Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item
5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The
Trust was formed on August 24, 2017 (the “Date of Inception”) following an initial deposit of gold. The Trust’s Shares
have been listed on the NYSE Arca under the symbol BAR since its initial public offering on August 31, 2017. The following tables set
out the range of high and low closing prices for the Shares as reported for NYSE Arca transactions for each of the quarters during the
fiscal year ended June 30, 2021:
Fiscal
Year Ended June 30, 2022: Quarter Ended
High
Low
September 30, 2021
$ 18.57
$ 17.14
December 31, 2021
$ 18.53
$ 17.41
March 31, 2022
$ 20.35
$ 17.74
June 30, 2022
$ 19.62
$ 17.91
The
number of outstanding Shares of the Trust as of August 12, 2022 was 51,200,000.
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Fiscal
Year Ended June 30, 2022: Monthly Share Price
The
following table sets forth for the period considered, the high and low closing prices of the Shares, as reported for NYSE Arca transactions.
High
Low
July 2021
$ 18.17
$ 17.64
August 2021
$ 18.07
$ 17.17
September 2021
$ 18.16
$ 17.14
October 2021
$ 17.93
$ 17.41
November 2021
$ 18.53
$ 17.57
December 2021
$ 18.15
$ 17.55
January 2022
$ 18.33
$ 17.74
February 2022
$ 18.95
$ 17.88
March 2022
$ 20.35
$ 19.01
April 2022
$ 19.62
$ 18.71
May 2022
$ 18.69
$ 17.94
June 2022
$ 18.56
$ 17.91
Issuer
Purchase of Shares
The
Trust issues and redeems Shares only with Authorized Participants in exchange for gold, only in aggregations of 50,000 Shares or integral
multiples thereof. A list of current Authorized Participants is available from the Sponsor or the Trustee and is included in Item 7 of
this report. Although the Trust does not purchase Shares directly from its Shareholders in connection with the redemption of Baskets,
the Trust redeemed as follows during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022:
Month
Total number of Shares redeemed
Average ounces of gold per Share
July 2021
-
-
August 2021
-
-
September 2021
300,000
0.0099270
October 2021
10,400,000
0.0099259
November 2021
December 2021
-
-
January 2022
-
-
February 2022
-
-
March 2022
April 2022
-
-
May 2022
800,00
0.0099159
June 2022
-
-
Total
11,500,000
0.0099253
Item
6. Selected Financial Data
The
following selected financial data for the reporting periods should be read in conjunction with the Trust’s financial statements
and related notes and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
June 30, 2022
June 30, 2021
June 30, 2020
(Amounts in 000’s of US$, except per Share data)
Total assets
$ 996,271
$ 1,009,604
$ 1,041,457
Total gain / (loss) on gold
$ 21,347
$ (9,997 )
$ 159,805
Change in net assets from operations
$ 19,620
$ (12,009 )
$ 158,612
Weighted average number of Shares (in 000’s)
54,305
62,495
43,630
Net increase / (decrease) in net assets per Share
$ 0.36
$ (0.19 )
$ 3.64
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