FORM N-SAR ANNUAL REPORT FOR REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES Report for six month period ending: or calendar year ending:12/31/15 Is this a transition report?:(Y/N) N Is this an amendment to a previous filing? (Y/N) N Those items or sub-items with a box "[/]" after the item number should be completed only if the answer has changed from the previous filing form. 1. A. Registrant Name: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust B. File Number: 811-06125 C. Telephone Number: (212)656-4440 2. A. Street: 11 Wall Street B. City: New York C. State: New York D. Zip Code: 10005 Zip Ext: E. Foreign Country: Foreign Postal Code: 3. Is this the first filing on this form by the Registrant? (Y/N) N --- 4. Is this the last filing on this form by Registrant? (Y/N) N --- 5. Is Registrant a small business investment company (SBIC)? (Y/N) N [If answer is Y (Yes) complete only items 89 through 110.] --- - 6. Is Registrant a unit investment trust (UIT)? (Y/N) Y [If answer is Y (Yes) complete only items 111 through 132.] --- - 7. A. Is Registrant a series or multiple portfolio company? (Y/N) N [If answer is N (No), go to item 8.] --- - B. How many separate series or portfolios did Registrant have at the end of the period? - --- UNIT INVESTMENT TRUSTS 111. A. [ ] Depositor Name: The Depository Trust Company ___________________________________________________ B. [/] File Number (If any): _____________________________________________ C. [ ] City: New York______ State: NY____ Zip Code: 10041__ Zip Ext.: ____ [ ] Foreign Country: _______________________ Foreign Postal Code: _____ 111. A. [ ] Depositor Name: ___________________________________________________ B. [ ] File Number (If any): _____________________________________________ C. [ ] City: ______________ State: ______ Zip Code: _______ Zip Ext.: ____ [ ] Foreign Country: _______________________ Foreign Postal Code: _____ 112. A. [ ] Sponsor Name: PDR Services LLC _____________________________________________________ B. [/] File Number (If any): _____________________________________________ C. [ ] City: New York____ State: NY___ Zip Code: 10005__ Zip Ext.: ____ [ ] Foreign Country: _______________________ Foreign Postal Code: _____ 112. A. [ ] Sponsor Name: _____________________________________________________ B. [ ] File Number (If any): _____________________________________________ C. [ ] City: ______________ State: ______ Zip Code: _______ Zip Ext.: ____ [ ] Foreign Country: _______________________ Foreign Postal Code: _____ 113. A. [ ] Trustee Name: State Street Bank and Trust Company _____________________________________________________ B. [ ] City: Boston___ State: MA____ Zip Code: 02111__ Zip Ext.: ____ [ ] Foreign Country: ______________ Foreign Postal Code: _____ 113. A. [ ] Trustee Name: _____________________________________________________ B. [ ] City: ______________ State: ______ Zip Code: _______ Zip Ext.: ____ [ ] Foreign Country: _______________________ Foreign Postal Code: _____ 114. A. [ ] Principal Underwriter Name: ALPS Distributors, Inc. B. [ ] File Number: 8-34626 C. [ ] City: Denver_______ State: co____ Zip Code: 80203_ Zip Ext.: ____ [ ] Foreign Country: _______________________ Foreign Postal Code: _____ 114. A. [ ] Principal Underwriter Name: B. [ ] File Number: _____________ C. [ ] City: ______________ State: ______ Zip Code: _______ Zip Ext.: ____ [ ] Foreign Country: _______________________ Foreign Postal Code: _____ 115. A. [ ] Independent Public Accountant Name: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP_____ B. [ ] City: Boston______ State: MA___ Zip Code: 02110__ Zip Ext.: ____ [ ] Foreign Country: _________ Foreign Postal Code: _____ 115. A. [ ] Independent Public Accountant Name: _______________________________ B. [ ] City: ______________ State: ______ Zip Code: _______ Zip Ext.: ____ [ ] Foreign Country: _______________________ Foreign Postal Code: _____ 116. Family of investment companies information: A. [ ] Is Registrant part of a family of investment companies? (Y/N) _N___ B. [ ] Identify the family in 10 letters: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (NOTE: In filing this form, use this identification consistently for all investment companies in family. This designation is for purposesof this form only.) 117. A. [ ] Is Registrant a separate account of an insurance company? (Y/N) _N_ If answer is Y (Yes), are any of the following types of contracts funded by the Registrant?: B. [ ] Variable annuity