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    Exhibit
10.2

     

    NON-AFFILIATE
VERSION

     

    

    [__________],
2008

     

    Novamerican
Steel Inc.

    1050
University Avenue

    Norwood,
Massachusetts 02062

    

    
      	
              Attention:

            	
              Karen
      G. Narwold

            
	 
      	
              Telephone:  (781)
      762-0123

            
	 
      	
              Facsimile:
      (781) 486-9120

            
	 
      	
              Email:
      karen_narwold@novamerican.com

            

    

    

    Re:           Exchange
of Warrants
for Common Stock

     

    Ladies
and Gentlemen:

     

    Novamerican
Steel Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), issued
4,166,667 warrants in a private placement that occurred on March 5, 2007,
787,402 warrants in a private placement that occurred on June 21, 2007 and
1,875,000 warrants included in the units issued in a private placement on
November 15, 2007 (collectively referred to as the “Private
Warrants”).  The Company also issued 18,750,000 warrants in its
initial public offering that occurred on March 12, 2007 (the “Public
Warrants”).  Each such warrant entitles the holder to purchase
one share of the Company’s common stock. The Private Warrants and the Public
Warrants are collectively called the “Warrants.”

     

    This
letter confirms the agreement between the Company and the undersigned (the
“Holder”), to
an exchange of [______] Warrants (consisting of [______] Private Warrants and
[______] Public Warrants and, collectively, the “Exchange Warrants”),
for [_____] shares (the “Exchange Shares”) of
the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share, CUSIP 66986M 100 (the
“Common
Stock”), on the terms set forth herein (the “Exchange”).

     

    1.                      Exchange.

     

    (a)           Subject
to Section 3, the settlement of the Exchange will take place on [__________],
2008 or on such earlier or later date as shall be mutually agreed by the Company
and the Holder (the “Settlement
Date”).

     

    (b)           The
Holder will cause delivery of the Exchange Warrants via The Depository Trust
Company (“DTC”)
or, if the Exchange Warrants are represented by certificates registered in the
name of the Holder or its affiliate(s), via physical delivery of such
certificates to be made to the Company, and the Company will cause delivery to
be made the Holder via DTC or, if reasonably requested by the Holder, via
physical delivery of such certificates, of the Exchange Shares.

     

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

    (c)           Upon
consummation of the Exchange and without any further action on the part of the
Holder, on the Settlement Date, the Holder will also have hereby transferred and
assigned to the Company any and all claims of any kind or nature whatsoever that
the Holder has or may have arising out of or relating to the Exchange Warrants
and will have hereby
released the Company, its subsidiaries and its and their respective directors,
officers and employees from any and all claims arising out of or relating to the
Exchange Warrants.

     

    2.                      Representations,
Warranties and Agreements.

     

    (a)           Holder.  In
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the Holder hereby
represents, warrants, acknowledges and agrees as follows:

     

    (1)           The
Holder (i) is (a) an individual or (b) a corporation, limited liability company,
limited or general partnership, trust or other entity duly organized and validly
existing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized, (ii) in
the case of an entity, has all organizational power and authority necessary to
execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and (iii) in the case of an entity, has taken all
organizational action necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby.  This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the Holder and is enforceable against the Holder in accordance with
its terms.  Neither the execution, delivery or performance of this
Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the
Holder violates or contravenes or will violate or contravene any applicable
laws, rules or regulations or any of the Holder’s material agreements, or in the
case of an entity, any of  its organizational documents. The Holder is not part of
any group (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”)), that
includes any other person, in respect of Warrants or Common
Stock.

     

    (2)           The
Holder is and, on the Settlement Date, will be the sole record owner (directly or through DTC)
of the Exchange
Warrants.  Upon consummation of the Exchange, the Exchange Warrants
will have been delivered hereunder to the Company, and the Holder will
have conveyed hereunder to the Company good title to the Exchange Warrants, in
each case free and clear of any and all liens, charges or encumbrances of any
kind or nature whatsoever.

     

    (3)           The
Holder (i) is not a record or beneficial owner of 5% or more of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock (excluding the Exchange Shares) and (ii) on the
Settlement Date, will not be a record or beneficial owner of greater than 10% of
the outstanding shares of Common Stock (including the Exchange
Shares).  The Holder is not and, at the Settlement Date, will not be a
related person (as defined in Section 8(i)) or an affiliate of the
Company.

     

    (4)           The
Holder has not acted or been engaged to act as the Company’s finder, broker,
solicitor, agent or other person acting in a comparable capacity in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby.  Neither the Holder nor
anyone acting on its behalf has engaged or, prior to the Settlement Date, will
engage any finder, broker, solicitor, agent or other person in a comparable
capacity in connection with the

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    transactions
contemplated hereby or any similar transactions.  Neither the Holder
nor anyone acting on its behalf has received or will receive any commission or
remuneration directly or indirectly in connection with or in order to solicit or
facilitate the Exchange.  There are no contracts, agreements or
understandings that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or the
Holder for a commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby.

     

    (5)           The
Holder understands that the Exchange Shares have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and
acknowledges that the transactions contemplated hereby are intended to be exempt
from registration by virtue of Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities
Act.  The Holder has not taken and will not take any action that might
subject the offering and the issuance of the Exchange Shares to the registration
requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act.  The Holder, after
due inquiry, knows of no reason why such exemption will not be available for the
Exchange.

     

    (6)           The
Holder has sufficient experience in business, financial and investment matters
to be able to evaluate the risks involved in the acquisition of the Exchange
Shares and to make an informed investment decision with respect to such
acquisition and the Exchange.  The Holder acknowledges that the
Company has not made and will not make any representation regarding the value of
the Exchange
Warrants or the Exchange Shares.

     

    (7)           The
Holder has (i) reviewed copies of the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended May 31, 2008, annual report on Form 10-K for the year
ended November 24, 2007, proxy statement on Schedule 14A dated March 23, 2008,
current reports on Form 8-K and registration statement on Form S-1 originally
filed on June 11, 2008, all as amended and filed with or furnished to the SEC
(including, without limitation, the disclosures regarding risk factors and
forward- looking statements contained therein), (ii) had such opportunity as it
has deemed adequate to obtain from representatives of the Company such
information as is necessary to permit the Holder to evaluate the merits and
risks of the transactions contemplated hereby and (iii) had full opportunity to
consult with legal, tax and other advisors as it has deemed necessary in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.  The Holder
acknowledges that it has not been provided by the Company with any material
nonpublic information, including any information updating the Company’s earnings
guidance or business outlook since the Company’s most recent relevant public
disclosure.

     

    (8)           The
Holder acknowledges that it is aware, through the Company’s public disclosure,
that (i) the Company is highly leveraged and (ii) the Company may from time to
time and at any time (A) at prevailing market prices or otherwise, exchange or
purchase Warrants in open market or privately negotiated transactions for cash
(from cash on hand, borrowings under its ABL credit facility or new credit
facilities, or proceeds from sale of debt or equity securities or assets),
shares of Common Stock or other equity or debt securities, or a combination
thereof, on the same or different terms than those set forth herein, and (B)
seek and obtain consent from the lenders under its ABL credit facility with
respect to any restrictions thereunder applicable to such
transactions.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    (b)           Company.  In
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the Company hereby
represents, warrants, acknowledges and agrees as follows:

     

    (1)           The
Company (i) is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws
of Delaware, (ii) has all organizational power and authority necessary to
execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and (iii) has taken all organizational action necessary to
authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.  This Agreement
has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and is enforceable against
it in accordance with its terms.  Neither the execution, delivery or
performance of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby by the Company violates or contravenes or will violate or
contravene any applicable laws, rules or regulations, any of its organizational
documents or any of its material agreements.

     

    (2)           The
Company acknowledges that the Exchange Shares have not been registered under the
Securities Act and that the transactions contemplated hereby are intended to be
exempt from registration by virtue of Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities
Act.  The Company knows of no reason why such exemption will not be
available for the Exchange.

     

    (3)           Based
upon the representations set forth in Sections 2(a)(5) and 2(b)(2), the Exchange
Shares issued in exchange for the Public Warrants will not be restricted
securities within the meaning of the Securities Act and, subject to applicable
securities laws, will be freely transferable by the Holder.  The
certificates representing the Exchange Shares issued in exchange for the Public
Warrants will not bear a restrictive legend under the Securities
Act.  Based upon the representations set forth in Sections 2(a)(5) and
2(b)(2), the Exchange Shares issued in exchange for the Private Warrants will be
restricted securities within the meaning of the Securities Act and will be
transferable by the Holder subject to the same restrictions that are applicable
to the Private Warrants.  The certificates representing the Exchange
Shares issued in exchange for the Private Warrants will bear a restrictive
legend under the Securities Act.

     

    (4)           Upon
consummation of the Exchange, the Exchange Shares will be (i) duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and (ii) delivered free and clear
of all liens, claims and encumbrances.

     

    (5)           The
Company is current in its reporting obligations under the Exchange
Act.

     

    3.                      Nasdaq
Listing.  If required by Nasdaq, the Company shall file with
Nasdaq a Listing of Additional Shares Form relating to the Exchange Shares
promptly after the date hereof and shall use all reasonable efforts to cause the
Exchange Shares to be listed as soon thereafter as practicable.

     

    4.                      Termination.

     

    (a)           If
(1) at any time prior to the Settlement Date, trading in the Common Stock on
Nasdaq is suspended or otherwise halted for more than 24 hours or

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    (2) a
postponement described in Section 7 shall have continued more then 30 days
beyond the date hereof, then in any such case, the Holder shall have the
unilateral right to terminate this Agreement by giving the Company written
notice to that effect.  In the event of termination of this Agreement
pursuant to this Section 4(a), all further obligations of the parties under this
Agreement shall terminate without any further liability of either party to the
other party, provided that the obligations of the parties contained in Sections
6 and 8(a) shall survive such termination.

     

    (b)           In
the event of a material breach of this Agreement by a party, the other party
shall have the unilateral right to terminate this Agreement by giving written
notice to that effect to the breaching party.  In the event of a
termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 4(b), such termination
shall not relieve the breaching party of any liability for such breach hereunder
or be deemed to constitute a waiver of any right or remedy for such
breach.

     

    5.                      Governing
Law. The validity, interpretation, performance and enforcement of this
Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware (without giving
effect to the laws, rules or principles of the State of Delaware regarding
conflicts of laws).  Each party agrees that any proceeding arising out
of or relating to this Agreement or the breach or threatened breach hereof shall
be commenced and prosecuted in a court in the State of Delaware.  Each
party consents and submits to the non-exclusive personal jurisdiction of any
court in the State of Delaware in respect of any such
proceeding.  Each party consents to service of process upon it with
respect to any such proceeding by registered mail, return receipt requested, and
by any other means permitted by applicable laws and rules.  Each party
waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of
any such proceeding in any court in the State of Delaware and any claim that it
may now or hereafter have that any such proceeding in any court in the State of
Delaware has been brought in an inconvenient forum.  Each party waives
trial by jury in any such proceeding.

     

    6.                      Confidentiality.  Except
as required by law, the Holder agrees to keep this Agreement and its terms
confidential. Except as required by law, neither party shall make or issue a
public statement that specifically names the other party without the other
party’s written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed).  The obligations under this Section 6 shall be additive to
and not in lieu of the obligations under any other confidentiality agreement
between the parties.

     

    7.                      Suspension
of Obligations.  If, at any time on or before the Settlement
Date, an event occurs or circumstances arise as a result of which, based on the
written advice of outside counsel, the Company reasonably and in good faith
believes, that it possesses material nonpublic information and, absent
disclosure of such information, consummation of the Exchange would constitute a
violation of the Securities Act or Exchange Act, the Company shall have the
right to postpone the Settlement Date until such time as such information shall
have become public or the Company believes that such information shall have
ceased to be material, but such postponement shall not continue more than 30
days beyond the date hereof.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    8.                      Miscellaneous.

     

    (a)           Expenses.  Except
as otherwise provided in this Agreement and regardless of whether the
transactions contemplated hereby are completed, each party agrees to pay all
expenses, fees and costs (including legal, accounting and consulting expenses)
incurred by it in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby.

     

    (b)           Notices.  All
notices or other communications required or permitted to be given pursuant to
this Agreement shall be given by written notice, shall be transmitted by (1)
personal delivery, (2) registered or certified mail, return receipt requested,
postage prepaid, (3) overnight mail by an internationally recognized courier
service or (4) facsimile or other electronic means (including by email with a
confirmatory receipt) and shall be addressed, in the case of the Company and the
Holder, to the addresses set forth in this Agreement and to the attention of the
individual who is the signatory hereto.

     

    (c)           Amendments.  Any
amendment to this Agreement must be set forth in a written instrument which is
executed and delivered by both of the parties.  Such amendment shall
be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such written
instrument.

     

    (d)           No
Waivers.  No waiver of any provision hereof shall be binding
upon a party unless such waiver is expressly set forth in a written instrument
which is executed and delivered by such party.  Such waiver shall be
effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such written
instrument.  Neither the exercise (from time to time and at any time)
of, nor the delay or failure (at any time or for any period of time) to
exercise, any right or remedy shall constitute a waiver of the right to
exercise, or impair, limit or restrict the exercise of, such right or remedy or
any other right or remedy at any time and from time to time
thereafter.  No waiver of any right or remedy shall be deemed to be a
waiver of any other right or remedy or shall, except to the extent so waived,
impair, limit or restrict the exercise of such right or remedy.

     

    (e)           Entire
Agreement.  This Agreement, together with any confidentiality
agreement described in Section 6, constitutes the entire agreement between the
parties concerning the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all prior
representations, understandings and agreements between the parties concerning
such subject matter.

     

    (f)           Assignment.  Neither
party shall assign this Agreement without prior written consent of the other
party.

     

    (g)           Headings; Counterparts;
Facsimile Signatures.  The headings set forth herein have been
inserted for convenience of reference only, shall not be considered a part
hereof and shall not limit, modify or affect in any way the meaning or
interpretation hereof.  This Agreement may be signed in any number of
counterparts, each of which (when executed and delivered) shall constitute an
original instrument, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.  This Agreement shall become effective and be deemed to
have been executed and delivered by the parties at such time as counterparts
shall have been executed and delivered by all of the parties, regardless
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    whether
all of the parties have executed the same counterpart.  It shall not
be necessary when making proof of this Agreement to account for any counterparts
other than a sufficient number of counterparts which, when taken together,
contain signatures of all of the parties.  A facsimile transmission of
this Agreement bearing a signature on behalf of a party shall be legal and
binding on such party.

     

    (h)           Severability.  If
any provision hereof shall hereafter be held to be invalid, unenforceable or
illegal, in whole or in  part, in any jurisdiction under any
circumstances for any reason, (1) such provision shall be reformed to the
minimum extent necessary to cause such provision to be valid, enforceable and
legal while preserving the intent of the parties as expressed in, and the
benefits to the parties provided by such provision, or (2) if such provision
cannot be so reformed, such provision shall be severed from this Agreement and
an equitable adjustment shall be made to this Agreement (including addition of
necessary further provisions to this Agreement) so as to give effect to the
intent as so expressed and the benefits so provided.  Such holding
shall not affect or impair the validity, enforceability or legality of such
provision in any other jurisdiction or under any other
circumstances.  Neither such holding nor such reformation or severance
shall affect or impair the legality, validity or enforceability of any other
provision hereof.

     

    (i)           Definitions.  For
purposes of this Agreement, “beneficial ownership” and correlative terms shall
have the same meaning as under both Sections 13 and 16 of the Exchange Act and
the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, “related person” shall
mean any director, executive officer or consultant of the Company or any
beneficial owner of greater than 5% of the Company’s securities and “affiliate”
and “controlling person” shall have the same meanings as under the Securities
Act.

     

    (j)           Further
Assurances.  Each party will perform any and all acts and
execute any and all documents as may be necessary and proper under the
circumstances in order to accomplish the intents and purposes of this
Agreements.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    If this
letter correctly sets forth our agreement, please so confirm by signing this
letter in the space provided below whereupon this letter shall become a binding
and enforceable agreement.

     

    
      	
              Very
      truly yours,

            
	 
      
	 
      
	
              [_____________],
      as Holder

            
	 
      
	 
      
	
              By:

            	 
      
	 
      	
              Name:

            	 
      
	 
      	
              Title:

            	 
      
	 
      	
              Address:

            	 
      
	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
              Facsimile:

            	 
      
	 
      	
              Email:

            	 
      

    

    

    

    AGREED AND
ACCEPTED:

    

    NOVAMERICAN
STEEL INC.

