8-K
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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): March 22, 2024

 

 

Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETH)

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

000-56193

82-6677805

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

c/o Grayscale Investments, LLC

290 Harbor Drive, 4th Floor

 

Stamford, Connecticut

 

06902

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 212 668-1427

 

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:

 

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


Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 


Name of each exchange on which registered

Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETH) Shares

 

ETHE

 

N/A

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 


 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On March 22, 2024, Grayscale Investments, LLC, the sponsor (the “Sponsor”) of Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETH) (the “Trust”) and the Delaware Trust Company, the trustee (the “Trustee”) of the Trust entered into Amendment No. 3 (the “Amendment No. 3”) to the Trust’s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) in order to modify the definition of “Business Day” (as defined therein). While the Trust Agreement previously provided that a Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which banks are closed for business in New York, New York, Amendment No. 3 provides that a Business Day will mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which national securities exchanges are closed for business in New York, New York.

The foregoing description of the Amendment No. 3 to the Trust Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment No. 3, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.

Description

4.1

Amendment No. 3 to the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement

104

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

Grayscale Investments, LLC as Sponsor of Grayscale
 Ethereum Trust (ETH)

 

 

 

 

Date:

March 25, 2024

By:

/s/ Michael Sonnenshein

 

 

 

Michael Sonnenshein
Chief Executive Officer