UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
FORM 10-Q
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
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SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For the quarterly period ended
October 31,
2009
or
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£
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
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SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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Commission File Number
of Issuing Entity
: 333-15152
3
-01
MacroShares Major Metro Housing Down
Trust
(Exact name of issuing entity as
specified in its charter)
Commission File Number of
Depositor
:
001-3439
68
MACRO
SHARES
HOUSING
DEPOSITOR, LLC
(Exact name of depositor as specified in
its charter)
New York
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26-27
75183
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(State or other jurisdiction
of
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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incorporation or
organization)
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Identification
No.)
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c/o State Street
Bank
and Trust Company,
N.A.
Two World Financial
Center
225 Liberty Street
New York,
NY 10281
(917) 790-4284
(Address of principal executive offices,
telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by
Section
13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes
þ
No
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on
its corporate web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be
submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T on during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required
to submit and post such files). Yes
o
No
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Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a
non-accelerated filer. See definition of "accelerated filer and large
accelerated filer" in
Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange
Act.
Large accelerated
filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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Smaller reporting
company
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(Do not check if a smaller
reporting company)
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Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant is a shell company (as defined in
Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes
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No
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Number of
MacroShares Major Metro Housing
Down
Trust
shares outstanding as of
October 31,
2009: 430,000
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY
REFERENCE:
Prospectus of MacroShares Major
Metro Housing Down Trust, dated as of June 26, 2009, file no.
001-34398.
FORWARD LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on
Form
10-Q contains various "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of
Section
27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and
Section
21E of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and within the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995, as amended. Forward-looking statements usually include the verbs,
"anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "plans,"
"projects," "understands" and other verbs suggesting uncertainty.
We remind readers that forward-looking
statements are merely predictions and therefore inherently subject to
uncertainties and other factors and involve known and unknown risks that could
cause the actual results, performance, levels of activity, or achievements, or
industry results, to be materially different from any future results,
performance, levels of activity, or our achievements expressed or implied by
such forward-looking statements.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date
hereof.
The Trust undertakes no obligation to
publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect
events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART
I.
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FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
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1
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Item
1.
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Financial
Statements
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1
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Item
2.
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Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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17
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Item
3.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
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24
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Item
4.
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Controls
and Procedures
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24
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PART
II.
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OTHER
INFORMATION
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25
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Item
1.
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Legal
Proceedings
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25
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Item
1A.
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Risk
Factors
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25
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Item
2.
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Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
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25
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Item
3.
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Defaults
Upon Senior Securities
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25
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Item
4.
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Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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25
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Item
5.
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Other
Information
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25
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Item 6.
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Exhibits
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26
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Exhibits
Exhibit
31.1
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Certification Pursuant to
Section
302(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002
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Exhibit
31.2
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Certification Pursuant to
Section
302(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002
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Exhibit
3
2.1
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Certification Pursuant to 18
U.S.C.
Section
1350
as Adopted Pursuant to
Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
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Exhibit
32.2
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C
ertification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section
1350
as Adopted Pursuant to
Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
20
02
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PART I.
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FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
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Item 1.
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F
inancial
Statements
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M
acroS
hares
Major Metro Housing Down
Trust
Statement
s
of Financial Condition
(Unaudited)
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October
31,
2009
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April
3
0
,
200
9
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Assets
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Cash and cash
equivalent
s
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$
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10,681,609
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$
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1,000
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Settlement
contracts and income distribution agreement with
the
Up
Trust
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627,667
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––
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Interest
receivable
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1
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––
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Total
assets
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$
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11,309,277
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$
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1,000
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Liabilities and
Shareholders
’
Equity
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Opera
ting expenses
payable
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$
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138,143
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$
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––
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Total
liabilities
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138,143
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––
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Shareholders
’
Equity
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Equity
attributable to MacroShares Down Trust,
$25 par
value, unlimited amount authorized,
430,000
issued and
outstanding at
October 31,
2009 and
Founders
’
Capital Shares,
$25 par
value, 40 shares
issued and outstanding at April 30,
2009
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11,171,134
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1,000
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Total
Shareholders
’
Equity
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11,171,134
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1,000
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Total
Liabilities and Shareholders
’
Equity
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$
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11,309,277
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$
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1,000
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See notes to the unaudited financial
statements
MacroShares Major Metro Housing Down
Trust
Statement
s
of Operations
(
Unaudited
)
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For the Three
Months Ended October 31, 2009
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Fo
r the
period
from
June 29,
2009
(commencement
of
operati
ons)
to
October
31
,
2009
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Investment
Income
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Interest
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$
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4,087
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$
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5,574
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Total investment
income
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4,087
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5,574
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Expenses
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Professional
fees
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68,388
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93
,
984
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Trustee
fees
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43,370
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61,992
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Insurance
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15,462
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20,131
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Marketing Agent
fees
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12,798
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17,098
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Structuring and
Licensing fees
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11,905
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15,905
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Administrative
Agent fee
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7,440
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9,940
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NYSE Arca Listing
fee
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4,946
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6,666
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Printing
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954
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2,000
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Advertising and
Investor Education fee
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1,488
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1,988
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Miscellan
eous
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1,509
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2,034
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Total
Expenses
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168,260
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231,738
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Net
investment
loss
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(
1
64
,173
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)
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(226,164
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Realized and
Unrealized
Gain
(Loss)
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Net
change
in
unrealized
depreciation
on
settlement
contracts and income distribution
agreement
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1
,745,223
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(3,048,194
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)
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Net realized
loss
on
settlement contracts and income
distribution
agreement
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(752,596
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)
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(872,870
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)
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Net realized and
unrealized
gain
(
loss
)
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992,627
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(3,921,064
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)
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Net
income
(
loss
)
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$
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828,454
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$
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(4,147,228
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)
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Net
income
(
loss
)
per
share
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$
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1.73
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$
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(8.77
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)
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Weighted average
shares outstanding
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478,804
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4
73,040
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See notes to the unaudited financial
statements
MacroShares Major Metro Housing Down
Trust
Statement of Changes in Shareholders'
Equity for the period from
June
29, 2009
(commencement of operations) to
October
31, 2009 (Unaudited)
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Down
MacroShares
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Founders
Equity
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Total
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Shareholders
’
Equity,
beginning of
period
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$
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––
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$
|
1,000
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$
|
1,000
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Contributions
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18,260,462
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|
––
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1
8,260,462
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Redemptions
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(2,942,100
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)
|
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(1,000
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)
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(2,943,100
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)
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Net
loss
|
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(4,147,228
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)
|
|
|
––
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|
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(4,147,228
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)
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Shareholders
’
Equity,
end of
period
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$
|
11,171,134
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$
|
––
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$
|
11,171,134
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Share
Activity
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Shares outstanding, beginning of
period
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––
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40
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40
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Contributions
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54
0,000
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––
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540
,000
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Redemptions
|
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(110,000
|
)
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(40
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)
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(110,040
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)
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Shares outstanding, end of
period
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4
3
0,00
0
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––
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4
3
0,000
|
|
See notes to the unaudited financial
statements
MacroShares Major Metro Housing Down
Trust
Statement of Cash Flows
for the period from June 29,
2009
(commencement of operations) to
October 31, 2009
(Unaudited)
Cash
flows from op
erating
activities:
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|
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Net
loss
|
|
$
|
(
4,
147,228
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)
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|
|
|
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Adjustments to
reconcile net
loss
to
net cash
provided by
operating activities:
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Net unrealized
depreciation on settlement contracts and
income
distribution agreement
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3,04
8,194
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Settlement payments made in excess
of realized losses on
settlement
contracts and income distribution
agreement
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1,310,929
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Increase in
operatin
g assets and
liabilities:
|
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Interest
receivable
|
|
|
(
1
|
)
|
Operating
expenses payable
|
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138,143
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|
|
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Net cash provided
by operations
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350,037
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Cash flows from
financing activities:
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|
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Contributions
|
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|
1
3,484,860
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Redemptions
|
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(
3,154,288
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)
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|
|
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Net cash provided
by financing activities
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|
1
0,330,572
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Net increase in
cash and cash equivalents
|
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|
1
0,680,609
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Cash and cash
equivalents, beginning of period
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|
1,000
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Cash and cash
equivalents, end of period
|
|
$
|
1
0,68
1,609
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|
See notes to the
unaudited financial statements
MacroShares Major Metro Housing Down
Trust
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
as of
October 31
, 2009
The MacroShares
Major Metro Housing Down
Trust (the “
Down
Trust”) is a trust formed under the laws
of the State of New
York by M
acroShares
Housing
Depositor, LLC (the “Depositor”), a
Delaware limited liability company with
MacroMarkets LL
C as its sole member, on
July 11
, 2008 pursuant
to a trust agreement entered into by the Depositor
and State Street Bank and Trust
Company,
N.A.,
as trustee (in such capacity, the
“Trustee”). The “
Down
Trust
Agreement”
was
amended and restated in full
on June 29
, 200
9
by the Trustee, the Depositor,
MacroMarkets LLC, as administrative
agent, and M
acro
Financial, LLC, as marketing agent (in
such capacities, the “Administrative Agent” and the
“Marketing Agent”)
.
