Company: HBAR
Filing Date: 2025-09-09
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0000950170-25-113803
Chunk: 221

Company: Grayscale Hedera Trust ETF
Filing Date: 2025-09-09
Form: S-1
Chunk 221
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 owner of Shares in light of the beneficial owner’s particular circumstances, including tax consequences applicable to beneficial owners subject to special rules, such as:

financial institutions;

dealers in securities or commodities;

traders in securities or commodities that have elected to apply a mark-to-market method of tax accounting in respect thereof;

persons holding Shares as part of a hedge, “straddle,” integrated transaction or similar transaction;

Authorized Participants (as defined below);

U.S. Holders (as defined below) whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar;

entities or arrangements classified as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes;

real estate investment trusts;

regulated investment companies; and

tax-exempt entities, including individual retirement accounts.

This discussion applies only to Shares that are held as capital assets and does not address alternative minimum tax consequences or consequences of the Medicare contribution tax on net investment income.

If an entity or arrangement that is classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes holds Shares, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a partner will generally depend on the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. Partnerships holding Shares and partners in those partnerships are urged to consult their tax advisers about the particular U.S. federal income tax consequences of owning Shares.

This discussion is based on the Code, administrative pronouncements, judicial decisions and final, temporary and proposed Treasury regulations as of the date hereof, changes to any of which subsequent to the date hereof may affect the tax consequences described herein. For the avoidance of doubt, this summary does not discuss any tax consequences arising under the laws of any state, local or foreign taxing jurisdiction.

Shareholders are urged to consult their tax advisers about the application of the U.S. federal income tax laws to their particular situations, as well as any tax consequences arising under the laws of any state, local or foreign taxing jurisdiction.

Tax Treatment of the Trust

The Sponsor intends to take the position that the Trust is properly treated as a grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Assuming that the Trust is a grantor trust, the Trust will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax. Rather, if the Trust is a grantor trust, each beneficial owner of Shares will be treated as directly owning its pro rata share of the Trust’s assets and a pro rata portion of the Trust’s income, gains, losses and deductions will “flow through” to each beneficial owner of Shares.

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