-----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, E6E/khmztaCGjvuKouGLcfqaGTvg6zBBTxy7+zQzf/lc+0QFa52YAFfDY//oP5f9 wsAAXYoivEQFnHltLIbsfQ== 0001193125-10-027095.txt : 20100210 0001193125-10-027095.hdr.sgml : 20100210 20100210152644 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-10-027095 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100209 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20100210 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100210 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: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32418 FILM NUMBER: 10587774 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 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K FOR ISHARES COMEX GOLD TRUST Form 8-K for iShares Comex Gold Trust

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): February 9, 2010

 

 

iShares® COMEX® Gold Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

New York   001-32418   81-6124036

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

c/o BlackRock Asset Management International Inc.

400 Howard Street

San Francisco, California 94105

Attn: BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.’s Product Management Team

Intermediary Investor and Exchange-Traded Products Department

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 670-2000

Not Applicable

Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 8.01. Other Events

On February 9, 2010, BlackRock Asset Management International Inc., the sponsor of the iShares® COMEX® Gold Trust (the “Trust”), and The Bank of New York Mellon, the trustee of the Trust, executed the Second Amendment to the First Amended and Restated Depositary Trust Agreement fixing the transaction fee to be paid by authorized participants in connection with creations or redemptions of baskets of shares of the Trust at $500, and amending the procedure whereby such transaction fee may be varied in the future. A copy of the amendment is filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Exhibit 4.1    Second Amendment to First Amended and Restated Depositary Trust Agreement.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: February 9, 2010

 

iShares® COMEX® Gold Trust*
By:   BlackRock Asset Management International Inc.
By:  

/S/    GEOFFREY D. FLYNN        

Name:   Geoffrey D. Flynn
Title:   Chief Financial Officer
By:  

/S/    MICHAEL A. LATHAM        

Name:   Michael A. Latham
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

* The registrant is a trust. The individual specified above is signing in his or her capacity as an officer and/or authorized signatory of BlackRock Asset Management International Inc., the sponsor of the trust.

 

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EX-4.1 2 dex41.htm SECOND AMENDMENT TO FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED DEPOSITARY TRUST AGREEMENT Second Amendment to First Amended and Restated Depositary Trust Agreement

Exhibit 4.1

BLACKROCK ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC.,

as Sponsor

And

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

as Trustee

 

 

Second Amendment to

First Amended and Restated Depositary Trust Agreement

iShares® COMEX® Gold Trust

 

 

Dated as of February 9, 2010


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page

SECOND AMENDMENT TO FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED DEPOSITARY TRUST AGREEMENT ........................

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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION ................................................................................................

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Section 1.1. Definitions ...........................................................................................................................................................

   1
 

Section 1.2. Rules of Construction ..........................................................................................................................................

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ARTICLE 2 AMENDMENTS TO THE DEPOSITARY TRUST AGREEMENT .........................................................................

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Section 2.1. Text of the Amendments .....................................................................................................................................

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ARTICLE 3 MISCELLANEOUS .....................................................................................................................................................

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Section 3.1. Counterparts ........................................................................................................................................................

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Section 3.2. Third-Party Beneficiaries ....................................................................................................................................

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Section 3.3. Severability .........................................................................................................................................................

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Section 3.5. Governing Law ...................................................................................................................................................

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SECOND AMENDMENT TO FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED DEPOSITARY TRUST

AGREEMENT

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”) to the First Amended and Restated Depositary Trust Agreement dated as of February 6, 2007 is entered into on February 9, 2010, by and between BLACKROCK ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC., a Delaware corporation, in its capacity as Sponsor, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation, as trustee.

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS the “iShares® COMEX® Gold Trust”, a trust created under the laws of the State of New York, is governed by the provisions of the First Amended and Restated Depositary Trust Agreement dated as of February 6, 2007 (the “Depositary Trust Agreement”); and

WHEREAS the parties hereto wish to amend the Depositary Trust Agreement as hereinafter set forth.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

Section 1.1. Definitions. Except as otherwise specified in this Amendment, or as the context may otherwise require, capitalized terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Depositary Trust Agreement.

Section 1.2. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:

(i) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

(ii) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in the United States;

(iii) “or” is not exclusive;

(iv) the words “herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Amendment as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;

(v) “including” means including without limitation; and

(vi) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular.


ARTICLE 2

AMENDMENTS TO THE DEPOSITARY TRUST AGREEMENT

Section 2.1. Text of the Amendments. Paragraph “(a)” of Section 5.7 of the Depositary Trust Agreement is hereby amended to read in full as follows:

(a) Each Depositor, and each person surrendering Shares for the purpose of withdrawing Trust Property, shall pay to the Trustee a fee of $500 per transaction for the Delivery of Shares pursuant to Section 2.4 and the Surrender of Baskets of Shares pursuant to Section 2.6 or 6.2 (or such other fee as the Trustee, with the prior written consent of the Sponsor, may from time to time announce).

ARTICLE 3

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 3.1. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of such counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument. Copies of this Amendment shall be filed with the Trustee and shall be open to inspection by any Registered Owner during the Trustee’s business hours.

Section 3.2. Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Amendment is for the exclusive benefit of the parties hereto, and shall not be deemed to give any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim whatsoever to any other person.

Section 3.3. Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Amendment should be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Amendment shall in no way be affected, prejudiced or disturbed thereby.

Section 3.4. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be interpreted under, and all rights and duties under this Amendment shall be governed by, the internal substantive laws (but not the choice of law rules) of the State of New York.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, BLACKROCK ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC. and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON have duly executed this Second Amendment to the Depositary Trust Agreement as of the day and year first set forth above.

 

BLACKROCK ASSET MANAGEMENT

INTERNATIONAL INC.

By:  

/s/ GEOFFREY D. FLYNN

  Name:   Geoffrey D. Flynn
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
By:  

/s/ MICHAEL A. LATHAM

  Name:   Michael A. Latham
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

as Trustee

By:  

/s/ JOSEPH F. KEENAN

  Name:   Joseph F. Keenan
  Title:   Managing Director
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