The
Down Trust
Agreement governs the
activities
of the
Down Trust
and specifies the terms of the
Down Trust
Shares. The Depositor has also formed
the MacroShares
Major Metro
Housing
Up
Trust (the “
Up
Trust” and, together with the
Down Trust
, the “Paired Trusts”). The descriptions
of
the Paired Trusts in these notes reflect
the provisions of the trust agreements a
s
amend
ed
and
restate
d as described above
.
Operations of the Down Trust commenced
on June 29, 2009 (“commencement date”).
On
July
11, 2008, the Depositor and the
Administrative Agent each made an initial deposit of $500 into the
Down
Trust, for a total initial deposit of
$1,000 (the “Founders’ Equity”).
No creations or other activity occurred
between July 11, 2008 and the commencement date
.
During the period ended
October
31, 2009, the Founders’ Equity of the
Down
Trust was redeemed and returned to the
Depositor and the Administrative Agent.
Each of the Paired Trusts issues shares
on a continuous basis (which are referred to, respectively, as “Up MacroShares”
and “Down MacroShares,” and, collectively, as “Paired Shares”) in minimum
aggregations called “MacroShares Units,” each of which consists of
1
0,000 Up MacroShares and
1
0,000 Down MacroShares
. Paired Shares are issued at the
direction of Authorized Participants (as defined herein). The objective of the
Paired Trusts is, in the case of the Up Trust, to provide investors with
investment returns that correspond with the
value
of the S&P/Case-Shiller
Composite-10 Home Price Index
, as well as on prevailing interest
rates on U.S. Treasury obligations and, in the case of the Down Trust, to
provide investors with investment returns that correspond inversely with the
value of the S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-10 Home Price Index. The last
published value of the S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-10 Home Price Index is
referred to as the “Reference Value of the Index”. The starting level for the
Reference Value of the Index is 162.17, which is the value published on
February 24, 2009.
If the Reference Value of the Index
falls below its starting level, the Down Trust’s underlying value will increase
to include all of its assets plus a portion of the assets of the Up Trust. This
portion of assets due from the Up Trust will be tripled by a “leverage factor”
of 3. Conversely, if the level of the Reference Value of the Index rises above
its starting level, the Down Trust’s underlying value will decrease, because a
portion of its assets will be included in the underlying value of its paired Up
Trust, such portion being tripled by the leverage factor of 3. The range of
values for the Reference Value of the Index that can be reflected by the
underlying value of the Down MacroShares is between 108.11 and
216.23.
On
June
29, 2009, the Starting Level was
established as
162.17
and as a result, the maximum range
within which the Paired Shares will provide returns is
108.11
to
216.23
. There can be no assurance that the
Paired Trusts will achieve their investment objective.
The trustee deposits one-half of the
aggregate funds received by it in connection with an issuance of paired shares
into the Up Trust and the other half into the Down Trust, without regard to the
per share underlying values at which the Up and Down MacroShares were issued, in
order to preserve the one-to-one ratio of cash and treasuries on deposit (such
cash and treasuries on deposit
, less accrued operating
expenses
being referred to
as the “Investment Amount”) in the Paired Trusts. The proportion of the
Investment Amounts in the Up Trust and the Down Trust of 1:1 will be maintained
throughout the entire life of the Paired Trusts by virtue of the requirement
that redemptions and issuances must be done in MacroShares units composed of an
equal number of Up MacroShares and Down MacroShares. Up MacroShares and Down
MacroShares are issued at underlying value, and the difference between the
underlying value of the Up MacroShares and Down MacroShares issued and the
amount deposited into each Trust is attributable to the effects of the
provisions of the Settlement Contracts and Income Distribution Agreement (both
of which are described below).
MacroShares Major Metro Housing Down
Trust
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
as of
October 31
, 2009
The underlying value formula described
in the prospectus and the requirement that
Down
MacroShares can only be issued and
redeemed in paired optional redemptions and paired issuances and only in the
form of MacroShares units, is intended to ensure that
a 2.1624 index point
change in the Reference Value of the
Index will result in a $
1.00
change in the per share underlying
value of each
Down
MacroShare.
If the amount of cash and treasuries in
the Down Trust is less than the aggregate par amount of the Down MacroShares (as
was the case at October 31, 2009), because the fees and
expenses of the Down Trust have exceeded its treasury income during the period
ended October 31, 2009, a specified change in the Reference Value of the
Index will still result in the same percentage change in per share
underlying value, but not the same dollar amount, because each Down MacroShare
will represent, in effect, a smaller inverse exposure to housing.
The “underlying value’ of the
Down
Trust’s shares represents that portion
of the proceeds of the assets of the
Down
Trust that would be distributed in
conjunction with a redemption and as a final distribution upon termination if
the Paired Holding Trusts were to settle the settlement contracts and the
Down
Trust were to make a final distribution
on the
Down
MacroShares.
The underlying value per share of the
Down
MacroShares at
October 31
, 2009 was
$26.44
and the fair value per share of
the Down Macroshares at October 31, 2009 was
$25.98.
The assets of the
Down
Trust consist of cash, U.S. government
securities, repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities
(collectively referred to as “treasuries”) and over-the-counter derivative
instruments entered into between the Paired Trusts. The interest income on the
treasuries during a calculation period, less the expenses of the
Down
Trust for that period, is referred to
as the “Available Income Accrual” for that period. The derivative instruments
consist of the “Income Distribution Agreement,” which is described below, and
the
“Settlement Contracts” which provide
that the
Down
Trust will be entitled to receive from,
or be required to make to, the
Up
Trust a payment at the termination of
each of these contracts in an amount that reflects the
percent
age change between the settlement
value
of S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-10
Home Price Index (the “Closing Price”) at the time when the Settlement Contracts
are terminated and the Starting Level of
162.17
.
