SPDR GOLD TRUST — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2018

Free Writing Prospectus Filed Pursuant To Rule 433 Registration No. 333-217785 October 11, 2018

W HY CONSIDER INVESTING IN GOLD? Gold is both an investment and a consumer good. Global economic growth, income growth, monetary policy and market volatility drive demand. A strategic allocation to this unique asset cl ass may help an investor to pursue the following potential benefi ts of gold: Long-term Returns S ince 1971, when President Nixon removed the US dollar from the Gold Standard, the price of gold has increased from $43.28/oz. to $1323.85/oz. at the end of March 2018, or a compounded annual growth rate of 7.79 percent per year.1 Gold’s prices are influenced by a diverse set of global drivers i n pro-cyclical and counter-cycl ical markets. )TGCVGT &KXGTUKÆœECVKQP Gold’s historically low or negative correlation to other asset classes means t he potential for greater diversification that could potentially l ower portfolio volatility, enhance overall risk-adj usted returns and preserve purchasing power. Improved Risk-Adjusted Returns Because gold has historically tended to rise during stock market pullbacks, a strategic allocation to gold in a multi-asset class portfolio may help t emper the impact of market volatility and reduce portfolio drawdown. &GGR .KSWKF KV[ The average daily turnover of gold is over $250 billion, equivalent to $62 trillion per year. That makes t he gold market larger than that of many stocks and bonds.2 An investment in any combination of GLD, GLDW and GLDM entail s a risk of loss and the diversification offered by the Funds does not ensure a profit or guarantee against loss. 1 Bloomberg Finance L.P ., State Street Global Advisors, August 13, 1971–March 31, 2018. 2 Source: A study carried out by London Bullion Market Association BOE{PWFSTFFO CZ UIF #BOL PG &OHMBOE BOE UIF ‘JOBODJBM $POEVDU “VUIP SJUZ GFMS-Thomson Reuters, date as of December 31, 2017. 2 % Compounded annual growth rate for LBMA Gold Price PM since 19711 Gold’s Historically Relatively Low or Negat ive Correlation with Equity and Bond Markets Since 2000 US Corporate 0.27 US Aggregate Bonds 0.29 European -0.09 US 0.01 Global 0.12 Japanese -0.08 -1.0 -0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 „ Major Bond Markets „ Major Equi ty Markets S ource: Bloomberg Finance L.P., State Street Global Advisors, data from January 1, 2000 to March 31, 2018. Correlations are calculated from monthly returns in USD. Asset classes represented by the following indices — Japanese: MSCI Japan Index; Global : MSCI AC World Daily Index TR; US: S&P 500; European: MSCI Europe Index; US Aggregate Bonds: Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index TR; US Corporate: Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate Bond Index TR Gold’s Historical Performance in Market Downturns % 40 20 0 -20 -40 -60 Global Sovereign Debt S overeign Debt Debt Ceiling Brexit F inancial Crisis Crisis I Crisis II Crisis „ LBMA Gold Price PM „ Bloomberg Commodity Index „ Bloomberg Barclays 7–10 Yr Treasury Index „ Bl oomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index „ MSCI All Country World Index „ US Dollar Index S ource: Bloomberg Finance L.P ., State Street Global Advisors, as of March 31, 2018. Notes: Global Financial Crisis: 11/30/ 2007–3/31/2009; Sovereign Debt Crisi s I: r 4PWFSFJHO %FCU{$SJTJT ** r %FCU $FJMJOH Crisis: 7/22/2011–8/8/2011; Brexit: 6/22/2016–6/27/2016. Past performance is not C IWCTCPVGG QH|HW VWTG TGUWNVU 2GTHQTOCPEG CDQXG FQGU PQV TGÆGEV EJCTIGU and expenses associated with the fund or brokerage commissions CUUQEKCVGF YKVJ DW[KP I CPF UGNNKPI GZEJCPIG VTCFGF HWPFU 2GTHQTOCPEG CDQXG KU PQV OGCPV VQ TGRTGUGPV VJG RGTHQTOCPEG QH CP[ KPXGUVOGPV RTQFWEV 1FSGPS NBODF EBUB BCP WF{EFSJWFE GSPN UPUBM{SFUVSO JOEJDF T

