Goldman Sachs Group 8-K 2026-01-07

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Form 8-K

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): January 7, 2026

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission File Number: 001-14965

Delaware13-4019460
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)(IRS Employer Identification No.)
200 West Street, New York, NY10282
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

(212) 902-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each classTrading SymbolExchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $.01 per shareGSNYSE
Depositary Shares, Each Representing 1/1,000th Interest in a Share of Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series AGS PrANYSE
Depositary Shares, Each Representing 1/1,000th Interest in a Share of Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series CGS PrCNYSE
Depositary Shares, Each Representing 1/1,000th Interest in a Share of Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series DGS PrDNYSE
5.793% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Normal Automatic Preferred Enhanced Capital Securities of Goldman Sachs Capital IIGS/43PENYSE
Floating Rate Normal Automatic Preferred Enhanced Capital Securities of Goldman Sachs Capital IIIGS/43PFNYSE
Medium-Term Notes, Series F, Callable Fixed and Floating Rate Notes due March 2031 of GS Finance Corp.GS/31BNYSE
Medium-Term Notes, Series F, Callable Fixed and Floating Rate Notes due May 2031 of GS Finance Corp.GS/31XNYSE

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.12b-2).

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition
Item 8.01 Other Events
SIGNATURE

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On January 7, 2026, the firm (The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., together with its consolidated subsidiaries) reported

the following information: The firm has entered into an agreement to transition the Apple Card program and

associated accounts to a new issuer. The transition is expected to take place in approximately 24 months. The

transaction is expected to result in a $0.46 increase to the firm's fourth quarter 2025 diluted earnings per share. This

reflects a release of $2.48 billion of loan loss reserves reflected in provision for credit losses, partially offset by a

reduction in net revenues of $2.26 billion related to markdowns on the outstanding credit card loan portfolio and

contract termination obligations as well as $38 million of operating expenses.

The information in this Item 2.02 shall be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act

of 1934.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

The firm has made certain changes to its business segments commencing with the fourth quarter of 2025.

The firm will continue to operate and report its results in the following three business segments: Global Banking &

Markets, Asset & Wealth Management and Platform Solutions. Certain organizational changes have been made

within these segments as the firm continues to narrow its strategic focus regarding consumer-related activities within

Platform Solutions. The business segments are presented below:

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Prior results beginning with the firm’s 2021 fiscal year are presented on a comparable basis in the tables on pages 4 -

The changes to the firm’s business segments have no effect on the firm’s historical total net revenues, total provision

for credit losses, total operating expenses and total pre-tax earnings in the consolidated statements of earnings. Prior

period segment results have been conformed to reflect this new presentation.

The primary changes made were as follows:

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  • Global Banking & Markets additionally includes the results from the firm’s transaction banking business, which

are reported in Other (previously reported in Platform Solutions).

  • Within Global Banking & Markets, results related to facilitating institutional primary loans for syndication and

providing structured letters of credit to corporate clients are reported in FICC financing (previously reported in

Other).

  • Results from the firm’s Urban Investment Group, which makes investments in connection with the firm’s

activities to satisfy requirements under the Community Reinvestment Act, are allocated across all three

segments to reflect the shared nature of such requirements (previously reported in Asset & Wealth

Management).

  • Within Asset & Wealth Management, results from Equity Investments and Debt Investments are reported in

aggregate, as the firm continues its transition from direct investments on the firm’s balance sheet to a scaled

third-party funds-driven business.

The firm’s three business segments are as follows:

Global Banking & Markets, which is comprised of:

  • Investment banking fees, which includes:

  • Advisory, which includes strategic advisory assignments with respect to mergers and acquisitions,

divestitures, corporate defense activities, restructurings and spin-offs.

  • Equity underwriting, which includes offerings of common stock, preferred stock, convertible securities and

exchangeable securities.

  • Debt underwriting, which includes investment-grade and high-yield debt offerings, bank and bridge loans,

emerging- and growth-market debt offerings, and structuring of asset-backed securities.

  • Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities (FICC), which includes:

  • FICC intermediation, which includes client execution activities related to making markets in interest rate

products, credit products, mortgages, currencies and commodities.

  • FICC financing, which includes secured lending to clients through structured mortgage and other asset-

backed lending, financing through securities purchased under agreements to resell and other FICC

financing (primarily including commodity financing to clients through structured transactions, facilitating

institutional primary loans for syndication and providing structured letters of credit to corporate clients).