The S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-10
Home Price Index
is a
weighted average of the following 10 S&P/Case-Shiller Metro Area Home Price
Indices: the S&P/Case-Shiller Boston Home Price Index, the
S&P/Case-Shiller Chicago Home Price Index, the S&P/Case-Shiller Denver
Home Price Index, the S&P/Case-Shiller Las Vegas Home Price Index, the
S&P/Case-Shiller Los Angeles Home Price Index, the S&P/Case-Shiller
Miami Home Price Index, the S&P/Case-Shiller New York City Area Home Price
Index, the S&P/Case-Shiller San Diego Home Price Index, the
S&P/Case-Shiller San Francisco Home Price Index, and the
S&P/Case-Shiller Washington DC Home Price Index. The value of the
S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-10 Home Price Index on any index publication date
reflects home prices measured during the second, third and fourth calendar
months preceding the month in which that index publication date occurs. An index
publication date is the business day in each calendar month on which S&P
publishes the value of the S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-10 Home Price Index.
S&P publishes this value on the last Tuesday of each calendar month or, if
that day is not a business day, on the next succeeding business day, at 9:00 AM
New York City time.
For purposes of determining the
underlying value at which Paired Shares are redeemed or created,
each Settlement Contract is valued on
each “New York Business Day” (any day on which stock exchanges and New York
money center banks are open for business) based on the
Reference Value of the Index
and the resulting
percent
age change
from the Starting Level and the sum of
the
Down
Trust earned income accruals (as
defined below) for each day that has elapsed during the current calculation
period, up to and including the current business day. The performance
obligations of the Paired Trusts to each other under the Settlement Contracts
are collateralized by cash, U.S. government securities and repurchase agreements
backed by U.S. government securities that are held in each of the Paired Trusts.
The
Down
Trust’s obligations are leveraged
by a factor of three
(“leveraged settlement factor”)
and the
Down
Trust realizes capital gains or losses
only when a Settlement Contract is terminated in connection with a Paired
Optional Redemption, an early termination or the final scheduled termination of
the Paired Trusts.
The “
Leveraged Settlement Factor
” will equal (3*(settlement
factor-1)+1). The “settlement factor” for any date of measurement equals
(RVI
t
/ RVI
0
), where RVI
t
equals the Reference Value of the Index
on such date of measurement and RVI
0
equals the Reference Value of the Index
that was published on February 24, 2009 (162.17). The settlement factor for
any calendar day is equal to the Reference Value of the Index that was published
on that day (referred to as the “ending level” divided by the Reference Value of
the Index that was published on February 24, 2009 (162.17) (referred to as
the “starting level).
Once
the settlement factor has been calculated, it will be tripled by the leverage
factor, by first subtracting the number 1, multiplying by 3 and then adding back
the number 1.
MacroShares Major Metro Housing Down
Trust
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
as of
October 31
, 2009
The "
Income Distribution
Agreement
" entered into
between the Paired Trusts is the means for allocating between the
Paired
Trusts the daily income accrual on the
U.S. government securities and other assets on deposit in the trusts, net of
expenses. Under the Income Distribution Agreement,
if
the
Down
Earned Income Accrual for a Calculation
Period is less than the Down Available Income Accrual for that Calculation
Period, the Down Trust will be required to make a payment to the Up Trust on the
Distribution Date that follows that Calculation Period; if the Up Earned Income
Accrual for a Calculation Period is less than the Up Available Income Accrual
for that Calculation Period, the Down
Trust
will be entitled to receive a payment
from the Up Trust on the next Distribution Date.
Payments under the Income Distribution
Agreement with respect to each Distribution Date are calculated as
follows:
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*
|
if the Down Earned Income Accrual
for the preceding Calculation Period is less than the Available Income of
the Down Trust on that Distribution Date, the Down Trust must make a
payment to the Up Trust under the income distribution agreement in an
amount equal to the positive difference between the Down Available Income
and the Down Earned Income Accrual for such Calculation Period;
and
|
|
*
|
if the Up Earned Income Accrual
for the preceding Calculation Period is less than the Available Income of
the Up Trust on that Distribution Date, the Down Trust will be entitled to
receive a payment from the Up Trust under the income
distribution agreement in an amount equal to the positive difference
between the Up Available Income and the Up Earned Income Accrual for such
Calculation Period.
|
The range of values for the Reference
Value of the Index is limited under the income distribution agreement from
108.11 to 216.23. For any day on which the Reference Value of the Index is equal
to or greater than 216.23, the Down Trust will be required to pay over all of
its Available Income to the Up Trust. If the Reference Value of the Index is
greater than 216.23 on any day, the Down Trust will not have any further
liability to the Up Trust under the income distribution agreement other than its
obligation to pay over the entire amount of its Available Income for that day.
For any day on which the Reference Value of the Index is equal to or less than
108.11, the Down Trust will be entitled to receive all of the Up Trust’s
Available Income. If the Reference Value of the Index is less than 108.11 on any
day, the Down Trust will not have any further claim against the Up Trust under
the income distribution agreement other than its entitlement to receive the
entire amount of its Available Income for that day.
Distribution Dates are the third
business day prior to the last business day of March, June, September and
December of each year, commencing in September of
2009.
If on any distribution date the
Down
Trust does not have any available
income and does not receive any available income from the
Up
Trust,
as was the case on the September 2009
Distribution Date,
it will
not make any quarterly distribution to its shareholders on that distribution
date.
As of
October
31, 2009, market interest rates on
securities permitted to be owned by the Paired Trusts were below the fee
deduction amount charged by the
Down
Trust.
Accordingly, the ability of the Trust to
make
future
distributions to investors will be
reduced, and possibly eliminated, until such time as market interest rates
exceed the fee deduction amount
, and the deficiency in the amount that
is invested must be made out of income received on subsequent distribution dates
until the amount invested does equal the Down Aggregate Par Amount
.
At October 31, 2009, the
deficiency in the amount invested measured against the Down Aggregate Par Amount
approximated
$2
06
,
5
00.
The Settlement
Contracts
Upon each issuance of
Down
MacroShares as part of a M
acroShares
Unit in a Paired Subsequent Issuance,
the
Down
Trust enters into a new Settlement
Contract with the
Up
Trust.
For each New York Business Day, the
Paired Optional Redemptions and Paired Subsequent Issuances ordered on that day
are netted for purposes of determining how many Settlement Contracts need to be
entered into or terminated on that day; however, one Settlement Contract must
always be outstanding for one M
acroShares
Unit of outstanding Paired
Shares.
Under the Settlement Contracts, the
Down
Trust is either (1) required to deliver
all or a portion of its assets (held in the form of cash, government securities
and repos) to the
Up
Trust or (2) entitled to receive all or
a portion of the assets (held in the form of the same types of assets) of the
Up
Trust.
The settlement payments made or received
pursuant to the Settlement Contracts are based on the difference between the
Reference Value of the
Index
and its Starting
Level on the day on which a redemption order for Paired Shares is delivered to
the Administrative Agent.
