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): August 4, 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: 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
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| Item 8.01. | Other Events |
On August 4, 2010, The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Trustee”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., London Branch (“JPMorgan”), a custodian of the iShares® COMEX® Gold Trust (the “Trust”), under a custodian agreement (the “Custodian Agreement”) between the Trustee and JPMorgan, dated July 1, 2010, entered into an amendment to the Custodian Agreement (the “Amendment”) to assure that the account of the Trust has no more than 110 ounces of gold held in the Trust’s account at JPMorgan on an unallocated basis at the close of each business day of JPMorgan. A copy of the Amendment is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1.
Similarly, The Bank of Nova Scotia, a Custodian of the Trust, has agreed to assure that the account of the Trust has no more than 110 ounces of gold held in the Trust’s account at The Bank of Nova Scotia on an unallocated basis at the close of each business day of The Bank of Nova Scotia.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit 10.1 | Amendment to Custodian Agreement between the Trustee and JPMorgan, dated July 1, 2010 |
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: August 9, 2010
| iShares® COMEX® Gold Trust* | ||
| By: | BlackRock Asset Management International Inc. | |
| By: | /s/ Geoffrey D. Flynn | |
| Name: | Geoffrey D. Flynn | |
| Title: | Managing Director | |
| By: | /s/ Raman Suri | |
| Name: | Raman Suri | |
| Title: | Managing Director | |
| * | The registrant is a trust. The individual specified above is signing in his capacity as an officer and/or authorized signatory of BlackRock Asset Management International Inc., the sponsor of the trust. |