SPDR Series Trust

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New Listing Registration (Form 8-A12B)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

SPDR® Series Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Massachusetts See Below
(State of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification number)
One Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

Title of Each Class

to be Registered

Name of the Exchange on Which

Each Class is to be so Registered

I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number

State Street® SPDR® S&P® Leveraged Loan ETF NYSE Arca, Inc. 39-3567898

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box: ☒

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box: ☐

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box: ☐

Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates:

333-57793

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

(Title of class)

(Title of class)

Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered

A description of the Shares is set forth in the registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A ("Registration Statement") (Commission File Nos. 333-57793; 811-08839), which description is incorporated herein by reference as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 2025. Any form of supplement to the Registration Statement that is subsequently filed that relates to the Shares is hereby also incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2. Exhibits

(a)(i) Registrant's First Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of streetTracks(SM) Series Trust (now, SPDR® Series Trust) (the "Trust" or the "Registrant") dated June 9, 1998, as amended September 6, 2000, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(ii) of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on September 25, 2000.
(a)(ii) Registrant's Amendment No. 1, dated August 1, 2007, to the Registrant's First Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated June 9, 1998, as amended September 6, 2000, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(ii) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, as filed with the SEC on August 10, 2007.
(a)(iii) Registrant's Amendment No. 2, dated February 20, 2025, to the Registrant's First Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated June 9, 1998, as amended September 6, 2000, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(iii) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 321 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, as filed with the SEC on April 24, 2025.
(b) Registrant's Amended and Restated By-Laws dated February 20,2025, are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (b) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 321 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, as filed with the SEC on April 24, 2025.
(c) Registrant's Global Certificates of Beneficial Interest Evidencing Shares of Beneficial Interest, $.01 par value, are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (c) of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, as filed with the SEC on September 25, 2000.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

SPDR SERIES TRUST
Date: November 10, 2025
By: /s/ Edmund Gerard Maiorana, Jr.
Edmund Gerard Maiorana, Jr.
Attorney-in-Fact
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