−Removed: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
−Removed: Condition and Results of Operations.
+Added: Management’s Discussion and Analysis
+Added: of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The following discussion should be read in conjunction
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as well as similar words and phrases, signify forward-looking statements.
−Removed: ETF Managers Group Commodity Trust I’s forward-looking
−Removed: statements are not guarantees of future results and conditions, and important factors, risks and uncertainties may cause our actual results
−Removed: to differ materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements.
+Added: Amplify Commodity Trust’s forward-looking statements are
+Added: not guarantees of future results and conditions, and important factors, risks and uncertainties may cause our actual results to differ
+Added: materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements.
You should not place undue reliance on any
forward-looking statements.
−Removed: Except as expressly required by the Federal securities laws, ETF Managers Capital, LLC undertakes no obligation
+Added: Except as expressly required by the Federal securities laws, Amplify Investments LLC undertakes no obligation
to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements or the risks, uncertainties or other factors described in this Report, as
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The Trust is a series trust currently consisting of two publicly listed series:
−Removed: Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping ETF (“BDRY”)
−Removed: and Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF (“BWET”).
−Removed: All of the series of the Trust are collectively referred to as the “Funds”
−Removed: and singularly as the “Fund.” Each Fund issues common units, called the “Shares,” representing fractional undivided
−Removed: beneficial interests in the respective Fund.
−Removed: The Trust and the Funds operate pursuant to the Trust’s Amended and Restated Declaration
−Removed: of Trust and Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”).
+Added: Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping ETF
+Added: (“BDRY”) and Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF (“BWET”).
+Added: All of the series of the Trust are collectively referred
+Added: to as the “Funds” and singularly as the “Fund.” Each Fund issues common units, called the “Shares,”
+Added: representing fractional undivided beneficial interests in the respective Fund.
+Added: The Trust and the Funds operate pursuant to the Trust’s
+Added: Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”).
The Sponsor has the power and authority to establish
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Shares and Fund management and the shareholders are governed by the provisions of the DSTA and by the Trust Agreement.
−Removed: On March 9, 2018, the initial Form S-1 for BDRY
−Removed: was declared effective by the SEC.
−Removed: On March 21, 2018, two Creation Baskets were issued for the Fund, representing 100,000 shares and $2,500,000.
−Removed: The Fund began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) Arca on March 22, 2018.
−Removed: On April 28, 2023, the form S-1 for BWET was declared
−Removed: effective by the SEC.
−Removed: On May 1, 2023, eight Creation Baskets were issued for the Fund, representing
+Added: On March 9, 2018, the initial Form S-1
+Added: for BDRY was declared effective by the SEC.
+Added: On March 21, 2018, two Creation Baskets were issued for the Fund, representing 100,000
shares and $2,500,000.
+Added: The Fund began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) Arca on March 22, 2018.
+Added: On April 28, 2023, the form S-1 for BWET
+Added: was declared effective by the SEC.
+Added: On May 1, 2023, eight Creation Baskets were issued for the Fund, representing 200,000 shares and
The Fund began trading on the NYSE Arca on May 3, 2023.
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2023 at $15.00 per Share.
−Removed: The Shares have been trading on the NYSE Arca since May 3, 2023
−Removed: under the symbol “BWET.”
+Added: The Shares have been trading on the NYSE Arca since May 3, 2023 under the symbol “BWET.”
Each Fund seeks to track the daily return of the
Benchmark Portfolio, over time, plus the excess, if any, of the Funds’ interest income from its holdings over the expenses of the
−Removed: The following graphs illustrate changes in (i)
−Removed: the price of each Fund’s Shares (reflected, as applicable, by the graphs “Comparison of Per Share BDRY NAV to BDRY Market
−Removed: Value for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2023 and 2022”, “Comparison of Per Share BDRY NAV to BDRY Market Value for the Year
−Removed: Ended June 30, 2023 and 2022” and “Comparison of Per Share BWET NAV to BWET Market Value for the Period From May 3, 2023 (Commencement
−Removed: of Operations) to June 30, 2023” and (ii) each Fund’s NAV (as reflected by the graphs “Comparison of BDRY NAV to Benchmark
−Removed: Index for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2023 and 2022”, “Comparison of BDRY NAV to Benchmark Index for the Year Ended June
−Removed: 30, 2023 and 2022” and “Comparison of BWET NAV to Benchmark Index for the Period From May 3, 2023 (Commencement of Operations)
−Removed: to June 30, 2023”).
−Removed: BWET commenced operations on May 3, 2023, and as such, there is no prior period to compare to.
+Added: The following graphs illustrate changes in (i) the
+Added: price of each Fund’s Shares (reflected, as applicable, by the graphs “Comparison of Per Share BDRY NAV to BDRY Market Value
+Added: for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2024 and 2023”, “Comparison of Per Share BDRY NAV to BDRY Market Value for the Year
+Added: Ended June 30, 2024 and 2023” and “Comparison of Per Share BWET NAV to BWET Market Value for the Three Months Ended June 30,
+Added: 2024”, “Comparison of Per Share BWET NAV to BWET Market Value for the Year Ended June 30, 2024 and for the Period From May 3,
+Added: 2023 (Commencement of Operations) to June 30, 2023” and (ii) each Fund’s NAV (as reflected by the graphs “Comparison
+Added: of BDRY NAV to Benchmark Index for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2024 and 2023”, “Comparison of BDRY NAV to Benchmark
+Added: Index for the Year Ended June 30, 2024 and 2023” and “Comparison of BWET NAV to Benchmark Index for the Three Months
+Added: Ended June 30, 2024”, “Comparison of BWET NAV to Benchmark Index for the Year Ended June 30, 2024, and for the Period
+Added: From May 3, 2023 (Commencement of Operations) to June 30, 2023”).