3 SPDR ETFS MAKE IT EAS Y TO ACCESS GOLD GLD® The Largest Gold ETF that Democratized Access to Gold When the S PDR® Gold S hares (GLD) launched in November 2004, it gathered $1 billion in assets under management in just three days. Today, as the largest gold-backed ETF in the world in terms of AUM,3 GLD is designed to offer all investors easy and rel atively highly liquid access to the gold market. GLDW Gold for a Strong Dollar Environment Launched January 31, 2017, the S PDR® Long Dol lar Gold Trust (GLDW ) is designed to offer investors the potential benefits of using gold as a strat egic portfolio diversifier whil e countering t he historically negative correlation between a strengthening U.S. dollar and gold prices. ).&/ Our Lowest Cost Gold ETF Launched June 26, 2018, the S PDR Gold MiniShares Trust (GLDM) is designed to offer the potential benefits an allocation to gold may bring to a properly balanced portfolio at the lowest total expense ratio (TER) of any SPDR gold ETF. An investment in any combination of GLD, GLDW and GLDM entails a risk of loss and the diversification offered by the Funds does not ensure a profit or guarantee against loss. Family of SPDR Gold ETF s GLD GLDW ).&/ Strategy Long Gold Tracki ng the performance of the S olactive GLD® Long USD Gold Index Long Gold (long gold, long USD versus basket of certain non-US currencies) Expense Ratio (%) 0.40 0.50 0.18 2J[UKECNN[ $CEMGF )QNF Yes Yes Yes Fund Type Grantor Trust Grantor Trust Grantor Trust Price at Inception 1/10th oz of gol d in USD4 1/10th oz of gold i n USD5 1/100th oz of gold in USD6 Tracks Price of gold in US D Solactive GLD® Long USD Gold Index P rice of gold in USD 0#8 )QNF $GPEJOCTM LBMA Gold Price PM LBMA Gold Pri ce AM LBMA Gold Price PM %WTTGP EKGU KP $CUMGV N/A EUR (57.6%), JPY (13.6% ), GBP (11.9%), CAD (9.1%), SEK (4.2%) and CHF (3.6%) N/A S torage HS BC Bank Plc, in London HS BC Bank Plc, in London ICBC Standard Bank Plc, in London 3 Source: Bloomberg Financial L.P. & State Street Gl obal Advisors. Date as of April 30, 2018. 4 The amount of gold backing each share decreases over time based on t he dai ly accrual of the sponsor fee. 5 The amount of gold backing each share will change over time. It will decrease based on the daily accrual of the sponsor fee, but it may increase (decrease) based on the daily outperformance (underperformance) of the USD versus the basket of currencies. 6 Figure provided is expected price at inception. The amount of gold backing each share decreases over time based on the daily accrual of the sponsor fee. State St reet Global Advisors 3

ssga.com | spdrs.com Important Risk Information Investing involves risk, and you could lose money on an investment in each of SPDR Gold Shares Trust (“GLD”), SP DR Gold MiniSharesSM Trust (“GLDMSM”), a series of the Worl d Gold Trust, and SPDR Long Dollar Gold Trust (“GLDWSM”), a series of the World Gold Trust (together, the “Funds”). ETFs US BEF MJLF TUPDLT BS F TVCKFDU UP JOW FTUNFOU SJTL VDUVBUF JO NBSLFU WBMVF BOE may trade at prices above or below the ETF s’ net asset value. Brokerage commi ssions and ETF expenses will reduce returns. Commodities and commodity-index linked securities may be affected by changes in overall market movements, changes in interest rates, and other factors such as weather, disease, embargoes, or political and regulatory developments, as well BT{USBEJOH BDUJWJUZ PG TQFDVMBUPST BOE BSCJUSBHF VST JO UIF VOEFSMZJOH DP NNPEJUJFT GLDW is subject to regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act