     

    
      

      
        	
                By:

              	 
      	 
      

      

              Name:  Karen G.
Narwold

              Title:  Vice
President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and
Secretary

      
 

    

    
      
         

      

      
        8EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1

TRUST INDENTURE

OF

streetTRACKS®
GOLD TRUST

DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 12, 2004

between

WORLD GOLD TRUST SERVICES, LLC,

as Sponsor

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK,

as Trustee

EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 12, 2004

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II SCOPE OF TRUSTEE’S DUTIES, INITIAL DEPOSIT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST, SUBSEQUENT
CREATIONS AND ISSUANCE
	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.01. Scope of Trustee’s Duties
	 	 	11	 
	Section 2.02. Initial Deposit, Declaration of Trust and Issuance of Initial Creation Baskets
	 	 	14	 
	Section 2.03. Subsequent Creations and Issuance of Creation Baskets
	 	 	14	 
	Section 2.04. Requirements for Deposits of Gold
	 	 	17	 
	Section 2.05. Creation Basket Gold Deposit Amount
	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRUST
	 	 	18	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.01. Initial Expense
	 	 	18	 
	Section 3.02. Custody of Gold: Allocated and Unallocated Accounts, Additional Custodians and
Successor Custodians, Duty to Monitor Custodians, Certain Requirements for Custody Agreements,
Duty to Allocate Gold, Trust Assets to be Free of Liens, etc.
	 	 	18	 
	Section 3.03. Cash Account
	 	 	21	 
	Section 3.04. Reserve Account
	 	 	22	 
	Section 3.05. Certain Deductions and Distributions
	 	 	22	 
	Section 3.06. Statements and Reports
	 	 	24	 
	Section 3.07. Sale of Gold or other Property
	 	 	24	 
	Section 3.08. Counsel; Marketing Agent
	 	 	25	 
	Section 3.09. Notice to Sponsor
	 	 	25	 
	Section 3.10. Book-Entry-Only System, Global Security
	 	 	26	 
	Section 3.11. Trust to be administered as Grantor Trust
	 	 	29	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV EVALUATION OF GOLD
	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.01. Evaluation of Gold
	 	 	30	 
	Section 4.02. Responsibility of the Trustee for Evaluations
	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V TRUST EVALUATION AND REDEMPTION OF REDEMPTION BASKETS
	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.01. Trust Evaluation
	 	 	30	 
	Section 5.02. Redemption of Redemption Baskets
	 	 	31	 
	Section 5.03. Other Redemption Procedures
	 	 	33	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI TRANSFER OF streetTRACKS® GOLD SHARES
	 	 	33	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.01. Transfer of streetTRACKS® Gold Shares
	 	 	33	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII SPONSOR
	 	 	33	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.01. Responsibility and Duties
	 	 	33	 
	Section 7.02. Certain Matters Regarding Successor Sponsor
	 	 	33	 

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	Section 7.03. Resignation of Sponsor; Successors
	 	 	34	 
	Section 7.04. Compensation of the Sponsor
	 	 	34	 
	Section 7.05. Liability of Sponsor and Indemnification
	 	 	35	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII TRUSTEE
	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.01. General Definition of Trustee’s Rights, Duties and Responsibilities
	 	 	36	 
	Section 8.02. Books, Records and Reports; Audit
	 	 	41	 
	Section 8.03. Agreement on File
	 	 	42	 
	Section 8.04. Compensation of Trustee
	 	 	42	 
	Section 8.05. Indemnification of Trustee
	 	 	43	 
	Section 8.06. Resignation, Discharge or Removal of Trustee; Successors
	 	 	44	 
	Section 8.07. Qualifications of Trustee
	 	 	46	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX TERMINATION
	 	 	46	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.01. Procedure Upon Termination
	 	 	46	 
	Section 9.02. Moneys to Be Held Without Interest to Beneficial Owners
	 	 	48	 
	Section 9.03. Dissolution of Sponsor Not to Terminate Trust
	 	 	48	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
	 	 	48	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.01. Amendment and Waiver
	 	 	48	 
	Section 10.02. Registration (Initial and Continuing) of streetTRACKS® Gold Shares;
Certain Securities Law Filings
	 	 	49	 
	Section 10.03. License Agreement with the Licensor
	 	 	49	 
	Section 10.04. Right of Sponsor to Direct Trustee to Declare a Split of streetTRACKS®
Gold Shares
	 	 	50	 
	Section 10.05. Indemnification of Underwriter and Initial Marketing Agent
	 	 	50	 
	Section 10.06. Reduction in Fees of Sponsor and Initial Marketing Agent
	 	 	51	 
	Section 10.07. Certain Matters Relating to Beneficial Owners
	 	 	51	 
	Section 10.08. Prospectus Delivery
	 	 	52	 
	Section 10.09. New York Law to Govern
	 	 	52	 
	Section 10.10. Consent to Jurisdiction
	 	 	52	 
	Section 10.11. Merger
	 	 	53	 
	Section 10.12. Notices
	 	 	53	 
	Section 10.13. Severability
	 	 	54	 
	Section 10.14. Headings
	 	 	54	 
	Section 10.15. Counterparts
	 	 	54	 

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TRUST INDENTURE

OF

streetTRACKS®
GOLD TRUST

Effective November 12, 2004

          This Trust Indenture, dated as of November 12, 2004, between World Gold Trust Services, LLC,
as Sponsor, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee,

WITNESSETH, THAT:

          WHEREAS the Sponsor desires to establish a trust, to be known as “ streetTRACKS®
GOLD TRUST” (the “Trust”), pursuant to the laws of the State of New York; and

          WHEREAS the Sponsor desires to establish the terms on which deposits of gold may be held IN
TRUST against which the Trustee, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee on behalf of
the Trust, will issue streetTRACKS® Gold Shares (as hereinafter defined) evidencing
fractional undivided interests in the Trust; and

          WHEREAS the Sponsor desires to provide for other terms and conditions upon which the Trust
shall be established and administered as hereinafter provided;

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements herein
contained, the Sponsor and the Trustee hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

          Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise
requires, shall have the following meanings:

Additional Custodian.

A custodian in addition to the Initial Custodian or a Successor Custodian, appointed
pursuant to Section 3.02, and serving from time to time under one or more Custody Agreements
other than the Allocated Bullion Account Agreement and the Unallocated Bullion Account
Agreement.

Adjusted Net Asset Value.

          The value of the assets of the Trust less certain liabilities as specified in Section 5.01.

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Agreement.

          This Trust Indenture and all amendments and supplements hereto.

Allocated Bullion Account Agreement.

Shall mean that certain Allocated Bullion Account Agreement entered into on or about the
date of this Agreement between the Trustee and the Initial Custodian, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A annexed hereto.

Authorized Officer.

          With respect to the Sponsor, shall mean the President, any Managing Director, any Vice
President, any Secretary or any other person or category of persons named in the resolution(s)
authorizing the Sponsor to establish the Trust or authorizing the Trustee to perform its duties
under this Agreement; and with respect to the Trustee, shall mean a person authorized to sign
agreements of this type in accordance with the By-Laws of the Trustee.

Basket.

          A Creation Basket or a Redemption Basket, as the context may require.

Beneficial Owner.

          Shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.10(d).

Book Entry System.

          Shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.01(c).

Business Day.

Any day other than (i) a day on which the Exchange is closed for regular trading or (ii) if
the transaction involves the receipt or delivery of Gold or confirmation thereof in the
United Kingdom or in some other jurisdiction, (y) a day on which banking institutions in the
United Kingdom or in such other jurisdiction, as the case may be, are authorized by law to
close or a day on which the London gold market is closed or (z) a day on which banking
institutions in the United Kingdom or in such other jurisdiction, as the case may be, are
authorized to be open for less than a full business day or the London gold market is open
for trading for less than a full business day and transaction procedures required to be
executed or completed before the close of the business day may not be so executed or
completed.

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Cash Account.

          The account created pursuant to Section 3.03.

Cash Deposit.

          Shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.03(c).

Cash Redemption Amount.

          Shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.02(c).

Clearing Agency.

          Shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.01(c).

COMEX.

          The Comex Division of the NYMEX.

CPI-U.

The National Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, as published by the United States
Department for Labor, or any successor index.

Creation Basket.

The minimum number of streetTRACKS® Gold Shares that may be created at any one
time, which is 100,000.

Creation Basket Deposit.

          Shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(4).

Creation Basket Gold Deposit Amount.

          10,000 Fine Ounces of Gold, as adjusted by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.03(d) and 2.05.

Custodian.

(a) The Initial Custodian, (b) any Additional Custodian, or (c) any Successor Custodian,
provided that the Sponsor and the Trustee are satisfied that (1) while the Trust receives,
holds or delivers Gold as defined in clause (a) or (b) of the definition of Gold herein, at
least one Custodian shall be a clearing member of LBMA, and (2) while the Trust receives,
holds or delivers Gold as defined in clause (c) of the definition of Gold herein,

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at least one Custodian is qualified to serve as a custodian for such Gold for the market and
in the jurisdiction where such Gold is traded.

Custody Accounts.

(a) The Trust Allocated Account and the Trust Unallocated Account maintained by the Initial
Custodian for the Trust, and (b) such other account maintained by a Custodian for the Trust
pursuant to a Custody Agreement.

Custody Agreements.

Shall mean (i) the Allocated Bullion Account Agreement and the Unallocated Bullion Account
Agreement entered into between the Trustee and the Initial Custodian, substantially in the
forms annexed hereto as, respectively, Exhibit A (Allocated) and Exhibit B (Unallocated),
and (ii) such other agreements entered into by the Trustee with a Custodian pursuant to
Section 3.02(d) providing for the deposit, safekeeping or delivery of Gold and related
services.

Depositor.

Each Participant that may from time to time deposit a Creation Basket Deposit with the
Trustee.

Depository.

The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, or such other depository of
streetTRACKS® Gold Shares as may be selected by the Sponsor and Trustee as
specified herein.

Depository Agreement.

The Letter of Representations from the Sponsor and the Trustee to the Depository, dated as
of November 3, 2004, as the same may be from time to time amended or supplemented.

Discretionary Termination Amount.

          The amount specified in Section 9.01(a).

Distribution Agreement.

The agreement between the Sponsor and the Underwriter under which the Underwriter will
purchase the number of Creation Baskets specified in the agreement.

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Distribution Date.

The date(s) for distribution of amounts from the Cash Account, established by the Sponsor
and Trustee pursuant to Section 3.05(e).

DTC Participants.

          Shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.10(c).

Evaluation Time.

The time on any Business Day when the London P.M. Fix is announced or, if no London P.M. Fix
is made on such Business Day or if the London P.M. Fix has not been announced by 12:00 p.m.
New York time on such Business Day, 12:00 p.m. New York time.

Exchange.

The New York Stock Exchange or, if the streetTRACKS® Gold Shares shall cease to
be listed on The New York Stock Exchange and are listed on one or more other exchanges, the
exchange on which the streetTRACKS® Gold Shares are principally traded, as
specified by the Sponsor.

Fine Ounce.

The measure of fine gold content, calculated by multiplying the gross weight in Ounces by
the fineness, expressed in terms of the fine metal content in parts per 1000, in accordance
with The Good Delivery Rules for Gold and Silver Bars contained in the Rules promulgated by
the LBMA.

Fiscal Year.

The fiscal year of the Trust which shall initially be the period ending September 30 of each
year. The Sponsor shall have the continuing right to select an alternate fiscal year.

Global Security.

The global certificate or certificates issued to the Depository as provided in the
Depository Agreement, each of which shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit D.

Gold.

(a) Gold bullion meeting the requirements of London Good Delivery, (b) credit to an account
maintained on an Unallocated Basis representing the right to receive gold bullion meeting
the requirements specified for London Good Delivery and (c) such other gold

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bullion as may hereafter be specified by the Sponsor and Trustee from time to time and
disclosed in the Prospectus, provided that any gold bullion so specified shall have that
minimum fineness required for London Good Delivery of gold. All gold bullion in addition
shall (i) have that minimum fineness required for gold under the COMEX Rules and (ii) not
have numismatic or other value apart from its intrinsic mineral value, provided that the
Trustee shall not be liable to any person for the consequences of any gold bullion not
meeting the minimum fineness required for gold under the COMEX Rules if those Rules require
a greater minimum fineness than the LBMA Rules and the Trustee shall be indemnified against
any loss, liability or expense in connection with any claim of liability arising therefrom
as provided in Section 8.05.

Good Delivery.

London Good Delivery, or the equivalent rules of such other gold market where the Sponsor
may direct the Trustee in accordance with Section 3.02(b) to arrange through a Custody
Agreement for safekeeping of Gold and services in connection with its deposit and delivery,
provided that any gold bullion permitted to be delivered to a Trust Allocated Account in
such market shall meet the definition of Gold under this Agreement.

HBUS London Branch.

          HSBC Bank USA, National Association, acting by its London branch.

Indirect Participants.

          Shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.10(c).

Initial Custodian.

          HBUS London Branch.

Initial Date of Deposit.

          The date hereof.

Initial Deposit.

The deposit of Gold and cash, if any, made by a Depositor with the Custodian and Trustee,
respectively, on the Initial Date of Deposit specified in Schedule A hereto.

Initial Marketing Agent.

          State Street Global Markets, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

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Internal Revenue Code.

          The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor provisions.

LBMA.

          The London Bullion Market Association.

London Good Delivery.

Shall have the meaning assigned thereto in The Good Delivery Rules for Gold and Silver Bars
contained in the Rules promulgated by the LBMA.

London P.M. Fix.

The price of an ounce of gold as fixed by the five members of the London gold fix at or
about 3:00 p.m. London, England time.

Marketing Agent

The Initial Marketing Agent and any other entity engaged by the Sponsor from time to time to
assist with the marketing of the streetTRACKS®  Gold Shares as provided in
Section 3.08.

Marketing Agent Agreement

The agreement entered into by the Sponsor with the Initial Marketing Agent pursuant to
Section 3.08 in the form annexed as Exhibit E.

Net Asset Value.

          The value of the Trust determined under Section 5.01.

Net Asset Value per streetTRACKS® Gold Share.

          The value of an streetTRACKS® Gold Share determined under Section 5.01.

NYMEX.

          The New York Mercantile Exchange.

Order Cut-Off Time.

          Close of regular trading on the Exchange, usually 4:00 p.m. New York time.

Ounce.

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          A troy ounce, equal to 1.0971428 ounces avoirdupois.

Participant.

An entity that (1) is a DTC Participant, (2) maintains a Participant Unallocated Account
and (3) has entered into a Participant Agreement which, at the relevant time, is in full
force and effect.

Participant Agreement.

An agreement among the Trustee, the Sponsor and a Participant, substantially in the form set
forth in Exhibit C hereto, as the same may be from time to time amended in accordance with
its terms.

Participant’s Custodian.

Shall mean the custodian with which the Participant Unallocated Account is maintained, and
shall be the same entity that serves as Custodian of a Custody Account maintained for the
Trust on an Unallocated Basis.

Participant Unallocated Account.

Shall mean the account maintained on an Unallocated Basis by the Participant’s Custodian for
a Participant.

Prospectus.

The prospectus relating to the Trust as most recently filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule
424 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Purchase Order.

          Shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.03(a)(i).

Purchase Order Date.

          Shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.03(a)(i).

Record Date.

The date(s) established by the Sponsor and the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.05(e) for
distributions from the Cash Account.

Redemption Basket.

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The minimum number of streetTRACKS® Gold Shares that may be redeemed pursuant to
Section 5.02, which shall be the number of shares constituting a Creation Basket on the
Redemption Order Date.

Redemption Distribution.

The property delivered in satisfaction of a redemption of a Redemption Basket as specified
in Section 5.02(c).

Redemption Order.

          Shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5.02(a).

Redemption Order Date.

          Shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5.02(b).

Redemption Settlement Date.

          Shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5.02(d).

Rules.

The rules, regulations, practices and customs of the LBMA or the COMEX as the context shall
indicate, or in the case of Gold as defined in clause (c) of the definition of Gold herein,
the rules, regulations, practices and customs of the market and jurisdiction where such Gold
is traded.

SEC.

          The Securities and Exchange Commission.

Sponsor.

World Gold Trust Services, LLC, or any entity into which it may be merged or with which it
may be consolidated, or any entity resulting from any merger or consolidation to which it
shall be a party, or any entity succeeding to all or substantially all of its business as
sponsor of the Trust, or any successor Sponsor designated as such by operation of law or any
successor Sponsor appointed as herein provided.

Sponsor Indemnified Party.

          Shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.05(b).

streetTRACKS® Gold Share.

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Each unit, having no par value, of fractional undivided beneficial interest in and ownership
of the Trust, which interest initially shall equal a fraction whose numerator is 1 and whose
denominator is the number of streetTRACKS® Gold Shares issued in the Initial
Deposit and specified in Schedule A hereto. The denominator of such fraction shall be
decreased by the number of any streetTRACKS® Gold Shares redeemed as provided in
Sections 5.02 and 5.03, and shall be increased by the number of any streetTRACKS®
Gold Shares created and issued pursuant to Section 2.03, and increased or decreased
pursuant to any split or reverse split directed by the Sponsor pursuant to Section 10.04.

Successor Custodian.

A custodian appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.02 in lieu of the Initial
Custodian or any predecessor Successor Custodian.

Suspended Redemption Order.

          Shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.02(d).

Transaction Fee.

          Shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.03(f).

Trust.

          Shall mean the trust created by this Agreement as constituted from time to time.

Trust Allocated Account.

The Custody Account maintained by the Initial Custodian for the Trust pursuant to the
Allocated Bullion Account Agreement, or if applicable, another account maintained by another
Custodian recording the amount of gold bullion held for the Trust on an allocated basis, as
the case may be.

Trustee.

The Bank of New York or any entity into which it may be merged or converted, or with which
it may be consolidated, or any entity resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation
to which it shall be a party, or any entity succeeding to all or substantially all of its
corporate trust business, or any successor Trustee designated as such by operation of law or
appointed as herein provided.

Trustee Indemnified Party.

          Shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.05.

Trust Unallocated Account.

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The account maintained by the Initial Custodian for the Trust pursuant to the Unallocated
Bullion Account Agreement, or another account maintained by an Additional Custodian or a
Successor Custodian for the Trust on an Unallocated Basis, as the case may be.

Unallocated Basis.

Shall mean, with respect to a Gold account maintained by a custodian, that the person in
whose name the account is held is entitled to delivery in accordance with the Rules of an
amount of Gold equal to the amount of Gold standing to the credit of the person’s account
but has no ownership interest in any Gold that the custodian owns or holds.

Underwriter.

          UBS Securities LLC

Underwriter’s Order Date.

          Shall have the meaning assigned such term in Section 2.02(c).

Underwriter’s Settlement Date.

          Shall have the meaning assigned such term in Section 2.02(c).

Other Usages.

          The following usages shall apply in interpreting this agreement.

(1) References to a governmental or quasigovernmental agency, authority or instrumentality
or an authorized self-regulatory organization (including the SEC, COMEX, NYMEX and LBMA)
shall also refer to a regulatory or other body that succeeds to the functions of the agency,
authority or instrumentality.

          (2) “A or B” means “A or B or both.”

          (3) Including” means “including, but not limited to.”

ARTICLE II

SCOPE OF TRUSTEE’S DUTIES, INITIAL DEPOSIT AND DECLARATION OF

TRUST, SUBSEQUENT CREATIONS AND ISSUANCE

OF CREATION BASKETS, REQUIREMENTS FOR DELIVERY OF GOLD

          Section 2.01. Scope of Trustee’s Duties.

          Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Trustee is hereby authorized to and
shall perform the services for the Trust as its Trustee specified in this Agreement, which services
shall include the following:

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	 	(1)	 	enter into the Custody Agreements with the Initial Custodian and
discharge its duties thereunder;
	 
	 	(2)	 	enter into a Participant Agreement with each Participant and discharge
its responsibilities thereunder;
	 
	 	(3)	 	receive from Participants and process properly submitted Purchase
Orders, as described in Section 2.03(a);
	 
	 	(4)	 	in connection with Purchase Orders, (i) receive Cash Deposits defined
in Section 2.03(c)) from Participants, (ii) notify the Custodian to expect to
receive a transfer into the Trust Unallocated Account of the Gold that a
Participant has instructed the Custodian to deliver to the Trust Unallocated
Account, (iii) instruct the Custodian to allocate and transfer allocated gold from
the Trust Unallocated Account to the Trust Allocated Account, and (iv) receive
reports relating to the Custody Accounts from the Custodian indicating, among other
things, that the Custodian has received Gold from Participants for the credit of
the Trust and has allocated such Gold to the Trust Allocated Account, as described
in Section 2.03(a)(iii), 3.02(d) and as provided in the Custody Agreements under
which such Gold is received;
	 
	 	(5)	 	in connection with Purchase Orders, deliver Creation Baskets to the
Depository for the account of the Participant placing a Purchase Order for which
the Trustee has received the Participant’s Cash Deposit, if any, and (through the
Custodian) the Participant’s Creation Basket Gold Deposit Amount (the Cash Deposit
and the Creation Basket Gold Deposit Amount together constituting the “Creation
Basket Deposit”), as described in Section 2.03(b);
	 
	 	(6)	 	receive from Participants and process properly submitted Redemption
Orders, as described in Section 5.02, or as may from time to time be permitted by
Section 5.03;
	 
	 	(7)	 	in connection with Redemption Orders, instruct the Custodian to
transfer Gold (i) from the Trust Allocated Account to the Trust Unallocated Account
and (ii) from the Trust Unallocated Account to the Participant Unallocated Account
of the redeeming Participant, as described in Section 5.02;
	 
	 	(8)	 	in connection with Redemption Orders, receive from the redeeming
Participant through the Depository, and thereupon cancel, streetTRACKS®
Gold Shares corresponding to the Redemption Baskets to be redeemed, or as may from
time to time be permitted by Section 5.03;
	 
	 	(9)	 	on behalf of the Trust, enter into Custody Agreements as provided in
Section 3.02(a) and (d), monitor the performance of the Custodian (as described in
Section 3.02(c)) and enforce each Custody Agreement, as described in Section
3.02(c), and give the instructions to a Custodian provided in Sections 3.02(e) and
(g);

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	 	(10)	 	determine on each Business Day (i) the Creation Basket Gold Deposit
Amount, as described in Sections 2.03 and 2.05, (ii) the valuation of Gold owned or
to be received by the Trust, as described in Article IV, (iii) the Adjusted Net
Asset Value and Net Asset Value of the Trust and the Net Asset Value per
streetTRACKS® Gold Share, as described in Section 5.01;
	 
	 	(11)	 	establish and maintain (i) the Cash Account as described in Sections
3.03 and 3.05 and (ii) a Reserve Account, as described in Section 3.04; provide or
arrange for custody of the Trust’s assets other than cash and Gold; and record the
ownership of the Trust’s assets as provided in Section 3.02(f)
	 
	 	(12)	 	accrue and pay charges of the Trust as described in Section 3.05, and
sell Gold to raise cash to pay such charges pursuant to Section 3.05(d);
	 
	 	(13)	 	distribute to the Beneficial Owners any excess cash in the Cash
Account, as described in Section 3.05(e);
	 
	 	(14)	 	sell Gold as authorized or directed pursuant to Section 3.07;
	 
	 	(15)	 	notify the Sponsor of notices received and take actions as provided in
Section 3.09;
	 
	 	(16)	 	interact with the Depository as provided in Section 3.10 or as
otherwise required hereunder;
	 
	 	(17)	 	keep proper books of record and account of all transactions of the
Trustee under this Agreement, as described in Section 8.02(a), maintain a copy of
this Agreement available for inspection as provided in Section 8.03, and furnish to
DTC Participants after the end of each Fiscal Year, an annual report and other
information, as described in Section 3.06;
	 
	 	(18)	 	take the actions authorized under Sections 7.03 and 8.01(s) in the
circumstances described therein affecting the Sponsor’s continued performance under
this Agreement;
	 
	 	(19)	 	arrange for the annual audit of the accounts of the Trust and prepare
or cause to be prepared tax and other regulatory filings as provided in Section
8.02;
	 
	 	(20)	 	communicate as described in Section 3.10 with Beneficial Owners as may
from time to time be required in connection with the administration of the Trust;
	 
	 	(21)	 	terminate the Trust in accordance with Article IX, as described
therein;
	 
	 	(22)	 	enter into and discharge its duties under the Reimbursement Agreements
identified in Section 10.05; and

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	 	(23)	 	undertake such actions, in the Trustee’s discretion, as the Trustee
shall deem necessary or desirable to protect the Trust and the rights and interest
of the Beneficial Owners in accordance with this Agreement.

     Section 2.02. Initial Deposit, Declaration of Trust and Issuance of Initial Creation
Baskets.

               (a) The Trustee acknowledges that the Trustee (i) has received from the Initial Custodian
confirmation that the Initial Custodian has credited the Initial Deposit to the Trust Unallocated
Account and has transferred Gold to the Trust Allocated Account pursuant to Section 4.5 of the
Trust Unallocated Account Agreement, and (ii) has received the Transaction Fee(s) (defined under
Section 2.03(f)) payable with respect to the Purchase Order(s) relating to issuance of the initial
Creation Baskets, if any. The Trustee hereby declares that subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, (i) the Initial Deposit, (ii) all Gold that the Custodian credits to the Trust
Allocated Account, the Trust Unallocated Account and any other Custody Account, in accordance with
the Custody Agreements, and (iii) all other assets owned by the Trust from time to time, shall be
owned by the Trust and the Trustee as trustee thereof, for the use and benefit of all present and
future Beneficial Owners in accordance with their respective beneficial interests as the same may
be constituted from time to time.

               (b) The Trustee hereby confirms that, in exchange for the Initial Deposit, the Trustee has
issued the Global Security to the Depository and that, upon the registration statement for the sale
of the streetTRACKS® Gold Shares being declared effective, the Trustee will direct the
Depository to credit to the Depositor identified in Schedule A the streetTRACKS® Gold
Shares constituting the number of Creation Baskets identified in such Schedule A.

               (c) The Sponsor shall enter into a Distribution Agreement with the Underwriter in the form
annexed as Exhibit E-1 hereto concurrently with the execution of this Agreement. Pursuant to the
Distribution Agreement, on the third Business Day following the date on which the Distribution
Agreement is signed (the date on which the Distribution Agreement is signed, the “Underwriter’s
Order Date” and the third following Business Day, the “Underwriter’s Settlement Date”), or such
later Business Day which the Sponsor shall specify by written instruction to the Trustee received
by the Trustee not later than the Business Day preceding the Underwriter’s Settlement Date, the
Underwriter shall deliver to the Custodian the Creation Basket Deposit, computed for the
Underwriter’s Order Date, for the number of Creation Baskets specified in the Distribution
Agreement and, upon notice from the Custodian that the Custodian has received such Creation Basket
Deposit, the Trustee shall issue and deliver such number of Creation Baskets to the Depository for
credit to the account of the Underwriter.

     Section 2.03. Subsequent Creations and Issuance of Creation Baskets.

               (a) After the Initial Deposit, the following procedures, as supplemented by the more detailed
procedures specified in the attachment to the Participant Agreement, which may be amended from time
to time in accordance with the provisions of the Participant Agreement (and any such amendment will
not constitute an amendment of this Agreement), will govern the

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Trustee in the creation and issuance of additional Creation Baskets. Subject to the
limitations upon and requirements for issuance of Creation Baskets stated herein and in such
procedures, the number of Creation Baskets which may be issued by the Trust is unlimited.

	 	(i)	 	On any Business Day, a Participant may submit a request to the Trustee to
create one or more Creation Baskets (such request by a Participant, a “Purchase Order”)
in the manner provided in the Participant Agreement. Purchase Orders must be received
by the Order Cut-Off Time on a Business Day (the “Purchase Order Date”). The Trustee
will process Purchase Orders only from Participants with respect to which the
Participant Agreement is in full force and effect. The Trustee and the Sponsor will
each maintain and make available at their respective offices specified in Section 10.12
during normal business hours a current list of the Participants with respect to which
the Participant Agreement is in full force and effect. The Sponsor directs the Trustee
to deliver a copy of the Prospectus to each Participant prior to its execution and
delivery of the Participant Agreement.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	Any Purchase Order is subject to rejection by any of the Sponsor or the Trustee
pursuant to Section 2.03(e).
	 
	 	(iii)	 	After accepting a Participant’s Purchase Order, the Trustee will issue and
deliver Creation Baskets to fill a Participant’s Purchase Order at or shortly after
9:00 a.m. New York time on the third Business Day after the Purchase Order Date, but
only if by such time the Trustee has received (A) for its own account, the Transaction
Fee, (B) for the account of the Trust the Cash Deposit, if any, and (C) notice from the
Custodian (which need not be the Custodian’s official report of transactions for such
day) that the Custodian has received for the account of the Trust to the credit of the
Trust Unallocated Account (or other Custody Account provided for in the relevant
Custody Agreement), from the Participant Unallocated Account (or other account of the
Participant from which Gold may be transferred to the Trust in accordance with the
relevant Custody Agreement) the Creation Basket Gold Deposit Amount due from the
Participant submitting the Purchase Order.

               (b) Upon issuing a Creation Basket pursuant to a Purchase Order of a Participant, the Trustee
will deposit the Creation Basket with the Depository in accordance with the Depository’s customary
procedures, for credit to the account of the Participant that placed the Purchase Order.

               (c) The Cash Deposit (“Cash Deposit”) shall be an amount of cash equal to the cash held or
receivable by the Trust as of the Purchase Order Date, if any, less the fees, expenses and other
liabilities of the Trust accrued through the Purchase Order Date, as computed by the Trustee under
Section 5.01, divided by the number of streetTRACKS® Gold Shares outstanding immediately
before the Purchase Order Date, and then multiplied by the number of streetTRACKS® Gold
Shares to be created pursuant to the Participant’s Purchase Order. A negative Cash Deposit amount
will reduce the Creation Basket Gold Deposit Amount pursuant to Section 2.05. If, notwithstanding
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Gold, cash or cash receivables, no Purchase Orders will be accepted until such other assets
have been sold or otherwise disposed of.

               (d) The quantity of Gold included in the Creation Basket Gold Deposit Amount will change as a
result of expenses paid and expenses accrued in excess of cash then held by the Trust, and shall be
determined by the Trustee in the manner specified in Section 2.05. The Trustee’s determination of
the Creation Basket Gold Deposit Amount and the amount of the Cash Deposit, if any, required for
each Creation Basket Deposit shall be final and binding upon all persons interested in the Trust.

               (e) The Trustee shall have the absolute right, but shall have no obligation, to reject any
Purchase Order or Creation Basket Deposit (i) determined by the Trustee not to be in proper form;
(ii) that the Sponsor has determined and advised the Trustee would have adverse tax consequences to
the Trust or to Beneficial Owners; (iii) the acceptance or receipt of which would, in the opinion
of counsel to the Sponsor acceptable to the Trustee, be unlawful; or (iv) if circumstances outside
the control of the Trustee, the Custodian or the Sponsor make it for all practical purposes not
feasible to process creations of Creation Baskets. Neither the Trustee nor the Sponsor shall be
liable to any person by reason of the rejection of any Purchase Order or Creation Basket Deposit.

               (f) A non-refundable transaction fee will be payable to the Trustee for its own account in
connection with each Purchase Order pursuant to this Section and in connection with each Redemption
Order pursuant to Section 5.02 (“Transaction Fee”). The Transaction Fee charged in connection with
each such creation and redemption shall be initially $2,000, but may be changed as provided in
Section 2.03(g). Even though a single Purchase Order or Redemption Order may relate to multiple
Creation Baskets, only a single Transaction Fee will be due for each Purchase Order or Redemption
Order.

               (g) The Transaction Fee may subsequently be waived, modified, reduced, increased or otherwise
changed by the Trustee with the consent of the Sponsor, but will not in any event exceed 0.10% of
the value of a Creation Basket at the time of creation or of a Redemption Basket at the time of
redemption, as the case may be (in each case determined at the Net Asset Value per Share for the
date of the Purchase Order or Redemption Order, respectively). Promptly after agreeing to and prior
to implementing such change, the Sponsor shall cause the current Prospectus for the Trust to be
amended to reflect any such changes in the Transaction Fee. The Trustee shall notify the Depository
of any agreement to change the Transaction Fee and shall not implement any increase for redemptions
of outstanding streetTRACKS® Gold Shares until 30 days after the date of that notice.
The amount of the Transaction Fee in effect at any given time shall be made available by the
Trustee upon request.

               (h) Certificates for Creation Baskets will not be issued, other than the Global Security
issued to the Depository. So long as the Depository Agreement is in effect, Creation Baskets will
be issued and redeemed and streetTRACKS® Gold Shares will be transferable solely through
the book-entry systems of the Depository and the DTC Participants and their Indirect Participants
as more fully described in Section 3.10. The Depository may determine to discontinue providing its
service with respect to Creation Baskets and streetTRACKS® Gold

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Shares by giving notice to the Trustee and the Sponsor pursuant to and in conformity with the
provisions of the Depository Agreement and discharging its responsibilities with respect thereto
under applicable law. Under such circumstances, the Trustee and the Sponsor shall take action
either to find a replacement for the Depository to perform its functions at a comparable cost and
on terms acceptable to the Trustee and the Sponsor or, if such a replacement is unavailable, to
terminate the Trust.

     Section 2.04. Requirements for Deposits of Gold.

               (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this Section, Gold may be delivered for deposit to
the Trust only by transfer to the Trust Unallocated Account maintained by the Custodian on behalf
of the Trust from a Participant Unallocated Account pursuant to the procedures specified in the
Participant Agreement. The expense and risk of delivery, ownership and safekeeping of Gold until
such Gold has been received by the Trust shall be borne solely by the Depositor.

               (b) The Trustee shall accept delivery of Gold by such other means as the Sponsor, from time to
time, may determine to be acceptable for the Trust, provided that the same is disclosed in the
Prospectus. If Gold is to be delivered other than as described in Section 2.04(a), the Sponsor is
authorized to establish such procedures and to appoint such custodians and establish such custody
accounts in addition to those described herein, as the Sponsor determines to be desirable.

     Section 2.05. Creation Basket Gold Deposit Amount.

     The Trustee will adjust the quantity of Gold included in the Creation Basket Gold Deposit
Amount as appropriate to reflect sales or other disposition of Gold for payment of Trust expenses
or otherwise and as may be required to reflect accrued expenses in excess of the value of assets of
the Trust other than Gold, as computed under Section 5.01. In general, in order to effectuate the
foregoing, the Trustee shall first determine the excess (if any) of accrued expenses and other
liabilities over the value of all assets of the Trust other than Gold, utilizing the Net Asset
Value for the date of the adjustment. The Trustee shall determine the quantity of Gold equal in
value to such excess, at the price of Gold determined under Section 4.01 hereof for such date. The
Trustee shall subtract that number of Fine Ounces of Gold from the total number of Fine Ounces of
Gold then held by the Trust, and divide the resulting Gold amount by the number of Baskets then
outstanding. Fractions of a Fine Ounce of Gold included in the Creation Basket Gold Deposit Amount
smaller than 0.001 of a Fine Ounce shall be disregarded. The Sponsor intends to publish, or may
designate other persons to publish, on each Business Day, the quantity of Gold included in the
Creation Basket Gold Deposit Amount and the Cash Deposit, if any. If the Sponsor elects to publish
such information, the inability of the Sponsor or its designee to provide such information for any
period of time will not in itself result in a halt in the trading of streetTRACKS® Gold
Shares on the Exchange.

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ARTICLE III

ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRUST

     Section 3.01. Initial Expense.

     The cost of (i) organizing the Trust and (ii) the initial sale of the streetTRACKS®
Gold Shares shall be borne by the Sponsor, provided, however, that the liability of the Sponsor
under this Section 3.01 shall not include any fees or other expenses incurred in connection with
the administration of the Trust subsequent to the commencement of trading of
streetTRACKS® Gold Shares on the Exchange.

     Section 3.02. Custody of Gold: Allocated and Unallocated Accounts, Additional Custodians
and Successor Custodians, Duty to Monitor Custodians, Certain Requirements for Custody Agreements,
Duty to Allocate Gold, Trust Assets to be Free of Liens, etc.

               (a) Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Trustee, acting on behalf of the
Trust, shall enter into Custody Agreements with the Initial Custodian in the form of the Allocated
Bullion Account Agreement, annexed hereto as Exhibit A, and the Unallocated Bullion Account
Agreement, annexed hereto as Exhibit B. Pursuant to these Custody Agreements, the Initial Custodian
shall maintain for the account of the Trust (i) the Trust Allocated Account to which the Initial
Custodian will credit Gold held for the Trust on an allocated basis and (ii) the Trust Unallocated
Account recording the amount of Gold owned by the Trust on an Unallocated Basis. Unless the Sponsor
otherwise directs, the Trustee shall maintain only one Trust Unallocated Account for the Trust at
any time. Each other Custody Agreement entered into by the Trustee with a Custodian on behalf of
the Trust shall be in a form suitable for the type of Gold and the market for which the Custodian
shall be providing its services. The terms of such other Custody Agreement shall include provisions
substantially similar to those set forth in paragraph (d) of this Section, unless the Sponsor
permits the Trustee in writing to enter into a Custody Agreement that omits any such provision.

               (b) From time to time, the Sponsor may direct the Trustee to employ one or more other
custodians (each, an “Additional Custodian” or a “Successor Custodian”) in addition to or in
replacement of the Initial Custodian or any Successor Custodian or Additional Custodian for the
safekeeping of Gold and services in connection with its deposit and delivery, provided that the
Sponsor may not direct the employment of a Successor Custodian or an Additional Custodian without
the Trustee’s consent, if such employment would have a materially adverse effect on the Trustee’s
performance of its duties hereunder. The Trustee may also, with the prior approval of the Sponsor,
employ one or more other Successor Custodians or Additional Custodians selected by the Trustee for
the safekeeping of Gold and services in connection with its deposit and delivery.

