UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): September 3, 2014

 


 

BLDRS Index Funds Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

New York

 

000-50086

811-21057

 

52-2115391

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

3500 Lacey Road

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL

 

60515

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (630) 684-6000

 

N/A

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 



 

Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.

 

On September 3, 2014, BLDRS Index Funds Trust (the “Trust”) retained PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as its independent registered public accounting firm.

 

During the Trust’s fiscal years ended September 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012, and during the interim period between September 30, 2013 and September 3, 2014, neither the Trust, nor anyone acting on its behalf, consulted PwC regarding either:

 

1.              The application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed; or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the registrant’s financial statements; or

 

2.              Any matter that was the subject of a disagreement (as defined in Item 304 of Regulation S-K), or a “reportable event” as that term is described in Item 304 (a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

 



 

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.

 

 

 

BLDRS Index Funds Trust

 

 

 

By: Invesco PowerShares Capital Management, its Sponsor

 

 

 

Date: September 8, 2014

 

 

 

/s/ Deanna B. Marotz

 

Deanna B. Marotz

 

Chief Compliance Officer