Form 8-K - Current report

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 12, 2023

SPDR® GOLD TRUST

SPONSORED BY WORLD GOLD TRUST SERVICES, LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

	New York	001-32356	81-6124035
	(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

c/o World Gold Trust Services, LLC

685 Third Avenue, Suite 2702

New York, New York 10017

(Address of principal executive offices; zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 317-3800

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report):

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s) Name		Name of each exchange on which registered
SPDR® Gold Shares		GLD®		NYSE Arca, Inc.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective September 12, 2023, World Gold Trust Services, LLC, the sponsor of SPDR® Gold Trust (the “Sponsor”), appointed James Lam to the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee of the Sponsor.

James Lam, age 62, has been President of James Lam & Associates, a risk management consulting firm serving global clients across all major industry sectors since April 2002. In a Euromoney survey, he was nominated by clients and peers as one of the world’s leading risk consultants. Previously, Mr. Lam served as Founder and President of ERisk, Partner of Oliver Wyman, and Chief Risk Officer of Fidelity Investments. In recognition for his leadership in the risk management community, Mr. Lam received the inaugural Risk Manager of the Year Award from the Global Association of Risk Professionals in 1997. Mr. Lam is currently serving as a board director of the FAIR Institute. His previous public and private board experience includes E*TRADE Financial, E*TRADE Bank, RiskLens, Recology, Covarity, and ERisk. Mr. Lam has served in board leadership roles including chairman of the board, vice chairman of the board, risk committee chairman, audit committee chairman, and compliance committee chairman. In recognition for his leadership in the corporate board community, Mr. Lam was named in the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Directorship 100 in 2017 and 2018. Mr. Lam is the author of Enterprise Risk Management (Wiley, 2003; second edition, 2014), which has ranked #1 best-selling among 25,000 risk management titles on Amazon. The book has been translated into Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, and Korean. His second book, Implementing Enterprise Risk Management, was published by Wiley in 2017. Mr. Lam graduated summa cum laude with a B.B.A. from Baruch College and received an M.B.A. with honors from UCLA.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Date: September 12, 2023	SPDR® GOLD TRUST
	(Registrant)^*


	By:	World Gold Trust Services, LLC as the Sponsor of the Registrant

	By:	/s/ Joseph R. Cavatoni
		Name: Joseph R. Cavatoni Title: Principal Executive Officer

As the Registrant is a trust, this report is being filed on behalf of the Registrant by World Gold Trust Services, LLC, only in its capacity as the sponsor of the Registrant. The identified person signing this report is signing in his capacity as an authorized officer of World Gold Trust Services, LLC.

Document And Entity Information	Sep. 12, 2023
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity, Registrant Name	SPDR® GOLD TRUST
Document, Type	8-K
Document, Period End Date	Sep. 12, 2023
Entity, Incorporation, State or Country Code	NY
Entity, File Number	001-32356
Entity, Tax Identification Number	81-6124035
Entity, Address, Address Line One	685 Third Avenue, Suite 2702
Entity, Address, City or Town	New York
Entity, Address, State or Province	NY
Entity, Address, Postal Zip Code	10017
City Area Code	212
Local Phone Number	317-3800
Written Communications	false
Soliciting Material	false
Pre-commencement Tender Offer	false
Pre-commencement Issuer Tender Offer	false
Title of 12(b) Security	SPDR® Gold Shares
Trading Symbol	GLD®
Security Exchange Name	NYSEArca
Entity, Emerging Growth Company	false
Amendment Flag	false
Entity, Central Index Key	0001222333