80_FR_55853 80 FR 55674 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change To List and Trade Shares of the Global Currency Gold Fund Under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.201

80 FR 55674 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change To List and Trade Shares of the Global Currency Gold Fund Under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.201

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 179 (September 16, 2015)

Page Range55674-55683
FR Document2015-23284

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 179 (Wednesday, September 16, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 179 (Wednesday, September 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55674-55683]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-75900; File No. SR-NYSEArca-2015-76]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing 
of Proposed Rule Change To List and Trade Shares of the Global Currency 
Gold Fund Under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.201

September 11, 2015.
    Pursuant to section 19(b)(1) \1\ of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934 (the ``Act'') \2\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\3\ notice is hereby 
given that, on August 28, 2015, NYSE Arca, Inc. (the ``Exchange'' or 
``NYSE Arca'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the 
``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I and II 
below, which Items have been prepared by the self-regulatory 
organization. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit 
comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 15 U.S.C. 78a.
    \3\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance 
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to list and trade shares of the Global 
Currency Gold Fund under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.201. The text of the 
proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's Web site at 
www.nyse.com, at the principal office of the Exchange, and at the 
Commission's Public Reference Room.

II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and 
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

    In its filing with the Commission, the self-regulatory organization 
included statements concerning the purpose of, and basis for, the 
proposed rule change and discussed any comments it received on the 
proposed rule change. The text of those statements may be examined at 
the places specified in Item IV below. The Exchange has prepared 
summaries, set forth in sections A, B, and C below, of the most 
significant parts of such statements.

A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and 
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    The Exchange proposes to list and trade (``Shares'') of the Global 
Currency Gold Fund (the ``Fund''), a series of the Global Gold Currency 
Trust (Trust''), under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.201.\4\ Under NYSE 
Arca Equities Rule 8.201, the Exchange may propose to list and/or trade 
pursuant to unlisted trading privileges (``UTP'') ``Commodity-Based 
Trust Shares.'' \5\
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    \4\ On August 28, 2015, the Trust filed with the Commission a 
registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act of 1933 
(``1933 Act'') relating to the Fund (File No. 333-206640) 
(``Registration Statement''). The description of the operation of 
the Trust and the Fund herein is based, in part, on the Registration 
Statement.
    \5\ Commodity-Based Trust Shares are securities issued by a 
trust that represent investors' discrete identifiable and undivided 
beneficial ownership interest in the commodities deposited into the 
Trust.
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    The Fund will not be registered as an investment company under the 
Investment Company Act of 1940 \6\ and is not required to register 
under such act.
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    \6\ 15 U.S.C. 80a-1.
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    The Sponsor of the Fund and the Trust will be WGC USA Asset 
Management Company, LLC (the ``Sponsor'').\7\ BNY Mellon Asset 
Servicing, a division of The Bank of New York Mellon, will be the 
Fund's administrator (``Administrator''), transfer agent (``Transfer 
Agent'') and custodian (``Custodian'') and will not be affiliated with 
the Trust, the Fund or the Sponsor.
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    \7\ The Trust will be a Delaware statutory trust consisting of 
multiple series, each of which will issue common units of beneficial 
interest, which represent units of fractional undivided beneficial 
interest in and ownership of such series. The term of the Trust and 
each series will be perpetual (unless terminated earlier in certain 
circumstances). The trustee for the Fund's trust (``Trustee'') will 
be Delaware Trust Company, the sole trustee with respect to the 
Fund.
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    The Commission has previously approved listing on the Exchange 
under NYSE Arca Equities Rules 5.2(j)(5) and 8.201 of other precious 
metals and gold-based commodity trusts, including the Merk Gold Trust; 
\8\ ETFS Gold Trust,\9\ ETFS Platinum Trust \10\ and ETFS Palladium 
Trust (collectively, the ``ETFS Trusts''); \11\APMEX Physical-1 oz. 
Gold Redeemable Trust; \12\ Sprott Gold Trust; \13\ SPDR Gold Trust 
(formerly, streetTRACKS Gold Trust); iShares Silver Trust; \14\ and 
iShares COMEX Gold Trust.\15\ Prior to their listing on the Exchange, 
the Commission approved listing of the streetTRACKS Gold Trust on the 
New York Stock Exchange (``NYSE'') \16\ and listing of iShares COMEX 
Gold Trust and iShares Silver Trust on the American Stock Exchange 
LLC.\17\ In addition, the Commission has approved trading of the 
streetTRACKS Gold Trust and iShares Silver Trust on the Exchange 
pursuant to UTP.\18\
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    \8\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 71378 (January 23, 
2014), 79 FR 4786 (January 29, 2014) (SR-NYSEArca-2013-137).
    \9\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 59895 (May 8, 2009), 74 
FR 22993 (May 15, 2009) (SR-NYSEArca-2009-40).
    \10\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 61219 (December 22, 
2009), 74 FR 68886 (December 29, 2009) (SR-NYSEArca-2009-95).
    \11\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 61220 (December 22, 
2009), 74 FR 68895 (December 29, 2009) (SR-NYSEArca-2009-94).
    \12\ Securities Exchange Act Release No 66930 (May 7, 2012), 77 
FR 27817 (May 11, 2012) (SR-NYSEArca-2012-18).
    \13\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 61496 (February 4, 
2010), 75 FR 6758 (February 10, 2010) (SR-NYSEArca-2009-113).
    \14\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 58956 (November 14, 
2008), 73 FR 71074 (November 24, 2008) (SR-NYSEArca-2008-124) 
(approving listing on the Exchange of the iShares Silver Trust)).
    \15\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No.56224 (August 8, 
2007), 72 FR 45850 (August 15, 2007) (SR-NYSEArca-2007-76) 
(approving listing on the Exchange of the streetTRACKS Gold Trust); 
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 56041 (July 11, 2007), 72 FR 
39114 (July 17, 2007) (SR-NYSEArca-2007-43) (order approving listing 
on the Exchange of iShares COMEX Gold Trust).
    \16\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 50603 (October 28, 
2004), 69 FR 64614 (November 5, 2004) (SR-NYSE-2004-22) (order 
approving listing of streetTRACKS Gold Trust on NYSE).
    \17\ See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 51058 (January 19, 
2005), 70 FR 3749 (January 26, 2005) (SR-Amex-2004-38) (order 
approving listing of iShares COMEX Gold Trust on the American Stock 
Exchange LLC); 53521 (March 20, 2006), 71 FR 14967 (March 24, 2006) 
(SR-Amex-2005-72) (approving listing on the American Stock Exchange 
LLC of the iShares Silver Trust).
    \18\ See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 53520 (March 20, 
2006), 71 FR 14977 (March 24, 2006) (SR-PCX-2005-117) (approving 
trading on the Exchange pursuant to UTP of the iShares Silver 
Trust); 51245 (February 23, 2005), 70 FR 10731 (March 4, 2005) (SR-
PCX-2004-117) (approving trading on the Exchange of the streetTRACKS 
Gold Trust pursuant to UTP).
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Operation of the Fund
    Gold bullion typically is priced and traded throughout the world in 
U.S. dollars. The Fund has been established as an alternative to 
traditional dollar-based gold investing. Although investors will 
purchase shares of the Fund with U.S. dollars, the Fund is designed to 
provide investors with the economic effect of holding gold in terms of 
a specific basket of major, non-U.S. currencies, such as the euro, 
Japanese yen and British pound (each, a ``Reference Currency''), rather 
than the U.S. dollar. Specifically, the Fund will seek to track the 
performance of the Global Gold Index (ex-USD), less Fund expenses. The 
Global Gold Index (ex-USD), or the ``Index'', represents the daily 
performance of a long position in physical gold and a short position in 
each of the Reference Currencies.\19\ The

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Index is designed to measure daily gold bullion returns as though an 
investor had invested in Gold in terms of the Reference Currencies 
reflected in the Index. (The Index is described in more detail below 
under the heading ``Description of the Index''.)
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    \19\ ``Gold'' means gold bullion meeting the requirements of 
London Good Delivery Standards. London Good Delivery Standards are 
the specifications for weight dimensions, fineness (or purity), 
identifying marks and appearance set forth in ``The Good Delivery 
Rules for Gold and Silver Bars'' published by the London Bullion 
Markets Association (``LBMA'').
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    The U.S. dollar value of an investment in Shares of the Fund would 
therefore be expected to increase when both the price of Gold goes up 
and the value of the U.S. dollar increases against the value of the 
Reference Currencies (as weighted in the Index). Conversely, the U.S. 
dollar value of an investment would be expected to decrease when the 
price of Gold goes down and the value of the U.S. dollar decreases 
against the value of the Reference Currencies (as weighted in the 
Index). If Gold increases and the value of the U.S. dollar decreases 
against the value of the Reference Currencies, or vice versa, the net 
impact of these changes will determine the value of the Shares of the 
Fund on a daily basis.\20\
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    \20\ For additional information regarding the gold bullion 
market, gold futures exchanges, and regulation of the global gold 
market, see, e.g., Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 59895 (May 
8, 2009), 74 FR 22993 (May 15, 2009) (SR-NYSEArca-2009-40) (order 
approving Exchange listing and trading of the ETFS Gold Trust); and 
66627 (March 20, 2012), 77 FR 27817 (May 11, 2012) (SR-NYSEArca-
2012-18) (order approving Exchange listing and trading of the APMEX 
Physical-1 oz. Gold Redeemable Trust).
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    The Fund is a passive investment vehicle and is designed to track 
the performance of the Index regardless of: (i) The value of Gold or 
any Reference Currency; (ii) market conditions; and (iii) whether the 
Index is increasing or decreasing in value. The Fund's holdings 
generally will consist entirely of Gold. Substantially all of the 
Fund's Gold holdings will be delivered by Authorized Participants 
(defined below) in exchange for Fund Shares. The Fund will not hold any 
of the Reference Currencies. The Fund generally will not hold U.S. 
dollars (except from time to time in very limited amounts to pay 
expenses). The Fund's Gold holdings will not be managed and the Fund 
will not have any investment discretion.
    The Fund's net asset value (``NAV'') will go up or down each 
Business Day based primarily on two factors.\21\ The first is the 
change in the price of Gold measured in U.S. dollars from the prior 
Business Day. This drives the value of the Fund's Gold holdings 
measured in U.S. dollars up (as Gold prices increase) or down (as Gold 
prices fall). The second is the change in the value of the Reference 
Currencies against the U.S. dollar from the prior Business Day. This 
drives the value of the Fund's Gold holdings measured in the Reference 
Currencies up (when the value of the U.S. dollar against the Reference 
Currencies increases) or down (when the value of the U.S. dollar 
against the Reference Currencies declines). The value of Gold and the 
Reference Currencies are based on publicly available, transparent 
prices--for Gold, the LBMA Gold Price PM (defined below), for 
currencies, the WM Reuters rates.
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    \21\ A Business Day with respect to the Fund is any day the 
Exchange is open for trading. A Business Day with respect to the 
Index generally is any day on which (i) LBMA Gold prices are 
established and (ii) banks are scheduled to be open in the principal 
financial center of the jurisdiction in which each Reference 
Currency is the lawful currency.
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    Because the Fund generally will hold only Gold bullion (and not 
U.S. dollars or the Reference Currencies), the economic impact of 
changes to the value of the Reference Currencies against the U.S. 
dollar from day to day is reflected in the Fund by moving an amount of 
Gold ounces of equivalent value in or out of the Fund. Therefore, the 
Fund will seek to track the performance of the Index by entering into a 
transaction each Business Day with the Gold Delivery Provider pursuant 
to which Gold is moved in or out of the Fund.\22\ The terms of this 
transaction are set forth in a written contract between the Fund and 
the Gold Delivery Provider referred to as the ``Gold Delivery 
Agreement.'' Pursuant to the terms of the Gold Delivery Agreement, the 
Fund will deliver Gold to, or receive Gold from, the Gold Delivery 
Provider each Business Day. The amount of Gold transferred will be 
equivalent to the Fund's profit or loss as if the Fund had exchanged 
the Reference Currencies, in the proportion in which they are reflected 
in the Index, for U.S. dollars in an amount equal to the Fund's 
declared holdings of Gold on such day. If there is a currency gain 
(i.e., the value of the U.S. dollar against the Reference Currencies 
increases), the Fund will receive Gold. If there is a currency loss 
(i.e., the value of the U.S. dollar against the Reference Currencies 
decreases), the Fund will deliver Gold.\23\ In this manner, the value 
of the Gold held by the Fund will be adjusted to reflect the daily 
change in the value of the Reference Currencies against the U.S. 
dollar. The Gold Delivery Agreement requires Gold ounces equal to the 
value of the Gold Delivery Amount to be delivered to the custody 
account of the Fund or Gold Delivery Provider, as applicable.
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    \22\ The Gold Delivery Provider will be a national banking 
association. The Gold Delivery Provider will be chartered and 
subject to regulation by the Office of the Comptroller of the 
Currency, a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury 
and will be a member of the Federal Reserve System. The Gold 
Delivery Provider will not be affiliated with the Trust, the Fund, 
the Sponsor, the Trustee, the Administrator, the Transfer Agent, the 
Custodian or the Index Provider (defined below).
    \23\ If the applicable currency exchange rates did not change 
from one day to the next, or the net impact of such changes was 
zero, then the Fund would neither deliver nor receive Gold pursuant 
to the Gold Delivery Agreement.
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    The Fund does not intend to enter into any other Gold transactions 
other than with the Gold Delivery Provider as described in the Gold 
Delivery Agreement (except that the Fund may sell Gold to cover Fund 
expenses), and the Fund does not intend to hold any Reference Currency 
or enter into any currency transactions.
Description of the Index
    The Index is maintained and calculated by a major third-party data 
and index provider (the ``Index Provider''). The Index Provider has 
licensed the Index to the Sponsor for use in connection with the Trust 
and the Fund. The Index Provider will not be affiliated with the Fund's 
trust, the Fund, the Sponsor, the trustee for the Fund's trust, the 
Administrator, the Transfer Agent, the Custodian or Gold Delivery 
Provider. The Index Provider is not affiliated with a broker-dealer. 
The Index Provider has adopted policies and procedures designed to 
prevent the spread of material non-public information about the Index 
and maintains ``fire walls'' around the personnel who have access to 
information concerning changes and adjustments to the Index.
    The description of the strategy and methodology underlying the 
Index, which will be identified and described in the Registration 
Statement, is based on rules formulated by the Index Provider (the 
``Index Rules''). The Index Rules, which will be described in the 
Registration Statement, will govern the calculation and constitution of 
the Index and other decisions and actions related to its maintenance. 
The Index is described as a ``notional'' or ``synthetic'' portfolio or 
strategy because there is no actual portfolio of assets to which any 
person is entitled or in which any person has any ownership interest. 
The Index references certain assets (i.e., Gold and the Reference 
Currencies), the performance of which will be used as a reference point 
for calculating the daily performance of the Index (the ``Index

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Level''). The Index seeks to track the daily performance of a long 
position in physical Gold and a short position in each of the Reference 
Currencies (as weighted in the Index). If the Gold Price (as defined 
below) increases and the Reference Currencies depreciate against the 
U.S. dollar, the Index Level will increase. Conversely, if the Gold 
Price decreases and the Reference Currencies appreciate against the 
U.S. dollar, the Index Level will decrease. In certain cases, the 
appreciation of the Gold Price or the depreciation of one or more of 
the Reference Currencies may be offset by the appreciation of one or 
more of the Reference Currencies or the depreciation of the Gold Price, 
as applicable. The net impact of these changes determines the Index 
Level on a daily basis.
    The Index values Gold on a daily basis using the ``Gold Price.'' 
The Gold Price generally is the LBMA Gold Price PM (though other 
sources may be used if the LBMA Gold Price PM is delayed or 
unavailable). The ``LBMA Gold Price'' means the price per troy ounce of 
Gold stated in U.S. dollars as set via an electronic auction process 
run twice daily at 10:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., London time each Business 
Day as calculated and administered by ICE Benchmark Administration 
Limited (``IBA'') and published by LBMA on its Web site. The ``LBMA 
Gold Price PM'' is the 3:00 p.m. LBMA Gold Price. IBA, an independent 
specialist benchmark administrator, provides the price platform, 
methodology and the overall administration and governance for the LBMA 
Gold Price.
    As noted herein, the term ``Reference Currencies'' refers to the 
major, non-U.S. currencies referenced by the Index. Each Reference 
Currency is expressed in terms of a number of foreign currency units 
relative to one U.S. dollar (e.g., a number of Japanese yen per one 
U.S. dollar) or in terms of a number of U.S. dollars per one unit of 
the reference currency (e.g., a number of U.S. dollars per one euro).
    The Index weights its exposure to each Reference Currency based on 
the Triennial Central Bank Survey of foreign exchange turnover (the 
``FX Liquidity Survey'') as conducted by the Monetary and Economic 
Department of the Bank of International Settlements (``BIS''). Every 
three years, the BIS reviews turnover in the foreign exchange markets 
and publishes its preliminary results in September and final results in 
December. The BIS last published its FX Liquidity Survey in September 
2013. The Index references the summary results of the most recent FX 
Liquidity Survey to determine which currencies are Reference Currencies 
and the weight of those Reference Currencies in the Index. The most 
liquid Reference Currencies are more heavily weighted in the Index.
    The Index currently references European Union euro (``euro'' or 
``EUR''), the Japanese yen (``JPY'' or yen''), the British pound 
(``GBP''), the Australian dollar (``AUD''), the Swiss franc (``CHF''), 
the Canadian dollar (``CAD'') and the New Zealand dollar (``NZD'') 
(each of which is measured against U.S. dollars). The three most 
heavily weighted currencies referenced in the Index and their 
respective weights as of April 20, 2015 were the euro (approximately 
38%), yen (approximately 26%) and GBP (approximately 13%).
    Index values generally are calculated using the published WMR Spot 
Rate (``Spot Rate'') as of 4:00 p.m., London time associated with each 
Reference Currency, subject to adjustments as described below (though 
other rates may be used if the Spot Rate is delayed or unavailable). 
The ``Spot Rate'' is the rate at which a Reference Currency can be 
exchanged for U.S. dollars on an immediate basis, subject to the 
applicable settlement cycle. Thus, if an investor wanted to convert 
U.S. dollars into euros, the investor could enter into a spot 
transaction at the Spot Rate (subject to the bid/ask) and would receive 
euros in a number of days, depending on the settlement cycle of that 
currency. Generally, the settlement of a ``spot'' transaction is two 
currency business days (except in the case of Canadian dollars, which 
settle on the next business day). The following table sets forth the 
Reference Currencies (each of which is measured against U.S. dollars), 
the applicable ``Reuters Page'' for each Spot Rate referenced by the 
Index and the market convention for quoting such currency.

