Executive Vice President, (2010–2014); and Chief Financial Officer, Ingredion, Inc. (a leading global ingredient solutions company) (2004–2014).

 

Trustee—Goldman Sachs Trust; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  191   Packaging Corporation of America (producer of container board); The Mosaic Company (producer of phosphate and potash fertilizer); HanesBrands Inc. (a multinational clothing company)

Dwight L. Bush

Age: 66

  Trustee   Since
2020
 

The Honorable Dwight Bush is President and CEO of D.L. Bush & Associates (a financial advisory and private investment firm) (2002–2014 and 2017–present); Director of MoneyLion, Inc. (an operator of a data-driven, digital financial platform) (2021–present); and was formerly U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco (2014–2017) and a Member of the Board of Directors of Santander Bank, N.A. (2018–2019). Previously, he served as an Advisory Board Member of Goldman Sachs Trust and Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (October 2019–January 2020).

 

Trustee—Goldman Sachs Trust; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  191   MoneyLion, Inc. (an operator of a data-driven, digital financial platform)
         


Name, Address
and Age1
  Position(s)
Held with
the Fund
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time
Served2
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee3
  Other
Directorships
Held
by Trustee4

Kathryn A. Cassidy

Age: 69

  Trustee   Since
2015
 

Ms. Cassidy is retired. She is Director, Vertical Aerospace Ltd. (an aerospace and technology company) (2021–present). Formerly, Ms. Cassidy was Advisor to the Chairman (May 2014–December 2014); and Senior Vice President and Treasurer (2008–2014), General Electric Company & General Electric Capital Corporation (technology and financial services companies).

 

Trustee—Goldman Sachs Trust; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  191   Vertical Aerospace Ltd. (an aerospace and technology company)

John G. Chou

Age: 67

  Trustee   Since
2022
 

Mr. Chou is retired. Formerly, he was Executive Vice President and Special Advisor to the Chairman and CEO (2021–2022); Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer (2019–2021); Executive Vice President and Chief Legal & Business Officer (2017–2019); and Executive Vice President and General Counsel (2011–2017) of Cencora, Inc. (a pharmaceutical and healthcare company).

 

Trustee—Goldman Sachs Trust; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  191   None

Joaquin Delgado

Age: 63

  Trustee   Since
2020
 

Dr. Delgado is retired. He is Director, Stepan Company (a specialty chemical manufacturer) (2011–present); and was formerly Director, Hexion Inc. (a specialty chemical manufacturer) (2019–2022); Executive Vice President, Consumer Business Group of 3M Company (July 2016–July 2019); and Executive Vice President, Health Care Business Group of 3M Company (October 2012–July 2016). Previously, Dr. Delgado served as an Advisory Board Member of Goldman Sachs Trust and Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (October 2019–January 2020).

 

Trustee—Goldman Sachs Trust; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  191   Stepan Company (a specialty chemical manufacturer)
         


Name, Address
and Age1
  Position(s)
Held with
the Fund
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time
Served2
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee3
  Other
Directorships
Held
by Trustee4

Eileen H. Dowling

Age: 61

  Trustee   Since
2021
 

Ms. Dowling is retired. Formerly, she was Senior Advisor (April 2021–September 2021); and Managing Director (2013–2021), BlackRock, Inc. (a financial services firm). As Managing Director, she held senior management positions, including Global Head of Global Consultant Relations (2017–2021), Multinational Corporations (2019–2021), the Institutional Product Group (2015–2019) and Institutional Marketing (2013–2016). Ms. Dowling was a member of the Global Operating Committee and Product Executive Committee of BlackRock.

 

Trustee—Goldman Sachs Trust; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  191   None

Lawrence Hughes

Age: 65

  Trustee   Since
2024
 

Mr. Hughes is retired. Formerly, he held senior management positions with BNY Mellon Wealth Management, a division of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (a financial services company) (1991–2015), most recently as Chief Executive Officer (2010–2015). Previously, Mr. Hughes served as an Advisory Board Member of Goldman Sachs Trust II (February 2016–April 2016).

 

Trustee—Goldman Sachs Trust; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  191   None

John F. Killian

Age: 69

  Trustee   Since
2024
 

Mr. Killian is retired. He is Director, Consolidated Edison, Inc. (2007–Present); and was formerly Director, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company (2011–2022). Previously, he held senior management positions with Verizon Communications, Inc., including Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2009–2010); and President, Verizon Business, Verizon Communications, Inc. (2005–2009).

