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Investment Objective and Strategy

The ETF seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of publicly traded equity securities of companies in the Industrials Select Sector Index. SSGA uses a replication strategy to try to achieve the ETF’s investment objective, which means that the ETF generally invests in substantially all of the securities represented in the index it tracks in approximately the same proportions as the index.  In certain situations or market conditions, the ETF may temporarily depart from its normal investment policies and strategies provided that the alternative is consistent with the ETF’s investment objective and is in the best interest of the ETF.  For example, if the ETF is unable to invest directly in a component security or if a derivative investment may provide higher liquidity than other types of investments, it may make larger than normal investments in derivatives to maintain exposure to the index that it tracks. Consequently, under such circumstances, such ETF may invest in a different mix of investments than it would under normal circumstances. The ETF is managed with an indexing investment strategy, attempting to track the performance of an unmanaged index of securities, regardless of the current or projected performance of the index or of the actual securities comprising the index.  This differs from an actively managed ETF, which typically seeks to outperform a benchmark index. The ETF’s performance may be less favorable than that of a portfolio managed using an active investment strategy. The structure and composition of the index will affect the performance, volatility and risk of the index and consequently, the performance, volatility and risk of the ETF.

The ETF’s investment strategy and other policies may be changed without shareholder approval.

Notwithstanding the ETF’s investment objective, the return on your notes will not reflect any dividends paid on the ETF shares, on the securities purchased by the ETF or on the securities that comprise the index.

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Replication Strategy

The ETF uses a replication strategy to attempt to track the performance of the index.  This strategy involves investing in substantially all of the securities represented in the index in approximately the same proportions as the index.  Under normal market conditions, the ETF generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index.  The ETF will provide shareholders with at least 60 days notice prior to any material change in this 95% investment policy. Also, the ETF may lend securities representing up to 40% of the value of the ETF's net assets.

Correlation

Although SSGA seeks to track the performance of the index (i.e., achieve a high degree of correlation with the return of the index), the ETF’s return may not match the return of the index. The ETF incurs a number of operating expenses not applicable to the index and incurs costs in buying and selling securities. In addition, the ETF may not be fully invested at times, generally as a result of cash flows into or out of the ETF or reserves of cash held by the ETF to meet redemptions.

Industry Concentration Policy

The ETF’s assets will generally be concentrated in an industry or group of industries to the extent that the index concentrates in a particular industry or group of industries.  By concentrating its assets in a single industry or group of industries, the ETF is subject to the risk that financial, economic, business or other conditions that have a negative effect on that industry or group of industries will negatively impact the ETF to a greater extent than if the ETF’s assets were invested in a wider variety of industries.  

The ETF is non-diversified and may invest a larger percentage of its assets in securities of a few issuers or a single issuer than a diversified ETF.  As a result, the ETF’s performance may be disproportionately impacted by the performance of relatively few securities.

Creation Units

Prior to trading in the secondary market, shares of the ETF are issued at net asset value to certain institutional investors (typically market makers or other broker-dealers) only in block-size units, known as creation units, of 50,000 shares or multiples thereof.  As a practical matter, only institutions, market makers or large investors purchase or redeem creation units.  The principal consideration for a specified number of creation units (which may be revised at any time without notice) is a basket of securities and/or cash that constitutes a substantial replication, or a representation, of the securities included in the index.  Except when aggregated in creation units (or upon the liquidation of the ETF), shares of the ETF are not redeemable securities.  There can be no assurance that there will be sufficient liquidity in the public trading market at any time to permit assembly of a creation unit.

Share Prices and the Secondary Market

The trading prices of the ETF’s shares will fluctuate continuously throughout trading hours based on market supply and demand rather than the ETF’s net asset value, which is calculated at the end of each business day. The trading price of the ETF’s shares may deviate significantly from its net asset value during periods of market volatility.

Industrials Select Sector Index

The Industrials Select Sector Index (Bloomberg symbol, “IXI Index”), which we refer to as the index, is comprised of the constituents of the S&P 500^® Index that are assigned to the Global Industry Classification Standard (“GICS^®”) Industrial sector.  The S&P 500^® Index includes a representative sample of 500 companies in leading industries of the U.S. economy.  The index and the S&P 500^® Index are calculated, maintained and published by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (“S&P”). Additional information about the Industrials Select Sector Index and the S&P 500^® Index is available on the following websites:us.spindices.com/indices/equity/industrials-select-sector-index and us.spindices.com/indices/equity/sp-500. We are not incorporating by reference the websites or any material they include in this pricing supplement. We have obtained all information about the index from the S&P website without independent verification.

S&P and MSCI Inc. (“MSCI”) jointly developed the GICS^® in 1999 to establish a global standard for categorizing companies into sectors and industries. The GICS^® classifies companies into four levels of detail: 11 sectors, 24 industry groups, 69 industries and 158 sub-industries. The eleven GICS^® sectors are: Communication Services, Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples, Energy, Financials, Health Care, Industrials, Information Technology, Materials, Real Estate and Utilities. GICS^® was designed to classify a company according to its principal business

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activity. To make this determination, S&P and MSCI use revenues as a key measure of a company’s business activity. Earnings and market perception, however, are also recognized as important and relevant information for classification purposes and are taken into account during the review process. A company’s classification is reviewed annually at a minimum, and companies are under constant surveillance for corporate actions. The GICS^® methodology itself is reviewed annually for changes or additions to the four classification levels.

S&P rebalances the index quarterly after the close of business on the third Friday of March, June, September and December (each, a “rebalancing effective date”). With prices reflected on the second Friday of March, June, September and December, adjusted for any applicable corporate actions, and membership, shares outstanding and investable weight factors as of the rebalancing effective date, each company is weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization. Modifications to the float-adjusted market capitalization of constituent stocks are made as follows.

