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) March 30, 2012
CurrencyShares® British Pound Sterling Trust
Sponsored by Guggenheim Specialized Products, LLC,
d/b/a Guggenheim Investments
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| New York | 001-32906 | 03-6118853 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 805 King Farm Boulevard, Suite 600 Rockville, Maryland |
20850 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (301) 296-5100
Not Applicable
(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:
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
Effective as of March 30, 2012, Rydex Specialized Products LLC, d/b/a Rydex Investments, sponsor of the CurrencyShares® British Pound Sterling Trust (the “Trust”), will change its name to Guggenheim Specialized Products, LLC, d/b/a Guggenheim Investments. A copy of the press release issued by Guggenheim Investments announcing the name change is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
The following is filed as an Exhibit to this Report:
| 99.1 | Press Release dated as of March 30, 2012 | |
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.
| CURRENCYSHARES® BRITISH POUND STERLING TRUST | ||||||
| By: | Guggenheim Specialized Products, LLC | |||||
| Sponsor of the CurrencyShares® | ||||||
| British Pound Sterling Trust | ||||||
| March 30, 2012 | By: | /s/ Nikolaos Bonos | ||||||
| Nikolaos Bonos | ||||||||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||