 

Trustee—Goldman Sachs Trust; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  191   Consolidated Edison, Inc. (a utility holding company)
         


Name, Address
and Age1
  Position(s)
Held with
the Fund
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time
Served2
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee3
  Other
Directorships
Held
by Trustee4

Steven D. Krichmar

Age: 65

  Trustee   Since
2024
 

Mr. Krichmar is retired. Formerly, he held senior management and governance positions with Putnam Investments, LLC, a financial services company (2001–2016). He was most recently Chief of Operations and a member of the Operating Committee of Putnam Investments, LLC and Principal Financial Officer of The Putnam Funds. Previously, Mr. Krichmar served as an Audit Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and its predecessor company (1990–2001).

 

Trustee—Goldman Sachs Trust; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  191   None

Michael Latham

Age: 58

  Trustee   Since
2024
 

Mr. Latham is retired. Formerly, he held senior management positions with the iShares exchange-traded fund business owned by BlackRock, Inc., including Chairman (2011–2014); Global Head (2010–2011); U.S. Head (2007–2010); and Chief Operating Officer (2003–2007).

 

Trustee—Goldman Sachs Trust; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund.

  192   None

Lawrence W. Stranghoener

Age: 69

  Trustee   Since
2024
 

Mr. Stranghoener is retired. He is Chairman, Kennametal, Inc. (a global manufacturer and distributor of tooling and industrial materials) (2003–Present); and was formerly Director, Aleris Corporation and Aleris International, Inc. (a producer of aluminum rolled products) (2011–2020); Interim Chief Executive Officer (2014) and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2004–2014), Mosaic Company (a fertilizer manufacturing company).

 

Trustee—Goldman Sachs Trust; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

 

Chair of the Board of Trustees—Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund.

  192   Kennametal, Inc. (a global manufacturer and distributor of tooling and industrial materials)
         


Name, Address
and Age1
  Position(s)
Held with
the Fund
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time
Served2
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee3
  Other
Directorships
Held
by Trustee4

Paul C. Wirth

Age: 66

  Trustee   Since
2022
 

Mr. Wirth is retired. He is Executive Advisor, My Next Season LLC (a career transition advisory firm) (2023–present). Formerly, he was Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer (2011–2020); Finance Director and Principal Accounting Officer (2010–2011); and Managing Director, Global Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer (2005–2010) of Morgan Stanley.

 

Trustee—Goldman Sachs Trust; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  191   None
         

Interested Trustees

 

Name, Address
and Age1
  Position(s)
Held with
the Fund
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time
Served2
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee3
  Other
Directorships
Held
by Trustee4

James A. McNamara*

Age: 61

  President and Trustee   Since
2007
 

Advisory Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2018–Present); Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2000–December 2017); Director of Institutional Fund Sales, GSAM (April 1998–December 2000); and Senior Vice President and Manager, Dreyfus Institutional Service Corporation (January 1993–April 1998).

 

President and Trustee—Goldman Sachs Trust; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.

  192   None
         

 

*

Mr. McNamara is considered to be an “Interested Trustee” of the Trust because he holds positions with Goldman Sachs and owns securities issued by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Mr. McNamara holds comparable positions with certain other companies of which Goldman Sachs, GSAM or an affiliate thereof is the investment adviser, administrator and/or distributor.

1 

Each Trustee may be contacted by writing to the Trustee, c/o Goldman Sachs, 200 West Street, New York, New York, 10282, Attn: Robert Griffith.

2 

Subject to such policies as may be adopted by the Board from time-to-time, each Trustee holds office for an indefinite term, until the earliest of: (a) the election of his or her successor; (b) the date the Trustee resigns or is removed by the Board or shareholders, in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust; or (c) the termination of the Trust. The Board has adopted policies which provide that each


 

Independent Trustee shall retire as of December 31st of the calendar year in which he or she reaches (a) his or her 75th birthday or (b) the 15th anniversary of the date he or she became a Trustee, whichever is earlier, unless a waiver of such requirements shall have been adopted by a majority of the other Trustees. These policies may be changed by the Trustees without shareholder vote.

3 

The Goldman Sachs Fund Complex includes certain other companies listed above for each respective Trustee. As of January 9, 2024, Goldman Sachs Trust consisted of 87 portfolios; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust consisted of 15 portfolios (11 of which offered shares to the public); Goldman Sachs Trust II consisted of 18 portfolios (7 of which offered shares to the public); Goldman Sachs ETF Trust consisted of 68 portfolios (37 of which offered shares to the public); Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II consisted of 2 portfolios; and Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund each consisted of one portfolio. Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund did not offer shares to the public.

4 

This column includes only directorships of companies required to report to the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (i.e., “public companies”) or other investment companies registered under the Act.

This Supplement should be retained with your SAI for future reference.

 


 

 

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