If any company has a float-adjusted market capitalization weight greater than 24%, S&P caps that company’s weight at 23%. S&P sets the cap to 23% to allow for a 2% buffer to mitigate against any stock exceeding 25% as of the rebalancing effective date. S&P redistributes all excess weight equally to all uncapped stocks within the index. After this redistribution, if the float-adjusted market capitalization weight of any other stock(s) then breaches 23%, S&P repeats the process iteratively until no stock breaches the 23% weight cap. The sum of the stocks with weight greater than 4.8% cannot exceed 50% of the total index weight. If the rule in the preceding sentence is breached, then S&P ranks all the stocks in descending order of their float-adjusted market capitalization weights and the first stock that causes the 50% limit to be breached is identified. S&P then reduces the weight of that stock to 4.5%. S&P then redistributes the excess weight proportionally to all stocks with weights below 4.5% and the process is repeated iteratively until the 50% test above is satisfied. As part of the rebalancing process, S&P assigns index share amounts to each constituent stock to arrive at the weights calculated above. Since index shares are assigned based on prices one week prior to rebalancing, the actual weight of each stock at the rebalancing differs somewhat from these weights due to market movements. If, on the second to last business day of March, June, September or December, a company has a weight greater than 24% or the sum of the companies with weights greater than 4.8% exceeds 50%, a secondary rebalancing will be triggered with the rebalancing effective date being after the close of the last business day of the month. This secondary rebalancing will use the closing prices as of the second to last business day of March, June, September or December, and membership, shares outstanding and IWFs as of the rebalancing effective date.

Except for the rebalancing process described above and the total return process described below, the index is calculated and maintained on the same basis as the S&P 500^® Index, which is described beginning on page S-107 of the accompanying underlier supplement no. 25.

The ETF tracks the performance of the total return version of the index. A total return index represents the total return earned in a portfolio that tracks the price index and reinvests dividend income in the overall index, not in the specific stock paying the dividend. The difference between the price return calculation and the total return calculation is that, with respect to the price return calculation, changes in the index level reflect changes in stock prices, whereas with respect to the total return calculation of the index, changes in the index level reflect both movements in stock prices and the reinvestment of dividend income. Notwithstanding the ETF’s investment objective, the return on your notes will not reflect any dividends paid on the ETF shares, on the securities purchased by the ETF or on the securities that comprise the index.

Once the price return index has been calculated, the total return index is calculated. First, the total daily dividend for each stock in the index is calculated by multiplying the per share dividend by the number of shares included in the index. Then the index dividend is calculated by aggregating the total daily dividends for each of the index stocks (which may be zero for some stocks) and dividing by the divisor for that day. Next the daily total return of the index is calculated as a fraction minus 1, the numerator of which is the sum of the index level plus the index dividend and the denominator of which is the index level on the previous day. Finally, the total return index for that day is calculated as the product of the value of the total return index on the previous day times the sum of 1 plus the index daily total return for that day.

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Financial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund

The Financial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before expenses, of the Financials Select Sector Index. The investment advisor of the Financial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund uses a replication strategy to attempt to track the Financials Select Sector Index, which means that the basket underlier generally invests in substantially all of the securities represented in the Financials Select Sector Index in approximately the same proportions as the Financials Select Sector Index.

The Financials Select Sector Index is a float-adjusted market capitalization index comprised of the constituents of the S&P 500^® Index that are assigned to the Global Industry Classification Standard Financials sector.

For more details about the basket underlier, the investment advisor and the underlying index, see “The Underliers - The Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund” on page S-135 of the accompanying underlier supplement no. 25.

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Technology Select Sector SPDR^® Fund

The shares of the Technology Select Sector SPDR^® Fund (the “ETF”) are issued by a series of the Select Sector SPDR^® Trust, a registered investment company.  The ETF seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before expenses, of the Technology Select Sector Index (“the index”).  The ETF trades on the NYSE Arca under the ticker symbol “XLK”.  SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (“SSGA”) currently serves as the investment advisor to the ETF. SSGA employs a replication strategy in seeking to track the index as described under “Replication Strategy” below. The index was reconstituted in September 2018. See “Technology Select Sector Index” below.

We obtained the following fee information from the SPDR^® website, without independent verification.  The investment advisor is entitled to receive a management fee from the ETF based on a percentage of the ETF’s average daily net assets, at an annual rate of 0.03%.  In addition, the ETF has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan pursuant to which payments of up to 0.03% of average daily net assets may be made. The ETF also incurs other operating expenses up to an annual rate of 0.06%. As of September 30, 2021, the gross expense ratio of the ETF was 0.12% per annum.

For additional information regarding the Select Sector SPDR^® Trust or SSGA, please consult the reports (including the Semi-Annual Report to Shareholders on Form N−CSRS for the period ended March 31, 2021) and other information SPDR^® Series Trust files with the SEC. In addition, information regarding the ETF, including the top ten holdings, may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles, other publicly available documents, and the SPDR^® website at spdrs.com. We are not incorporating by reference the website, the sources listed above or any material they include in this pricing supplement. We have obtained all information about the ETF from the SPDR^® website without independent verification.

Investment Objective and Strategy

The ETF seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of publicly traded equity securities of companies in the Technology Select Sector Index, which is comprised of companies in the Information Technology sector. SSGA uses a replication strategy to try to achieve the ETF’s investment objective, which means that the ETF generally invests in substantially all of the securities represented in the index it tracks in approximately the same proportions as the index.  In certain situations or market conditions, the ETF may temporarily depart from its normal investment policies and strategies provided that the alternative is consistent with the ETF’s investment objective and is in the best interest of the ETF.  For example, if the ETF is unable to invest directly in a component security or if a derivative investment may provide higher liquidity than other types of investments, it may make larger than normal investments in derivatives to maintain exposure to the index that it tracks. Consequently, under such circumstances, such ETF may invest in a different mix of investments than it would under normal circumstances. The ETF is managed with an indexing investment strategy, attempting to track the performance of an unmanaged index of securities, regardless of the current or projected performance of the index or of the actual securities comprising the index.  This differs from an actively managed ETF, which typically seeks to outperform a benchmark index. The ETF’s performance may be less favorable than that of a portfolio managed using an active investment strategy. The structure and composition of the index will affect the performance, volatility and risk of the index and consequently, the performance, volatility and risk of the ETF.

