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Offering and Organizational Costs
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Offering and Organizational Costs [Abstract]  
OFFERING AND ORGANIZATIONAL COSTS

NOTE 5 – OFFERING AND ORGANIZATIONAL COSTS

 

The Sponsor paid all necessary and reasonable expenses and liabilities incurred in connection with the organization of the Funds and proposed initial public offering of the Shares. See the discussion in Note 4, above, concerning the Reimbursement Agreement concerning registration fees paid by the Sponsor to the SEC in connection with the registration of the Funds’ Shares.

 

Deferred offering costs consist of fees paid in relation to legal, accounting, regulatory and work completed in preparation of equity offerings. Deferred offering costs are charged against the proceeds from equity offerings when received. As of December 31, 2019, deferred offering costs for each Fund were zero for both the Dividend Fund and the Ex-Dividend Fund. As of December 31, 2018, deferred offering costs for each Fund, which are included on the Statements of Financial Condition, were $123,816 for the Dividend Fund and $122,898 for the Ex-Dividend Fund.