Each Benchmark Portfolio is frictionless, in that
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Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping ETF
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2023, dry bulk
−Removed: spot rates eased versus the previous year, with the benchmark Baltic Dry Index declining steadily, reaching its lowest point in February
−Removed: 2023 at approximately the same levels as those of the early pandemic period before recovering a bit towards the end of the year.
−Removed: main reasons for the relatively poor performance versus the previous year reflect relatively flat demand for bulk commodity goods from
−Removed: China combined with better fleet supply as a result of the unwinding of port congestion and fleet inefficiencies resulting from the COVID-19
−Removed: Year over year growth in bulk trading globally was strong, but such a performance reflected mainly base effects due to the very
−Removed: low absolute levels of 2022.
−Removed: During the year, freight rates returned back
−Removed: to their historical ranges following two years of unexpectedly strong freight rates.
−Removed: The pattern of weak rates during the summer months
−Removed: followed by increasing demand for iron ore and coal transportation towards the end of the calendar year, was once again evident during
−Removed: The first quarter of 2023 experienced seasonally weak rates, in line with expectations, but an initially expected strong recovery
−Removed: in the spring months failed to materialize, leading to a repricing of the futures curve as market participants begun to realize that a
−Removed: return to historical patterns was indeed materializing.
−Removed: At the same time, the Chinese economy continued
−Removed: to show significant weakness versus recent years, especially when it comes to the real estate market, which is the main source for iron
−Removed: ore demand and thus dry bulk freight.
−Removed: Some early signs of recovery during the first quarter of 2023 provided some hope, but such a recovery
−Removed: was short lived with most real estate and construction indicators failing to provide sustainable signs of recovery as the first half of
−Removed: the year progressed.
−Removed: During the pandemic years, congestion in major
−Removed: ports increased materially leading to a lower effective fleet supply.
−Removed: In addition, fleet inefficiencies resulting from various port policies
−Removed: as it relates to COVID-19 also added to such reduction in effective fleet supply.
−Removed: Such congestion and inefficiencies have now been gradually
−Removed: unwound, leading to an increase in effective fleet supply.
−Removed: The combination of stable Chinese bulk commodity
−Removed: demand and higher effective fleet supply put pressure on spot freight rates leading to the relative underperformance year-over-year.
−Removed: Differences in the benchmark return and BDRY net asset value per share
−Removed: are due primarily to the following factors:
−Removed: Benchmark portfolio uses settlement prices of freight futures vs.
+Added: During the year ended June 30, 2024, dry
+Added: bulk spot rates improved versus the previous year, with the benchmark Baltic Dry Index rising steadily, reaching its highest point in
+Added: December 2023 before declining and trading in a tight range for the remainder of the period.
+Added: Geopolitical turmoil has greatly affected shipping,
+Added: as the Israel-Hamas conflict and the resulting ship attacks in the Red Sea passage have rearranged shipping routes in the process lengthening
+Added: the average trip and leading to significant disruptions across all shipping segments.
+Added: For dry bulk, longer sailing distances have also
+Added: increased demand for ships while bulk commodity flows have also seen increases versus the previous year.
+Added: Although dry bulk has not been
+Added: affected as much as other shipping segments from the ongoing conflict, spot rates have remained elevated during the second half of the
+Added: In addition, low water levels in the main lake
+Added: that feeds the Panama Canal locks led to a decrease in the daily vessel transits of the Canal for most of the year, further pressuring
+Added: the global supply of ships.
+Added: However, increasing rains during the spring and early summer months led to a gradual increase in the daily
+Added: transits which by the end of the period were approaching normal levels.
+Added: During the year ended June 2024, iron ore trade
+Added: volumes have experienced a significant increase versus the previous year, as China continued to import record amount of the steelmaking
+Added: At the same time, portside inventories of iron ore have increased in tandem, as steel demand in China remains subdued due to
+Added: weak domestic demand for new construction.
+Added: Although various stimulus programs have been introduced during the period, the Chinese real
+Added: estate sector remained in a relatively fragile state for the third year in a row, and while steel demand for manufacturing has increased,
+Added: such improvement has been more than offset by weaker demand for construction.
+Added: Iron ore prices continued to decline throughout the period,
+Added: due to the aforementioned soft steel fundamentals.
+Added: Coal volumes have remained relatively flat versus last year, on a slower pace in growth
+Added: from China and India offset by weakening flows into Europe.
+Added: Grains trade has experienced growth on improved US and Ukrainian exports.
+Added: The combination of relatively strong Chinese bulk
+Added: commodity demand combined with global disruptions due to geopolitical conflicts and the weather-related disruptions in the Panama Canal
+Added: pushed spot rates for dry bulk shipping higher, leading to the relative outperformance for average spot rates year-over-year.
+Added: The dry bulk orderbook increased marginally throughout
+Added: the period from record low levels as period rates increased, incentivizing owners to place new orders.
+Added: Differences in the benchmark return and BDRY net
+Added: asset value per share are due primarily to the following factors:
+Added: ● Benchmark portfolio uses settlement prices of freight futures
BDRY closing share price for BDRY.
−Removed: Benchmark portfolio roll methodology assumes rolls that happen evenly at fractions of lots vs.
+Added: ● Benchmark portfolio roll methodology assumes rolls that happen
+Added: evenly at fractions of lots vs.
BDRY that transacts at real minimum lot size available pursuant to market practice (5 lots minimum).
−Removed: Benchmark portfolio assumes rolls that are happening at daily settlement prices vs.
+Added: ● Benchmark portfolio assumes rolls that are happening at daily
+Added: settlement prices vs.
BDRY that transacts at prevailing prices during the day that might or might not be equal to settlement prices.
● Benchmark portfolio assumes no trading commissions vs.
