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): ~~May~~February 289, ~~2024~~2026

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):

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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~~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 ~~8.01 Other~~ ~~Events~~5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

OnEffective February 159, ~~2023~~2026, Joseph R. Cavatoni will step down as the ~~Securities~~Principal ~~and~~Executive ~~Exchange~~Officer ~~Commission~~of ~~adopted~~World ~~rule~~Gold ~~changes~~Trust toServices, ~~shorten~~LLC (the ~~standard~~“Sponsor”), ~~settlement~~the ~~cycle~~Sponsor ~~for~~of ~~most~~SPDR® Gold ~~broker-dealer~~Trust ~~transactions~~(the “Trust”), in ~~securities~~order ~~from~~to ~~two~~expand ~~business~~his ~~days~~role ~~after~~at the ~~trade~~World ~~date~~Gold Council (~~T+2~~“WGC”) toas ~~one~~the ~~business~~as ~~day~~the ~~after~~Senior Market Strategist and Head of Public Policy, Americas. On the ~~trade~~same date, ~~(T+1)~~the ~~which~~Sponsor ~~will~~appointed goJonathan ~~into~~D. Spiegel to serve as the Sponsor’s new Principal Executive Officer, with immediate effect. Mr. Cavatoni’s departure does not arise from any disagreement on ~~May~~any 28matter relating to the operations, ~~2024~~policies or practices of the Trust.

~~Effective~~Mr. ~~May 28~~Spiegel, ~~2024~~age 44, ~~the~~joined ~~following~~WGC ~~agreements~~on ~~were~~January ~~amended~~13, to2026, ~~reflect~~as the ~~shortened~~Chief ~~settlement~~Executive ~~cycle~~Officer ~~for the creation and redemption procedures~~ of ~~SPDR® Gold Trust (~~the ~~“Trust”):~~Funds. ~~(i)~~Prior ~~the~~to ~~Trust~~that, ~~Indenture~~Mr. ~~between~~Speigel ~~World~~was ~~Gold~~Director ~~Trust~~and ~~Services,~~Head ~~LLC, as the sponsor~~ of ~~the~~ETF ~~Trust~~Product ~~(the~~Development ~~“Sponsor”),~~at ~~and The Bank of~~ New York ~~Mellon,~~Life asInvestment ~~the~~Management ~~trustee~~from ofOctober ~~the~~2021 ~~Trust~~through ~~(the~~December ~~“Trustee”)~~2025, ~~dated~~having ~~November~~previously ~~12,~~served ~~2004,~~ as ~~amended~~Director ~~from~~of ~~time~~Product toDevelopment ~~time~~from ~~(the~~August ~~“Trust~~2016 ~~Indenture”)~~to ~~(ii)~~October ~~the~~2021. ~~Fourth~~From ~~Amended~~June ~~and~~2010 ~~Restated~~to ~~Allocated~~August ~~Bullion~~2016, ~~Account~~Mr. ~~Agreement~~Spiegel ~~between~~was ~~HSBC~~a ~~Bank~~Vice ~~plc~~President ~~(“HSBC”)~~within ~~and~~ the ~~Trustee,~~Global ~~dated~~Funds ~~February~~Group ~~28,~~at ~~2023~~Goldman ~~(the~~Sachs ~~“HSBC~~Asset ~~Allocated~~Management. ~~Account~~Earlier ~~Agreement”),~~in ~~(iii)~~his ~~the~~career, ~~Second~~he ~~Amended~~served ~~and~~as ~~Restated~~an ~~Unallocated~~Associate ~~Bullion~~with ~~Account~~Morgan ~~Agreement~~Stanley ~~between~~Investment ~~HSBC~~Management ~~and~~from ~~the~~2007 ~~Trustee,~~to ~~dated~~June ~~July~~2010. ~~17,~~Mr. ~~2015,~~Spiegel asearned ~~amended~~his onBachelor’s ~~February~~degree ~~28,~~from ~~2023~~The ~~(the~~Pennsylvania ~~“HSBC~~State ~~Unallocated~~University ~~Account Agreement”)~~ and ~~(ii)~~a ~~the~~Master ~~Participant~~of ~~Agreements~~Business ~~between~~Administration ~~the~~from ~~Sponsor,~~ the ~~Trustee~~Gabelli ~~and~~School ~~the~~of ~~authorized~~Business ~~participants~~at ~~party~~Fordham ~~thereto from time to time~~University.

The foregoing description of the amendments to the Trust Indenture, the HSBC Allocated Account Agreement, the HSBC Unallocated Account Agreement and the Participant Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to Amendment No. 10 to the Trust Indenture, the Fifth Amended and Restated Allocated Bullion Account Agreement, the Third Amended and Restated Unallocated Bullion Account Agreement, and Amendment No. 7 to the Participant Agreements filed respectively as Exhibits 4.1.10, 10.1, 10.2 and 4.2.7 hereto and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

	(d) Exhibits:
	Exhibit No.		Description
	4.1.10		Amendment No. 10 to Trust Indenture dated May 28, 2024 between World Gold Trust Services, LLC and The Bank of New York Mellon.
	4.2		Form of Participant Agreement
	4.2.7		Amendment No. 7 to Participant Agreements dated May 15, 2024, between World Gold Trust Services, LLC, The Bank of New York Mellon and the authorized participants named therein.
	10.1		Fifth Amended and Restated Allocated Bullion Account Agreement dated May 28, 2024 between HSBC Bank plc and The Bank of New York Mellon
	10.2		Third Amended and Restated Unallocated Bullion Account Agreement dated May 28, 2024 between HSBC Bank plc and The Bank of New York Mellon
	104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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: May 29, 2024	SPDR® GOLD TRUST
Date: February 9, 2026	SPDR® GOLD TRUST
	(Registrant)*
	By:	World Gold Trust Services, LLC as the Sponsor of the Registrant
	By:	/s/ ~~Joseph~~Amanda ~~R. Cavatoni~~Krichman
		Name: Joseph R. Cavatoni Title: Principal Executive Officer
		Name: Amanda Krichman Title: Principal Financial and Accounting 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~~her capacity as an authorized officer of World Gold Trust Services, LLC.

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