The ETF’s investment strategy and other policies may be changed without shareholder approval.

Notwithstanding the ETF’s investment objective, the return on your notes will not reflect any dividends paid on the ETF shares, on the securities purchased by the ETF or on the securities that comprise the index.

Replication Strategy

The ETF uses a replication strategy to attempt to track the performance of the index.  This strategy involves investing in substantially all of the securities represented in the index in approximately the same proportions as the index.  Under normal market conditions, the ETF generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index.  The ETF will provide shareholders with at least 60 days notice prior to any material change in this 95% investment policy. Also, the ETF may lend securities representing up to 40% of the value of the ETF's net assets.

Correlation

Although SSGA seeks to track the performance of the index (i.e., achieve a high degree of correlation with the return of the index), the ETF’s return may not match the return of the index. The ETF incurs a number of operating expenses not applicable to the index and incurs costs in buying and selling securities. In addition, the ETF may not be fully invested at times, generally as a result of cash flows into or out of the ETF or reserves of cash held by the ETF to meet redemptions.

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Industry Concentration Policy

The ETF’s assets will generally be concentrated in an industry or group of industries to the extent that the index concentrates in a particular industry or group of industries.  By concentrating its assets in a single industry or group of industries, the ETF is subject to the risk that financial, economic, business or other conditions that have a negative effect on that industry or group of industries will negatively impact the ETF to a greater extent than if the ETF’s assets were invested in a wider variety of industries.  

The ETF is non-diversified and may invest a larger percentage of its assets in securities of a few issuers or a single issuer than a diversified ETF.  As a result, the ETF’s performance may be disproportionately impacted by the performance of relatively few securities.

Creation Units

Prior to trading in the secondary market, shares of the ETF are issued at net asset value to certain institutional investors (typically market makers or other broker-dealers) only in block-size units, known as creation units, of 50,000 shares or multiples thereof.  As a practical matter, only institutions, market makers or large investors purchase or redeem creation units.  The principal consideration for a specified number of creation units (which may be revised at any time without notice) is a basket of securities and/or cash that constitutes a substantial replication, or a representation, of the securities included in the index.  Except when aggregated in creation units (or upon the liquidation of the ETF), shares of the ETF are not redeemable securities.  There can be no assurance that there will be sufficient liquidity in the public trading market at any time to permit assembly of a creation unit.

Share Prices and the Secondary Market

The trading prices of the ETF’s shares will fluctuate continuously throughout trading hours based on market supply and demand rather than the ETF’s net asset value, which is calculated at the end of each business day. The trading price of the ETF’s shares may deviate significantly from its net asset value during periods of market volatility.

Technology Select Sector Index

The Technology Select Sector Index (Bloomberg symbol, “IXT Index”), which we refer to as the index, is comprised of the constituents of the S&P 500^® Index that are assigned to the Global Industry Classification Standard (“GICS^®”) Information Technology sector. The S&P 500^® Index includes a representative sample of 500 companies in leading industries of the U.S. economy. The index and the S&P 500^® Index are calculated, maintained and published by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (“S&P”). Additional information about the Technology Select Sector Index and the S&P 500^® Index is available on the following websites: us.spindices.com/indices/equity/technology-select-sector-index and us.spindices.com/indices/equity/sp-500. We are not incorporating by reference the websites or any material they include in this pricing supplement. We have obtained all information about the index from the S&P website without independent verification.

S&P and MSCI Inc. (“MSCI”) jointly developed the GICS^® in 1999 to establish a global standard for categorizing companies into sectors and industries. The GICS^® classifies companies into four levels of detail: 11 sectors, 24 industry groups, 69 industries and 158 sub-industries. The eleven GICS^® sectors are: Communication Services, Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples, Energy, Financials, Health Care, Industrials, Information Technology, Materials, Real Estate, and Utilities. GICS^® was designed to classify a company according to its principal business activity. To make this determination, S&P and MSCI use revenues as a key measure of a company’s business activity. Earnings and market perception, however, are also recognized as important and relevant information for classification purposes and are taken into account during the review process. A company’s classification is reviewed annually at a minimum, and companies are under constant surveillance for corporate actions. The GICS^® methodology itself is reviewed annually for changes or additions to the four classification levels.

As of the close of business on September 21, 2018, S&P and MSCI, Inc. updated the GICS^® structure. Among other things, the update broadened the Telecommunications Services sector and renamed it the Communication Services sector. The renamed sector includes the previously existing Telecommunication Services Industry group, as well as the Media Industry group, which was moved from the Consumer Discretionary sector and renamed the Media & Entertainment Industry group. The Media & Entertainment Industry group contains three industries: Media, Entertainment and Interactive Media & Services. The Media industry continues to consist of the Advertising, Broadcasting, Cable & Satellite and Publishing sub-industries. The Entertainment industry contains the Movies & Entertainment sub-industry (which includes online entertainment streaming companies in addition to companies previously classified in such industry prior to September 21, 2018) and the Interactive Home Entertainment sub-industry (which includes companies previously classified in the Home Entertainment Software sub-industry prior to September 21, 2018 (when the Home Entertainment Software sub-industry was a sub-industry in the Information Technology sector)), as well as producers of interactive gaming products, including mobile gaming applications).