−Removed: BDRY that pays 10bps of nominal value in commissions per transaction.
−Removed: Benchmark portfolio assumes no clearing fees vs BDRY that pays approximately $12 per lot in clearing fees per transaction.
+Added: that pays 10bps of nominal value in commissions per transaction.
+Added: ● Benchmark portfolio assumes no clearing fees vs BDRY that
+Added: pays approximately $12 per lot in clearing fees per transaction.
● Benchmark portfolio assumes no management fees vs.
−Removed: BDRY fee structure.
−Removed: Creations and redemptions that lead to transactions in the freight futures market might occur at prices that might be different versus the settlement prices.
+Added: ● Creations and redemptions that lead to transactions in the
+Added: freight futures market might occur at prices that might be different versus the settlement prices.
NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND
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NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.
−Removed: The per Share market value of BDRY and its NAV
−Removed: tracked closely for the year ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: per Share market value of BDRY and its NAV tracked closely for the year ended June 30, 2023.
NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND
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the benchmark portfolio returns for the three months ended June 30, 2024.
−Removed: The difference in the NAV price and the benchmark value often
−Removed: results in the appearance of a NAV premium or discount to the benchmark.
−Removed: The difference is related to the cumulative impact on NAV of
−Removed: the Fund’s income and expenses during the period presented in the chart above.
+Added: The difference in the NAV price and the benchmark value
+Added: often results in the appearance of a NAV premium or discount to the benchmark.
+Added: The difference is related to the cumulative impact on NAV
+Added: of the Fund’s income and expenses during the period presented in the chart above.
NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND
NOR THE PRIOR BENCHMARK PORTFOLIO LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE
−Removed: The graph above compares the return of BDRY
−Removed: with the benchmark portfolio returns for the year ended June 30, 2023.
−Removed: The difference in the NAV price and the benchmark value often
−Removed: results in the appearance of a NAV premium or discount to the benchmark.
−Removed: The difference is related to the cumulative impact on NAV
−Removed: of the Fund’s expenses during the period presented in the chart above.
+Added: The graph above compares the return of BDRY with the benchmark portfolio
+Added: returns for the year ended June 30, 2024.
+Added: The difference in the NAV price and the benchmark value often results in the appearance
+Added: of a NAV premium or discount to the benchmark.
+Added: The difference is related to the cumulative impact on NAV of the Fund’s income and
+Added: expenses during the period presented in the chart above
NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND
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the benchmark portfolio returns for the three months ended June 30, 2023.
−Removed: The difference in the NAV price and the benchmark value often
−Removed: results in the appearance of a NAV premium or discount to the benchmark.
−Removed: The difference is related to the cumulative impact on NAV of
−Removed: the Fund’s income and expenses during the period presented in the chart above.
+Added: The difference in the NAV price and the benchmark value
+Added: often results in the appearance of a NAV premium or discount to the benchmark.
+Added: The difference is related to the cumulative impact on NAV
+Added: of the Fund’s income and expenses during the period presented in the chart above.
NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND
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The difference is related to the cumulative impact on NAV of the Fund’s
−Removed: income and expenses during the period presented in the chart above.
+Added: expenses during the period presented in the chart above.
FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2024
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During the year ended June 30, 2024, the
−Removed: NYSE Arca market value of each share decreased (-67.68%) from $17.17 per share, representing the closing price on June 30, 2022, to
+Added: NYSE Arca market value of each share increased (120.54%) from $5.55 per share, representing the closing price on June 30, 2023, to
$12.24 per share, representing the closing price on June 30, 2024.
−Removed: The share price high and low for the year ended June 30, 2023 and
−Removed: related change from the closing share price on June 30, 2022 was as follows:
+Added: The share price high and low for the year ended June 30,
+Added: 2024 and related change from the closing share price on June 30, 2023 was as follows:
shares traded from a high of $16.84 per share
−Removed: on July 1, 2022 to a low of $5.48 per share (-68.08%) on June 28, 2023.
+Added: (203.42%) on March 8, 2024 to a low of $4.50 per share (-18.92%) on July 19, 2023.
Fund Share Net Asset Value Performance
−Removed: For the year ended June 30, 2023, the net asset
−Removed: value of each share decreased (-67.6%) from $17.06 per share to $5.53 per share.
−Removed: Net losses in the futures contracts and Fund expenses
−Removed: resulted in the overall decrease in the NAV per share during the year ended June 30, 2023.
−Removed: Net loss for the year ended June 30, 2023,
+Added: For the year ended June 30, 2024, the net
+Added: asset value of each share increased (-119.75%) from $5.52 per share to $12.13 per share.
+Added: Net gains in the futures contracts and Fund expenses
+Added: resulted in the overall increase in the NAV per share during the year ended June 30, 2024.
+Added: Net income for the year ended June 30, 2024,
was $46,770,200, resulting from net realized losses on investments and futures contracts of $34,476,191, net unrealized losses on investments
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Fund Share Price Performance
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2022, the NYSE
−Removed: Arca market value of each share decreased (-41.50%) from $29.35 per share, representing the closing price on June 30, 2021, to $17.17
−Removed: per share, representing the closing price on June 30, 2022.
−Removed: The share price high and low for the year ended June 30, 2022 and related
−Removed: change from the closing share price on June 30, 2021 was as follows:
−Removed: shares traded from a high of $42.22 per share (+43.85%) on October
−Removed: 6, 2021 to a low of $19.12 per share (-34.86%) on November 16, 2021.
+Added: During the year ended June 30, 2023, the
+Added: NYSE Arca market value of each share decreased (-67.68%) from $17.17 per share, representing the closing price on June 30, 2022,
+Added: to $5.55 per share, representing the closing price on June 30, 2023.
