Staking Arrangements and Provider-Facilitated Staking Model The Sponsor has caused, and from time to time may cause, the Trust to enter into written arrangements (the “Staking Arrangements”) with the Custodian and one or more third party staking providers (each, a “Staking Provider”), which may be affiliates of the Custodian or other trusted institutional validators, to stake the Trust’s SUI to a Staking Provider operating validator software and associated hardware (“Provider-Facilitated Staking”). The Sponsor anticipates that the Trust’s SUI is and will be staked exclusively by means of Provider-Facilitated Staking. The Staking Arrangements are set forth in the Staking Addendum to the Custodial Services Agreement between the Trust and the Custodian, a copy of which is attached as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Under the Staking Arrangements, the Trust is permitted to accept only Staking Consideration received in the form of SUI, and is not permitted to accept any Other Staking Consideration in the form of other digital assets. Neither the Trust, nor the Sponsor on behalf of the Trust, has the ability under the Staking Arrangements to take advantage of any variations in the market to improve the investments of shareholders, including with respect to variations based on the value of SUI or the amount of Staking Consideration received as staking rewards. As a whole, the Staking Arrangements permit the Trust to retain ownership of its SUI at all times for U.S. federal income tax purposes while simultaneously protecting and conserving the Trust Estate by mitigating the risk that another party or group could control a majority of the Sui Network and engage in transactions that could reduce the Trust Estate’s value. A Staking Provider must meet certain requirements in order to be selected to participate in the Provider-Facilitated Staking model contemplated by the Staking Arrangements. For example, each Staking Provider is required to be unrelated to both the Trust and the Sponsor. Moreover, a Staking Provider is also required to regularly enter into staking arrangements with unrelated persons involving activities similar to the Staking Arrangements. Under the Staking Arrangements, the Staking Provider bears all of its own expenses (including those on account of its validation activities). The Staking Provider is the node operator and is obligated to operate the validator through which the Trust’s SUI is staked to ensure that validation occurs. The Trust’s SUI is currently staked from the Trust’s wallets administered by the Custodian, and the Staking Provider performs any related validation activities. The Trust retains control of its staked SUI because the Sui Network does not permit the Staking Provider to transfer staked SUI to any wallet other than as designated by the Sponsor. Because the Trust's staked SUI cannot, pursuant to the Sui Network protocol, be transferred other than as directed by the Sponsor, the Trust's SUI is not deemed commingled with the SUI of any other SUI holder in connection with Staking, such as the Staking Provider or others who stake to the Staking Provider, even if the Staking Provider is in receipt of other SUI holders' validation rights. In particular, the Staking Provider is not able to transfer unstaked SUI or Staking Consideration to another address on the Sui Network. The Trust does not itself undertake any validation activities, and the Sponsor is not required to perform any services. Moreover, the Sponsor is not required to make any decisions or take any actions, other than (i) selecting the Staking Provider(s) and entering into the corresponding Staking Arrangement(s), and (ii) determining, from time to time, what portion of the Trust’s SUI to stake and un-stake, and informing the Staking Provider(s) of those determinations. As of the date of this filing, the Sponsor generally seeks to stake as much of the Trust's SUI as is practicable (i.e., up to 100%) 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 as determined by the Sponsor, (iv) as necessary to reduce the SUI obtained by the Trust as Staking Consideration to cash for distribution at regular intervals, (v) as necessary to reduce the SUI obtained by the Trust as 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 software, (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 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. Under the Trust Agreement, the Trust's Staking Arrangements also must satisfy certain other requirements derived from IRS Revenue Procedure 2025-31. Moreover, any staked SUI which must be un- staked in order to fulfill a distribution in connection with a redemption (to the extent such distribution cannot be fulfilled utilizing the portion of the Trust’s SUI that has not been staked, or through another mechanism to manage liquidity in connection with Redemption Orders contemplated by an opinion of a Tax Advisor, a Tax Ruling or Tax Guidance that satisfies the Staking Condition) will be un- staked only after the redemption request is approved by the Trust, the Sponsor executes an un-stake or withdrawal transaction through
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