In Re Goldman Sachs

Arkansas Teachers Retirement System, West Virginia Investment Management Board, Plumbers and Pipefitters Pension Group, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Goldman Sachs Group, Defendants-Appellants
Pursuant to March 9, 2022 Order Granting Permission to Appeal From an Order Granting Certification of Class by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Brief of Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners

Corporate Disclosure Statement

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 26.1, the undersignedcounsel for Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Bank PolicyInstitute, American Bankers Association, Chamber of Commerce of the UnitedStates of America, and American Property Casualty Insurance Association, herebycertify that they have no parent corporation and that no publicly held corporationowns 10% of their stock.

Interest of Amici Curiae

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (“SIFMA”) is theleading trade association for broker-dealers, investment banks, and asset managersoperating in the U.S. and global capital markets. On behalf of our industry’s onemillion employees, we advocate on legislation, regulation and business policyaffecting retail and institutional investors, equity and fixed income markets andrelated products and services. We serve as an industry coordinating body to promotefair and orderly markets, informed regulatory compliance, and efficient marketoperations and resiliency. We also provide a forum for industry policy andprofessional development. SIFMA, with offices in New York and Washington,D.C., is the U.S. regional member of the Global Financial Markets Association(“GFMA”).

The Bank Policy Institute (“BPI”) is a nonpartisan policy, research, andadvocacy group that represents the nation’s leading banks and theircustomers. BPI’s member banks employ nearly two million Americans, make 68% of the nation’s loans and nearly half of the nation’s small business loans, and serveas an engine for financial innovation and economic growth.

American Bankers Association (the “ABA”) is the principal national tradeassociation of the financial services industry in the United States. ABA membersare located in each of the fifty States and the District of Columbia, and includefinancial institutions of all sizes and types, both large and small.

The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (the “Chamber”)is the world’s largest business federation. It represents approximately 300,000 directmembers and indirectly represents the interests of more than 3 million companiesand professional organizations of every size, in every industry sector, and from everyregion of the country. The Chamber regularly files amicus curiae briefs in cases, likethis one, that raise issues of concern to the nation’s business community.

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