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abrdn Gold ETF Trust – ‘10-K/A’ for 12/31/21 – ‘EX-31.1’

On:  Thursday, 9/29/22, at 5:26pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/21   ·   Accession #:  1387131-22-10140   ·   File #:  1-34441

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 9/29/22  abrdn Gold ETF Trust              10-K/A     12/31/21   41:2.5M                                   Quality EDGAR So… LLC/FA

Amendment to Annual Report   —   Form 10-K

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K/A      Amendment to Form 10-K                              HTML    760K 
 2: EX-23.1     Consent of Kpmg LLP                                 HTML     13K 
 3: EX-31.1     Chief Executive Officer's Certificate               HTML     17K 
 4: EX-31.2     Chief Financial Officer's Certificate               HTML     17K 
 5: EX-31.3     Chief Executive Officer's Certificate               HTML     18K 
 6: EX-31.4     Chief Financial Officer's Certificate               HTML     18K 
 7: EX-32.1     Chief Executive Officer's Certificate               HTML     14K 
 8: EX-32.2     Chief Financial Officer's Certificate               HTML     14K 
 9: EX-32.3     Chief Executive Officer's Certificate               HTML     15K 
10: EX-32.4     Chief Financial Officer's Certificate               HTML     16K 
16: R1          Cover                                               HTML     85K 
17: R2          Statements of Assets and Liabilities                HTML     42K 
18: R3          Statements of Assets and Liabilities                HTML     28K 
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19: R4          Schedules of Investments                            HTML     36K 
20: R5          Statements of Operations                            HTML     51K 
21: R6          Statements of Operations (Parenthetical)            HTML     15K 
22: R7          Statements of Changes in Net Assets                 HTML     38K 
23: R8          Statements of Changes in Net Assets                 HTML     15K 
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24: R9          Financial Highlights                                HTML     34K 
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35: R20         Changes in ounces of gold and their respective      HTML     35K 
                values for the years ended December 31, 2021 and                 
                2020 are set out below (Details)                                 
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‘EX-31.1’   —   Chief Executive Officer’s Certificate


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ABERDEEN STANDARD GOLD ETF TRUST 10-K/A

 

Exhibit 31.1

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT
TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Steven Dunn, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Report on Form 10-K of Aberdeen Standard Gold ETF Trust;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; and

 

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and

 

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting;

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

     
Date: February 28, 2022 /s/ Steven Dunn*  
  Steven Dunn**  
  President and Chief Executive Officer  
  (Principal Executive Officer)  

 

 *The original executed copy of this Certification will be maintained at the Sponsor's offices and will be made available for inspection upon request.
**The Registrant is a trust and Mr. Dunn is signing in his capacity as an officer of Aberdeen Standard Investments ETFs Sponsor LLC, the Sponsor of the Registrant.

 

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Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

This ‘10-K/A’ Filing    Date    Other Filings
Filed on:9/29/22
2/28/2210-K
For Period end:12/31/2110-K
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2 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

10/21/22  abrdn Gold ETF Trust              424B3                  1:660K                                   Quality EDGAR So… LLC/FA
10/14/22  abrdn Gold ETF Trust              S-3                    6:1M                                     Quality Edgar - QES/FA


8 Previous Filings that this Filing References

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 6/11/20  abrdn Gold ETF Trust              8-K:1,9     6/05/20   12:248K                                   Quality EDGAR So… LLC/FA
11/12/19  abrdn Gold ETF Trust              S-3ASR     11/12/19    6:856K                                   Quality EDGAR So… LLC/FA
 6/13/19  abrdn Gold ETF Trust              8-K:1,5,9   6/11/19    3:96K                                    Quality EDGAR So… LLC/FA
 2/28/19  abrdn Gold ETF Trust              10-K       12/31/18   35:2.7M
12/06/18  abrdn Gold ETF Trust              8-K:1,5,8,911/30/18    3:81K                                    Quality EDGAR So… LLC/FA
10/05/18  abrdn Gold ETF Trust              8-K:1,5,9  10/01/18    4:565K                                   Quality EDGAR So… LLC/FA
11/06/17  abrdn Gold ETF Trust              10-Q        9/30/17   33:2M
 9/02/09  abrdn Gold ETF Trust              S-1/A¶                13:1.4M                                   Command Financial
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