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The Interactive Media & Services industry and sub-industry includes companies engaged in content and information creation or distribution through proprietary platforms, where revenues are derived primarily through pay-per-click advertisements, and includes search engines, social media and networking platforms, online classifieds and online review companies.  The Global Industry Classification Sector structure changes were effective for the Technology Select Sector Index as of the open of business on September 24, 2018 to coincide with the September 2018 quarterly rebalancing. As a result of the above changes, certain companies from the Information Technology sector or the former Telecommunication Services sector were reclassified under the new Communication Services sector or the Consumer Discretionary sector. For example, due to the reclassification, Facebook Inc., Alphabet Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Inc., Activision Blizzard Inc., Electronic Arts Inc., Twitter Inc., Centurylink Inc. and Take-Two Interactive Software were moved from the Technology Select Sector Index to the Communication Services Select Sector Index, and eBay Inc. was moved from the Technology Select Sector Index to the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector Index.

S&P rebalances the index quarterly after the close of business on the third Friday of March, June, September and December (each, a “rebalancing effective date”). With prices reflected on the second Friday of March, June, September and December, adjusted for any applicable corporate actions, and membership, shares outstanding and investable weight factors as of the rebalancing effective date, each company is weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization. Modifications to the float-adjusted market capitalization of constituent stocks are made as follows.

If any company has a float-adjusted market capitalization weight greater than 24%, S&P caps that company’s weight at 23%. S&P sets the cap to 23% to allow for a 2% buffer to mitigate against any stock exceeding 25% as of the rebalancing effective date. S&P redistributes all excess weight equally to all uncapped stocks within the index. After this redistribution, if the float-adjusted market capitalization weight of any other stock(s) then breaches 23%, S&P repeats the process iteratively until no stock breaches the 23% weight cap. The sum of the stocks with weight greater than 4.8% cannot exceed 50% of the total index weight. If the rule in the preceding sentence is breached, then S&P ranks all the stocks in descending order of their float-adjusted market capitalization weights and the first stock that causes the 50% limit to be breached is identified. S&P then reduces the weight of that stock to 4.5%. S&P then redistributes the excess weight proportionally to all stocks with weights below 4.5% and the process is repeated iteratively until the 50% test above is satisfied. As part of the rebalancing process, S&P assigns index share amounts to each constituent stock to arrive at the weights calculated above. Since index shares are assigned based on prices one week prior to rebalancing, the actual weight of each stock at the rebalancing differs somewhat from these weights due to market movements. If, on the second to last business day of March, June, September or December, a company has a weight greater than 24% or the sum of the companies with weights greater than 4.8% exceeds 50%, a secondary rebalancing will be triggered with the rebalancing effective date being after the close of the last business day of the month. This secondary rebalancing will use the closing prices as of the second to last business day of March, June, September or December, and membership, shares outstanding and IWFs as of the rebalancing effective date.

Except for the rebalancing process described above and the total return process described below, the index is calculated and maintained on the same basis as the S&P 500^® Index, which is described beginning on page S-107 of the accompanying underlier supplement no. 25.

The ETF tracks the performance of the total return version of the index. A total return index represents the total return earned in a portfolio that tracks the price index and reinvests dividend income in the overall index, not in the specific stock paying the dividend. The difference between the price return calculation and the total return calculation is that, with respect to the price return calculation, changes in the index level reflect changes in stock prices, whereas with respect to the total return calculation of the index, changes in the index level reflect both movements in stock prices and the reinvestment of dividend income. Notwithstanding the ETF’s investment objective, the return on your notes will not reflect any dividends paid on the ETF shares, on the securities purchased by the ETF or on the securities that comprise the index.

Once the price return index has been calculated, the total return index is calculated. First, the total daily dividend for each stock in the index is calculated by multiplying the per share dividend by the number of shares included in the index. Then the index dividend is calculated by aggregating the total daily dividends for each of the index stocks (which may be zero for some stocks) and dividing by the divisor for that day. Next the daily total return of the index is calculated as a fraction minus 1, the numerator of which is the sum of the index level plus the index dividend and the denominator of which is the index level on the previous day. Finally, the total return index for that day is calculated as the product of the value of the total return index on the previous day times the sum of 1 plus the index daily total return for that day.

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Historical Closing Levels of the Basket Underliers

The respective closing levels of the basket underliers have fluctuated in the past and may, in the future, experience significant fluctuations. In particular, the basket underliers have recently experienced extreme and unusual volatility. Any historical upward or downward trend in the level of any of the basket underliers during the period shown below is not an indication that the basket underliers are more or less likely to increase or decrease at any time during the life of your notes.

You should not take the historical levels of the basket or the basket underliers as an indication of the future performances of the basket underliers, including because of recent volatility described above. We cannot give you any assurance that the future performance of the basket, basket underliers or the basket underlier stocks will result in your receiving an amount greater than the outstanding face amount of your notes on the stated maturity date.

Neither we nor any of our affiliates make any representation to you as to the performance of the basket or the basket underliers. Before investing in the offered notes, you should consult publicly available information to determine the level of the basket underliers between the date of this pricing supplement and the date of your purchase of the offered notes and, given the recent volatility described above, you should pay particular attention to recent levels of the basket underliers. The actual performance of the basket and the basket underliers over the life of the offered notes, as well as the cash settlement amount at maturity, may bear little relation to the historical levels shown below.

The graph below shows the daily historical closing levels of the Industrial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund from January 1, 2016 through November 30, 2021. As a result, the following graph does not reflect the global financial crisis which began in 2008, which had a materially negative impact on the price of most equity securities and, as a result, the level of most equity indices or equity ETFs. We obtained the levels in the graph below from Bloomberg Financial Services, without independent verification.