The final distribution on the
Down
MacroShares depends upon the settlement
payment that the
Down
Trust will either be required to make
or be entitled to receive under the Settlement Contracts when such contracts are
settled in connection with Paired Optional Redemptions, early terminations or
the final scheduled termination of the
Down
Trust.
MacroShares Major Metro Housing Down
Trust
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
(Continued)
as of
October 31
, 2009
The settlement obligations of the Paired
Trusts under the Settlement Contracts are fully supported by the cash,
government securities and repos held by each trust.
As a result of the Settlement Contracts
and Income Distribution Agreement, the “Underlying Value” of the
Down
Trust will equal, on any Price
Determination Day occurring during any Calculation Period:
The Underlying Value of the Down Trust
is calculated for each calendar day as follows:
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*
|
The
sum
of the Down
Earned Income Accruals for each day that has elapsed during the current
calculation period up to and including the current calendar
day
|
|
*
|
The Down Investment Amount for the
current calendar day
multiplied
by (2
minus
the Leveraged Settlement Factor),
calculated as of the current calendar
day.
|
The “
Leveraged Settlement Factor
” will equal (3*(settlement
factor-1)+1).
The “settlement factor” for any date of
measurement equals (RVI
t
/ RVI
0
), where RVI
t
equals the Reference Value of the Index
on such date of measurement and RVI
0
equals the Reference Value of the Index
that was published on February 24, 2009 (162.17). The settlement factor for
any calendar day is equal to the Reference Value of the Index that was published
on that day (referred to as the “ending level”) divided by the Reference Value
of the Index that was published on February 24, 2009 (162.17) (referred to
as the “starting level”). Once the settlement factor has been calculated, it
will be tripled by the leverage factor, by first subtracting the number 1,
multiplying by 3 and then adding back the number 1.
The Underlying Value of the
Down
Trust for any
business day that
is followed by one or more days that
are not
business
days
will include the
Down
Earned Income Accruals for each of these
days, calculated on the basis of the
a
pplicable Reference
Value
of
t
he Index on the current
business day
. The Underlying Value of the
Down
Trust on any day that is not a
business day
will be equal to its Underlying Value on
the last preceding
business
day.
Distributions
Each shareholder who is a registered
holder of
Down
MacroShares on the Record Date will be
entitled to receive the Quarterly Distribution, as calculated below. The
Quarterly Distribution will be paid out to shareholders on the Distribution
Payment Date that follows each Distribution Date.
The Underlying Value of the
Down
Trust on each Distribution Date will be
calculated before Available Income, if any, is deducted from that Underlying
Value and set aside for payment as a Quarterly Distribution on the related
Distribution Payment Date. As a result, the Underlying Value of the
Down
Trust on the day following each
Distribution Date will reflect a relative decrease from the Underlying Value on
that Distribution Date that will be unrelated to any movement in the level of
the Reference
Value
of
t
he Index.
On each Distribution Date, other than on
the Final Scheduled Termination Date or an Early Termination Date and other than
with respect to any shares for which a redemption order was placed and settled
prior to the related Record Date, the
Down
Trust will declare a “Quarterly
Distribution” on each outstanding
Down
MacroShare equal to the sum of
Down
Earned Income Accruals for each day of
the preceding Calculation Period divided by the aggregate number of outstanding
Down
MacroShares on that Distribution
Date.
On the Distribution Payment Date that
follows each Distribution Date, the
Down
Trust will distribute such amount on
each outstanding
Down
MacroShare.
Distributions of the
Down
Earned Income Accruals on the Final
Scheduled Termination Date, an Early Termination Date or any Redemption Date
will be made as part of the Final Distribution that is made on those
dates.
MacroShares Major Metro Housing Down
Trust
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
(Continued)
as of
October 31
, 2009
If available, an amount equal to the
Down
Aggregate Par Amount will always be
reinvested by the Trustee, at the direction of the Administrative Agent, in new
treasuries on each Distribution Date unless that Distribution Date is the Final
Scheduled Termination Date or an Early Termination Date. If a redemption order
is delivered on a Distribution Date or on the day preceding a Distribution Date,
the
Down
Aggregate Par Amount will first be
reduced by the aggregate par amount of any
Down
MacroShares being redeemed on that
date. If, after expenses, the funds remaining on deposit in the
Down
Trust on any Distribution Date are
equal to or less than the
Down
Aggregate Par Amount, then all of these
remaining funds must be reinvested in treasuries and the trust will have no
Available Income on that date. If less than the
Down
Aggregate Par Amount is invested in
treasuries on any Distribution Date, the deficiency in the amount that is
invested must be made up out of income received on subsequent Distribution Dates
until the amount invested does equal the
Down
Aggregate Par Amount.
At October 31, 2009 the amount
invested (less net operating expenses paid or payable) and the Down Aggregate
Par Amount approximated
$10,543,500
and
$10,750,000,
respectively, resulting in a deficiency
of approximately $206
,
5
00
that must be made up out of income
received on subsequent Distribution Dates.
Issuance and
Redemption
Paired Shares are only created and
redeemed, and
Down
MacroShares are only created and
exchanged, through entities who are banks, broker-dealers or other participant
members of The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") who have executed a contract
with the Trustee and the Administrative Agent ("Authorized
Participants").
Authorized Participants may direct the
issuance and redemption of
Down
MacroShares and
Up
MacroShares in MacroShares Units on a
continuous basis. “Paired Issuances” are all issuances of Paired Shares in
MacroShares Units that occur at any time after the formation of the Paired
Trusts, and “Paired Optional Redemptions” are all optional, shareholder-directed
redemptions of Paired Shares in MacroShares Units. Paired Shares are always
issued in Paired Issuances and always redeemed in Paired Optional Redemptions at
a specified redemption price equal to the combined underlying values of the
Paired Trusts attributable to the shares being issued or redeemed. The final
distribution made on the
Down
MacroShares being redeemed in a Paired
Optional Redemption will equal the ratable portion of the net assets of the
Down
Trust that are remaining in the trust
after it has made or received a settlement payment under each Settlement
Contract that was terminated in connection with such redemption. The market
price of the
Down
MacroShares or
Up
MacroShares at the time of the
redemption of any Paired Shares will have no effect on or relation to the price
at which the applicable trust is required to redeem those
shares.
Orders for Paired Issuances and Paired
Optional Redemptions will be accepted from Authorized Participants on each New
York Business Day. Paired Issuances and Paired Optional Redemptions can be
settled on order date plus one business day, except that, any redemption order
that is delivered on a distribution date or on the business day following a
distribution date will be settled on the third business day following the
redemption order date to ensure that any Authorized Participant who places a
redemption order on these two days will still be considered a holder of record
on the record date and, therefore, eligible to receive its quarterly
distribution, if any, for the preceding calculation period.
B.
|
Significant
Accounting Policies
|
The following is a summary of the
significant accounting policies that are consistently followed by the
Down
Trust in the preparation of its
financial statements.
Basis of Accounting
The policies are in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
(“GAAP”).
The preparation of financial statements
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
amounts of assets and liabilities on the date of the financial statements and
the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period
presented in the accompanying financial statements (the "
Reporting
Period
").
Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
For
financial reporting purposes, the Trust has adopted an April 30 fiscal year
end.
The accompanying
financial statements include a statement of financial condition as of April 30,
2009 representing the issuance of Founders’ Capital Shares on July 11,
2008. As the Down Trust did not commence operations until June 29, 2009,
statements of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity and of cash flows for
the period ended October 31, 2008 have been omitted.
