abrdn Gold ETF Trust

The investment objective of the Trust is for the Shares to reflect the performance of the price of gold bullion, less the Trust’s expenses. The Shares are intended to constitute a simple and cost-effective means of making an investment similar to an investment in physical gold. An investment in physical gold requires expensive and sometimes complicated arrangements in connection with the assay, transportation, warehousing and insurance of the metal. Traditionally, such expense and complications have resulted in investments in physical gold being efficient only in amounts beyond the reach of many investors.

The Shares are intended to provide institutional and retail investors with a simple and cost-efficient means, with minimal credit risk, of gaining investment benefits similar to those of holding gold bullion. The Shares offer an investment that:

•Easily Accessible and Relatively Cost Effective. Investors can access the gold bullion market through a traditional brokerage account. The Sponsor believes that investors will be able to more effectively implement strategic and tactical asset allocation strategies that use gold bullion by using the Shares instead of using the traditional means of purchasing, trading and holding gold bullion and for many investors, transaction costs related to the Shares will be lower than those associated with the purchase, storage and insurance of physical gold bullion.

*• Exchange Traded and Transparent.*The Shares trade on the NYSE Arca, providing investors with an efficient means to implement various investment strategies. The Shares are eligible for margin accounts and are backed by the assets of the Trust and the Trust does not hold or employ any derivative securities. Furthermore, the value of the Trust’s holdings are reported on the Trust’s website daily.

•Minimal Credit Risk. The Shares represent an interest in physical gold owned by the Trust (other than an amount held in unallocated form which is not sufficient to make up a whole bar of which is held temporarily to effect a creation or redemption of Shares). Physical gold of the Trust in the Custodian’s possession is not subject to borrowing arrangements with third parties. Other than the gold temporarily being held in an unallocated gold account with the Custodian, the physical gold of the Trust is not subject to counterparty or credit risks. See*“Risk Factors—Gold held in the Trust’s unallocated gold account and any Authorized Participant’s unallocated gold account is not segregated from the Custodian’s assets...”*This contrasts with most other financial products that gain exposure to gold through the use of derivatives that are subject to counterparty and credit risks.

Investing in the Shares does not insulate the investor from certain risks, including price volatility. See “Risk Factors.”