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of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
−Removed: The following discussion and analysis of our
−Removed: financial condition and results of operations should be read together with, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, our financial
−Removed: statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, which have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
−Removed: accounting principles in the United States (“U.S.
−Removed: This Quarterly Report contains “forward-looking
−Removed: statements” with respect to the Trust’s financial conditions, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance
−Removed: and business.
−Removed: Statements preceded by, followed by or that include words such as “may,” “might,” “will,”
−Removed: “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,”
+Added: The following discussion and
+Added: analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read together with, and is qualified in its entirety by reference
+Added: to, our financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, which have been prepared in accordance with
+Added: generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“U.S.
+Added: This Quarterly Report contains
+Added: “forward-looking statements” with respect to the Trust’s financial conditions, results of operations, plans, objectives,
+Added: future performance and business.
+Added: Statements preceded by, followed by or that include words such as “may,” “might,”
+Added: “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,”
“predict,” “potential” or “continue,” the negative of these terms and other similar expressions are
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· general economic, market and business conditions;
−Removed: ● the use of technology by us and our vendors, including the Custodians, in conducting our business, including disruptions in our computer
−Removed: systems and data centers and our transition to, and quality of, new technology platforms;
−Removed: ● changes in laws or regulations, including those concerning taxes, made by governmental authorities or regulatory bodies;
+Added: · the use of technology by us and our vendors, including the Custodians, in conducting our business, including
+Added: disruptions in our computer systems and data centers and our transition to, and quality of, new technology platforms;
+Added: · changes in laws or regulations, including those concerning taxes, made by governmental authorities or
+Added: regulatory bodies;
· the costs and effects of any litigation or regulatory investigations;
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· other world economic and political developments.
−Removed: Consequently, all the forward-looking statements
−Removed: made in this Quarterly Report are qualified by these cautionary statements, and there can be no assurance that the actual results or developments
−Removed: the Sponsor anticipates will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will result in the expected consequences to, or
−Removed: have the expected effects on, the Trust’s operations or the value of the Shares.
−Removed: Should one or more of these risks discussed in
−Removed: the Quarterly Report or other uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual outcomes may vary materially
−Removed: from those described in forward-looking statements.
−Removed: Forward-looking statements are made based on the Sponsor’s beliefs, estimates
−Removed: and opinions on the date the statements are made and neither the Trust nor the Sponsor is under a duty or undertakes an obligation to
−Removed: update forward-looking statements if these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other circumstances should change, other than as required
+Added: Consequently, all the forward-looking
+Added: statements made in this Quarterly Report are qualified by these cautionary statements, and there can be no assurance that the actual results
+Added: or developments the Sponsor anticipates will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will result in the expected consequences
+Added: to, or have the expected effects on, the Trust’s operations or the value of the Shares.
+Added: Should one or more of these risks discussed
+Added: in the Quarterly Report or other uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual outcomes may vary
+Added: materially from those described in forward-looking statements.
+Added: Forward-looking statements are made based on the Sponsor’s beliefs,
+Added: estimates and opinions on the date the statements are made and neither the Trust nor the Sponsor is under a duty or undertakes an obligation
+Added: to update forward-looking statements if these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other circumstances should change, other than as required
by applicable laws.
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Overview of the Trust
−Removed: CoinShares Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund, formerly Valkyrie
−Removed: Bitcoin Fund (the “Trust”), is a Delaware statutory trust formed on January 20, 2021.
−Removed: The Trust issues common units of beneficial
−Removed: interest (“Shares”), which represent units of fractional undivided beneficial interest in and ownership of the Trust.
−Removed: Shares of the Trust are listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (“Nasdaq” or the “Exchange”).
−Removed: On June 14, 2024,
−Removed: CoinShares Co., a Delaware corporation (the “Sponsor”), succeeded Valkyrie Digital Assets LLC, a Delaware limited liability
−Removed: company (the “Initial Sponsor”), as the sponsor of the Trust.
−Removed: As of June 30, 2024, CoinShares Co.
−Removed: is the sponsor of the Trust,
−Removed: and Delaware Trust Company is the trustee of the Trust (the “Trustee”).
−Removed: The operations of the Trust are governed by the Amended
−Removed: and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust, among the Trustee, the Sponsor, and the shareholders from time to time thereunder (the “Shareholders”),
−Removed: as may be amended from time to time (the “Trust Agreement”).
−Removed: The Trust is an exchange-traded product.
−Removed: When the Trust sells
−Removed: or redeems its Shares, it will do so in blocks of 5,000 Shares (a “Basket”) based on the quantity of bitcoin attributable
−Removed: to each Share of the Trust (net of accrued but unpaid expenses and liabilities).
