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): June 19, 2012
Macquarie Equipment Leasing Fund, LLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 333-154278 | 26-3291543 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 225 Franklin St., 17th Floor, Suite 1700, Boston, MA | 02110 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
(617) 457-0645
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On June 19, 2012, John Papatsos, 41, was appointed by Macquarie Asset Management, Inc., the manager of the Registrant (the “Manager”) to be the Principal Financial Officer of the Manager and Principal Accounting Officer of the Registrant, replacing Frank V. Saracino.
Mr. Papatsos joined the Macquarie Group in October 2008 as a Senior Vice President, and is currently head of Corporate Reporting for the Americas. From October 2008 – June 2011, Mr. Papatsos was appointed as an officer of Macquarie Capital USA Inc., a broker dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Prior to joining the Macquarie Group, Mr. Papatsos was employed as Managing Director at Natixis Capital Markets, Inc., from June 1999 – October 2008, where he was responsible for overseeing financial planning, capital markets accounting, and regulatory reporting, and at JP Morgan, from September 1992 – June 1999 in a number of roles including short term interest rate trading finance and regulatory reporting. Mr. Papatsos currently resides in New York City. He earned a Diploma in Public Accounting from Pace University, New York City, a Masters Degree in Finance from St. John’s University, and holds FINRA securities license 27.
There is no family relationship between Mr. Papatsos and any other director, executive officer or person nominated or chosen by the Manager to become a director or executive officer. There are no transactions in which Mr. Papatsos has an interest requiring disclosure under 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.
| MACQUARIE EQUIPMENT LEASING FUND, LLC | ||||||
| Date: June 25, 2012 | By: | /s/ David Fahy | ||||
| David Fahy | ||||||
| President of the Manager | ||||||