GOLDMAN SACHS TRUST
Class A Shares, Class C Shares, Institutional Shares, Investor Shares, Class R Shares and Class R6 Shares of the
Goldman Sachs Rising Dividend Growth Fund
(the Fund)
Supplement dated June 18, 2020 to the
Prospectus and Summary Prospectus each dated July 29, 2019, as supplemented to date
Effective at the close of business on June 30, 2020 (the Effective Date), Dividend Assets Capital, LLC (DAC) will no longer serve as sub-adviser to the Fund and will no longer manage the Funds investments in master limited partnerships (MLPs) and energy infrastructure companies (the MLP & Energy Infrastructure Sleeve). Beginning at the close of Business on the Effective Date, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.s (GSAM) Energy & Infrastructure Team (E&I Team) will manage the MLP & Energy Infrastructure Sleeve.
In addition, effective at the close of business on the Effective Date, GSAM has agreed to waive a portion of its management fee in order to achieve an effective net management fee rate of 0.67% as an annual percentage of the Funds average daily net assets. This fee waiver arrangement shall remain in effect through at least June 30, 2021, and prior to such date, the Investment Adviser may not terminate the arrangement without the approval of the Funds Board of Trustees.
Accordingly, at of the close of business on the Effective Date, the Funds Prospectus and Summary Prospectus are revised as follows:
The following replaces in its entirety the Annual Fund Operating Expenses table and its related footnotes in the Goldman Sachs Rising Dividend Growth FundSummaryFees and Expenses of the Fund section of the Prospectus and the Fees and Expenses of the Fund section of the Summary Prospectus:
Class A | Class C | Institutional | Investor | Class R | Class R6 | |||||||||||||||||||
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
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Management Fees |
0.75% | 0.75% | 0.75% | 0.75% | 0.75% | 0.75% | ||||||||||||||||||
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |
0.25% | 0.75% | None | None | 0.50% | None | ||||||||||||||||||
Other Expenses |
0.26% | 0.51% | 0.13% | 0.26% | 0.26% | 0.12% | ||||||||||||||||||
Service Fees |
Non | e | 0.25 | % | Non | e | Non | e | Non | e | Non | e | ||||||||||||
All Other Expenses |
0.26 | % | 0.26 | % | 0.13 | % | 0.26 | % | 0.26 | % | 0.12 | % | ||||||||||||
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
1.26% | 2.01% | 0.88% | 1.01% | 1.51% | 0.87% | ||||||||||||||||||
Fee Waivers and Expense Limitation2 |
(0.22)% | (0.22)% | (0.16)% | (0.22)% | (0.22)% | (0.16)% | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and Expense Limitation |
1.04% | 1.79% | 0.72% | 0.79% | 1.29% | 0.71% |
2 | The Other Expenses for Class A, Class C, Investor, and Class R Shares have been restated to reflect expenses expected to be incurred during the current fiscal year. |
3 | The Investment Adviser has agreed to (i) waive a portion of its management fee in order to achieve an effective net management fee of 0.67% as an annual percentage of daily net assets and (ii) reduce or limit Other Expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, transfer agency fees and expenses, service fees, taxes, interest, brokerage fees, expenses of shareholder meetings, litigation and indemnification, and extraordinary expenses) to 0.014% of the Funds average daily net assets. Additionally, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (Goldman Sachs), the Funds transfer agent, has agreed to waive a portion of its transfer agency fee (a component of Other Expenses) equal to 0.06% as an annual percentage rate of the average daily net assets attributable to Class A, Class C, Investor, and Class R Shares of the Fund. These arrangements will remain in effect through at least June 30, 2021, and prior to such date the Investment Adviser and Goldman Sachs (as applicable) may not terminate the arrangements without the approval of the Board of Trustees. |
The following replaces in its entirety the Goldman Sachs Rising Dividend Growth FundSummaryExpense Example section of the Prospectus and the Expense Example section of the Summary Prospectus:
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.
This Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in Class A, Class C, Institutional, Investor and/or Class R6 Shares of the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Class A, Class C, Institutional, Investor and/or Class R6 Shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Funds operating expenses remain the same (except that the Example incorporates the fee waiver and expense limitation arrangements for only the first year). The Example does not take into account brokerage commissions that you may pay on your purchases and sales of Institutional Shares of the Fund. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |||||||||||||
Class A Shares |
$ | 650 | $ | 907 | $ | 1,184 | $ | 1,971 | ||||||||
Class C Shares |
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Assuming complete redemption at end of period |
$ | 282 | $ | 609 | $ | 1,063 | $ | 2,320 | ||||||||
Assuming no redemption |
$ | 182 | $ | 609 | $ | 1,063 | $ | 2,320 | ||||||||
Institutional Shares |
$ | 74 | $ | 265 | $ | 472 | $ | 1,070 | ||||||||
Investor Shares |
$ | 81 | $ | 300 | $ | 536 | $ | 1,216 | ||||||||
Class R Shares |
$ | 131 | $ | 456 | $ | 803 | $ | 1,783 | ||||||||
Class R6 Shares |
$ | 73 | $ | 262 | $ | 466 | $ | 1,058 | ||||||||
The following replaces in its entirety the Goldman Sachs Rising Dividend Growth FundSummaryPrincipal StrategyMLP, Energy and Infrastructure Investments
section in the Prospectus and the Principal StrategyMLP, Energy and Infrastructure Investments section in the Summary Prospectus:
MLP & Energy Infrastructure Investments
The Investment Advisers Energy & Infrastructure (E&I) team manages the Funds investments in master limited partnerships (MLPs) and energy infrastructure companies (the MLP & Energy Infrastructure Sleeve). The Fund may invest in MLPs and energy infrastructure companies irrespective of the 10/10 Test. The MLP & Energy Infrastructure Sleeve will generally consist of 15% of the Funds Net Assets but will not exceed 20% of Net Assets measured at the time of purchase.
