-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, DU3LLuS/6KRfRKQdPWdyxzUUI64z7w8rQZi3fk6282LdxQ3e/JcW3YTeDIaQZX8O VklUYJYpob49ynowlHDYZA== 0001193125-08-246386.txt : 20081202 0001193125-08-246386.hdr.sgml : 20081202 20081202123310 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-08-246386 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 25 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20081202 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20081202 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20081202 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ISHARES COMEX GOLD TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001278680 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: GOLD & SILVER ORES [1040] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 25 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32418 FILM NUMBER: 081224378 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS STREET 2: 400 HOWARD STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 BUSINESS PHONE: 415-875-4879 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS STREET 2: 400 HOWARD STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 25 1 d25.htm ISHARES COMEX GOLD TRUST iShares COMEX Gold Trust

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 25

 

NOTIFICATION OF REMOVAL FROM LISTING AND/OR

REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(b) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

 

Commission File Number 001-32418

 

iShares® COMEX® Gold Trust                      NYSE Alternext US LLC (formerly, American Stock Exchange)

(Exact name of Issuer as specified in its charter, and name of Exchange where security is listed and/or registered)

 

c/o Barclays Global Investors International, Inc.,

400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105,

Attn: BGI’s Product Management Team

Intermediary Investors and Exchange-Traded Products Department

(415) 597-2000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Issuer’s principal executive offices)

 

Shares of the iShares® COMEX® Gold Trust

(Description of class of securities)

 

Please place an X in the box to designate the rule provision relied upon to strike the class of securities from listing and registration:

 

  ¨ 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(1)

 

  ¨ 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(2)

 

  ¨ 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(3)

 

  ¨ 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(4)

 

 

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Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(b), the Exchange has complied with its rules to strike the class of securities from listing and/or withdraw registration on the Exchange.

 

  x Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(c), the Issuer has complied with the rules of the Exchange and the requirements of 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(c) governing the voluntary withdrawal of the class of securities from listing and registration on the Exchange.


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, iShares® COMEX® Gold Trust (Name of Issuer or Exchange) certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing the Form 25 and has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

 

  iShares® COMEX® Gold Trust*
Date: December 2, 2008   By:  

Barclays Global Investors International, Inc.

Sponsor of the iShares® COMEX® Gold Trust

  By:  

/S/    LEE T. KRANEFUSS

  Name:   Lee T. Kranefuss
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer
  By:  

/S/    MICHAEL A. LATHAM

  Name:   Michael A. Latham
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

* The registrant is a trust. The individuals specified above are signing in their capacities as officers of Barclays Global Investors International, Inc., the sponsor of the trust.

 

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