GSAM or its affiliates now or in the future serve as investment adviser or principal underwriter. In
addition, the Investment Adviser’s authority to allocate investments among affiliated and unaffiliated investment companies creates conflicts of interest. For example, investing in affiliated investment companies could
cause the Fund to incur higher fees and may cause the Investment Adviser and/or its affiliates to receive greater compensation, increase assets under management or support particular investment strategies
or affiliated investment companies. In selecting Underlying Funds, the Investment Adviser
generally expects to select affiliated investment companies without considering or canvassing
the universe of unaffiliated investment companies available even though there may (or may not) be one or more unaffiliated investment companies that may be a more appropriate addition to the Fund, that investors may
regard as a more attractive investment for the Fund, or that may have higher returns. To the extent that an investment in an affiliated investment company is not available, including as the result of
capacity constraints, only then will the Investment Adviser consider unaffiliated investment
companies.
Large Shareholder Transactions Risk. The Fund may experience adverse effects when certain large shareholders purchase or redeem large amounts of shares of the Fund. Such large shareholder redemptions, which may occur rapidly or
unexpectedly, may cause the Fund to sell Fund securities at times when it would not otherwise do so, which may negatively impact the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) and liquidity. Similarly,
large purchases of Fund shares may adversely affect the Fund’s performance to the extent that the Fund is delayed in investing new cash or otherwise maintains a larger cash position than it ordinarily would. These
transactions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders if such sales of investments resulted in gains, and may also increase transaction costs. In addition, a large redemption could result in the
Fund’s current expenses being allocated over a smaller asset base, leading to an increase in the Fund’s expense ratio.
Temporary Investments. Although the Fund normally seeks to remain substantially invested in the Underlying Funds, the Fund may
invest a portion of its assets in high-quality, short-term debt obligations to maintain
liquidity, to meet shareholder redemptions and for other short-term cash needs. For temporary defensive purposes during abnormal market or economic conditions, the Fund may invest without limitation in short-term obligations.
When the Fund’s assets are invested in such investments, the Fund may not be achieving its investment objective.
Principal Risks of the Underlying Funds
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The target and actual asset allocation percentages, the selection of Underlying Funds and the investments in the Underlying Funds are subject to change. Such changes may cause
the Fund to be subject to additional or different risks than the risks listed
below.
The investment programs of some of the Underlying Funds are speculative, entail substantial risks and include alternative investment
techniques not employed by traditional mutual funds. The investment techniques of some of the Underlying Funds (if they do not perform as designed) may increase the volatility of performance
and the risk of investment loss, including the loss of the entire amount that is invested, and there can be no assurance that the investment objectives of those Underlying Funds will be
achieved. Moreover, certain investment techniques which certain Underlying Funds may employ in their investment programs can
substantially increase the adverse impact to which those Underlying Funds’ investments may be subject. There is no assurance that the
investment processes of those Underlying Funds will be successful,
that the techniques utilized therein
will be implemented successfully or that they are adequate for their intended uses, or that the discretionary element of the investment processes of those Underlying
Funds will be exercised in a manner that is successful or that is not adverse to the Fund.
Absence of Regulation Risk. Certain of the Underlying Funds engage in over-the-counter (“OTC”) transactions, which trade
in a dealer network, rather than on an exchange. In general, there is less governmental
regulation and supervision of transactions in the OTC markets than of transactions entered into on organized exchanges.
Call/Prepayment Risk. An issuer could exercise its right to pay principal on an obligation held by an Underlying Fund
(such as a mortgage-backed security) earlier than expected. This may happen when there is a
decline in interest rates, when credit spreads change, or when an issuer’s credit quality improves. Under these circumstances, the Underlying Fund may be unable to recoup all of its initial investment and will also suffer from having to
reinvest in lower-yielding securities.
Cash Transactions Risk. Unlike some ETFs, certain exchange-traded Underlying Funds (“Underlying ETFs”) expect to
effect their creations and redemptions partially for cash, rather than primarily for in-kind securities. As such, investments in Underlying ETF Shares (“ETF Shares”) may be less
tax-efficient than an investment in a conventional ETF which generally are able to make in-kind redemptions and avoid realizing gains in connection with transactions designed to raise cash to meet redemption requests.
Commodity Sector Risk. Exposure to the commodities markets may subject certain of the Underlying Funds to greater
volatility than investments in more traditional securities. The value of commodity-linked
investments may be affected by changes in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in interest rates, or factors affecting a particular industry or commodity, such as drought, floods, weather,
livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs and international economic, political and regulatory developments. The prices of energy, industrial metals, precious metals, agriculture and livestock sector commodities may
fluctuate widely due to factors such as changes in value, supply and demand and governmental regulatory policies. The commodity-linked investments in which certain of the Underlying Funds may enter into may
involve companies in the financial services sector, and events affecting the financial services
sector may cause the commodity's, and therefore the Underlying Fund’s, share value
to fluctuate.
Counterparty Risk. Many of the protections afforded to cleared transactions, such as the security afforded by transacting
through a clearing house, might not be available in connection with OTC transactions.
Therefore, in those instances in which an Underlying Fund enters into uncleared OTC transactions, the Underlying Fund will be subject to the risk that its direct counterparty will not perform its obligations under the transactions
and that the Underlying Fund will sustain losses.
Credit/Default Risk. An issuer or guarantor of fixed income securities or instruments held by an Underlying Fund (which may
have low credit ratings) may default on its obligation to pay interest and repay principal or
default on any other obligation. Additionally, the credit quality of securities may deteriorate rapidly, which may impair an Underlying Fund’s liquidity and cause significant deterioration in NAV. These risks are more pronounced in
connection with the Underlying Fund’s investments in non-investment grade fixed income
securities.
Depositary Receipts Risk. Foreign securities may trade in the form of depositary receipts, which include American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”)and Global Depositary
Receipts (“GDRs”) (collectively