Historical Performance of the Industrial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund

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Historical Performance of the Financial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund

Hypothetical Adjusted End of Month Closing Levels of the Financials Select Sector Index, the Underlying Index for the Financial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund, Through August 31, 2016

As discussed under “The Underliers — The Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund” in the accompanying underlier supplement no. 25, the Financials Select Sector Index was recently reconstituted to eliminate the stocks of companies involved in the real estate industry (other than mortgage real estate investment trusts).  Therefore, unadjusted historical closing levels have not been included in the graph below. 

The blue line (“weight-adjusted IXM close”) in the graph below shows hypothetical weight-adjusted month-end closing levels of the Financials Select Sector Index from January 31, 2011 through August 31, 2016. The hypothetical weight-adjusted IXM month-end closing data is produced on any such day by retroactively removing real estate stocks from the constituents of the Financials Select Sector Index on such day and adjusting the historical level of the underlying index based upon the percentage weight represented by all non-real estate constituents on such day. This hypothetical weight-adjusted approach is intended to simulate the performance of the Financials Select Sector Index had the underlying index not held real estate stocks prior to the reconstitution on September 16, 2016 discussed under “The Underliers — Financial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund” in the accompanying underlier supplement no. 25, while accounting for the dynamic nature of the underlying index as constituent weightings change over time. To create this hypothetical weight-adjusted performance data, historical weights and constituents as of the last calendar day of each month through August 31, 2016 were obtained from S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, without independent verification.

For comparative purposes, the green line (“static factor-adjusted IXM close”) in the graph below shows hypothetical static factor-adjusted month-end closing levels of the Financials Select Sector Index using a static adjustment factor of 0.812017. The static adjustment factor was obtained from Bloomberg Financial Services for use with historical prices of the Financial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund and was applied retroactively by us to the historical month-end closing levels of the Financials Select Sector Index through August 31, 2016. This static adjustment factor reflects the relative value of the components of the Financial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund immediately after the removal of real estate stocks from the constituents of the Financial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund on September 16, 2016 as compared to the value of the components of the prior to such removal.

We provide both the hypothetical weight-adjusted month-end closing levels and the hypothetical static factor-adjusted month-end closing levels to help gauge whether application of the static adjustment factor (used by Bloomberg for the historical underlier closing levels) is a reasonable estimate of historical Financials Select Sector Index levels and historical closing levels of the Financial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund with real estate stocks removed. Neither the hypothetical weight-adjusted month-end closing levels reflected below nor the hypothetical static factor-adjusted month-end closing levels reflected below are indicative of the future performance of the Financials Select Sector Index.

Although the Financial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund seeks to track the performance of the Financials Select Sector Index as closely as possible, the Financial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund’s return may not match or achieve a high degree of correlation with the return of the Financials Select Sector Index due to, among other things, operating expenses, transaction costs, cash flows, regulatory requirements and operational inefficiencies.  For a discussion of these reasons, please see “Additional Risk Factors Specific to Your Notes — Each Basket Underlier and its Underlying Index are Different and the Performance of Each Basket Underlier May Not Correlate With the Performance of its Underlying Index” above.

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Hypothetical and Historical Closing Levels of the Financial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund

You should not take the hypothetical or historical closing levels of the Financial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund as an indication of the future performance of the basket underlier. As discussed above under “— Hypothetical Adjusted End of Month Closing Levels of the Financials Select Sector Index, the Underlying Index for the Financial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund, Through August 31, 2016”, the performance of the Financial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund prior to its reconstitution on September 16, 2016 might have been meaningfully different had the basket underlier not held real estate stocks at that time. We cannot give you any assurance that the future performance of the Financial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund or its underlying stocks will result in your receiving an amount greater than the outstanding face amount of your notes on the stated maturity date.

The graph below shows the daily hypothetical and historical closing levels of the basket underlier from January 1, 2016 through November 30, 2021, adjusted for corporate events, if applicable. As a result, the following graph does not reflect the global financial crisis which began in 2008, which had a materially negative impact on the price of most equity securities and, as a result, the level of most equity indices or equity ETFs. We obtained the closing levels of the Financial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund in the graph below from Bloomberg Financial Services, without independent verification.  In the graph, historical closing levels after the basket underlier was reconstituted as of the close of business on September 16, 2016 can be found to the right of the vertical solid line marker. Closing levels to the left of the vertical solid line marker reflect the basket underlier closing levels before the Financial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund was reconstituted as of the close of business on September 16, 2016. These closing levels have been adjusted by Bloomberg Financial Services using the static adjustment factor of 0.812017 described above under “— Hypothetical Adjusted End of Month Closing Levels of the Financials Select Sector Index, the Underlying Index for the basket underlier, Through August 31, 2016”. Investors may want to consider using the hypothetical Bloomberg-adjusted data as a proxy for how the Financial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund would have performed had the Financial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund not held real estate stocks prior to September 19, 2016; however, we have not independently verified the process Bloomberg Financial Services used in deriving the static adjustment factor nor that the Financial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund’s constituents and weights used to calculate the static adjustment factor are representative of the Financial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund’s constituents and weights on any date prior to September 19, 2016.

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Historical Performance of the Financial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund

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Historical Performance of the Technology Select Sector SPDR^® Fund and the

Technology Select Sector Index

Historical Closing Levels of the Technology Select Sector SPDR^® Fund

You should not take the historical closing levels of the Technology Select Sector SPDR^® Fund as an indication of the future performance of the Technology Select Sector SPDR^® Fund. As discussed above under “The Technology Select Sector SPDR^® Fund Was Reconstituted in September 2018 Based on Changes to the Technology Select Sector Index and No Longer Provides Exposure to Certain Companies that Were Previously Included in the Technology Select Sector Index and Heavily Weighted in the Technology Select Sector SPDR^® Fund”, the performance of the Technology Select Sector SPDR^® Fund prior to its reconstitution in September 2018 might have been meaningfully different had it tracked the reconstituted Technology Select Sector Index at that time. We cannot give you any assurance that the future performance of the Technology Select Sector SPDR^® Fund or its underlying stocks will result in your receiving an amount greater than the outstanding face amount of your notes on the stated maturity date.

