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Item 1. Financial Statements

2025-05-07 compared with 2025-02-05 · 45 added, 35 removed, 335 unchanged (19% of the section changed)

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Statements of Financial Condition

At December 31, 2024 (unaudited) and September 30, 2024

At March 31, 2025 (unaudited) and September 30, 2024

(Amounts in 000’s of US$ except for share and per share data)

Investments in Gold, at fair value (cost $ 53,207,988 and $ 50,991,703 at December 31, 2024 and September 30, 2024, respectively)

Investments in Gold, at fair value (cost $ 61,461,450 and $ 50,991,703 at March 31, 2025 and September 30, 2024, respectively)

$ 93,337,268 $ 73,727,700

Gold Receivable

$ 143,639 $ —

$ 93,480,906 $ 73,727,700

Accounts payable to Sponsor

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(Amounts in 000 ’ s except for percentages)

December 31, 2024

March 31, 2025

Ounces of gold

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Unaudited Statements of Operations

For the three months ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023

For the three and six months ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024

(Amounts in 000’s of US$, except per share data)

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Net realized gain/(loss) from investment in gold sold to pay expenses

24,129 9,826 46,435 17,044

Net realized gain/(loss) from gold distributed for the redemption of shares

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Unaudited Statements of Cash Flows

For the three months ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023

For the three and six months ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024

(Amounts in 000’s of US$)

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Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

$ — $ — $ — $ —

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

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Increase/(Decrease) in accounts payable to Sponsor

4,541 ( 80 ) 6,081 1,529

Net cash provided by operating activities

$ — $ — $ — $ —

See notes to the unaudited financial statements.

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Unaudited Statements of Changes in Net Assets

For the three months ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023

For the three and six months ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024

(Amounts in 000’s of US$)

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Net realized gain/(loss) from investment in gold sold to pay expenses

24,129 9,826 46,435 17,044

Net realized gain/(loss) from gold distributed for the redemption of shares

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Any losses sustained by the Trust will adversely affect the value of the Shares.

The Statements of Financial Condition and Schedules of Investment at December 31, 2024 and the Statements of Operations, Cash Flows and Changes in Net Assets for the three months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 have been prepared on behalf of the Trust without audit.

In the opinion of management of the Sponsor of the Trust, all adjustments (which include normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows as of and for the three months ended December 31, 2024 and for all periods presented have been made.

The Statements of Financial Condition and Schedules of Investment at March 31, 2025 and the Statements of Operations, Cash Flows and Changes in Net Assets for the three and six months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 have been prepared on behalf of the Trust without audit.

In the opinion of management of the Sponsor of the Trust, all adjustments (which include normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows as of and for the three and six months ended March 31, 2025 and for all periods presented have been made.

These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024.

The results of operations for the three months ended December 31, 2024 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full fiscal year.

The results of operations for the three and six months ended March 31, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full fiscal year.

Significant Accounting Policies

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(Amounts in 000’s of US$)

December 31, 2024

March 31, 2025

Investment in Gold

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$ 73,727,700 $ — $ —

There were no transfers between Level 1 and other Levels for the three months ended December 31, 2024, or for the year ended September 30, 2024.

There were no transfers between Level 1 and other Levels for the six months ended March 31, 2025, or for the year ended September 30, 2024.

The Trustee values the gold held by the Trust on the basis of the price of an ounce of gold as determined by the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (“IBA”), a benchmark administrator, which provides an independently administered auction process as well as the overall administration and governance for the London Bullion Market Association (“LBMA”).

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The auction runs twice daily at 10:30 AM and 3:00 PM London time.

The Trustee determines the NAV of the Trust on each day the NYSE Arca is open for regular trading, at the earlier of the LBMA Gold Price PM for the day or 12:00 PM New York time.

If no LBMA Gold Price is made on a particular evaluation day or if the LBMA Gold Price has not been announced by 12:00 PM New York time on a particular evaluation day, the next most recent LBMA Gold Price (AM or PM) is used in the determination of the NAV of the Trust, unless the Trustee, in consultation with the Sponsor, determines that such a price is inappropriate to use as the basis for such determination.

The Trustee determines the NAV of the Trust on each day the NYSE Arca is open for regular trading, at the earlier of the announcement of the LBMA Gold Price PM for the day or 12:00 PM New York time.

If no LBMA Gold Price PM is made on a particular evaluation day or if the LBMA Gold Price PM has not been announced by 12:00 PM New York time on a particular evaluation day, the next most recent LBMA Gold Price (AM or PM) is used in the determination of the NAV of the Trust, unless the Trustee, in consultation with the Sponsor, determines that such a price is inappropriate to use as the basis for such determination.

Custody of Gold

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Gold receivable

$ 143,639 $ —

Gold payable represents the quantity of gold covered by contractually binding orders for the redemption of Shares where the gold has not yet been transferred out of the Trust’s account.

