SPDR GOLD TRUST FILES (8-K) Disclosing Other Events
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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.
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The Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act, and the certification requirements for quarterly and annual reports required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the SOX Act, and set forth in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 and Item 601(b)(31) of Regulation S-K.
Prior to the establishment of the Board, the officers of the Sponsor who are responsible for the disclosure controls of the Trust periodically discussed their evaluations of the internal control over financial reporting of the Trust with the auditors of the Trust, the Sponsor, the
The Board has established an audit committee, or the Committee, and designated Messrs. Shea, Maggiotto and Wolkoff to serve as members of the Committee. The Board has determined that each member of the Committee meets the independence requirements as described under Section 301 of the SOX Act, Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act and Rule 5.3(k) of the NYSE Arca Equities Rules.
The Sponsor's chief financial officer will now provide reports periodically to the Committee with respect to the status of the Trust's compliance with Section 404 of the SOX Act. Also, the Trust's auditors, the Sponsor's auditors and the audit firm engaged to monitor the Trust's compliance with Section 404 of the SOX Act will be asked to report to the Committee at its quarterly meetings and will have direct access to the Committee.
Set forth below is a biographical description of each of the members of the Board:
William J. Shea Chairman, Board of Directors
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He has previously served as a Non-Executive Director of
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