# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001064641
**File Stem:** 0001193125-25-167572
**Filing Date:** 2025-7
**Character Count:** 7891
**Document Hash:** 10f9c0a984a424fcb46794f73393829e
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-25-167572.hdr.sgml**: 20250729

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-25-167572

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-A12B

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250729

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250729

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** SELECT SECTOR SPDR TRUST
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001064641

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0930

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-A12B
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-14647
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251159177

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE IRON STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02210
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 6176643920

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE IRON STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02210

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** SECTOR SPDR TRUST
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19980622

**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

**FORM 8-A** 

**FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES** 

**PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF** 

**THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934** 

## The Select Sector SPDR<sup>®</sup> Trust
**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)** 

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| **Massachusetts** | **See Below** |
| **(State of incorporation or organization)** | **(I.R.S. Employer Identification number)** |
| **One Iron Street, Boston, Massachusetts** | **02210** |
| **(Address of principal executive offices)** | **(Zip Code)** |

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

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **Title of Each Class**<br> **to be Registered** | **Name of the Exchange on Which**<br> **Each Class is to be so Registered** | **I.R.S. Employer**<br> **Identification**<br> **Number** |
| **The Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Premium Income Fund** | **NYSE Arca** | **33-5015749** |
| **The Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Premium Income Fund** | **NYSE Arca** | **33-5027880** |
| **The Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Premium Income Fund** | **NYSE Arca** | **33-5048636** |
| **The Energy Select Sector SPDR Premium Income Fund** | **NYSE Arca** | **39-2113217** |
| **The Financial Select Sector SPDR Premium Income Fund** | **NYSE Arca** | **39-2118012** |
| **The Health Care Select Sector SPDR Premium Income Fund** | **NYSE Arca** | **39-2120446** |
| **The Industrial Select Sector SPDR Premium Income Fund** | **NYSE Arca** | **39-2121064** |
| **The Materials Select Sector SPDR Premium Income Fund** | **NYSE Arca** | **39-2144632** |
| **The Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Premium Income Fund** | **NYSE Arca** | **39-2154191** |
| **The Technology Select Sector SPDR Premium Income Fund** | **NYSE Arca** | **39-2163655** |
| **The Utilities Select Sector SPDR Premium Income Fund** | **NYSE Arca** | **39-2166899** |

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If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box: ☒

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box: ☐

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with Regulation A offering, check the following box: ☐

**Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates:** 

**333-57791** 

**Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:** 

**None** 

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Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered

[A description of the Shares is set forth in the registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A ("Registration Statement") (Commission File Nos. 333-57791; 811-08837), which description is incorporated herein by reference as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2025.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1064641/000119312525166940/d45888d485bpos.htm)Any form of supplement to the Registration Statement that is subsequently filed that relates to the Fund is hereby also incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2. Exhibits

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| (a)(i)(1) | [Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of The Select Sector SPDR Trust (the "Trust" or the "Registrant"), originally dated June 9, 1998 and as last amended and restated October 23, 1998 (the "Declaration of Trust"), is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (b)(i) of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on November 17, 1998.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064641/0000950123-98-009039.txt) |
| (2) | [Amendment No. 1, dated November 13, 2007, to the Declaration of Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(ii) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 43 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, as filed with the SEC on June 15, 2018.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064641/000119312518194115/d802298dex99aii.htm) |
| (3) | [Amendment No. 2, dated January 4, 2016, to the Declaration of Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(iii) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, as filed with the SEC on January 28, 2016.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064641/000119312516442131/d118232dex99aiii.htm) |
| (4) | [Amendment No. 3, dated April 19, 2017, to the Declaration of Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(iv) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 39 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, as filed with the SEC on January 26, 2018.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064641/000119312518021736/d517686dex99aiv.htm) |
| (5) | [Amendment No. 4, dated May 10, 2018, to the Declaration of Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(v) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 43 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, as filed with the SEC on June 15, 2018.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064641/000119312518194115/d802298dex99av.htm) |
| (6) | [Amendment No. 5, dated May 1, 2025, to the Declaration of Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(vi) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 57 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, asfiled with the SEC on July 29, 2025.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064641/000119312525166940/d45888dex99ai6.htm) |
| (b) | [Registrant's Amended and Restated By-Laws, dated August 12, 2021 (the "By-Laws"), are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (b) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 51 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, as filed with the SEC on January 27, 2022.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064641/000119312522019531/d262382dex99b.htm) |
| (c) | [Form of Global Certificate of Beneficial Interest, evidencing shares of Beneficial Interest, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (b)(4) of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, as filed with the SEC on November 17, 1998.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064641/0000950123-98-010022.txt) |

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**SIGNATURE** 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

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|:---|:---|
| **THE SELECT SECTOR SPDR TRUST** | **THE SELECT SECTOR SPDR TRUST** |
| Date: | July 29, 2025 |
| By: | /s/ Edmund Gerard Maiorana, Jr. |
|  | Edmund Gerard Maiorana, Jr. |
|  | Attorney-in-Fact |

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