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EUR/USD..............................  USDEURFIX=WM...........  Number of USD per one EUR.
USD/JPY..............................  USDJPYFIX=WM...........  Number of JPY per one USD.
GBP/USD..............................  USDGBPFIX=WM...........  Number of USD per one GBP.
AUD/USD..............................  USDAUDFIX=WM...........  Number of USD per one AUD.
USD/CHF..............................  USDCHFFIX=WM...........  Number of CHF per one USD.
USD/CAD..............................  USDCADFIX=WM...........  Number of CAD per one USD.
USD/HKD..............................  USDHKDFIX=WM...........  Number of HKD per one USD.
USD/SEK..............................  USDSEKFIX=WM...........  Number of SEK per one USD.
NZD/USD..............................  USDNZDFIX=WM...........  Number of USD per one NZD.
USD/NOK..............................  USDNOKFIX=WM...........  Number of NOK per one USD.
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    Settlement in most spot currency transactions is two currency 
business days after the trade date. A ``tomorrow-next trade'' arises 
when a person does not want to settle the transaction and receive the 
currency within that timeframe. A ``tomorrow next forward point'' or 
``t/n forward point'' is the number of basis points associated with 
rolling a currency position that would otherwise settle ``tomorrow'' so 
that the position would settle on the ``next'' day. Since the Index 
does not take actual delivery of the Reference Currencies, Index values 
are calculated using a tomorrow next forward rate which is combined 
with the Spot Rate.
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    \24\ The Index is governed by an Index rule that provides that 
only the currencies that constitute the top 90% of currencies based 
on FX turnover as described in the triennial BIS FX Liquidity Survey 
are included in the Index. After the 2007 BIS FX Liquidity Survey, 
HKD, SEK and NOK were in the Index because they were in the top 90% 
of FX turnover. As of the 2013 BIS FX Liquidity Survey, however, the 
Index was rebalanced and these three currencies dropped out because 
they were no longer in the top 90% of FX turnover. After the release 
of the 2016 BIS FX Liquidity Survey, and the subsequent rebalancing 
of the Index, the currencies that appear in the Index will be those 
currencies that are in the top 90% of FX turnover based on the 
results of the 2016 BIS FX Liquidity Survey.
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    In general, the Index is calculated by the Index Provider each 
Business Day, unless there is a ``Market Disruption Event'' or 
``Extraordinary Event'' as described below.
The Gold Delivery Agreement
    The Fund has entered into a written contract with the Gold Delivery 
Provider. Subject to the terms of the Gold Delivery Agreement, on a 
daily basis, the Gold Delivery Provider will (i)