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As the Shares of the Trust are redeemable in Baskets at the option of the Authorized Participants, the Trust has classified the Shares as Net Assets for financial reporting purposes.

Activity in the number and value of Shares created and redeemed for the three months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 are as follows:

Activity in the number and value of Shares created and redeemed for the six months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:

(Amounts are in 000’s)

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Net Change in Number of Shares Created and Redeemed

22,000 ( 14,500 )

(Amounts in 000’s of US$)

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A gain or loss is recognized based on the difference between the selling price and the average cost of the gold sold, and such amounts are reported as net realized gain/(loss) from investment in gold sold to pay expenses on the Statements of Operations.

The Trust’s net realized and change in unrealized gain/(loss) on investment in gold for the three months ended December 31, 2024 of $( 528,641 ) is made up of a realized gain/(loss) of $ 22,306 from the sale of gold to pay expenses, a realized gain/(loss) of $ 2,152,869 from gold distributed for the redemption of Shares, and a change in unrealized gain/(loss) of $( 2,703,816 ) on investment in gold.

The Trust’s net realized and change in unrealized gain/(loss) on investment in gold for the three months ended December 31, 2023 of $ 5,326,515 is made up of a realized gain/(loss) of $ 7,218 from the sale of gold to pay expenses, a realized gain/(loss) of $ 509,360 from gold distributed for the redemption of Shares, and a change in unrealized gain/(loss) of $ 4,809,937 on investment in gold.

The Trust’s net realized and change in unrealized gain/(loss) on investment in gold for the three and six months ended March 31, 2025 of $ 14,352,151 and $ 13,823,510 , respectively, is made up of a realized gain/(loss) of $ 24,129 and $ 46,435 , respectively, from the sale of gold to pay expenses, a realized gain/(loss) of $ 2,484,386 and $ 4,637,254 , respectively, from gold distributed for the redemption of Shares, and a change in unrealized gain/(loss) of $ 11,843,636 and $ 9,139,821 , respectively, on investment in gold.

The Trust’s net realized and change in unrealized gain/(loss) on investment in gold for the three and six months ended March 31, 2024 of $ 3,976,266 and $ 9,302,781 , respectively, is made up of a realized gain/(loss) of $ 9,826 and $ 17,044 , respectively, from the sale of gold to pay expenses, a realized gain/(loss) of $ 993,325 and $ 1,502,685 , respectively, from gold distributed for the redemption of Shares, and a change in unrealized gain/(loss) of $ 2,973,115 and $ 7,783,052 , respectively, on investment in gold.

The Trust is classified as a “grantor trust” for U.S.

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Instead, the Trust’s income and expenses will “flow through” to the Shareholders, and the Trustee will report the Trust’s proceeds, income, deductions, gains, and losses to the Internal Revenue Service on that basis.

The Sponsor of the Trust has evaluated whether or not there are uncertain tax positions that require financial statement recognition and has determined that no reserves for uncertain tax positions are required as of December 31, 2024 or September 30, 2024.

The Sponsor evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of its tax treatment, and its tax reporting to its shareholders, of these positions to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority.

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Open tax years are those years that are open for examination by the relevant income taxing authority.

As of December 31, 2024, the 2023, 2022 and 2021 tax years remain open for examination.

As of March 31, 2025, the 2024, 2023 and 2022 tax years remain open for examination.

There were no examinations in progress at period end.

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Financial Highlights

The Trust is presenting the following financial highlights related to investment performance and operations of a Share outstanding for the three months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

The Trust is presenting the following financial highlights related to investment performance and operations of a Share outstanding for the three and six months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

The total return at net asset value is based on the change in net asset value of a Share during the period and the total return at market value is based on the change in market value of a Share on the NYSE Arca during the period.

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Financial Highlights (Unaudited)

For the three months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023

For the three and six months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

Net Asset Value

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Subsequent Events

There are no known events that have occurred subsequent to December 31, 2024 that require additional disclosure in these financial statements.

There are no known events that have occurred subsequent to March 31, 2025 that require additional disclosure in these financial statements.

New Accounting Pronouncement

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Share price & NAV v.

gold price – November 18, 2004 to December 31, 2024

gold price – November 18, 2004 to March 31, 2025

The divergence of the price of the Shares and NAV of the Shares from the gold price over time reflects the cumulative effect of the Trust expenses that arise if an investment had been held since inception.

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Valuation of Gold, Definition of NAV

The Trustee values the gold held by the Trust and determines the NAV of the Trust as of the LBMA Gold Price PM on each day that the NYSE Arca is open for regular trading, at the earlier of the LBMA Gold Price PM for the day or 12:00 PM New York time.

The Trustee values the gold held by the Trust and determines the NAV of the Trust using the LBMA Gold Price PM on each day that the NYSE Arca is open for regular trading, at the earlier of the announcement of the LBMA Gold Price PM for the day or 12:00 PM New York time.

