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margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;text-align:center">Schedules of Investments </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">March 31, 2026 (unaudited) </div><div style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr> <td style="width:59%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Ounces</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Cost</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Fair Value</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">% of Net Assets</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Investment in gold, at fair value</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">611,991.8</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">1,719,879,082</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2,820,272,587</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">100.02</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1px"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;">Total Investments</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">1,719,879,082</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2,820,272,587</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">100.02</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Liabilities in excess of other assets</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(460,790</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(0.02</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1px"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;">Net Assets</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2,819,811,797</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">100.00</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">December 31, 2025 </div><div style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr> <td style="width:59%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Ounces</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Cost</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Fair Value</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">% of Net Assets</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Investment in gold, at fair value</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">590,283.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">1,590,130,354</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2,542,909,779</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">100.01</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1px"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;">Total Investments</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">1,590,130,354</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2,542,909,779</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">100.01</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Liabilities in excess of other assets</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(380,937</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(0.01</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1px"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;">Net Assets</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2,542,528,842</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">100.00</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td></tr></table> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">March 31, 2026 (unaudited) </div><div style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr> <td style="width:59%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Ounces</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Cost</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Fair Value</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">% of Net Assets</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Investment in gold, at fair value</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">611,991.8</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">1,719,879,082</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2,820,272,587</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">100.02</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1px"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;">Total Investments</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">1,719,879,082</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2,820,272,587</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">100.02</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Liabilities in excess of other assets</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(460,790</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(0.02</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1px"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;">Net Assets</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2,819,811,797</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">100.00</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">December 31, 2025 </div><div style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr> <td style="width:59%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Ounces</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Cost</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Fair Value</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">% of Net Assets</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Investment in gold, at fair value</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">590,283.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">1,590,130,354</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2,542,909,779</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">100.01</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1px"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;">Total Investments</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">1,590,130,354</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2,542,909,779</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">100.01</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Liabilities in excess of other assets</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(380,937</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(0.01</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1px"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;">Net Assets</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2,542,528,842</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">100.00</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td></tr></table> 611991.8 1719879082 2820272587 1.0002 1719879082 2820272587 1.0002 -460790 -0.0002 2819811797 1 590283 1590130354 2542909779 1.0001 1590130354 2542909779 1.0001 -380937 -0.0001 2542528842 1 1312899 470596 1312899 470596 -1312899 -470596 17870604 0 -51699 -6774 17818905 -6774 147614080 188329307 165432985 188322533 164120086 187851937 2.66 5 61768766 37573956 2542528842 889603323 144003541 216874400 -30840672 0 113162869 216874400 -1312899 -470596 17818905 -6774 147614080 188329307 2819811797 1294329660 1233046 426810 -1233046 -426810 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 164120086 187851937 1233046 426810 17818905 -6774 147614080 188329307 79853 43786 0 0 144003541 216874400 -30840672 0 42.51 25.81 -0.02 -0.01 2.97 4.98 2.95 4.97 45.46 30.78 42.55 25.94 46.19 30.88 0.0694 0.1926 0.0855 0.1904 2819812000 1294330000 -0.0018 -0.0018 -0.0018 -0.0018 <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">1. ORGANIZATION </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Goldman Sachs Physical Gold ETF (the “Trust”) is organized as a New York trust. The Trust is governed by the provisions of the First Amended and Restated Depository Trust Agreement (as amended from time to time, the “Trust Agreement”) executed after the close of business on December 11, 2020 by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (the “Sponsor”) and The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Trustee”). The Trust issues Goldman Sachs Physical Gold ETF Shares (the “Shares”), which represent units of fractional undivided beneficial interest in the Trust. The Trust commenced operations on July 26, 2018. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Sponsor of the Trust is Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership. Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (“Goldman Sachs”) and an affiliate of Goldman Sachs &amp; Co. LLC. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Trustee is generally responsible for the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">day-to-day</div></div> administration of the Trust, including keeping the Trust’s operational records. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., London branch (the “Custodian”) serves as the Custodian for the Trust’s gold bullion. The Custodian is responsible for holding the Trust’s gold, as well as receiving and converting allocated and unallocated gold on behalf of the Trust. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Physical gold that the Trust holds consists of gold bullion that meets the specifications for “good delivery” gold bars (“London Good Delivery Standards”), including the specifications for weight, dimension, fineness (or purity), identifying marks and appearance of gold bars, set forth in the good delivery rules promulgated by the London Bullion Market Association (“LBMA”). The Trust issues Shares in blocks of at least 25,000 Shares called “Baskets” in exchange for gold from certain registered broker-dealers or other securities market participants (the “Authorized Participants”), which is then allocated as physical gold and stored by the Custodian. The Trust issues and redeems Baskets on an ongoing basis at net asset value (“NAV” or “Net Asset Value”) to and from Authorized Participants who have entered into a contract with the Sponsor and the Trustee. As of March 31, 2026, each of Virtu Americas LLC and Goldman Sachs &amp; Co. LLC has signed an Authorized Participant Agreement with the Sponsor and the Trustee, and may create and redeem Baskets. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Trust’s investment objective is for the Shares to reflect the performance of the price of gold less the expenses of the Trust’s operations. The Trust is not actively-managed. The Shares trade on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (“Cboe BZX Exchange”) under the symbol “AAAU.” </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Trust’s fiscal <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">year-end</div> is December 31. </div> 2018-07-26 25000 <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In preparing financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”), management of the Sponsor makes estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported amount of revenue and expenses reported during the period. Actual results could differ from these estimates. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Trust. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The statements of assets and liabilities and schedules of investments at March 31, 2026 and the statements of operations, of changes in net assets and of cash flows for the periods ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, have been prepared on behalf of the Trust and are unaudited. In the opinion of management of the Sponsor of the Trust, all adjustments (which include normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position and results of operations for the period ended March 31, 2026 have been made. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">2.1. Basis of Presentation </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Sponsor has determined that the Trust falls within the scope of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 946, Financial Services-Investment Companies, and has concluded that solely for reporting purposes (and not for any other purpose), the Trust is classified as an Investment Company (as defined in ASC 946). The Trust is not registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and is not required to register under such act. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">2.2. Valuation of Gold </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Trust follows the provisions of ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements (“ASC 820”). ASC 820 provides guidance for determining fair value and requires increased disclosure regarding the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. ASC 820 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On each business day that the Cboe BZX Exchange is open for regular trading, as promptly as practicable after 4:00 p.m. New York City time, the Trustee will value the gold held by the Trust and will determine the Net Asset Value of the Trust. The Net Asset Value of the Trust is the aggregate value of gold and other assets, if any, of the Trust (other than any amounts credited to the Trust’s reserve account, if any) including cash, if any, less liabilities of the Trust, which include estimated accrued but unpaid fees, expenses and other liabilities. The reserve account, if established, will be a separate <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-interest</div> bearing account with the Trustee or such other banking institution specified by the Sponsor, or if the Sponsor fails so to specify, as selected by the Trustee, in the name, and for the benefit, of the Trust, subject only to draft or order by the Trustee acting pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement. All gold is valued based on its fine troy ounce (“Fine Ounce”) content, calculated by multiplying the weight of gold by its purity. The same methodology is applied independent of the type of gold held by the Trust; similarly, the value of up to 430 Fine Ounces of unallocated gold the Trust may hold is calculated by multiplying the number of Fine Ounce with the price of gold determined by the Trustee. The Trustee values the gold held by the Trust based on the LBMA Gold Price PM. The LBMA Gold Price PM is set at 3:00 p.m. London time via an auction independently operated and administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (“IBA”). The price is set in U.S. dollars per Fine Ounce. If no LBMA Gold Price PM is available for the required day, the Trustee uses the LBMA Gold Price AM. If no LBMA Gold Price PM or LBMA Gold Price AM is available for the day, the Trustee values the Trust’s gold based on the most recently announced LBMA Gold Price PM or LBMA Gold Price AM. If the Sponsor determines that such price is inappropriate to use, it must identify an alternate basis for evaluation to be employed by the Trustee. The Sponsor may instruct the Trustee to use a different price which is reasonably available to the Trustee at no cost to the Trustee that the Sponsor determines to represent fairly the commercial value of the Trust’s gold. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">GAAP defines the fair value of a financial instrument as the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price); the Trust’s policy is to use the market approach. GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls shall be determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The levels used for classifying investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in these investments. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below: </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Level 1: Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities; </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Level 2: Quoted prices in markets that are not active or financial instruments for which significant inputs are observable (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, volatility and credit spreads), either directly or indirectly; </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Level 3: Prices or valuations that require significant unobservable inputs (including Sponsor’s assumptions in determining fair value measurement). </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Trustee categorizes the Trust’s investment in gold as a Level 1 asset within the ASC 820 hierarchy. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">2.3. Expenses, Realized Gains and Losses </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Trust’s only ordinary recurring fee is expected to be the fee paid to the Sponsor, which will accrue daily at an annualized rate equal to 0.18% of the daily Net Asset Value of the Trust, paid monthly in arrears (the “Sponsor Fee”). The Sponsor Fee accrues daily based on the prior business day’s Net Asset Value and is payable in cash from the Trust property or the sale of gold in accordance with the Trust Agreement. Realized gains and losses result from the transfer of gold for share redemptions and the sale of gold for the payment of Trust expenses and are recognized on a trade date basis as the difference between the fair value and cost of gold transferred or between the sale price and cost of gold sold. The cost of gold is determined using the specific identification method. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">2.4. Gold Receivable and Payable </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Gold receivable or payable, if any, represents the quantity of gold covered by contractually binding orders for the creation or redemption of shares respectively, where the gold has not yet been transferred to or from the Trust’s account. Generally, ownership of the gold is transferred within a business day of the trade date. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">2.5. Creations and Redemptions of Shares </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Trust issues and redeems Shares in one or more blocks of at least 25,000 shares (a block of 25,000 shares is called a “Basket”) only to Authorized Participants. The creation and redemption of Baskets will only be made in exchange for the delivery to the Trust or the distribution by the Trust of the amount of gold represented by the Baskets being created or redeemed, the amount of which will be based on the combined fine ounces represented by the number of shares included in the Baskets being created or redeemed determined on the day the order to create or redeem Baskets is properly received. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Orders to create or redeem Baskets may be placed only by Authorized Participants. To become an Authorized Participant, an entity must enter into an Authorized Participant Agreement with the Sponsor and the Trustee. The Authorized Participant Agreement provides the procedures for the creation and redemption of Baskets and for the delivery of the gold required for such creations and redemptions. The Authorized Participant Agreement and the related procedures attached thereto may be amended by the Trustee and the Sponsor, without the consent of any investor or Authorized Participant. A transaction fee of $500 will be assessed on all creation and redemption transactions and paid to the Trustee. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Authorized Participants who make deposits with the Trust in exchange for Baskets will receive no fees, commissions or other form of compensation or inducement of any kind from either a Sponsor or the Trust, and no such entity has any obligation or responsibility to a Sponsor or the Trust to affect any sale or resale of Shares. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Changes in the Shares during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 are: </div><div style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:76%;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr> <td style="width:73%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:3%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">March 31,<br/> 2026</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">March 31,<br/> 2025</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Beginning Share Balance</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">59,804,722</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">34,466,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Creations (representing 117 and 303 Baskets, respectively)</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2,926,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">7,581,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Redemptions (representing 28 and 0 Baskets, respectively)</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(700,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">— </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1px"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Ending Share Balance</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">62,030,722</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">42,047,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">2.6. Income Taxes </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Trust is classified as a “grantor trust” for United States federal income tax purposes. As a result, the Trust itself is not subject to United States federal income tax. Instead, the Trust’s income, gain, losses, and expenses will “flow through” to the shareholders, and the Trustee reports these to the Internal Revenue Service on that basis. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Sponsor has analyzed applicable tax laws and regulations and their application to the Trust as of March 31, 2026 and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">2.7. Segment Reporting </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Operating segments are components of a public entity that engage in business activities from which it may recognize revenues and incur expenses, have discrete financial information available, and have their operating results regularly reviewed by the public entity’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) when assessing segment performance and making decisions about segment resources. The principal financial officer of the Trust acts as the Trust’s CODM. The CODM monitors the operating results of the Trust as a whole, and the Trust’s asset allocation is managed in accordance with the Trust’s prospectus. The Trust operates as a <div style="-sec-ix-hidden:hidden165246682;display:inline;"><div style="-sec-ix-hidden:hidden165246683;display:inline;">single</div></div> operating and reporting segment. The segment derives its revenues from Trust investments made in accordance with the investment objective of the Trust. The financial information the CODM leverages to assess the segment’s performance and to make decisions for the Trust’s single segment is consistent with that presented within the Trust’s financial statements. The Trust’s financial statements detail the Trust’s segment assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">2.1. Basis of Presentation </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Sponsor has determined that the Trust falls within the scope of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 946, Financial Services-Investment Companies, and has concluded that solely for reporting purposes (and not for any other purpose), the Trust is classified as an Investment Company (as defined in ASC 946). The Trust is not registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and is not required to register under such act. </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">2.2. Valuation of Gold </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Trust follows the provisions of ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements (“ASC 820”). ASC 820 provides guidance for determining fair value and requires increased disclosure regarding the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. ASC 820 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On each business day that the Cboe BZX Exchange is open for regular trading, as promptly as practicable after 4:00 p.m. New York City time, the Trustee will value the gold held by the Trust and will determine the Net Asset Value of the Trust. The Net Asset Value of the Trust is the aggregate value of gold and other assets, if any, of the Trust (other than any amounts credited to the Trust’s reserve account, if any) including cash, if any, less liabilities of the Trust, which include estimated accrued but unpaid fees, expenses and other liabilities. The reserve account, if established, will be a separate <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-interest</div> bearing account with the Trustee or such other banking institution specified by the Sponsor, or if the Sponsor fails so to specify, as selected by the Trustee, in the name, and for the benefit, of the Trust, subject only to draft or order by the Trustee acting pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement. All gold is valued based on its fine troy ounce (“Fine Ounce”) content, calculated by multiplying the weight of gold by its purity. The same methodology is applied independent of the type of gold held by the Trust; similarly, the value of up to 430 Fine Ounces of unallocated gold the Trust may hold is calculated by multiplying the number of Fine Ounce with the price of gold determined by the Trustee. The Trustee values the gold held by the Trust based on the LBMA Gold Price PM. The LBMA Gold Price PM is set at 3:00 p.m. London time via an auction independently operated and administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (“IBA”). The price is set in U.S. dollars per Fine Ounce. If no LBMA Gold Price PM is available for the required day, the Trustee uses the LBMA Gold Price AM. If no LBMA Gold Price PM or LBMA Gold Price AM is available for the day, the Trustee values the Trust’s gold based on the most recently announced LBMA Gold Price PM or LBMA Gold Price AM. If the Sponsor determines that such price is inappropriate to use, it must identify an alternate basis for evaluation to be employed by the Trustee. The Sponsor may instruct the Trustee to use a different price which is reasonably available to the Trustee at no cost to the Trustee that the Sponsor determines to represent fairly the commercial value of the Trust’s gold. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">GAAP defines the fair value of a financial instrument as the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price); the Trust’s policy is to use the market approach. GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls shall be determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The levels used for classifying investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in these investments. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below: </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Level 1: Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities; </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Level 2: Quoted prices in markets that are not active or financial instruments for which significant inputs are observable (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, volatility and credit spreads), either directly or indirectly; </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Level 3: Prices or valuations that require significant unobservable inputs (including Sponsor’s assumptions in determining fair value measurement). </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Trustee categorizes the Trust’s investment in gold as a Level 1 asset within the ASC 820 hierarchy. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">2.3. Expenses, Realized Gains and Losses </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Trust’s only ordinary recurring fee is expected to be the fee paid to the Sponsor, which will accrue daily at an annualized rate equal to 0.18% of the daily Net Asset Value of the Trust, paid monthly in arrears (the “Sponsor Fee”). The Sponsor Fee accrues daily based on the prior business day’s Net Asset Value and is payable in cash from the Trust property or the sale of gold in accordance with the Trust Agreement. Realized gains and losses result from the transfer of gold for share redemptions and the sale of gold for the payment of Trust expenses and are recognized on a trade date basis as the difference between the fair value and cost of gold transferred or between the sale price and cost of gold sold. The cost of gold is determined using the specific identification method. </div> 0.0018 <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">2.4. Gold Receivable and Payable </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Gold receivable or payable, if any, represents the quantity of gold covered by contractually binding orders for the creation or redemption of shares respectively, where the gold has not yet been transferred to or from the Trust’s account. Generally, ownership of the gold is transferred within a business day of the trade date. </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">2.5. Creations and Redemptions of Shares </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Trust issues and redeems Shares in one or more blocks of at least 25,000 shares (a block of 25,000 shares is called a “Basket”) only to Authorized Participants. The creation and redemption of Baskets will only be made in exchange for the delivery to the Trust or the distribution by the Trust of the amount of gold represented by the Baskets being created or redeemed, the amount of which will be based on the combined fine ounces represented by the number of shares included in the Baskets being created or redeemed determined on the day the order to create or redeem Baskets is properly received. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Orders to create or redeem Baskets may be placed only by Authorized Participants. To become an Authorized Participant, an entity must enter into an Authorized Participant Agreement with the Sponsor and the Trustee. The Authorized Participant Agreement provides the procedures for the creation and redemption of Baskets and for the delivery of the gold required for such creations and redemptions. The Authorized Participant Agreement and the related procedures attached thereto may be amended by the Trustee and the Sponsor, without the consent of any investor or Authorized Participant. A transaction fee of $500 will be assessed on all creation and redemption transactions and paid to the Trustee. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Authorized Participants who make deposits with the Trust in exchange for Baskets will receive no fees, commissions or other form of compensation or inducement of any kind from either a Sponsor or the Trust, and no such entity has any obligation or responsibility to a Sponsor or the Trust to affect any sale or resale of Shares. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Changes in the Shares during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 are: </div><div style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:76%;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr> <td style="width:73%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:3%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">March 31,<br/> 2026</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">March 31,<br/> 2025</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Beginning Share Balance</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">59,804,722</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">34,466,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Creations (representing 117 and 303 Baskets, respectively)</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2,926,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">7,581,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Redemptions (representing 28 and 0 Baskets, respectively)</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(700,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">— </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1px"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Ending Share Balance</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">62,030,722</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">42,047,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr></table> 25000 500 <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Changes in the Shares during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 are: </div><div style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:76%;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr> <td style="width:73%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:3%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">March 31,<br/> 2026</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">March 31,<br/> 2025</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Beginning Share Balance</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">59,804,722</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">34,466,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Creations (representing 117 and 303 Baskets, respectively)</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2,926,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">7,581,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Redemptions (representing 28 and 0 Baskets, respectively)</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(700,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">— </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1px"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Ending Share Balance</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">62,030,722</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">42,047,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr></table> 59804722 34466000 117 303 2926000 7581000 28 0 700000 0 62030722 42047000 <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">2.6. Income Taxes </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Trust is classified as a “grantor trust” for United States federal income tax purposes. As a result, the Trust itself is not subject to United States federal income tax. Instead, the Trust’s income, gain, losses, and expenses will “flow through” to the shareholders, and the Trustee reports these to the Internal Revenue Service on that basis. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Sponsor has analyzed applicable tax laws and regulations and their application to the Trust as of March 31, 2026 and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">2.7. Segment Reporting </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Operating segments are components of a public entity that engage in business activities from which it may recognize revenues and incur expenses, have discrete financial information available, and have their operating results regularly reviewed by the public entity’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) when assessing segment performance and making decisions about segment resources. The principal financial officer of the Trust acts as the Trust’s CODM. The CODM monitors the operating results of the Trust as a whole, and the Trust’s asset allocation is managed in accordance with the Trust’s prospectus. The Trust operates as a <div style="-sec-ix-hidden:hidden165246682;display:inline;"><div style="-sec-ix-hidden:hidden165246683;display:inline;">single</div></div> operating and reporting segment. The segment derives its revenues from Trust investments made in accordance with the investment objective of the Trust. The financial information the CODM leverages to assess the segment’s performance and to make decisions