BNY Mellon Trustee for the iShares Gold Trust Micro AS

04/26/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/26/2024 14:12

Management Change/Compensation - Form 8-K

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On April 23, 2024, Lindsey Haswell was appointed to the Board of Directors of iShares®Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC (the "Sponsor"), which is the sponsor of iShares®Gold Trust Micro (the "Trust"). Ms. Haswell was appointed by BlackRock Asset Management International Inc., which is the member of the Sponsor. Also on April 23, 2024, Ms. Haswell was appointed as a member of the Sponsor's Audit Committee.
Ms. Haswell, 46, is the Chief Legal and Administrative Officer of MoonPay, a web3 and crypto payments company that she joined in February 2023. She served in the same capacity for crypto-asset firm Blockchain.com from May 2021 to February 2023. Since July 2022, she also has served on the founding team of the Core blockchain network, a Bitcoin-powered layer-one blockchain. Ms. Haswell was the Chief Legal and Administrative Officer of mobility company Lime from September 2018 to May 2021 and was a founding member of Uber's Legal team, on which she served from January 2015 to November 2017. In November 2017, she founded a venture-backed company in the autonomous vehicle space. From August 2003 to January 2015, Ms. Haswell worked at the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, where she focused on tech counseling and litigation. Ms. Haswell earned a degree in Political Science and Journalism from the University of Southern California and a law degree from the University of Southern California.
In addition, on April 23, 2024, Kimun Lee notified the Sponsor that he will resign as a Director of the Sponsor effective November 6, 2024. Mr. Lee's decision to resign was not the result of any dispute or disagreement with the Sponsor or the Trust on any matter relating to the Trust's operations, policies or practices.