  • Equities, which includes:

  • Equities intermediation, which includes client execution activities related to making markets in equity and

equity-related products and commissions and fees from executing and clearing institutional client

transactions.

  • Equities financing, which includes prime financing (securities lending, margin lending and swap

transactions), portfolio financing and other equity financing.

  • Other, which includes lending to corporate clients through relationship lending and acquisition financing,

(including related hedges), transaction banking and investing activities related to the firm’s global banking and

markets activities.

Asset & Wealth Management, which is comprised of:

  • Activities related to managing client assets across traditional and alternative asset classes, as well as providing

investing and wealth advisory solutions, providing financial planning and counseling services, and executing

brokerage transactions for wealth management clients. These activities generate:

  • Management and other fees.

  • Incentive fees.

  • Private banking and lending, which includes lending and deposit-raising activities for the firm’s wealth

management clients.

  • Investments, which includes investing activities related to the firm’s asset management activities, including

investing in public and private equity in corporate, real estate and infrastructure assets, investing in corporate

debt, lending to middle-market clients and providing financing for real estate and other assets, as well as making

investments through consolidated investment entities, substantially all of which are engaged in real estate

investment activities.

Platform Solutions, which is comprised of:

  • Activities related to issuing credit cards to and raising deposits from Apple Card customers, as well as results

from activities related to Platform Solutions businesses that have been exited. See Item 2.02 for information on

Apple Card.

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Segment Operating Results (unaudited)

$ in millions

THREE MONTHS ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30,JUNE 30,MARCH 31,
202520252025
GLOBAL BANKING & MARKETS
Advisory$1,404$1,174$792
Equity underwriting465428370
Debt underwriting788589752
Investment banking fees2,6572,1911,914
FICC intermediation2,4372,4233,390
FICC financing1,0561,0641,045
FICC3,4933,4874,435
Equities intermediation2,0202,5952,547
Equities financing1,7161,7061,645
Equities3,7364,3014,192
Other282154200
Net revenues10,16810,13310,741
Provision for credit losses8217366
Operating expenses5,8285,8855,924
Pre-tax earnings$4,258$4,075$4,751
ASSET & WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Management and other fees$2,943$2,802$2,701
Incentive fees76103129
Private banking and lending1,057789725
Investments342137156
Net revenues4,4183,8313,711
Provision for credit losses(29)(96)18
Operating expenses3,2913,0152,856
Pre-tax earnings$1,156$912$837
PLATFORM SOLUTIONS
Net revenues$598$619$610
Provision for credit losses286307203
Operating expenses334341348
Pre-tax earnings/(loss)$(22)$(29)$59
TOTAL
Net revenues$15,184$14,583$15,062
Provision for credit losses339384287
Operating expenses9,4539,2419,128
Pre-tax earnings$5,392$4,958$5,647

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Segment Operating Results (unaudited)

$ in millions

THREE MONTHS ENDED
DECEMBER 31,SEPTEMBER 30,JUNE 30,MARCH 31,
2024202420242024
GLOBAL BANKING & MARKETS
Advisory$960$875$688$1,011
Equity underwriting499385423370
Debt underwriting595605622699
Investment banking fees2,0541,8651,7332,080
FICC intermediation1,7502,0132,3303,471
FICC financing1,012986897883
FICC2,7622,9993,2274,354
Equities intermediation1,9542,2081,7861,989
Equities financing1,4991,2911,3831,322
Equities3,4533,4993,1693,311
Other239202134(14)
Net revenues8,5088,5658,2639,731
Provision for credit losses(43)62(44)109
Operating expenses4,8965,0725,2105,276
Pre-tax earnings$3,655$3,431$3,097$4,346
ASSET & WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Management and other fees$2,815$2,617$2,534$2,449
Incentive fees174854688
Private banking and lending736756707682
Investments1,044358576649
Net revenues4,7693,8163,8633,868
Provision for credit losses(56)(118)(70)(36)
Operating expenses2,9892,8352,9852,922
Pre-tax earnings$1,836$1,099$948$982
PLATFORM SOLUTIONS
Net revenues$592$318$605$614
Provision for credit losses450453396245
Operating expenses376408338460
Pre-tax earnings/(loss)$(234)$(543)$(129)$(91)
TOTAL
Net revenues$13,869$12,699$12,731$14,213
Provision for credit losses351397282318
Operating expenses8,2618,3158,5338,658
Pre-tax earnings$5,257$3,987$3,916$5,237

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Segment Operating Results (unaudited)