−Removed: Only registered
−Removed: broker-dealers that have previously entered into an agreement with the Sponsor governing the terms and conditions of such issuance (such
−Removed: broker-dealers, the “Authorized Participants”), can place orders to receive Baskets in exchange for cash.
−Removed: Baskets may be redeemed
−Removed: by the Trust in exchange for the cash proceeds from selling the amount of bitcoin corresponding to their redemption value.
−Removed: Shares of the Trust trade on Nasdaq under the
−Removed: ticker symbol BRRR.
−Removed: The Sponsor maintains a website (www.valkyrieinvest.com/BRRR),
−Removed: through which the Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments
−Removed: to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934
−Removed: Act”), can be accessed free of charge, as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically file with, or furnished
+Added: CoinShares Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund,
+Added: formerly Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund (the “Trust”), is a Delaware statutory trust formed on January 20, 2021.
+Added: The Trust issues common
+Added: units of beneficial interest (“Shares”), which represent units of fractional undivided beneficial interest in and ownership
+Added: of the Trust.
+Added: The Shares of the Trust are listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (“Nasdaq” or the “Exchange”).
+Added: On June 14, 2024, CoinShares Co., a Delaware corporation (the “Sponsor”), succeeded Valkyrie Digital Assets LLC, a Delaware
+Added: limited liability company (the “Initial Sponsor”), as the sponsor of the Trust.
+Added: As of September 30, 2024, CoinShares Co.
+Added: the sponsor of the Trust, and Delaware Trust Company is the trustee of the Trust (the “Trustee”).
+Added: The operations of the Trust
+Added: are governed by the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust, among the Trustee, the Sponsor, and the shareholders from time
+Added: to time thereunder (the “Shareholders”), as may be amended from time to time (the “Trust Agreement”).
+Added: is an exchange-traded product.
+Added: When the Trust sells or redeems its Shares, it will do so in blocks of 5,000 Shares (a “Basket”)
+Added: based on the quantity of bitcoin attributable to each Share of the Trust (net of accrued but unpaid expenses and liabilities).
+Added: registered broker-dealers that have previously entered into an agreement with the Sponsor governing the terms and conditions of such issuance
+Added: (such broker-dealers, the “Authorized Participants”), can place orders to receive Baskets in exchange for cash.
+Added: be redeemed by the Trust in exchange for the cash proceeds from selling the amount of bitcoin corresponding to their redemption value.
+Added: Shares of the Trust trade on Nasdaq
+Added: under the ticker symbol BRRR.
+Added: The Sponsor maintains a website
+Added: (www.valkyrieinvest.com/BRRR), through which the Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports
+Added: on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
+Added: as amended (the “1934 Act”), can be accessed free of charge, as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically
+Added: file with, or furnished to, the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
−Removed: Additional information regarding the Trust may also be found
−Removed: on the SEC’s EDGAR database at www.sec.gov .
+Added: Additional information regarding the
+Added: Trust may also be found on the SEC’s EDGAR database at www.sec.gov.
Investment Objectives and Principal Investment Strategies
Investment Objectives
−Removed: The investment objective of the Trust is for the
−Removed: Shares to reflect the performance of the value of a bitcoin as represented by the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate – New York Variant
−Removed: (the “Index”), less the Trust’s liabilities and expenses.
+Added: The investment objective of the
+Added: Trust is for the Shares to reflect the performance of the value of a bitcoin as represented by the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate –
+Added: New York Variant (the “Index”), less the Trust’s liabilities and expenses.
Principal Investment Strategies
−Removed: In seeking to achieve its investment objective,
−Removed: the Trust holds bitcoin and values its Shares daily based on the value of bitcoin as reflected by the Index, which is an independently
+Added: In seeking to achieve its investment
+Added: objective, the Trust holds bitcoin and values its Shares daily based on the value of bitcoin as reflected by the Index, which is an independently
calculated value based on an aggregation of executed trade flow of major bitcoin spot exchanges.
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New York Variant
−Removed: On each day other than a Saturday or a Sunday,
−Removed: or a day on which Nasdaq is closed for regular trading (a “Business Day”), as soon as practicable after 4:00 p.m.
−Removed: Trust evaluates the bitcoin held by the Trust as reflected by the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate – New York Variant for the Bitcoin
−Removed: Dollar trading pair (the “CF Benchmarks Index”) and determines the net asset value of the Trust and the net asset
−Removed: value per Share (“NAV”).