               (c) The Trustee shall be responsible for monitoring the performance of each Custodian and for
taking such actions to enforce the obligations of each Custodian as are necessary to protect the
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that the Trustee determines that maintenance of Gold with a Custodian is not in the best
interest of the Beneficial Owners, the Trustee shall so advise the Sponsor and thereafter take such
reasonable action as the Sponsor shall direct, or if the Sponsor has not given direction within one
Business Day, shall initiate action to remove the Gold from the custody of the Custodian or take
such other action as the Trustee determines appropriate to safeguard the interests of the
Beneficial Owners. The Trustee shall have no liability for any such action taken at the direction
of the Sponsor or, in the absence of such direction, any action taken by it in good faith.

               (d) Before entering into the Custody Agreements attached hereto as Exhibits A and B with the
Initial Custodian, the Trustee has determined that these agreements protect the Trust and the
rights and interests of the Beneficial Owners. Before initially placing Gold with an Additional
Custodian or a Successor Custodian, the Trustee shall have determined that the relevant Custody
Agreement and any related custody arrangements satisfy substantially the following requirements,
unless the Sponsor has permitted the Trustee in writing to enter into the relevant Custody
Agreement without satisfaction of one or more of these requirements:

	 	(i)	 	That Gold held by the Custodian will be held in a vault maintained under the
control of the Custodian, or held by or for a sub-custodian employed as authorized by
the relevant Custody Agreement.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	That the Custodian shall deliver Gold held on behalf of the Trust by the
Custodian, or by or for any sub-custodian employed by the Custodian, only to such
persons and at such times as specified in instructions furnished to it by the Trustee
in a writing signed by an authorized person or by authenticated electronic
transmission, or any substantial equivalent, and each Custody Agreement shall contain
an explicit undertaking by the Custodian to this effect.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	That as of the close the business on any Business Day, the balance of any
Custody Account maintained by a Custodian for the Trust on an Unallocated Basis shall
not exceed the maximum fine weight of the standard measure of Gold used by the
Custodian for Good Delivery in the market in which it operates, for example, 430 Fine
Ounces in the London market.
	 
	 	(iv)	 	That when the Trustee instructs the Custodian (1) to debit Gold from a Trust
Allocated Account maintained by the Custodian for transfer to a Custody Account
maintained by the Custodian for the Trust on an Unallocated Basis and (2) to execute
the instruction on the same Business Day as and in connection with one or more
instructions the Trustee gives to the Custodian, the Custodian will use commercially
reasonable efforts to execute the instructions in a manner that minimizes the time the
Gold to be debited from the Trust Allocated Account stands to the credit of the Custody
Account maintained for the Trust by the Custodian on an Unallocated Basis.
	 
	 	(v)	 	That Gold transferred from a Custody Account of the Trust maintained on an
Unallocated Basis (including any transfers for deposit to a Trust Allocated Account) or
upon transfer from a Trust Allocated Account for credit to the Custody Account of the
Trust maintained on an Unallocated Basis will be in a

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	 	 	 	form which complies with the relevant requirements for Good Delivery and that, if
the weight and fineness of Gold delivered by the Custodian upon transfer from the
Custody Account of the Trust maintained on an Unallocated Basis is determined to be
different from that reported to the Trustee by the Custodian, the Custodian will
make appropriate credits or debits to the Custody Accounts maintained by the
Custodian for the Trust such that the total Fine Ounces credited by the Custodian to
Custody Accounts of the Trust equal the amount reported to the Trustee.
	 
	 	(vi)	 	That, in the event Gold withdrawn from a Custody Account of the Trust
maintained on an Unallocated Basis does not comply with the relevant requirements for
Good Delivery or is not of the weight and fineness represented in the Custodian’s
account records, recovery in accordance with the Custody Agreements shall not be barred
by delay in asserting a claim because of the failure to discover such loss or damage,
regardless of whether the loss or damage could or should have been discovered.
	 
	 	(vii)	 	That (A) the Custodian will be obligated to use reasonable care and will be
responsible to the Trust for any loss resulting directly from its negligence, fraud or
willful misconduct, (B) the Custodian will maintain, at no cost to the Trust,
appropriate insurance in regard to its Gold and custody business, and (C) that the
Custodian will periodically allow the Trustee to review such insurance from time to
time upon reasonable prior notice and will provide the Sponsor information regarding
such insurance required by the Sponsor in connection with the maintenance of the
registration of the streetTRACKS® Gold Shares, in each case subject to
appropriate confidentiality agreements.
	 
	 	(viii)	 	That the Trust’s assets held by the Custodian or by or for any sub-custodian employed
by the Custodian will not be subject to any right, charge, security interest, lien or
claim of any kind except (1) a claim of payment by the Custodian or any sub-custodian
for the safe custody or administration of the Trust’s assets or, (2) in the case of a
Custody Account maintained by a Custodian on an Unallocated Basis, liens or rights in
favor of creditors of such Custodian arising under bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
laws, and the Custodian shall provide a representation to the foregoing effect.
	 
	 	(ix)	 	That the beneficial ownership of the Gold will be freely transferable without
the payment of money or value other than for safe custody or administration.
	 
	 	(x)	 	That the Trust’s independent public accountants will be given access to records
identifying assets of the Trust and access to the Trust’s assets as required for
confirmation of the contents of those records.
	 
	 	(xi)	 	That the Trustee will receive (1) for each Business Day by no later than the
following Business Day, information showing the movement of Gold into and out of the
Custody Accounts maintained by the Custodian for the Trust, in sufficient detail to
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	 	 	 	information to allow the Trustee to determine the Custodian’s compliance with the
requirements set forth in clause (iii) of this paragraph (d) relating to the
intended maximum amount of Gold to be held in a Custody Account maintained by the
Custodian for the Trust on an Unallocated Basis and (2) periodic reports (not less
than quarterly) with respect to the safekeeping of the Trust’s assets which shall
identify separately the assets held by the Custodian and the assets held by each
sub-custodian used by the Custodian and the assets held by each other party holding
assets of the Trust on behalf of the Custodian or a sub-custodian.
	 
	 	(xii)	 	That the Custodian irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of the courts of
the State of New York and of any Federal Court located in the Borough of Manhattan in
such State in connection with any action, suit or other proceeding arising out of or
relating to the custody agreement or any action taken or omitted thereunder, and waives
any claim of forum non conveniens and any objections as to laying of venue, and further
waives personal service of any summons, complaint or other process and agrees that
service thereof may be made by certified or registered mail directed to the Custodian
at its address for purposes of notices specified in the relevant Custody Agreement.

               (e) When directing transfers to and from the Custody Accounts of the Trust, the Trustee will
instruct the Custodian (which instruction may be provided by the relevant Custody Agreement) to
take the actions described in clauses (iii) an (iv) of the preceding paragraph (d) of this Section
3.02.

               (f) The Trustee shall hold and record the ownership of the Trust’s assets in such manner that
they will not be subject to any right, charge, security interest, lien or claim of any kind in
favor of the Trustee or its creditors, other than a claim for payment of services, advances,
indemnities and expenses by the Trustee in providing services as trustee or, in the case of cash
deposits, liens or rights in favor of creditors of the Trustee arising under bankruptcy, insolvency
or similar laws and the Trustee, will, as requested by the Sponsor and at the Trustee’s expense,
provide an opinion of counsel, satisfactory to the Sponsor, to the foregoing effect with respect to
assets held by the Trustee.

               (g) The Trustee shall instruct each Custodian to transfer from the Custody Accounts maintained
by the Custodian amounts of Gold held as an asset of the Trust only (i) to another Custody Account,
(ii) to effect a sale of Gold in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement, (iii)
to effect a redemption of streetTRACKS® Gold Shares in accordance with the provisions of
Article V hereof, (iv) upon termination of the Trust as provided in Section 9.01 hereof or (v)
otherwise as directed by a governmental or regulatory body having authority to make such direction.

     Section 3.03. Cash Account.

     The Trustee shall open and maintain a separate non-interest bearing account with the Trustee
or such other banking institution specified by the Sponsor, or if the Sponsor fails so to specify,
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draft or order by the Trustee acting pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall hold
in such account all cash received by it from or for the account of the Trust. Such account shall be
known as the “Cash Account.” On each Business Day, the Trustee shall notify the Sponsor, in
writing, of the balance of the Cash Account.

     Section 3.04. Reserve Account.

     The Trustee shall open and maintain a separate non-interest bearing account with the Trustee
or such other banking institution specified by the Sponsor, or if the Sponsor fails so to specify,
as selected by the Trustee, in the name, and for the benefit, of the Trust, subject only to draft
or order by the Trustee acting pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall hold in such
account all cash which it has credited to such account from the Cash Account to reflect the
reserves for taxes or other governmental charges and other contingent liabilities payable out of
the Trust that the Trustee has established from time to time as required by generally accepted
accounting principles. Such account shall be known as the “Reserve Account.” The Trustee shall not
be required to transmit to the Depository for distribution to Beneficial Owners any of the amounts
held in such reserves; provided, however, that if the Trustee, in its sole discretion, determines
that such amounts are no longer necessary for payment of any applicable taxes or other governmental
charges, then it shall promptly deposit such amounts in the Cash Account or, if the Trust shall
have terminated or shall be in the process of termination, the Trustee shall transfer such amounts
to the Depository for distribution to Beneficial Owners such Beneficial Owners’ interest in the
amounts previously reserved in accordance with Section 9.01.

     Section 3.05. Certain Deductions and Distributions.

               (a) Subject to paragraph (c) of this Section, monthly, in arrears, the Trustee shall deduct
from moneys held in the Cash Account and pay to itself individually the amounts that it is at the
time entitled to receive pursuant to Section 8.04 on account of its services performed. The Trustee
shall charge the Cash Account its disbursements for payment of other expenses at such times as the
Trustee determines convenient in its administration of the Trust.

               (b) The following charges are or may be accrued and paid by the Trust:

	 	(1)	 	Trustee’s fees as set forth in Section 8.04 and Sponsor’s fees as set
forth in Section 7.04;
	 
	 	(2)	 	expenses of custody, deposit or delivery of the Gold (exclusive of any
expenses borne by a Depositor or redeeming Participant as provided herein or in the
Participant Agreement), and disbursements charged by and indemnification due any
Custodian;
	 
	 	(3)	 	fees of the Trustee for extraordinary services performed under this
Agreement;
	 
	 	(4)	 	taxes, as provided herein, and various other governmental charges;

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	 	(5)	 	any taxes, fees and charges payable by the Trustee with respect to
Creation Baskets or Redemption Baskets;
	 
	 	(6)	 	expenses and costs of any action taken by a Trustee Indemnified Party
or a Sponsor Indemnified Party to protect the Trust and the rights and interests of
Beneficial Owners;
	 
	 	(7)	 	indemnification of the Trustee or the Sponsor as provided in this
Agreement, including, without limitation, in Sections 7.05 and 8.05;
	 
	 	(8)	 	expenses incurred in contacting Beneficial Owners in the manner
described in Section 3.10;
	 
	 	(9)	 	legal and auditing expenses, and the compensation paid to agents
employed by the Trustee as permitted hereunder;
	 
	 	(10)	 	fees paid to the Depository for custody of streetTRACKS®
Gold Shares;
	 
	 	(11)	 	federal and state annual fees in keeping the registration of
streetTRACKS® Gold Shares on a current basis pursuant to Section 10.02
for the issuance of Creation Baskets;
	 
	 	(12)	 	expenses of the Sponsor relating to the printing and distribution of
marketing materials describing the Trust and streetTRACKS® Gold Shares
(including but not limited to, associated legal, consulting, advertising and
marketing costs and other out-of-pocket expenses);
	 
	 	(13)	 	fees and expenses of the Marketing Agent;
	 
	 	(14)	 	reimbursement of the Underwriter and the Marketing Agent in respect of
unpaid indemnification obligations of the Sponsor as provided in Section 10.05; and
	 
	 	(15)	 	stationery, postage and all other out-of-pocket expenses of the Trust
not otherwise stated above incurred by it, the Sponsor or the Custodian or any
Additional Custodian or Successor Custodian pursuant to actions permitted or
required under this Agreement.

               (c) The Trustee shall, when directed by the Sponsor, and, in the absence of such direction,
may, in its discretion, sell Gold in such quantity and at such times as may be necessary to permit
payment of expenses hereunder including any of the expenses enumerated in subsection (b) above. The
Trustee is conclusively authorized to sell Gold at such times and in the smallest amounts required
to permit payment of expenses as they come due, it being the intention to minimize the Trust’s
holdings of assets other than Gold. Neither the Trustee nor the Sponsor shall have any liability
for loss or depreciation resulting from sales of Gold so made. Further, the Trustee shall not be
liable or responsible in any way for depreciation or loss incurred by reason of any sale made
pursuant the Sponsor’s direction.

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               (d) If at any time and from time to time the Trustee and Sponsor determine that the balance on
hand in the Cash Account exceeds the anticipated expenses of the Trust during the following 12
months, they shall direct that such excess be distributed and shall establish such Record and
Distribution Dates for such distribution as they deem appropriate. In calculating the amount of a
distribution, fractions of less than $0.01 will be ignored. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
distribution shall be made if the amount distributable will be less than $0.01 per
streetTRACKS® Gold Share outstanding. The Trustee shall make distributions under this
paragraph solely to the Depository as the registered holder of all streetTRACKS® Gold
Shares in accordance with Section 3.10(g) and the Trustee shall have no liability to any person in
respect of any distribution so made.

               (e) The Trustee will charge no fee and will assume the expense of operation (other than
extraordinary expenses) of the Trust accrued through the day the streetTRACKS® Gold
Shares commence trading on the Exchange. The Trustee and the Sponsor have entered into a separate
agreement relating to payment by the Sponsor of compensation to the Trustee for the period
described in the preceding sentence. If the Sponsor fails to pay the Trustee pursuant to such
compensation agreement, the Trustee may recover the unpaid amounts from the assets of the Trust,
and may sell Gold as necessary to provide funds therefor, provided, however, that, to the extent
any such unpaid amounts are paid from the Trust, the Trust shall succeed to the rights of the
Trustee against the Sponsor under the compensation agreement.

     Section 3.06. Statements and Reports.

     After the end of each Fiscal Year, the Sponsor shall cause to be prepared an annual report for
the Trust containing financial statements prepared by the Trustee and audited by independent
accountants designated by the Sponsor. The annual report shall be in such form and contain such
information as shall be required by applicable laws, rules and regulations and may contain such
additional information which the Sponsor determines shall be included. The annual report shall be
filed with the SEC and such other regulatory agencies, and distributed to such persons and in such
manner, as shall be required by applicable laws, rules and regulations. The cost of the
preparation and distribution of the annual report shall be an expense of the Trust.

     Section 3.07. Sale of Gold or other Property.

In addition to selling Gold in accordance with Section 3.05(c), the Trustee shall sell Gold
whenever any one or more of the following conditions exist:

               (a) the Sponsor has notified the Trustee that such sale is required by applicable law or
regulation; or

               (b) the Trust is to be terminated and its assets liquidated in accordance with Section 9.01.

     Any property received by the Trust other than Gold, cash or an amount receivable in cash (such
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Trustee at the direction of the Sponsor and the proceeds thereof shall be credited to the Cash
Account.

     Unless otherwise directed by the Sponsor, when selling Gold the Trustee shall endeavor to sell
at the value determined under Section 4.01 for the date of sale. The Trustee shall place orders
with dealers (which may include the Custodian) through which it may reasonably expect to obtain the
most favorable price and execution of orders. Solely in sale transactions made at the next London
“fix” (A.M. or P.M.) following the sale order, the Custodian may also be the purchaser.

     The Trustee and the Sponsor shall not be liable or responsible in any way for depreciation or
loss incurred by reason of any sale made pursuant to this Section 3.07.

     Section 3.08. Counsel; Marketing Agent.

               (a) The Sponsor may from time to time employ counsel to act on behalf of the Trust and perform
any legal services in connection with the Gold and the Trust, including any legal matters relating
to the possible disposition or acquisition of any Gold. The fees and expenses of such counsel shall
be paid by the Trustee from the assets of the Trust.

               (b) To assist the Sponsor in marketing streetTRACKS®  Gold Shares, which assistance
shall include but shall not be limited to the developing and executing a marketing plan and
preparing marketing materials, the Sponsor shall enter into a Marketing Agent Agreement with the
Initial Marketing Agent in the form annexed as Exhibit E-2 hereto concurrently with the execution
of this Agreement. The Sponsor may also from time to time employ such other additional or successor
Marketing Agent(s) on such terms and conditions as the Sponsor determines. Subject to the
provisions of Section 10.06 hereof, the fees and expenses of the Initial Marketing Agent and any
successor or additional Marketing Agent(s) shall be paid by the Trustee from the assets of the
Trust. The Sponsor shall not be answerable for the default or misconduct of the Initial Marketing
Agent and shall not be answerable for the default or misconduct of any successor or additional
Marketing Agent(s) if the Sponsor shall have selected such successor or additional Marketing
Agent(s) with reasonable care. The Trustee shall have no liability for the terms, value or
validity of any agreement entered into by the Sponsor with a Marketing Agent or for the default or
misconduct of any Marketing Agent. So long as the Marketing Agent Agreement with the Initial
Marketing Agent shall be in effect, the name of the Trust shall be that identified in the preamble
hereto, except to the extent the Sponsor and the Initial Marketing Agent shall otherwise determine.

     Section 3.09. Notice to Sponsor.

     If the Trustee receives notice at any time that an action is to be taken by reason of its
holding of the assets of the Trust for which no direction is provided herein, the Trustee shall
promptly notify the Sponsor and shall thereupon take or refrain from taking such action as the
Sponsor shall in writing direct; provided, however, that if the Sponsor shall not within five
Business Days of the giving of such notice to the Sponsor direct the Trustee to take or refrain
from taking any action, the Trustee shall take such action or decline to take action as it, in its
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discretion, shall deem advisable. Neither the Sponsor nor the Trustee shall be liable to any
person for any action or failure to take action with respect to this Section 3.09.