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calculate the Gold Delivery Amount and (ii) deliver Gold ounces equal 
to the U.S. dollar value of the Gold Delivery Amount into or out of the 
Fund. The Gold Delivery Amount is the amount of Gold ounces to be 
delivered into or out of the Fund on a daily basis to reflect price 
movements in the Reference Currencies against the U.S. dollar from the 
prior Business Day (assuming no Market Disruption Event or 
Extraordinary Event has occurred or is continuing as described in more 
detail below).
    The starting point for the calculation of the Gold Delivery Amount 
is the daily change in the exchange rate of the Reference Currencies, 
in their respective Index weights, against the U.S. dollar. The Gold 
Delivery Amount is calculated, in simplest terms, by applying this rate 
to the dollar value of Gold bullion held by the Fund. The result of 
this calculation is an amount in U.S. dollars which reflects how the 
Fund's Gold holdings would have performed if such holdings had been 
denominated in the Reference Currencies instead of the U.S. dollar. 
This dollar amount is converted into a number of ounces of Gold based 
on the published price of Gold, which amount is the Gold Delivery 
Amount for the Fund.
    Specifically, the Gold Delivery Provider will determine the effect 
of changes in the daily value of the Reference Currencies against the 
U.S. dollar by calculating the change in the Spot Rate of the Reference 
Currencies in their respective Index weights against the U.S. dollar 
from the prior Business Day. The Gold Delivery Provider may use other 
rates if the Spot Rate is delayed or unavailable as set forth in the 
Gold Delivery Agreement. The resultant U.S. dollar amount is referred 
to as the ``FX PnL per Ounce.'' The Gold Delivery Provider generally 
will make this calculation shortly after the Reference Currency prices 
are published at the ``WMR FX Fixing Time,'' which is generally at 4:00 
p.m., London Time.
    The FX PnL per Ounce is then multiplied by the number of Shares 
outstanding on such Business Day (without giving effect to any creation 
or redemption orders accepted for such Business Day) and the amount of 
Gold (in ounces) associated with each Share. For these purposes Gold is 
valued at the Gold Price (i.e., the LBMA Gold Price PM, though the Gold 
Delivery Provider may use other sources if the LBMA Gold Price PM is 
delayed or unavailable, as set forth in the Gold Delivery Agreement). 
This calculation produces an amount in U.S. dollars equal to how the 
Fund's Gold holdings would have performed if such holdings had been 
denominated in the Reference Currencies instead of the U.S. dollar. 
This amount is referred to as the ``Net FX PnL Amount.''
    The Net FX PnL Amount is converted into a number of ounces of Gold 
based on the next available Gold Price and is adjusted downward by a 
small amount to reflect the market cost to the Gold Delivery Provider 
of effectuating the transactions that allow it to provide the Fund with 
the Gold Delivery Amount (which amount is based on each Business Day's 
changing size of the Fund's Gold holdings, changing gold prices, and 
changing prices of the Reference Currencies). The resultant total is 
the Gold Delivery Amount.
    If the Gold Delivery Amount is a positive number (meaning that the 
Fund has experienced a currency gain on the notional currency short 
positions), the Gold Delivery Provider will transfer to the Fund's 
custody account an amount of Gold (in ounces) equal to the U.S. dollar 
value of the Gold Delivery Amount. If the Gold Delivery Amount is a 
negative number (meaning that the Fund has experienced a currency loss 
on the notional currency short positions), the Fund will transfer to 
the Gold Delivery Provider's custody account an amount of Gold (in 
ounces) equal to the U.S. dollar value of the Gold Delivery Amount.
    The Gold Delivery Agreement also specifies how the amount of Gold 
representing a Creation Unit \25\ is determined and delivered in 
creation and redemption transactions, as described further below under 
the heading ``Creation and Redemption of Fund Shares.''
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    \25\ A Creation Unit is a block of 25,000 Shares. Multiple 
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Market Disruption and Extraordinary Events
    From time to time, unexpected events may cause the calculation of 
the Index and/or the operation of the Fund to be disrupted. These 
events are expected to be relatively rare. Though expected to be rare, 
there can be no guarantee these events will not occur. These events are 
referred to as either ``Market Disruption Events'' or ``Extraordinary 
Events'' depending largely on their significance and potential impact 
to the Index and Fund. Market Disruption Events and Extraordinary 
Events include disruptions in the trading of Gold or the Reference 
Currencies, delays or disruptions in the publication of the LBMA Gold 
Price or the Spot Rate and unusual market or other events. For example, 
market conditions or other events which result in a material limitation 
in, or a suspension of, the trading of physical Gold generally would be 
considered Market Disruption Events, as would material disruptions or 
delays in the determination or publication of the LBMA Gold Price PM. 
Similarly, market conditions which prevent, restrict or delay the Gold 
Delivery Provider's ability to convert a Reference Currency to U.S. 
dollars or deliver a Reference Currency through customary channels 
generally would be considered Market Disruption Events, as would 
material disruptions or delays in the determination or publication of 
the Spot Rate. The occurrence of a Market Disruption Event for five 
consecutive Business Days generally would be considered an 
Extraordinary Event for the Index and Fund.
Consequences of a Market Disruption or Extraordinary Event
    On any Business Day in which a Market Disruption Event or 
Extraordinary Event has occurred or is continuing, the Index Provider 
generally will not calculate the Index and the Gold Delivery Provider 
generally will not calculate the Net FX PnL of the Fund or the Gold 
Delivery Amount. As a result, on these days the Fund may temporarily 
suspend the acceptance of orders to create or redeem Creation Units of 
Fund Shares and the Gold Delivery Provider generally will not deliver 
Gold ounces equal in value to the Gold Delivery Amount to or from the 
Fund. In addition, the Fund may use alternate pricing sources to 
calculate NAV during the occurrence of any Market Disruption or 
Extraordinary event.\26\
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    \26\ The Exchange may suspend trading in the Shares in the event 
the Sponsor suspends the right of redemptions.
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The London Gold Bullion Market
    Although the market for physical gold is global, most over-the-
counter, or ``OTC'', trades are cleared through London. In addition to 
coordinating market activities, the LBMA acts as the principal point of 
contact between the market and its regulators. A primary function of 
the LBMA is its involvement in the promotion of refining standards by 
maintenance of the ``London Good Delivery Lists,'' which are the lists 
of LBMA accredited melters and assayers of gold. The LBMA also 
coordinates market clearing and vaulting, promotes good trading 
practices and develops standard documentation.
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meet the specifications for weight, dimensions, fineness (or purity), 
identifying marks (including the assay stamp of a LBMA acceptable 
refiner) and appearance set forth in ``The Good Delivery Rules for Gold 
and Silver Bars'' published by the LBMA. Gold bars meeting these 
requirements are known as ``London Good Delivery Bars.'' All of the 
gold held by the Fund will be London Good Delivery Bars meeting the 
specifications for weight, dimensions, fineness (or purity), 
identifying marks and appearance of gold bars as set forth in ``The 
Good Delivery Rules for Gold and Silver Bars'' published by the LBMA.
    The unit of trade in London is the troy ounce, whose conversion 
between grams is: 1,000 grams = 32.1507465 troy ounces and 1 troy ounce 
= 31.1034768 grams. A London Good Delivery Bar is acceptable for 
delivery in settlement of a transaction on the OTC market. Typically 
referred to as 400-ounce bars, a London Good Delivery Bar must contain 
between 350 and 430 fine troy ounces of gold, with a minimum fineness 
(or purity) of 995 parts per 1,000 (99.5%), be of good appearance and 
be easy to handle and stack. The fine gold content of a gold bar is 
calculated by multiplying the gross weight of the bar (expressed in 
units of 0.025 troy ounces) by the fineness of the bar.
The LBMA Gold Price
    IBA hosts a physically settled, electronic and tradeable auction 
process that provides a market-based platform for buyers and sellers to 
trade physical spot Gold. The final auction price is used and published 
to the market as the ``LBMA Gold Price benchmark.'' The LBMA Gold Price 
is set twice daily at 10:30 a.m., London time and 3:00 p.m., London 
time in three currencies: U.S. dollars, euro and British pounds. The 
LBMA Gold Price is a widely used benchmark for the physical spot price 
of Gold and is quoted by various financial information sources.
    Participants in the IBA auction process submit anonymous bids and 
offers which are published on screen and in real-time. Throughout the 
auction process, aggregated Gold bids and offers are updated in real-
time with the imbalance calculated and the price updated every 45 
seconds until the buy and sell orders are matched. When the net volume 
of all participants falls within a pre-determined tolerance the auction 
is deemed complete and the applicable LBMA Gold Price is published. 
Information about the auction process (such as aggregated bid and offer 
volumes) will be immediately available after the auction on the IBA's 
Web site.
    The LBMA Gold Price replaced the widely used ``London Gold Fix'' as 
of March 20, 2015.
The Gold Futures Markets
    Although the Fund will not invest in gold futures information about 
the gold futures market is relevant as such markets contribute to, and 
provide evidence of, the liquidity of the overall market for Gold.
    The most significant gold futures exchange is COMEX, part of the 
CME Group, Inc., which began to offer trading in gold futures contracts 
in 1974. TOCOM (Tokyo Commodity Exchange) is another significant 
futures exchange and has been trading gold since 1982. Trading on these 
exchanges is based on fixed delivery dates and transaction sizes for 
the futures and options contracts traded. Trading costs are negotiable. 
As a matter of practice, only a small percentage of the futures market 
turnover ever comes to physical delivery of the gold represented by the 
contracts traded. Both exchanges permit trading on margin. Both COMEX 
and TOCOM operate through a central clearance system and in each case, 
the clearing organization acts as a counterparty for each member for 
clearing purposes. Gold futures contracts also are traded on the 
Shanghai Gold Exchange and the Shanghai Futures Exchange.
    The global gold markets are overseen and regulated by both 
governmental and self-regulatory organizations. In addition, certain 
trade associations have established rules and protocols for market 
practices and participants.
Net Asset Value
    The Administrator will determine the NAV of Shares of the Fund each 
Business Day, unless there is a Market Disruption Event or 
Extraordinary Event. The NAV of Shares of the Fund is the aggregate 
value of the Fund's assets (which include gold payable, but not yet 
delivered, to the Fund) less its liabilities (which include accrued but 
unpaid fees and expenses). The NAV of the Fund will be calculated based 
on the price of Gold per ounce applied against the number of ounces of 
Gold owned by the Fund. The number of ounces of Gold held by the Fund 
is adjusted up or down on a daily basis to reflect the U.S. dollar 
value of currency gains or losses based on changes in the value of the 
Reference Currencies against the U.S. dollar. The number of ounces of 
Gold held by the Fund also reflects the amount of Gold delivered into 
(or out of) the Fund on a daily basis by Authorized Participants (as 
described below) creating and redeeming Shares. In determining the 
Fund's NAV, the Administrator generally will value the Gold held by the 
Fund based on the LBMA Gold Price PM for an ounce of Gold (though other 
sources may be used if the LBMA Gold Price PM is delayed or 
unavailable). Although the Fund will not hold the Reference Currencies, 
the Gold Delivery Provider generally will value the Reference 
Currencies based on the rates in effect as of the WMR FX Fixing Time, 
which is generally at 4:00 p.m., London Time (though other prices may 
be used if the 4:00 p.m. rate is delayed or unavailable). The 
Administrator will also determine the NAV per Share, which equals the 
NAV of the Fund, divided by the number of outstanding Shares. Unless 
there is a Market Disruption Event or Extraordinary Event, NAV 
generally will be calculated as of 4:00 p.m., London time.
Creation and Redemption of Shares
    The Fund expects to create and redeem Shares but only in Creation 
Units (a Creation Unit equals a block of 25,000 Shares or more). The 
creation and redemption of Creation Units requires the delivery to the 
Fund (or the distribution by the Fund in the case of redemptions) of 
the amount of Gold and any cash, if any, represented by the Creation 
Units being created or redeemed. The total amount of Gold and cash, if 
any, required for the creation of Creation Units will be based on the 
combined NAV of the number of Creation Units being created or redeemed. 
The initial amount of Gold required for deposit with the Fund to create 
Shares is 10,000 ounces per Creation Unit. The number of ounces of Gold 
required to create a Creation Unit or to be delivered upon redemption 
of a Creation Unit will gradually decrease over time. This is because 
the Shares comprising a Creation Unit will represent a decreasing 
amount of Gold due to the sale of the Fund's Gold to pay the expenses. 
Creation Units may be created or redeemed only by ``Authorized 
Participants'' (as described below), who may be required to pay a 
transaction fee for each order to create or redeem Creation Units as 
will be set forth in the Registration Statement. Authorized 
Participants may sell to other investors all or part of the Shares 
included in the Creation Units they purchase from the Fund.
Creation Procedures--Authorized Participants
    Authorized Participants are the only persons that may place orders 
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and redeem Creation Units. To become an Authorized Participant, a 
person must enter into a Participant Agreement. All Gold bullion must 
be delivered to the Fund and distributed by the Fund in unallocated 
form through credits and debits between an Authorized Participant's 
unallocated account (``Authorized Participant Unallocated Account'') 
and the Fund's unallocated account (``Fund Unallocated Account'') 
(except for Gold delivered to or from the Gold Delivery Provider 
pursuant to the Gold Delivery Agreement). All Gold bullion must be of 
at least a minimum fineness (or purity) of 995 parts per 1,000 (99.5%) 
and otherwise conform to the rules, regulations practices and customs 
of the LBMA, including the specifications for a London Good Delivery 
Bar.
    On any Business Day, an Authorized Participant may place an order 
with the Fund to create one or more Creation Units. Purchase orders 
must be placed by 10:00 a.m., Eastern time (``E.T.'') or the close of 
regular trading on NYSE Arca, whichever is earlier. The day on which 
the Fund receives a valid purchase order is the purchase order date. By 
placing a purchase order, an Authorized Participant agrees to deposit 
Gold with the Fund, or a combination of Gold and cash, if any, as 
described below.\27\ Prior to the delivery of Creation Units for a 
purchase order, the Authorized Participant must also have wired to the 
Fund the non-refundable transaction fee due for the purchase order.
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    \27\ The Sponsor anticipates that in the ordinary course of the 
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    The total deposit of Gold (and cash, if any) required to create 
each Creation Unit is referred to as the ``Creation Unit Gold Delivery 
Amount.'' The Creation Unit Gold Delivery Amount is the number of 
ounces of Gold required to be delivered to the Fund by an Authorized 
Participant in connection with a creation order for a single Creation 
Unit.\28\ The Creation Unit Gold Delivery Amount will be determined on 
the Business Day following the date such creation order is accepted. It 
is calculated by multiplying the number of Shares in a Creation Unit by 
the number of ounces of Gold (at the LBMA Gold Price PM) associated 
with Fund Shares on the Business Day the creation order is accepted. In 
addition, because the Gold Delivery Amount for the Fund does not 
reflect creation order transactions (see the section herein entitled 
``The Gold Delivery Agreement''), the Creation Unit Gold Delivery 
Amount is required to reflect the Gold Delivery Amount associated with 
such creation order. This amount is determined on the Business Day 
following the date such creation order is accepted. Finally, because 
the additional Gold submitted in connection with the creation order 
will increase the amount of Gold subject to the Gold Delivery 
Agreement, the Creation Unit Gold Delivery Amount reflects the notional 
cost to the Gold Delivery Provider of resizing (i.e., increasing) its 
Gold positions so that it can fulfill its obligations under the Gold 
Delivery Agreement.
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    \28\ The ``Creation Unit Gold Delivery Amount'' is also used to 
refer to the number of ounces of Gold to be paid by the Fund to an 
Authorized Participant in connection with the redemption of a 
Creation Unit. See ``Redemption Procedures--Authorized 
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    An Authorized Participant who places a purchase order is 
responsible for crediting its Authorized Participant Unallocated 
Account with the required Gold deposit amount by the end of the second 
Business Day in London following the purchase order date. Upon receipt 
of the Gold deposit amount, the Custodian, after receiving appropriate 
instructions from the Authorized Participant and the Fund, will 
transfer on the third Business Day following the purchase order date 
the Gold deposit amount from the Authorized Participant Unallocated 
Account to the Fund Unallocated Account and the Administrator will 
direct the Depository Trust Company (``DTC'') to credit the number of 
Creation Units ordered to the Authorized Participant's DTC account. The 
expense and risk of delivery, ownership and safekeeping of Gold until 
such Gold has been received by the Fund will be borne solely by the 
Authorized Participant. If Gold is to be delivered other than as 
described above, the Sponsor is authorized to establish such procedures 
and to appoint such custodians and establish such custody accounts as 
the Sponsor determines to be desirable.
    Acting on standing instructions given by the Fund, the Custodian 
will transfer the Gold deposit amount from the Fund Unallocated Account 
to the Fund's allocated account by allocating to the allocated account 
specific bars of Gold from unallocated bars which the Custodian holds 
or instructing a subcustodian to allocate specific bars of Gold from 
unallocated bars held by or for the subcustodian. The Gold bars in an 
allocated Gold account are specific to that account and are identified 
by a list which shows, for each Gold bar, the refiner, assay or 
fineness, serial number and gross and fine weight. Gold held in the 
Fund's allocated account is the property of the Fund and is not traded, 
leased or loaned under any circumstances.
    The Custodian will use commercially reasonable efforts to complete 
the transfer of Gold to the Fund's allocated account prior to the time 
by which the Administrator is to credit the Creation Unit to the 
Authorized Participant's DTC account; if, however, such transfers have 
not been completed by such time, the number of Creation Units ordered 
will be delivered against receipt of the Gold deposit amount in the 
Fund's unallocated account, and all Shareholders will be exposed to the 
risks of unallocated Gold to the extent of that Gold deposit amount 
until the Custodian completes the allocation process.
Redemption Procedures--Authorized Participants
    The procedures by which an Authorized Participant can redeem one or 
more Creation Units mirror the procedures for the creation of Creation 
Units. On any Business Day, an Authorized Participant may place an 
order with the Fund to redeem one or more Creation Units. Redemption 
orders must be placed by 10:00 a.m. or the close of regular trading on 
NYSE Arca, whichever is earlier. A redemption order so received is 
effective on the date it is received in satisfactory form by the Fund. 
An Authorized Participant may be required to pay a transaction fee per 
order to create or redeem Creation Units as will be set forth in the 
Registration Statement.
    The redemption distribution from the Fund consists of a credit in 
the amount of the Creation Unit Gold Delivery Amount to the Authorized 
Participant Unallocated Account of the redeeming Authorized 
Participant. The Creation Unit Delivery Amount for redemptions is the 
number of ounces of Gold held by the Fund associated with the Shares 
being redeemed plus, or minus, the cash redemption amount (if any). The 
Sponsor anticipates that in the ordinary course of the Fund's 
operations there will be no cash distributions made to Authorized 
Participants upon redemptions. In addition, because the Gold to be paid 
out in connection with the redemption order will decrease the amount of 
Gold subject to the Gold Delivery Agreement, the Creation Unit Gold 
Delivery Amount reflects the cost to the Gold Delivery Provider of 
resizing (i.e., decreasing) its positions so that it can fulfill its 
obligations under the Gold Delivery Agreement.
    The redemption distribution due from the Fund is delivered to the 
Authorized Participant on the third Business Day following the 
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by 9:00 a.m., E.T. on such third Business Day, the Fund's DTC account 
has been credited with the Creation Units to be redeemed. If the 
Administrator's DTC account has not been credited with all of the 
Creation Units to be redeemed by such time, the redemption distribution 
is delivered to the extent of whole Creation Units received. Any 
remainder of the redemption distribution is delivered on the next 
Business Day to the extent of remaining whole Creation Units received 
if the Administrator receives the fee applicable to the extension of 
the redemption distribution date which the Administrator may, from time 
to time, determine and the remaining Creation Units to be redeemed are 
credited to the Administrator's DTC account by 9:00 a.m., E.T. on such 
next Business Day. Any further outstanding amount of the redemption 
order will be cancelled. The Administrator is also authorized to 
deliver the redemption distribution notwithstanding that the Creation 
Units to be redeemed are not credited to the Administrator's DTC 
account by 9:00 a.m., Eastern time (``E.T.'') on the third Business Day 
following the redemption order date if the Authorized Participant has 
collateralized its obligation to deliver the Creation Units through 
DTC's book entry system on such terms as the Sponsor and the 
Administrator may from time to time agree upon.
    The Custodian transfers the redemption Gold amount from the Fund's 
allocated account to the Fund's unallocated account and, thereafter, to 
the redeeming Authorized Participant's Authorized Participant 
Unallocated Account.
    The Fund may, in its discretion, suspend the right of redemption, 
or postpone the redemption settlement date for: (1) Any period during 
which NYSE Arca is closed other than customary weekend or holiday 
closings, or trading on NYSE Arca is suspended or restricted; (2) any 
period during which an emergency exists as a result of which delivery, 
disposal or evaluation of Gold is not reasonably practicable; or (3) 
such other period as the Fund or Sponsor determines to be necessary for 
the protection of the Shareholders.
    The Fund will reject a redemption order if (i) the order is not in 
proper form as described in the Participant Agreement, (ii) the 
fulfillment of the order, in the opinion of its counsel, might be 
unlawful, (iii) the order would have adverse tax consequences to the 
Fund or its Shareholders or (iv) circumstances outside the control of 
the Administrator, the Sponsor or the Custodian make the redemption, 
for all practical purposes, not feasible to process.
Secondary Market Trading
    While the Fund's investment objective is for the Shares to reflect 
the performance of Gold bullion in terms of the Reference Currencies 
reflected in the Index, less the expenses of the Fund, the Shares may 
trade in the secondary market at prices that are lower or higher 
relative to their NAV per Share. The amount of the discount or premium 
in the trading price relative to the NAV per Share may be influenced by 
non-concurrent trading hours between the NYSE Arca and the COMEX, 
London, Zurich and Singapore. While the Shares will trade on NYSE Arca 
until 8:00 p.m., E.T., liquidity in the global gold market will be 
reduced after the close of the COMEX at 1:30 p.m., E.T. As a result, 
during this time, trading spreads, and the resulting premium or 
discount, on the Shares may widen.
Fund Expenses
    The Sponsor will receive an annual fee equal to 0.50% of the daily 
NAV of the Fund. In return the Sponsor will be responsible for the 
payment of the ordinary fees and expenses of the Fund, including the 
Administrator's fee, the Custodian's fee, the Gold Delivery Provider's 
fee, and the Index Provider's fee. This will be the case regardless of 
whether the ordinary expenses of the Fund exceed 0.50% of the daily NAV 
of the Fund. The Sponsor's fee is expected to be the only ordinary 
recurring expense of the Fund.
Availability of Information Regarding Gold and Reference Currency 
Prices
    Currently, the Consolidated Tape Plan does not provide for 
dissemination of the spot price of a commodity, such as gold, or the 
spot price of the Reference Currencies, over the Consolidated Tape. 
However, there will be disseminated over the Consolidated Tape the last 
sale price for the Shares, as is the case for all equity securities 
traded on the Exchange (including exchange-traded funds). In addition, 
there is a considerable amount of information about gold and currency 
prices and gold and currency markets available on public Web sites and 
through professional and subscription services.
    Investors may obtain on a 24-hour basis gold pricing information 
based on the spot price for an ounce of Gold and pricing information 
for the Reference Currencies from various financial information service 
providers, such as Reuters and Bloomberg.
    Reuters and Bloomberg, for example, provide at no charge on their 
Web sites delayed information regarding the spot price of Gold and last 
sale prices of Gold futures, as well as information about news and 
developments in the gold market. Reuters and Bloomberg also offer a 
professional service to subscribers for a fee that provides information 
on Gold prices directly from market participants. Complete real-time 
data for Gold futures and options prices traded on the COMEX are 
available by subscription from Reuters and Bloomberg. There are a 
variety of other public Web sites providing information on gold, 
ranging from those specializing in precious metals to sites maintained 
by major newspapers. In addition, the LBMA Gold Price is publicly 
available at no charge at www.lbma.org.uk.
    In addition, Reuters and Bloomberg, for example, provide at no 
charge on their Web sites delayed information regarding the spot price 
of each Reference Currency, as well as information about news and 
developments in the currency markets. Reuters and Bloomberg also offer 
a professional service to subscribers for a fee that provides 
information on currency transactions directly from market participants. 
Complete real-time data for currency transactions are available by 
subscription from Reuters and Bloomberg. There are a variety of other 
public Web sites providing information about the Reference Currencies 
and currency transactions, ranging from those specializing in currency 
trading to sites maintained by major newspapers.
Availability of Information
    The Fund Web site will provide an intraday indicative value 
(``IIV'') per share for the Shares updated every 15 seconds, as 
calculated by the Exchange or a third party financial data provider 
during the Exchange's Core Trading Session (9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., 
E.T. The IIV will be calculated based on the amount of Gold required 
for creations and redemptions and (i) a price of Gold derived from 
updated bids and offers indicative of the spot price of Gold, and (ii) 
intra-day exchange rates for each Reference Currency against the U.S. 
dollar.\29\ The Fund Web site will also provide the Creation Basket 
Deposit and the NAV of the Fund as calculated each Business Day by the 
Sponsor.
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Trading Session should not be viewed as a real-time update of the 
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    In addition, the Web site for the Fund will contain the following 
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The mid-point of the bid-ask price \30\ at the close of trading in 
relation to the NAV as of the time the NAV is calculated (``Bid/Ask 
Price''), and a calculation of the premium or discount of such price 
against such NAV; and (b) data in chart format displaying the frequency 
distribution of discounts and premiums of the Bid/Ask Price against the 
NAV, within appropriate ranges, for each of the four previous calendar 
quarters. The Web site for the Fund will also provide the Fund's 
prospectus, as well as the two most recent reports to stockholders. 
Finally, the Fund Web site will provide the last sale price of the 
Shares as traded in the U.S. market. In addition, the Exchange will 
make available over the Consolidated Tape quotation information, 
trading volume, closing prices and NAV for the Shares from the previous 
day. The LBMA Gold Price is publicly available at no charge at 
www.lbma.org.uk. The Index value will be calculated daily using the 
daily LBMA Gold Price PM and the Spot Rate as of 4:00 p.m., London 
time. The Index value will be available from major market data vendors. 
The FX PnL per Ounce, the Net FX PnL Amount, and the Gold Delivery 
Amount will be available from the Fund's Web site.
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    \30\ The bid-ask price of the Trust is determined using the 
highest bid and lowest offer on the Consolidated Tape as of the time 
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Criteria for Initial and Continued Listing
    The Fund will be subject to the criteria in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 
8.201(e) for initial and continued listing of the Shares.
    A minimum of 100,000 Shares will be required to be outstanding at 
the start of trading. The minimum number of shares required to be 
outstanding is comparable to requirements that have been applied to 
previously listed shares of the Sprott Physical Gold Trust, ETFS 
Trusts, streetTRACKS Gold Trust, the iShares COMEX Gold Trust, and the 
iShares Silver Trust. The Exchange believes that the anticipated 
minimum number of Shares outstanding at the start of trading is 
sufficient to provide adequate market liquidity.
Trading Rules
    The Exchange deems the Shares to be equity securities, thus 
rendering trading in the Fund subject to the Exchange's existing rules 
governing the trading of equity securities. Trading in the Shares on 
the Exchange will occur in accordance with NYSE Arca Equities Rule 
7.34(a). The Exchange has appropriate rules to facilitate transactions 
in the Shares during all trading sessions. As provided in NYSE Arca 
Equities Rule 7.6, Commentary .03, the minimum price variation 
(``MPV'') for quoting and entry of orders in equity securities traded 
on the NYSE Arca Marketplace is $0.01, with the exception of securities 
that are priced less than $1.00 for which the MPV for order entry is 
$0.0001.
    Further, NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.201 sets forth certain 
restrictions on ETP Holders acting as registered Market Makers in the 
Shares to facilitate surveillance. Pursuant to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 
8.201(g), an ETP Holder acting as a registered Market Maker in the 
Shares is required to provide the Exchange with information relating to 
its trading in the underlying gold, related futures or options on 
futures, or any other related derivatives. Commentary .04 of NYSE Arca 
Equities Rule 6.3 requires an ETP Holder acting as a registered Market 
Maker, and its affiliates, in the Shares to establish, maintain and 
enforce written policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent 
the misuse of any material nonpublic information with respect to such 
products, any components of the related products, any physical asset or 
commodity underlying the product, applicable currencies, underlying 
indexes, related futures or options on futures, and any related 
derivative instruments (including the Shares).
    As a general matter, the Exchange has regulatory jurisdiction over 
its ETP Holders and their associated persons, which include any person 
or entity controlling an ETP Holder. A subsidiary or affiliate of an 
ETP Holder that does business only in commodities or futures contracts 
would not be subject to Exchange jurisdiction, but the Exchange could 
obtain information regarding the activities of such subsidiary or 
affiliate through surveillance sharing agreements with regulatory 
organizations of which such subsidiary or affiliate is a member.
    With respect to trading halts, the Exchange may consider all 
relevant factors in exercising its discretion to halt or suspend 
trading in the Shares. Trading on the Exchange in the Shares may be 
halted because of market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of 
the Exchange, make trading in the Shares inadvisable. These may 
include: (1) The extent to which conditions in the underlying gold 
market have caused disruptions and/or lack of trading, or (2) whether 
other unusual conditions or circumstances detrimental to the 
maintenance of a fair and orderly market are present. In addition, 
trading in Shares will be subject to trading halts caused by 
extraordinary market volatility pursuant to the Exchange's ``circuit 
breaker'' rule.\31\ The Exchange will halt trading in the Shares if the 
NAV of the Trust is not calculated or disseminated daily. The Exchange 
may halt trading during the day in which an interruption occurs to the 
dissemination of the IIV, as described above. If the interruption to 
the dissemination of the IIV persists past the trading day in which it 
occurs, the Exchange will halt trading no later than the beginning of 
the trading day following the interruption.
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Surveillance
    The Exchange represents that trading in the Shares will be subject 
to the existing trading surveillances, administered by the Financial 
Industry Regulatory Authority (``FINRA'') on behalf of the Exchange, 
which are designed to detect violations of Exchange rules and 
applicable federal securities laws.\32\ The Exchange represents that 
these procedures are adequate to properly monitor Exchange trading of 
the Shares in all trading sessions and to deter and detect violations 
of Exchange rules and federal securities laws applicable to trading on 
the Exchange. The surveillances referred to above generally focus on 
detecting securities trading outside their normal patterns, which could 
be indicative of manipulative or other violative activity. When such 
situations are detected, surveillance analysis follows and 
investigations are opened, where appropriate, to review the behavior of 
all relevant parties for all relevant trading violations.
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    \32\ FINRA surveils trading on the Exchange pursuant to a 
regulatory services agreement. The Exchange is responsible for 
FINRA's performance under this regulatory services agreement.
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    FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, will communicate as needed 
regarding trading in the Shares with other markets and other entities 
that are members of the ISG, and FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, may 
obtain trading information regarding trading in the Shares from such 
markets and other entities. In addition, the Exchange may obtain 
information regarding trading in the Shares from markets and other 
entities that are members of ISG or with which the Exchange has in 
place a comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement.\33\
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    Also, pursuant to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.201(g), the Exchange is 
able to obtain information regarding trading in the Shares and the 
underlying gold, gold futures contracts, options on gold futures, or 
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registered Market Makers, in connection with such ETP Holders' 
proprietary or customer trades through ETP Holders which they effect on 
any relevant market. In addition, the Exchange also has a general 
policy prohibiting the distribution of material, non-public information 
by its employees.
Information Bulletin
    Prior to the commencement of trading, the Exchange will inform its 
ETP Holders in an Information Bulletin of the special characteristics 
and risks associated with trading the Shares. Specifically, the 
Information Bulletin will discuss the following: (1) The procedures for 
purchases and redemptions of Shares in Baskets (including noting that 
Shares are not individually redeemable); (2) NYSE Arca Equities Rule 
9.2(a), which imposes a duty of due diligence on its ETP Holders to 
learn the essential facts relating to every customer prior to trading 
the Shares; (3) how information regarding the IIV is disseminated; (4) 
the requirement that ETP Holders deliver a prospectus to investors 
purchasing newly issued Shares prior to or concurrently with the 
confirmation of a transaction; (5) the possibility that trading spreads 
and the resulting premium or discount on the Shares may widen as a 
result of reduced liquidity of gold trading during the Core and Late 
Trading Sessions after the close of the major world gold markets; and 
(6) trading information. For example, the Information Bulletin will 
advise ETP Holders, prior to the commencement of trading, of the 
prospectus delivery requirements applicable to the Fund. The Exchange 
notes that investors purchasing Shares directly from the Fund (by 
delivery of the Creation Basket Deposit) will receive a prospectus. ETP 
Holders purchasing Shares from the Fund for resale to investors will 
deliver a prospectus to such investors.
    In addition, the Information Bulletin will reference that the Fund 
is subject to various fees and expenses as will be described in the 
Registration Statement. The Information Bulletin will also reference 
the fact that there is no regulated source of last sale information 
regarding physical gold, that the Commission has no jurisdiction over 
the trading of gold as a physical commodity, and that the CFTC has 
regulatory jurisdiction over the trading of gold futures contracts and 
options on gold futures contracts.
    The Information Bulletin will also discuss any relief, if granted, 
by the Commission or the staff from any rules under the Act.
2. Statutory Basis
    The basis under the Act for this proposed rule change is the 
requirement under section 6(b)(5) \34\ that an exchange have rules that 
are designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, 
to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to remove 
impediments to, and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market 
and, in general, to protect investors and the public interest.
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    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is designed to 
prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices in that the 
Shares will be listed and traded on the Exchange pursuant to the 
initial and continued listing criteria in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 
8.201. The Exchange has in place surveillance procedures that are 
adequate to properly monitor trading in the Shares in all trading 
sessions and to deter and detect violations of Exchange rules and 
applicable federal securities laws. The Exchange may obtain information 
via ISG from other exchanges that are members of ISG or with which the 
Exchange has entered into a comprehensive surveillance sharing 
agreement.
    The proposed rule change is designed to promote just and equitable 
principles of trade and to protect investors and the public interest in 
that there is a considerable amount of gold price and gold market 
information available on public Web sites and through professional and 
subscription services. Investors may obtain on a 24-hour basis gold 
pricing information based on the spot price for an ounce of gold from 
various financial information service providers. Investors may obtain 
gold pricing information based on the spot price for an ounce of gold 
from various financial information service providers. Current spot 
prices also are generally available with bid/ask spreads from gold 
bullion dealers. In addition, the Fund's Web site will provide pricing 
information for gold spot prices and the Shares. Market prices for the 
Shares will be available from a variety of sources including brokerage 
firms, information Web sites and other information service providers. 
The NAV of the Fund will be published by the Sponsor on each day that 
the NYSE Arca is open for regular trading and will be posted on the 
Fund's Web site. The IIV relating to the Shares will be widely 
disseminated by one or more major market data vendors at least every 15 
seconds during the Core Trading Session. In addition, the LBMA Gold 
Price is publicly available at no charge at www.lbma.org.uk. The Fund's 
Web site will also provide the Fund's prospectus, as well as the two 
most recent reports to stockholders. In addition, the Exchange will 
make available over the Consolidated Tape quotation information, 
trading volume, closing prices and NAV for the Shares from the previous 
day.
    The proposed rule change is designed to perfect the mechanism of a 
free and open market and, in general, to protect investors and the 
public interest in that it will facilitate the listing and trading of 
an additional type of exchange-traded product that will enhance 
competition among market participants, to the benefit of investors and 
the marketplace. As noted above, the Exchange has in place surveillance 
procedures relating to trading in the Shares and may obtain information 
via ISG from other exchanges that are members of ISG or with which the 
Exchange has entered into a comprehensive surveillance sharing 
agreement. In addition, as noted above, investors will have ready 
access to information regarding gold pricing.

