---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-022910"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BAR"
cik: "0001690437"
company_name: "GraniteShares Gold Trust"
filed_at: "2026-05-14T14:52:56+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T14:54:08.996846+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GraniteShares Gold Trust sponsor announces CAO change: Autier out, Dall'Acqua in

## Summary
- Benoit Autier steps down as Chief Accounting Officer of Sponsor (GraniteShares LLC) effective June 1, 2026; departure not due to any disagreement.
- Brandon Dall'Acqua appointed as new Chief Accounting Officer, effective same date.
- Dall'Acqua, age 42, joined GraniteShares as CFO in Jan 2025; previously VP of Finance at Tidal Financial Group.
- No other changes to Trust's officers or operations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-022910
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BAR
- cik: 0001690437
- company_name: GraniteShares Gold Trust
- filed_at: 2026-05-14T14:52:56+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1690437/000149315226022910/0001493152-26-022910-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1690437/000149315226022910/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Benoit Autier departed as Chief Accounting Officer at GraniteShares Gold Trust.
  - Action: step down
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Effective June 1, 2026, Benoit Autier will step down as the Chief Accounting Officer of GraniteShares LLC (the “Sponsor”), the Sponsor of GraniteShares Gold Trust (the “Trust”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1690437/000149315226022910/0001493152-26-022910-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brandon Dall'Acqua was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at GraniteShares Gold Trust.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On the same date, the Sponsor appointed Brandon Dall’Acqua to serve as the Sponsor’s new Chief Accounting Officer, with immediate effect.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1690437/000149315226022910/0001493152-26-022910-index.htm

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