−Removed: CF Benchmarks Index is calculated as of 4:00 p.m.
−Removed: The CF Benchmarks Index is designed based on the IOSCO Principles for Financial Benchmarks and is a Registered Benchmark under UK
−Removed: Benchmark Regulations (“BMR”).
+Added: On each day other than a Saturday
+Added: or a Sunday, or a day on which Nasdaq is closed for regular trading (a “Business Day”), as soon as practicable after 4:00
+Added: ET, the Trust evaluates the bitcoin held by the Trust as reflected by the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate – New York Variant
+Added: for the Bitcoin – U.S.
+Added: Dollar trading pair (the “CF Benchmarks Index”) and determines the net asset value of the Trust
+Added: and the net asset value per Share (“NAV”).
+Added: CF Benchmarks Index is calculated
+Added: as of 4:00 p.m.
+Added: The CF Benchmarks Index is designed based on the IOSCO Principles for Financial Benchmarks and is a Registered Benchmark
+Added: under UK Benchmark Regulations (“BMR”).
The administrator of the CF Benchmarks Index is CF Benchmarks Ltd.
−Removed: (the “Index Administrator”)
−Removed: a UK incorporated company, authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) of the UK as a Benchmark Administrator,
−Removed: under UK BMR.
−Removed: Results of Operations for the Period Ended June 30, 2024
−Removed: The Trust’s net asset value decreased from
−Removed: $543,197,988 at March 31, 2024, to $518,313,439 at June 30, 2024.
−Removed: The change in the Trust’s net assets resulted from an increase
−Removed: in outstanding Shares, which grew from 27,075,000 at March 31, 2024, to 29,545,000 at June 30, 2024, as a result of 4,960,000 Shares (992
−Removed: Baskets) being created and 2,490,000 Shares (498 Baskets) being redeemed during the quarter, and a decrease in the value of bitcoin,
−Removed: which depreciated 12.5% from $70,764 at March 31, 2024, to $61,910 at June 31, 2024.
−Removed: The net asset value per Share decreased 12.6%
−Removed: from $20.06 at March 31, 2024 to $17.54 at June 30, 2024.
−Removed: The net asset value per Share of $20.36 at April
−Removed: 8, 2024 was the highest during the quarter, compared with a low of $16.42 at May 1, 2024.
−Removed: The decrease in net assets from operations for
−Removed: the quarter ended June 30, 2024 was $69,741,963, resulting from a decrease in unrealized gain on the Trust’s bitcoin investment
−Removed: of $82,428,503, realized gains on the disposition of bitcoin of $12,977,021, and Sponsor Fees incurred of $290,481.
+Added: Administrator”) a UK incorporated company, authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) of the
+Added: UK as a Benchmark Administrator, under UK BMR.
+Added: Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2024
+Added: The Trust’s net asset value
+Added: increased from $518,313,439 at June 30, 2024, to $569,655,239 at September 30, 2024.
+Added: The change in the Trust’s net assets resulted
+Added: from an increase in outstanding Shares, which grew from 29,545,000 at June 30, 2024, to 31,720,000 at September 30, 2024, as a result
+Added: of 2,730,000 Shares (546 Baskets) being created and 555,000 Shares (111 Baskets) being redeemed during the quarter, and an increase
+Added: in the value of bitcoin, which appreciated 2.4% from $61,910 at June 30, 2024, to $63,418 at September 30, 2024.
+Added: The net asset value per Share
+Added: increased 2.4% from $17.54 at June 30, 2024 to $17.96 at September 30, 2024.
+Added: The net asset value per Share
+Added: of $19.22 at July 22, 2024 was the highest during the quarter, compared with a low of $15.05 at August 5, 2024.
+Added: The increase in net assets from
+Added: operations for the quarter ended September 30, 2024 was $12,632,292, resulting from an increase in unrealized gain on the Trust’s
+Added: bitcoin investment of $10,981,879, realized gains on the disposition of bitcoin of $1,994,668, and Sponsor Fees incurred of $344,255.
Cash Resources and Liquidity
−Removed: The Trust does not hold a cash balance except
−Removed: in connection with the creation and redemption of Baskets or to pay expenses not assumed by the Sponsor.
−Removed: To the extent the Trust does
−Removed: not have available cash to facilitate redemptions or pay expenses not assumed by the Sponsor, the Trust will sell bitcoin.
−Removed: bitcoin on behalf of the Trust, the Sponsor endeavors to minimize the Trust’s holdings of assets other than bitcoin.
