There can be no guarantee that slashing penalties and resulting lost opportunity to receive staking rewards will not occur as a result of the activities of a Staking Provider. Furthermore, a Staking Provider’s liability to the Trust is expected to be limited, and a Staking Provider may lack the assets or insurance in order to support the restitution for of any lost opportunity to receive staking rewards. While the Staking Arrangements may provide for indemnification up to a specified cap, slashing insurance or other reimbursement programs, there can be no guarantee that the Trust would recover any lost opportunity to receive staking rewards, if it is subject to penalties imposed by the Sui Network. Staked SUI tokens will be inaccessible for a variable period of time, determined by a range of factors, which could result in certain liquidity risk to the Trust. Under current Sui Network protocols, staked SUI tokens are permitted to be un-staked by the holder of the private keys for the withdrawal address of such SUI tokens. However, as part of the “activating” and “de-activating” or “cooling down” processes of staking. “Activation” is the funding of a validator to be included in the active set, thereby allowing the validator to participate in the Sui Network’s proof-of-stake consensus protocol. “De-activating” is the request to exit from the active set and no longer participate in the Sui Network’s proof-of-stake consensus protocol. As part of these “activating” and “de-activating” processes of staking on the Sui Network, any staked SUI will be inaccessible for a period of time, denominated in “epochs.” On the Sui Network, epochs are targeted to last approximately 24 hours, though actual epoch durations may vary slightly due to validator coordination and other timing effects inherent in the network’s consensus protocol. De-activation typically completes when the current epoch ends, which may be up to one full epoch after the request is submitted. Once the de-activation period ends, the stake becomes fully inactive and can be withdrawn. As a result, the elapsed time between a de-activation request and withdrawal availability may differ depending on (i) when the request is submitted and (ii) the slight variation in epoch duration. Subject to the Staking Condition being satisfied and subject to compliance with certain related requirements, the Sponsor has sole discretion over whether the Trust will engage in Staking, and there can be no assurance that the Sponsor will cause the Trust to engage in Staking. If the Sponsor causes the Trust to engage in Staking, the Trust will engage in staking with respect to all of the Trust’s SUI at all times, except (i) as necessary to pay the Sponsor’s Fee and the Sponsor’s Staking Fee, (ii) as necessary to pay any additional Trust expenses, (iii) as necessary to satisfy existing and reasonably foreseen potential redemption requests (assuming the Trust is then permitted to operate an ongoing redemption program) as determined by the Sponsor, (iv) as necessary to reduce the SUI obtained by the Trust as Native Staking Consideration to cash for distribution at regular intervals, (v) as necessary to reduce the SUI obtained by the Trust as Native Staking Consideration to cash in connection with the Trust’s liquidation, (vi) as necessary to take protective actions in respect of vulnerabilities in the source code or cryptography underlying the Sui Network and/or its proof-of-stake protocol, its staking smart contracts or its validator client, (vii) if the Custodian discontinues its arrangements with the Trust and such discontinuance affects the Trust’s SUI, for so long as is reasonably necessary to re-establish those arrangements or to establish similar arrangements with other parties, (viii) if the Custodian discontinues its arrangements with the Staking Provider and such discontinuance affects the Trust’s SUI, for so long as is reasonably necessary to re-establish those arrangements or to establish similar arrangements with other parties, (ix) in the event of a change in applicable law or regulation, (x) as necessary to maintain a Liquidity Sleeve (as defined herein), (xi) as necessary pursuant to a “contingent liquidity arrangement” within the meaning of Section 6.02(12) of IRS Revenue Procedure 2025-31 or (xii) in accordance with any other exception that is expressly contemplated by an opinion, ruling or tax guidance that satisfies the Staking Condition. All SUI received by the Trust in connection with the creation of new Shares, or as Native Staking Consideration, would also be staked upon receipt by the Trust, unless one or more of the exceptions described in clauses (i)-(xii) above applies. If the Trust engages in Staking, the Sponsor will seek to stake as much of the Trust's SUI as is practicable (i.e., up to 100%) at all times, with the remainder of the Trust's SUI remaining unstaked in order to address the various exceptions and other considerations described herein, including the satisfaction of the Staking Condition, and the approximate percentage of the Trust's SUI that is staked each day will be reported the following day at 4:00 p.m., New York time, on etfs.grayscale.com/gsui. In the future and subject to the satisfaction of the Staking Condition thereto, the Sponsor, on behalf of the Trust, may be able to enter into short-term financing arrangements or implement other mechanisms to manage SUI liquidity constraints. For example, in the future, the Sponsor may arrange for the Trust to enter into redemption orders involving the delivery of SUI to a Liquidity Provider on a delayed basis (i.e., when the appropriate number of the Trust’s SUI are or become freely transferable), after the Liquidity Provider has delivered cash to the Trust to settle the redemption order. Under a delayed delivery order, the Variable Fee payable by an Authorized Participant would be adjusted, based on the estimated length of time to SUI delivery, to compensate the Liquidity Provider for agreeing to accept settlement on a delayed basis. No further adjustment to the Variable Fee would be made, and the Trust would not be required to further compensate the Liquidity Provider (or be entitled to compensation from the Liquidity Provider) if the actual date of SUI delivery differed from the estimated delivery date. It is also possible that, in connection with future redemption orders, the Sponsor may make arrangements for the Trust to obtain liquid SUI from the Custodian or another institutional liquidity provider in exchange for the Trust’s present or future delivery of a similar number of SUI tokens, although the details of any such future arrangement are not presently known. These and other liquidity risk policies and procedures are intended to be consistent with NYSE Arca's generic listing standards as well as recent IRS guidance. However, there can be no assurance that such arrangements will be available as intended or provide sufficient liquidity to satisfy redemption requests.
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