iShares COMEX Silver Trust

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-A

 

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

iShares® Silver Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

New York   13-7474456

(State of incorporation

or organization)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

c/o Barclays Global Investors International, Inc.

400 Howard Street, San Francisco

Attn: BGI’s Product Management Team, Intermediary

Investors and Exchange-Traded Products Department

   CA 94105
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class
to be so registered

   

Name of each exchange on which
each class is to be registered

Shares of the iShares® Silver Trust    NYSE Arca, Inc.

 

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box.  x

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box.  ¨

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: Not Applicable (if applicable)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

(Title of class)

(Title of class)

 

 

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

The description contained under the heading “Description of the iShares and the Trust Agreement” in the prospectus that forms part of the Registration Statement No. 333-149810, initially filed with the Commission on March 19, 2008, as amended on July 24, 2008, and as may be amended from time to time after the date hereof, is hereby incorporated by this reference and made a part of this filing.

Item 2. Exhibits.

None.

 

2

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

    iShares® Silver Trust*
Date: December 3, 2008   By:  

Barclays Global Investors International, Inc.

Sponsor of the iShares® Silver Trust

  By:  

/S/    LEE T. KRANEFUSS

  Name:   Lee T. Kranefuss
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer
  By:  

/S/    MICHAEL A. LATHAM

  Name:   Michael A. Latham
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

* The registrant is a trust. The individuals specified above are signing in their capacities as officers of Barclays Global Investors International, Inc., the sponsor of the trust.