     Section 3.10. Book-Entry-Only System, Global Security.

               (a) The Sponsor and the Trustee will enter into the Depository Agreement pursuant to which the
Depository will act as securities depository for streetTRACKS® Gold Shares.
streetTRACKS® Gold Shares will be represented the Global Security (which may consist of
one or more certificates as required by the Depository), which will be registered, as the
Depository shall direct, in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for the Depository and deposited
with, or on behalf of, the Depository. No other certificates evidencing streetTRACKS®
Gold Shares will be issued. The Global Security shall be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D
and shall represent such streetTRACKS® Gold Shares as shall be specified therein, and
may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of outstanding streetTRACKS®
Gold Shares from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of outstanding
streetTRACKS® Gold Shares represented thereby may from time to time be increased or
reduced to reflect deposits or redemptions of Baskets. Any endorsement of a Global Security to
reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of outstanding
streetTRACKS® Gold Shares represented thereby shall be made in such manner and upon
instructions given by the Trustee as specified in the Depository Agreement.

               (b) Any Global Security issued to The Depository Trust Company or its nominee shall bear a
legend substantially to the following effect: “Unless this certificate is presented by an
authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the
Trustee or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued
is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is required
by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has
an interest herein.”

               (c) The Depository has advised the Sponsor and the Trustee as follows: The Depository is a
limited-purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of New York, a member of the
Federal Reserve System, a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York Uniform
Commercial Code, and a “clearing agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Depository was created to hold securities of
its participants (the “DTC Participants”) and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of
securities transactions among the DTC Participants in such securities through electronic book-entry
changes in accounts of the DTC Participants, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of
securities certificates. DTC Participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust
companies, clearing corporations, and certain other organizations, some of whom (and/or their
representatives) own the Depository. Access to the Depository’s system is also available to others
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companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a DTC Participant,
either directly or indirectly (“Indirect Participants”).

               (d) As provided in the Depository Agreement, upon the settlement date of any creation,
transfer or redemption of streetTRACKS® Gold Shares, the Depository will credit or
debit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the amount of streetTRACKS®
Gold Shares so created, transferred or redeemed to the accounts of the appropriate DTC
Participants. The accounts to be credited and charged shall be designated by the Trustee and each
Participant, in the case of a creation or redemption of Baskets. Ownership of beneficial interest
in streetTRACKS® Gold Shares will be limited to DTC Participants, Indirect Participants
and persons holding interests through DTC Participants and Indirect Participants. Owners of
beneficial interests in streetTRACKS® Gold Shares (“Beneficial Owners”) will be shown
on, and the transfer of beneficial ownership by Beneficial Owners will be effected only through, in
the case of DTC Participants, records maintained by the Depository and, in the case of Indirect
Participants and Beneficial Owners holding through a DTC Participant or an Indirect Participant,
through those records or the records of the relevant DTC Participants. Beneficial Owners are
expected to receive from or through the broker or bank that maintains the account through which the
Beneficial Owner has purchased streetTRACKS® Gold Shares a written confirmation relating
to their purchase of streetTRACKS® Gold Shares.

               (e) So long as Cede & Co., as nominee of the Depository, is the registered owner of
streetTRACKS® Gold Shares, references herein to the registered or record owners of
streetTRACKS® Gold Shares shall mean Cede & Co. and shall not mean the Beneficial Owners
of streetTRACKS® Gold Shares. Beneficial Owners of streetTRACKS® Gold Shares
will not be entitled to have streetTRACKS® Gold Shares registered in their names, will
not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificates in definitive form and will
not be considered the record or registered holder of streetTRACKS® Gold Shares under
this Agreement. Accordingly, to exercise any rights of a holder of streetTRACKS® Gold
Shares under the Agreement, a Beneficial Owner must rely on the procedures of the Depository and,
if such Beneficial Owner is not a DTC Participant, on the procedures of each DTC Participant or
Indirect Participant through which such Beneficial Owner holds its interests. The Trustee and the
Sponsor understand that under existing industry practice, if the Trustee requests any action of a
Beneficial Owner, or a Beneficial Owner desires to take any action that the Depository, as the
record owner of all outstanding streetTRACKS® Gold Shares, is entitled to take, in the
case of a Trustee request, the Depository will notify the DTC Participants regarding such request,
such DTC Participants will in turn notify each Indirect Participant holding
streetTRACKS® Gold Shares through it, with each successive Indirect Participant
continuing to notify each person holding streetTRACKS® Gold Shares through it until the
request has reached the Beneficial Owner, and in the case of a request or authorization to act
being sought or given by a Beneficial Owner, such request or authorization is given by the
Beneficial Owner and relayed back to the Trustee through each Indirect Participant and DTC
Participant through which the Beneficial Owner’s interest in the streetTRACKS® Gold
Shares is held.

               (f) As described above, the Trustee will recognize the Depository or its nominee as the owner
of all streetTRACKS® Gold Shares for all purposes except as expressly set forth in this
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Beneficial Owners will be effected as follows. Pursuant to the Depository Agreement, the
Depository is required to make available to the Trustee upon request and for a fee to be charged to
the Trust a listing of the streetTRACKS® Gold Share holdings of each DTC Participant.
The Trustee shall inquire of each such DTC Participant as to the number of Beneficial Owners
holding streetTRACKS® Gold Shares, directly or indirectly, through such DTC Participant.
The Trustee shall provide each such DTC Participant with sufficient copies of such notice,
statement or other communication, in such form, number and at such place as such DTC Participant
may reasonably request, in order that such notice, statement or communication may be transmitted by
such DTC Participant, directly or indirectly, to such Beneficial Owners. In addition, the Trust
shall pay to each such DTC Participant an amount as reimbursement for the expenses attendant to
such transmittal, all subject to applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.

               (g) Distributions on streetTRACKS® Gold Shares pursuant to Section 3.05(d) shall be
made to the Depository or its nominee, Cede & Co., as the registered owner of all
streetTRACKS® Gold Shares. The Trustee and the Sponsor expect that the Depository or its
nominee, upon receipt of any payment of distributions in respect of streetTRACKS® Gold
Shares, shall credit immediately DTC Participants’ accounts with payments in amounts proportionate
to their respective beneficial interests in streetTRACKS® Gold Shares as shown on the
records of the Depository or its nominee. The Trustee and the Sponsor also expect that payments by
DTC Participants to Indirect Participants and Beneficial Owners held through such DTC Participants
and Indirect Participants will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is
now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in a
“street name,” and will be the responsibility of such DTC Participants and Indirect Participants.
Neither the Trustee nor the Sponsor will have any responsibility or liability for any aspects of
the records relating to or notices to Beneficial Owners, or payments made on account of beneficial
ownership interests in streetTRACKS® Gold Shares, or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests or for any other aspect of
the relationship between the Depository and the DTC Participants or the relationship between such
DTC Participants and the Indirect Participants and Beneficial Owners owning through such DTC
Participants or Indirect Participants or between or among the Depository, any Beneficial Owner and
any person by or through which such Beneficial Owner is considered to own streetTRACKS®
Gold Shares.

               (h) Limitation of Liability. The Global Security to be issued hereunder is executed and
delivered solely on behalf of the Trust by World Gold Trust Services, LLC, as Sponsor, and by The
Bank of New York, as Trustee of the Trust, in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred
and vested in them by this Agreement. The representations, undertakings and agreements made on the
part of the Trust in the Global Security are made and intended not as personal representations,
undertakings and agreements by World Gold Trust Services, LLC or The Bank of New York, but are made
and intended for the purpose of binding only the Trust. Nothing in the Global Security shall be
construed as creating any liability on World Gold Trust Services, LLC or The Bank of New York,
individually or personally, to fulfill any representation, undertaking or agreement other than as
provided in this Agreement.

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               (i) Successor Depository. If a successor to The Depository Trust Company shall be employed as
Depository hereunder, the Trustee and Sponsor shall establish procedures acceptable to such
successor with respect to the matters addressed in this Section 3.10.

     Section 3.11. Trust to be administered as Grantor Trust.

     Nothing in this Agreement, any Custody Agreement with any Custodian, or otherwise, shall be
construed to give the Trustee the power to vary the investment of the Beneficial Owners within the
meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-4(c) or similar or successor provisions of United
States Treasury Regulations under the Internal Revenue Code, nor shall the Sponsor give the Trustee
any direction that would vary the investment of the Beneficial Owners. The Trustee shall not be
liable to any person for the failure of the Trust to qualify as a grantor trust under the Internal
Revenue Code or any comparable provision of the laws of any State or other jurisdiction where such
treatment is sought, provided that this sentence shall not limit the Trustee’s responsibility for
the administration of the Trust in accordance with this Agreement.

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ARTICLE IV

EVALUATION OF GOLD

     Section 4.01. Evaluation of Gold.

     As of the Evaluation Time on each Business Day, the Trustee shall determine the value of the
Gold held or receivable by the Trust on the basis of the London P.M. Fix for the day on which the
evaluation is made, or if no London P.M. Fix is made on such day or has not been announced by the
Evaluation Time, on the basis of the last London “fix” (A.M. or P.M.) determined prior to the
Evaluation Time, unless the Trustee in consultation with the Sponsor determines such price
inappropriate as a basis for evaluation. In the event the Trustee and the Sponsor determine that
the London P.M. Fix or last prior London “fix” is not an appropriate basis for evaluation, they
shall identify an alternative basis for evaluation to be employed by the Trustee. Neither the
Trustee nor the Sponsor shall be liable to any person for the determination that the London P.M.
Fix or last prior London “fix” is not appropriate as a basis for evaluation of the Gold held or
receivable by the Trust or for any determination as to the alternative basis for evaluation
provided that such determination is made in good faith.

     Section 4.02. Responsibility of the Trustee for Evaluations.

     The Sponsor and the Beneficial Owners may rely on any evaluation furnished by the Trustee, and
the Sponsor shall have no responsibility for the accuracy thereof. The determinations made by the
Trustee hereunder shall be made in good faith upon the basis of, and the Trustee shall not be
liable for any errors contained in, information reasonably available to it. The Trustee shall be
under no liability to the Sponsor, the Depository, Beneficial Owners or any other person, for
errors in judgment, provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Trustee against
any liability to which it would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, willful
misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties or by reason of its
reckless disregard of its obligations and duties hereunder.

ARTICLE V

TRUST EVALUATION AND REDEMPTION OF REDEMPTION BASKETS

     Section 5.01. Trust Evaluation.

     As of the Evaluation Time on each Business Day, the Trustee shall subtract all estimated
accrued but unpaid fees (other than the fees computed by reference to the Adjusted Net Asset Value
of the Trust, as defined below, or custody fees computed by reference to the value of Gold held by
the Trust), expenses and other liabilities of the Trust from the total value of the Gold determined
by the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 and all other assets of the Trust (other than any amounts
credited to the Reserve Account). The resulting figure is the “Adjusted Net Asset Value” of the
Trust. The Trustee shall subtract from the Adjusted Net Asset Value the amount of accrued fees
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fees computed by reference to the value of Gold held by the Trust and the resulting figure is
the “Net Asset Value” of the Trust. The Trustee shall also divide the Net Asset Value of the Trust
by the number of streetTRACKS® Gold Shares outstanding as of the Evaluation Time on the
date of the evaluation then being made (which shall take into account the settlement of Creation
Baskets and Redemption Baskets occurring on such date), which figure is the “Net Asset Value per
streetTRACKS® Gold Share.”

     Adjusted
Net Asset Value, Net Asset Value and Net Asset Value per streetTRACKS® Share shall be computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States. The Trustee’s estimation of accrued but unpaid fees, expenses and liabilities shall
be conclusive upon all persons interested in the Trust and no revision or correction in any
computation made pursuant to this Agreement shall be required by reason of any difference in
amounts estimated from those actually paid.

     Section 5.02. Redemption of Redemption Baskets.

               (a) On any Business Day, a Participant with respect to which a Participant Agreement is in
full force and effect (as reflected on the list maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section
2.03(a)(i)) may redeem one or more Redemption Baskets standing to the credit of the Participant on
the records of the Depository in kind by delivering a request for redemption to the Trustee (such
request, a “Redemption Order”) in the manner specified in the procedures specified in the
attachment to the Participant Agreement, as amended from time to time in accordance with the
provisions of the Participant Agreement (and any such amendment will not constitute an amendment of
this Agreement).

               (b) To be effective, a Redemption Order must be submitted on a Business Day by the Order
Cut-Off Time in form satisfactory to the Trustee (the Business Day on which the Redemption Order is
so submitted, “Redemption Order Date”). The Trustee shall reject any Redemption Order the
fulfillment of which its counsel advises may be illegal under applicable laws and regulations, and
the Trustee shall have no liability to any person for rejecting a Redemption Order in such
circumstances.

               (c) Subject to deduction of any tax or other governmental charges due thereon, the redemption
distribution (“Redemption Distribution”) shall consist of the portion of the Net Asset Value of the
Trust, determined pursuant to Section 5.01 for the Redemption Order Date, attributable to the
Redemption Basket(s). In general, such distribution shall consist of (A) credit to a Participant
Unallocated Account of the redeeming Participant maintained with the Custodian of the amount of
Gold representing the fractional undivided interest in the Gold held by the Trust evidenced by the
Redemption Baskets subject to the redeeming Participant’s Redemption Order plus or minus (B) a cash
amount (the “Cash Redemption Amount”). The Cash Redemption Amount shall be equal to all assets of
the Trust other than Gold less all accrued expenses and other liabilities, divided by the number of
Baskets outstanding and multiplied by the number of Redemption Baskets subject to the redeeming
Participant’s Redemption Order. If the Cash Redemption Amount is positive, then it shall be paid in
cash. If the Cash Redemption Amount is negative, then it shall reduce the credit to the
Participant’s Participant Unallocated Account, by an amount of Gold equal in value, at the price of
Gold determined under Section

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4.01 hereof for the Redemption Order Date, to such negative Cash Redemption Amount. Fractions
of a Fine Ounce of Gold included in the Redemption Distribution smaller than 0.001 of a Fine Ounce
shall be disregarded.

     The Trustee will distribute any positive Cash Redemption Amount through the Depository to the
account of the Participant as recorded on the book entry system of the Depository.

               (d) By 10:00 a.m. New York time (but not later than 3:30 London time) on the third Business
Day following the Redemption Order Date (such third Business Day, the “Redemption Settlement
Date”), if the Trustee’s account at the Depository has by 9:00 a.m. New York time on such day been
credited with the Redemption Baskets being tendered for redemption and the Trustee has by such time
received the Transaction Fee, the Trustee shall deliver the Cash Redemption Amount (if any) and
shall direct the Custodian to deliver Gold included in the Redemption Distribution by effecting the
necessary transfers of the Gold to the redeeming Participant’s Participant Unallocated Account. If
by such time the Trustee does not receive from a redeeming Participant all streetTRACKS®
Gold Shares comprising the Redemption Order, the Trustee will (i) settle the Redemption Order to
the extent of whole Redemption Baskets received from the Participant and (ii) keep the redeeming
Participant’s Redemption Order open until 9:00 a.m. New York time on the first Business Day
following the Redemption Settlement Date as to the balance of the Redemption Order (such balance,
the “Suspended Redemption Order”), provided, however, that the redeeming Participant pays the
Trustee such fee for the custody of the Gold included in the Suspended Redemption Order for the
period subsequent to the Redemption Settlement Date as the Trustee may, from time to time,
determine. If the Redemption Basket(s) comprising the Suspended Redemption Order are credited to
Trustee’s account at the Depository by 9:00 a.m. New York time on such following Business Day, the
Redemption Distribution with respect to the Suspended Redemption Order shall be paid in the manner
provided in the second preceding sentence. If by such time the Trustee does not receive from the
redeeming Participant all streetTRACKS® Gold Shares comprising the Suspended Redemption
Order, the Trustee will settle the Suspended Redemption Order to the extent of whole Redemption
Baskets then received and any balance of the Suspended Redemption will be cancelled.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, when and under such conditions as the Sponsor and the Trustee may
from time to time determine, the Trustee shall be authorized to deliver the Redemption Distribution
notwithstanding that a Redemption Basket has not been credited to the Trustee’s account at the
Depository if the Participant has collateralized its obligation to deliver the Redemption Basket on
such terms as the Sponsor and the Trustee may, in their sole discretion, from time to time agree.

     If Gold is to be delivered through a Custodian other than the Initial Custodian or in a market
other than the London market, the Sponsor and Trustee are authorized to establish such other
procedures, including requirements as to the time of receipt by the Trustee of the tendered
Redemption Baskets, for payment of the Redemption Distribution as they shall determine appropriate.

               (e) The Trustee may, in its discretion, and will when so directed by the Sponsor, suspend the
right of redemption, or postpone the Redemption Settlement Date, (i) for

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any period during which the Exchange is closed other than customary weekend or holiday
closings, or trading is suspended or restricted; (ii) for any period during which an emergency
exists as a result of which delivery, disposal or evaluation of the Gold is not reasonably
practicable; or (iii) for such other period as the Sponsor determines to be necessary for the
protection of Beneficial Owners. Neither the Sponsor nor the Trustee is liable to any person or in
any way for any loss or damages that may result from any such suspension or postponement.

               (f) Redemption Baskets effectively redeemed pursuant to the provisions of this section or as
may be otherwise provided pursuant to Section 5.03 shall be cancelled by the Trustee in accordance
with the Depository’s procedures.

     Section 5.03. Other Redemption Procedures.

     The Sponsor and the Trustee from time to time may, but shall have no obligation to, establish
procedures with respect to redemption of streetTRACKS® Gold Shares in lot sizes smaller
than the Redemption Basket and permitting the Redemption Distribution to be in a form, and
delivered in a manner, other than that specified in Section 5.02. If Gold is to be delivered
through a Custodian other than the Initial Custodian or in a market other than the London market,
the Sponsor and Trustee are authorized to establish such procedures and to appoint such custodians
and establish such custody accounts in addition to those described herein, as the Sponsor and the
Trustee shall agree and determine to be desirable.

