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):

January 13, 2012

 

MESABI TRUST

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

New York

 

1-4488

 

13-6022277

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification
Number)

 

c/o Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
Trust & Securities Services — GDS
60 Wall Street
27th Floor
New York, New York

 

10005

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(904) 271-2520

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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:

 

o    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 2.02           Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On the evening of January 13, 2012, Mesabi Trust issued a press release announcing a cash distribution of $0.76 per Unit of Beneficial Interest of Mesabi Trust.  The distribution is payable on February 20, 2012 to Mesabi Trust Unitholders of record at the close of business on January 30, 2012.  A copy of the press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01           Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

 

Exhibits

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release, dated January 13, 2012.

 

In accordance with general instruction B.2 to Form 8-K, the information in this Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

 

MESABI TRUST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jeffrey Schoenfeld

 

 

Jeffrey Schoenfeld

 

 

Associate

 

 

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company

 

 

For Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

 

 

 

Dated:

January 13, 2012

 

 

 

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