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):  April 18, 2012
 
HIGHBRIDGE COMMODITIES FUTURESACCESS LLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
0-54573
45-2608276
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

c/o Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments LLC
4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor
250 Vesey Street,
New York, NY 10080
(Address and Zip Code of principal executive offices)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (212) 449-3517
 
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Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.
 
Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments LLC is the sponsor (the “Sponsor”) of Highbridge Commodities FuturesAccess LLC (the “Registrant”).
 
(b)           Effective as of April 18, 2012, Justin C. Ferri ceased serving as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Sponsor.
 
(c)           Effective as of April 18, 2012, Deann Morgan was appointed as the interim Chief Executive Officer and President of the Sponsor.  Under the terms of her appointment Ms. Morgan will serve as interim Chief Executive Officer and President during a leave of absence being taken by Mr. Ferri.  Ms. Morgan, 42 years old, is a Managing Director of the Global Wealth and Retirement Solutions group (“GWRS”) within Bank of America Corporation (“BOA”), and she had been a Vice President of the Sponsor since March 2008.  As   Chief Executive Officer and President of the Sponsor and a Managing Director within GWRS, Ms. Morgan is responsible for overseeing GWRS Alternative Investments Origination.  From April 2006 until December 2008, Ms. Morgan was a Director for BOA’s Investments, Wealth Management & Insurance group, where she was responsible for origination of private equity and listed alternative investments.
 
There are no family relationships between Ms. Morgan and any other executive officer or member of the Board of Managers of the Sponsor. There are no relationships or transactions between Ms. Morgan and the Registrant that would be required to be reported pursuant to Item 404(a) 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.
 
 
HIGHBRIDGE COMMODITIES
FUTURESACCESS LLC
 
     
   
By: Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments LLC,
its Sponsor
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Barbra E. Kocsis  
    Name:  Barbra E. Kocsis  
    Position:  Chief Financial Officer and Vice President  
       

 

Date: April 24, 2012
 
 
 
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