While the Sponsor has established business continuity plans and systems reasonably designed to detect and prevent such cyber attacks from being effective, there are inherent limitations in such plans and systems. For instance, it is possible that certain existing risks have not been identified or that new risks will emerge before countervailing measures can be implemented. Furthermore, the Trust cannot control, or even necessarily influence, the cyber security plans and systems put in place by the Trust’s third party service providers. Since the Trust is dependent upon third party service providers (including the Sponsor and Trustee) for substantially all of its operational needs, the Trust is subject to the risk that a cyber attack on a service provider will materially impair its normal operations even if the Trust itself is not subject to such an attack. In addition, a service provider that has experienced a cyber security incident may divert resources normally devoted to servicing the Trust to addressing the incident, which would be likely to have an adverse effect on the Trust’s operations.
Glossary of Terms
In this prospectus, each of the following terms has the meaning assigned to it here:
“Authorized Participant” — A DTC Participant that is a registered broker-dealer or other securities market participant such as a bank or other financial institution that is not required to register as a broker-dealer to engage in securities transactions and that has entered into a Participant Agreement with the Sponsor and the Trustee. Only Authorized Participants may place orders to create or redeem Baskets.
“Basket Japanese Yen Amount” — The deposit required to create one or more Baskets pursuant to a purchase order. This deposit will be an amount of Japanese Yen bearing the same proportion to the number of Baskets to be created as the total assets of the Trust (net of estimated accrued but unpaid expenses) bears to the number of Baskets outstanding on the date that the order to purchase is accepted by the Trustee.
“Closing Spot Rate” — The Japanese Yen/USD exchange rate as determined by The WM Company at 4:00 PM (London time / London fixing) on each day that NYSE Arca is open for regular trading.
“Deposit Account Agreement” — The agreements, including the Account Application and the JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Global Account Terms, between the Trustee and the Depository establishing the Deposit Accounts with the Depository.
“Deposit Accounts” — The primary (interest-bearing) and secondary (non-interest bearing) Japanese Yen-denominated, demand accounts of the Trust established with the Depository by the Deposit Account Agreement. The Deposit Accounts hold the Japanese Yen deposited with the Trust.
“Depositary Trust Agreement” — The agreement between the Trustee and the Sponsor establishing and governing the operations of the Trust.
“DTC” — The Depository Trust Company. DTC is a limited purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of New York, a member of the U.S. Federal Reserve System and a clearing agency registered with the SEC. DTC acts as the securities depository for the Shares.
“DTC Participant” — Participants in DTC, such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies.
“Foreign exchange” — The exchange of one currency for another.
“Indirect Participants” — Those banks, brokers, dealers, trust companies and others that maintain, either directly or indirectly, a custodial relationship with a DTC Participant.
“Internal Revenue Code” — The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Investment Company Act” — The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
“Japanese Yen” — The official currency of Japan. The term “Japanese Yen” is both singular and plural.
“NAV” — Net asset value. The Trustee calculates, and the Sponsor publishes, the Trust’s NAV each business day as soon as practicable after The WM Company announces the Closing Spot Rate. To calculate the NAV, the Trustee adds to the amount of Japanese Yen in the Trust at the end of the preceding day accrued but unpaid interest, if any, Japanese Yen receivable under pending purchase orders and the value of other Trust assets, and subtracts the accrued but unpaid Sponsor’s fee, Japanese Yen payable under pending redemption orders and other Trust expenses and liabilities, if any.
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