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): October 9, 2013
iSHARES® S&P GSCI™ COMMODITY-INDEXED TRUST
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
iSHARES® S&P GSCI™ COMMODITY-INDEXED INVESTING POOL LLC
(Rule 140 Co-Registrant)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-32947 (Registrant) 001-32948 (Co-Registrant) |
51-6573369 (Registrant) 34-2061331 (Co-Registrant) | ||
| (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 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers. |
On October 9, 2013, BlackRock Asset Management International Inc. (“BAMII”), sponsor of iShares® S&P GSCI™ Commodity-Indexed Trust and manager of iShares® S&P GSCI ™ Commodity-Indexed Investing Pool LLC, appointed Patrick Dunne as Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of BAMII, effective October 9, 2013.
Mr. Dunne, 44, is the Chief Executive Officer and President of iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC, a commodity pool operator registered under the Commodity Exchange Act, and has served in this role since September 2011. Mr. Dunne has served as Global Chief Operating Officer of the iShares® business from October 2010 to October 2011. Prior to that, Mr. Dunne has served as Global Head of Securities Lending and Cash Management business from December 2005 to April 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Dunne served as Head of Securities Lending, North America from August 2003 to December 2005; Chief Operating Officer of Barclays Global Investor Services Europe business from January 2002 to August 2003; Head of Strategy, Barclays Global Investor Services North America from August 2000 to December 2001; Head of Fixed Income Trading from February 1995 to August 1999; Senior Fixed Income Trader from February 1994 to March 1995; and Fixed Income Portfolio Manager from February 1992 to February 1994. Mr. Dunne became a registered associated person of BlackRock Fund Advisors, a commodity trading advisor registered with the CFTC, in May 1995. Mr. Dunne joined BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association and a commodity trading advisor registered with the CFTC, in October 1991 as an Equity Portfolio Manager in the Portfolio Management Group and became a registered associated person of BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. in March 1998. Mr. Dunne served as a principal of Barclays Global Investors Ltd., a commodity trading advisor formerly registered with the CFTC, from May 2003 to December 2005 and as a registered associated person of Barclays Global Investors Ltd. from September 2003 to December 2005. Prior to joining BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A., Mr. Dunne served as a Marketing Research Associate at Merrill Lynch & Co. from May 1991 to October 1991. Mr. Dunne earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1991 and a Master of Science degree in management from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2000.
Mr. Dunne replaces Michael A. Latham, who resigned from his offices of Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of BAMII effective October 9, 2013.
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: October 11, 2013
| iShares® S&P GSCI™ Commodity-Indexed Trust* | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| By: | BlackRock Asset Management International Inc. | |
| By: | /s/ Jack Gee | |
| Name: | Jack Gee | |
| Title: | Managing Director | |
| By: | /s/ Raymund Santiago | |
| Name: | Raymund Santiago | |
| Title: | Director | |
|
iShares® S&P GSCI™ Commodity-Indexed Investing Pool LLC (Rule 140 Co-Registrant) | ||
| By: | BlackRock Asset Management International Inc., its Manager | |
| By: | /s/ Jack Gee | |
| Name: | Jack Gee | |
| Title: | Managing Director | |
| By: | /s/ Raymund Santiago | |
| Name: | Raymund Santiago | |
| Title: | Director | |
| * | The registrant is a trust. The individuals specified above are signing in their capacities as officers of BlackRock Asset Management International Inc., the sponsor of the trust. |