ARTICLE VI

TRANSFER OF streetTRACKS® GOLD SHARES

     Section 6.01. Transfer of streetTRACKS® Gold Shares.

     Beneficial Owners that are not DTC Participants may transfer streetTRACKS® Gold
Shares by instructing the DTC Participant or Indirect Participant holding the
streetTRACKS® Gold Shares for such Beneficial Owner in accordance with standard
securities industry practice. Beneficial Owners that are DTC Participants may transfer
streetTRACKS® Gold Shares by instructing the Depository in accordance with the rules of
the Depository and standard securities industry practice.

ARTICLE VII

SPONSOR

     Section 7.01. Responsibility and Duties.

     The Sponsor shall be liable in accordance herewith for the obligations imposed upon and
undertaken by the Sponsor hereunder.

     Section 7.02. Certain Matters Regarding Successor Sponsor.

     The covenants, provisions and agreements herein contained shall in every case be binding upon
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all of its assets to an entity which carries on the business of the Sponsor, if at the time of
such transfer such successor duly assumes all the obligations of the Sponsor under this Agreement,
and in such event, the Sponsor shall be relieved of all further liability under this Agreement.

     Section 7.03. Resignation of Sponsor; Successors.

     If at any time the Sponsor desires to resign its position as Sponsor hereunder, it may resign
by delivering to the Trustee an instrument of resignation executed by the Sponsor. Such resignation
shall not become effective until the earlier of (i) the effective date of the appointment by the
Trustee of a successor Sponsor to assume, with such compensation from the Trust as the Trustee may
deem reasonable under the circumstances, the duties and obligations of the resigning Sponsor
hereunder by an instrument of appointment and assumption executed by the Trustee and the successor
Sponsor; (ii) the date the Trustee shall have agreed to act as Sponsor hereunder succeeding to all
the rights and duties of the resigning Sponsor without appointing a successor Sponsor and without
terminating this Agreement; or (iii) the date by when the Trustee shall have terminated and
liquidated the Trust and distributed all remaining assets to the Depository for distribution to DTC
Participants who are then owners of streetTRACKS® Gold Shares on the records of the
Depository, which action the Trustee shall take if, within sixty (60) days following the date on
which a notice of resignation shall have been delivered by the Sponsor, a successor Sponsor has not
been appointed and the Trustee has not agreed to act as Sponsor hereunder. The Trustee shall have
no obligation to appoint a successor Sponsor or to assume the duties of the Sponsor and shall have
no liability to any person because the Trust is terminated by reason of the Sponsor’s resignation.
If the Sponsor shall fail to undertake or perform or become incapable of undertaking or performing
its duties hereunder or shall become bankrupt or its affairs shall be taken over by public
authorities, the Trustee shall act in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 8.01(s).
Any successor Sponsor shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. Upon its resignation becoming
effective, the resigning Sponsor shall be discharged and shall no longer be liable in any manner
hereunder except as to acts or omissions occurring before its resignation became effective, and the
successor Sponsor shall thereupon undertake and perform all duties and be entitled to all rights
and compensation as Sponsor under this Agreement. The successor Sponsor shall not be under any
liability hereunder for acts or omissions occurring prior to the effective date stated in the
instrument appointing it successor Sponsor. Notice of appointment of successor Sponsor shall be
mailed promptly after acceptance of appointment by the Trustee to all DTC Participants who are then
owners of streetTRACKS® Gold Shares on the records of the Depository for distribution to
Beneficial Owners as provided in Section 3.10.

     Section 7.04. Compensation of the Sponsor.

     Subject to the provisions of Section 10.06 hereof, as compensation for performing services
under this Agreement and services provided in connection with the maintenance of a web site for the
Trust, including licensing costs, and with the marketing of streetTRACKS® Gold Shares,
the Sponsor shall receive a fee, payable monthly in arrears, in an amount per annum equal to 0.15%
of the daily Adjusted Net Asset Value of the Trust. The Sponsor shall also receive reimbursement
for any and all disbursements and expenses incurred hereunder. Within 30 Business Days following
the end of each calendar year, the Sponsor shall certify to the Trustee the amount of its actual
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the Trust any amounts received in excess of the expenses so certified. The Trustee shall have
no liability or responsibility for amounts paid to the Sponsor pursuant to this Section.

     Section 7.05. Liability of Sponsor and Indemnification.

               (a) The Sponsor shall not be under any liability to the Trustee or any Beneficial Owner for
any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this
Agreement, or for errors in judgment or for depreciation or loss incurred by reason of the sale of
any Gold or other assets held in trust hereunder; provided, however, that this provision shall not
protect the Sponsor against any liability to which it would otherwise be subject by reason of its
own gross negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or willful malfeasance in the performance of
its duties hereunder or reckless disregard of its obligations and duties hereunder. The Sponsor may
rely in good faith on any paper, order, notice, list, affidavit, receipt, evaluation, opinion,
endorsement, assignment, draft or any other document of any kind prima facie properly executed and
submitted to it by the Trustee, the Trustee’s counsel or by any other person for any matters
arising hereunder. The Sponsor shall in no event be deemed to have assumed or incurred any
liability, duty, or obligation to any Beneficial Owner or to the Trustee other than as expressly
provided for herein.

               (b) The Sponsor and its shareholders, members, directors, officers, employees, affiliates (as
such term is defined in Regulation S-X) and subsidiaries (each a “Sponsor Indemnified Party”) shall
be indemnified from the Trust and held harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred
hereunder without (1) gross negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or willful malfeasance on the
part of such Sponsor Indemnified Party arising out of or in connection with the performance of its
obligations hereunder or any actions taken in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or
(2) reckless disregard on the part of such Sponsor Indemnified Party of its obligations and duties
under this Agreement. Each Sponsor Indemnified Party shall also be indemnified from the Trust and
held harmless against any loss, liability or expense arising under the Distribution Agreement, the
Marketing Agent Agreement or any Participant Agreement insofar as such loss, liability or expense
arises from any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
written statement provided the Sponsor by the Trustee. Such indemnity shall include payment from
the Trust of the costs and expenses incurred by such Sponsor Indemnified Party in defending itself
against any such indemnified claim or liability. Any amounts payable to a Sponsor Indemnified
Party under this Section 7.05 may be payable in advance or shall be secured by a lien on the Trust.
The Sponsor shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action
which in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that the
Sponsor may, in its discretion, undertake any action which it may deem necessary or desirable in
respect of this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the interests of the
Beneficial Owners and, in such event, the legal expenses and costs of any such action shall be
expenses and costs of the Trust and the Sponsor shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor by the
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ARTICLE VIII

TRUSTEE

     Section 8.01. General Definition of Trustee’s Rights, Duties and Responsibilities.

     All duties, rights, privileges and liabilities of the Trustee set forth in this Agreement are
subject to the following:

               (a) Duties Limited to Those Specified. The duties, responsibilities and obligations of the
Trustee shall be limited to those expressly set forth in this Agreement and no duties,
responsibilities or obligations shall be inferred or implied against the Trustee. The Trustee shall
not be subject to, nor required to comply with, any other agreement to which the Sponsor or a
Participant is a party and to which the Trustee is not a party, even though this Agreement may
refer to that agreement; nor shall it be required to comply with any direction or instruction from
the Sponsor, a Participant or an entity acting on behalf of either other than directions or
instructions contained in or delivered in accordance with this Agreement. The Trustee shall not be
required to expend or risk any of its own funds or otherwise incur any liability, financial or
otherwise, in the performance of any of its duties under this Agreement, except as specifically
provided herein.

               (b) Indemnity for Actions Taken to Protect the Trust. The Trustee shall not be under any
obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action that in its opinion may involve it in
expense or liability, unless it shall be furnished with reasonable security and indemnity against
such expense or liability. Any pecuniary cost of the Trustee resulting from the Trustee’s
appearance in, prosecution of or defense of any such action shall be deductible from and constitute
a lien against the assets of the Trust. Subject to the foregoing, the Trustee shall, in its
discretion, undertake such action as it may deem necessary at any and all times to protect the
Trust and the rights and interest of all Beneficial Owners pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

               (c) Holding of Trust Property other than Gold. Assets of the Trust, exclusive of Gold or cash,
shall be held by the Trustee either directly or through the Federal Reserve/ Treasury Book Entry
System for United States and federal agency securities (the “Book Entry System”), the Depository,
or through any other clearing agency or similar system (a “Clearing Agency”), if available. The
Trustee shall have no responsibility and shall not be liable for ascertaining or acting upon any
calls, conversions, exchange offers, tenders, interest rates changes, or similar matters relating
to securities held at the Depository or with any Clearing Agency unless the Trustee shall have
received actual and timely written notice of the same, nor shall the Trustee have any
responsibility or liability for the actions or omissions to act of the Book Entry System, the
Depository or any Clearing Agency. All moneys deposited with or received by the Trustee hereunder
shall be held by it, without interest thereon or investment thereof, as a deposit for the account
of the Trust in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.03 and 3.04, until disbursed in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Such monies held hereunder shall be deemed
segregated by maintaining such monies in an account or accounts for the exclusive benefit of the
Trust in accordance with the provisions of Sections 3.03 and 3.04.

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               (d) Official Process Affecting the Property. If at any time the Trustee is served with any
judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, writ or other form of judicial or
administrative process that in any way affects the Trust or its property (including but not limited
to orders of attachment or garnishment or other forms of levies or injunctions or stays relating to
the transfer of any assets of the Trust), the Trustee is authorized to comply therewith in any
manner that it or legal counsel of its own choosing deems appropriate; and if the Trustee complies
with any such judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, writ or other form of judicial or
administrative process, the Trustee shall not be liable to any of the parties hereto or to any
other person or entity even though such order, judgment, decree, writ or process may be
subsequently modified or vacated or otherwise determined to have been without legal force or
effect.

               (e) Limitation on Trustee’s Liability. The Trustee shall not be liable for the disposition of
Gold or moneys, or in respect of any evaluation which it makes under this Agreement or otherwise,
or for any action taken or omitted or for any loss or injury resulting from its actions or its
performance or lack of performance of its duties hereunder in the absence of gross negligence or
willful misconduct on its part. In no event shall the Trustee be liable

	 	(i)	 	for acting in accordance with or conclusively relying upon any instruction,
notice, demand, certificate or document from the Sponsor, a Participant or any entity
acting on behalf of the Sponsor or a Participant which the Trustee believes is given
pursuant to or is authorized by this Agreement;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	for any indirect, consequential, punitive or special damages, regardless of the
form of action and whether or not any such damages were foreseeable or contemplated; or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	for an amount in excess of the value of the assets of the Trust.

     Whenever in this Agreement it is stated that the Trustee is not or shall not be liable or
shall have no liability (or words of like effect) for some matter or thing, such statement shall
mean that the Trustee is not and shall not be liable to any person, including the Trust, the
Depository, any Beneficial Owner, the Sponsor, a Participant or prospective Participant or a
Custodian, with regard to that matter or thing, and in each such case, the Trustee shall be
indemnified by the Trust against any loss, liability or expense in connection with the matter or
thing for which it was stated the Trustee would not be liable. Such indemnity shall include payment
by the Trust of the costs and expenses set forth in the second sentence of Section 8.05, and shall
be considered amounts payable under Section 8.05. Such indemnity shall survive the resignation or
removal of the Trustee and the termination of the Trust (but not the final distribution of the
Trust assets), and shall inure to the benefit of any entity which is successor to any Trustee
Indemnified Party, as defined in Section 8.05.

               (f) Protection for Amounts Due to Trustee. If any fees, expenses or costs incurred by, or any
obligations owed to, the Trustee under this Agreement are not promptly paid when due, the Trustee
may reimburse itself therefor from the assets of the Trust and may sell, liquidate, convey or
otherwise dispose of any assets (including Gold) for such purpose. The Trustee may in its sole
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as the case may be) that it believes would, upon sale or liquidation, produce proceeds equal
to any unpaid amounts to which the Trustee is entitled to hereunder.

               (g) Security Interest in Property for Obligations To Trustee. As security for the due and
punctual performance of any and all obligations owed to the Trustee under this Agreement, now or
hereafter arising, the Sponsor, each Participant, the Depository, and each Beneficial Owner hereby
pledges, assigns and grants to the Trustee a continuing security interest in, and a lien on, the
assets of the Trust and all distributions thereon or additions thereto. The security interest of
the Trustee shall at all times be valid, perfected and enforceable by the Trustee against the
Sponsor, the Depository, each DTC Participant who is an owner of streetTRACKS® Gold
Shares on the records of the Depository, and each Beneficial Owner and all third parties in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

               (h) Advice of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with legal counsel of its own choosing, at the
expense of the Trust, as to any matter relating to this Agreement, and the Trustee shall not incur
any liability in acting in good faith in accordance with any advice from such counsel.

               (i) Force Majeure. The Trustee shall not incur any liability for any delay in performance, or
for the non-performance, of any of its obligations under this Agreement by reason of any cause
beyond its reasonable control. This includes any act of God or war or terrorism, any breakdown,
malfunction or failure of transmission in connection with or other unavailability of any wire,
communication or computer facilities, any transport, port, or airport disruption, industrial
action, acts and regulations and rules of any governmental or supra national bodies or authorities
or regulatory or self-regulatory organization or failure of any such body, authority or
organization for any reason, to perform its obligations.

               (j) Reliance on Writings. The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon any order,
judgment, certification, demand, notice, instrument or other writing delivered to it under this
Agreement without being required to determine the authenticity or the correctness of any fact
stated therein or the propriety or validity or the service thereof. The Trustee may act in
conclusive reliance upon any instrument or signature believed by it to be genuine and may assume
that any person purporting to give receipt or advice or to make any statement or execute any
document in connection with the provisions of this Agreement has been duly authorized to do so,
provided, however that where a list of authorized officials of a person and their signatures are on
file with the Trustee, the Trustee shall compare such manual signatures to the signature on any
such documents. Such requirement shall not apply to “personal identification numbers” or “PINS” or
other forms of electronic security devices which function as a proxy for a manual signature.

               (k) Documents or Securities. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any respect for the form,
execution, validity, value, collectibility or genuineness of documents, instruments or securities
deposited with or delivered to or held by it under this Agreement, or for any description therein,
or for the identity, authority or rights of persons executing or delivering or purporting to
execute or deliver any such document, instrument or security. The Trustee shall not be called upon
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refraining from any action with respect to any asset (including Gold), securities (including
streetTRACKS® Gold Shares), or other property deposited, issued or held under this
Agreement.

               (l) General Duty of Care of Trustee. The Trustee shall not be under any duty to give the
property held by it hereunder any greater degree of care than it gives its own similar property.

               (m) Requests for Instructions. At any time the Trustee may request an instruction in writing
in English from the Sponsor or a Participant with respect to any action which the Sponsor or a
Participant is authorized to direct the Trustee hereunder, and may, at its own option, include in
such request the course of action it proposes to take and the date on which it proposes to act,
regarding any matter arising in connection with its duties and obligations under this Agreement.
The Trustee shall not be liable for acting in accordance with such a proposal on or after the date
specified therein, provided that the specified date shall be at least three (3) Business Days after
the Sponsor or Participant receives the Trustee’s request for instructions and its proposed course
of action, and provided further that, prior to so acting, the Trustee has not received the written
instructions requested.

               (n) Reliance on Communications. When the Trustee acts on any information, instructions,
communications (including communications with respect to the delivery of securities or the wire
transfer of funds) sent by telex, facsimile, email or other form of electronic or data
transmission, the Trustee, absent gross negligence, shall not be responsible or liable in the event
such communication is not an authorized or authentic communication of the party sending it or is
not in the form the party sent or intended to send (whether due to fraud, distortion or otherwise),
provided that this paragraph shall not limit the Trustee’s obligation to obtain such confirmations
as may be specified in this Agreement or any Participant Agreement. The Trustee shall be
indemnified as provided in Section 8.05 against any loss, liability, claim or expense (including
legal fees and expenses) it may incur in acting in accordance with any such communication.

               (o) Ambiguity. The Trustee may construe any provision of this Agreement that it believes to be
ambiguous or inconsistent with any other provisions hereof, and any reasonable construction of any
such provision hereof by the Trustee in good faith shall be binding upon the parties hereto, each
Participant and all Beneficial Owners. In the event of any ambiguity or inconsistency or any other
uncertainty in any notice, instruction or other communication received by the Trustee under this
Agreement, the Trustee shall notify the Sponsor and the giver thereof, and may, in its sole
discretion, refrain from taking any action other than to retain possession of the property of the
Trust, unless the Trustee receives such further written instructions, from the Sponsor or
otherwise, that eliminate such ambiguity, inconsistency or uncertainty.

               (p) Reliance on Arbitral Decisions. The Trustee shall have no responsibility for the contents
of any writing of the arbitrators or any third party that may be used as a means to resolve
disputes among third parties with respect to their interest in the Trust, Trust assets or any
streetTRACKS® Gold Shares and may conclusively rely without any liability upon the
contents thereof.

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               (q) Taxes. In no event shall the Trustee be personally liable for any taxes or other
governmental charges imposed upon or in respect of the Gold or its custody, moneys or other assets
from time to time held hereunder, or on the income therefrom or the sale or proceeds of sale
thereof, or upon it as Trustee hereunder or upon or in respect of the Trust or the
streetTRACKS® Gold Shares, which it may be required to pay under any present or future
law of the United States of America or of any other taxing authority having jurisdiction in the
premises. For all such taxes and charges and for any expenses, including counsel’s fees, which the
Trustee may sustain or incur with respect to such taxes or charges, the Trustee shall be reimbursed
and indemnified out of the assets of the Trust and the payment of such amounts shall be secured by
a lien on the Trust. Any payments by the Trustee shall be subject to withholding regulations then
in force with respect to United States taxes. This paragraph shall survive notwithstanding any
termination of this Agreement and the Trust or the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

               (r) Trustee’s Liability for Custodial Services and Agents. Subject to Section 3.02 hereof, the
Trustee shall not be answerable for the default of the Initial Custodian or any Custodian employed
at the direction of the Sponsor or selected by the Trustee with reasonable care. The Trustee may
also employ custodians for Trust assets other than Gold, agents, attorneys, accountants, auditors
and other professionals and shall not be answerable for the default or misconduct of any such
custodians, agents, attorneys, accountants, auditors and other professionals if such custodians,
agents, attorneys, accountants, auditors or other professionals shall have been selected with
reasonable care. The fees and expenses charged by Custodians for custody of Gold and services
related to the custody and safekeeping of Gold (including, for avoidance of doubt, any fees paid to
the Initial Custodian under the Allocated Bullion Account Agreement and Unallocated Bullion Account
Agreement), agents, attorneys, accountants, auditors or other professionals, and expenses
reimbursable to a Custodian pursuant to a Custody Agreement, exclusive of fees for services to be
performed by the Trustee, shall constitute an expense of the Trust. Fees paid for custody of assets
other than Gold shall be an expense of the Trustee.