The graph below shows the daily historical closing levels of the Technology Select Sector SPDR^® Fund from September 24, 2018 through November 30, 2021. As a result, the following graph does not reflect the global financial crisis which began in 2008, which had a materially negative impact on the price of most equity securities and, as a result, the level of most equity indices or equity ETFs. We obtained the closing levels of the Technology Select Sector Fund in the graph below from Bloomberg Financial Services, without independent verification.

Historical Performance of the Technology Select Sector SPDR^® Fund

* We are not providing the historical closing levels of the Technology Select Sector SPDR^® Fund prior to September 24, 2018, the date GICS^® structure changes were effective for the Technology Select Sector Index. Before the changes to the GICS^® were implemented, the Technology Select Sector Index was designed to measure the performance of the companies assigned to the Information Technology sector and Telecommunication Services sector. After the changes to GICS^® were implemented, the Technology Select Sector Index was reconstituted so that it now measures the performance of the companies assigned to the Information Technology sector only. Moreover, a number of companies from the Information Technology sector were reclassified under the new Communication Services sector or the Consumer Discretionary sector and consequently removed from the Technology Select Sector Index and the Technology Select Sector SPDR^® Fund. As a result, the performance of the Technology Select Sector SPDR^® Fund prior to the reconstitution of the Technology Select Sector Index might have been meaningfully different had it tracked the reconstituted Technology Select Sector Index at that time.

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Historical Closing Levels of the Technology Select Sector Index

The closing level of the Technology Select Sector Index has fluctuated in the past and may, in the future, experience significant fluctuations. Any historical upward or downward trend in the closing level of the Technology Select Sector Index during the period shown below is not an indication that the Technology Select Sector Index is more or less likely to increase or decrease at any time during the life of your notes.

You should not take the historical levels of the Technology Select Sector Index as an indication of the future performance of the Technology Select Sector Index.

Neither we nor any of our affiliates make any representation to you as to the performance of the Technology Select Sector Index. The actual performance of the Technology Select Sector Index over the life of the offered notes may bear little relation to the historical closing levels shown below.

Although the Technology Select Sector SPDR^® Fund seeks to track the performance of the Technology Select Sector Index as closely as possible, the Technology Select Sector SPDR^® Fund’s return may not match or achieve a high degree of correlation with the return of the Technology Select Sector Index due to, among other things, operating expenses, transaction costs, cash flows, regulatory requirements and operational inefficiencies. For a discussion of these reasons, please see “Additional Risk Factors Specific to Your Notes — Each Underlier and Its Underlying Index are Different and the Performance of Each Underlier May Not Correlate with the Performance of its Underlying Index” above. Please also see “The Technology Select Sector SPDR^® Fund — Correlation” above for a table containing relative performance data of the Technology Select Sector SPDR^® Fund’s shares before taxes and the Technology Select Sector Index (from which the tracking error can be derived). You should not take the graph as an indication of the future performance of the Technology Select Sector Index or the Technology Select Sector SPDR^® Fund.

The graph below shows the daily historical closing levels of the Technology Select Sector Index from September 24, 2018 through November 30, 2021. We obtained the closing levels of the Technology Select Sector Index in the graph below from Bloomberg Financial Services, without independent verification.

Historical Performance of the Technology Select Sector Index

* We are not providing the historical closing levels of the Technology Select Sector Index prior to September 24, 2018, the date GICS^® structure changes were effective for the Technology Select Sector Index. Before the changes to GICS^® were implemented, the Technology Select Sector Index was designed to measure the performance of the companies assigned to the Information Technology sector and Telecommunication Services sector. After the

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changes to GICS^® were implemented, the Technology Select Sector Index was reconstituted so that it now measures the performance of the companies assigned to the Information Technology sector. Moreover, a number of companies from the Information Technology sector were reclassified under the new Communication Services sector or the Consumer Discretionary sector and consequently removed from the Technology Select Sector Index. As a result, the performance of the Technology Select Sector Index prior to its reconstitution might have been meaningfully different.

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Historical Basket Levels

The following graph is based on the basket closing level for the period from January 1, 2016 through November 30, 2021 assuming that the basket closing level was 100 on January 1, 2016. We derived the basket closing levels based on the method to calculate the basket closing level as described in this pricing supplement and on actual closing levels of the relevant basket underliers on the relevant date. The basket closing level has been normalized such that its hypothetical level on January 1, 2016 was 100. As noted in this pricing supplement, the initial basket level will be set at 100 on the trade date. The basket closing level can increase or decrease due to changes in the levels of the basket underliers.

Historical Performance of the Basket

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Supplemental discussion of U.S. federal income tax consequences

The following section supplements the discussion of U.S. federal income taxation in the accompanying prospectus.

The following section is the opinion of Sidley Austin llp, counsel to GS Finance Corp. and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. In addition, it is the opinion of Sidley Austin llp that the characterization of the notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes that will be required under the terms of the notes, as discussed below, is a reasonable interpretation of current law.

This section does not apply to you if you are a member of a class of holders subject to special rules, such as:

Although this section is based on the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, its legislative history, existing and proposed regulations under the Internal Revenue Code, published rulings and court decisions, all as currently in effect, no statutory, judicial or administrative authority directly discusses how your notes should be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and as a result, the U.S. federal income tax consequences of your investment in your notes are uncertain. Moreover, these laws are subject to change, possibly on a retroactive basis.

