UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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(SPONSORED BY WGC USA ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC)
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On February 4, 2022, WGC USA Asset Management Company, LLC, the sponsor of the World Gold Trust (the “Sponsor”), issued a press release announcing (i) the reduction of its annual fee of 0.18% of the net asset value of the SPDR® Gold MiniSharesSM Trust (“GLDM”) to 0.10% of the net asset value of GLDM and (ii) a one-for-two reverse stock split of the shares of GLDM which will represent 1/50th of an ounce of gold with an effective date of February 23, 2022. A copy of the press release is furnished as an Exhibit to this Current Report and incorporated herein by reference.
The Amended and Restated Sponsor Agreement dated as of October 14, 2016, as amended on November 28, 2017 and June 12, 2018, between the Sponsor and World Gold Trust, was amended on February 4, 2022 to update the Sponsor’s annual fee. The amendment is effective on February 23, 2022 and is furnished as an Exhibit to this Current Report and incorporated herein by reference.
| ITEM 9.01 | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS. |
(d) Exhibits:
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 10.5.3 | Third Amendment to the Amended and Restated Sponsor Agreement between World Gold Trust and WGC USA Asset Management Company, LLC, as sponsor, dated February 4, 2022. | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated February 4, 2022. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| Date: February 4, 2022 | WORLD GOLD TRUST | |||||
| (Registrant)* | ||||||
| By: | WGC USA Asset Management Company, LLC | |||||
| as the Sponsor of the Registrant | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Brandon Woods | |||||
| Name: | Brandon Woods | |||||
| Title: | Principal Financial and Accounting Officer | |||||
| * | As the Registrant is a trust, this report is being filed on behalf of the Registrant by WGC USA Asset Management Company, LLC, only in its capacity as the sponsor of the Registrant. The identified person signing this report is signing in their capacity as an authorized officer of WGC USA Asset Management Company, LLC. |