AMENDMENT NO. 1 to WGC/WGTS LICENSE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.8.1
This Amendment (this “Amendment”) dated May 20, 2008 to the WGC/WGTS License Agreement
(the “License Agreement”), entered into as of November 16, 2004, by and among World Gold
Council and World Gold Trust Services, LLC (together the “Licensor”), and State Street
Global Markets, LLC (the “Licensee”).
WITNESSES, that
WHEREAS effective concurrently herewith the name of the streetTRACKS® Gold Trust is
changed to “SPDR® Gold Trust” (the “Trust”) and the name of the
streetTRACKS® Gold Shares is changed to “SPDR® Gold Shares” (the
“Shares”); and
WHEREAS, Section 10(h) of the License Agreement provides that any amendment thereto shall be
in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the Licensor and Licensee; and
WHEREAS the Licensor and the Licensee wish to amend the License Agreement to refer to the new
names of the Trust and Shares;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Licensor and the Licensee agree as follows:
1. Throughout the License Agreement, all references to “streetTRACKS® Gold Trust”
are hereby amended to read “SPDR® Gold Trust” and all references to
“streetTRACKS® Gold Shares” are hereby amended to read “SPDR® Gold Shares.”
2. The foregoing amendments shall be effective as of May 20, 2008.
3. Except as modified by this Amendment, the License Agreement shall remain unmodified and in
full force and effect.
4. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings assigned
to such terms in the License Agreement.
5. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when executed
and delivered shall be deemed an original, but together shall constitute one and the same
amendment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have duly executed and delivered this Amendment as of the date
first above written.
| World Gold Council | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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| Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
| Title: | CEO | |||||
| World Gold Trust Services, LLC | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
| Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
| Title: | Managing Director | |||||
| State Street Global Markets, LLC | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
| Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
| Title: | Vice President | |||||
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