               (s) If the Sponsor shall fail to undertake or perform or shall become incapable of undertaking
or performing any of the duties which by the terms of this Agreement are required to be undertaken
or performed by it, and such failure shall not be cured within fifteen (15) Business Days following
receipt of notice from the Trustee of such failure, or the Sponsor shall be adjudged bankrupt or
insolvent, or a receiver of the Sponsor or of its property shall be appointed, or a trustee or
liquidator or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Sponsor or of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then in any such case the
Sponsor shall be deemed conclusively to have resigned with such resignation being effective
immediately upon the occurrence of any of the specified events, and the Trustee may do any one or
more of the following: (1) appoint a successor Sponsor to assume, with such compensation from the
Trust as the Trustee may deem reasonable under the circumstances, the duties and obligations of the
Sponsor hereunder by an instrument of appointment and assumption executed by the Trustee and the
successor Sponsor; or (2) agree to act as Sponsor hereunder without appointing a successor Sponsor
and without terminating this Agreement; or (3) terminate and liquidate the Trust and distribute its
remaining assets pursuant to Section 9.01. The Trustee shall have no obligation to appoint a
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assume the duties of the Sponsor and shall have no liability to any person because the Trust
is or is not terminated pursuant to this paragraph.

               (t) If the Net Asset Value of the Trust as shown by any evaluation made pursuant to Section
5.01 shall be less than the Discretionary Termination Amount (defined in Section 9.01(a)), the
Trustee shall, only when so directed in writing by the Sponsor, terminate and liquidate the Trust
and distribute its remaining assets, all in the manner provided in Section 9.01.

               (u) The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may own or hold gold and
streetTRACKS® Gold Shares, or be an underwriter or dealer in respect of
streetTRACKS® Gold Shares, and may deal in any manner with the same with the same rights
and powers as if it were not the Trustee hereunder.

               (v) The Trustee shall discharge all of its obligations and perform all of its duties under the
Participant Agreement.

               (w) The Trustee shall not be under any liability for information provided by it to the Sponsor
and subsequently distributed, on an intraday basis, to Beneficial Owners or potential Beneficial
Owners of streetTRACKS® Gold Shares except by reason of its own gross negligence, bad
faith, willful misconduct or willful malfeasance, or reckless disregard of its duties and
obligations hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, the Trustee shall undertake to provide to the
Sponsor information necessary for the Sponsor to compute an estimate of the Net Asset Value, on an
intraday basis, and provide such estimate to Beneficial Owners of streetTRACKS® Gold
Shares.

     Section 8.02. Books, Records and Reports; Audit.

               (a) The Trustee shall keep proper books of record and account of all the transactions under
this Agreement at its office located in New York or such office as it may subsequently designate
upon notice to the other parties hereto. The books and records of the Trust maintained by the
Trustee shall be open to inspection by any person establishing to the Trustee’s reasonable
satisfaction that such person is a Beneficial Owner upon reasonable advance notice at all
reasonable times during the usual business hours of the Trustee. The Trustee shall keep proper
record of the creation of Creation Baskets and redemption of Redemption Baskets at its New York
office. Such records shall be open to inspection upon reasonable advance notice at all reasonable
times during the usual business hours of the Trustee. Such records shall be preserved for such time
as the Sponsor may direct.

               (b) The Trustee shall provide the Sponsor such financial and other information regarding the
operation of the Trust as may be required for the Sponsor to prepare such reports and filings
required under the federal securities laws as provided in Section 10.02. Unless otherwise required
by applicable law or regulation, the Sponsor shall be responsible for any certification of any such
reports or the contents thereof and shall receive from the Trustee

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such representations with respect to information within the Trustee’s control as shall be
required for the Sponsor to make such certification.

               (c) The Trustee shall make such elections, file such tax returns, and prepare, disseminate and
file such tax reports, as it is advised by its counsel or accountants are from time to time
required by any statute, rule or regulation of the United States, any State or political
subdivision thereof, or other jurisdiction having taxing authority in respect of the Trust or its
administration. The expense of accountants employed to prepare tax returns and tax reports shall be
an expense of the Trust.

               (d) The accounts of the Trust shall be audited, as required by law and as may be directed by
the Sponsor, by independent certified public accountants designated from time to time by the
Sponsor and the cost of such audit shall be an expense of the Trust. The report of such accountants
shall be furnished by the Trustee to Beneficial Owners upon request.

               (e) When requested by the Sponsor, the Trustee will provide the Sponsor a list of the
agreements entered into by the Trustee on behalf of the Trust and such other information as the
Sponsor may reasonably request in order for the Sponsor to make the representations and
certifications, and for Sponsor’s counsel to provide the opinions, required by the Marketing Agent
Agreement, the Distribution Agreement and the Participant Agreement.

               (f) The Trustee shall maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide
reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with this Agreement and the
Trustee’s duties hereunder; (ii) transactions with respect to the Trust are recorded as necessary
to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles and to maintain accountability for assets; and (iii) assets are held for the Trust by
the Custodian in accordance with the Trust Indenture.

     Section 8.03. Agreement on File.

     The Trustee shall keep a certified copy or duplicate original of this Agreement on file in its
office and available for inspection on reasonable advance notice at all reasonable times during its
usual business hours by any Beneficial Owner.

     Section 8.04. Compensation of Trustee.

               (a) The Trustee shall receive at the times provided in Section 3.05 as compensation for
performing its services under this Agreement an amount per annum computed on the daily Adjusted Net
Asset Value of the Trust under the following schedule, payable monthly in arrears:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 0.02%	 	 	on the first	 	$10 billion of value	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 0.00%	 	 	on any excess	 	 	 	 	 	 

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provided, however, that the Trustee shall receive not less that $500,000 per annum. The Trustee’s
annual compensation (including the minimum fee) shall be pro rated on a daily basis for any year in
which the Trustee acts less than the entire year.

     The Trustee’s fee is subject to modification as determined by the Trustee and Sponsor in good
faith to reflect significant changes in the administration of the Trust or the Trustee’s duties
from those contemplated herein.

          (b) The Trustee shall also charge the Trust for any and all expenses and disbursements
incurred hereunder, exclusive of fees of agents for services to be performed by the Trustee, and
for any extraordinary services performed by the Trustee hereunder relating to the Trust.

          (c) If the Trustee resigns or is removed, it shall be entitled to compensation at a per diem
rate through the effective date of its resignation or removal, and its right to receive those fees
and to reimbursement for expenses and disbursements incurred hereunder prior to its resignation or
removal shall survive such resignation or removal.

     Section 8.05. Indemnification of Trustee.

     The Trustee and its directors, shareholders, officers, employees, agents, affiliates (as such
term is defined in Regulation S-X) and subsidiaries (each a “Trustee Indemnified Party”) shall be
indemnified from the assets of the Trust and held harmless against any loss, liability or expense
(a) arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Trust and any
actions taken in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or the administration of any
Section of this Agreement or that arises out of or is related to any offer or sale of
streetTRACKS® Gold Shares incurred without (1) gross negligence, bad faith, willful
misconduct and willful malfeasance on the part of such Trustee Indemnified Party and without (2)
reckless disregard on the part of such Trustee Indemnified Party of its obligations and duties
under this Agreement, or (b) that arises out of or is related to any filings with or submissions to
the SEC in connection with or with respect to the streetTRACKS® Gold Shares (which by
way of illustration and not by way of limitation, include any registration statement and any
amendments to supplements thereto filed with the SEC or any periodic reports or updates that may be
filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) or any failure to make any filings
with or submissions to the SEC that are required to be made in connection with or with respect to
the streetTRACKS® Gold Shares, except for any loss, liability or expense that arises out
of any report that the Trustee files on behalf of the Trust under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, or out of any information provided in writing by the Trustee to the Sponsor for
use in any registration statement or annual or other periodic report filed on behalf of the Trust
that is not materially altered by the Sponsor or omissions from that information, if provided. Such
indemnity shall include payment from the Trust of the costs and expenses incurred by such Trustee
Indemnified Party in investigating or defending itself against any claim or liability relating to
this Agreement or the Trust, including any loss, liability or expense incurred in acting pursuant
to written directions or instructions given by the Sponsor or counsel to the Trust to the Trustee
from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or in undertaking actions
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and the rights and interest of all Beneficial Owners pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
Any amounts payable to a Trustee Indemnified Party under this Section 8.05 may be payable in
advance or shall be secured by a lien on the Trust.

     Section 8.06. Resignation, Discharge or Removal of Trustee; Successors.

          (a) The Trustee may resign and be discharged of its duties hereunder by executing an
instrument in writing resigning as such Trustee, filing the same with the Sponsor, if any, and
mailing a copy of a notice of resignation to all DTC Participants for distribution to Beneficial
Owners as provided in Section 3.10 not less than sixty (60) days before the date specified in such
instrument when, subject to Section 8.06(c), such resignation is to take effect. The Trustee shall
be advised by the Depository as to the holdings of all DTC Participants pursuant to the Depository
Agreement. If the Sponsor shall determine that (1) the Trustee is guilty of willful misconduct or
malfeasance or willful disregard of its duties hereunder, (2) the Trustee has acted in bad faith in
performing its duties hereunder, (3) there has occurred a material deterioration in the
creditworthiness of the Trustee or (4) there has occurred one or more negligent acts or omissions
on the part of the Trustee having a materially adverse effect, either singly or in the aggregate,
on the Trust or the interests of the Beneficial Owners, and the Trustee has not, within fifteen
(15) days of receipt of the Sponsor’s notice thereof that specifies in reasonable detail the
conduct, omissions or circumstances upon which the Sponsor’s determination is based, either (i)
cured such adverse effect and established, to the Sponsor’s satisfaction, that such act or omission
(or acts or omissions) will not recur, or (ii) responded to that notice explaining the steps it
will take to cure such adverse effect and shall have cured such adverse effect within 30 days from
the date of the Sponsor’s notice and shall have established, to the Sponsor’s satisfaction, that
such act or omission (or acts or omissions) will not recur, the Sponsor may remove the Trustee and
appoint a successor as herein provided. In case at any time the Trustee shall not meet the
requirements set forth in Section 8.07 hereof, shall fail to undertake or perform or shall become
incapable of undertaking or performing any of the duties which by the terms of this Agreement are
required to be undertaken or performed by it, and such failure shall not be cured within fifteen
(15) Business Days following receipt of notice from the Sponsor of such failure, or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be
appointed, or a trustee or liquidator or any public officer shall take charge or control of such
Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purposes of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation, then in any such case, the Sponsor shall, subject to the requirements of Section
8.06(b) and (c), remove such Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee by written instrument or
instruments delivered to the Trustee so removed and to the successor Trustee. Upon receiving notice
of resignation or upon the removal of the Trustee, the Sponsor shall use its best efforts promptly
to appoint a successor Trustee in the manner and meeting the qualifications hereinafter provided,
by written instrument or instruments delivered to such resigning Trustee and the successor Trustee.
Notice of such appointment of a successor Trustee shall be mailed promptly after acceptance of such
appointment by the successor Trustee to DTC Participants for distribution to Beneficial Owners as
provided in Section 3.10. DTC Participants acting on the direction of Beneficial Owners of at least
sixty-six and two thirds percent (66 2/3 %) of the streetTRACKS® Gold Shares then
outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee by written instrument or instruments delivered to
the Trustee and Sponsor. The Sponsor shall thereupon use its best efforts to appoint a successor
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resignation or removal hereunder, the resigning or removed Trustee shall be discharged and
shall no longer be liable in any manner hereunder except as to acts or omissions occurring prior to
such resignation or removal, and the new Trustee shall thereupon undertake and perform all duties
and be entitled to all rights and compensation as Trustee under this Agreement. The successor
Trustee shall not be under any liability hereunder for acts or omissions occurring prior to
execution of an instrument accepting its appointment as Trustee.

          (b) In case at any time the Trustee shall be removed or shall resign and no successor Trustee
shall have been appointed within sixty (60) days after the date notice of removal has been received
by the Trustee or the Trustee has issued its notice of resignation, the Trustee shall terminate and
liquidate the Trust and distribute its remaining assets pursuant to Section 9.01.

          (c) Any successor Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute and acknowledge to the Sponsor and
to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and such successor
Trustee without any further act, deed or conveyance shall become vested with all the rights,
powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder with like effect as if originally named
a Trustee herein and shall be bound by all the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Upon the
request of such successor Trustee the retiring Trustee and the Sponsor shall, upon payment of all
amounts due the retiring Trustee, execute and deliver an instrument acknowledged by them
transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights and powers of the retiring Trustee; and the
retiring Trustee shall transfer, deliver and pay over to the successor Trustee all monies or other
assets of the Trust at the time held by it, if any, together with all necessary instruments of
transfer and assignment or other documents properly executed necessary to effect such transfer and
the transfer of Gold held by each Custodian, in such form as the Sponsor and the successor Trustee
may reasonably request, and such of the records or copies thereof maintained by the retiring
Trustee in the administration hereof as may be requested by the successor Trustee, and the retiring
Trustee shall thereupon be discharged from all duties and responsibilities under this Agreement.
Any resignation or removal of a Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this
Section 8.06 shall become effective upon such acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee.
The indemnification of the Trustee and any other Trustee Indemnified Party provided for under
Section 8.05 or any other Section of this Agreement hereof and the lien securing payment of such
indemnification shall survive any resignation or removal of the Trustee hereunder and the
termination of the Trust (but not the distribution of Trust assets) and inure to the benefit of any
successor to the Trustee or a Trustee Indemnified Person.

          (d) Any bank, trust company, corporation or national banking association into which a Trustee
hereunder may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any bank, trust
company, corporation or national banking association resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which such Trustee hereunder shall be a party, or any bank, trust company,
corporation or national banking association succeeding to all or substantially all of the business
of the Trustee, shall be the successor Trustee under this Agreement without the execution or filing
of any paper, instrument or further act to be done on the part of the parties hereto,
notwithstanding anything herein, or in any agreement relating to such merger, consolidation or
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and privileges theretofore obtaining for any period of time following such merger or
consolidation, to the contrary.

     Section 8.07. Qualifications of Trustee.

     The Trustee and any successor Trustee shall be a bank, trust company, corporation or national
banking association organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or any state
thereof, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, a participant in The
Depository Trust Company or such other Depository as shall then be acting, and, unless counsel to
the Sponsor, acceptable to the Trustee, shall determine that such requirement is not necessary for
the exception under Section 408(m)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code to apply, a banking
institution as defined in Section 408(n) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Trustee and any
successor Trustee shall have, at all times, an aggregate capital, surplus, and undivided profits of
not less than $500,000,000.

ARTICLE IX

TERMINATION

     Section 9.01. Procedure Upon Termination.

          (a) Discretionary Termination. The Sponsor will have the discretionary right to direct the
Trustee to terminate the Trust (i) if, at any time after the first anniversary of the Initial Date
of Deposit, the Net Asset Value of the Trust is less than $350,000,000, as such dollar amount shall
be adjusted for inflation in accordance with the CPI-U, such adjustment to take effect at the end
of the third year following the Initial Date of Deposit and at the end of each year thereafter and
to be made so as to reflect the percentage increase in consumer prices as set forth in the CPI-U
for the twelve (12) month period ending in the last month of the preceding Fiscal Year (the
“Discretionary Termination Amount”) or (ii) if the Commodities Futures Trading Commission
determines that the Trust is a commodity pool under the Commodity Exchange Act of 1936, as amended.
Any termination pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be at the complete discretion of the
Sponsor subject to the terms hereof, and the Sponsor shall not be liable in any way for
depreciation or loss occurring as a result of any such termination. The Trustee shall have no power
to terminate the Agreement or the Trust because the value of the Trust is below the Discretionary
Termination Amount and shall have no liability for the Sponsor’s exercise or non-exercise of its
discretionary power to terminate the Trust. The Trust may also be terminated by the Trustee (i)
upon the agreement of the DTC Participants acting on the direction of Beneficial Owners of at least
66-2/3% of the outstanding streetTRACKS® Gold Shares and (ii) under the circumstances
specified in Section 8.01(s).

          (b) Mandatory Termination Events. The Trust shall be terminated (i) if, within 30 Business
Days after the date of this Agreement, the registration statement for the sale of the
streetTRACKS® Gold Shares has not been declared effective; (ii) in the event that
streetTRACKS® Gold Shares are de-listed from the Exchange and are not listed for trading
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five Business Days from the date the shares are de-listed from the Exchange1; (iii)
if the Depository is unable or unwilling to continue to perform its functions as set forth herein
and the Sponsor determines in its sole discretion that a comparable replacement is unavailable;
(iv) upon the disposition of all assets (including Gold) held by the Trust; (v) in the event any
sole Custodian then acting resigns and no Successor Custodian has been employed pursuant to Section
3.02 within 60 days of such resignation; (vi) if at any time after the expiration of 90 days of
trading on the Exchange the Net Asset Value of the Trust remains less than $50 million for a period
of 50 consecutive Business Days; (vii) the Trust fails to qualify for treatment, or ceases to be
treated, for United States federal income tax purposes, as a grantor trust; (viii) upon the
circumstances specified in Section 8.06(b); or, (ix) if the law governing the Trust limits the
maximum period during which the Trust may continue, upon the expiration of 21 years after the death
of the last survivor of all of the descendants of Elizabeth II, Queen of England, living on the
date of this indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee shall have no obligation to
appoint a successor Custodian in the absence of direction by the Sponsor and shall have no
liability to any person in the event the Trust is terminated by reason of the resignation of any
Custodian.