+Added: The share price high and low for the year ended June 30,
+Added: 2023 and related change from the closing share price on June 30, 2022 was as follows:
+Added: shares traded from a high of $17.16 per share
+Added: (-0.06%) on July 1, 2022 to a low of $5.48 per share (-68.08%) on June 28, 2023.
Fund Share Net Asset Value Performance
−Removed: For the year ended June 30, 2022, the net asset
−Removed: value of each share decreased (-40.93%) from $28.88 per share to $17.06 per share.
+Added: For the year ended June 30, 2023, the net
+Added: asset value of each share decreased (-67.6%) from $17.06 per share to $5.53 per share.
Net losses in the futures contracts and Fund expenses
resulted in the overall decrease in the NAV per share during the year ended June 30, 2023.
−Removed: Net loss for the year ended June 30, 2022, was
−Removed: $33,398,736, resulting from net realized gains on investments and futures contracts of $836,968, net unrealized losses on investments
+Added: Net loss for the year ended June 30, 2023,
+Added: was $36,530,822, resulting from net realized losses on investments and futures contracts of $30,983,820, net unrealized losses on investments
and futures contracts of $4,404,570, and the net investment loss of $1,142,432.
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During the three months ended June 30, 2024,
−Removed: the NYSE Arca market value of each Share decreased (-45.05%) from $10.10 per Share, representing the closing price on March 31, 2023, to
−Removed: $5.55 per Share, representing the closing price on June 30, 2023.
+Added: the NYSE Arca market value of each Share decreased (-11.69%) from $13.86 per Share, representing the closing price on March 31, 2024,
+Added: to $12.24 per Share, representing the closing price on June 30, 2024.
The Share price high and low for the three months ended June 30,
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Shares traded from a high of $14.60 per Share
−Removed: on April 4, 2023 to a low of $5.48 per Share (-45.73%) on June 28, 2023.
+Added: (+5.34%) on May 7, 2024 to a low of $11.40 per Share (-17.75%) on June 25, 2024.
Fund Share Net Asset Performance
−Removed: For the three months ended June 30, 2023, the
−Removed: net asset value of each Share decreased (-44.76%) from $10.01 per Share to $5.53 per Share.
For the three months ended June 30, 2024,
−Removed: losses in the investments and futures contracts and Fund expenses resulted in the overall decrease in the NAV per Share during the period.
−Removed: Net loss for the three months ended June 30,
−Removed: 2023, was $42,142,612, resulting from net realized losses on investments and futures contracts of $8,182,777, net unrealized losses on
−Removed: investments and futures contracts of $33,858,687, and the net investment loss of $101,148.
+Added: the net asset value of each Share decreased (-13.30%) from $13.99 per Share to $12.13 per Share.
For the three months ended June 30,
+Added: 2024, losses in the investments and futures contracts and Fund expenses resulted in the overall decrease in the NAV per Share during the
+Added: Net loss for the three months ended June 30,
+Added: 2024, was $8,985,451, resulting from net realized gains on investments and futures contracts of $6,149,798, net unrealized gains on investments
+Added: and futures contracts of $1,657,900, and the net investment loss of $1,177,753.
+Added: FOR THE PERIOD FROM MAY 3, 2023 TO JUNE 30,
Fund Share Price Performance
−Removed: During the three months ended June 30, 2022, the
−Removed: NYSE Arca market value of each Share decreased (-28.99%) from $24.18 per Share, representing the closing price on March 31, 2022, to $17.17
−Removed: per Share, representing the closing price on June 30, 2022.
−Removed: The Share price high and low for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and
−Removed: related change from the closing Share price on March 31, 2022 was as follows:
−Removed: Shares traded from a high of $26.07 per Share (+7.82%) on
−Removed: May 18, 2022 to a low of $15.60 per Share (-35.48%) on June 28, 2022.
+Added: During the three months ended June 30, 2023,
+Added: the NYSE Arca market value of each Share decreased (-45.05%) from $10.10 per Share, representing the closing price on March 31, 2023,
+Added: to $5.55 per Share, representing the closing price on June 30, 2023.
+Added: The Share price high and low for the three months ended June 30,
+Added: 2023 and related change from the closing Share price on March 31, 2023 was as follows:
+Added: Shares traded from a high of $10.35 per Share
+Added: (+2.48%) on April 4, 2023 to a low of $5.48 per Share (-45.73%) on June 28, 2023.
Fund Share Net Asset Performance
−Removed: For the three months ended June 30, 2022, the
−Removed: net asset value of each Share decreased (-21.01%) from $24.03 per Share to $17.06 per Share.
For the three months ended June 30, 2023,
−Removed: losses in the investments and futures contracts more than offset Fund expenses resulting in the overall decrease in the NAV per Share
−Removed: during the period.
+Added: the net asset value of each Share decreased (-44.76%) from $10.01 per Share to $5.53 per Share.
+Added: For the three months ended June 30,
+Added: 2023, losses in the investments and futures contracts and Fund expenses resulted in the overall decrease in the NAV per Share during the
Net loss for the three months ended June 30,
−Removed: was $20,741,430, resulting from net realized losses on investments and futures contracts of $7,373,153, net unrealized losses on investments
−Removed: and futures contracts of $12,614,155, and the net investment loss of $754,122.
+Added: 2023, was $42,142,612, resulting from net realized losses on investments and futures contracts of $8,182,777, net unrealized losses on
+Added: investments and futures contracts of $33,858,687, and the net investment loss of $101,148.
Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF
−Removed: During the period starting on May 3, 2023 and
−Removed: ending on June 30, 2023, crude tanker spot rates experienced high volatility, with spot rates for Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC) increasing
−Removed: sharply in early June, before correcting down to their previous level by the end of the month.
−Removed: The main reason for such a volatile performance
−Removed: was weather, with some unexpected vessel delays due to a typhoon that had developed in the Indian ocean causing charterers to seek alternative
−Removed: vessels thus pushing VLCC freight rates higher in the process.
