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of Assets and Liabilities
−Removed: March 31, 2025 (unaudited) and June 30, 2024
+Added: September 30, 2025 (unaudited) and June 30, 2025
Amounts in 000’s of US$, except share and per share data
−Removed: March 31, 2025
+Added: September 30, 2025
June 30, 2025
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of Investments
−Removed: March 31, 2025 (unaudited) and June 30, 2024
+Added: September 30, 2025 (unaudited) and June 30, 2025
in 000’s of US$, except for ounces and percentages
−Removed: March 31, 2025 (unaudited)
+Added: September 30, 2025 (unaudited)
Total investment
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June 30, 2025
+Added: % of Net Assets
Total investment
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of Operations (Unaudited)
−Removed: the three and nine months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
+Added: the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024
Amounts in 000’s of US$, except per share data
−Removed: March 31, 2025
−Removed: March 31, 2024
−Removed: March 31, 2025
−Removed: March 31, 2024
+Added: September 30, 2025
+Added: September 30, 2024
Total expenses
Net investment loss
−Removed: Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
+Added: Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
Net realized gain (loss) from:
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of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited)
−Removed: the three and nine months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
+Added: the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024
Amounts in 000’s of US$
−Removed: March 31, 2025
−Removed: March 31, 2024
−Removed: March 31, 2025
−Removed: March 31, 2024
+Added: Three Months Ended
+Added: September 30,
+Added: Three Months Ended
+Added: September 30,
Net Assets – beginning of the period
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Highlights (Unaudited)
−Removed: the three and nine months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
+Added: the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024
Per Share Performance
−Removed: (for a Share outstanding throughout each period)
−Removed: March 31, 2025
−Removed: March 31, 2024
−Removed: March 31, 2025
−Removed: March 31, 2024
+Added: (for a Share outstanding throughout the entire period)
+Added: Three Months Ended
+Added: September 30,
+Added: Three Months Ended
+Added: September 30, 2024
Net asset value per Share at beginning of period
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Net asset value per Share at end of period
−Removed: Marlet Value per Share at end of period
+Added: Market price per Share at end of period
Total return ratio, at net asset value (2)
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vaulting premises.
−Removed: 99.92 % and 97.29 % of gold is allocated gold in the form of good delivery gold bars as of March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
+Added: 99.94 % and 99.94 % of gold is allocated gold in the form of good delivery gold bars as of September 30, 2025 and 2024,
+Added: respectively.
A current list of all gold held by the Custodian is available on the sponsor’s website.
−Removed: The cost of gold is determined according
−Removed: to the average cost method and the fair value is based on the London Bullion Market Association (“LBMA”) PM Gold Price.
−Removed: there is no LBMA Gold Price PM on any day, the Trustee is authorized to use the most recently announced LBMA Gold Price AM unless the
−Removed: Trustee, in consultation with the Sponsor, determines that such price is inappropriate as a basis for evaluation.
+Added: The cost of gold is determined
+Added: according to the average cost method and the fair value is based on the London Bullion Market Association (“LBMA”) PM Gold
+Added: If there is no LBMA Gold Price PM on any day, the Trustee is authorized to use the most recently announced LBMA Gold Price AM
+Added: unless the Trustee, in consultation with the Sponsor, determines that such price is inappropriate as a basis for evaluation.
LBMA PM Gold Price is set using the afternoon session of the ICE Benchmark Administration equilibrium auction, an electronic, tradable
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The following table summarizes the Trust’s investments at fair value:
−Removed: of Trust’s Investments at Fair Value
+Added: Schedule of Trust’s Investments at Fair Value
+Added: September 30, 2025
(Amounts in 000’s of US$)
−Removed: March 31, 2025
+Added: September 30, 2025
Investment in Gold
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Investment in Gold
−Removed: transfers between Level 1 and other Levels for the period ended March 31, 2025, and the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.
+Added: transfers between Level 1 and other Levels for the period ended September 30, 2025 and the year ended June 30, 2025.
