---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-24-006875"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LTCN"
cik: "0001732406"
company_name: "Grayscale Litecoin Trust (LTC)"
filed_at: "2024-05-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T13:00:53.807905+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grayscale Litecoin Trust sponsor appoints Peter Mintzberg as new CEO, effective Aug 15, 2024

## Summary
- Peter Mintzberg appointed CEO of Grayscale Investments (sponsor), effective August 15, 2024, succeeding Michael Sonnenshein.
- Sonnenshein stepped down; Edward McGee (CFO) will serve as interim principal executive officer until Mintzberg's start.
- Mintzberg joins from Goldman Sachs as Global Head of Strategy for Asset and Wealth Management; previously at BlackRock, OppenheimerFunds, Invesco.
- Sonnenshein led Grayscale through growth from $60M to ~$30B AUM and the spot Bitcoin ETF uplisting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-24-006875
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LTCN
- cik: 0001732406
- company_name: Grayscale Litecoin Trust (LTC)
- filed_at: 2024-05-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1732406/000095010324006875/0000950103-24-006875-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1732406/000095010324006875/dp211410_8k-ltcn.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-24-006875.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Sonnenshein departed as Chief Executive Officer and principal executive officer at Grayscale Litecoin Trust (LTC).
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and principal executive officer
  source text: Mr. Mintzberg will succeed Michael Sonnenshein, the current Chief Executive Officer of Grayscale and the principal executive officer of the Company, who has decided to step down from his position, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1732406/000095010324006875/0000950103-24-006875-index.htm
- Executive change
  Edward McGee changed role as Interim Principal Executive Officer at Grayscale Litecoin Trust (LTC).
  - Action: will serve as
  - Role: Interim Principal Executive Officer
  source text: Mr. Edward McGee, the Chief Financial Officer of Grayscale and principal financial officer of the Company, will serve as principal executive officer on an interim basis until Mr. Mintzberg’s commencement date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1732406/000095010324006875/0000950103-24-006875-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.