United States Holders

This section applies to you only if you are a United States holder that holds your notes as a capital asset for tax purposes. You are a United States holder if you are a beneficial owner of a note and you are:

Tax Treatment. You will be obligated pursuant to the terms of the notes — in the absence of a change in law, an administrative determination or a judicial ruling to the contrary — to characterize your notes for all tax purposes as pre-paid derivative contracts in respect of the basket underliers. Except as otherwise stated below, the discussion below assumes that the notes will be so treated.

Upon the sale, exchange, or maturity of your notes, you should recognize capital gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount realized on the sale, exchange or maturity and your tax basis in your notes. Your tax basis in your notes will generally be equal to the amount that you paid for the notes. Such capital gain or loss should generally be short-term capital gain or loss if you hold the notes for one year or less, and should be long-term capital gain or loss if you hold the notes for more than one year. Short-term capital gains are generally subject to tax at the marginal tax rates applicable to ordinary income.

In addition, the constructive ownership rules of Section 1260 of the Internal Revenue Code could possibly apply to your notes. If your notes were subject to the constructive ownership rules, then any long-term capital gain that you realize upon the sale, exchange or maturity of your notes would be re-characterized as ordinary income (and you

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would be subject to an interest charge on deferred tax liability with respect to such re-characterized capital gain) to the extent that such capital gain exceeds the amount of “net underlying long-term capital gain” (as defined in Section 1260 of the Internal Revenue Code). Because the application of the constructive ownership rules is unclear you are strongly urged to consult your tax advisor with respect to the possible application of the constructive ownership rules to your investment in the notes.

No statutory, judicial or administrative authority directly discusses how your notes should be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result, the U.S. federal income tax consequences of your investment in the notes are uncertain and alternative characterizations are possible. Accordingly, we urge you to consult your tax advisor in determining the tax consequences of an investment in your notes in your particular circumstances, including the application of state, local or other tax laws and the possible effects of changes in federal or other tax laws.

Alternative Treatments.  There is no judicial or administrative authority discussing how your notes should be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Therefore, the Internal Revenue Service might assert that a treatment other than that described above is more appropriate. For example, the Internal Revenue Service could treat your notes as a single debt instrument subject to special rules governing contingent payment debt instruments.

Under those rules, the amount of interest you are required to take into account for each accrual period would be determined by constructing a projected payment schedule for the notes and applying rules similar to those for accruing original issue discount on a hypothetical noncontingent debt instrument with that projected payment schedule. This method is applied by first determining the comparable yield — i.e., the yield at which we would issue a noncontingent fixed rate debt instrument with terms and conditions similar to your notes — and then determining a payment schedule as of the applicable original issue date that would produce the comparable yield. These rules may have the effect of requiring you to include interest in income in respect of your notes prior to your receipt of cash attributable to that income.

If the rules governing contingent payment debt instruments apply, any gain you recognize upon the sale, exchange or maturity of your notes would be treated as ordinary interest income. Any loss you recognize at that time would be treated as ordinary loss to the extent of interest you included as income in the current or previous taxable years in respect of your notes, and, thereafter, as capital loss.

If the rules governing contingent payment debt instruments apply, special rules would apply to persons who purchase a note at other than the adjusted issue price as determined for tax purposes.

It is possible that your notes could be treated in the manner described above, except that any gain or loss that you recognize at maturity would be treated as ordinary gain or loss. You should consult your tax advisor as to the tax consequences of such characterization and any possible alternative characterizations of your notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

It is also possible that the Internal Revenue Service could seek to characterize your notes in a manner that results in tax consequences to you that are different from those described above. You should consult your tax advisor as to the tax consequences of any possible alternative characterizations of your notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Possible Change in Law

In 2007, legislation was introduced in Congress that, if enacted, would have required holders that acquired instruments such as your notes after the bill was enacted to accrue interest income over the term of such instruments even though there will be no interest payments over the term of such instruments. It is not possible to predict whether a similar or identical bill will be enacted in the future, or whether any such bill would affect the tax treatment of your notes.

In addition, on December 7, 2007, the Internal Revenue Service released a notice stating that the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department are actively considering issuing guidance regarding the proper U.S. federal income tax treatment of an instrument such as the offered notes including whether the holders should be required to accrue ordinary income on a current basis and whether gain or loss should be ordinary or capital. It is not possible to determine what guidance they will ultimately issue, if any. It is possible, however, that under such guidance, holders of the notes will ultimately be required to accrue income currently and this could be applied on a retroactive basis. The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department are also considering other relevant issues, including whether foreign holders of such instruments should be subject to withholding tax on any deemed income accruals, and whether the special “constructive ownership rules” of Section 1260 of the Internal Revenue Code might be applied to such instruments. Except to the extent otherwise provided by law, GS Finance Corp. intends to continue treating the notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes in accordance with the treatment

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described above unless and until such time as Congress, the Treasury Department or the Internal Revenue Service determine that some other treatment is more appropriate.

It is impossible to predict what any such legislation or administrative or regulatory guidance might provide, and whether the effective date of any legislation or guidance will affect notes that were issued before the date that such legislation or guidance is issued. You are urged to consult your tax advisor as to the possibility that any legislative or administrative action may adversely affect the tax treatment of your notes.

Backup Withholding and Information Reporting

You will be subject to generally applicable information reporting and backup withholding requirements as discussed in the accompanying prospectus under “United States Taxation — Taxation of Debt Securities — Backup Withholding and Information Reporting — United States Holders” with respect to payments on your notes and, notwithstanding that we do not intend to treat the notes as debt for tax purposes, we intend to backup withhold on such payments with respect to your notes unless you comply with the requirements necessary to avoid backup withholding on debt instruments (in which case you will not be subject to such backup withholding) as set forth under “United States Taxation — Taxation of Debt Securities — United States Holders” in the accompanying prospectus. Please see the discussion under “United States Taxation — Taxation of Debt Securities — Backup Withholding and Information Reporting—United States Holders” in the accompanying prospectus for a description of the applicability of the backup withholding and information reporting rules to payments made on your notes.