for the Trust’s single segment is consistent with that presented within the Trust’s financial statements. The Trust’s financial statements detail the Trust’s segment assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses. </div> Operating segments are components of a public entity that engage in business activities from which it may recognize revenues and incur expenses, have discrete financial information available, and have their operating results regularly reviewed by the public entity’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) when assessing segment performance and making decisions about segment resources. The Trust’s financial statements detail the Trust’s segment assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses. <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">3. INVESTMENT IN GOLD </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following represents the changes in ounces of gold and the respective fair value during the three months ended March 31, 2026: </div><div style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:76%;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr> <td style="width:71%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:4%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:3%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Amount in<br/> ounces</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Amount in<br/> US$</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Balance at December 31, 2025</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">590,283.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2,542,909,779</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Creations</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">28,872.2</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">144,003,541</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Redemptions</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(6,905.3</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(30,840,672</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)  </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Net realized gain (loss) from gold bullion distributed for redemptions</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">— </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">17,870,604 </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Transfer of gold to pay expenses</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(258.1</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(1,233,046</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Net realized gain (loss) from gold sold to pay expenses</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">— </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(51,699</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment in gold</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">— </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">147,614,080</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1px"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Balance at March 31, 2026</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">611,991.8</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2,820,272,587</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following represents the changes in ounces of gold and the respective fair value during the year ended December 31, 2025:</div><div style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:76%;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr> <td style="width:71%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:3%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Amount in<br/> ounces</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Amount in<br/> US$</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Balance at December 31, 2024</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">340,786.6</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">889,742,864</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Creations</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">266,584.1</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">922,113,513</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Redemptions</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(16,301.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(52,634,108</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Net realized gain (loss) from gold bullion distributed for redemptions</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">— </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">22,098,194</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Transfer of gold to pay expenses</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(786.7</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(2,702,382</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Net realized gain (loss) from gold sold to pay expenses</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">— </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(54,763</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment in gold</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">— </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">764,346,461</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1px"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Balance at December 31, 2025</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">590,283.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2,542,909,779</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr></table> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following represents the changes in ounces of gold and the respective fair value during the three months ended March 31, 2026: </div><div style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:76%;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr> <td style="width:71%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:4%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:3%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Amount in<br/> ounces</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Amount in<br/> US$</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Balance at December 31, 2025</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">590,283.