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Interest on the primary deposit account, if any, accrues daily and is paid monthly.
−Removed: The interest rate in effect as of March 31, 2020 was an annual nominal rate of -0.75%.
−Removed: The following chart provides the daily rate paid by the Depository since March 31, 2015:
+Added: The interest rate in effect as of June 30, 2020 was an annual nominal rate of -0.75%.
+Added: The following chart provides the daily rate paid by the Depository since June 30, 2015:
In exchange for a fee, the Sponsor bears most of the expenses incurred by the Trust.
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When the interest deposited, if any, exceeds the sum of the Sponsor’s fee for the prior month plus other Trust expenses, if any, the Trustee converts the excess into USD at the prevailing market rate and distributes the USD as promptly as practicable to Shareholders on a pro-rata basis (in accordance with the number of Shares that they own).
−Removed: The Trust did not make any distributions during the quarter ended March 31, 2020.
+Added: The Trust did not make any distributions during the quarter ended June 30, 2020.
Critical Accounting Policies
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Results of Operations
−Removed: During the three months ended March 31, 2020, an additional 300,000 Shares were created in exchange for 27,605,719 Swiss Francs and 250,000 Shares were redeemed in exchange for 22,991,844 Swiss Francs.
+Added: During the six months ended June 30, 2020, an additional 1,450,000 Shares were created in exchange for 133,185,033 Swiss Francs and 1,050,000 Shares were redeemed in exchange for 96,359,052 Swiss Francs.
In addition, 835,377 Swiss Francs were withdrawn to pay the Sponsor’s fee and the interest expense on currency deposits, due to the negative interest rate.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2020, the number of Swiss Francs owned by the Trust was 133,409,839, resulting in a redeemable capital Share value of $137,750,080.
+Added: As of June 30, 2020, the number of Swiss Francs owned by the Trust was 165,178,578, resulting in a redeemable capital Share value of $174,115,557.
During the year ended December 31, 2019, an additional 500,000 Shares were created in exchange for 46,358,107 Swiss Francs and 950,000 Shares were redeemed in exchange for 88,118,747 Swiss Francs.
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As of December 31, 2019, the number of Swiss Francs owned by the Trust was 129,187,974, resulting in a redeemable capital Share value of $133,273,946.
−Removed: A n increase in the Trust’s redeemable capital Share value from $1 33,273,946 at December 31, 2019 to $ 1 37,750,080 at March 31, 2020 , was primarily the result of a n increase in the number of Shares outstanding from 1, 400,000 at December 31, 2019 to 1, 4 5 0,000 at March 31, 2020 coupled with an increase in the Closing Spot Rate from 1.
−Removed: 033 at December 31, 2019 to 1.
−Removed: 034 at March 31, 2020 .
−Removed: No interest income was earned during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and the three months ended March 31, 2019, due to an annual nominal interest rate which remained at or below 0.00% through those periods, as set forth in the FXF Daily Rate chart above.
+Added: An increase in the Trust’s redeemable capital Share value from $133,273,946 at December 31, 2019 to $ 174,115,557 at June 30, 2020 , was primarily the result of an increase in the number of Shares outstanding from 1,400,000 at December 31, 2019 to 1,800,000 at June 30, 2020 coupled with an increase in the Closing Spot Rate from 1.033 at December 31, 2019 to 1.055 at June 30, 2020 .
+Added: No interest income was earned during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, due to an annual nominal interest rate which remained at or below 0.00% through those periods, as set forth in the FXF Daily Rate chart above.
The Sponsor’s fee accrues daily at an annual nominal rate of 0.40% of the Swiss Francs in the Trust.
−Removed: Due primarily to a decrease in the weighted-average Swiss Francs in the Trust, the Sponsor’s fee decreased from $155,227 for the three months ended March 31, 2019 to $138,512 for the three months ended March 31, 2020.
−Removed: Because the annual interest rate paid by the Depository remained below 0.00%, the Trust incurred interest expense on currency deposits.
−Removed: Due primarily to a decrease in the weighted-average Swiss Francs in the Trust, interest expense on currency deposits decreased from $295,940 for the three months ended March 31, 2019 to $263,896 for the three months ended March 31, 2020.
−Removed: The only expenses of the Trust during the three months ended March 31, 2020 were the Sponsor’s fee and interest expense on currency deposits.
−Removed: The Trust’s net comprehensive income (loss) for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was $(402,408), due to the Sponsor’s fee of $138,512 and interest expense on currency deposits of $263,896 exceeding interest income of $0.
−Removed: The Trust’s net comprehensive income (loss) for the three months ended March 31, 2019 was $(451,167), due to the Sponsor’s fee of $155,227 and interest expense on currency deposits of $295,940 exceeding interest income of $0.
−Removed: Cash dividends were not paid by the Trust during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and the three months ended March 31, 2020 as the Trust’s interest income did not exceed the Trust’s expenses during those periods.
+Added: Due primarily to an increase in the weighted-average Swiss Francs in the Trust, the Sponsor’s fee increased from $148,195 for the three months ended June 30, 2019 to $181,315 for the three months ended June 30, 2020, and increased from $303,422 for the six months ended June 30, 2019 to $319,827 for the six months ended June 30, 2020.
+Added: Because the annual interest rate paid by the Depository remained below 0.00% at the end of June 30, 2020, the Trust incurred interest expense on currency deposits.
+Added: Due primarily to an increase in the weighted-average Swiss Francs in the Trust, interest expense on currency deposits increased from $281,876 for the three months ended June 30, 2019 to $346,857 for the three months ended June 30, 2020, and increased from $577,816 for the six months ended June 30, 2019 to $610,753 for the six months ended June 30, 2020.
+Added: The only expenses of the Trust during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 were the Sponsor’s fee and interest expense on currency deposits.
+Added: The Trust’s net comprehensive income (loss) for the three months ended June 30, 2020 was $(528,172), due to the Sponsor’s fee of $181,315 and interest expense on currency deposits of $346,857 exceeding interest income of $0.
+Added: The Trust’s net comprehensive income (loss) for the three months ended June 30, 2019 was $(430,071), due to the Sponsor’s fee of $148,195 and interest expense on currency deposits of $281,876 exceeding interest income of $0.
+Added: The Trust’s net comprehensive income (loss) for the six months ended June 30, 2020 was $(930,580), due to the Sponsor’s fee of $319,827 and interest expense on currency deposits of $610,753 exceeding interest income of $0.
+Added: The Trust’s net comprehensive income (loss) for the six months ended June 30, 2019 was $(881,238), due to the Sponsor’s fee of $303,422 and interest expense on currency deposits of $577,816 exceeding interest income of $0.
+Added: Cash dividends were not paid by the Trust for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 as the Trust’s interest income did not exceed the Trust’s expenses during those periods.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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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.