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| EX-99.1 - EX-99.1 - GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | d188447dex991.htm |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
April 11, 2016
THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware |
No. 001-14965 |
No. 13-4019460 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 200 West Street New York, New York |
10282 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 902-1000
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On April 11, 2016, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (Group Inc. and, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, the firm) announced that the firm has reached a definitive agreement with the Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group of the U.S. Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force (RMBS Working Group) to resolve its ongoing investigations. The agreement will resolve actual and potential civil claims by the U.S. Department of Justice, the Attorney General’s Offices for the States of California, Illinois and New York, the National Credit Union Administration (as conservator for several failed credit unions) and the Federal Home Loan Banks of Chicago and Des Moines (as a successor to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle), relating to the firm’s securitization, underwriting and sale of residential mortgage-backed securities from 2005 to 2007. The terms of the settlement agreement are substantially the same as those announced on January 14, 2016 with respect to an agreement in principle.
A copy of Group Inc.’s press release announcing the settlement agreement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
The following exhibit is being filed as part of this Report on Form 8-K:
| 99.1: | Press Release of Group Inc. dated April 11, 2016. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. |
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| (Registrant) |
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| Date: April 11, 2016 |
By: |
/s/ Gregory K. Palm |
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| Name: Gregory K. Palm |
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| Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel |
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