Goldman Sachs Physical Gold ETF

Previous wording

The Trust is not registered as an investment company under the 1940 Act and is not required to register thereunder. Consequently, investors do not have the regulatory protections provided to investors in investment companies including oversight by an independent board of directors, bans on self-dealing, and the requirement that fund assets be held separately from the assets of a fund’s adviser, among others. The Trust will not hold or trade in commodity futures contracts regulated by the Commodity Exchange Act, as administered by the CFTC.

Current wording

The Trust is not registered as an investment company under the 1940 Act and is not required to register thereunder. Consequently, investors do not have the regulatory protections provided to investors in investment companies including oversight by an independent board of directors, bans on self-dealing, and the requirement that fund assets be held separately from the assets of a fund’s adviser, among others. The Trust will not hold or trade in commodity futures contracts regulated by the Commodity Exchange Act, as administered by the CFTC. Furthermore, the Trust is not a commodity pool for purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act, and neither the Sponsor nor the Trustee are subject to regulation by the CFTC as commodity pool operators, or commodity trading advisors, in connection with the Shares. Therefore, investors will not have the regulatory protections provided to investors in instruments or commodity pools regulated by the Commodity Exchange Act.

Previous wording

A public health emergency, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, could adversely affect the economies of many nations and the entire global economy as well as individual issuers, assets and capital markets and could have serious negative effects on social, economic and financial systems, including significant uncertainty and volatility in the financial markets. For instance, the suspension of operations of mines, refineries and vaults that extract, produce or store gold, restrictions on travel that delay or prevent the transportation of gold, and an increase in demand for gold may disrupt supply chains for gold, which could cause secondary market spreads to widen and compromise our ability to settle transactions on time. Any inability of the Trust to issue or redeem the Shares or the Custodian or any Sub-Custodian to receive or deliver gold as a result of a public health threat could negatively affect the Trust’s operations. In addition, market disruptions and other volatility related to global public health crises can significantly affect the price of gold and, consequently, the value of the Shares.

Current wording

A public health emergency, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, could adversely affect the economies of many nations and the entire global economy as well as individual issuers, assets and capital markets and could have serious negative effects on social, economic and financial systems, including significant uncertainty and volatility in the financial markets. For instance, the suspension of operations of mines, refineries and vaults that extract, produce or store gold, restrictions on travel that delay or prevent the transportation of gold, and an increase in demand for gold may disrupt supply chains for gold, which could cause secondary market spreads to widen and compromise our ability to settle transactions on time. Any inability of the Trust to issue or redeem the Shares or the Custodian or any Sub-Custodian to receive or deliver gold as a result of public health threat could negatively affect the Trust’s operations. In addition, market disruptions and other volatility related to global public health crises can significantly affect the price of gold and, consequently, the value of the Shares.

Previous wording

Further, pandemics and other public health crises could interfere with or prevent the operation of the electronic auction hosted by ICE Benchmark Administration (“IBA”) to determine the LBMA Gold Price PM or the LBMA Gold Price AM, which the Trustee uses to value the gold held by the Trust and calculate the Net Asset Value of the Trust. Pandemics and other public health crises could also cause the closure of futures exchanges, which could eliminate the ability of Authorized Participants to hedge purchases of Baskets, increasing trading costs of the Shares and resulting in a sustained premium or discount in the Shares. Each of these outcomes would negatively impact the Trust.

Current wording

Further, pandemics and other public health crises could interfere with or prevent the operation of the electronic auction hosted by IBA to determine the LBMA Gold Price PM or the LBMA Gold Price AM, which the Trustee uses to value the gold held by the Trust and calculate the Net Asset Value of the Trust. Pandemics and other public health crises could also cause the closure of futures exchanges, which could eliminate the ability of Authorized Participants to hedge purchases of Baskets, increasing trading costs of the Shares and resulting in a sustained premium or discount in the Shares. Each of these outcomes would negatively impact the Trust.