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		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SPDR GOLD TRUST
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		IRS NUMBER:				522369757
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		STREET 1:		C/O WORLD GOLD TRUST SERVICES, LLC
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	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	streetTRACKS GOLD TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20041008

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		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	EQUITY GOLD TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030310

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		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SPDR GOLD TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001222333
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	 [6221]
		IRS NUMBER:				522369757
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

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	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O WORLD GOLD TRUST SERVICES, LLC
		STREET 2:		685 THIRD AVENUE, SUITE 2702
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10017
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2123173800

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		STREET 1:		685 THIRD AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 2702
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10017

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	streetTRACKS GOLD TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20041008

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		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	EQUITY GOLD TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030310
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<DESCRIPTION>TOP GOLD ETF GETS ISLAMIC FINANCE CERTIFICATION TO TAP NEW MARKETS
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="right"><B>Filed Pursuant To Rule 433 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-209926</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="right"><B>February&nbsp;15, 2017 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:16pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Top Gold ETF Gets Islamic
Finance Certification to Tap New Markets </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Posted to Reuters Top News Tue Feb 14, 2017 EST; Updated Feb 15 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The world&#146;s largest physically-backed gold fund said on Wednesday it has been certified as sharia compliant, the latest effort aimed at spurring demand
for bullion from investors across majority-Muslim countries. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Gold had traditionally been classified as a currency in Islamic finance, confining its use
to spot transactions, but new guidance issued in December is making room for a wider range of investment products. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The SPDR Gold Trust, an
exchange-traded fund which holds 836.7 tonnes of bullion worth $33&nbsp;billion, now falls in line with rules from the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman">World Gold Trust Services, a subsidiary of the World Gold Council (WGC), said in a statement to Reuters that the ETF had received the certification from
Malaysia-based Islamic advisory firm Amanie Advisors. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;This announcement marks an important step in addressing the demand for gold in the $2
trillion Islamic finance market,&#148; said Joseph Cavatoni, Principal Executive Officer at World Gold Trust Services. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Bahrain-based AAOIFI developed the
rules alongside the WGC, an industry lobby group, to address uncertainty over the religious permissibility of gold-based products. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This could further
open the safe-haven asset to Islamic investors from countries where demand for gold has remained low. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Analysts cautioned it was too soon to determine if
Islamic investors would add a significant new source of demand. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Middle Eastern buyers have been transacting in gold long before the SPDR ever came
into existence. As a result, I don&#146;t think this will necessarily pave a new avenue for untapped demand,&#148; said INTL FCStone analyst Edward Meir. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Considering other growth engines for gold, such as China, Islamic finance might take a back seat in the short to medium term but it could have some benefits
in the longer term, said ANZ analyst Daniel Hynes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;It opens up another source of investor demand, which should at least allow those sources to be
more diversified.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Last year, investment demand for gold increased by 70&nbsp;percent and gold-backed ETFs saw an increase of 532 tonnes, the second
highest annual inflow on record, according to a WGC report. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the Middle East, however, demand for gold bars and coins dropped 71&nbsp;percent in 2016,
with jewellery down by 15.6&nbsp;percent and consumer demand down by 28.4&nbsp;percent, WGC data showed. (Reporting by Bernardo Vizcaino; Additional reporting by Arpan Varghese; Editing by Richard Pullin and Eric Meijer) </P>

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