−Removed: As a consequence,
−Removed: the Sponsor expects that the Trust will have an immaterial amount of cash flow from its operations and that its cash balance will be insignificant
−Removed: at the end of each reporting period.
−Removed: The Trust’s only sources of cash are proceeds from the sale of Baskets and bitcoin.
−Removed: will not borrow to meet liquidity needs.
−Removed: In exchange for the Sponsor Fee, the Sponsor has
−Removed: agreed to assume most of the expenses incurred by the Trust.
−Removed: The Sponsor Fee accrues at an annual rate of 0.25% of the Trust’s Bitcoin
+Added: The Trust does not hold a cash
+Added: balance except in connection with the creation and redemption of Baskets or to pay expenses not assumed by the Sponsor.
+Added: To the extent
+Added: the Trust does not have available cash to facilitate redemptions or pay expenses not assumed by the Sponsor, the Trust will sell bitcoin.
+Added: When selling bitcoin on behalf of the Trust, the Sponsor endeavors to minimize the Trust’s holdings of assets other than bitcoin.
+Added: As a consequence, the Sponsor expects that the Trust will have an immaterial amount of cash flow from its operations and that its cash
+Added: balance will be insignificant at the end of each reporting period.
+Added: The Trust’s only sources of cash are proceeds from the sale of
+Added: Baskets and bitcoin.
+Added: The Trust will not borrow to meet liquidity needs.
+Added: In exchange for the Sponsor Fee,
+Added: the Sponsor has agreed to assume most of the expenses incurred by the Trust.
+Added: The Sponsor Fee accrues at an annual rate of 0.25% of the
+Added: Trust’s Bitcoin Holdings.
As a result, the only ordinary expense of the Trust is the Sponsor Fee.
−Removed: The Trust is not aware of any trends, demands, conditions
−Removed: or events that are reasonably likely to result in material changes to its liquidity needs.
+Added: The Trust is not aware of any
+Added: trends, demands, conditions or events that are reasonably likely to result in material changes to its liquidity needs.
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations
−Removed: The Trust has not used, nor does it expect to
−Removed: use in the future, special purpose entities to facilitate off balance sheet financing arrangements and have no loan guarantee arrangements
−Removed: or off balance sheet arrangements of any kind other than agreements entered into in the normal course of business, which may include indemnification
−Removed: provisions related to certain risks service providers undertake in performing services for the Trust.
−Removed: While the Trust’s exposure
−Removed: under such indemnification provisions cannot be estimated, these general business indemnifications are not expected to have a material
−Removed: impact on a Trust’s financial position.
−Removed: Sponsor Fee payments made to the Sponsor are calculated
−Removed: as a fixed percentage of the Trust’s Bitcoin Holdings.
−Removed: As such, the Sponsor cannot anticipate the payment amounts that will be required
−Removed: under these arrangements for future periods as the Trust’s net assets are not known until a future date.
+Added: The Trust has not used, nor does
+Added: it expect to use in the future, special purpose entities to facilitate off balance sheet financing arrangements and have no loan guarantee
+Added: arrangements or off balance sheet arrangements of any kind other than agreements entered into in the normal course of business, which
+Added: may include indemnification provisions related to certain risks service providers undertake in performing services for the Trust.
+Added: the Trust’s exposure under such indemnification provisions cannot be estimated, these general business indemnifications are not
+Added: expected to have a material impact on a Trust’s financial position.
+Added: Sponsor Fee payments made to the
+Added: Sponsor are calculated as a fixed percentage of the Trust’s Bitcoin Holdings.
+Added: As such, the Sponsor cannot anticipate the payment
+Added: amounts that will be required under these arrangements for future periods as the Trust’s net assets are not known until a future
Critical Accounting Policies
Principal Market and Fair Value Determination
−Removed: The Trust’s periodic financial
−Removed: statements may not utilize the net asset value of the Trust determined by reference to the Index to the extent the methodology used to
−Removed: calculate the Index is deemed not to be consistent with GAAP.
−Removed: The Trust’s periodic financial statements will be prepared in accordance
−Removed: with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements
−Removed: and Disclosures” (“ASC Topic 820”) and utilize an exchange-traded price from the Trust’s principal market for
−Removed: bitcoin on the Trust’s financial statement measurement date.
−Removed: The Sponsor will determine at its sole discretion the valuation sources
−Removed: and policies used to prepare the Trust’s financial statements in accordance with GAAP.
−Removed: The Trust intends to engage a third-party
−Removed: vendor to obtain a price from a principal market for bitcoin, which will be determined and designated by such third-party vendor daily
−Removed: based on its consideration of several exchange characteristics, including oversight, and the volume and frequency of trades.
