0001193125-13-479300.txt : 20131219 0001193125-13-479300.hdr.sgml : 20131219 20131219170706 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-13-479300 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20131219 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20131219 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20131219 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GOLDMAN SACHS TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000822977 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-17619 FILM NUMBER: 131288942 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 71 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE STREET 2: C/O GOLDMAN SACHS & CO CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 BUSINESS PHONE: 3126554400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 WEST STREET CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10282 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GOLDMAN SACHS SHORT INTERMEDIATE GOVERNMENT FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19910711 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SHORT INTERMEDIATE GOVERNMENT FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19900104 0000822977 S000009331 Goldman Sachs Concentrated International Equity Fund C000025546 Goldman Sachs Concentrated International Equity Fund C000025547 Institutional GSIEX C000025548 Service GSISX C000025549 Class A GSIFX C000025550 Class B GSEBX C000025551 Class C GSICX C000091956 Class IR GIRNX 0000822977 S000014928 Goldman Sachs Strategic International Equity Fund C000040523 Class A GSAKX C000040524 Class B GSBKX C000040525 Class C GSCKX C000040526 Institutional GSIKX C000040527 Service GSSKX C000058986 Class R GSRKX C000058987 Class IR GSTKX 497 1 d647455d497.htm GOLDMAN SACHS TRUST Goldman Sachs Trust

GOLDMAN SACHS TRUST

Goldman Sachs Fundamental International Equity Funds

Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class C Shares, Institutional Shares, Service Shares,

Class IR Shares, and Class R Shares (as applicable)

of the

Goldman Sachs Concentrated International Equity Fund

Goldman Sachs Strategic International Equity Fund

(the “Concentrated International Equity Fund” and the

“Strategic International Equity Fund,” respectively)

Supplement dated December 19, 2013

to the Prospectus and Summary Prospectuses

dated February 28, 2013, as supplemented to date

(the “Prospectus” and “Summary Prospectus”)

Effective as of the close of business on February 28, 2014, the Goldman Sachs Concentrated International Equity Fund will change its name to the Goldman Sachs Focused International Equity Fund. Accordingly, effective as of the close of business on February 28, 2014, all references in the Prospectus and Summary Prospectuses to “Goldman Sachs Concentrated International Equity Fund” are changed to “Goldman Sachs Focused International Equity Fund”, and all references to “Concentrated International Equity Fund” are changed to “Focused International Equity Fund.” The Fund’s investment objective, policies, strategies, practices and limitations will be unaffected by this name change.

In addition, Goldman Sachs Asset Management International (“GSAMI”), the Funds’ investment adviser, has agreed to (i) increase the management fee waiver in effect for the Concentrated International Equity Fund, such that the Fund’s annualized effective net management fee rate will be reduced from 0.94% to 0.85% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, and (ii) reduce the expense cap limitation imposed on the Fund’s “other expenses” from 0.064% to 0.014% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. With respect to the Strategic International Equity Fund, GSAMI has agreed to reduce the expense cap limitation imposed on the Fund’s “other expenses” from 0.164% to 0.014% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The Funds’ net expense ratios will be reduced as a result of these changes. These changes will take effect as of the close of business on December 31, 2013.


Effective as of the close of business on December 31, 2013, the “Annual Fund Operating Expenses” table and its related footnotes in the “Goldman Sachs Concentrated International Equity Fund—Summary—Fees and Expenses of the Fund” section of the Prospectus and the Fund’s Summary Prospectus is replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

     Class A     Class B     Class C     Institutional     Service     Class
IR
 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

           

Management Fees

    1.00%        1.00%        1.00%        1.00%        1.00%        1.00%   

Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees

    0.25%        1.00%        1.00%        None        None        None   

Other Expenses2

    0.47%        0.47%        0.47%        0.31%        0.82%        0.46%   

Service Fees

    Non     Non     Non     Non     0.25     Non

Shareholder Administration Fees

    Non     Non     Non     Non     0.25     Non

All Other Expenses

    0.47     0.47     0.47     0.31     0.32     0.46

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

    1.72%        2.47%        2.47%        1.31%        1.82%        1.46%   

Fee Waiver and Expense Limitation3

    (0.42)%        (0.42)%        (0.42)%        (0.41)%        (0.42)%        (0.41)%   

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and Expense Limitation4

    1.30%        2.05%        2.05%        0.90%        1.40%        1.05%   

 

2  The difference in the “Other Expenses” ratios across the share classes are the result of, among other things, contractual differences in transfer agency fees and the effect of mathematical rounding on the daily accrual of certain expenses, particularly in respect of small share classes.
3  The Investment Adviser has agreed to (i) waive a portion of its management fees in order to achieve an effective net management fee rate of 0.85% as an annual percentage rate of the average daily net assets of the Fund; and (ii) reduce or limit “Other Expenses” (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, transfer agency fees and expenses, service fees, shareholder administration fees, taxes, interest, brokerage fees, litigation, indemnification, shareholder meeting and other extraordinary expenses) to 0.014% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. These arrangements will remain in effect through at least February 28, 2014, and prior to such date, the Investment Adviser may not terminate the arrangements without the approval of the Board of Trustees. The Fund’s “Other Expenses” may be further reduced by any custody and transfer agency fee credits received by the Fund.
4  The Fund’s “Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and Expense Limitation” have been restated to reflect the fee waiver and expenses limitation arrangements currently in effect.


