Current Report Filing (8-k)

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): April 12, 2022

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, 27^th Floor

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:

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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 Trust

GLD

NYSE Arca

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.

On April 12, 2022, World Gold Trust Services, LLC, the sponsor of SPDR^® Gold Trust (the “Sponsor”), appointed Molly Duffy and Sarah J. Sprung to the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee of the Sponsor.

Molly Duffy, age 52, is the Head of Financial Markets, Europe and Americas at Standard Chartered Bank. Based in New York, Ms. Duffy leads the strategy and governance of the Europe and Americas regions across Foreign Exchange, Rates, Credit, Commodities, Debt Capital Markets, Loan Syndication, Leveraged & Acquisition Finance, Project & Export Finance, Aviation Finance, and Securities Services businesses. In addition, Ms. Duffy is responsible for delivering coordinated solutions and senior relationship management to the Bank’s most complex and significant financial institutions and corporate clients across Europe and Americas. Ms. Duffy is a member of the Global Financial Markets Management Team, UK/Europe Regional Management Team, and US Management Team. Ms. Duffy is also CEO of the US Broker Dealer, Standard Chartered Securities North America LLC. Prior to joining Standard Chartered in 2017, Ms. Duffy was a Managing Director in the Global Markets Key Account Management Group at Credit Suisse. During her career at Credit Suisse, Ms. Duffy also held several senior production and management roles, including Head of Macro Sales Americas and Head of Global Currencies & Emerging Markets Sales Americas. Ms. Duffy holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Boston College.

Sara J. Sprung, age 59, has served as member of the board of directors of DWS Ag, USA since 2018 and is chair of the risk committee and a member of the audit committee. Ms. Sprung has over 30 years’ experience in financial services, including as a global macro portfolio manager at Moore Capital, Fortress Investment Group and JP Morgan. Ms. Sprung acted as Chief Risk Officer of the Fortress Global Macro Fund for two years from 2006 to 2008 and Head of Risk and Strategy for the hedge fund business at Neuberger Berman from 2012 to 2016. Ms. Sprung’s product expertise includes fixed income, mortgage and asset backed securities, equities, currencies, derivatives, structured derivatives, quantitative investing, real estate and commodities. Ms. Sprung holds a Bachelor of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Management Science.

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: April 14, 2022	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.

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