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Effective May 23, 2024, the Trustee, at the direction of the Sponsor, entered into an Allocated Account Agreement and Unallocated Account Agreement with ICBC, providing for the custody of the Trust’s gold. Effective August 8, 2024, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. no longer serves as a custodian of the Trust’s gold. ICBC, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales, serves as a Custodian of the Trust’s gold. ICBC’s office is located at 20 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7JE, United Kingdom.

The Custodian’s Role

The Custodian is responsible for the safekeeping of the Trust’s gold deposited with it by Authorized Participants in connection with the creation of Baskets. The Custodian facilitates the transfer of gold in and out of the Trust through the unallocated gold accounts it maintains for each Authorized Participant and the unallocated and allocated gold accounts it maintains for the Trust. The Custodian holds at its London, England vault premises, that portion of the Trust’s allocated gold to be held in London. The Custodian is responsible for allocating specific bars of physical gold to the Trust’s allocated gold account. The Custodian provides the Trustee with regular reports detailing the gold transfers in and out of the Trust’s unallocated and allocated gold accounts and identifying the gold bars held in the Trust’s allocated gold account.

The Custodian’s fees and expenses under the Custody Agreements are paid by the Sponsor.

The Custodian and its affiliates may from time to time act as Authorized Participants or purchase or sell gold or Shares for their own account, as agent for their customers and for accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Custodian and its affiliates are subject to the same transaction fee as other Authorized Participants.