Notes to Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
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Organization and Description of the Trust
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The CurrencyShares
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Japanese Yen Trust (the Trust) was formed under the
laws of the State of New York on February 1, 2007 when Guggenheim Specialized Products, LLC d/b/a Guggenheim Investments (the Sponsor) deposited 10,000 Japanese Yen 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 Japanese Yen 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 Japanese Yen.
The Trusts assets primarily consist of Japanese Yen 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 January 14, 2014.
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Significant Accounting Policies
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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 date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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Foreign Currency Translation
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The Trustee calculates the Trusts net asset value (NAV)
each business day, as described in Note 4. As of November 13, 2008, Japanese Yen deposits (cash) are translated for NAV calculation purposes at the Closing Spot Rate, which is the USD/Japanese Yen 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.
The functional currency of the Trust is the Japanese Yen
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 Japanese Yen 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.
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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.
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 Japanese Yen. 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 Japanese Yen 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.
Interest on the primary deposit account, if any, accrues daily as earned and is
received on a monthly basis.
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 (herein referred to as dividends or distributions), the excess interest earned in Japanese Yen effective on the first business day of the subsequent
month. The Trustee will direct that the excess Japanese Yen be converted into USD at the 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).
Japanese Yen principal deposits are held in a Japanese Yen-denominated, interest-bearing demand account. The interest rate in effect as of
January 31, 2014 was an annual nominal rate of 0.00%. For the three months ended January 31, 2014, there were Japanese Yen principal deposits of 11,234,404,641, Japanese Yen principal redemptions of 5,372,960,174 and Japanese Yen
withdrawals (to pay expenses) of 15,251,633 resulting in an ending Japanese Yen principal balance of 20,024,807,141. This equates to 196,350,514 USD. For the year ended October 31, 2013, there were Japanese Yen principal deposits of
68,580,969,566, Japanese Yen principal redemptions of 64,654,426,112 and Japanese Yen withdrawals (to pay expenses) of 56,370,633 resulting in an ending Japanese Yen principal balance of 14,178,614,307. This equates to 144,517,524 USD.
Net interest, if any, associated with creation and redemption activity is held in a Japanese Yen-denominated non-interest-bearing account, and any balance is
distributed in full as part of the monthly income distributions, if any.
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Redeemable Capital Shares
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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 Japanese Yen. 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 registered 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.
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:
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Three months ended
January 31, 2014
(Unaudited)
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Year ended
October 31, 2013
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Shares
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U.S. Dollar
Amount
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Shares
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U.S. Dollar
Amount
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Opening balance
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1,450,000
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$
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144,463,850
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1,050,000
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$
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128,920,251
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Shares issued
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1,150,000
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109,572,520
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7,000,000
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726,650,352
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Shares redeemed
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(550,000
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(52,404,093
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(6,600,000
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(685,046,621
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Adjustment to period Shares due to currency movement and other
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(5,348,615
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(26,600,132
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Ending balance
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2,050,000
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196,283,662
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1,450,000
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144,463,850
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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 Japanese Yen held by the Trust (including all unpaid interest accrued, if any, through the preceding day) and calculates the value of the Japanese Yen 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 Japanese Yen,
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.
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The Sponsors fee accrues daily at an annual nominal rate of 0.40% of the Japanese Yen 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.
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.
All of the Trusts assets are Japanese Yen, which creates a concentration risk associated with fluctuations in the price of the
Japanese Yen. Accordingly, a decline in the Japanese Yen 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 Japanese Yen 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
Japanese Yen by the official sector (central banks, other governmental agencies and related institutions that buy, sell and hold Japanese Yen as part of their reserve assets) could adversely affect an investment in the Shares.
All of the Trusts Japanese Yen 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.
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Commitments and Contingencies
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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.
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