UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of April, 2009

 

Commission File Number 001-09038

 

CENTRAL FUND OF CANADA LIMITED

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

Suite 805, 1323 - 15th Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta , Canada  T3C 0X8

(Address of principal executive office)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F  o

 

Form 40-F  x

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): o

 

Note:  Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): o

 

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

 

 

 



 

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement on Form F-10 of Central Fund of Canada Limited (File No. 333-149880).

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

CENTRAL FUND OF CANADA LIMITED

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

Date:  April 8, 2009

By:

  /s/ J.C. STEFAN SPICER

 

 

          (Signature)

 

 

 

 

 

J.C. Stefan Spicer, President & CEO

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Underwriting Agreement

 

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