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      "text": "iShares Gold Trust is a New York grantor trust formed in 2005 to hold physical gold bullion and issue shares that represent fractional undivided beneficial interests in the trust’s net assets. It operates in the exchange-traded commodity and investment products sector rather than as a conventional operating company, and its core product is a gold-backed security designed to give investors exposure to movements in the price of gold through the securities market rather than through direct bullion ownership. The trust is not actively managed, and its stated objective is to reflect generally the performance of the price of gold before payment of the trust’s expenses and liabilities. [P-2a3b91b94a784394ac775a57c5aca8e6][P-cbe08cb1d0ca443688b5c12487b63bd5][P-b252a7fe12cd4473925d5bdfe4f01f66]\n\nThe trust is sponsored by iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC, an indirect subsidiary of BlackRock, with The Bank of New York Mellon as trustee and JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., London branch, as custodian. Its activities are limited mainly to issuing and redeeming baskets of shares against gold and selling gold as needed to pay fees and expenses. Geographically, its bullion custody arrangements are centered in major financial hubs including London and New York. As a trust, it has no officers, directors, or employees and does not operate a conventional revenue-generating business. At December 31, 2024, it reported total assets of about $33.0 billion, net assets of about $33.0 billion, and approximately 668.7 million shares outstanding, making it a large physically backed gold investment vehicle. [P-2a3b91b94a784394ac775a57c5aca8e6][P-9bf87f16ebb1460d854698029c5c86b0][T-fa1167f2ed3642b5bbb4a0dfd817b948]\n[P-2a3b91b94a784394ac775a57c5aca8e6][P-cbe08cb1d0ca443688b5c12487b63bd5][P-b252a7fe12cd4473925d5bdfe4f01f66][P-9bf87f16ebb1460d854698029c5c86b0][T-fa1167f2ed3642b5bbb4a0dfd817b948]",
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      "text": "iShares Gold Trust does not report multiple business or operating segments. Its official segment disclosure states that the Sponsor’s CFO, acting as chief operating decision maker, concluded that the Trust operates as a single operating segment because it has a single investment strategy, and the financial information reviewed for decision-making is the same as the Trust’s financial statements. As a result, there are no separately reported segment names or segment-level profit, asset, or revenue breakdowns. [P-2eed4d4167434a078fd9456373b03f12]\n\nThe sole segment is the Trust’s passive gold-holding activity: the Trust exists to own gold and issue shares representing fractional undivided interests in its net assets, and its activities are limited to issuing and redeeming baskets and selling or delivering gold as needed for fees, expenses, and redemptions. Since no additional segments are disclosed, the segment mix is effectively 100% this single gold-investment segment. [P-235fb2c15864466082ec567131156286][P-b252a7fe12cd4473925d5bdfe4f01f66][P-2eed4d4167434a078fd9456373b03f12]\n[P-2eed4d4167434a078fd9456373b03f12][P-235fb2c15864466082ec567131156286][P-b252a7fe12cd4473925d5bdfe4f01f66]",
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      "text": "iShares Gold Trust was formed on January 21, 2005, when an initial deposit of gold was made in exchange for three baskets of shares, establishing it as a New York grantor trust.[P-4f5e745a57ba4b1a88dfe71852eccf6e] Early SEC materials referred to the vehicle as the iShares COMEX Gold Trust, reflecting the branding used around its launch.[https://www.sec.gov/divisions/marketreg/mr-noaction/ishares012705.htm]\n\nA notable milestone came in June 2010, when the trust, still using the iShares COMEX Gold Trust name, filed for a 10-for-1 share split payable on June 23, 2010 to shareholders of record on June 21, 2010.[https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1278680/000119312510153650/d424b3.htm] By October 2010, SEC filings were using the name iShares Gold Trust, marking the transition away from the earlier COMEX branding.[https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1278680/000119312510237677/dfwp.htm] In December 2010, the trust said it had completed refinements to the ETF, including switching the daily valuation of its gold bullion from COMEX prices to the London PM Fix.[https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1278680/000119312510283168/dfwp.htm]\n[P-4f5e745a57ba4b1a88dfe71852eccf6e][https://www.sec.gov/divisions/marketreg/mr-noaction/ishares012705.htm][https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1278680/000119312510153650/d424b3.htm][https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1278680/000119312510237677/dfwp.htm][https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1278680/000119312510283168/dfwp.htm]",
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