          (c) Written notice of termination, specifying the date of termination, upon which the
Depository shall no longer permit transfers, and the anticipated period during which the assets of
the Trust will be liquidated, shall be given by the Trustee to DTC Participants for dissemination
to Beneficial Owners as described in Section 3.10 at least twenty (20) days prior to termination of
the Trust. Such notice shall further state that, as of the date thereof and thereafter, neither
requests to create additional Creation Baskets nor additional Creation Basket Deposits will be
accepted. Within a reasonable period of time after such termination the Trustee shall, subject to
any applicable provisions of law, sell all of the Gold not already distributed to Participants
redeeming Redemption Baskets, as provided herein, if any, in such a manner so as to effectuate
orderly sales and a minimal market impact. The Trustee shall not be liable for or responsible in
any way for depreciation or loss incurred by reason of any sale or sales made in accordance with
the provisions of this Section 9.01. The Trustee may suspend its sales of the Gold upon the
occurrence of unusual or unforeseen circumstances, including, but not limited to, a suspension in
trading of gold. Upon receipt of proceeds from the sale of the last Gold held hereunder, the
Trustee shall:

	 	(i)	 	pay to itself individually from the Trust an amount equal to the sum of (1) its
accrued compensation for its ordinary services, (2) any compensation due it for
extraordinary services, (3) any advances made but not yet repaid and (4) reimbursement
of any other disbursements as provided herein;

 

			
	1	 	It is intended that streetTRACKS® Gold
Shares will be listed for trading on the Exchange. Transactions involving
streetTRACKS® Gold Shares in the public trading market will be
subject to customary brokerage charges and commissions. There can be no
assurance, however, that streetTRACKS® Gold Shares will always be
listed on the Exchange. Following the initial twelve-month period following
formation of the Trust and commencement of trading on the Exchange, the
Exchange will consider the suspension of trading in or removal from listing of
streetTRACKS® Gold Shares when, in its opinion, further dealings
appear unwarranted if: (a) the Trust has more than sixty (60) days remaining
until termination and there are fewer than 50 record Beneficial Owners for
thirty (30) or more consecutive trading days; or (b) such other event shall
occur or condition shall exist which, in the opinion of the Exchange, makes
further dealings on the Exchange inadvisable.

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	 	(ii)	 	deduct any and all other fees and expenses from the Trust in accordance with
the provisions of Section 3.05 hereof;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	deduct from the Trust any amounts which it, in its sole discretion, shall deem
requisite to be added to the Reserve Account for any applicable taxes or other
governmental charges that may be payable out of the Trust and any other contingent or
future liabilities;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	distribute to the Depository for distribution each Beneficial Owner’s interest
in the remaining assets of the Trust; and
	 
	 	(v)	 	disseminate to each Beneficial Owner as provided in Section 3.10 a final
statement as of the date of the computation of the amount distributable to the
Beneficial Owners, setting forth the data and information in substantially the form and
manner provided for in Section 3.06 hereof.

     Section 9.02. Moneys to Be Held Without Interest to Beneficial Owners.

     Unless the Sponsor shall direct that funds shall be invested pending distribution (with any
such direction to comply with Section 3.11 hereof), the Trustee shall be under no liability with
respect to moneys held upon termination, except to hold the same as a deposit for the benefit of
the Beneficial Owners without interest thereon or investment thereof.

     Section 9.03. Dissolution of Sponsor Not to Terminate Trust.

     The dissolution of the Sponsor, or its ceasing to exist as a legal entity from, or for, any
cause, shall not operate to terminate this Agreement insofar as the duties and obligations of the
Trustee are concerned unless the Trust is terminated pursuant to Section 9.01.

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     Section 10.01. Amendment and Waiver.

          (a) This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Trustee and the Sponsor without the
consent of any Beneficial Owners (1) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any
provision hereof which may be defective or inconsistent or to make such other provisions in regard
to matters or questions arising hereunder as will not materially adversely affect the interests of
Beneficial Owners as determined in good faith by the Sponsor; and (2) to change any provision
hereof as may be required by the SEC. This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the
Sponsor and the Trustee with the consent of the DTC Participants acting on the direction of
Beneficial Owners of at least 51% of the outstanding streetTRACKS® Gold Shares to add
provisions to or change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Agreement or to modify the
rights of Beneficial Owners; provided, however, that this Agreement may not be amended without the
consent of DTC Participants acting on the direction of Beneficial Owners of all outstanding
streetTRACKS® Gold Shares if such amendment would

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(x) permit, except in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the
acquisition of any asset other than Gold and cash acquired in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement; (y) reduce the interest of any Beneficial Owner in the Trust; or (z)
reduce the percentage of outstanding streetTRACKS® Gold Shares required to consent to
any such amendment. The Trustee and Sponsor may from time to time alter the administrative
provisions of the Participant Agreement in accordance with its terms and any such change shall not
constitute an amendment of this Agreement.

          (b) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment, the Trustee shall receive from the
Depository a list of all DTC Participants holding streetTRACKS® Gold Shares. The Trustee
shall inquire of each such DTC Participant as to the number of Beneficial Owners for whom such DTC
Participant holds streetTRACKS® Gold Shares and provide each such DTC Participant with
sufficient copies of a written notice of the substance of such amendment for transmittal by each
such DTC Participant to such Beneficial Owners.

          (c) It shall not be necessary for the consent of Beneficial Owners under this Section 10.01 or
under Section 9.01 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or proposed termination
procedure, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The
manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by
Beneficial Owners shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as the Trustee may prescribe.

     Section 10.02. Registration (Initial and Continuing) of streetTRACKS® Gold
Shares; Certain Securities Law Filings.

     The Sponsor agrees and undertakes on its own part or to appoint an agent (i) to prepare and
file a registration statement with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and take
such action as is necessary from time to time to qualify the streetTRACKS® Gold Shares
for offering and sale under the federal securities laws of the United States, including the
preparation and filing of amendments and supplements to such registration statement, (ii) promptly
to notify the Trustee of any such amendment or supplement to the registration statement or
Prospectus and of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus; (iii) to provide
the Trustee from time to time with copies, including copies in electronic form, of the Prospectus,
in such quantities as the Trustee may reasonably request, (iv) to prepare and file any periodic
reports or updates that may be required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
(v) to take such action as is necessary from time to time to register or qualify the
streetTRACKS® Gold Shares for offering and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of
those States of the United States or other jurisdictions as the Sponsor may select or as may be
necessary to continue that registration or qualification in effect for so long as the Sponsor
determines that the Trust shall continue to offer or sell streetTRACKS® Gold Shares in
that jurisdiction. Registration charges, blue sky fees, printing costs, mailing costs, attorney’s
fees, and other miscellaneous out-of-pocket expenses shall be borne by the Trust in the manner
provided for by Section 3.05.

     Section 10.03. License Agreement with the Licensor.

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               (a) The Sponsor shall, prior to the Initial Date of Deposit, obtain from The Bank of New York,
the Sponsor and The World Gold Council licenses under such patents and patent applications and
other intellectual property rights as may be necessary for the establishment and operation of the
Trust and the sale of the streetTRACKS® Gold Shares.

               (b) The Trust shall reimburse the Sponsor for the cost of such licenses in accordance with
Section 3.05.

     Section 10.04. Right of Sponsor to Direct Trustee to Declare a Split of street
TRACKS® Gold Shares.

     The Sponsor reserves the right to direct the Trustee to declare a split or reverse split in
the number of streetTRACKS® Gold Shares outstanding and a corresponding change in the
number of streetTRACKS® Gold Shares constituting a Creation Basket whenever the Sponsor
believes that the per streetTRACKS® Gold Share price in the secondary market falls
outside a desirable trading price.

     Section 10.05. Indemnification of Underwriter, Initial Marketing Agent and Authorized
Participants.

     The Trustee is hereby directed to enter into, on behalf of the Trust, the following
agreements:

          (i) a Reimbursement Agreement with the Underwriter, in the form attached as Exhibit
F-1, pursuant to which the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, agrees to reimburse the each
Indemnified Person specified in such Reimbursement Agreement, solely from and to the extent
of the assets of the Trust, for any and all amounts payable by the Sponsor pursuant to
Section 9(a)(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of the Distribution Agreement (including any amount
in contribution thereof that may be owed to any of the Indemnified Persons pursuant to
Section 9(c) thereof), to the extent the Sponsor has not directly paid such amounts within
30 days after such amounts have become due and the Underwriter has made demand to the
Sponsor for payment of them under Section 9 of the Distribution Agreement and to pay any and
all expenses (including reasonable and documented counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the
Underwriter in enforcing its rights under such Reimbursement Agreement;

          (ii) a Reimbursement Agreement with the Initial Marketing Agent, in the form attached
as Exhibit F-2, pursuant to which the Trustee agrees to reimburse each Indemnified Person
specified in the Marketing Agent Agreement, solely from and to the extent of the assets of
the Trust, for any and all amounts payable by the Sponsor pursuant to Section 7 of the
Marketing Agent Agreement (including any amount in contribution thereof that may be owed to
any of the Indemnified Persons pursuant to Section 7.4 thereof), to the extent the Sponsor
has not directly paid such amounts within 30 days after such amounts have become due and the
Initial Marketing Agent has made demand to the Sponsor for payment of them, and to pay any
and all expenses (including reasonable and documented counsel fees and expenses) incurred by
the Initial Marketing Agent in enforcing its rights under such Reimbursement Agreement; and

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          (iii) the Participant Agreements, pursuant to Section 10(g) of which the Trustee
agrees, solely from and to the extent of the assets of the Trust, to reimburse the
Authorized Participant and such other persons as are specified in Section 10(b) of the
Participant Agreement to the extent the Sponsor does not pay amounts required to be paid by
the Sponsor under Section 10 of the Participant Agreement when due (including any amount in
contribution thereof that may be owed to any Sponsor Indemnified Party pursuant to Section
10 thereof) and to pay any and all expenses (including reasonable and documented counsel
fees and expenses) incurred by the Authorized Participant and such persons as are specified
in Section 10(b) in enforcing its rights under such Section.

The Sponsor hereby agrees that, to the extent the Trustee pays any amount in respect of the
reimbursement obligations under the foregoing agreements, the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Trust, shall be subrogated to and shall succeed to the rights of the party so reimbursed against
the Sponsor.

     Section 10.06. Reduction in Fees of Sponsor and Initial Marketing Agent.

     During the period from the inception of the Trust until the seventh anniversary of the date of
this Agreement or the earlier termination of the Marketing Agent Agreement, the fees of the Sponsor
shall be reduced, and the disbursements from the Trust for the payment of the fees of the Initial
Marketing Agent shall be limited, as follows:

     If at the end of any month the estimated ordinary expenses of the Trust (including the Initial
Marketing Agent’s fees and the Sponsor’s fees for such month) exceed an amount equal to forty basis
points (0.40%) per annum of the daily Adjusted Net Asset Value of the Trust for such month, the
fees payable to the Sponsor and the Initial Marketing Agent for such month shall be reduced by the
amount of such excess in equal shares up to the amount of such fees. The Sponsor agrees promptly
to refund, and shall cause the Initial Marketing Agent promptly to refund, any amount paid to the
Sponsor or Initial Marketing Agent which exceeds the reduced fee payable to the Sponsor or Initial
Marketing Agent, respectively, pursuant to this Section.

     The provisions of this Section shall expire on the seventh anniversary of the date of this
Agreement or the earlier termination of the Marketing Agent Agreement.

     Section 10.07. Certain Matters Relating to Beneficial Owners.

               (a) By the purchase and acceptance or other lawful delivery and acceptance of
streetTRACKS® Gold Shares, each Beneficial Owner thereof shall be deemed to be a
beneficiary of the Trust created by this Agreement and vested with beneficial undivided interest in
the Trust to the extent of the streetTRACKS® Gold Shares owned beneficially by such
Beneficial Owner, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Upon issuance as provided
herein, streetTRACKS® Gold Shares shall be fully paid and non-assessable.

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          (b) Subject to and in accordance with Section 5.02 and 5.03, streetTRACKS® Gold
Shares may at any time prior to the date specified by the Trustee in connection with the
termination of the Trust be tendered to the Trustee for redemption.

          (c) The death or incapacity of any Beneficial Owner shall not operate to terminate the
Agreement or the Trust, nor entitle such Beneficial Owner’s legal representatives or heirs to claim
an accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the
Trust, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of
them. Each Beneficial Owner expressly waives any right such Beneficial Owner may have under any
rule of law, or the provisions of any statute, or otherwise, to require the Trustee at any time to
account, in any manner other than as expressly provided in the Agreement, in respect of the Gold or
moneys from time to time received, held and applied by the Trustee hereunder.

          (d) No Beneficial Owner shall have any right to vote except as provided in Sections 8.06, 9.01
and 10.01 or in any manner otherwise to control the operation and management of the Trust, or the
obligations of the parties hereto. Nothing set forth in this Agreement shall be construed so as to
constitute the Beneficial Owners from time to time as partners or members of an association; nor
shall any Beneficial Owner ever be liable to any third person by reason of any action taken by the
parties to this Agreement, or for any other cause whatsoever.

          (e) The rights of Beneficial Owners must be exercised by DTC Participants acting on their
behalf in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depository as provided in Section 3.10.

     Section 10.08. Prospectus Delivery.

     The Trustee shall, if required by the federal securities laws of the United States, in any
manner permitted by such laws, deliver at the time of issuance of streetTRACKS® Gold
Shares, a copy of the relevant Prospectus, as most recently furnished to the Trustee by the
Sponsor, to each person submitting a Purchase Order.

     Section 10.09. New York Law to Govern.

     This Agreement is executed and delivered in the State of New York, and all laws or rules of
construction of such State shall govern the rights of the parties hereto, the Depository as
registered owner of the Global Security, and the Beneficial Owners and the interpretation of the
provisions hereof without reference to the principles or rules of conflict of laws to the extent
the laws of a different jurisdiction would be required thereby. This Agreement shall be deemed
effective when it is executed by the Sponsor and the Trustee.

     Section 10.10. Consent to Jurisdiction.

     Each party hereto, and the Depository, each DTC Participant and each Beneficial Owner by the
acceptance of an streetTRACKS® Gold Share, irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of
the courts of the State of New York and of any Federal Court located in the Borough of

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Manhattan in such State in connection with any action, suit or other proceeding arising out of
or relating to this Agreement or any action taken or omitted hereunder, and waives any claim of
forum non conveniens and any objections as to laying of venue. Each party further waives personal
service of any summons, complaint or other process and agrees that service thereof may be made by
certified or registered mail directed to such person at such person’s address for purposes of
notices hereunder.

     Section 10.11. Merger.

     This agreement embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the parties relating to
the subject matter hereof.

     Section 10.12. Notices.

     All notices and other communications under this agreement shall be in writing in English,
signed by the party giving it, and shall be deemed given, if to the Trustee or the Sponsor, when
delivered personally, on the next Business Day after delivery to a recognized overnight courier or
mailed first class (postage prepaid) or when sent by facsimile to the parties (which facsimile copy
shall be followed, in the case of notices or other communications sent to the Trustee, by delivery
of the original) at the following addresses (or to such other address as a party may have specified
by notice given to the other parties pursuant to this provision):

	 	 	 
	If to the Sponsor, to:

	 	World Gold Trust Services, LLC
	 

	 	444 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor
	 

	 	New York, New York 10022
	 

	 	Attention: Mr. J. Stuart Thomas
	 

	 	Facsimile: (212) 688-0410
	 
	 	 
	with a copy to:

	 	Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP
	 

	 	2 Wall Street
	 

	 	New York, New York 10005
	 

	 	Attention: Steven J. Glusband, Esq.
	 

	 	Facsimile: (212) 732-3232
	 
	 	 
	If to the Trustee, to:

	 	The Bank of New York
	 

	 	2 Hanson Place
	 

	 	Brooklyn, New York 11217
	 

	 	Attention: ADR Administration
	 

	 	Facsimile: (718) 315-4881
	 
	 	 
	with a copy to:

	 	Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP
	 

	 	120 Broadway
	 

	 	New York, New York 10271
	 

	 	Attention: Peter B. Tisne, Esq.
	 

	 	Facsimile: (212) 238-3100

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Any notice to be given to a Beneficial Owner shall be duly given if mailed or delivered to DTC
Participants designated by the Depository for delivery to Beneficial Owners.

     Section 10.13. Severability.

     If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall
be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms
shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this
Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this
Agreement or the rights of the Beneficial Owners.

     Section 10.14. Headings.

     The headings used in this Agreement have been inserted for convenience and shall not modify,
define, limit or expand the express provisions of this Agreement.

     Section 10.15. Counterparts.

     This Agreement may be simultaneously executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be
an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and
delivered by an Authorized Officer as of November 12, 2004.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	World Gold Trust Services, LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ J. Stuart Thomas	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Managing Director	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	J. Stuart Thomas	 	 

Sponsor

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	The Bank of New York	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Alfred Irving	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Vice-President	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Alfred Irving	 	 

Trustee

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	STATE OF NEW YORK

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 : ss.:
	 	 
	COUNTY OF NEW YORK

	 	 	)	 	 	 

     On the 9th day of November in the year 2004 before me the undersigned, a Notary Public in and
for said State, personally appeared J. Stuart Thomas, personally known to me or proved to me on the
basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individuals whose name is subscribed to the within
instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his
signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual
acted, executed the instrument.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	/s/ Glen K. Westerback
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Notary Public	 	 

(Notarial Seal)

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	STATE OF NEW YORK

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 ss.:
	 	 
	COUNTY OF NEW YORK

	 	 	)	 	 	 

     On the 12th day of November in the year 2004 before me the undersigned, a Notary Public in and
for said State, personally appeared Alfred Irving, personally known to me or proved to me on the
basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within
instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his
signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual
acted, executed the instrument.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	/s/ Stephen F. Lappert
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Notary Public	 	 

(Notarial Seal)

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SCHEDULE A

Initial Deposit

	 	 	 	 	 
	Depositor 

Bear Hunter Structured
	 	Creation Basket Deposit

30,000 Fine Ounces of Gold
	 	Shares Issued

300,000
	Products, LLC	 	 	 	 

A-1

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