Notes to Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
1. Organization and Description of the Trust
The CurrencyShares
®
Australian Dollar Trust (the Trust) was formed under the laws of the State of New York on June 8, 2006 when Guggenheim Specialized Products, LLC
d/b/a Guggenheim Investments (the Sponsor) deposited 100 Australian Dollars in the Trusts primary deposit account held by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., London Branch (the Depository). The Sponsor is a Delaware
limited liability company whose sole member is Security Investors, LLC (also d/b/a Guggenheim Investments). The Sponsor is responsible for, among other things, overseeing the performance of The Bank of New York Mellon (the
Trustee) and the Trusts principal service providers, including the preparation of financial statements. The Trustee is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Trust.
The investment objective of the Trust is for the Trusts shares (the Shares) to reflect the price of the Australian Dollar plus accrued
interest less the Trusts expenses and liabilities. The Shares are intended to provide investors with a simple, cost-effective means of gaining investment benefits similar to those of holding Australian Dollars. The Trusts assets
primarily consist of Australian Dollars on demand deposit in two deposit accounts maintained by the Depository: a primary deposit account which may earn interest and a secondary deposit account which does not earn interest. The secondary deposit
account is used to account for any interest that may be received and paid out on creations and redemptions of blocks of 50,000 Shares (Baskets). 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.
The accompanying unaudited financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
for interim financial information and with the instructions for Form 10-Q. In the opinion of management, all material adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for a fair statement of the interim period
financial statements have been made. Interim period results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full-year period. These financial statements and the notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the Trusts financial statements
included in the Form 10-K as filed on December 21, 2012.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
A. Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amounts of the assets, liabilities and disclosures of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the period and the evaluation of subsequent events through the
issuance of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
B. Foreign Currency Translation
The Trustee calculates the Trusts net asset value (NAV) each business day, as described in Note 4. As of
November 13, 2008, Australian Dollar deposits (cash) are translated for NAV calculation purposes at the Closing Spot Rate, which is the USD/Australian Dollar exchange rate as determined by The WM Company, at 4:00 PM (London fixing) on each day
that NYSE Arca is open for regular trading.
The functional currency of the Trust is the Australian Dollar in accordance with generally
accepted accounting standards. For financial statement reporting purposes, the U.S. Dollar is the reporting currency. As a result, the financial records of the Trust are translated from Australian Dollars to USD. The Closing Spot Rate on the
last day of the period is used for translation in the statements of financial condition. The average Closing Spot Rate for the period is used for translation in the statements of comprehensive income and the statements of cash flows. Any currency
translation adjustment is included in comprehensive income.
C. Federal Income Taxes
The Trust is treated as a grantor trust for federal income tax purposes and, therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is required.
Interest, gains and losses are passed through to the Shareholders.
6
Shareholders generally will be treated, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as if they directly owned a
pro-rata share of the assets held in the Trust. Shareholders also will be treated as if they directly received their respective pro-rata portion of the Trusts income, if any, and as if they directly incurred their respective pro-rata portion
of the Trusts expenses. The acquisition of Shares by a U.S. Shareholder as part of a creation of a Basket will not be a taxable event to the Shareholder.
The Sponsors fee accrues daily and is payable monthly. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, an accrual-basis U.S. Shareholder generally will be required to take into account as an expense its
allocable portion of the USD-equivalent of the amount of the Sponsors fee that is accrued on each day, with such USD-equivalent being determined by the currency exchange rate that is in effect on the respective day. To the extent that the
currency exchange rate on the date of payment of the accrued amount of the Sponsors fee differs from the currency exchange rate in effect on the day of accrual, the U.S. Shareholder will recognize a currency gain or loss for U.S. federal
income tax purposes.
The Trust does not expect to generate taxable income except for interest income (if any) and gain (if any) upon the sale
of Australian Dollars. A non-U.S. Shareholder generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax with respect to gain recognized upon the sale or other disposition of Shares, or upon the sale of Australian Dollars by the Trust, unless:
(1) the non-U.S. Shareholder is an individual and is present in the United States for 183 days or more during the taxable year of the sale or other disposition, and the gain is treated as being from United States sources; or (2) the gain
is effectively connected with the conduct by the non-U.S. Shareholder of a trade or business in the United States.
A non-U.S.
Shareholders portion of any interest income earned by the Trust generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax unless the Shares owned by such non-U.S. Shareholder are effectively connected with the conduct by the non-U.S.
Shareholder of a trade or business in the United States.
D. Revenue Recognition
Interest on the primary deposit account, if any, accrues daily as earned and is received on a monthly basis.
E. Dividends
To the
extent that the interest earned by the Trust exceeds the sum of the Sponsors fee for the prior month plus other Trust expenses, if any, the Trust will distribute, as a dividend, the excess interest earned in Australian Dollars effective on the
first business day of the subsequent month. The Trustee will direct that the excess Australian Dollars be converted into USD at a 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). An income distribution of $0.14912 per share with an ex-dividend date of August 1, 2013 was paid on August 8, 2013.
3. Australian Dollar Deposits
Australian Dollar principal deposits are held in an Australian Dollar-denominated, interest-bearing demand account. For the nine months
ended July 31, 2013, there were Australian Dollar principal deposits of 360,000,000 and Australian Dollar principal redemptions of 505,000,000, resulting in an ending Australian Dollar principal balance of 420,000,000. This equates to
376,929,069 USD. For the year ended October 31, 2012, there were Australian Dollar principal deposits of 410,000,000 and Australian Dollar principal redemptions of 655,000,000, resulting in an ending Australian Dollar principal balance of
565,000,000. This equates to 585,876,539 USD.