In June
2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 168, “The FASB Accounting Standards
Codification (“ASC”) and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles,” which has become the source of authoritative U.S. GAAP recognized
by the FASB to be applied to nongovernmental entities. This supersedes non-SEC
accounting and reporting standards and is effective for financial statements
issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This
adoption by the Trust has changed the Trust’s references to U.S. GAAP accounting
standards but did not impact the Trust’s results of operations or financial
position.
MacroShares Major Metro Housing Down
Trust
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
(Continued)
as of
October 31
, 2009
General
Under GAAP, U.S. government securities
and repurchase agreements are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest
income, adjusted for the amortization of premium and accretion of
discounts
,
is earned from settlement date and is
recorded on an accrual basis.
Expenses are recorded on an accrual
basis as incurred.
Cash and Cash
Equivalents
The
Down
Trust considers all highly liquid
investments with original maturities of less than 90 days to be cash
equivalents.
The
Down
Trust invests in debt securities issued
by the U.S. government and repurchase agreements (or "
repos
") collateralized by U.S. government
securities, which have, in each case, remaining maturities or terms of less than
ninety (90) days.
The
Down
Trust may enter into repurchase
agreements with banks and broker-dealers whereby the
Down
Trust acquires a U.S. debt security for
cash and obtains a simultaneous commitment from the seller to repurchase the
security at an agreed upon price and date.
The
Down
Trust, through its custodian, takes
possession of securities that are used as collateral.
In connection with transactions in
repos, if the seller defaults or enters into insolvency proceedings and the
value of the collateral declines, recovery of cash by the
Down
Trust may be delayed or limited. The
U.S. government securities and repos are valued at amortized cost, which
approximates market value.
The Settlement
Contracts
For the purpose of determining the
underlying value at which Paired Shares are redeemed or created, each daily
recording of the difference between the
Reference Value of the Index
and the Starting Level is referred to
as the daily calculation of the amount due to or from the
Down
Trust under the Settlement
Contract.
If the
Reference Value of the Index
is less than
its Starting Level an asset receivable
is recorded as being due from the
Up
Trust under the Settlement
Contracts.
If the
Reference Value of the Index
exceeds
its Starting Level, a liability payable
to the
Up
Trust is recorded under the Settlement
Contracts.
If the
Reference Value of the Index
equals its Starting Level, no
accounting entry is recorded.
For the purpose of financial reporting,
the settlement contracts constitute derivative contracts. Accordingly, the
settlement contracts are recorded in the financial statements at fair value, as
determined by the Administrative Agent. As there is no market for the settlement
contracts, and no such market is expected to develop, the Administrative Agent
determines the fair value of the settlement contracts by reference to various
inputs, including the contractual amount due to or from the other trust,
applicable market indices, and the prices of transactions in
Down
MacroShares on the
NYSE Arca
.
The fair value of the settlement
contracts as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent could differ
from the value that would have been determined had a market for the settlement
contracts existed, and the differences could be material.
The fair value of the settlement
contracts created on
June
29, 2009 and the settlement contracts
held by the
Down
Trust as of
October
31, 2009
,
and on various creation or redemption
dates during the
Reporting
Period
for financial
reporting purposes was different from the value used to determine underlying
value, as defined previously.
Income Distribution
Agreement
Under the Income Distribution Agreement
with the
Up
Trust, the
Down
Trust, on each quarterly distribution
date, is either (1) required to pay all or a portion of its income from its
government securities and repos, after deduction of a fixed number of basis
points (a basis point being 1/100 of one
percent
) and an accrual for other expenses, for
the payment of fees and expenses, to the
Up
Trust or (2) entitled to receive all or
a portion of the
Up
Trust's income, after the
Up
Trust has deducted a fixed number of
basis points for the payment of its asset-based expenses and an accrual for
other expenses.
MacroShares Major Metro Housing Down
Trust
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
(Continued)
as of
October 31
, 2009
For the purpose of determining the
underlying value at which Paired Shares are redeemed or created, if the
Reference Value of the
Index
on any New York
Business Day exceeds its Starting Level, the Up Trust records a payment
obligation to be made to it by the Down Trust under the Income Distribution
Agreement as an asset receivable for that day.
If the
Reference Value of the Index
is less than its Starting Level on any
New York Business Day, the Up Trust records a liability payable to the Down
Trust under the Income Distribution Agreement.
If the
Reference Value of the Index
equals its Starting Level, no
accounting entry is recorded.
For any day that is not a New York
Business Day, the
Reference
Value of the Index
from the
last preceding New York Business Day is used to calculate the asset or liability
under the Income Distribution Agreement for that day.
The assets receivable and liabilities
payable by the
Down
Trust for each day of the Calculation
Period are netted in order to determine whether the
Down
Trust will make a payment to, or be
entitled to receive a payment from, the
Up
Trust on the quarterly distribution
date, prior to distributing its income to its shareholders.
For the purpose of financial reporting,
the Income Distribution Agreement constitutes a derivative contract.
Accordingly, the
Down
Trust records the Income Distribution
Agreement in the financial statements at fair value, as determined by the
Administrative Agent. As there is no market for the Income Distribution
Agreement, and no such market is expected to develop, the Administrative Agent
determines the fair value of the income distribution contract by reference to
various inputs, including the contractual amount due to or from the other trust
as well as the factors considered in the valuation of the settlement contracts
as described above. The fair value of the Income Distribution Agreement as
determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent could differ from the value
that would have been determined had a market for the Income Distribution
Agreement existed, and the differences could be material.
The fair value of the Income
Distribution Agreement held by the
Down
Trust on the initial creation date,
June
29, 2009, and as of
October
31, 2009
and on various creation and redemption
dates during the Reporting Period
for financial reporting purposes was
different from the value used to determine underlying value, as defined
previously
.
Fair Value
In accordance with ACS 820 - Fair
Value measurements fair value is defined as the price that the
Down
Trust would receive upon selling
the cash equivalents, settlement contracts, and income distribution
agreement in a timely transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or
most advantageous market of the investment. Recent disclosure
requirements established a three-tier hierarchy to maximize the use of
observable market data and minimize the use of unobservable inputs and to
establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. The
three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad Levels listed
below.
|
·
|
Level 1 – quoted prices in active
markets for identical
investments
|
|
·
|
Level 2 – other significant
observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments,
interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk,
etc.)
|
|
·
|
Level 3 – significant unobservable
inputs (including the
Down
Trust’s own assumptions in
determining the fair value of
investments)
|
The following is a summary of the inputs
used as of
October
31, 2009:
Level 1 – Quoted Prices (cash
equivalents consisting of U.S. Treasury bills)
|
|
$
|
10,293,489
|
|
Level 2 – Other Significant
Observable Inputs:
|
|
|
|
|
-
Overnight repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government
securities
|
|
|
388,000
|
|
-
Settlement contracts and the income distribution agreement
|
|
|
627,667
|
|
Level 3 – Significant Unobservable
Inputs
|
|
|
––
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
11,309,156
|
|
MacroShares Major Metro Housing Down
Trust
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
(Continued)
as of
October 31
, 2009
Summary of Level 3 Inputs
on Fair Valuation of
Settlement Contracts and the Income Distribution
Agreement:
|
|
|
|
Period
from
August 1, 2009
to
October 31,
2009
|
|
|
Period
from
June 29,
2009
(commencement of
operations)
to
October 31,
2009
|
|
Balance at
beginning of period
|
|
$
|
––
|
|
|
|
––
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Creation
Activity
|
|
|
––
|
|
|
$
|
2,053,200
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Redemption
Activity
|
|
|
––
|
|
|
|
––
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reali
zed and
Unrealized Gains or Losses
|
|
|
––
|
|
|
|
418,100
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transfers in or
out of Level 3 in response to changes of significant
inputs
|
|
|
––
|
|
|
|
(2,471,300
|
)*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at end of
period
|
|
$
|
––
|
|
|
$
|
––
|
|
*
|
The
transfer out of Level 3 was in response to the initiation of trading
of Down Trust shares on NYSE Arca, and in sufficient volumes, to use
quoted prices (Level 2 input) on which to base fair valuation
determination.
|
Federal Income Taxes
The
Down
Trust is treated as a partnership for
federal income tax purposes and, therefore, no provision for federal income
taxes is required.
