GOLDMAN SACHS TRUST

GOLDMAN SACHS EQUITY FUNDS

Class A, B, C, Service and Institutional Shares

Supplement dated April 29, 2004 to

Prospectuses dated December 23, 2003

Legal Proceedings

On April 2, 2004, Lois Burke, a plaintiff identifying herself as a shareholder of the Goldman Sachs Internet Tollkeeper Fund, filed a purported class and derivative action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (“GSG”), Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM”), the Trustees and Officers of the Goldman Sachs Trust (the “Trust”), and John Doe Defendants. In addition, the Goldman Sachs Equity Funds and certain other investment portfolios of the Trust were named as nominal defendants (collectively, the “Goldman Sachs Funds”).

The action, which is brought on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased, redeemed or held shares in the Goldman Sachs Funds between April 2, 1999 and January 9, 2004, inclusive (the “Class Period”), alleges violations of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”), the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and common law breach of fiduciary duty. The complaint alleges, among other things, that during the Class Period, GSAM charged the Goldman Sachs Funds improper Rule 12b-1 fees, made improper brokerage commission and other payments to brokers that sold shares of the Goldman Sachs Funds and made untrue statements of material fact in registration statements and reports filed pursuant to the Investment Company Act. The complaint further alleges that the Trust’s Officers and Trustees breached their fiduciary duties by, among other things, permitting the payments to occur. The plaintiffs in the case are seeking compensatory damages; punitive damages; rescission of GSAM’s investment advisory agreement and return of fees paid; an accounting of all Goldman Sachs Funds-related fees, commissions and soft dollar payments; restitution of all unlawfully or discriminatorily obtained fees and charges; and reasonable costs and expenses, including counsel fees and expert fees.

Based on currently available information, GSAM believes that the likelihood that the pending purported class and derivative action lawsuit will have a material adverse financial impact on the Goldman Sachs Funds is remote, and the pending action is not likely to materially affect its ability to provide investment management services to its clients, including the Goldman Sachs Funds.

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