−Removed: In addition, strong demand for VLCC in the Atlantic basin also contributed
−Removed: to a tighter market and thus supported spot freight rates.
−Removed: The softening of the Chinese economy remains
−Removed: a major worry for the tanker market as the great majority of incremental crude oil is destined for Asia and mainly China.
−Removed: So far in 2023,
−Removed: the slowdown in growth in China has not had a major impact in oil demand as transportation fuels have seen significant growth in demand
−Removed: versus last year as a result of the lifting of the Covid-19 restrictions late in 2022.
−Removed: However, if the Chinese economy deteriorates further,
−Removed: and consumption growth slows down further, then demand for oil should also be negatively affected and thus demand for oil tankers will
−Removed: decline which could have a negative impact on spot freight rates for VLCCs.
−Removed: Differences in the benchmark return and BWET net asset value per share
−Removed: are due primarily to the following factors:
−Removed: Benchmark portfolio uses settlement prices of freight futures vs.
+Added: During the period ended June 30, 2024, crude
+Added: tanker spot rates experienced low volatility, with average spot rates for Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC) steadily declining throughout
+Added: Geopolitical turmoil has greatly affected global
+Added: shipping, as the Israel-Hamas conflict and the resulting ship attacks in the Red Sea passage have rearranged shipping routes in the process
+Added: lengthening the average trip and leading to significant disruptions across all shipping segments.
+Added: For crude tanker shipping the impact
+Added: has been relatively small, as most of the crude shipped in Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) do not use the Suez Canal.
+Added: Although the disruption
+Added: initially did also have a knock-on effect on crude tanker rates, fundamentally this sub sector of the broader tanker market has not been
+Added: affected by the conflict.
+Added: China remains the main region of demand growth
+Added: for crude oil and, as a result, for crude tanker demand.
+Added: However, slower oil import growth and weaker domestic demand in China remains
+Added: a major concern for tanker rates.
+Added: The Chinese economy has experienced a deceleration in economic growth, and although import activity
+Added: has been relatively stable, during the first half of 2024 oil imports declined marginally.
+Added: With OPEC+ maintaining its existing production
+Added: quota throughout the period, there has been little room for tanker demand growth, and although longer sailing distances associated with
+Added: Brazilian and US oil exports have aided overall tanker demand, such an increase has not been sufficient to push spot tanker rates higher.
+Added: Towards the end of the period, OPEC+ announced its intention to gradually increase oil production starting in the fall of 2024, which,
+Added: all else equal, should increase demand for crude tankers.
+Added: The crude tanker orderbook for the next few years
+Added: remains historically low, with very few new vessel deliveries during the period aiding the overall projected market balance.
+Added: the orderbook marginally increased during the period from the record low levels of summer 2023.
+Added: Differences in the benchmark return and BWET net
+Added: asset value per share are due primarily to the following factors:
+Added: ● Benchmark portfolio uses settlement prices of freight futures
BWET closing share price for BWET.
−Removed: Benchmark portfolio roll methodology assumes rolls that happen evenly at fractions of lots vs.
+Added: ● Benchmark portfolio roll methodology assumes rolls that happen
+Added: evenly at fractions of lots vs.
BWET that transacts at real minimum lot size available pursuant to market practice (5 lots minimum).
−Removed: Benchmark portfolio assumes rolls that are happening at daily settlement prices vs.
+Added: ● Benchmark portfolio assumes rolls that are happening at daily
+Added: settlement prices vs.
BWET that transacts at prevailing prices during the day that might or might not be equal to settlement prices.
● Benchmark portfolio assumes no trading commissions vs.
−Removed: BWET that pays $0.04 per ton in commissions per transaction.
−Removed: Benchmark portfolio assumes no clearing fees vs BWET that pays approximately $7 per lot in clearing fees per transaction.
+Added: that pays $0.04 per ton in commissions per transaction.
+Added: ● Benchmark portfolio assumes no clearing fees vs BWET that
+Added: pays approximately $7 per lot in clearing fees per transaction.
● Benchmark portfolio assumes no management fees vs.
−Removed: BWET fee structure.
−Removed: Creations and redemptions that lead to transactions in the freight futures market might occur at prices that might be different versus the settlement prices.
+Added: ● Creations and redemptions that lead to transactions in the
+Added: freight futures market might occur at prices that might be different versus the settlement prices.
+Added: NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE
+Added: OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE
+Added: PERFORMANCE .
+Added: The per Share market value of
+Added: BWET and its NAV tracked closely for the three months ended June 30, 2024.
+Added: NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE
+Added: OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE
+Added: PERFORMANCE .
+Added: The per Share market value of
+Added: BWET and its NAV tracked closely for the year ended June 30, 2024.
NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND
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tracked closely for period from May 3, 2023 (commencement of operations) to June 30, 2023.
+Added: NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE
+Added: FUND NOR THE PRIOR BENCHMARK PORTFOLIO LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S
+Added: FUTURE PERFORMANCE .
+Added: The graph above compares the return of BWET with the benchmark portfolio returns for the three months ended June 30,
+Added: The difference in the NAV price and the benchmark value often results in the appearance of a NAV premium or discount to the benchmark.
+Added: The difference is related to the cumulative impact on NAV of the Fund’s income and expenses during the period presented in the
NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND
NOR THE PRIOR BENCHMARK PORTFOLIO LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE
−Removed: The graph above compares the return of BWET
−Removed: with the benchmark portfolio returns for the period from May 3, 2023 (commencement of operations) to June 30, 2023.
+Added: PERFORMANCE .
+Added: The graph above compares the return of BWET with
+Added: the benchmark portfolio returns for the year ended June 30, 2024.