of 1936 (the “CEA”). U.S. regulation of swap agreements is rapidly changing and is subject to further regulatory developments which could be adverse to GLDW. GLDW’s swap agreements will be subject to counterparty risk and liquidity risk. Currency exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and nonU.S. currencies NBZ VDUVBUF TJHOJDBOUMZ PWF S TIPSU QFSJPET PG UJNF BOE NBZ DBVTF UIF WBMVF PG (-%8nT{JOWFTUNFOUT UP EFDMJOF GLDW is a passive investment vehicle that is designed to track the Index. GLDW’s performance may deviate from changes in the levels of its Index (i .e., create “tracking error” between GLDW and the Index) for a number of reasons, such as the fees and expenses of GLDW, which are not accounted for by the Index. ‘SFRVFOU US BEJOH PG&5’T DPVME TJHOJDBOUMZ JODSFBTF DPNNJTTJPOT BOE P UIF S DPTUT such that they may offset any savings from low fees or costs. %JWFS TJDBUJPO EPFT OPU FOTVSF B QSPU PS HVBSBOUF F BHBJOTU MPTT +PXGUVKPI KP EQOOQFKVKGU GPVCKNU UKIP KECPV TKUM CPF KU P QV CRRTQRTKCVG HQT|CNN|KPXGUVQTU Important Information Relating to SPDR Gold Trust (“GLD”), SP DR|)QNF|/KPK5JCTGU5/ 6TWUV p).&/5/”) and SPDR Long Dollar )QNF |6TWUV p).&95/”): 6JG 52&4 )QNF 6TWUV p).&q JCU NGF C TGIKUVTCVKQP UVCVGOGP V KPENWFKPI a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“S EC”) for ).& 6JG 9QTNF )QNF 6TWUV JCU NGF C TGIKUVTCVKQP UVCVGOGPV KPENWFKPI C|RTQURGEVWU YKVJ VJG 5’% HQT GCEJ QH ).&/ CPF ).&9 6JG 9QTNF )QNF 6TWUV JCU CNUQ NGF VJG RTQURGEVWU HQT ).&9 YKVJ VJG 0CVKQPCN (WVWTGU #UUQEKCVKQP $GHQTG [QW KP XGUV [QW UJQWNF TGCF VJG RTQURGEVWU KP VJG TGIKUVTCVKQP UVCVGOGPV CPF QVJGT FQEWOGPVU GCEJ (WPF JCU NGF YKVJ VJG 5’% HQT OQTG (PME $PVODJM JT BO BGMJBUF PG UIF 4QPOTPS PG F BDI PG{(-% (-% . BOE (-%8 GLD is a registered trademark of W orld Gold Trust Services, LLC used with the permission of World Gold Trust Services, LLC. MiniS haresS M, GLDMSM and GLDWS M are service marks of WGC USA Asset Management Company, LLC used with the permission of WGC USA Asset Management Company, LLC. Standard& Poor’s, S &P and SPDR are registered trademarks of Standard& Poor’s F inancial Services LLC, a divi sion of S&P Global (S&P ); Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (Dow Jones); and UIF TF{USBEFNBS LT IBWF CFFO MJDF OTF E GP S VTF CZ 4 1 %PX +POF T OEJDFT $ 41%+ and sublicensed for certain purposes by State Street Corporation. State Street $PSQPSBUJPOnT OBODJBM QSPEVDUT BSF OPU TQPOTPSF E FOEPSTFE TPME PS QSPNP UFE CZ 41% +* % PX +POFT 4 1 UIF JS S FTQFDUJWF BGMJBUFT BOE UIJSE QBSUZ MJDFOTPST BOE OPOF{PG TVDI QBS UJFT NBLFT BOZ SFQSF TFOUBUJPO SFHBS EJOH UIF BEWJTBCJMJUZ PG JOWF TUJOH{JO TVDI QSPEVDUT OPS EP UIFZ IBWF BOZ MJBCJMJUZ JO SFMBUJPO UIF SFUP Important Information Rel ating to Solact ive GLD Long USD Gold Index: GLDW is not sponsored, promoted, sold or supported in any other manner by Solactive AG nor does Solactive AG offer any express or implicit guarantee or assurance either with regard to the results of using the Index and/or Index trademark or the Index value at any time or in any other respect. The Index is calcul ated and published by Solactive AG. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Index i s calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards GLDW, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Index to third parties including but not MJNJUFE UP JOWFTUP ST JO BOE PS OBODJBM JOUFS NFEJBSJFT USBOTBDUJOH JO PS XJUI (-%8 Neither publication of the Index by Solactive AG nor the licensing of the Index or Index trademark for the purpose of use in connection wi th GLDW constitutes a recommendation by Solactive AG to i nvest capi tal in GLDW nor does it in any way represent an assurance or opinion of S olactive AG with regard to any investment JO{(-% 8 (QT OQTG KPHQTOCVKQP RNGCUG EQPVCEV VJG /CTMGVKPI #IGPV HQT ).