---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-000184"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GLDM"
cik: "0001618181"
company_name: "World Gold Trust"
filed_at: "2023-01-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T20:52:40.872581+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sponsor director Neal Wolkoff departs after term expiration; no disagreement

## Summary
- Neal Wolkoff's term as director of WGC USA Asset Management Company LLC expired Jan 1, 2023; he will no longer serve.
- Decision not to renew did not arise from any disagreement on Trust operations, policies or practices.
- Wolkoff served on the board and audit committee since Trust inception.
- He was a director of the sponsor, which manages World Gold Trust (GLDM).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-000184
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GLDM
- cik: 0001618181
- company_name: World Gold Trust
- filed_at: 2023-01-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1618181/000143774923000184/0001437749-23-000184-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1618181/000143774923000184/gldm20221213_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-000184
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-000184.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-000184.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Neal Wolkoff departed as Director at World Gold Trust.
  - Action: departed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 1, 2023, the term of Mr. Wolkoff’s appointment as a director of the Sponsor expired and Mr. Wolkoff will no longer serve as a director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1618181/000143774923000184/0001437749-23-000184-index.htm

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