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FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 424(B)(3)
REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-36178
PROSPECTUS ADDENDUM TO THE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED MAY 10, 2000
AND THE PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 8,2000
THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES B
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You should read the accompanying prospectus supplement, which gives the
specific terms of the offered notes, together with the accompanying prospectus
dated May 8, 2000 and prospectus supplement dated May 10, 2000 of The Goldman
Sachs Group, Inc. When you read the supplement with the specific terms, please
note that all references in it to the "prospectus dated February 16, 2000" or
the "prospectus dated May 18, 1999", or to any sections of those documents,
should refer instead to the accompanying prospectus dated May 8, 2000 as
supplemented by the accompanying prospectus supplement dated May 10, 2000, or to
the corresponding sections of these accompanying documents, as appropriate.
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GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
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Prospectus Addendum dated May 10, 2000
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This Prospectus Addendum is to be delivered in market-making transactions
by affiliates of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. in those Medium-Term Notes,
Series B, of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. that were initially issued before May
8, 2000 under prior registration statements. This Prospectus Addendum will be
accompanied in those cases by the Prospectus Supplement dated May 10, 2000 and
the Prospectus dated May 8, 2000 of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