C.
|
Operating
Expenses and Related Party
Expenses
|
Operating expenses are deducted daily
from the income earned by the
Down
Trust in an amount equal to the product
of the trust's assets, including Treasuries and cash (but excluding the value of
the settlement contracts and the Income Distribution Agreement), held by the
Down
Trust on each day (the "
Down
Trust Asset
Amount
") and (i) a rate
of 125
basis points (one basis point equals
0.01%) per annum and an estimated fixed annual amount of approximately $600,000
divided by 365 or 366, depending upon the number of days in the current
year.
C1.
Related
Party Expenses
Pursuant to the
Down
Trust Agreement, the
Down
Trust, commencing on
June
29, 2009, pays MacroMarkets LLC a fee
that accrues daily at an annualized rate of 0.25% of the
Down
Trust Asset Amount for acting as the
Administrative Agent
on
behalf of the trust and for sublicensing to the trust the right to reference the
S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-10 Home Price Index
.
The fee for the
three months
ended
October
31, 2009
and for the period from June 29, 2009
(commencement of operations) to October 31, 2009 was $7,440 and $9
,940
, respectively
.
The
Down
Trust pays MacroMarkets LLC, in
addition, (i) a licensing fee for the use of its intellectual property related
to the patented MacroShares structure, which accrues daily at an annualized rate
of
0.20%
o
f
the
Down
Trust Asset Amount, (ii) a structuring
fee for structuring the product, which accrues daily at an annualized rate of
0.20%
o
f
the
Down
Trust Asset Amount,
and pays
Macro Financial, LLC, an affiliate of
MacroMarkets LLC,
(i)
a marketing fee for
acting as Marketing Agent for the trust, which accrues daily at an annualized
rate of
0.43%
of the
Down
Trust Asset Amount
and (ii) a fee to be used for
advertising and investor education, which accrues daily at an annualized rate of
0.05% of the Down Trust Asset Amount
.
The MacroMarkets, LLC and Macro
Financial, LLC fees for acting in these capacities for the
three months ended October 31, 2009 and
for the period from June 29, 2009 (commencement of operations) to October 31,
2009
were
$26,19
1
and
$
34,991, respectively
.
In addition, Macro Financial, LLC
receives a fee of $0.05 per share directly from the Authorized Participants in
connection with each Paired Issuance. This fee represents reimbursement for the
upfront launch costs in connection with the offering of Up and Down MacroShares
which were incurred by Macro Financial, LLC and such fee will be charged for
each Down MacroShare created at any time after June 29, 2009 until an
aggregate amount of $1,222,526 has been reimbursed to it. During the three
months ended October 31, 2009 and the period from June 29, 2009
(commencement of operations) to October 31, 2009, Macro Financial, LLC has
informed the Down Trust that it received
$3,000
and $7,000, respectively in launch cost
recovery fees related to the creation of Down MacroShares.
MacroShares Major Metro Housing Down
Trust
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
(Continued)
as of
October 31
, 2009
C2.
Trustee
Fees
Pursuant to the Declaration of the
Down
Trust, the Trustee receives a fee with
respect to the services for the
Down
Trust
which accrues daily
in an amount equal to the product of a
per annum rate of 0.12%
of
the
Down
Trust Asset Amount
or an annual minimum
fee, whichever is greater.
The annual minimum fee for the initial
fiscal year (period from June 29, 2009 (commencement of operations) to April 30,
2010) is $85,417, and increases to $143,750 for the fiscal year ending April 30,
2011, and to $150,000 for fiscal years thereafter.
Trustee fees
, including a technology fee
reimbursement,
for the
three months ended October
31, 2009 and for the
period
from June 29, 2009
(commencement of operations) to
October 31
, 2009 were
$43,370 and
$
61,
992
, respectively
.
In addition, the Trustee receives a fee
of $2
50 ($2,000 prior to
July 20, 2009)
directly
from the
Authorized Participants in connection with each Paired Issuance or Paired
Optional Redemption.
State Street Bank and Trust Company,
N.A., a national bank chartered by the Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, is the "
Custodian
" of the trust assets on behalf of the
Down
Trust.
The Trustee of the
Down
Trust will
normally
make quarterly and final distributions
to each person who was a "
Registered
Owner,
" which is the
depository or nominee thereof in which name the
Down
MacroShares are registered, on the
record date that preceded such distribution date. The amount of the quarterly
distributions may consist of interest and other income received on the debt
securities issued by the U.S. government and repos, income received by the
Down
Trust under the Income Distribution
Agreement, and all paid-in interest associated with any paired
issuances.
Distribution Dates are typically the
third business day prior to the last business day of March, June,
September and December of each year,
commencing in September of
2009.
The ability of the
Down Trust to make future distributions to investors will be reduced, and
possibly eliminated, until such time as market interest rates exceed the fee
deduction amount, and the deficiency in the amount that is invested, less
expenses, is made up out of income received on subsequent distribution dates. At
October 31, 2009, the deficiency in the amount invested measured against the
Down Aggregate Par Amount approximated $
2
06
,
5
00.
When made by the Down Trust, the
quarterly and final distributions will occur after all expenses of the Down
Trust have been paid.
Issuances and redemptions of
Down
MacroShares are reflected in these
financial statements at the value of the equity attributable to such shares at
time of issuance or redemption, based on GAAP, which may differ from underlying
value.
For the period from June 29, 2009
to October 31
, 2009,
540,000
of the Down MacroShares were created at
the va
lue of the equity
attributable to such shares
of $18,260,462, with an underlying value
of $16,200,950.
Of these
amounts, the Down Trust issued 400,000 shares to the initial Authorized
Participant at the value of the equity attributable to such shares of
$14,000,000 or $35.00 per share.
The
Down
Trust receives, for each share issued,
cash equal to one-half of the combined Underlying Value of the
Down
Trust and the
Up
Trust.
The increase
/decrease
in the contractual value of the
settlement contracts and income distribution agreement resulting from
creation
s and redemptions
results in the net
increase
/decrease
in net assets per share on
creations
and
redemptions
being equal to
underlying value per share on the date of issuance
or redemption
.
Similarly, the increase/decrease in the
fair value of the settlement contracts from creations and redemptions results in
the net increase/decrease in net assets from creations and redemptions for
financial reporting purposes being equal to the equity attributable to such
shares on the date of issuance and redemption. Accordingly, such
increase/decrease in fair value is included as a part of the
contributions/redemptions in the Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity.