B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will 
impose any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate 
in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. The Exchange believes the 
proposed rule change will enhance competition by accommodating Exchange 
trading of an additional exchange-traded product relating to physical 
gold.

C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed 
Rule Change Received from Members, Participants, or Others

    No written comments were solicited or received with respect to the 
proposed rule change.

III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 
Commission Action

    Within 45 days of the date of publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register or within such longer period up to 90 days (i) as the 
Commission may designate if it finds such longer period to be 
appropriate and publishes its reasons for so finding or (ii) as to 
which the self-regulatory organization consents, the Commission will:
    (A) by order approve or disapprove the proposed rule change, or
    (B) institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule 
change should be disapproved.

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IV. Solicitation of Comments

    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and 
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule 
change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of 
the following methods:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to [email protected]. Please include 
File Number SR-NYSEArca-2015-76 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities 
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090.

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NYSEArca-2015-76. This 
file number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To 
help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, 
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on 
the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all 
written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are 
filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to 
the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other 
than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the 
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web site viewing and 
printing in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20549 on official business days between the hours of 
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such filing also will be available 
for inspection and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. All 
comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does 
not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should 
submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All 
submissions should refer to File Number SR-NYSEArca-2015-76, and should 
be submitted on or before October 7, 2015.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\35\
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    \35\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-23284 Filed 9-15-15; 8:45 am]
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                                                    55674                      Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 179 / Wednesday, September 16, 2015 / Notices

                                                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                                  Gold Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), a series of the                Gold Trust; 13 SPDR Gold Trust
                                                    COMMISSION                                               Global Gold Currency Trust (Trust’’),                    (formerly, streetTRACKS Gold Trust);
                                                                                                             under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.201.4                    iShares Silver Trust; 14 and iShares
                                                    [Release No. 34–75900; File No. SR–
                                                    NYSEArca–2015–76]                                        Under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.201,                     COMEX Gold Trust.15 Prior to their
                                                                                                             the Exchange may propose to list and/                    listing on the Exchange, the
                                                    Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE                      or trade pursuant to unlisted trading                    Commission approved listing of the
                                                    Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Proposed                 privileges (‘‘UTP’’) ‘‘Commodity-Based                   streetTRACKS Gold Trust on the New
                                                    Rule Change To List and Trade Shares                     Trust Shares.’’ 5                                        York Stock Exchange (‘‘NYSE’’) 16 and
                                                    of the Global Currency Gold Fund                                                                                  listing of iShares COMEX Gold Trust
                                                                                                                The Fund will not be registered as an                 and iShares Silver Trust on the
                                                    Under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.201                      investment company under the                             American Stock Exchange LLC.17 In
                                                    September 11, 2015.                                      Investment Company Act of 1940 6 and                     addition, the Commission has approved
                                                       Pursuant to section 19(b)(1) 1 of the                 is not required to register under such                   trading of the streetTRACKS Gold Trust
                                                    Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the                     act.                                                     and iShares Silver Trust on the
                                                    ‘‘Act’’) 2 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,3                      The Sponsor of the Fund and the                       Exchange pursuant to UTP.18
                                                    notice is hereby given that, on August                   Trust will be WGC USA Asset
                                                    28, 2015, NYSE Arca, Inc. (the                                                                                    Operation of the Fund
                                                                                                             Management Company, LLC (the
                                                    ‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘NYSE Arca’’) filed with                ‘‘Sponsor’’).7 BNY Mellon Asset                             Gold bullion typically is priced and
                                                    the Securities and Exchange                              Servicing, a division of The Bank of                     traded throughout the world in U.S.
                                                    Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) the                                                                               dollars. The Fund has been established
                                                                                                             New York Mellon, will be the Fund’s
                                                    proposed rule change as described in                                                                              as an alternative to traditional dollar-
                                                                                                             administrator (‘‘Administrator’’),
                                                    Items I and II below, which Items have                                                                            based gold investing. Although
                                                                                                             transfer agent (‘‘Transfer Agent’’) and
                                                    been prepared by the self-regulatory                                                                              investors will purchase shares of the
                                                                                                             custodian (‘‘Custodian’’) and will not be                Fund with U.S. dollars, the Fund is
                                                    organization. The Commission is
                                                                                                             affiliated with the Trust, the Fund or the               designed to provide investors with the
                                                    publishing this notice to solicit
                                                    comments on the proposed rule change                     Sponsor.                                                 economic effect of holding gold in terms
                                                    from interested persons.                                    The Commission has previously                         of a specific basket of major, non-U.S.
                                                                                                             approved listing on the Exchange under                   currencies, such as the euro, Japanese
                                                    I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                                                                             NYSE Arca Equities Rules 5.2(j)(5) and                   yen and British pound (each, a
                                                    Statement of the Terms of Substance of
                                                                                                             8.201 of other precious metals and gold-                 ‘‘Reference Currency’’), rather than the
                                                    the Proposed Rule Change
                                                                                                             based commodity trusts, including the                    U.S. dollar. Specifically, the Fund will
                                                       The Exchange proposes to list and                     Merk Gold Trust; 8 ETFS Gold Trust,9                     seek to track the performance of the
                                                    trade shares of the Global Currency Gold                 ETFS Platinum Trust 10 and ETFS                          Global Gold Index (ex-USD), less Fund
                                                    Fund under NYSE Arca Equities Rule                       Palladium Trust (collectively, the                       expenses. The Global Gold Index (ex-
                                                    8.201. The text of the proposed rule                     ‘‘ETFS Trusts’’); 11APMEX Physical–1                     USD), or the ‘‘Index’’, represents the
                                                    change is available on the Exchange’s                    oz. Gold Redeemable Trust; 12 Sprott                     daily performance of a long position in
                                                    Web site at www.nyse.com, at the                                                                                  physical gold and a short position in
                                                    principal office of the Exchange, and at                    4 On August 28, 2015, the Trust filed with the        each of the Reference Currencies.19 The
                                                    the Commission’s Public Reference                        Commission a registration statement on Form S–1
                                                    Room.                                                    under the Securities Act of 1933 (‘‘1933 Act’’)             13 Securities Exchange Act Release No. 61496

                                                                                                             relating to the Fund (File No. 333–206640)               (February 4, 2010), 75 FR 6758 (February 10, 2010)
                                                    II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                       (‘‘Registration Statement’’). The description of the     (SR–NYSEArca–2009–113).
                                                    Statement of the Purpose of, and                         operation of the Trust and the Fund herein is based,        14 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 58956

                                                    Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule                   in part, on the Registration Statement.                  (November 14, 2008), 73 FR 71074 (November 24,
                                                                                                                5 Commodity-Based Trust Shares are securities         2008) (SR–NYSEArca–2008–124) (approving listing
                                                    Change                                                   issued by a trust that represent investors’ discrete     on the Exchange of the iShares Silver Trust)).
                                                       In its filing with the Commission, the                identifiable and undivided beneficial ownership             15 See Securities Exchange Act Release No.56224

                                                    self-regulatory organization included                    interest in the commodities deposited into the           (August 8, 2007), 72 FR 45850 (August 15, 2007)
                                                                                                             Trust.                                                   (SR–NYSEArca–2007–76) (approving listing on the
                                                    statements concerning the purpose of,                       6 15 U.S.C. 80a–1.                                    Exchange of the streetTRACKS Gold Trust);
                                                    and basis for, the proposed rule change                     7 The Trust will be a Delaware statutory trust        Securities Exchange Act Release No. 56041 (July 11,
                                                    and discussed any comments it received                   consisting of multiple series, each of which will        2007), 72 FR 39114 (July 17, 2007) (SR–NYSEArca–
                                                                                                                                                                      2007–43) (order approving listing on the Exchange
                                                    on the proposed rule change. The text                    issue common units of beneficial interest, which
                                                                                                                                                                      of iShares COMEX Gold Trust).
                                                    of those statements may be examined at                   represent units of fractional undivided beneficial          16 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 50603
                                                                                                             interest in and ownership of such series. The term
                                                    the places specified in Item IV below.                   of the Trust and each series will be perpetual           (October 28, 2004), 69 FR 64614 (November 5, 2004)
                                                    The Exchange has prepared summaries,                     (unless terminated earlier in certain circumstances).    (SR–NYSE–2004–22) (order approving listing of
                                                                                                                                                                      streetTRACKS Gold Trust on NYSE).
                                                    set forth in sections A, B, and C below,                 The trustee for the Fund’s trust (‘‘Trustee’’) will be      17 See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos.
                                                    of the most significant parts of such                    Delaware Trust Company, the sole trustee with
                                                                                                             respect to the Fund.                                     51058 (January 19, 2005), 70 FR 3749 (January 26,
                                                    statements.                                                 8 Securities Exchange Act Release No. 71378
                                                                                                                                                                      2005) (SR–Amex–2004–38) (order approving listing
                                                                                                                                                                      of iShares COMEX Gold Trust on the American
                                                    A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                        (January 23, 2014), 79 FR 4786 (January 29, 2014)        Stock Exchange LLC); 53521 (March 20, 2006), 71
                                                                                                             (SR–NYSEArca–2013–137).
                                                    Statement of the Purpose of, and                            9 Securities Exchange Act Release No. 59895 (May
                                                                                                                                                                      FR 14967 (March 24, 2006) (SR–Amex–2005–72)
                                                    Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule                                                                            (approving listing on the American Stock Exchange
                                                                                                             8, 2009), 74 FR 22993 (May 15, 2009) (SR–                LLC of the iShares Silver Trust).
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                                                    Change                                                   NYSEArca–2009–40).                                          18 See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos.
                                                                                                                10 Securities Exchange Act Release No. 61219
                                                                                                                                                                      53520 (March 20, 2006), 71 FR 14977 (March 24,
                                                    1. Purpose                                               (December 22, 2009), 74 FR 68886 (December 29,           2006) (SR–PCX–2005–117) (approving trading on
                                                       The Exchange proposes to list and                     2009) (SR–NYSEArca–2009–95).                             the Exchange pursuant to UTP of the iShares Silver
                                                                                                                11 Securities Exchange Act Release No. 61220
                                                    trade (‘‘Shares’’) of the Global Currency                                                                         Trust); 51245 (February 23, 2005), 70 FR 10731
                                                                                                             (December 22, 2009), 74 FR 68895 (December 29,           (March 4, 2005) (SR–PCX–2004–117) (approving
                                                                                                             2009) (SR–NYSEArca–2009–94).                             trading on the Exchange of the streetTRACKS Gold
                                                      1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).                                    12 Securities Exchange Act Release No 66930           Trust pursuant to UTP).
                                                      2 15 U.S.C. 78a.                                       (May 7, 2012), 77 FR 27817 (May 11, 2012) (SR–              19 ‘‘Gold’’ means gold bullion meeting the
                                                      3 17 CFR 240.19b–4.                                    NYSEArca–2012–18).                                       requirements of London Good Delivery Standards.



