| UNITED STATES |
| SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION |
| WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 |
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
| Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the |
| Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
| iShares® Silver Trust |
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| c/o iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC |
| Attn: Product Management Team |
| iShares Product Research & Development |
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| Former name or former address, if changed since last report |
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On July 8, 2019, BlackRock Asset Management International Inc., the member of iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”), sponsor of iShares Silver Trust (the “Trust”), appointed Mary Cronin (formerly, Miley) to the Board of Directors of the Sponsor effective July 8, 2019. Ms. Cronin will continue to serve as the Chief Financial Officer of the Sponsor.
Ms. Cronin, 42, joined BlackRock, Inc. in May 2012 and serves as a Director in the Product Oversight and Governance team, performing supervisory and managerial functions. Prior to joining BlackRock, Inc., Ms. Cronin served in an accounting operations and financial reporting function, supporting the registered funds and UCITS funds at Dodge & Cox, an asset management firm, from November 2008 to April 2012. Prior to that, Ms. Cronin was an audit Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she focused on the audits of registered investment companies. Ms. Cronin earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, in 1999, and is a certified public accountant (inactive).
Ms. Cronin replaces Stephen Messinger as a Director of the Sponsor. Mr. Messinger resigned as a Director of the Sponsor, effective July 8, 2019. Mr. Messinger's decision to resign was not the result of any dispute or disagreement with the Trust on any matter relating to the Trust's operations, policies or practices.
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: July 11, 2019
| iShares Silver Trust* | |||
| By: | iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Paul Lohrey | ||
| Name: Paul Lohrey | |||
| Title: Director, President and Chief Executive Officer | |||
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The registrant is a trust. The individual specified above is signing in his capacity as an officer and/or authorized signatory of iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC, the Sponsor of the Trust. |