The MLP & Energy Infrastructure Sleeve will generally invest in traditional or alternative midstream (energy infrastructure) businesses, which include businesses that are engaged in the treatment, gathering, compression, processing, transportation, transmission, fractionation, storage, terminalling, wholesale marketing, liquefaction/regasification of natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil, refined products or other energy sources as well as businesses engaged in owning, storing and transporting alternative energy sources, such as renewables (wind, solar, hydrogen, geothermal, biomass) and alternative fuels (ethanol, hydrogen, biodiesel).
The Funds benchmark is the S&P 500® Index.
The following replaces in its entirety the Portfolio Manager subsection of the Goldman Sachs Rising Dividend Growth FundSummaryPortfolio Management section of the Prospectus and the Portfolio Management section of the Summary Prospectus:
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. is the investment adviser for the Fund (the Investment Adviser or GSAM).
Goldman Sachs Global Portfolio Solutions Group: Christopher Lvoff, CFA, Managing Director, has managed the Fund since 2019.
GSAM Quantitative Investment Strategies Team (10/10 Sleeve Portfolio Managers): Monali Vora, CFA, Managing Director, has managed the Fund since 2018; Aron Kershner, Managing Director, has managed the Fund since 2018.
GSAM Energy & Infrastructure Team (MLP & Energy Infrastructure Sleeve Portfolio Manager): Kyri Loupis, Managing Director, has managed the Fund since 2020.
The following replaces the Investment Management ApproachPrincipal Investment StrategiesGoldman Sachs Rising Dividend Growth FundMLP, Energy and Infrastructure Investments section of the Prospectus:
The Investment Advisers Energy & Infrastructure (E&I) team manages the Funds investments in master limited partnerships (MLPs) and energy infrastructure companies (the MLP & Energy Infrastructure Sleeve). The Fund may invest in MLPs and energy infrastructure companies irrespective of the 10/10 Test. The MLP & Energy Infrastructure Sleeve will generally consist of 15% of the Funds Net Assets but will not exceed 20% of Net Assets measured at the time of purchase.
The MLP & Energy Infrastructure Sleeve will generally invest in traditional or alternative midstream (energy infrastructure) businesses, which include businesses that are engaged in the treatment, gathering, compression, processing, transportation, transmission, fractionation, storage, terminalling, wholesale marketing, liquefaction/regasification of natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil, refined products or other energy sources as well as businesses engaged in owning, storing and transporting alternative energy sources, such as renewables (wind, solar, hydrogen, geothermal, biomass) and alternative fuels (ethanol, hydrogen, biodiesel).
The following replaces in its entirety the second paragraph of the Investment Management ApproachPrincipal Investment StrategiesEach Fund section of the Prospectus:
Each Fund may, from time to time, take temporary defensive positions in attempting to respond to adverse market, political or other conditions. For temporary defensive purposes, each Fund may invest up to 100% of its total assets in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies, instrumentalities or sponsored enterprises (U.S. Government Securities), commercial paper rated at least A-2 by Standard & Poors Ratings Services (Standard & Poors), P-2 by Moodys Investors Service, Inc. (Moodys) or having a comparable rating from another NRSRO (or if unrated, determined by the Investment Adviser to be of comparable credit quality), certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances, repurchase agreements, non-convertible preferred stocks and non-convertible corporate bonds with a remaining maturity of less than one year, ETFs and other investment companies and cash items. When a Funds assets are invested in such instruments, the Fund may not be achieving its investment objective.