If no LBMA Gold Price PM is announced on a particular evaluation day or if the LBMA Gold Price PM has not been announced by 12:00 PM New York time on a particular evaluation day, the next most recent LBMA Gold Price (AM or PM) is used in the determination of the NAV of the Trust, unless the Trustee, in consultation with the Sponsor, determines that such price is inappropriate to use as the basis for such determination.

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Bureau Veritas concluded the annual full count of the Trust’s gold bullion held by (i) HSBC at its London vault on September 30, 2024, (ii) JPMorgan at its London vault on September 30, 2024 and (iii) JPMorgan at its New York vault on September 30, 2024.

The second count is a random sample count and is conducted at a date which falls within the same financial year and was conducted most recently at JPMorgan's London vault on March 19, 2024, JPMorgan's New York vault on April 4, 2024 and HSBC's London vault on April 2, 2024.

The second count is a random sample count and is conducted at a date which falls within the same financial year and was conducted most recently at JPMorgan's London vault on March 14, 2025, JPMorgan's New York vault on March 24, 2025 and HSBC's London vault on April 1, 2025.

During the period in which the second count took place, JPMorgan did not hold any gold on behalf of GLD at its Zurich vault and, as a result, a count was not conducted at that vault location.

The results can be found on www.spdrgoldshares.com .

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Results of Operations

In the three months ended December 31, 2024, an additional 29,600,000 Shares (296 Baskets) were created in exchange for 2,733,613.7 ounces of gold, 29,100,000 Shares (291 Baskets) were redeemed in exchange for 2,687,263.0 ounces of gold, and 27,998.2 ounces of gold were sold to pay expenses.

In the three months ended March 31, 2025, an additional 51,900,000 Shares (519 Baskets) were created in exchange for 4,788,091.9 ounces of gold, 30,400,000 Shares (304 Baskets) were redeemed in exchange for 2,804,908.2 ounces of gold, and 54,455.1 ounces of gold were sold to pay expenses.

For accounting purposes, GLD reflects creations and redemptions on the date of receipt of a notification of a creation but does not issue Shares until the requisite amount of gold is received.

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These creations and redemptions were completed in the normal course of business.

At December 31, 2024, the amount of gold owned by the Trust and held by the Custodians was 28,052,231.5 ounces, 100% of which is allocated gold in the form of London Good Delivery gold bars with a market value of $73,240,168,734 based on the LBMA Gold Price PM on December 31, 2024 (cost— $53,207,987,351).

At March 31, 2025, the amount of gold owned by the Trust and held by the Custodians was 29,962,848.0 ounces, 100% of which is allocated gold in the form of London Good Delivery gold bars with a market value of $93,337,267,851 based on the LBMA Gold Price PM on March 31, 2025 (cost— $61,461,450,180).

At September 30, 2024, the amount of gold owned by the Trust and held by the Custodians was 28,033,879.111 ounces, 100% of which is allocated gold in the form of London Good Delivery gold bars with a market value of $73,727,700,368 based on the LBMA Gold Price PM on September 30, 2024 (cost— $50,991,703,359).

Cash Resources and Liquidity

At December 31, 2024, the Trust did not have any cash balances.

At March 31, 2025, the Trust did not have any cash balances.

When selling gold to pay expenses, the Trustee endeavors to sell the exact amount of gold needed to pay expenses in order to minimize the Trust’s holdings of assets other than gold.

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The following chart provides historical background on the price of gold.

The chart illustrates movements in the price of gold in US dollars per ounce over the period from November 12, 2004 to December 31, 2024 and is based on the LBMA Gold Price PM when available.

Daily Gold Price – November 12, 2004 – December 31, 2024

The chart illustrates movements in the price of gold in US dollars per ounce over the period from November 12, 2004 to March 31, 2025 and is based on the LBMA Gold Price PM when available.

Daily Gold Price – November 12, 2004 – March 31, 2025

LBMA Gold Price PM USD

The average, high, low and end-of-period gold prices for the three and twelve-month periods over the prior three years and for the period from the Date of Inception through December 31, 2024, based on the LBMA Gold Price PM when available from March 20, 2015 and previously the London Fix, were:

Three months ended March 31, 2022

The average, high, low and end-of-period gold prices for the three and twelve-month periods over the prior three years and for the period from the Date of Inception through March 31, 2025, based on the LBMA Gold Price PM when available from March 20, 2015 and previously the London Fix, were:

Three months ended June 30, 2022

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Three months ended December 31, 2024

Twelve months ended December 31, 2022

Twelve months ended December 31, 2023

Twelve months ended December 31, 2024

November 12, 2004 to December 31, 2024

Three months ended March 31, 2025

Twelve months ended March 31, 2023

Twelve months ended March 31, 2024

Twelve months ended March 31, 2025

November 12, 2004 to March 31, 2025

The end of period gold price is the LBMA Gold Price PM on the last business day of the period.

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What changed 10-Q

Item 1. Financial Statements