+Added: The difference in the NAV price and the benchmark value often results
+Added: in the appearance of a NAV premium or discount to the benchmark.
+Added: The difference is related to the cumulative impact on NAV of the Fund’s
+Added: income and expenses during the period presented in the chart above.
+Added: NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND
+Added: NOR THE PRIOR BENCHMARK PORTFOLIO LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE
+Added: The graph above compares the return of BWET with
+Added: the benchmark portfolio returns for the period from May 3, 2023 (commencement of operations) to June 30, 2023.
The difference
in the NAV price and the benchmark value often results in the appearance of a NAV premium or discount to the benchmark.
−Removed: difference is related to the cumulative impact on NAV of the Fund’s expenses during the period presented in the chart
+Added: The difference
+Added: is related to the cumulative impact on NAV of the Fund’s expenses during the period presented in the chart above.
+Added: FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2024
+Added: Fund Share Price Performance
+Added: During the year ended June 30, 2024, the
+Added: NYSE Arca market value of each share decreased (-19.59%) from $20.88 per share, representing the closing price on June 30, 2023,
+Added: to $16.79 per share, representing the closing price on June 30, 2024.
+Added: The share price high and low for the year ended June 30,
+Added: 2024 and related change from the closing share price on June 30, 2023 was as follows:
+Added: shares traded from a high of $20.98 per share
+Added: (+0.48%) on February 16, 2024 to a low of $13.96 per share (-33.14%) on October 5, 2023.
+Added: Fund Share Net Asset Value Performance
+Added: For the year ended June 30, 2024, the net
+Added: asset value of each share decreased (-19.88%) from $20.83per share to $16.69 per share.
+Added: Net losses in the futures contracts and Fund expenses
+Added: resulted in the overall decrease in the NAV per share during the year ended June 30, 2024.
+Added: Net loss for the year ended June 30, 2024,
+Added: was $318,928, resulting from net realized losses on investments and futures contracts of $827,253, net unrealized gains on investments
+Added: and futures contracts of $941,167, and the net investment loss of $205,014.
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024
Fund Share Price Performance
−Removed: During the period from May 3, 2023 (commencement of operations)
−Removed: to June 30, 2023, the NYSE Arca market value of each Share increased (+45.51%) from $14.35 per Share, representing the initial trade
−Removed: on May 3, 2023, to $20.88 per Share, representing the closing price on June 30, 2023.
−Removed: The Share price high and low for the period from
−Removed: May 3, 2023 (commencement of operations) to June 30, 2023 and related change from the opening Share price on May 3, 2023 was as follows:
−Removed: Shares traded
−Removed: from a high of $22.92 per Share (+59.72%) on June 15, 2023 to a low of $12.47 per Share (-13.10%) on May 8, 2023.
+Added: During the three months ended June 30, 2024,
+Added: the NYSE Arca market value of each Share decreased (-9.88%) from $18.63 per Share, representing the closing price on March 31, 2024,
+Added: to $16.79 per Share, representing the closing price on June 30, 2024.
+Added: The Share price high and low for the three months ended June 30,
+Added: 2024 and related change from the closing Share price on March 31, 2024 was as follows:
+Added: Shares traded from a high of $19.80 per Share
+Added: (+6.28%) on April 12, 2024 to a low of $16.18 per Share (-13.15%) on June 18, 2024.
Fund Share Net Asset Performance
−Removed: period from May 3, 2023 (commencement of operations) to June 30, 2023, the net asset value of each Share increased (+38.87%) from $15.00 per Share to $20.83
−Removed: For the period from May 3, 2023 (commencement of operations) to June 30, 2023, gains in the investments and futures contracts more than offset
−Removed: Fund expenses resulting in the overall increase in the NAV per Share during the period.
−Removed: for the period from May 3, 2023 (commencement of operations) to June 30, 2023, was $1,167,252, resulting from net realized gains on investments and futures
−Removed: contracts of $375,516, net unrealized gains on investments and futures contracts of $825,287, and the net investment loss of $33,551.
+Added: For the three months ended June 30, 2024,
+Added: the net asset value of each Share decreased (-10.51%) from $18.65 per Share to $16.69 per Share.
+Added: For the three months ended June 30,
+Added: 2024, losses in the investments and futures contracts and Fund expenses resulted in the overall decrease in the NAV per Share during the
+Added: Net loss for the three months ended June 30,
+Added: 2024, was $658,305, resulting from net realized gains on investments and futures contracts of $164,816, net unrealized gains on investments
+Added: and futures contracts of $121,364, and the net investment loss of $372,125.
+Added: FOR THE PERIOD FROM MAY 3, 2023 TO JUNE 30, 2023
+Added: Fund Share Price Performance
+Added: During the period from May 3, 2023 (commencement
+Added: of operations) to June 30, 2023, the NYSE Arca market value of each Share increased (+45.51%) from $14.35 per Share, representing
+Added: the initial trade on May 3, 2023, to $20.88 per Share, representing the closing price on June 30, 2023.
+Added: The Share price high
+Added: and low for the period from May 3, 2023 (commencement of operations) to June 30, 2023 and related change from the opening Share
+Added: price on May 3, 2023 was as follows:
+Added: Shares traded from a high of $22.92 per Share (+59.72%) on June 15, 2023 to a low of $12.47
+Added: per Share (-13.10%) on May 8, 2023.
+Added: Fund Share Net Asset Performance
+Added: For the period from May 3, 2023 (commencement
+Added: of operations) to June 30, 2023, the net asset value of each Share increased (+38.87%) from $15.00 per Share to $20.83 per Share.
+Added: For the period from May 3, 2023 (commencement of operations) to June 30, 2023, gains in the investments and futures contracts
+Added: more than offset Fund expenses resulting in the overall increase in the NAV per Share during the period.
