Company: GLDW
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001437749-25-037024
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Company: World Gold Trust
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 1.02
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Item 1.02      Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.  

Effective December 5, 2025 (the “ Effective Date”), ICBC Standard Bank plc (“ ICBC”) will no longer serve as a custodian for the gold of SPDR® Gold MiniShares® Trust (“ GLDM”), a series of World Gold Trust (the “ Trust”).

Pursuant to a termination agreement between the Trust, on behalf of GLDM, and ICBC, the parties have mutually agreed to terminate the Second Amended and Restated Allocated Gold Account Agreement dated October 24, 2023 and the First Amended and Restated Unallocated Gold Account Agreement dated October 24, 2023 and amended on May 28, 2024 (together, the “ ICBC Custody Agreements”), effective as of the Effective Date. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N. A. currently holds all GLDM’s gold and, as of the Effective Date, will be GLDM’s sole custodian. ICBC has not held gold on behalf of GLDM since July 31, 2024.

No cost or expense was, or will be, incurred by the Trust or the holders of the shares of GLDM in connection with the termination of the ICBC Custody Agreements.

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