For the period from June 29, 2009 (commencement of operations) to October
31, 2009, 110,000 Down MacroShares were redeemed at the value of the equity
attributable to such shares of $2,942,100 with an underlying value of
$3,153,288. In addition,
shares representing initial Founder’s
Equity discussed above
,
were also redeemed in the
period
from June 29, 2009 (commencement of
operations) to October 31, 2009
.
For the three months ended
October 31
, 2009,
60,000 of the Down
MacroShares were created at the va
lue of the equity attributable to such
shares
of
$1,393,574,
with an underlying value
of $1,775,087.
During the same period,
80,000 Down MacroShares were redeemed at the value of the equity attributable to
such shares
of
$2,016,000
with an
underlying value of $2,243,512.
MacroShares Major Metro Housing Down
Trust
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
(Continued)
as of
October 31
, 2009
The
Down
MacroShares are classified as
“redeemable” for financial statement purposes, because they are subject to
continuous redemption as described in the prospectus for such shares. Individual
investors cannot purchase or redeem shares in direct transactions with the
Down
Trust.
The
Down
Trust only deals with Authorized
Participants, who may redeem
Down
MacroShares at any time (but only
together with
Up
MacroShares in the prescribed minimum
aggregations that constitute MacroShares Units), provided that optional
redemptions of shares may be suspended in certain circumstances which are
described in the trust agreement.
F.
Indemnifications
Under the
Down
Trust
’s Trust
Agreement, the Authorized Participant
Agreements and certain licensing agreements, the Depositor, the Trustee,
S
tandard &
Poor’s
, the Authorized
Participants
,
MacroMarkets LLC
,
and Macro Financial LLC
are indemnified by the
Down
Trust against any liability or expense
that any of them may incur in connection with the service and licensing
agreements into which they entered with the
Down
Trust that is not the result of gross
negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or reckless disregard on their part.
The
Down
Trust's maximum exposure under these
indemnification arrangements (as set forth in their respective trust agreement,
the Authorized Participant Agreements and certain licensing agreements) is
unknown and dependent upon future claims that may be made against the
Down
Trust based on events that have not yet
occurred. However, the
Down
Trust expects the risk of loss to be
remote.
G.
|
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
|
In March
2008, new disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, which
are now part of ASC 815, were issued and were effective for fiscal years
beginning after November 15, 2008. The adoption of the new requirements did not
impact the Down Trust’s financial condition and results of
operations.
On May
28, 2009, the FASB issued new disclosure requirements on “Subsequent Events”
which are now part of ASC 855 and provided general standards of accounting for
and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before
financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. In addition it
required the disclosure of the date through which an entity has evaluated
subsequent events and the basis for that date. The adoption of the requirement,
which was effective June 30, 2009, did not impact the Down Trust’s financial
condition and results of operations.
On April
9, 2009, the FASB issued a new standard “Determining Fair Value When the Volume
and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased
and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly” which is now part of ASC 820.
It provided guidance for determining whether a market is inactive and a
transaction is distressed. In addition, it requires enhanced disclosures
regarding financial assets and liabilities that are recorded at fair value. The
requirement was effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after
June 15, 2009. The application of the standard did not have an impact on the
Down Trust’s financial condition or results of operations.
On April
9, 2009, the FASB issued new guidance, “Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of
Financial Instruments” which is now part of ASC 820 and requires expanded
disclosures for all financial instruments and are effective for the Down Trust’s
quarterly financial statements for the period ended October 31, 2009. The
adoption of the standard did not impact the Down Trust’s financial condition and
results of operations.
MacroShares Major Metro Housing Down
Trust
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
(Continued)
as of
October 31
, 2009
H.
Concentration
Risk
The
Down
Trust's performance at underlying value
is determined by the
Reference Value
of
the
Index.
Therefore, the primary risk of loss to
the
Down
Trust comes from fluctuations in
the
Reference
Value
of the
Index.
The Starting Level
for the Reference Value of the Index for purposes of the transactions of the
Down Trust is 162.17
. The
maximum value of the Index for which the Up Trust can deliver positive
investment returns at underlying value corresponding to the Reference Value of
such Index is equal to 216.23.
(Conversely, the minimum level of the
Index for which the Down Trust can deliver positive investment returns at
underlying value corresponding inversely t
o the
value
of such Index is
108.11).
Also, the
Down
Trust is exposed to possible
indemnification obligations, as described above.
An additional risk comes from interest
rate fluctuations, which affect the total amount of income earned by the Paired
Trusts.
In addition, State Street Bank and Trust
Company, N.A. holds 100% of the cash and cash equivalents on
deposit.
There are risks in terms of exposure to
State Street Bank and Trust Company, N.A. in that the
Down
Trust may potentially lose all or a
portion of the cash that is held at State Street Bank and Trust Company,
N.A.
I.
|
Termination
of the Trust
|
The
Down
Trust is scheduled to be terminated on
November
25, 2014.
On such date, the holders of any
Down
MacroShares which remain outstanding
will receive the net assets of the
Down
Trust after the settlement and
termination of all outstanding Settlement Contracts in the same manner as such
contracts would be settled and terminated in connection with any Paired Optional
Redemption. The Income Distribution Agreement will also be terminated on this
date, but no settlement obligations will be due thereunder.
Additional termination events of the
Down
Trust consist of
(i) S&P fails to publish the
S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-10 Home Price Index or S&P fails to make the
Reference Value of the Index available to the Paired Trusts for purposes of
calculating Underlying Value, in either case, for three (3) consecutive Index
Publication Days, (ii) for three (3) consecutive Index Publication Days, the
S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-10 Home Price Index level is equal to or below
108.11 or equal to or above 216.23. At and above an index level of 216.23, the
Up Trust would be entitled to 100% of the Down Trust’s assets under the
settlement contracts and at and below an index level of 108.11, the Down Trust
would be entitled to 100% of the Up Trust’s assets under the settlement
contracts, (iii)
either of
the Paired Trusts becomes required to register as an "investment company" under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(iv)
either of the Paired Trusts becomes a
commodities pool that is subject to regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act,
as amended,
(v) the Down
MacroShares and/or the Up MacroShares are delisted by NYSE Arca,
(v
i
) DTC becomes unwilling or unable to act
as depository and no suitable replacement is willing or able
to assume the duties of a depository for
the Paired Trusts
,
(vii)
the administrative
agent resigns or is unable to perform its duties under one or both trust
agreements of the paired trusts, or becomes bankrupt or insolvent, and no
suitable replacement is willing and able to assume the duties of the
administrative agent under the Trust agreements,
(viii)
the Depositor elects to terminate the
Paired Trusts and 66 and 2/3% of the holders of the
Down
Trust and the
Up
Trust, each voting as a separate class,
consent to such termination
, (ix)
either of the Paired Trusts
is adjudged to
be
bankrupt or
insolvent
or becomes involved in voluntary or
involuntary insolvency or similar proceedings that are not dismissed within 90
days, (x) the Depositor determines, in its good faith discretion that there is a
material risk that the Down Trust is subject to withholding tax liability, and
the Depositor elects to terminate the Paired Trusts, (xi)
either of the Paired Trusts becomes
under-collateralized, as measured on any Distribution Date prior to the making
of any payments or distributions on that Distribution Date and without taking
into account the rights and obligations of the Paired Trusts under the Income
Distribution Agreement and the Settlement Contracts, such that the amount of
cash on deposit in the affected trust is equal to 90% or less of the cash on
deposit in the other trust;
(xii)
the amount of cash
and treasuries on deposit in the
Down
Trust or the
Up
Trust is reduced to less than
ten (10) million
dollars on any business day
; and (x
ii
i) the amount of cash and treasuries on
deposit in the
Down
Trust
and/
or the
Up
Trust is less than
fifty (50) million
dollars
per trust on any business day
and the Depositor elects,
in its sole discretion, to terminate the
Paired Trusts
.