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                                                    Index is designed to measure daily gold                 first is the change in the price of Gold              Fund will deliver Gold.23 In this
                                                    bullion returns as though an investor                   measured in U.S. dollars from the prior               manner, the value of the Gold held by
                                                    had invested in Gold in terms of the                    Business Day. This drives the value of                the Fund will be adjusted to reflect the
                                                    Reference Currencies reflected in the                   the Fund’s Gold holdings measured in                  daily change in the value of the
                                                    Index. (The Index is described in more                  U.S. dollars up (as Gold prices increase)             Reference Currencies against the U.S.
                                                    detail below under the heading                          or down (as Gold prices fall). The                    dollar. The Gold Delivery Agreement
                                                    ‘‘Description of the Index’’.)                          second is the change in the value of the              requires Gold ounces equal to the value
                                                       The U.S. dollar value of an                          Reference Currencies against the U.S.                 of the Gold Delivery Amount to be
                                                    investment in Shares of the Fund would                  dollar from the prior Business Day. This              delivered to the custody account of the
                                                    therefore be expected to increase when                  drives the value of the Fund’s Gold                   Fund or Gold Delivery Provider, as
                                                    both the price of Gold goes up and the                  holdings measured in the Reference                    applicable.
                                                    value of the U.S. dollar increases against              Currencies up (when the value of the                    The Fund does not intend to enter
                                                    the value of the Reference Currencies (as               U.S. dollar against the Reference                     into any other Gold transactions other
                                                    weighted in the Index). Conversely, the                 Currencies increases) or down (when                   than with the Gold Delivery Provider as
                                                    U.S. dollar value of an investment                      the value of the U.S. dollar against the              described in the Gold Delivery
                                                    would be expected to decrease when the                  Reference Currencies declines). The                   Agreement (except that the Fund may
                                                    price of Gold goes down and the value                   value of Gold and the Reference                       sell Gold to cover Fund expenses), and
                                                    of the U.S. dollar decreases against the                Currencies are based on publicly                      the Fund does not intend to hold any
                                                    value of the Reference Currencies (as                   available, transparent prices—for Gold,               Reference Currency or enter into any
                                                    weighted in the Index). If Gold increases                                                                     currency transactions.
                                                                                                            the LBMA Gold Price PM (defined
                                                    and the value of the U.S. dollar                        below), for currencies, the WM Reuters                Description of the Index
                                                    decreases against the value of the                      rates.
                                                    Reference Currencies, or vice versa, the                                                                         The Index is maintained and
                                                    net impact of these changes will                           Because the Fund generally will hold               calculated by a major third-party data
                                                    determine the value of the Shares of the                only Gold bullion (and not U.S. dollars               and index provider (the ‘‘Index
                                                    Fund on a daily basis.20                                or the Reference Currencies), the                     Provider’’). The Index Provider has
                                                       The Fund is a passive investment                     economic impact of changes to the value               licensed the Index to the Sponsor for
                                                    vehicle and is designed to track the                    of the Reference Currencies against the               use in connection with the Trust and
                                                    performance of the Index regardless of:                 U.S. dollar from day to day is reflected              the Fund. The Index Provider will not
                                                    (i) The value of Gold or any Reference                  in the Fund by moving an amount of                    be affiliated with the Fund’s trust, the
                                                    Currency; (ii) market conditions; and                   Gold ounces of equivalent value in or                 Fund, the Sponsor, the trustee for the
                                                    (iii) whether the Index is increasing or                out of the Fund. Therefore, the Fund                  Fund’s trust, the Administrator, the
                                                    decreasing in value. The Fund’s                         will seek to track the performance of the             Transfer Agent, the Custodian or Gold
                                                    holdings generally will consist entirely                Index by entering into a transaction                  Delivery Provider. The Index Provider is
                                                    of Gold. Substantially all of the Fund’s                each Business Day with the Gold                       not affiliated with a broker-dealer. The
                                                    Gold holdings will be delivered by                      Delivery Provider pursuant to which                   Index Provider has adopted policies and
                                                    Authorized Participants (defined below)                 Gold is moved in or out of the Fund.22                procedures designed to prevent the
                                                    in exchange for Fund Shares. The Fund                   The terms of this transaction are set                 spread of material non-public
                                                    will not hold any of the Reference                      forth in a written contract between the               information about the Index and
                                                    Currencies. The Fund generally will not                 Fund and the Gold Delivery Provider                   maintains ‘‘fire walls’’ around the
                                                    hold U.S. dollars (except from time to                  referred to as the ‘‘Gold Delivery                    personnel who have access to
                                                    time in very limited amounts to pay                     Agreement.’’ Pursuant to the terms of                 information concerning changes and
                                                    expenses). The Fund’s Gold holdings                     the Gold Delivery Agreement, the Fund                 adjustments to the Index.
                                                                                                                                                                     The description of the strategy and
                                                    will not be managed and the Fund will                   will deliver Gold to, or receive Gold
                                                                                                                                                                  methodology underlying the Index,
                                                    not have any investment discretion.                     from, the Gold Delivery Provider each
                                                       The Fund’s net asset value (‘‘NAV’’)                                                                       which will be identified and described
                                                                                                            Business Day. The amount of Gold
                                                    will go up or down each Business Day                                                                          in the Registration Statement, is based
                                                                                                            transferred will be equivalent to the                 on rules formulated by the Index
                                                    based primarily on two factors.21 The                   Fund’s profit or loss as if the Fund had              Provider (the ‘‘Index Rules’’). The Index
                                                                                                            exchanged the Reference Currencies, in                Rules, which will be described in the
                                                    London Good Delivery Standards are the                  the proportion in which they are
                                                    specifications for weight dimensions, fineness (or                                                            Registration Statement, will govern the
                                                    purity), identifying marks and appearance set forth
                                                                                                            reflected in the Index, for U.S. dollars in           calculation and constitution of the
                                                    in ‘‘The Good Delivery Rules for Gold and Silver        an amount equal to the Fund’s declared                Index and other decisions and actions
                                                    Bars’’ published by the London Bullion Markets          holdings of Gold on such day. If there                related to its maintenance. The Index is
                                                    Association (‘‘LBMA’’).                                 is a currency gain (i.e., the value of the
                                                       20 For additional information regarding the gold                                                           described as a ‘‘notional’’ or ‘‘synthetic’’
                                                    bullion market, gold futures exchanges, and
                                                                                                            U.S. dollar against the Reference                     portfolio or strategy because there is no
                                                    regulation of the global gold market, see, e.g.,        Currencies increases), the Fund will                  actual portfolio of assets to which any
                                                    Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 59895 (May         receive Gold. If there is a currency loss             person is entitled or in which any
                                                    8, 2009), 74 FR 22993 (May 15, 2009) (SR–               (i.e., the value of the U.S. dollar against
                                                    NYSEArca–2009–40) (order approving Exchange
                                                                                                                                                                  person has any ownership interest. The
                                                    listing and trading of the ETFS Gold Trust); and
                                                                                                            the Reference Currencies decreases), the              Index references certain assets (i.e.,
                                                    66627 (March 20, 2012), 77 FR 27817 (May 11,                                                                  Gold and the Reference Currencies), the
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                                                    2012) (SR–NYSEArca–2012–18) (order approving              22 The Gold Delivery Provider will be a national
                                                                                                                                                                  performance of which will be used as a
                                                    Exchange listing and trading of the APMEX               banking association. The Gold Delivery Provider
                                                    Physical-1 oz. Gold Redeemable Trust).
                                                                                                                                                                  reference point for calculating the daily
                                                                                                            will be chartered and subject to regulation by the
                                                       21 A Business Day with respect to the Fund is any    Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a bureau   performance of the Index (the ‘‘Index
                                                    day the Exchange is open for trading. A Business        of the United States Department of the Treasury and
                                                    Day with respect to the Index generally is any day      will be a member of the Federal Reserve System.         23 If the applicable currency exchange rates did

                                                    on which (i) LBMA Gold prices are established and       The Gold Delivery Provider will not be affiliated     not change from one day to the next, or the net
                                                    (ii) banks are scheduled to be open in the principal    with the Trust, the Fund, the Sponsor, the Trustee,   impact of such changes was zero, then the Fund
                                                    financial center of the jurisdiction in which each      the Administrator, the Transfer Agent, the            would neither deliver nor receive Gold pursuant to
                                                    Reference Currency is the lawful currency.              Custodian or the Index Provider (defined below).      the Gold Delivery Agreement.



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                                                    Level’’). The Index seeks to track the                                 platform, methodology and the overall                             franc (‘‘CHF’’), the Canadian dollar
                                                    daily performance of a long position in                                administration and governance for the                             (‘‘CAD’’) and the New Zealand dollar
                                                    physical Gold and a short position in                                  LBMA Gold Price.                                                  (‘‘NZD’’) (each of which is measured
                                                    each of the Reference Currencies (as                                      As noted herein, the term ‘‘Reference                          against U.S. dollars). The three most
                                                    weighted in the Index). If the Gold Price                              Currencies’’ refers to the major, non-                            heavily weighted currencies referenced
                                                    (as defined below) increases and the                                   U.S. currencies referenced by the Index.                          in the Index and their respective
                                                    Reference Currencies depreciate against                                Each Reference Currency is expressed in                           weights as of April 20, 2015 were the
                                                    the U.S. dollar, the Index Level will                                  terms of a number of foreign currency                             euro (approximately 38%), yen
                                                    increase. Conversely, if the Gold Price                                units relative to one U.S. dollar (e.g., a                        (approximately 26%) and GBP
                                                    decreases and the Reference Currencies                                 number of Japanese yen per one U.S.                               (approximately 13%).
                                                    appreciate against the U.S. dollar, the                                dollar) or in terms of a number of U.S.
                                                                                                                           dollars per one unit of the reference                                Index values generally are calculated
                                                    Index Level will decrease. In certain                                                                                                    using the published WMR Spot Rate
                                                    cases, the appreciation of the Gold Price                              currency (e.g., a number of U.S. dollars
                                                                                                                           per one euro).                                                    (‘‘Spot Rate’’) as of 4:00 p.m., London
                                                    or the depreciation of one or more of the                                                                                                time associated with each Reference
                                                    Reference Currencies may be offset by                                     The Index weights its exposure to
                                                                                                                           each Reference Currency based on the                              Currency, subject to adjustments as
                                                    the appreciation of one or more of the                                                                                                   described below (though other rates may
                                                    Reference Currencies or the                                            Triennial Central Bank Survey of foreign
                                                                                                                           exchange turnover (the ‘‘FX Liquidity                             be used if the Spot Rate is delayed or
                                                    depreciation of the Gold Price, as                                                                                                       unavailable). The ‘‘Spot Rate’’ is the rate
                                                                                                                           Survey’’) as conducted by the Monetary
                                                    applicable. The net impact of these                                                                                                      at which a Reference Currency can be
                                                                                                                           and Economic Department of the Bank
                                                    changes determines the Index Level on                                                                                                    exchanged for U.S. dollars on an
                                                                                                                           of International Settlements (‘‘BIS’’).
                                                    a daily basis.                                                                                                                           immediate basis, subject to the
                                                                                                                           Every three years, the BIS reviews
                                                       The Index values Gold on a daily                                    turnover in the foreign exchange                                  applicable settlement cycle. Thus, if an
                                                    basis using the ‘‘Gold Price.’’ The Gold                               markets and publishes its preliminary                             investor wanted to convert U.S. dollars
                                                    Price generally is the LBMA Gold Price                                 results in September and final results in                         into euros, the investor could enter into
                                                    PM (though other sources may be used                                   December. The BIS last published its FX                           a spot transaction at the Spot Rate
                                                    if the LBMA Gold Price PM is delayed                                   Liquidity Survey in September 2013.                               (subject to the bid/ask) and would
                                                    or unavailable). The ‘‘LBMA Gold                                       The Index references the summary                                  receive euros in a number of days,
                                                    Price’’ means the price per troy ounce                                 results of the most recent FX Liquidity                           depending on the settlement cycle of
                                                    of Gold stated in U.S. dollars as set via                              Survey to determine which currencies                              that currency. Generally, the settlement
                                                    an electronic auction process run twice                                are Reference Currencies and the weight                           of a ‘‘spot’’ transaction is two currency
                                                    daily at 10:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.,                                     of those Reference Currencies in the                              business days (except in the case of
                                                    London time each Business Day as                                       Index. The most liquid Reference                                  Canadian dollars, which settle on the
                                                    calculated and administered by ICE                                     Currencies are more heavily weighted in                           next business day). The following table
                                                    Benchmark Administration Limited                                       the Index.                                                        sets forth the Reference Currencies (each
                                                    (‘‘IBA’’) and published by LBMA on its                                    The Index currently references                                 of which is measured against U.S.
                                                    Web site. The ‘‘LBMA Gold Price PM’’                                   European Union euro (‘‘euro’’ or                                  dollars), the applicable ‘‘Reuters Page’’
                                                    is the 3:00 p.m. LBMA Gold Price. IBA,                                 ‘‘EUR’’), the Japanese yen (‘‘JPY’’ or                            for each Spot Rate referenced by the
                                                    an independent specialist benchmark                                    yen’’), the British pound (‘‘GBP’’), the                          Index and the market convention for
                                                    administrator, provides the price                                      Australian dollar (‘‘AUD’’), the Swiss                            quoting such currency.

                                                                           Reference currency 24                                                                Reuters page                                   Market convention for quotation

                                                    EUR/USD .....................................................................      USDEURFIX=WM .......................................................    Number   of   USD per one EUR.
                                                    USD/JPY ......................................................................     USDJPYFIX=WM ........................................................   Number   of   JPY per one USD.
                                                    GBP/USD .....................................................................      USDGBPFIX=WM .......................................................    Number   of   USD per one GBP.
                                                    AUD/USD .....................................................................      USDAUDFIX=WM .......................................................    Number   of   USD per one AUD.
                                                    USD/CHF .....................................................................      USDCHFFIX=WM .......................................................    Number   of   CHF per one USD.
                                                    USD/CAD .....................................................................      USDCADFIX=WM .......................................................    Number   of   CAD per one USD.
                                                    USD/HKD .....................................................................      USDHKDFIX=WM .......................................................    Number   of   HKD per one USD.
                                                    USD/SEK .....................................................................      USDSEKFIX=WM ........................................................   Number   of   SEK per one USD.
                                                    NZD/USD .....................................................................      USDNZDFIX=WM .......................................................    Number   of   USD per one NZD.
                                                    USD/NOK .....................................................................      USDNOKFIX=WM .......................................................    Number   of   NOK per one USD.



                                                       Settlement in most spot currency                                    days after the trade date. A ‘‘tomorrow-                          Index values are calculated using a
                                                    transactions is two currency business                                  next trade’’ arises when a person does                            tomorrow next forward rate which is
                                                                                                                           not want to settle the transaction and                            combined with the Spot Rate.
                                                      24 The Index is governed by an Index rule that                       receive the currency within that                                    In general, the Index is calculated by
                                                    provides that only the currencies that constitute the                  timeframe. A ‘‘tomorrow next forward                              the Index Provider each Business Day,
                                                    top 90% of currencies based on FX turnover as                          point’’ or ‘‘t/n forward point’’ is the                           unless there is a ‘‘Market Disruption
                                                    described in the triennial BIS FX Liquidity Survey
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                                                                                                                           number of basis points associated with                            Event’’ or ‘‘Extraordinary Event’’ as
                                                    are included in the Index. After the 2007 BIS FX
                                                    Liquidity Survey, HKD, SEK and NOK were in the                         rolling a currency position that would                            described below.
                                                    Index because they were in the top 90% of FX                           otherwise settle ‘‘tomorrow’’ so that the                         The Gold Delivery Agreement
                                                    turnover. As of the 2013 BIS FX Liquidity Survey,                      position would settle on the ‘‘next’’ day.
                                                    however, the Index was rebalanced and these three                      Since the Index does not take actual                                The Fund has entered into a written
                                                    currencies dropped out because they were no longer                                                                                       contract with the Gold Delivery
                                                    in the top 90% of FX turnover. After the release of                    delivery of the Reference Currencies,
                                                    the 2016 BIS FX Liquidity Survey, and the
                                                                                                                                                                                             Provider. Subject to the terms of the
                                                    subsequent rebalancing of the Index, the currencies                    that are in the top 90% of FX turnover based on                   Gold Delivery Agreement, on a daily
                                                    that appear in the Index will be those currencies                      the results of the 2016 BIS FX Liquidity Survey.                  basis, the Gold Delivery Provider will (i)