Non-United States Holders

This section applies to you only if you are a non-United States holder. You are a non-United States holder if you are the beneficial owner of the notes and are, for U.S. federal income tax purposes:

You will be subject to generally applicable information reporting and backup withholding requirements as discussed in the accompanying prospectus under “United States Taxation — Taxation of Debt Securities — Backup Withholding and Information Reporting — Non-United States Holders” with respect to payments on your notes and, notwithstanding that we do not intend to treat the notes as debt for tax purposes, we intend to backup withhold on such payments with respect to your notes unless you comply with the requirements necessary to avoid backup withholding on debt instruments (in which case you will not be subject to such backup withholding) as set forth under “United States Taxation – Taxation of Debt Securities – Non-United States Holders” in the accompanying prospectus.

Furthermore, on December 7, 2007, the Internal Revenue Service released Notice 2008-2 soliciting comments from the public on various issues, including whether instruments such as your notes should be subject to withholding. It is therefore possible that rules will be issued in the future, possibly with retroactive effect, that would cause payments on your notes to be subject to withholding, even if you comply with certification requirements as to your foreign status.

As discussed above, alternative characterizations of the notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes are possible. Should an alternative characterization of the notes, by reason of a change or clarification of the law, by regulation or otherwise, cause payments with respect to the notes to become subject to withholding tax, we will withhold tax at the applicable statutory rate and we will not make payments of any additional amounts. Prospective non-United States holders of the notes should consult their tax advisors in this regard.

In addition, the Treasury Department has issued regulations under which amounts paid or deemed paid on certain financial instruments (“871(m) financial instruments”) that are treated as attributable to U.S.-source dividends could be treated, in whole or in part depending on the circumstances, as a “dividend equivalent” payment that is subject to tax at a rate of 30% (or a lower rate under an applicable treaty), which in the case of any amounts a non-United States holder receives upon the sale, exchange or maturity of the notes, could be collected via withholding. If these regulations were to apply to the notes, we may be required to withhold such taxes if any U.S.-source dividends are paid on the basket underliers during the term of the notes. We could also require a non-United States holder to make certifications (e.g., an applicable Internal Revenue Service Form W-8) prior to the maturity of the notes in order to avoid or minimize withholding obligations, and we could withhold accordingly (subject to the non-United States holder’s potential right to claim a refund from the Internal Revenue Service) if such certifications were not received or were not satisfactory. If withholding was required, we would not be required to pay any additional amounts with respect to amounts so withheld. These regulations generally will apply to 871(m) financial instruments

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(or a combination of financial instruments treated as having been entered into in connection with each other) issued (or significantly modified and treated as retired and reissued) on or after January 1, 2023, but will also apply to certain 871(m) financial instruments (or a combination of financial instruments treated as having been entered into in connection with each other) that have a delta (as defined in the applicable Treasury regulations) of one and are issued (or significantly modified and treated as retired and reissued) on or after January 1, 2017. In addition, these regulations will not apply to financial instruments that reference a “qualified index” (as defined in the regulations). We have determined that, as of the issue date of your notes, your notes will not be subject to withholding under these rules. In certain limited circumstances, however, you should be aware that it is possible for non-United States holders to be liable for tax under these rules with respect to a combination of transactions treated as having been entered into in connection with each other even when no withholding is required. You should consult your tax advisor concerning these regulations, subsequent official guidance and regarding any other possible alternative characterizations of your notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Withholding

Pursuant to Treasury regulations, Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) withholding (as described in “United States Taxation—Taxation of Debt Securities—Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Withholding” in the accompanying prospectus) will generally apply to obligations that are issued on or after July 1, 2014; therefore, the notes will generally be subject to the FATCA withholding rules.

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Supplemental plan of distribution; conflicts of interest

See “Supplemental Plan of Distribution” on page S-49 of the accompanying general terms supplement no. 2,913 and “Plan of Distribution — Conflicts of Interest” on page 129 of the accompanying prospectus. GS Finance Corp. estimates that its share of the total offering expenses, excluding underwriting discounts and commissions, will be approximately $20,000.

GS Finance Corp. will sell to GS&Co., and GS&Co. will purchase from GS Finance Corp., the aggregate face amount of the offered notes specified on the front cover of this pricing supplement. GS&Co. proposes initially to offer the notes to the public at the original issue price set forth on the cover page of this pricing supplement. GS&Co. will pay a fee of 0.43% of the face amount to an affiliate of the dealer in connection with certain services provided directly by such affiliate to the dealer and a fee of 0.25% of the face amount to Axio Financial LLC in connection with its marketing efforts from time to time related to the notes.

GS&Co. is an affiliate of GS Finance Corp. and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and, as such, will have a “conflict of interest” in this offering of notes within the meaning of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) Rule 5121. Consequently, this offering of notes will be conducted in compliance with the provisions of FINRA Rule 5121. GS&Co. will not be permitted to sell notes in this offering to an account over which it exercises discretionary authority without the prior specific written approval of the account holder.

We have been advised that GS&Co. will also pay a fee in connection with the distribution of the notes to SIMON Markets LLC, a broker-dealer affiliated with GS Finance Corp.

We will deliver the notes against payment therefor in New York, New York on December 3, 2021. Under Rule 15c6-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in two business days, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade notes on any date prior to two business days before delivery will be required to specify alternative settlement arrangements to prevent a failed settlement.

We have been advised by GS&Co. that it intends to make a market in the notes. However, neither GS&Co. nor any of our other affiliates that makes a market is obligated to do so and any of them may stop doing so at any time without notice. No assurance can be given as to the liquidity or trading market for the notes.

The notes will not be listed on any securities exchange or interdealer quotation system.

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