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GOLDMAN SACHS TRUST
GOLDMAN SACHS SPECIALTY FUNDS
Class A, B, C Shares
Institutional Shares
Service Shares
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Supplement dated March 9, 2000 to
Prospectuses dated October 1, 1999, as revised December 22, 1999
Under "Service Providers," subsection "Real Estate Securities Team,"
Elizabeth Groves should be removed and the following portfolio manager should
be added:
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Years Primarily Five Year
Name and Title Fund Responsibility Responsible Employment History
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Greg Poole Portfolio Manager-- Since Mr. Poole joined the
Associate Real Estate Securities 2000 Investment Adviser as a
real estate securities
analyst in 1998 and
became portfolio manager
in 2000. His previous
experience includes
investment analysis and
financial structuring
for the Real Estate
Principal Investment
Group of the Investment
Banking Division of
Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
which he joined in 1996.
Mr. Poole received his
B.A. in Honours
Economics from the
University of Western
Ontario in 1996.
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