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                                                    calculate the Gold Delivery Amount and                  performed if such holdings had been                   example, market conditions or other
                                                    (ii) deliver Gold ounces equal to the                   denominated in the Reference                          events which result in a material
                                                    U.S. dollar value of the Gold Delivery                  Currencies instead of the U.S. dollar.                limitation in, or a suspension of, the
                                                    Amount into or out of the Fund. The                     This amount is referred to as the ‘‘Net               trading of physical Gold generally
                                                    Gold Delivery Amount is the amount of                   FX PnL Amount.’’                                      would be considered Market Disruption
                                                    Gold ounces to be delivered into or out                    The Net FX PnL Amount is converted                 Events, as would material disruptions or
                                                    of the Fund on a daily basis to reflect                 into a number of ounces of Gold based                 delays in the determination or
                                                    price movements in the Reference                        on the next available Gold Price and is               publication of the LBMA Gold Price PM.
                                                    Currencies against the U.S. dollar from                 adjusted downward by a small amount                   Similarly, market conditions which
                                                    the prior Business Day (assuming no                     to reflect the market cost to the Gold                prevent, restrict or delay the Gold
                                                    Market Disruption Event or                              Delivery Provider of effectuating the                 Delivery Provider’s ability to convert a
                                                    Extraordinary Event has occurred or is                  transactions that allow it to provide the             Reference Currency to U.S. dollars or
                                                    continuing as described in more detail                  Fund with the Gold Delivery Amount                    deliver a Reference Currency through
                                                    below).                                                 (which amount is based on each                        customary channels generally would be
                                                       The starting point for the calculation               Business Day’s changing size of the                   considered Market Disruption Events, as
                                                    of the Gold Delivery Amount is the                      Fund’s Gold holdings, changing gold                   would material disruptions or delays in
                                                    daily change in the exchange rate of the                prices, and changing prices of the                    the determination or publication of the
                                                    Reference Currencies, in their respective               Reference Currencies). The resultant                  Spot Rate. The occurrence of a Market
                                                    Index weights, against the U.S. dollar.                 total is the Gold Delivery Amount.                    Disruption Event for five consecutive
                                                    The Gold Delivery Amount is                                If the Gold Delivery Amount is a                   Business Days generally would be
                                                    calculated, in simplest terms, by                       positive number (meaning that the Fund                considered an Extraordinary Event for
                                                    applying this rate to the dollar value of               has experienced a currency gain on the                the Index and Fund.
                                                    Gold bullion held by the Fund. The                      notional currency short positions), the
                                                    result of this calculation is an amount                 Gold Delivery Provider will transfer to               Consequences of a Market Disruption or
                                                    in U.S. dollars which reflects how the                  the Fund’s custody account an amount                  Extraordinary Event
                                                    Fund’s Gold holdings would have                         of Gold (in ounces) equal to the U.S.                    On any Business Day in which a
                                                    performed if such holdings had been                     dollar value of the Gold Delivery                     Market Disruption Event or
                                                    denominated in the Reference                            Amount. If the Gold Delivery Amount is                Extraordinary Event has occurred or is
                                                    Currencies instead of the U.S. dollar.                  a negative number (meaning that the                   continuing, the Index Provider generally
                                                    This dollar amount is converted into a                  Fund has experienced a currency loss                  will not calculate the Index and the
                                                    number of ounces of Gold based on the                   on the notional currency short                        Gold Delivery Provider generally will
                                                    published price of Gold, which amount                   positions), the Fund will transfer to the             not calculate the Net FX PnL of the
                                                    is the Gold Delivery Amount for the                     Gold Delivery Provider’s custody                      Fund or the Gold Delivery Amount. As
                                                    Fund.                                                   account an amount of Gold (in ounces)                 a result, on these days the Fund may
                                                       Specifically, the Gold Delivery                      equal to the U.S. dollar value of the                 temporarily suspend the acceptance of
                                                    Provider will determine the effect of                   Gold Delivery Amount.                                 orders to create or redeem Creation
                                                    changes in the daily value of the                          The Gold Delivery Agreement also                   Units of Fund Shares and the Gold
                                                    Reference Currencies against the U.S.                   specifies how the amount of Gold                      Delivery Provider generally will not
                                                    dollar by calculating the change in the                 representing a Creation Unit 25 is                    deliver Gold ounces equal in value to
                                                    Spot Rate of the Reference Currencies in                determined and delivered in creation                  the Gold Delivery Amount to or from
                                                    their respective Index weights against                  and redemption transactions, as                       the Fund. In addition, the Fund may use
                                                    the U.S. dollar from the prior Business                 described further below under the                     alternate pricing sources to calculate
                                                    Day. The Gold Delivery Provider may                     heading ‘‘Creation and Redemption of                  NAV during the occurrence of any
                                                    use other rates if the Spot Rate is                     Fund Shares.’’                                        Market Disruption or Extraordinary
                                                    delayed or unavailable as set forth in the                                                                    event.26
                                                    Gold Delivery Agreement. The resultant                  Market Disruption and Extraordinary
                                                    U.S. dollar amount is referred to as the                Events                                                The London Gold Bullion Market
                                                    ‘‘FX PnL per Ounce.’’ The Gold Delivery                   From time to time, unexpected events                   Although the market for physical gold
                                                    Provider generally will make this                       may cause the calculation of the Index                is global, most over-the-counter, or
                                                    calculation shortly after the Reference                 and/or the operation of the Fund to be                ‘‘OTC’’, trades are cleared through
                                                    Currency prices are published at the                    disrupted. These events are expected to               London. In addition to coordinating
                                                    ‘‘WMR FX Fixing Time,’’ which is                        be relatively rare. Though expected to                market activities, the LBMA acts as the
                                                    generally at 4:00 p.m., London Time.                    be rare, there can be no guarantee these              principal point of contact between the
                                                       The FX PnL per Ounce is then                         events will not occur. These events are               market and its regulators. A primary
                                                    multiplied by the number of Shares                      referred to as either ‘‘Market Disruption             function of the LBMA is its involvement
                                                    outstanding on such Business Day                        Events’’ or ‘‘Extraordinary Events’’                  in the promotion of refining standards
                                                    (without giving effect to any creation or               depending largely on their significance               by maintenance of the ‘‘London Good
                                                    redemption orders accepted for such                     and potential impact to the Index and                 Delivery Lists,’’ which are the lists of
                                                    Business Day) and the amount of Gold                    Fund. Market Disruption Events and                    LBMA accredited melters and assayers
                                                    (in ounces) associated with each Share.                 Extraordinary Events include                          of gold. The LBMA also coordinates
                                                    For these purposes Gold is valued at the
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                                                                                                            disruptions in the trading of Gold or the             market clearing and vaulting, promotes
                                                    Gold Price (i.e., the LBMA Gold Price                   Reference Currencies, delays or                       good trading practices and develops
                                                    PM, though the Gold Delivery Provider                   disruptions in the publication of the                 standard documentation.
                                                    may use other sources if the LBMA Gold                  LBMA Gold Price or the Spot Rate and                     The term ‘‘loco London’’ refers to gold
                                                    Price PM is delayed or unavailable, as                  unusual market or other events. For                   bars physically held in London that
                                                    set forth in the Gold Delivery
                                                    Agreement). This calculation produces                      25 A Creation Unit is a block of 25,000 Shares.      26 The Exchange may suspend trading in the
                                                    an amount in U.S. dollars equal to how                  Multiple blocks of 25,000 Shares are called           Shares in the event the Sponsor suspends the right
                                                    the Fund’s Gold holdings would have                     ‘‘Creation Units.’’                                   of redemptions.



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                                                    meet the specifications for weight,                     available after the auction on the IBA’s              Authorized Participants (as described
                                                    dimensions, fineness (or purity),                       Web site.                                             below) creating and redeeming Shares.
                                                    identifying marks (including the assay                    The LBMA Gold Price replaced the                    In determining the Fund’s NAV, the
                                                    stamp of a LBMA acceptable refiner)                     widely used ‘‘London Gold Fix’’ as of                 Administrator generally will value the
                                                    and appearance set forth in ‘‘The Good                  March 20, 2015.                                       Gold held by the Fund based on the
                                                    Delivery Rules for Gold and Silver Bars’’               The Gold Futures Markets                              LBMA Gold Price PM for an ounce of
                                                    published by the LBMA. Gold bars                                                                              Gold (though other sources may be used
                                                    meeting these requirements are known                       Although the Fund will not invest in               if the LBMA Gold Price PM is delayed
                                                    as ‘‘London Good Delivery Bars.’’ All of                gold futures information about the gold               or unavailable). Although the Fund will
                                                    the gold held by the Fund will be                       futures market is relevant as such                    not hold the Reference Currencies, the
                                                    London Good Delivery Bars meeting the                   markets contribute to, and provide                    Gold Delivery Provider generally will
                                                    specifications for weight, dimensions,                  evidence of, the liquidity of the overall             value the Reference Currencies based on
                                                    fineness (or purity), identifying marks                 market for Gold.                                      the rates in effect as of the WMR FX
                                                    and appearance of gold bars as set forth                   The most significant gold futures                  Fixing Time, which is generally at 4:00
                                                    in ‘‘The Good Delivery Rules for Gold                   exchange is COMEX, part of the CME                    p.m., London Time (though other prices
                                                    and Silver Bars’’ published by the                      Group, Inc., which began to offer trading             may be used if the 4:00 p.m. rate is
                                                    LBMA.                                                   in gold futures contracts in 1974.                    delayed or unavailable). The
                                                       The unit of trade in London is the troy              TOCOM (Tokyo Commodity Exchange)                      Administrator will also determine the
                                                    ounce, whose conversion between                         is another significant futures exchange               NAV per Share, which equals the NAV
                                                    grams is: 1,000 grams = 32.1507465 troy                 and has been trading gold since 1982.                 of the Fund, divided by the number of
                                                    ounces and 1 troy ounce = 31.1034768                    Trading on these exchanges is based on                outstanding Shares. Unless there is a
                                                    grams. A London Good Delivery Bar is                    fixed delivery dates and transaction                  Market Disruption Event or
                                                    acceptable for delivery in settlement of                sizes for the futures and options                     Extraordinary Event, NAV generally will
                                                    a transaction on the OTC market.                        contracts traded. Trading costs are                   be calculated as of 4:00 p.m., London
                                                    Typically referred to as 400-ounce bars,                negotiable. As a matter of practice, only             time.
                                                    a London Good Delivery Bar must                         a small percentage of the futures market
                                                    contain between 350 and 430 fine troy                   turnover ever comes to physical                       Creation and Redemption of Shares
                                                    ounces of gold, with a minimum                          delivery of the gold represented by the                  The Fund expects to create and
                                                    fineness (or purity) of 995 parts per                   contracts traded. Both exchanges permit               redeem Shares but only in Creation
                                                    1,000 (99.5%), be of good appearance                    trading on margin. Both COMEX and                     Units (a Creation Unit equals a block of
                                                    and be easy to handle and stack. The                    TOCOM operate through a central                       25,000 Shares or more). The creation
                                                    fine gold content of a gold bar is                      clearance system and in each case, the                and redemption of Creation Units
                                                    calculated by multiplying the gross                     clearing organization acts as a                       requires the delivery to the Fund (or the
                                                    weight of the bar (expressed in units of                counterparty for each member for                      distribution by the Fund in the case of
                                                    0.025 troy ounces) by the fineness of the               clearing purposes. Gold futures                       redemptions) of the amount of Gold and
                                                    bar.                                                    contracts also are traded on the                      any cash, if any, represented by the
                                                                                                            Shanghai Gold Exchange and the                        Creation Units being created or
                                                    The LBMA Gold Price                                     Shanghai Futures Exchange.                            redeemed. The total amount of Gold and
                                                       IBA hosts a physically settled,                         The global gold markets are overseen               cash, if any, required for the creation of
                                                    electronic and tradeable auction process                and regulated by both governmental and                Creation Units will be based on the
                                                    that provides a market-based platform                   self-regulatory organizations. In                     combined NAV of the number of
                                                    for buyers and sellers to trade physical                addition, certain trade associations have             Creation Units being created or
                                                    spot Gold. The final auction price is                   established rules and protocols for                   redeemed. The initial amount of Gold
                                                    used and published to the market as the                 market practices and participants.                    required for deposit with the Fund to
                                                    ‘‘LBMA Gold Price benchmark.’’ The                                                                            create Shares is 10,000 ounces per
                                                    LBMA Gold Price is set twice daily at                   Net Asset Value
                                                                                                                                                                  Creation Unit. The number of ounces of
                                                    10:30 a.m., London time and 3:00 p.m.,                     The Administrator will determine the               Gold required to create a Creation Unit
                                                    London time in three currencies: U.S.                   NAV of Shares of the Fund each                        or to be delivered upon redemption of
                                                    dollars, euro and British pounds. The                   Business Day, unless there is a Market                a Creation Unit will gradually decrease
                                                    LBMA Gold Price is a widely used                        Disruption Event or Extraordinary                     over time. This is because the Shares
                                                    benchmark for the physical spot price of                Event. The NAV of Shares of the Fund                  comprising a Creation Unit will
                                                    Gold and is quoted by various financial                 is the aggregate value of the Fund’s                  represent a decreasing amount of Gold
                                                    information sources.                                    assets (which include gold payable, but               due to the sale of the Fund’s Gold to pay
                                                       Participants in the IBA auction                      not yet delivered, to the Fund) less its              the expenses. Creation Units may be
                                                    process submit anonymous bids and                       liabilities (which include accrued but                created or redeemed only by
                                                    offers which are published on screen                    unpaid fees and expenses). The NAV of                 ‘‘Authorized Participants’’ (as described
                                                    and in real-time. Throughout the                        the Fund will be calculated based on the              below), who may be required to pay a
                                                    auction process, aggregated Gold bids                   price of Gold per ounce applied against               transaction fee for each order to create
                                                    and offers are updated in real-time with                the number of ounces of Gold owned by                 or redeem Creation Units as will be set
                                                    the imbalance calculated and the price                  the Fund. The number of ounces of Gold                forth in the Registration Statement.
                                                    updated every 45 seconds until the buy                  held by the Fund is adjusted up or
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                                                                                                                                                                  Authorized Participants may sell to
                                                    and sell orders are matched. When the                   down on a daily basis to reflect the U.S.             other investors all or part of the Shares
                                                    net volume of all participants falls                    dollar value of currency gains or losses              included in the Creation Units they
                                                    within a pre-determined tolerance the                   based on changes in the value of the                  purchase from the Fund.
                                                    auction is deemed complete and the                      Reference Currencies against the U.S.
                                                    applicable LBMA Gold Price is                           dollar. The number of ounces of Gold                  Creation Procedures—Authorized
                                                    published. Information about the                        held by the Fund also reflects the                    Participants
                                                    auction process (such as aggregated bid                 amount of Gold delivered into (or out                   Authorized Participants are the only
                                                    and offer volumes) will be immediately                  of) the Fund on a daily basis by                      persons that may place orders to create