The following replaces in its entirety the Investment Management ApproachPrincipal Investment StrategiesRising Dividend Growth Fund Funds Investment PhilosophyDACs MLP, Energy and Infrastructure Investment Philosophy section of the Prospectus:
The E&I Teams MLP & Energy Infrastructure Investment Philosophy:
In managing the Funds MLP & Energy Infrastructure Sleeve, GSAM generally seeks to invest in companies that:
⬛ | Are committed to distributing cash flow to shareholders/unitholders |
⬛ | Are high quality companies with sustainable business and financial models |
⬛ | Demonstrate an ability to manage their business and thrive through various economic and commodity cycles |
Under normal conditions, GSAM selects stocks for the Fund by seeking companies with strong cash flow per share and earnings per share growth potential, and generally places special emphasis on those companies that it believes demonstrate:
⬛ | High dividend or distribution coverage |
⬛ | Strong balance sheet and liquidity |
⬛ | Cash flow resiliency through various commodity cycles given diversified/critical asset ownership, customer quality and contractual protections |
⬛ | Effective management that operates within a strong corporate governance framework |
The following replaces in its entirety the second and third paragraphs in the Service ProvidersInvestment Adviser section of the Prospectus:
The Investment Adviser provides day-to-day advice regarding the Funds portfolio transactions. The Investment Adviser makes the investment decisions for the Funds and places purchase and sale orders for the Funds portfolio transactions in the U.S. and foreign markets. As permitted by applicable law, these orders may be directed to any executing brokers, dealers, futures commission merchants or other counterparties, including Goldman Sachs and its affiliates. While the Investment Adviser is ultimately responsible for the management of the Funds, it is able to draw upon the research and expertise of its asset management affiliates for portfolio decisions and management with respect to certain portfolio securities. In addition, the Investment Adviser has access to the research and certain proprietary technical models developed by Goldman Sachs (subject to legal, internal, regulatory and Chinese Wall restrictions), and will apply quantitative and qualitative analysis in determining the appropriate allocations among categories of issuers and types of securities.
The Service ProvidersSub-AdviserRising Dividend Growth Fund section of the Prospectus is deleted in its entirety.
The following replaces in its entirety the second and third paragraphs under the Service ProvidersManagement Fees and Other Expenses section of the Prospectus:
The Investment Adviser has agreed to waive a portion of its management fee in order to achieve an effective net management fee of 0.67% as an annual percentage of the Rising Dividend Growth Funds average daily net assets through at least June 30, 2021, and prior to such date, the Investment Adviser may not terminate the arrangement without the approval of the Board of Trustees.
In addition to the management fee waiver described above, the Investment Adviser may waive a portion of its advisory fee, including fees earned as the Investment Adviser to any of the affiliated funds in which the Funds invest from time to time, and may discontinue or modify any such waivers in the future, consistent with the terms of any fee waiver arrangements in place.
The following replaces in its entirety the Service ProvidersFund ManagersRising Dividend Growth Fund section of the Prospectus:
GSAM Quantitative Investment Strategies Team
Name and Title | Fund Responsibility | Years Primarily Responsible |
Five Year Employment History | |||
Monali Vora, CFA Managing Director |
Portfolio ManagerRising Dividend Growth | Since 2018 |
Ms. Vora is a member of the Customized Beta Strategies team. Prior to working in the Customized Beta Strategies team, she spent six years as a member of the QIS Equity Portfolio team. Ms. Vora joined the Investment Adviser in 2000. | |||
Aron Kershner Managing Director |
Portfolio ManagerRising Dividend Growth | Since 2018 |
Mr. Kershner is a Portfolio Manager on the Quantitative Investment Strategies (QIS) team and joined the Investment Adviser in 2005. | |||
GSAM Energy & Infrastructure Team
Name and Title | Fund Responsibility | Years Primarily Responsible |
Five Year Employment History | |||
Kyri Loupis Managing Director |
Portfolio ManagerRising Dividend Growth | Since 2020 |
Mr. Loupis joined the Investment Adviser in 2009 and is a portfolio manager and head of the Energy & Infrastructure Team. | |||
Goldman Sachs Global Portfolio Solutions (GPS) Group
Name and Title | Fund Responsibility | Years Primarily Responsible |
Five Year Employment History | |||
Christopher Lvoff, CFA Managing Director |
Portfolio ManagerRising Dividend Growth (Asset Allocation) | Since 2019 |
Mr. Lvoff is a portfolio manager within the GPS Group in GSAM. He joined the Investment Adviser in 2007. | |||
The Service ProvidersFund ManagersSub-Advisor Portfolio Management Team section of the Prospectus is deleted in its entirety.
The following replaces in its entirety the third to last paragraph under the Additional Information on Portfolio Risks, Securities and TechniquesA. General Portfolio Risks section of the Prospectus:
The Investment Adviser will not consider the portfolio turnover rate a limiting factor in making investment decisions for a Fund. A high rate of portfolio turnover (100% or more) involves correspondingly greater expenses which must be borne by a Fund and its shareholders, and is also likely to result in higher short-term capital gains taxable to certain shareholders. The portfolio turnover rate is calculated by dividing the lesser of the
dollar amount of sales or purchases of portfolio securities by the average monthly value of a Funds portfolio securities, excluding securities having a maturity at the date of purchase of one year or less. See Financial Highlights in Appendix B for a statement of the Funds historical portfolio turnover rates.
This supplement should be retained with your Prospectus and Summary Prospectus for future reference.
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