Expenses, realized gains and losses
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legal expenses.
−Removed: of period ended March 31, 2025, the fees payable to the Sponsor was $ 147,293 .
−Removed: As of the fiscal year, ended June 30, 2024, the fees payable to the Sponsor were $ 137,175 .
+Added: of September 30, 2025, the fees payable to the Sponsor were $ 175,769 .
+Added: As of the year ended June 30, 2025, the fees payable to the Sponsor
+Added: were $ 161,986 .
respect to expenses not otherwise assumed by the Sponsor, the Trustee will, at the direction of the Sponsor or in its own discretion,
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the smallest amounts of gold needed to pay these expenses in order to minimize the Trust’s holdings of assets other than gold.
−Removed: Other than the Sponsor’s Fee, the Trust had no expenses during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
−Removed: otherwise directed by the Sponsor, when selling gold, the Trustee will endeavor to sell at the price established by the LBMA PM Gold Price.
−Removed: The Trustee will place orders with dealers (which may include the Custodian) through which the Trustee expects to receive the most favorable
−Removed: price and execution of orders.
−Removed: The Custodian may be the purchaser of such gold only if the sale transaction is made at the next LBMA
−Removed: PM Gold Price or such other publicly available price that the Sponsor deems fair, in each case as set following the sale order.
−Removed: or loss is recognized based on the difference between the selling price and the cost of the gold sold.
−Removed: Neither the Trustee nor the Sponsor
−Removed: is liable for depreciation or loss incurred by reason of any sale.
+Added: than the Sponsor’s Fee, the Trust had no expenses during the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024.
+Added: otherwise directed by the Sponsor, when selling gold, the Trustee will endeavor to sell at the price established by the LBMA PM Gold
+Added: The Trustee will place orders with dealers (which may include the Custodian) through which the Trustee expects to receive the
+Added: most favorable price and execution of orders.
+Added: The Custodian may be the purchaser of such gold only if the sale transaction is made at
+Added: the next LBMA PM Gold Price or such other publicly available price that the Sponsor deems fair, in each case as set following the sale
+Added: A gain or loss is recognized based on the difference between the selling price and the cost of the gold sold.
+Added: Neither the Trustee
+Added: nor the Sponsor is liable for depreciation or loss incurred by reason of any sale.
gains and losses result from the transfer of gold for Share redemptions and / or to pay expenses and are recognized on a trade date basis
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create or redeem Baskets is properly received.
−Removed: Orders to create and redeem Baskets may be placed only by Authorized Participants.
−Removed: Authorized Participant must:
−Removed: (1) be a registered broker-dealer or other securities market participant, such as a bank or other financial
−Removed: institution, which, but for an exclusion from registration, would be required to register as a broker-dealer to engage in securities
−Removed: transactions, (2) be a participant in DTC, and (3) must have an agreement with the Custodian establishing an unallocated account in London
−Removed: or have an existing unallocated account meeting the standards described herein.
−Removed: To become an Authorized Participant, a person must enter
−Removed: into an Authorized Participant Agreement with the Sponsor and the Trustee.
−Removed: The Authorized Participant Agreement provides the procedures
−Removed: for the creation and redemption of Baskets and for the delivery of the gold required for such creations and redemptions.
−Removed: The Authorized
−Removed: Participant Agreement and the related procedures attached thereto may be amended by the Trustee and the Sponsor, without the consent
−Removed: of any investor or Authorized Participant.
−Removed: A transaction fee of $ 500 will be assessed on all creation and redemption transactions.
−Removed: Baskets may be created on the same day, provided each Basket meets the requirements described below and that the Custodian is able to
−Removed: allocate gold to the Trust Allocated Account such that the Trust Unallocated Account holds no more than 430 Fine Ounces of gold at the
−Removed: close of a business day.
+Added: to create and redeem Baskets may be placed only by Authorized Participants.