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                                                    and redeem Creation Units. To become                    does not reflect creation order                       leased or loaned under any
                                                    an Authorized Participant, a person                     transactions (see the section herein                  circumstances.
                                                    must enter into a Participant Agreement.                entitled ‘‘The Gold Delivery                             The Custodian will use commercially
                                                    All Gold bullion must be delivered to                   Agreement’’), the Creation Unit Gold                  reasonable efforts to complete the
                                                    the Fund and distributed by the Fund in                 Delivery Amount is required to reflect                transfer of Gold to the Fund’s allocated
                                                    unallocated form through credits and                    the Gold Delivery Amount associated                   account prior to the time by which the
                                                    debits between an Authorized                            with such creation order. This amount                 Administrator is to credit the Creation
                                                    Participant’s unallocated account                       is determined on the Business Day                     Unit to the Authorized Participant’s
                                                    (‘‘Authorized Participant Unallocated                   following the date such creation order is             DTC account; if, however, such transfers
                                                    Account’’) and the Fund’s unallocated                   accepted. Finally, because the                        have not been completed by such time,
                                                    account (‘‘Fund Unallocated Account’’)                  additional Gold submitted in                          the number of Creation Units ordered
                                                    (except for Gold delivered to or from the               connection with the creation order will               will be delivered against receipt of the
                                                    Gold Delivery Provider pursuant to the                  increase the amount of Gold subject to                Gold deposit amount in the Fund’s
                                                    Gold Delivery Agreement). All Gold                      the Gold Delivery Agreement, the                      unallocated account, and all
                                                    bullion must be of at least a minimum                   Creation Unit Gold Delivery Amount                    Shareholders will be exposed to the
                                                    fineness (or purity) of 995 parts per                   reflects the notional cost to the Gold                risks of unallocated Gold to the extent
                                                    1,000 (99.5%) and otherwise conform to                  Delivery Provider of resizing (i.e.,                  of that Gold deposit amount until the
                                                    the rules, regulations practices and                    increasing) its Gold positions so that it             Custodian completes the allocation
                                                    customs of the LBMA, including the                      can fulfill its obligations under the Gold            process.
                                                    specifications for a London Good                        Delivery Agreement.                                   Redemption Procedures—Authorized
                                                    Delivery Bar.                                              An Authorized Participant who places
                                                                                                                                                                  Participants
                                                       On any Business Day, an Authorized                   a purchase order is responsible for
                                                    Participant may place an order with the                 crediting its Authorized Participant                     The procedures by which an
                                                    Fund to create one or more Creation                     Unallocated Account with the required                 Authorized Participant can redeem one
                                                    Units. Purchase orders must be placed                   Gold deposit amount by the end of the                 or more Creation Units mirror the
                                                    by 10:00 a.m., Eastern time (‘‘E.T.’’) or               second Business Day in London                         procedures for the creation of Creation
                                                    the close of regular trading on NYSE                    following the purchase order date. Upon               Units. On any Business Day, an
                                                    Arca, whichever is earlier. The day on                  receipt of the Gold deposit amount, the               Authorized Participant may place an
                                                    which the Fund receives a valid                         Custodian, after receiving appropriate                order with the Fund to redeem one or
                                                    purchase order is the purchase order                    instructions from the Authorized                      more Creation Units. Redemption orders
                                                    date. By placing a purchase order, an                   Participant and the Fund, will transfer               must be placed by 10:00 a.m. or the
                                                    Authorized Participant agrees to deposit                on the third Business Day following the               close of regular trading on NYSE Arca,
                                                    Gold with the Fund, or a combination                    purchase order date the Gold deposit                  whichever is earlier. A redemption
                                                    of Gold and cash, if any, as described                  amount from the Authorized Participant                order so received is effective on the date
                                                    below.27 Prior to the delivery of                       Unallocated Account to the Fund                       it is received in satisfactory form by the
                                                    Creation Units for a purchase order, the                Unallocated Account and the                           Fund. An Authorized Participant may
                                                    Authorized Participant must also have                   Administrator will direct the Depository              be required to pay a transaction fee per
                                                    wired to the Fund the non-refundable                    Trust Company (‘‘DTC’’) to credit the                 order to create or redeem Creation Units
                                                                                                            number of Creation Units ordered to the               as will be set forth in the Registration
                                                    transaction fee due for the purchase
                                                                                                            Authorized Participant’s DTC account.                 Statement.
                                                    order.
                                                                                                            The expense and risk of delivery,                        The redemption distribution from the
                                                       The total deposit of Gold (and cash,
                                                                                                            ownership and safekeeping of Gold                     Fund consists of a credit in the amount
                                                    if any) required to create each Creation
                                                                                                            until such Gold has been received by                  of the Creation Unit Gold Delivery
                                                    Unit is referred to as the ‘‘Creation Unit
                                                                                                            the Fund will be borne solely by the                  Amount to the Authorized Participant
                                                    Gold Delivery Amount.’’ The Creation
                                                                                                            Authorized Participant. If Gold is to be              Unallocated Account of the redeeming
                                                    Unit Gold Delivery Amount is the
                                                                                                            delivered other than as described above,              Authorized Participant. The Creation
                                                    number of ounces of Gold required to be
                                                                                                            the Sponsor is authorized to establish                Unit Delivery Amount for redemptions
                                                    delivered to the Fund by an Authorized
                                                                                                            such procedures and to appoint such                   is the number of ounces of Gold held by
                                                    Participant in connection with a
                                                                                                            custodians and establish such custody                 the Fund associated with the Shares
                                                    creation order for a single Creation
                                                                                                            accounts as the Sponsor determines to                 being redeemed plus, or minus, the cash
                                                    Unit.28 The Creation Unit Gold Delivery
                                                                                                            be desirable.                                         redemption amount (if any). The
                                                    Amount will be determined on the
                                                                                                               Acting on standing instructions given              Sponsor anticipates that in the ordinary
                                                    Business Day following the date such
                                                                                                            by the Fund, the Custodian will transfer              course of the Fund’s operations there
                                                    creation order is accepted. It is
                                                                                                            the Gold deposit amount from the Fund                 will be no cash distributions made to
                                                    calculated by multiplying the number of
                                                                                                            Unallocated Account to the Fund’s                     Authorized Participants upon
                                                    Shares in a Creation Unit by the number
                                                                                                            allocated account by allocating to the                redemptions. In addition, because the
                                                    of ounces of Gold (at the LBMA Gold
                                                                                                            allocated account specific bars of Gold               Gold to be paid out in connection with
                                                    Price PM) associated with Fund Shares
                                                                                                            from unallocated bars which the                       the redemption order will decrease the
                                                    on the Business Day the creation order
                                                                                                            Custodian holds or instructing a                      amount of Gold subject to the Gold
                                                    is accepted. In addition, because the
                                                                                                            subcustodian to allocate specific bars of             Delivery Agreement, the Creation Unit
                                                    Gold Delivery Amount for the Fund
                                                                                                            Gold from unallocated bars held by or                 Gold Delivery Amount reflects the cost
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                                                      27 The Sponsor anticipates that in the ordinary
                                                                                                            for the subcustodian. The Gold bars in                to the Gold Delivery Provider of resizing
                                                    course of the Fund’s operations cash generally will     an allocated Gold account are specific to             (i.e., decreasing) its positions so that it
                                                    not be part of any Creation Unit.                       that account and are identified by a list             can fulfill its obligations under the Gold
                                                      28 The ‘‘Creation Unit Gold Delivery Amount’’ is      which shows, for each Gold bar, the                   Delivery Agreement.
                                                    also used to refer to the number of ounces of Gold      refiner, assay or fineness, serial number                The redemption distribution due from
                                                    to be paid by the Fund to an Authorized Participant
                                                    in connection with the redemption of a Creation
                                                                                                            and gross and fine weight. Gold held in               the Fund is delivered to the Authorized
                                                    Unit. See ‘‘Redemption Procedures—Authorized            the Fund’s allocated account is the                   Participant on the third Business Day
                                                    Participants’’ herein.                                  property of the Fund and is not traded,               following the redemption order date if,


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                                                    by 9:00 a.m., E.T. on such third                        practical purposes, not feasible to                   delayed information regarding the spot
                                                    Business Day, the Fund’s DTC account                    process.                                              price of Gold and last sale prices of Gold
                                                    has been credited with the Creation                                                                           futures, as well as information about
                                                                                                            Secondary Market Trading
                                                    Units to be redeemed. If the                                                                                  news and developments in the gold
                                                    Administrator’s DTC account has not                       While the Fund’s investment                         market. Reuters and Bloomberg also
                                                    been credited with all of the Creation                  objective is for the Shares to reflect the            offer a professional service to
                                                    Units to be redeemed by such time, the                  performance of Gold bullion in terms of               subscribers for a fee that provides
                                                    redemption distribution is delivered to                 the Reference Currencies reflected in the             information on Gold prices directly
                                                    the extent of whole Creation Units                      Index, less the expenses of the Fund, the             from market participants. Complete real-
                                                    received. Any remainder of the                          Shares may trade in the secondary                     time data for Gold futures and options
                                                    redemption distribution is delivered on                 market at prices that are lower or higher             prices traded on the COMEX are
                                                    the next Business Day to the extent of                  relative to their NAV per Share. The                  available by subscription from Reuters
                                                    remaining whole Creation Units                          amount of the discount or premium in                  and Bloomberg. There are a variety of
                                                    received if the Administrator receives                  the trading price relative to the NAV per             other public Web sites providing
                                                    the fee applicable to the extension of the              Share may be influenced by non-                       information on gold, ranging from those
                                                    redemption distribution date which the                  concurrent trading hours between the                  specializing in precious metals to sites
                                                    Administrator may, from time to time,                   NYSE Arca and the COMEX, London,                      maintained by major newspapers. In
                                                    determine and the remaining Creation                    Zurich and Singapore. While the Shares                addition, the LBMA Gold Price is
                                                    Units to be redeemed are credited to the                will trade on NYSE Arca until 8:00 p.m.,              publicly available at no charge at
                                                    Administrator’s DTC account by 9:00                     E.T., liquidity in the global gold market             www.lbma.org.uk.
                                                    a.m., E.T. on such next Business Day.                   will be reduced after the close of the                   In addition, Reuters and Bloomberg,
                                                    Any further outstanding amount of the                   COMEX at 1:30 p.m., E.T. As a result,                 for example, provide at no charge on
                                                    redemption order will be cancelled. The                 during this time, trading spreads, and                their Web sites delayed information
                                                    Administrator is also authorized to                     the resulting premium or discount, on                 regarding the spot price of each
                                                    deliver the redemption distribution                     the Shares may widen.                                 Reference Currency, as well as
                                                    notwithstanding that the Creation Units                 Fund Expenses                                         information about news and
                                                    to be redeemed are not credited to the                                                                        developments in the currency markets.
                                                    Administrator’s DTC account by 9:00                       The Sponsor will receive an annual                  Reuters and Bloomberg also offer a
                                                    a.m., Eastern time (‘‘E.T.’’) on the third              fee equal to 0.50% of the daily NAV of                professional service to subscribers for a
                                                    Business Day following the redemption                   the Fund. In return the Sponsor will be               fee that provides information on
                                                    order date if the Authorized Participant                responsible for the payment of the                    currency transactions directly from
                                                    has collateralized its obligation to                    ordinary fees and expenses of the Fund,               market participants. Complete real-time
                                                    deliver the Creation Units through                      including the Administrator’s fee, the                data for currency transactions are
                                                    DTC’s book entry system on such terms                   Custodian’s fee, the Gold Delivery                    available by subscription from Reuters
                                                    as the Sponsor and the Administrator                    Provider’s fee, and the Index Provider’s              and Bloomberg. There are a variety of
                                                    may from time to time agree upon.                       fee. This will be the case regardless of              other public Web sites providing
                                                                                                            whether the ordinary expenses of the                  information about the Reference
                                                      The Custodian transfers the
                                                                                                            Fund exceed 0.50% of the daily NAV of                 Currencies and currency transactions,
                                                    redemption Gold amount from the
                                                                                                            the Fund. The Sponsor’s fee is expected               ranging from those specializing in
                                                    Fund’s allocated account to the Fund’s
                                                                                                            to be the only ordinary recurring                     currency trading to sites maintained by
                                                    unallocated account and, thereafter, to
                                                                                                            expense of the Fund.                                  major newspapers.
                                                    the redeeming Authorized Participant’s
                                                    Authorized Participant Unallocated                      Availability of Information Regarding
                                                                                                                                                                  Availability of Information
                                                    Account.                                                Gold and Reference Currency Prices
                                                      The Fund may, in its discretion,                                                                               The Fund Web site will provide an
                                                                                                               Currently, the Consolidated Tape Plan
                                                    suspend the right of redemption, or                                                                           intraday indicative value (‘‘IIV’’) per
                                                                                                            does not provide for dissemination of
                                                    postpone the redemption settlement                                                                            share for the Shares updated every 15
                                                                                                            the spot price of a commodity, such as
                                                    date for: (1) Any period during which                                                                         seconds, as calculated by the Exchange
                                                                                                            gold, or the spot price of the Reference
                                                    NYSE Arca is closed other than                                                                                or a third party financial data provider
                                                                                                            Currencies, over the Consolidated Tape.
                                                    customary weekend or holiday closings,                                                                        during the Exchange’s Core Trading
                                                                                                            However, there will be disseminated
                                                    or trading on NYSE Arca is suspended                                                                          Session (9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., E.T. The
                                                                                                            over the Consolidated Tape the last sale
                                                    or restricted; (2) any period during                                                                          IIV will be calculated based on the
                                                                                                            price for the Shares, as is the case for
                                                    which an emergency exists as a result of                                                                      amount of Gold required for creations
                                                                                                            all equity securities traded on the
                                                    which delivery, disposal or evaluation                                                                        and redemptions and (i) a price of Gold
                                                                                                            Exchange (including exchange-traded
                                                    of Gold is not reasonably practicable; or                                                                     derived from updated bids and offers
                                                                                                            funds). In addition, there is a
                                                    (3) such other period as the Fund or                                                                          indicative of the spot price of Gold, and
                                                                                                            considerable amount of information
                                                    Sponsor determines to be necessary for                                                                        (ii) intra-day exchange rates for each
                                                                                                            about gold and currency prices and gold
                                                    the protection of the Shareholders.                                                                           Reference Currency against the U.S.
                                                                                                            and currency markets available on
                                                      The Fund will reject a redemption                                                                           dollar.29 The Fund Web site will also
                                                                                                            public Web sites and through
                                                    order if (i) the order is not in proper                 professional and subscription services.               provide the Creation Basket Deposit and
                                                    form as described in the Participant                       Investors may obtain on a 24-hour                  the NAV of the Fund as calculated each
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                                                    Agreement, (ii) the fulfillment of the                  basis gold pricing information based on               Business Day by the Sponsor.
                                                    order, in the opinion of its counsel,                   the spot price for an ounce of Gold and                  In addition, the Web site for the Fund
                                                    might be unlawful, (iii) the order would                pricing information for the Reference                 will contain the following information,
                                                    have adverse tax consequences to the                    Currencies from various financial                     on a per Share basis, for the Fund: (a)
                                                    Fund or its Shareholders or (iv)                        information service providers, such as                  29 The IIV on a per Share basis disseminated
                                                    circumstances outside the control of the                Reuters and Bloomberg.                                during the Core Trading Session should not be
                                                    Administrator, the Sponsor or the                          Reuters and Bloomberg, for example,                viewed as a real-time update of the NAV, which is
                                                    Custodian make the redemption, for all                  provide at no charge on their Web sites               calculated once a day.



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                                                    The mid-point of the bid-ask price 30 at                Arca Equities Rule 7.6, Commentary .03,               rule.31 The Exchange will halt trading in
                                                    the close of trading in relation to the                 the minimum price variation (‘‘MPV’’)                 the Shares if the NAV of the Trust is not
                                                    NAV as of the time the NAV is                           for quoting and entry of orders in equity             calculated or disseminated daily. The
                                                    calculated (‘‘Bid/Ask Price’’), and a                   securities traded on the NYSE Arca                    Exchange may halt trading during the
                                                    calculation of the premium or discount                  Marketplace is $0.01, with the exception              day in which an interruption occurs to
                                                    of such price against such NAV; and (b)                 of securities that are priced less than               the dissemination of the IIV, as
                                                    data in chart format displaying the                     $1.00 for which the MPV for order entry               described above. If the interruption to
                                                    frequency distribution of discounts and                 is $0.0001.                                           the dissemination of the IIV persists
                                                    premiums of the Bid/Ask Price against                      Further, NYSE Arca Equities Rule                   past the trading day in which it occurs,
                                                    the NAV, within appropriate ranges, for                 8.201 sets forth certain restrictions on              the Exchange will halt trading no later
                                                    each of the four previous calendar                      ETP Holders acting as registered Market               than the beginning of the trading day
                                                    quarters. The Web site for the Fund will                Makers in the Shares to facilitate                    following the interruption.
                                                    also provide the Fund’s prospectus, as                  surveillance. Pursuant to NYSE Arca
                                                                                                            Equities Rule 8.201(g), an ETP Holder                 Surveillance
                                                    well as the two most recent reports to
                                                    stockholders. Finally, the Fund Web site                acting as a registered Market Maker in                   The Exchange represents that trading
                                                    will provide the last sale price of the                 the Shares is required to provide the                 in the Shares will be subject to the
                                                    Shares as traded in the U.S. market. In                 Exchange with information relating to                 existing trading surveillances,
                                                    addition, the Exchange will make                        its trading in the underlying gold,                   administered by the Financial Industry
                                                    available over the Consolidated Tape                    related futures or options on futures, or             Regulatory Authority (‘‘FINRA’’) on
                                                    quotation information, trading volume,                  any other related derivatives.                        behalf of the Exchange, which are
                                                    closing prices and NAV for the Shares                   Commentary .04 of NYSE Arca Equities                  designed to detect violations of
                                                    from the previous day. The LBMA Gold                    Rule 6.3 requires an ETP Holder acting                Exchange rules and applicable federal
                                                    Price is publicly available at no charge                as a registered Market Maker, and its                 securities laws.32 The Exchange
                                                    at www.lbma.org.uk. The Index value                     affiliates, in the Shares to establish,               represents that these procedures are
                                                    will be calculated daily using the daily                maintain and enforce written policies                 adequate to properly monitor Exchange
                                                    LBMA Gold Price PM and the Spot Rate                    and procedures reasonably designed to                 trading of the Shares in all trading
                                                    as of 4:00 p.m., London time. The Index                 prevent the misuse of any material                    sessions and to deter and detect
                                                    value will be available from major                      nonpublic information with respect to                 violations of Exchange rules and federal
                                                    market data vendors. The FX PnL per                     such products, any components of the                  securities laws applicable to trading on
                                                    Ounce, the Net FX PnL Amount, and the                   related products, any physical asset or               the Exchange. The surveillances referred
                                                    Gold Delivery Amount will be available                  commodity underlying the product,                     to above generally focus on detecting
                                                    from the Fund’s Web site.                               applicable currencies, underlying                     securities trading outside their normal
                                                                                                            indexes, related futures or options on                patterns, which could be indicative of
                                                    Criteria for Initial and Continued Listing              futures, and any related derivative                   manipulative or other violative activity.
                                                       The Fund will be subject to the                      instruments (including the Shares).                   When such situations are detected,
                                                    criteria in NYSE Arca Equities Rule                        As a general matter, the Exchange has              surveillance analysis follows and
                                                    8.201(e) for initial and continued listing              regulatory jurisdiction over its ETP                  investigations are opened, where
                                                    of the Shares.                                          Holders and their associated persons,                 appropriate, to review the behavior of
                                                       A minimum of 100,000 Shares will be                  which include any person or entity                    all relevant parties for all relevant
                                                    required to be outstanding at the start of              controlling an ETP Holder. A subsidiary               trading violations.
                                                    trading. The minimum number of shares                   or affiliate of an ETP Holder that does                  FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange,
                                                    required to be outstanding is                           business only in commodities or futures               will communicate as needed regarding
                                                    comparable to requirements that have                    contracts would not be subject to                     trading in the Shares with other markets
                                                    been applied to previously listed shares                Exchange jurisdiction, but the Exchange               and other entities that are members of
                                                    of the Sprott Physical Gold Trust, ETFS                 could obtain information regarding the                the ISG, and FINRA, on behalf of the
                                                    Trusts, streetTRACKS Gold Trust, the                    activities of such subsidiary or affiliate            Exchange, may obtain trading
                                                    iShares COMEX Gold Trust, and the                       through surveillance sharing agreements               information regarding trading in the
                                                    iShares Silver Trust. The Exchange                      with regulatory organizations of which                Shares from such markets and other
                                                    believes that the anticipated minimum                   such subsidiary or affiliate is a member.             entities. In addition, the Exchange may
                                                    number of Shares outstanding at the                        With respect to trading halts, the                 obtain information regarding trading in
                                                    start of trading is sufficient to provide               Exchange may consider all relevant                    the Shares from markets and other
                                                    adequate market liquidity.                              factors in exercising its discretion to               entities that are members of ISG or with
                                                                                                            halt or suspend trading in the Shares.                which the Exchange has in place a
                                                    Trading Rules
                                                                                                            Trading on the Exchange in the Shares                 comprehensive surveillance sharing
                                                       The Exchange deems the Shares to be                  may be halted because of market                       agreement.33
                                                    equity securities, thus rendering trading               conditions or for reasons that, in the                   Also, pursuant to NYSE Arca Equities
                                                    in the Fund subject to the Exchange’s                   view of the Exchange, make trading in                 Rule 8.201(g), the Exchange is able to
                                                    existing rules governing the trading of                 the Shares inadvisable. These may                     obtain information regarding trading in
                                                    equity securities. Trading in the Shares                include: (1) The extent to which                      the Shares and the underlying gold, gold
                                                    on the Exchange will occur in                           conditions in the underlying gold                     futures contracts, options on gold
                                                    accordance with NYSE Arca Equities                      market have caused disruptions and/or                 futures, or any other gold derivative,
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                                                    Rule 7.34(a). The Exchange has                          lack of trading, or (2) whether other                 through ETP Holders acting as
                                                    appropriate rules to facilitate                         unusual conditions or circumstances
                                                    transactions in the Shares during all                   detrimental to the maintenance of a fair                31 See NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.12.
                                                    trading sessions. As provided in NYSE                   and orderly market are present. In                      32 FINRA   surveils trading on the Exchange
                                                                                                            addition, trading in Shares will be                   pursuant to a regulatory services agreement. The
                                                      30 The bid-ask price of the Trust is determined                                                             Exchange is responsible for FINRA’s performance
                                                    using the highest bid and lowest offer on the
                                                                                                            subject to trading halts caused by                    under this regulatory services agreement.
                                                    Consolidated Tape as of the time of calculation of      extraordinary market volatility pursuant                33 For a list of the current members of ISG, see

