GEN - General - Goldman Sachs International -Publication of update and supplement to base prospectus GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL (incorporated with unlimited liability in England) (the Issuer) PUBLICATION OF UPDATE AND SUPPLEMENT TO BASE PROSPECTUS Noteholders are advised that the Issuer has published an updated Base Prospectus in respect of the inward listed Guaranteed Senior Secured Notes Programme, dated 25 September 2017 (the Updated Prospectus), which is available on the website of the Irish Stock Exchange at: http://www.ise.ie/debt_documents/GSI%20Secured%20Notes%20Program me%20Base%20Prospectus%20- %20Final%20Submission%2025%20Sept%20pdf_1281b1b5-6ee7-4c9e-8594- a6587be770aa.PDF Noteholders are further advised that the Issuer has published the Prospectus Supplement No.1 to the Updated Prospectus (the Supplement), which is available on the website of the Irish Stock Exchange at: http://www.ise.ie/debt_documents/GSI%20SNP%202017%20Prospectus%2 0Supplement%20No.%201_81772961-2827-4ee0-9ae0-9f205e80f4ee.PDF The Updated Prospectus and the Supplement will also be available on request from Investor Relations, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282 and Rita Taylor, Treasury Legal at gs-ldn-treasury- legal@gs.com. In addition, the Updated Prospectus and Supplement will be available free of charge from the South African Transfer Agent, The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, from its registered office. Johannesburg 02 November 2017 Debt Sponsor The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited Date: 02/11/2017 04:32:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.