+Added: An Authorized Participant must:
+Added: (1) be a registered broker-dealer
+Added: or other securities market participant, such as a bank or other financial institution, which, but for an exclusion from registration,
+Added: would be required to register as a broker-dealer to engage in securities transactions, (2) be a participant in DTC, and (3) must have
+Added: an agreement with the Custodian establishing an unallocated account in London or have an existing unallocated account meeting the standards
+Added: described herein.
+Added: To become an Authorized Participant, a person must enter into an Authorized Participant Agreement with the Sponsor
+Added: and the Trustee.
+Added: The Authorized Participant Agreement provides the procedures for the creation and redemption of Baskets and for the
+Added: delivery of the gold required for such creations and redemptions.
+Added: The Authorized Participant Agreement and the related procedures attached
+Added: thereto may be amended by the Trustee and the Sponsor, without the consent of any investor or Authorized Participant.
+Added: A transaction fee
+Added: of $ 500 will be assessed on all creation and redemption transactions.
+Added: Multiple Baskets may be created on the same day, provided each
+Added: Basket meets the requirements described below and that the Custodian is able to allocate gold to the Trust Allocated Account such that
+Added: the Trust Unallocated Account holds no more than 430 Fine Ounces of gold at the close of a business day.
Participants who make deposits with the Trust in exchange for Baskets will receive no fees, commissions or other form of compensation
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Trust is classified as a “grantor trust” for United States federal income tax purposes.
−Removed: As a result, the Trust itself
−Removed: will not be subject to United States federal income tax.
−Removed: Instead, the Trust’s income and expenses will “flow
−Removed: through” to the Shareholders, and the Trustee will report the Trust’s proceeds, income, gains, losses and deductions to
−Removed: the Internal Revenue Service on that basis.
+Added: As a result, the Trust itself will
+Added: not be subject to United States federal income tax.
+Added: Instead, the Trust’s income and expenses will “flow through” to
+Added: the Shareholders, and the Trustee will report the Trust’s proceeds, income, gains, losses and deductions to the Internal Revenue
+Added: Service on that basis.
Sponsor has evaluated whether or not there are uncertain tax positions that require financial statement recognition and has determined
−Removed: that no reserves for uncertain tax positions are required as of March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2024.
+Added: that no reserves for uncertain tax positions are required as of September 30, 2025 and June 30, 2025.
Sponsor evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Trust’s tax returns to determine whether
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years are those years that are open for examination by the relevant income taxing authority.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2025, the 2024, 2023, 2022
+Added: As of September 30, 2025, the 2025, 2024,
2023 and 2022 tax years remain open for examination .
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The Trust operates in one segment.
−Removed: The segment derives its revenues from Trust investments made in accordance
−Removed: with the defined investment strategy of the Trust, as prescribed in the Trust’s prospectus.
−Removed: The Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”)
−Removed: is the Sponsor.
+Added: The segment derives its revenues from Trust investments made
+Added: in accordance with the defined investment strategy of the Trust, as prescribed in the Trust’s prospectus.
+Added: The Chief Operating Decision
+Added: Maker (“CODM”) is the Sponsor.
The CODM monitors the operating results of the Trust.
−Removed: The financial information the CODM leverages to assess the segment’s
−Removed: performance and to make decisions for the Trust’s single segment, is consistent with that presented within the Trust’s financial statements.
+Added: The financial information the
+Added: CODM leverages to assess the segment’s performance and to make decisions for the Trust’s single segment, is consistent with that presented
+Added: within the Trust’s financial statements.
Investment in Gold
−Removed: in ounces of gold and their respective values for the period ended March 31, 2025:
−Removed: of Investment in Gold
+Added: in ounces of gold and their respective values for the period ended September 30, 2025:
+Added: Schedule of Investment in Gold
Amounts in 000’s of US$, except for ounces data
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Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
−Removed: Ending balance as of March 31, 2025
−Removed: in ounces of gold and their respective values for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024:
+Added: Ending balance as of September 30, 2025
+Added: in ounces of gold and their respective values for the year ended June 30, 2025:
Amounts in 000’s of US$, except for ounces data
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