                                                    the closing day NAV.                                    to the Exchange’s ‘‘circuit breaker’’                 www.isgportal.org.



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                                                    registered Market Makers, in connection                 2. Statutory Basis                                      charge at www.lbma.org.uk. The Fund’s
                                                    with such ETP Holders’ proprietary or                      The basis under the Act for this                     Web site will also provide the Fund’s
                                                    customer trades through ETP Holders                     proposed rule change is the requirement                 prospectus, as well as the two most
                                                    which they effect on any relevant                       under section 6(b)(5) 34 that an exchange               recent reports to stockholders. In
                                                    market. In addition, the Exchange also                  have rules that are designed to prevent                 addition, the Exchange will make
                                                    has a general policy prohibiting the                    fraudulent and manipulative acts and                    available over the Consolidated Tape
                                                    distribution of material, non-public                    practices, to promote just and equitable                quotation information, trading volume,
                                                    information by its employees.                           principles of trade, to remove                          closing prices and NAV for the Shares
                                                                                                            impediments to, and perfect the                         from the previous day.
                                                    Information Bulletin
                                                                                                            mechanism of a free and open market                        The proposed rule change is designed
                                                       Prior to the commencement of                         and, in general, to protect investors and               to perfect the mechanism of a free and
                                                    trading, the Exchange will inform its                   the public interest.                                    open market and, in general, to protect
                                                    ETP Holders in an Information Bulletin                     The Exchange believes that the                       investors and the public interest in that
                                                    of the special characteristics and risks                proposed rule change is designed to                     it will facilitate the listing and trading
                                                    associated with trading the Shares.                     prevent fraudulent and manipulative                     of an additional type of exchange-traded
                                                    Specifically, the Information Bulletin                  acts and practices in that the Shares will              product that will enhance competition
                                                    will discuss the following: (1) The                     be listed and traded on the Exchange                    among market participants, to the
                                                    procedures for purchases and                            pursuant to the initial and continued                   benefit of investors and the marketplace.
                                                    redemptions of Shares in Baskets                        listing criteria in NYSE Arca Equities                  As noted above, the Exchange has in
                                                    (including noting that Shares are not                   Rule 8.201. The Exchange has in place                   place surveillance procedures relating to
                                                    individually redeemable); (2) NYSE                      surveillance procedures that are                        trading in the Shares and may obtain
                                                    Arca Equities Rule 9.2(a), which                        adequate to properly monitor trading in                 information via ISG from other
                                                    imposes a duty of due diligence on its                  the Shares in all trading sessions and to               exchanges that are members of ISG or
                                                    ETP Holders to learn the essential facts                deter and detect violations of Exchange                 with which the Exchange has entered
                                                    relating to every customer prior to                     rules and applicable federal securities                 into a comprehensive surveillance
                                                    trading the Shares; (3) how information                 laws. The Exchange may obtain                           sharing agreement. In addition, as noted
                                                    regarding the IIV is disseminated; (4) the              information via ISG from other                          above, investors will have ready access
                                                    requirement that ETP Holders deliver a                  exchanges that are members of ISG or                    to information regarding gold pricing.
                                                    prospectus to investors purchasing                      with which the Exchange has entered
                                                    newly issued Shares prior to or                                                                                 B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                                                                            into a comprehensive surveillance                       Statement on Burden on Competition
                                                    concurrently with the confirmation of a                 sharing agreement.
                                                    transaction; (5) the possibility that                      The proposed rule change is designed                   The Exchange does not believe that
                                                    trading spreads and the resulting                       to promote just and equitable principles                the proposed rule change will impose
                                                    premium or discount on the Shares may                   of trade and to protect investors and the               any burden on competition that is not
                                                    widen as a result of reduced liquidity of               public interest in that there is a                      necessary or appropriate in furtherance
                                                    gold trading during the Core and Late                   considerable amount of gold price and                   of the purposes of the Act. The
                                                    Trading Sessions after the close of the                 gold market information available on                    Exchange believes the proposed rule
                                                    major world gold markets; and (6)                       public Web sites and through                            change will enhance competition by
                                                    trading information. For example, the                   professional and subscription services.                 accommodating Exchange trading of an
                                                    Information Bulletin will advise ETP                    Investors may obtain on a 24-hour basis                 additional exchange-traded product
                                                    Holders, prior to the commencement of                   gold pricing information based on the                   relating to physical gold.
                                                    trading, of the prospectus delivery                     spot price for an ounce of gold from
                                                    requirements applicable to the Fund.                    various financial information service                   C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                    The Exchange notes that investors                       providers. Investors may obtain gold                    Statement on Comments on the
                                                    purchasing Shares directly from the                     pricing information based on the spot                   Proposed Rule Change Received from
                                                    Fund (by delivery of the Creation Basket                price for an ounce of gold from various                 Members, Participants, or Others
                                                    Deposit) will receive a prospectus. ETP                 financial information service providers.                  No written comments were solicited
                                                    Holders purchasing Shares from the                      Current spot prices also are generally                  or received with respect to the proposed
                                                    Fund for resale to investors will deliver               available with bid/ask spreads from gold                rule change.
                                                    a prospectus to such investors.                         bullion dealers. In addition, the Fund’s
                                                       In addition, the Information Bulletin                Web site will provide pricing                           III. Date of Effectiveness of the
                                                    will reference that the Fund is subject                 information for gold spot prices and the                Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
                                                    to various fees and expenses as will be                 Shares. Market prices for the Shares will               Commission Action
                                                    described in the Registration Statement.                be available from a variety of sources
                                                    The Information Bulletin will also                                                                                Within 45 days of the date of
                                                                                                            including brokerage firms, information                  publication of this notice in the Federal
                                                    reference the fact that there is no                     Web sites and other information service
                                                    regulated source of last sale information                                                                       Register or within such longer period
                                                                                                            providers. The NAV of the Fund will be                  up to 90 days (i) as the Commission may
                                                    regarding physical gold, that the                       published by the Sponsor on each day
                                                    Commission has no jurisdiction over the                                                                         designate if it finds such longer period
                                                                                                            that the NYSE Arca is open for regular                  to be appropriate and publishes its
                                                    trading of gold as a physical commodity,                trading and will be posted on the Fund’s
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                                                    and that the CFTC has regulatory                                                                                reasons for so finding or (ii) as to which
                                                                                                            Web site. The IIV relating to the Shares                the self-regulatory organization
                                                    jurisdiction over the trading of gold                   will be widely disseminated by one or
                                                    futures contracts and options on gold                                                                           consents, the Commission will:
                                                                                                            more major market data vendors at least
                                                    futures contracts.                                      every 15 seconds during the Core                          (A) by order approve or disapprove
                                                       The Information Bulletin will also                   Trading Session. In addition, the LBMA                  the proposed rule change, or
                                                    discuss any relief, if granted, by the                  Gold Price is publicly available at no                    (B) institute proceedings to determine
                                                    Commission or the staff from any rules                                                                          whether the proposed rule change
                                                    under the Act.                                            34 15   U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).                             should be disapproved.


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                                                    IV. Solicitation of Comments                              For the Commission, by the Division of               request a hearing by writing to the
                                                                                                            Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated             Commission’s Secretary and serving
                                                      Interested persons are invited to                     authority.35                                           applicants with a copy of the request,
                                                    submit written data, views, and                         Brent J. Fields,                                       personally or by mail. Hearing requests
                                                    arguments concerning the foregoing,                     Secretary.                                             should be received by the Commission
                                                    including whether the proposed rule                     [FR Doc. 2015–23284 Filed 9–15–15; 8:45 am]            by 5:30 p.m. on October 2, 2015, and
                                                    change is consistent with the Act.                      BILLING CODE 8011–01–P                                 should be accompanied by proof of
                                                    Comments may be submitted by any of                                                                            service on applicants, in the form of an
                                                    the following methods:                                                                                         affidavit, or for lawyers, a certificate of
                                                                                                            SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                                service. Pursuant to rule 0–5 under the
                                                    Electronic Comments                                     COMMISSION                                             Act, hearing requests should state the
                                                      • Use the Commission’s Internet                       [Investment Company Act Release No. IC–                nature of the writer’s interest, any facts
                                                    comment form (http://www.sec.gov/                       31820; 812–14474]                                      bearing upon the desirability of a
                                                    rules/sro.shtml); or                                                                                           hearing on the matter, the reason for the
                                                                                                            AlphaClone, Inc., et al.; Notice of                    request, and the issues contested.
                                                      • Send an email to rule-comments@                     Application                                            Persons who wish to be notified of a
                                                    sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–                                                                        hearing may request notification by
                                                    NYSEArca–2015–76 on the subject line.                   September 11, 2015.                                    writing to the Commission’s Secretary.
                                                                                                            AGENCY:    Securities and Exchange
                                                    Paper Comments                                                                                                 ADDRESSES: Secretary, Securities and
                                                                                                            Commission (‘‘Commission’’).
                                                                                                                                                                   Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE.,
                                                      • Send paper comments in triplicate                   ACTION: Notice of an application for an                Washington, DC 20549–1090;
                                                    to Secretary, Securities and Exchange                   order under section 6(c) of the                        Applicants: AlphaClone, One Market
                                                    Commission, 100 F Street NE.,                           Investment Company Act of 1940 (the                    Street, Steuart Towar, Suite 1208, San
                                                    Washington, DC 20549–1090.                              ‘‘Act’’) for an exemption from sections                Francisco, California 94105; The Trust
                                                                                                            2(a)(32), 5(a)(1), 22(d), and 22(e) of the             and Quasar, 615 East Michigan Street,
                                                    All submissions should refer to File                    Act and rule 22c–1 under the Act, under                4th Floor, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202.
                                                    Number SR–NYSEArca–2015–76. This                        sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an
                                                                                                                                                                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                    file number should be included on the                   exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and
                                                                                                                                                                   James D. McGinnis, Attorney/Advisor,
                                                    subject line if email is used. To help the              17(a)(2) of the Act, and under section
                                                                                                                                                                   at (202) 551–3025, or Melissa R. Harke,
                                                    Commission process and review your                      12(d)(1)(J) for an exemption from
                                                                                                                                                                   Branch Chief, at (202) 551–6722
                                                    comments more efficiently, please use                   sections 12(d)(1)(A) and 12(d)(1)(B) of
                                                                                                                                                                   (Division of Investment Management,
                                                    only one method. The Commission will                    the Act.
                                                                                                                                                                   Chief Counsel’s Office).
                                                    post all comments on the Commission’s
                                                                                                            SUMMARY:    Summary of Application:                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                                    Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/                                                                         following is a summary of the
                                                                                                            Applicants request an order that would
                                                    rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the                         permit (a) series of certain open-end                  application. The complete application
                                                    submission, all subsequent                              management investment companies to                     may be obtained via the Commission’s
                                                    amendments, all written statements                      issue shares (‘‘Shares’’) redeemable in                Web site by searching for the file
                                                    with respect to the proposed rule                       large aggregations only (‘‘Creation                    number, or for an applicant using the
                                                    change that are filed with the                          Units’’); (b) secondary market                         Company name box, at http://
                                                    Commission, and all written                             transactions in Shares to occur at                     www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or by
                                                    communications relating to the                          negotiated market prices rather than at                calling (202) 551–8090.
                                                    proposed rule change between the                        net asset value (‘‘NAV’’); (c) certain
                                                    Commission and any person, other than                                                                          Applicants’ Representations
                                                                                                            series to pay redemption proceeds,
                                                    those that may be withheld from the                     under certain circumstances, more than                    1. The Trust is a Delaware statutory
                                                    public in accordance with the                           seven days after the tender of Shares for              trust and is registered under the Act as
                                                    provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be                     redemption; (d) certain affiliated                     an open-end management investment
                                                    available for Web site viewing and                      persons of the series to deposit                       company with multiple series. Each
                                                    printing in the Commission’s Public                     securities into, and receive securities                series will operate as an exchange
                                                    Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,                       from, the series in connection with the                traded fund (‘‘ETF’’).
                                                    Washington, DC 20549 on official                        purchase and redemption of Creation                       2. AlphaClone will be the investment
                                                    business days between the hours of                      Units; and (e) certain registered                      adviser to the new series of the Trust
                                                                                                            management investment companies and                    (‘‘Initial Fund’’). Each Adviser (as
                                                    10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such
                                                                                                            unit investment trusts outside of the                  defined below) will be registered as an
                                                    filing also will be available for
                                                                                                            same group of investment companies as                  investment adviser under the
                                                    inspection and copying at the principal                                                                        Investment Advisers Act of 1940
                                                    office of the Exchange. All comments                    the series to acquire Shares.
                                                                                                               Applicants: AlphaClone, Inc.                        (‘‘Advisers Act’’). The Adviser may
                                                    received will be posted without change;                                                                        enter into sub-advisory agreements with
                                                                                                            (‘‘AlphaClone’’), ETF Series Solutions
                                                    the Commission does not edit personal                   (‘‘Trust’’) and Quasar Distributors, LLC               one or more investment advisers to act
                                                    identifying information from                            (‘‘Quasar’’).                                          as sub-advisers to particular Funds
                                                    submissions. You should submit only                                                                            (each, a ‘‘Sub-Adviser’’). Any Sub-
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                                                                                                               Filing Dates: The application was
                                                    information that you wish to make                       filed on May 26, 2015, and amended on                  Adviser will either be registered under
                                                    available publicly. All submissions                     August 18, 2015.                                       the Advisers Act or will not be required
                                                    should refer to File Number SR–                            Hearing or Notification of Hearing: An              to register thereunder.
                                                    NYSEArca–2015–76, and should be                         order granting the requested relief will                  3. The Trust will enter into a
                                                    submitted on or before October 7, 2015.                 be issued unless the Commission orders                 distribution agreement with one or more
                                                                                                            a hearing. Interested persons may                      distributors. Each distributor for a Fund
                                                                                                                                                                   will be a broker-dealer (‘‘Broker’’)
                                                                                                              35 17   CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).                         registered under the Securities


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
FR Citation80 FR 55674 

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