−Removed: such a price is expected to be deemed a Level 1 input in accordance with the ASC Topic 820 because it is expected to be a quoted price
−Removed: in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
−Removed: To determine which market is the
−Removed: Trust’s principal market (or in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market) for purposes of calculating the
−Removed: Trust’s financial statements, the Trust follows ASC 820-10, which outlines the application of fair value accounting.
+Added: periodic financial statements may not utilize the net asset value of the Trust determined by reference to the Index to the extent the
+Added: methodology used to calculate the Index is deemed not to be consistent with GAAP.
+Added: The Trust’s periodic financial statements will
+Added: be prepared in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820,
+Added: “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” (“ASC Topic 820”) and utilize an exchange-traded price from the Trust’s
+Added: principal market for bitcoin on the Trust’s financial statement measurement date.
+Added: The Sponsor will determine at its sole discretion
+Added: the valuation sources and policies used to prepare the Trust’s financial statements in accordance with GAAP.
+Added: The Trust intends to
+Added: engage a third-party vendor to obtain a price from a principal market for bitcoin, which will be determined and designated by such third-party
+Added: vendor daily based on its consideration of several exchange characteristics, including oversight, and the volume and frequency of trades.
+Added: Under GAAP, such a price is expected to be deemed a Level 1 input in accordance with the ASC Topic 820 because it is expected to be a
+Added: quoted price in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
+Added: To determine which
+Added: market is the Trust’s principal market (or in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market) for purposes of calculating
+Added: the Trust’s financial statements, the Trust follows ASC 820-10, which outlines the application of fair value accounting.
determines fair value to be the price that would be received for bitcoin in a current sale, which assumes an orderly transaction between
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Market for the purpose of calculating fair value for the creation of quarterly and annual financial statements.
−Removed: The process that the Sponsor has
−Removed: developed for identifying a principal market, as prescribed in ASC 820-10, which outlines the application of fair value accounting.
−Removed: process begins by identifying publicly available, well-established and reputable bitcoin trading venues (Exchange Markets, as defined
−Removed: in the FASB ASC Master Glossary), which are selected by the Sponsor and its affiliates at their sole discretion.
−Removed: Those markets include
−Removed: Binance, Bitstamp, Coinbase, itBit, Kraken, Gemini, and LMAX.
−Removed: The Sponsor then, through a service provider, calculates on each valuation
−Removed: period, the highest volume venue during the 60-minute period prior to 4:00 ET for bitcoin.
−Removed: The Sponsor then identifies that market as
−Removed: the principal market for bitcoin during that period and uses the price for bitcoin from that venue at 4:00 ET as the principal market
+Added: The process that
+Added: the Sponsor has developed for identifying a principal market, as prescribed in ASC 820-10, which outlines the application of fair value
+Added: The process begins by identifying publicly available, well-established and reputable bitcoin trading venues (Exchange Markets,
+Added: as defined in the FASB ASC Master Glossary), which are selected by the Sponsor and its affiliates at their sole discretion.
+Added: Those markets
+Added: include Binance, Bitstamp, Coinbase, itBit, Kraken, Gemini, and LMAX.
+Added: The Sponsor then, through a service provider, calculates on
+Added: each valuation period, the highest volume venue during the 60-minute period prior to 4:00 ET for bitcoin.
+Added: The Sponsor then identifies
+Added: that market as the principal market for bitcoin during that period and uses the price for bitcoin from that venue at 4:00 ET as the principal
+Added: market price.
Investment Company Considerations
−Removed: The Trust is an investment company
−Removed: for GAAP purposes and follows accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with the FASB ASC Topic 946, Financial Services –
−Removed: Investment Companies.
−Removed: The Trust uses fair value as its method of accounting for Bitcoin in accordance with its classification as an investment
−Removed: company for accounting purposes.
+Added: The Trust is an
+Added: investment company for GAAP purposes and follows accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with the FASB ASC Topic 946, Financial
+Added: Services – Investment Companies.
+Added: The Trust uses fair value as its method of accounting for Bitcoin in accordance with its classification
+Added: as an investment company for accounting purposes.
The Trust is not a registered investment company under the Investment Company Act of
−Removed: GAAP requires
−Removed: management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the financial statements and accompanying notes.
−Removed: results could differ from those estimates and these differences could be material.
+Added: GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the financial statements and accompanying
+Added: Actual results could differ from those estimates and these differences could be material.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures
About Market Risk.
−Removed: Not applicable to Smaller Reporting Companies.
+Added: Not applicable to Smaller Reporting
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