$ in millions

THREE MONTHS ENDED
DECEMBER 31,SEPTEMBER 30,JUNE 30,MARCH 31,
2023202320232023
GLOBAL BANKING & MARKETS
Advisory$1,005$831$645$818
Equity underwriting252308338255
Debt underwriting394415448506
Investment banking fees1,6511,5541,4311,579
FICC intermediation1,2952,6542,0903,279
FICC financing767761639665
FICC2,0623,4152,7293,944
Equities intermediation1,5021,7131,5331,741
Equities financing1,1051,2481,4331,274
Equities2,6072,9612,9663,015
Other505050(70)
Net revenues6,3707,9807,1768,468
Provision for credit losses1914560134
Operating expenses4,5584,8974,3684,741
Pre-tax earnings$1,621$3,038$2,748$3,593
ASSET & WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Management and other fees$2,443$2,403$2,351$2,280
Incentive fees59232653
Private banking and lending661687874354
Investments1,282229(103)580
Net revenues4,4453,3423,1483,267
Provision for credit losses(13)3411(571)
Operating expenses3,5662,9923,2623,158
Pre-tax earnings/(loss)$892$316$(125)$680
PLATFORM SOLUTIONS
Net revenues$503$495$571$489
Provision for credit losses399(72)544266
Operating expenses3631,165914503
Pre-tax earnings/(loss)$(259)$(598)$(887)$(280)
TOTAL
Net revenues$11,318$11,817$10,895$12,224
Provision for credit losses5777615(171)
Operating expenses8,4879,0548,5448,402
Pre-tax earnings$2,254$2,756$1,736$3,993

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Segment Operating Results (unaudited)

$ in millions

NINE MONTHSYEAR ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30,DECEMBER 31,DECEMBER 31,DECEMBER 31,DECEMBER 31,
20252024202320222021
GLOBAL BANKING & MARKETS
Advisory$3,370$3,534$3,299$4,704$5,653
Equity underwriting1,2631,6771,1538484,985
Debt underwriting2,1292,5211,7631,8083,497
Investment banking fees6,7627,7326,2157,36014,135
FICC intermediation8,2509,5649,31811,8908,714
FICC financing3,1653,7782,8322,8732,006
FICC11,41513,34212,15014,76310,720
Equities intermediation7,1627,9376,4896,6627,707
Equities financing5,0675,4955,0604,3264,015
Equities12,22913,43211,54910,98811,722
Other63656180(316)386
Net revenues31,04235,06729,99432,79536,963
Provision for credit losses32184430493(151)
Operating expenses17,63720,45418,56418,15019,770
Pre-tax earnings$13,084$14,529$11,000$14,152$17,344
ASSET & WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Management and other fees$8,446$10,415$9,477$8,771$7,743
Incentive fees308393161359616
Private banking and lending2,5712,8812,5762,4581,661
Investments6352,6271,9881,80111,928
Net revenues11,96016,31614,20213,38921,948
Provision for credit losses(107)(280)(539)494(189)
Operating expenses9,16211,73112,97811,50511,364
Pre-tax earnings$2,905$4,865$1,763$1,390$10,773
PLATFORM SOLUTIONS
Net revenues$1,827$2,129$2,058$1,181$428
Provision for credit losses7961,5441,1371,728697
Operating expenses1,0231,5822,9451,509804
Pre-tax earnings/(loss)$8$(997)$(2,024)$(2,056)$(1,073)
TOTAL
Net revenues$44,829$53,512$46,254$47,365$59,339
Provision for credit losses1,0101,3481,0282,715357
Operating expenses27,82233,76734,48731,16431,938
Pre-tax earnings$15,997$18,397$10,739$13,486$27,044

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor

provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are not

historical facts or statements of current conditions, but instead represent only the firm’s beliefs regarding future

events, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside the firm’s control. It is possible that the

firm’s actual results may differ, possibly materially, from the anticipated results indicated in these forward-looking

statements. For a discussion of some of the risks and important factors that could affect the firm’s future results, see

“Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of the firm’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Forward-looking statements include the timing of the transition of the Apple Card program to a new issuer, which is

subject to the risk that the transaction may not close on the anticipated timeline or at all, including due to a failure to

satisfy applicable closing conditions. The expected impact of the transaction on the firm’s fourth quarter 2025

results is also a forward-looking statement and subject to change as the firm completes its financial statements.

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. (Registrant)
Date: January 8, 2026By:/s/ Denis P. Coleman III
Name: Denis P. Coleman III Title:Chief Financial Officer