THE SELECT SECTOR SPDR® TRUST

Supplement dated June 7, 2023 to the currently effective

Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”), as may be supplemented from time to time

Effective immediately, the following replaces the officers table in the “MANAGEMENT OF THE TRUST” section in each SAI:

OFFICERS

 

Name, Address

and Year of Birth

  

Position(s)

With Funds

  

Term of

Office and

Length of

Time Served

   

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

ANN M. CARPENTER

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

1966

  

President and Principal Executive Officer;

Deputy Treasurer

  

Term: Indefinite Served: since May 2023

(with respect to President and Principal Executive Officer); Term: Indefinite

Served: since April 2015 (with respect to Deputy

Treasurer)

    Chief Operating Officer, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (April 2005 - present)*; Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors (April 2005 - present).*

CHAD C. HALLETT

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

1969

   Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer   Term: Indefinite Served: since November 2007    Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (November 2014 - present).

BRUCE S. ROSENBERG

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

1961

   Deputy Treasurer   Term: Indefinite Served: since February 2016    Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (July 2015 - present); Director, Credit Suisse (April 2008 - July 2015).

MICHAEL P. RILEY

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

1969

   Vice President   Term: Indefinite Served: since February 2005    Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors (2005 - present).*

SEAN O’MALLEY

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

1969

   Chief Legal Officer   Term: Indefinite Served: since August 2019    Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, State Street Global Advisors (November 2013 - present).

DAVID URMAN

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

1985

   Secretary   Term: Indefinite Served: since August 2022    Vice President and Senior Counsel, State Street Global Advisors (April 2019 - present); Vice President and Counsel, State Street Global Advisors (August 2015 - April 2019); Associate, Ropes & Gray LLP (November 2012 - August 2015).

DAVID BARR

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

1974

   Assistant Secretary   Term: Indefinite Served: since November 2020    Vice President and Senior Counsel, State Street Global Advisors (October 2019 - present); Vice President and Counsel, Eaton Vance Corp. (October 2010 - October 2019).

E. GERARD MAIORANA, JR.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

1971

   Assistant Secretary   Term: Indefinite Served: since May 2023    Assistant Vice President, State Street Global Advisors (July 2014 – present).

DARLENE ANDERSON-VASQUEZ

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

1968

   Deputy Treasurer   Term: Indefinite Served: since February 2017    Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (May 2016 - present); Senior Vice President, John Hancock Investments (September 2007 - May 2016).

ARTHUR A. JENSEN

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

1600 Summer Street

Stamford, CT 06905

1966

   Deputy Treasurer   Term: Indefinite Served: since November 2017    Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (July 2016 - present); Mutual Funds Controller, GE Asset Management Incorporated (April 2011 - July 2016).

DAVID LANCASTER

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

1971

   Assistant Treasurer   Term: Unlimited Served: since November 2020    Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (July 2017 - present); Assistant Vice President, State Street Bank and Trust Company (November 2011 - July 2017).*

JOHN BETTENCOURT

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

1976

   Assistant Treasurer   Term: Indefinite Served: since May 2022    Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management Inc. (March 2020 – present); Assistant Vice President, State Street Global Advisors (June 2007 – March 2020).

BRIAN HARRIS

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

1973

  

Chief Compliance Officer; Anti-Money Laundering Officer; Code of Ethics

Compliance Officer

   Term: Indefinite Served: since November 2013    Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (June 2013 - present).*

 

*

Served in various capacities and/or with various affiliated entities during the noted time period.

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