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Statements of Financial Condition
−Removed: June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021
−Removed: June 30, 2022
+Added: September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021
+Added: September 30, 2022
December 31, 2021
British Pound Sterling deposits, interest bearing
+Added: British Pound Sterling deposits, non-interest bearing
Receivable from accrued interest
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Statements of Comprehensive Income
−Removed: For the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021
−Removed: Three Months Ended June 30,
−Removed: Six Months Ended June 30,
+Added: For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 and 2021
+Added: Three Months Ended September 30,
+Added: Nine Months Ended September 30,
Interest Income
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Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity and Redeemable Capital Shares
−Removed: For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2022
+Added: For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2022
Retained Earnings
1 unchanged sentence
Capital Shares
−Removed: Balance at March 31, 2022
+Added: Balance at June 30, 2022
Purchases of Shares
1 unchanged sentence
Net Increase (Decrease) due to Share Transactions
+Added: Distributions
Net Comprehensive Income (Loss)
3 unchanged sentences
Redemption Value
−Removed: Balance at June 30, 2022
+Added: Balance at September 30, 2022
See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
1 unchanged sentence
Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity and Redeemable Capital Shares
−Removed: For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2021
+Added: For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021
Retained Earnings
1 unchanged sentence
Capital Shares
−Removed: Balance at March 31, 2021
+Added: Balance at June 30, 2021
Purchases of Shares
6 unchanged sentences
Redemption Value
−Removed: Balance at June 30, 2021
+Added: Balance at September 30, 2021
See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
1 unchanged sentence
Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity and Redeemable Capital Shares
−Removed: For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022
+Added: For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022
Retained Earnings
5 unchanged sentences
Net Increase (Decrease) due to Share Transactions
+Added: Distributions
Net Comprehensive Income (Loss)
3 unchanged sentences
Redemption Value
−Removed: Balance at June 30, 2022
+Added: Balance at September 30, 2022
See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
1 unchanged sentence
Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity and Redeemable Capital Shares
−Removed: For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2021
+Added: For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021
Retained Earnings
10 unchanged sentences
Redemption Value
−Removed: Balance at June 30, 2021
+Added: Balance at September 30, 2021
See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
1 unchanged sentence
Statements of Cash Flows
−Removed: For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021
−Removed: Six Months Ended June 30,
+Added: For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 and 2021
+Added: Nine Months Ended September 30,
Cash flows from operating activities
7 unchanged sentences
Cash flows from financing activities
+Added: Distributions paid to shareholders
Proceeds from purchases of redeemable capital Shares
10 unchanged sentences
Notes to Unaudited Financial Statements
−Removed: June 30, 2022
+Added: September 30, 2022
Note 1 – Background
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The secondary account is also used to account for interest earned, if any, on the primary deposit account, pay Trust expenses and distribute any excess interest to holders of Shares (“Shareholders”) on a monthly basis.
−Removed: This Quarterly Report (the “Report”) covers the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
+Added: This Quarterly Report (the “Report”) covers the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021.
The accompanying unaudited financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S.
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The Trustee (as defined below) will direct that the excess British Pounds Sterling be converted into USD at the prevailing market rate and the Trustee will distribute the USD as promptly as practicable to Shareholders on a pro-rata basis (in accordance with the number of Shares that they own).
+Added: The table below shows distributions per Share and in total for the periods presented:
+Added: Three Months Ended
+Added: September 30,
+Added: Nine Months Ended
+Added: September 30,
+Added: Distributions per Share
+Added: Distributions paid
+Added: An income distribution for the month ended September 30, 2022 was paid on October 10, 2022 to holders of record as of October 4, 2022 at a rate of $ 0.06163 per Share and a total distribution of $ 92,445 .
Routine Operational, Administrative and Other Ordinary Expenses
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These exceptions include expenses not assumed by the Sponsor (i.e., expenses other than those identified in the preceding paragraph), expenses resulting from negative interest rates, taxes and governmental charges, expenses and costs of any extraordinary services performed by the Trustee or the Sponsor on behalf of the Trust or action taken by the Trustee or the Sponsor to protect the Trust or the interests of Shareholders, indemnification of the Sponsor under the Depositary Trust Agreement, audit fees and legal expenses in excess of $ 100,000 per year.
−Removed: The only expense of the Trust during the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 was the Sponsor’s fee.
+Added: The only expense of the Trust during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 was the Sponsor’s fee.
Federal Income Taxes
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British Pound Sterling principal deposits are held in a British Pound Sterling-denominated, interest-bearing demand account.
−Removed: The interest rate in effect as of June 30, 2022 was an annual nominal rate of 0.10 %.
−Removed: For the six months ended June 30, 2022, there were British Pound Sterling principal deposits of 14,421,490 , British Pound Sterling principal redemptions of 14,428,929 and British Pound Sterling withdrawals (to pay expenses) of 157,902 , resulting in an ending British Pound Sterling principal balance of 81,672,503 .
+Added: The interest rate in effect as of September 30, 2022 was an annual nominal rate of 1.10 %.
+Added: For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, there were British Pound Sterling principal deposits of 110,484,029 , British Pound Sterling principal redemptions of 48,050,817 and British Pound Sterling withdrawals (to pay expenses) of 177,247 , resulting in an ending British Pound Sterling principal balance of 144,093,809 .
This equates to 160,851,296 USD.
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To calculate the NAV, the Trustee subtracts the Sponsor’s accrued fee through the previous day from the British Pounds Sterling held by the Trust (including all unpaid interest, if any, accrued through the preceding day) and calculates the value of the British Pounds Sterling in USD based upon the Closing Spot Rate.
−Removed: If, on a particular evaluation day, the Closing Spot Rate has not been determined and announced by 6:00 PM (London time), then the most recent Closing Spot Rate will be used to determine the NAV of the Trust unless the Trustee, in consultation with the Sponsor, determines that
−Removed: such price is inappropriate to use as the basis for the valuation.
+Added: If, on a particular evaluation day, the Closing Spot Rate has not been determined and announced by 6:00 PM (London time), then the most recent Closing Spot Rate will be used to determine the NAV of the Trust unless the Trustee, in consultation with the Sponsor, determines that such price is inappropriate to use as the basis for the valuation.
If the Trustee and the Sponsor determine that the most recent Closing Spot Rate is not an appropriate basis for valuation of the Trust’s British Pounds Sterling, they will determine an alternative basis for the valuation.
8 unchanged sentences
Compared sentence by sentence after normalising whitespace, quotation marks, case and digits, so re-formatting and restated figures do not read as changed language. Wording changes appear as one removal and one addition. The current filing and the prior one are authoritative.