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2,542,909,779</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Creations</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">28,872.2</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">144,003,541</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Redemptions</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(6,905.3</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(30,840,672</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)  </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Net realized gain (loss) from gold bullion distributed for redemptions</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">— </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">17,870,604 </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Transfer of gold to pay expenses</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(258.1</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(1,233,046</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Net realized gain (loss) from gold sold to pay expenses</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">— </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(51,699</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment in gold</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">— </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">147,614,080</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1px"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Balance at March 31, 2026</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">611,991.8</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2,820,272,587</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following represents the changes in ounces of gold and the respective fair value during the year ended December 31, 2025:</div><div style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:76%;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr> <td style="width:71%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:3%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Amount in<br/> ounces</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Amount in<br/> US$</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Balance at December 31, 2024</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">340,786.6</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">889,742,864</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Creations</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">266,584.1</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">922,113,513</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Redemptions</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(16,301.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(52,634,108</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Net realized gain (loss) from gold bullion distributed for redemptions</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">— </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">22,098,194</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Transfer of gold to pay expenses</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(786.7</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(2,702,382</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Net realized gain (loss) from gold sold to pay expenses</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">— </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(54,763</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment in gold</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">— </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">764,346,461</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1px"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Balance at December 31, 2025</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">590,283.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2,542,909,779</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr></table> 590283 2542909779 28872.2 144003541 -6905.3 -30840672 17870604 -258.1 -1233046 -51699 147614080 611991.8 2820272587 340786.6 889742864 266584.1 922113513 -16301 -52634108 22098194 -786.7 -2702382 -54763 764346461 590283 2542909779 <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">4. RELATED PARTIES – SPONSOR, TRUSTEE, CUSTODIAN AND MARKETING FEES </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A fee is paid to the Sponsor as compensation for services performed under the Trust Agreement. The Sponsor’s Fee is payable at an annualized rate of 0.18% of the Trust’s Net Asset Value, accrued on a daily basis computed on the prior business day’s Net Asset Value and paid in cash monthly in arrears. In exchange for the Sponsor Fee, the Sponsor has agreed to assume and be responsible for the payment of the following expenses, up to the Fee Cap (as defined below): fees for the Trustee’s ordinary services and reimbursement of its ordinary <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">out-of-pocket</div></div> expenses; the Custodian’s fees and expenses reimbursable to the Custodian pursuant to the Custody Agreement; the marketing expenses of the Trust; the listing fees of the Trust on the Cboe BZX Exchange; registration fees associated with the Trust charged by the SEC; printing and mailing costs; expenses for the maintenance of any website of the Trust; audit fees and expenses; routine legal fees and expenses associated with the ordinary course of the Trust’s operations; and the expense of the first two examinations of the Custodian’s records relating to the unallocated account and the first two audits of the Physical Gold held in the allocated account during any fiscal year (with the expense of any further examination or audits during such fiscal year to be an expense of the Trust). The Sponsor shall not be responsible for any other expenses, including litigation expenses associated with the Trust, taxes and other governmental charges (except and solely to the extent as may otherwise be agreed to in writing between the Sponsor and the Custodian), the Trustee’s expenses not reimbursed by the Sponsor pursuant to the Trust Agreement, indemnification of the Trustee or the Sponsor pursuant to the Trust Agreement, any expenses that are in excess of the Fee Cap, extraordinary expenses incurred on behalf of the Trust, and otherwise as set forth in the Trust Agreement. Extraordinary expenses shall include any fixing fees charged in connection with sales of gold required by applicable law or regulation or required upon termination of the Trust. The Fee Cap is a maximum amount equal to the greater of $500,000 per annum and the amount that is equal to 0.15% of the average total value of the gold held by the Trust, as determined by the Trustee on each business day, plus the value of all other assets of the Trust (other than any amount credited to the Trust’s reserve account), including cash, if any. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">From time to time, the Sponsor may waive all or a portion of the Sponsor Fee at its discretion. The Sponsor is under no obligation to continue a waiver after the end of a stated period, and, if such waiver is not continued, the Sponsor Fee will thereafter be paid in full. Presently, the Sponsor does not intend to waive any of its fees. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Affiliates of the Trustee may from time to time act as Authorized Participants or purchase or sell gold or Trust Shares for their own account, as agent for their customers and for accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. </div> 0.0018 500000 0.0015 <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">5. CONCENTRATION OF RISK </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Trust’s sole business activity is the investment in gold bullion. Several factors could affect the price of gold: (i) global gold supply and demand, which is influenced by such factors as forward selling by gold producers, purchases made by gold producers to unwind gold hedge positions, central bank purchases and sales, and production and cost levels in major gold-producing countries, and new production projects; (ii) investors’ expectations regarding future inflation rates; (iii) currency exchange rate volatility; (iv) interest rate volatility; and (v) political, economic, global or regional incidents. In addition, there is no assurance that gold will maintain its long-term value in terms of purchasing power in the future. In the event that the price of gold declines, the Sponsor expects the value of an investment in the Shares to decline proportionately. Each of these events could have a material effect on the Trust’s financial position and results of operations. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">6. INDEMNIFICATION </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Trust Agreement provides that the Trustee, its directors, officers, employees, shareholders, agents and affiliates (as defined under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) shall be indemnified from the Trust and held harmless against any loss, liability or expense (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) arising out of or in connection with the performance of its obligations under the Trust Agreement and under each other agreement entered into by the Trustee in furtherance of the administration of the Trust (including the Custody Agreement and any Authorized Participant Agreement, including the Trustee’s indemnification obligations under these agreements), or otherwise by reason of the Trustee’s acceptance or administration of the Trust to the extent such loss, liability or expense was incurred without (i) gross negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or willful malfeasance on the part of such indemnified party in connection with the performance of its obligations under the Trust Agreement or any such other agreement, or any actions taken in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or any such other agreement, or (ii) reckless disregard on the part of such indemnified party of its obligations and duties under the Trust Agreement or any such other agreement. Each indemnified party shall be indemnified from the Trust and held harmless against any loss, liability or expense (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) arising out of or in connection with any services the Custodian may, directly or indirectly, separately offer or provide to any beneficial owner. Such indemnities shall include payment from the Trust of the reasonable costs and expenses incurred by such indemnified party in investigating or defending itself against any such loss, liability or expense or any claim therefor, provided that such indemnified party shall repay to the Trust the amount of any such reasonable costs and expenses paid by the Trust to the extent it may be ultimately determined that such indemnified party was not entitled to be indemnified under the Trust Agreement because clause (i) or clause (ii) of the sentence preceding the prior sentence applied. Any amounts payable to an indemnified party may be payable in advance or shall be secured by a lien on the Trust. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Sponsor and its members, managers, directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates shall be indemnified from the Trust and held harmless against any loss, liability or expense (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) arising out of or in connection with the performance of its obligations under the Trust Agreement and under each other agreement entered into by the Sponsor in furtherance of the administration of the Trust (including Authorized Participant Agreements to which the Sponsor is a party, including the Sponsor’s indemnification obligations thereunder) or any actions taken in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement, to the extent such loss, liability or expense was incurred without (i) gross negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or willful malfeasance on the part of such indemnified party in connection with the performance of its obligations under the Trust Agreement or any such other agreement or any actions taken in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement, or any such other agreement or (ii) reckless disregard on the part of such indemnified party of its obligations and duties under the Trust Agreement, or any such other agreement. The Sponsor and its members, managers, directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates shall be indemnified from the Trust and held harmless against any loss, liability or expense (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) arising out of or in connection with any services the Custodian may, directly or indirectly, separately offer or provide to any beneficial owner. Such indemnities shall include payment from the Trust of the reasonable costs and expenses incurred by such indemnified party in investigating or defending itself against any such loss, liability or expense or any claim therefor, provided that such indemnified party shall repay to the Trust the amount of any such reasonable costs and expenses paid by the Trust to the extent it may be ultimately determined that such indemnified party was not entitled to be indemnified under the Trust Agreement because clause (i) or clause (ii) of this paragraph applied. </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the Trustee or the Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, undertake any action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">the </div>Trust Agreement and in such event, the reasonable legal expenses and costs and other disbursements of any such actions shall be expenses and costs of the Trust and the Trustee or the Sponsor, as the case may be, shall be entitled to reimbursement by the Trust. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">7. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Management has evaluated the possibility of subsequent events existing in the Trust’s financial statements through the date the financial statements were issued. Management has determined that there are no material events that would require disclosure in the Trust’s financial statements through this date. </div> no false false false false Annualized. Calculated using average Shares outstanding. Total Return, at NAV is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the NAV at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at NAV during the period, and redemption of Shares at NAV on the last day of the period. Total Return, at NAV includes adjustments in accordance with U.S. GAAP and as such, the NAV for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those NAVs may differ from the NAVs and returns for shareholder transactions. Total Return, at market value is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market value during the period, and redemption of Shares at the market value on the last day of the period. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.