Effective as of the close of business on December 31, 2013, the table in the “Goldman Sachs Concentrated International Equity Fund—Summary—Expense Example” section of the Prospectus and the Fund’s Summary Prospectus is replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

      1 Year      3 Years      5 Years      10 Years  

Class A Shares

   $ 675       $ 1,023       $ 1,395       $ 2,436   

Class B Shares

           

–  Assuming complete redemption at end of period

   $ 708       $ 1,030       $ 1,478       $ 2,589   

–  Assuming no redemption

   $ 208       $ 730       $ 1,278       $ 2,589   

Class C Shares

           

–  Assuming complete redemption at end of period

   $ 308       $ 730       $ 1,278       $ 2,774   

–  Assuming no redemption

   $ 208       $ 730       $ 1,278       $ 2,774   

Institutional Shares

   $ 92       $ 375       $ 679       $ 1,543   

Service Shares

   $ 143       $ 532       $ 946       $ 2,103   

Class IR Shares

   $ 107       $ 421       $ 758       $ 1,711   
           

Effective as of the close of business on December 31, 2013, the “Annual Fund Operating Expenses” table and its related footnotes in the “Goldman Sachs Strategic International Equity Fund—Summary—Fees and Expenses of the Fund” section of the Prospectus and the Fund’s Summary Prospectus is replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

     Class A     Class B     Class C     Institutional     Class
IR
    Class R  

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

           

Management Fees

    0.85%        0.85%        0.85%        0.85%        0.85%        0.85%   

Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees

    0.25%        1.00%        1.00%        None        None        0.50%   

Other Expenses2

    0.85%        0.85%        0.85%        0.66%        0.83%        0.84%   

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

    0.02%        0.02%        0.02%        0.02%        0.02%        0.02%   

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses3

    1.97%        2.72%        2.72%        1.53%        1.70%        2.21%   

Expense Limitation4

    (0.65)%        (0.65)%        (0.65)%        (0.61)%        (0.63)%        (0.64)%   

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and Expense Limitation3

    1.32%        2.07%        2.07%        0.92%        1.07%        1.57%   

 

2  The difference in the “Other Expenses” ratios across the share classes are the result of, among other things, contractual differences in transfer agency fees and the effect of mathematical rounding on the daily accrual of certain expenses, particularly in respect of small share classes.
3  The “Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses” do not correlate to the ratios of net and total expenses to average net assets provided in the Financial Highlights, which reflect the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.
4 

The Investment Adviser has agreed to reduce or limit “Other Expenses” (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, transfer agency fees and expenses, taxes, interest, brokerage fees, litigation,


 

indemnification, shareholder meeting and other extraordinary expenses) to 0.014% of the Fund’s average daily net assets through at least February 28, 2014, and prior to such date the Investment Adviser may not terminate the arrangement without the approval of the Board of Trustees. The Fund’s “Other Expenses” may be further reduced by any custody and transfer agency fee credits received by the Fund.

Effective as of the close of business on December 31, 2013, the table in the “Goldman Sachs Strategic International Equity Fund—Summary—Expense Example” section of the Prospectus and the Fund’s Summary Prospectus is replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

      1 Year      3 Years      5 Years      10 Years  

Class A Shares

   $ 677       $ 1,075       $ 1,497       $ 2,670   

Class B Shares

           

–  Assuming complete redemption at end of period

   $ 710       $ 1,083       $ 1,582       $ 2,822   

–  Assuming no redemption

   $ 210       $ 783       $ 1,382       $ 2,822   

Class C Shares

           

–  Assuming complete redemption at end of period

   $ 310       $ 783       $ 1,382       $ 3,004   

–  Assuming no redemption

   $ 210       $ 783       $ 1,382       $ 3,004   

Institutional Shares

   $ 94       $ 424       $ 776       $ 1,772   

Class IR Shares

   $ 109       $ 474       $ 864       $ 1,956   

Class R Shares

   $ 160       $ 630       $ 1,126       $ 2,494   
           

Effective as of the close of business on December 31, 2013, the footnote following the table in the “Service Providers—Management Fees and Other Expenses” section of the Funds’ Prospectus is replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

  * The Investment Adviser has agreed to waive a portion of its management fees in order to achieve an effective management fee rate of 0.85% (effective as of the close of business on December 31, 2013) and 1.08% as an annual percentage rate of the average daily net assets of the Concentrated International Equity and International Small Cap Funds, respectively. Prior to the close of business on December 31, 2013, the Investment Adviser had agreed to waive a portion of the Concentrated International Equity Fund’s management fee in order to achieve an effective management fee rate of 0.94%. These arrangements will remain in effect through at least February 28, 2014, and prior to such date, the Investment Adviser may not terminate the arrangements without the approval of the Board of Trustees. These management fee waivers may be modified or terminated by the Investment Adviser at its discretion and without shareholder approval after such date, although the Investment Adviser does not presently intend to do so.

Effective as of the close of business on December 31, 2013, the last paragraph in the “Service Providers—Management Fees and Other Expenses” section of the Funds’ Prospectus is replaced in its entirety with the following:

The Investment Adviser has agreed to reduce or limit “Other Expenses” (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, transfer agency fees and expenses, service fees and shareholder administration fees (as applicable), taxes, interest, brokerage fees, litigation, indemnification, shareholder meeting and other extraordinary expenses) to 0.014%,


0.034% and 0.014% of average daily net assets for the Concentrated International Equity, International Small Cap and Strategic International Equity Funds, respectively, through at least February 28, 2014, and prior to such date, the Investment Adviser may not terminate the arrangements without the approval of the Board of Trustees. The expense limitations may be modified or terminated by the Investment Adviser at its discretion and without shareholder approval after such date, although the Investment Adviser does not presently intend to do so. A Fund’s “Other Expenses” may be further reduced by any custody and transfer agency fee credits received by the Fund.

This Supplement should be retained with your Prospectus and Summary Prospectus for future reference.

 

 

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