+Added: Net income for the period from May 3, 2023
+Added: (commencement of operations) to June 30, 2023, was $1,167,252, resulting from net realized gains on investments and futures contracts
+Added: of $375,516, net unrealized gains on investments and futures contracts of $825,287, and the net investment loss of $33,551.
Critical Accounting Estimates
−Removed: Preparation of the combined financial
−Removed: statements and related disclosures in accordance with U.S.
−Removed: generally accepted accounting principles requires the application of
−Removed: appropriate accounting rules and guidance, as well as the use of estimates.
−Removed: Each Fund’s application of these policies involves
−Removed: judgments and the use of estimates.
+Added: Preparation of the combined financial statements
+Added: and related disclosures in accordance with U.S.
+Added: generally accepted accounting principles requires the application of appropriate
+Added: accounting rules and guidance, as well as the use of estimates.
+Added: Each Fund’s application of these policies involves judgments and
+Added: the use of estimates.
Actual results may differ from the estimates used and such differences could be material.
−Removed: Funds hold a significant portion of their assets in futures contracts and money market funds, which are held at fair value.
+Added: The Funds hold a significant
+Added: portion of their assets in futures contracts and money market funds, which are held at fair value.
There were no material estimates, which involve
−Removed: a significant level of estimation uncertainty and had or are reasonably likely to have had a material impact on the Funds’ financial condition,
−Removed: used in the preparation of these combined financial statements.
+Added: a significant level of estimation uncertainty and had or are reasonably likely to have had a material impact on the Funds’ financial
+Added: condition, used in the preparation of these combined financial statements.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
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and paying expenses.
−Removed: The Funds generate cash primarily from (i)
−Removed: the sale of Creation Baskets and (ii) interest earned on cash, and cash equivalents.
−Removed: Generally, all of the net assets of the Funds
−Removed: are allocated to trading in Benchmark Component Instruments.
−Removed: Most of the assets of the Funds are held in Freight Futures, cash
−Removed: and/or cash equivalents that could or are used as margin or collateral for trading in Benchmark Component Instruments.
−Removed: percentage that such assets bear to the total net assets will vary from period to period as the market values of the Benchmark
−Removed: Component Instruments change.
−Removed: Interest earned on interest-bearing assets of the Funds is paid to the Funds.
−Removed: During the years ended
−Removed: June 30, 2023 and 2022, BDRY earned $1,255,773 and $33,040, respectively, in interest income.
−Removed: BWET earned $4,478 in interest income
+Added: The Funds generate cash primarily from (i) the
+Added: sale of Creation Baskets and (ii) interest earned on cash, and cash equivalents.
+Added: Generally, all of the net assets of the Funds are
+Added: allocated to trading in Benchmark Component Instruments.
+Added: Most of the assets of the Funds are held in Freight Futures, cash and/or cash
+Added: equivalents that could or are used as margin or collateral for trading in Benchmark Component Instruments.
+Added: The percentage that such assets
+Added: bear to the total net assets will vary from period to period as the market values of the Benchmark Component Instruments change.
+Added: earned on interest-bearing assets of the Funds is paid to the Funds.
+Added: During the years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, BDRY earned $1,816,833
+Added: and $1,255,773, respectively, in interest income.
+Added: BWET earned $42,508 for the year ending June 30, 2024 and $4,478 in interest income
for the period from May 3, 2023 (commencement of operations) to June 30, 2023.
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Such market conditions could prevent the Funds from promptly liquidating their futures positions.
−Removed: Because the Funds trade futures contracts,
−Removed: their capital is at risk due to changes in the value of these contracts (market risk) or the inability of counter-parties to perform under
−Removed: the terms of the contracts (credit risk).
+Added: Because the Funds trade futures contracts, their
+Added: capital is at risk due to changes in the value of these contracts (market risk) or the inability of counter-parties to perform under the
+Added: terms of the contracts (credit risk).
Trading in Benchmark Component Instruments such
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these market and credit risks by normally:
−Removed: executing and clearing trades with creditworthy counterparties, as determined by the Sponsor;
−Removed: limiting the outstanding amounts due from counterparties of the Funds;
+Added: ● executing and clearing trades with creditworthy counterparties,
+Added: as determined by the Sponsor;
+Added: ● limiting the outstanding amounts due from counterparties
+Added: of the Funds;
● not posting margin directly with a counterparty;
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The CEA also gives the states powers to enforce its provisions and the regulations of the CFTC.
−Removed: On November 14, 2013, the CFTC published final
−Removed: regulations that require enhanced customer protections, risk management programs, internal monitoring and controls, capital and liquidity
−Removed: standards, customer disclosures and auditing and examination programs for FCMs.
−Removed: The rules are intended to afford greater assurances to
−Removed: market participants that customer segregated funds and secured amounts are protected, customers are provided with appropriate notice of
−Removed: the risks of futures trading and of the FCMs with which they may choose to do business, FCMs are monitoring and managing risks in a robust
−Removed: manner, the capital and liquidity of FCMs are strengthened to safeguard the continued operations and the auditing and examination programs
−Removed: of the CFTC and the self-regulatory organizations are monitoring the activities of FCMs in a thorough manner.
+Added: On November 14, 2013, the CFTC published
+Added: final regulations that require enhanced customer protections, risk management programs, internal monitoring and controls, capital and
+Added: liquidity standards, customer disclosures and auditing and examination programs for FCMs.
+Added: The rules are intended to afford greater assurances
+Added: to market participants that customer segregated funds and secured amounts are protected, customers are provided with appropriate notice
+Added: of the risks of futures trading and of the FCMs with which they may choose to do business, FCMs are monitoring and managing risks in a
+Added: robust manner, the capital and liquidity of FCMs are strengthened to safeguard the continued operations and the auditing and examination
+Added: programs of the CFTC and the self-regulatory organizations are monitoring the activities of FCMs in a thorough manner.