& ).&/ and GLDW: State Street Global Advisors Funds Distributors, LLC, One Iron 5VTGGV $QUVQP /# 6 URF TIQNFUJCTGU EQO St ate Street Global Advisors Funds Distributors, LLC, One Iron Street, Boston, MA 02210 Not FDIC Insured No Bank Guarantee May Lose Value 2018 State Street Corporation. All Rights Reserved. ID14459-2144359.1.3.AM.RTL 1018 Exp. Date: 06/30/2019 EQORNGVG KPHQTOCVKQP CDQW V GCEJ (WPF CPF VJGUG QGTKP IU Please see each Fund’s prospectus for a detailed discussion of the risks QH KPXGUVKPI KP GCEJ (WPFoU UJCTGU 6JG ).& RTQURGEVWU KU CXCKNCDNG D[ ENKEMKPI JGTG VJG ).&/|RTQURGEVWU KU CXCKNCDNG D[ ENKEMKPI JGTG CPF VJG ).&9 RTQURGEVWU KU CXCKNCDNG D[ ENKEMKP I JGTG ;QW OC[ IGV VJGUG FQEWOGPVU HQT HTGG D[ XKUKVKP I ‘&)#4 QP VJG 5’% YGDUKVG CV UGE IQX QT D[|XKUKVKPI URFTIQNFUJCTGU EQO #NVGTP CVKXGN[ VJG (WPFU QT CP[ CWVJQTK\ GF RCTVKEKRCPV YKNN CTTCPIG VQ|UGPF|[QW VJG RTQURGEVWU KH [QW TGS WGUV KV D[ ECNNKPI None of the F unds is an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”). As a result, shareholders of each Fund do not have the protections associated with ownership of shares in an investment company registered under the 1940 Act. GLD and GLDM are not subject to regulati on under the CEA. As a result, shareholders of each of GLD and GLDM do not have the protections afforded by the CEA. 4IBSFT PG FBDI ‘VOE USBEF MJLF TUPDLT BSF TVCKF DU UP JOWFTUNFOU SJTL BOE XJMM VDUVBUF in market value. The values of GLD shares and GLDM shares relate directly to the value of the gold held by each Fund (less its expenses), respectively. Fluctuations in the price of gold could materially and adversely affect an invest ment in the shares. The price received upon the sal e of the shares, which trade at market price, may be more or less than the value of the gold represented by them. (-%8 TIBSFT USBEF MJLF TUPDLT BSF TVCKFDU UP JOWFTUNFOU SJTL BOE XJMM VDUVBUF JO market value. The value of GLDW shares relates directly to the value of the gold held by GLDW (less its expenses) and the value of a basket (“FX Basket”) comprising the euro, Japanese yen, British pound sterling, Canadian dollar, Swedish krona and Swiss franc (“Reference Currencies”) against the U.S. dollar. A decline in the price of gol d and/or an increase in the value of the Reference Currencies comprising t he F X basket against the U.S. dollar could materially and adversely affect an investment in the shares. The price received upon the sale of the shares, which trade at market price, may be more or less than the value of the gold and the price of each Reference Currency against the U.S. dollar represented by them. None of the Funds generate any income, and as each F und regularly sells gold to pay for its ongoing expenses, t he amount of gold represented by each Fund share will decline over time to t hat extent. The World Gold Council name and logo are a regi stered trademark and used with the permission of the Worl d Gold Council pursuant to a license agreement. The W orld Gold Council is not responsible for the content of, and is not liable for the use of or SFMJBODF PO UIJT NBUFSJBM 8PSME

SPDR^® GOLD TRUST has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Trust and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Trust or any Authorized Participant will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling toll free at 1-866-320-4053 or contacting State Street Global Advisors Funds Distributors, LLC, One Lincoln Street, Attn: SPDR^® Gold Shares, 30th Floor, Boston, MA 02111.