Net interest, if any, associated with creation and redemption activity is held in an Australian
Dollar-denominated non-interest-bearing account, and any balance is distributed in full as part of the monthly income distributions, if any.
4. Redeemable Capital Shares
Shares are classified as redeemable for financial statement purposes, since they are subject to redemption. Shares are
issued and redeemed continuously in Baskets in exchange for Australian Dollars. Individual investors cannot purchase or redeem Shares in direct transactions with the Trust. Only Authorized Participants (as defined below) may place orders to create
and redeem Baskets. An Authorized Participant is a Depository Trust Company (DTC) participant that is a broker-dealer or other institution eligible to settle securities transactions through the book-entry facilities of DTC and which has
entered into a contractual arrangement with the Trust and the Sponsor governing, among other matters, the creation and redemption process. Authorized Participants may redeem their Shares at any time in Baskets.
7
Due to expected continuing creations and redemptions of Baskets and the three-day period for settlement of
each creation or redemption, the Trust reflects Shares created as a receivable. Shares redeemed are reflected as a liability on the trade date. Outstanding Shares are reflected at a redemption value, which is the NAV per Share at the period end
date. Adjustments to redeemable capital Shares at redemption value are recorded against retained earnings or, in the absence of retained earnings, by charges against the cumulative translation adjustment.
Activity in redeemable capital Shares is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nine months ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
July 31, 2013
|
|
|
Year ended
|
|
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
October 31, 2012
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
U.S. Dollar
Amount
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
U.S. Dollar
Amount
|
|
Opening balance
|
|
|
5,650,000
|
|
|
$
|
587,082,954
|
|
|
|
8,100,000
|
|
|
$
|
862,361,862
|
|
Shares issued
|
|
|
3,600,000
|
|
|
|
363,825,046
|
|
|
|
4,100,000
|
|
|
|
423,131,548
|
|
Shares redeemed
|
|
|
(5,050,000
|
)
|
|
|
(510,369,347
|
)
|
|
|
(6,550,000
|
)
|
|
|
(676,167,642
|
)
|
Adjustment to period Shares due to currency movement and other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(62,983,473
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(22,242,814
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ending balance
|
|
|
4,200,000
|
|
|
$
|
377,555,180
|
|
|
|
5,650,000
|
|
|
$
|
587,082,954
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Trustee calculates the Trusts NAV each business day. To calculate the NAV, the Trustee subtracts the
Sponsors accrued fee through the previous day from the Australian Dollars held by the Trust (including all unpaid interest accrued through the preceding day) and calculates the value of the Australian Dollars in USD based upon the Closing Spot
Rate. 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 Trusts
Australian Dollars, they will determine an alternative basis for the valuation. The Trustee also determines the NAV per Share, which equals the NAV of the Trust, divided by the number of outstanding Shares. Shares deliverable under a purchase order
are considered outstanding for purposes of determining NAV per Share; Shares deliverable under a redemption order are not considered outstanding for this purpose.
5. Sponsors Fee
The Sponsors fee accrues daily at an annual nominal rate of 0.40% of the Australian Dollars in the Trust (including all unpaid
interest but excluding unpaid fees, each as accrued through the immediately preceding day) and is paid monthly.
The Sponsor assumes and pays
the following administrative and marketing expenses incurred by the Trust: the Trustees monthly fee, NYSE Arca listing fees, SEC registration fees, typical maintenance and transaction fees of the Depository, printing and mailing costs, audit
fees and expenses, up to $100,000 per year in legal fees and expenses, and applicable license fees.
In certain exceptional cases the Trust
will pay for some expenses in addition to the Sponsors fee. These exceptions include expenses not assumed by the Sponsor (i.e., expenses other than those identified in the preceding paragraph), 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, and legal expenses in excess of $100,000 per year.
8
6. Related Parties
The Sponsor is a related party of the Trust. The Sponsor oversees the performance of the Trustee and the Trusts principal service
providers, including the preparation of financial statements, but does not exercise day-to-day oversight over the Trustee or the Trusts service providers.
7. Concentration Risk
All of the Trusts assets are Australian Dollars, which creates a concentration risk associated with fluctuations in the price of
the Australian Dollar. Accordingly, a decline in the Australian Dollar to USD exchange rate will have an adverse effect on the value of the Shares. Factors that may have the effect of causing a decline in the price of the Australian Dollar include
national debt levels and trade deficits, domestic and foreign inflation rates, domestic and foreign interest rates, investment and trading activities of institutions and global or regional political, economic or financial events and situations.
Substantial sales of Australian Dollars by the official sector (central banks, other governmental agencies and related institutions that buy, sell and hold Australian Dollars as part of their reserve assets) could adversely affect an investment in
the Shares.
All of the Trusts Australian Dollars are held by the Depository. Accordingly, a risk associated with the concentration of
the Trusts assets in accounts held by a single financial institution exists and increases the potential for loss by the Trust and the Trusts beneficiaries in the event that the Depository becomes insolvent.
8. Commitments and Contingencies
Under the Trusts organizational documents, the Sponsor is indemnified against any liability or expense it incurs without
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on its part. The Trusts maximum exposure under this arrangement is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred.
9. Adoption of New Accounting Standard
The Trust adopted
Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income (ASU
No. 2011-05)
in the 2013 first quarter which amends existing guidance by allowing only two options for presenting the components of net income and other comprehensive income: (1) in a single continuous financial statement, a
statement of comprehensive income or (2) in two separate but consecutive financial statements, an income statement followed by a separate statement of other comprehensive income. ASU No. 2011-05 required retrospective application. The
adoption of these updates changed the order in which certain financial information is presented, but did not have any other impact on the financial statements.
9