contracts? (Y/N) _________________________________ C. [ ] Scheduled premium variable life contracts? (Y/N) _________________________________ D. [ ] Flexible premium variable life contracts? (Y/N) _________________________________ E. [ ] Other types of insurance products registered under the Securities Act of 1933? (Y/N) _________________________________ 118. [ ] State the number of series existing at the end of the period that had securities registered under the Securities Act of 1933 _____1_____________________________________ 119. [ ] State the number of new series for which registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933 became effective during the period _____0_____________________________________ 120. [ ] State the total value of the portfolio securities on the date of deposit for the new series included in item 119 ($000s omitted) _______________________________________ 121. [ ] State the number of series for which a current prospectus was in existence at the end of the period __1______________________________ 122. [ ] State the number of existing series for which additional units were registered under the Securities Act of 1933 during the current period __0_______________________________________________ 123. [ ] State the total value of the additional units considered in answering item 122 ($000s omitted) _0__________________ 124. [ ] State the total value of units of prior series that were placed in the portfolios of subsequent series during the current period (the value of these units is to be measured on the date they were placed in the subsequent series) ($000s omitted)__0_____________________________________ 125. [ ] State the total dollar amount of sales loads collected (before reallowances to other brokers or dealers) by Registrant's principal underwriter and any underwriter which is an affiliated person of the principal underwriter during the current period solely from the sale of units of all series of Registrant ($000s omitted) _0_________________________ 126. Of the amount shown in item 125, state the total dollar amount sales loads collected from secondary market operations in Registrant's units (include the sales loads, if any, collected on units of a prior series placed in the portfolio of a subsequent series.) ($000s omitted) _0_____________________ 127. List opposite the appropriate description below the number of series whose portfolios are invested primarily (based upon a percentage of NAV) in each type of security shown, the aggregate total assets at market value as of a date at or near the end of the current period of each such group of series and the total income distributions made by each such group of series during the current period (excluding distributions of realized gains, if any): Number of Total Assets Total Income Series ($000s omitted) Distribution Investing ($000s omitted) A. U.S. Treasury direct issue B. U.S. Government agency C. State and municipal tax-free D. Public utility debt E. Brokers or dealers debt or debt of brokers or dealers parent F. All other corporate intermed. & long-term debt G. All other corporate short- Term debt H. Equity security of brokers Or dealers or parents of Brokers or dealers I. Investment company equity Securities J. All other equity securities 1 $182,679,634 $3,761,068 K. Other securities L. Total assets of all series Of registrant 1 $182,679,634 $3,761,068 128. [ ] Is the timely payment of principal and interest on any of the portfolio securities held by any of Registrants series at the end of the current period insured or guaranteed by an entity other than the issuer? (Y/N) ___N_______________________________________ [If answer is N (No), go to item 131.] 129. [ ] Is the issuer of any instrument covered in item 128 delinquent or in default as to payment of principal or interest at the end of the current period? (Y/N) ___________________________________________ [If answer is N (No), go to item 131.] 130. [ ] In computations of NAV or offering price per unit, is any part of the value attributed to instruments identified in item 129 derived from insurance or guarantees? (Y/N) __________________________________________ 131. Total expenses incurred by all series of Registrant during the current reporting period ($000s omitted) __$170,849___________ 132.List the "811" (Investment Company Act of 1940) registration number for all Series of Registrant that are being included in this filing: ________________________________________________ 811-06125 811- 811-