Off Balance Sheet Financing
−Removed: As of June 30, 2023, neither the Trust nor the
−Removed: Funds have any loan guarantees, credit support or other off-balance sheet arrangements of any kind other than agreements entered into
+Added: As of June 30, 2024, neither the Trust nor
+Added: the Funds have any loan guarantees, credit support or other off-balance sheet arrangements of any kind other than agreements entered into
in the normal course of business, which may include indemnification provisions relating to certain risks service providers undertake in
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or (ii) $125,000.
−Removed: The Sponsor Fee is
−Removed: paid in consideration of the Sponsor’s management services to the Fund.
−Removed: BDRY also pays Breakwave a license and service fee (the
−Removed: “CTA Fee”) monthly in arrears, for the use of BDRY’s Benchmark Portfolio in an amount equal to 1.45% per annum of the
−Removed: Fund’s average daily net assets.
+Added: Fee is paid in consideration of the Sponsor’s management services to the Fund.
+Added: BDRY also pays Breakwave a license and service fee
+Added: (the “CTA Fee”) monthly in arrears, for the use of BDRY’s Benchmark Portfolio in an amount equal to 1.45% per annum
+Added: of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF
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or (ii) $50,000.
−Removed: The Sponsor Fee is
−Removed: paid in consideration of the Sponsor’s management services to the Fund.
−Removed: BWET also pays Breakwave a license and service fee (the
−Removed: “CTA Fee”) monthly in arrears, for the use of BWET’s Benchmark Portfolio in an amount equal to 1.45% per annum of the
−Removed: Fund’s average daily net assets.
+Added: Fee is paid in consideration of the Sponsor’s management services to the Fund.
+Added: BWET also pays Breakwave a license and service fee
+Added: (the “CTA Fee”) monthly in arrears, for the use of BWET’s Benchmark Portfolio in an amount equal to 1.45% per annum
+Added: of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
Breakwave has agreed to waive its license and
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The assumption of expenses and waiver of the license and services
−Removed: fee are contractual on the part of the Sponsor and Breakwave, respectively, through March 31, 2025.
−Removed: If after that date, the Sponsor and/or
−Removed: Breakwave no longer assumed expenses or waived the CTA Fee, respectively, the Funds could be adversely impacted, including in their ability
−Removed: to achieve their investment objectives.
+Added: fee are contractual on the part of the Sponsor and Breakwave, respectively, through December 31, 2024.
+Added: If after that date, the Sponsor
+Added: and/or Breakwave no longer assumed expenses or waived the CTA Fee, respectively, the Funds could be adversely impacted, including in their
+Added: ability to achieve their investment objectives.
The Funds currently accrue their daily expenses
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administrative and other ordinary expenses of the Funds.
−Removed: BDRY aggregated $734,699 and $783,914, of which $ -0-
−Removed: and $-0- was waived by Breakwave for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
−Removed: BWET aggregated $123,053, of
−Removed: which $7,574 was waived by Breakwave for the period from May 3, 2023 (commencement of operations) to June 30, 2023.
−Removed: In addition, expenses
−Removed: assumed by the Sponsor for BDRY aggregated $-0- and $-0- for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
−Removed: BWET, the Sponsor assumed $77,450 of expenses for the period from May 3, 2023 (commencement of operations) to June 30, 2023.
+Added: BDRY aggregated $435,119 and $734,699, of which $23,879 and $-0- was waived
+Added: by Breakwave for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
+Added: BWET aggregated $116,064 and $123,053, of which $90,114
+Added: and $7,574 was waived by Breakwave for the three months ended June 30, 2024, and for the period from May 3, 2023 (commencement of
+Added: operations) to June 30, 2023.
+Added: In addition, expenses assumed by the Sponsor for BDRY aggregated $-0-and $-0- for the three months
+Added: ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
+Added: For BWET, the Sponsor assumed $-0-and $77,450 of expenses for the three months ended June
+Added: 30, 2024, and for the period from May 3, 2023 (commencement of operations) to June 30, 2023.
+Added: Note that the expenses assumed
+Added: for the period from May 3, 2023 (commencement of operations) to June 30, 2023 were assumed by the Former Sponsor.
Each Funds’ ongoing fees, costs and expenses
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(i) expenses incurred in connection with registering additional Shares of the Funds or offering Shares of the Funds;
−Removed: (ii) the routine
−Removed: expenses associated with the preparation and, if required, the printing and mailing of monthly, quarterly, annual and other reports required
−Removed: by applicable U.S.
−Removed: federal and state regulatory authorities, Trust meetings and preparing, printing and mailing proxy statements to Shareholders;
+Added: routine expenses associated with the preparation and, if required, the printing and mailing of monthly, quarterly, annual and other reports
+Added: required by applicable U.S.
+Added: federal and state regulatory authorities, Trust meetings and preparing, printing and mailing proxy statements
+Added: to Shareholders;
(iii) the routine services of the Trustee, legal counsel and independent accountants;
−Removed: (iv) routine accounting, bookkeeping, custodial
−Removed: and transfer agency services, whether performed by an outside service provider or by affiliates of the Sponsor;
+Added: (iv) routine accounting,
+Added: bookkeeping, custodial and transfer agency services, whether performed by an outside service provider or by affiliates of the Sponsor;
(v) postage and insurance;
(vi) costs and expenses associated with client relations and services;
−Removed: (vii) costs of preparation of all federal, state, local and foreign
−Removed: tax returns and any taxes payable on the income, assets or operations of the Funds.
+Added: (vii) costs of preparation
+Added: of all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns and any taxes payable on the income, assets or operations of the Funds.
While the Sponsor has agreed to pay registration
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