Therefore, because the
Paired Trusts currently do not each hold cash and U.S. government securities in
an amount equal to at least fifty (50) million dollars, the Depositor has
the right, for so long as such fifty (50) million dollar threshold has not
been received, and maintained, to terminate the Paired Trusts.
However, the Depositor currently has no
intention of terminating the Paired Trusts.
MacroShares Major Metro Housing Down
Trust
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
(Continued)
as of
October 31
, 2009
In the case of each of these termination
events, including the event described in clause (
xi
) above, but excluding the event
described in clause
s
(i
), (ii), an (ix)
above, the Settlement Contracts would
settle on the next Distribution Date on the basis of the
Reference Value of the Index
on the last Price Determination Date
preceding that Distribution Date, which may be different from the
Reference Value of the Index
at the time when the termination event
occurred.
In the case of the termination trigger
described in clause (i
) and
(ii)
above,
related to the unavailability of the
S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-10 Home Price Index or the rise of the Reference
Value of the Index to or above 216.23 or to or below 108.11, the Early
Termination Date will not occur until the Distribution Date that follows the
third consecutive Index Publication Day on which any of these circumstances have
persisted. In the case of clause (ix) related to the bankruptcy of either of the
Paired Trusts, the Early Termination Date will not occur until the Distribution
Date that follows the ninetieth day after the date on which either of the paired
Trusts have been adjudged to be bankrupt or insolvent or on which they become
involved in voluntary or involuntary insolvency or similar
proceedings.
Note J:
Other
The
Down
Trust has evaluated
events
occuring subsequent to October 31, 2009 and
through December 15,
2009, the date its financial statements were
issued.
Item 2.
|
Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
|
The following discussion and analysis
should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and accompanying
notes filed as part of this report.
INTRODUCTION
Overview of the Trust’s
Structure
The assets of the
Down
Trust consist of an income distribution
agreement and settlement contracts entered into with the
Up
Trust. The
Down
Trust will also hold cash, U.S.
Treasuries and repurchase agreements on U.S. Treasuries to secure its
obligations under the income distribution agreement and the settlement
contracts. The
Down
Trust will make quarterly distributions
of its net investment income
when the income of the Trust exceeds the
Trust’s expenses,
and a
final distribution of all assets it holds on deposit on the final scheduled
termination date, an early termination date or a redemption date. Each quarterly
and final distribution will take into consideration the
most recently published
value
of
the
S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-10 Home
Price Index
(“Reference
Value of the Index”)
, as
established and reported by S
tandard & Poor’s
each
index publication day.
The starting level for the Reference
Price of the Index
was
162.17.
The obligations under the settlement
contracts
are leveraged by
a factor of three and
on
the final scheduled termination date, an early termination date or a redemption
date are determined based on the
Reference Price of the Index on the
last preceding
index publication day
and the
percent
age change of such
value
from the starting
level.
The
Down
Trust
intends to
distribute quarterly to its shareholders
the income from government securities and overnight repurchase agreements
(“Treasuries”) it holds on deposit during such quarter less the fee deduction
amount, plus or minus, in accordance with the income distribution agreement, the
amount received from or paid to, as applicable, the
Up
Trust.
Final distributions are made to
shareholders on the earlier of the final scheduled termination date or an early
termination date.
Effective
June 30
, 2009, the
Down
MacroShares have traded on the
NYSE Arca
under the symbol "
D
MM."
At October 31, 2009, the fee
deduction amount was in excess of the income earned by the Down Trust. There has
been and continues to be a significant reduction in yields available on
Treasuries as investors have fled to the perceived safety of U.S. Treasury
securities during the current economic crisis.
Daily Reporting
State Street Bank and Trust Co., as
Trustee, calculates the Underlying Value of the
Down
Trust and the Per Share Underlying
Value of one
Down
MacroShare for each calendar
day.
At the close of each business day, the
Trustee will perform these calculations (1) for that business day or, (2) if
that business day is followed by one or more intervening non-business days, for
the last calendar day preceding the next business day, and it will provide the
calculations to the Administrative Agent for posting on the website maintained
by the Administrative Agent at
http://www.macromarkets.com
not later than one hour prior to the
commencement of trading on NYSE Arca on the next business day that follows the
day of calculation.
The Administrative Agent will also
calculate and post on its website, not later than one hour prior to the
commencement of trading on NYSE Arca on each business day, the premium or
discount of the midpoint of the bid/offer price spread for one
Down
MacroShare at the close of the
preceding trading day over or to the proportionate underlying value of one
Down
MacroShare on that day.
The Trustee will base its calculations
for each business day on the Reference Value of the Index for that business
day
which will be
communicated to it by the Administrative Agent.
The following table sets forth, for the
period indicated, the high and low market price per share for the Down
MacroShares.
Three Months Ended
October 31, 2009
|
|
High
|
|
|
Low
|
|
Second
Quarter (beginning
August 1, 2009
)
|
|
$
|
29.09
|
|
|
$
|
21.29
|
|
First Quarter (beginning May 1,
2009)
|
|
|
38.65
|
|
|
|
22.88
|
|
Per-Share Underlying Value
of
M
acroShares
Trust Shares Relative to
the
Reference
Value of the Index a
nd the Market Price
Tracking
UMM
,
DMM, and
the
S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-10 Home Price Index
(“Benchmark”)
.
The Paired Trusts seek to passively hold
a portfolio of Treasuries and overnight repurchase agreements (“Treasuries”) and
derivative agreements such that changes in the daily underlying value, on a
dollar basis, closely track changes in the S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-10
Home Price Index (“Benchmark”).
The Up MacroShares (“UMM”) seek to
deliver
three times
the
cumulative
positive performance of the Benchmark,
and Down MacroShares (“DMM”) seek to deliver
three times
the
cumulative
inverse performance of the Benchmark
against the
starting level
for Reference Value of the Index of 162.17, which is the value published on
February 24, 200
9.
There
is no active management of futures
contracts or any other derivative contract in any component of the
returns.
The Treasury portfolio must mature to
cash prior to the quarterly distribution date.
The daily change in the underlying value
is equal to the current Reference Value of the Index plus accrued net income
from the Treasuries. The value of the Benchmark on any index publication date
reflects home prices measured during the second, third, and fourth calendar
months preceding the month in which that index publication date
occurs.
An index publication date is the
business day in each calendar month on which S&P publishes the value of the
S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-10 Home Price Index.
S&P publishes this value on the last
Tuesday of each calendar month, or if that day is not a business day, on the
next succeeding business day, at 9:00 AM New York City time.
To demonstrate the performance impact of
a
negative
change in the Reference Value of the
Index, if the change in the benchmark is equal to 2.1624 index
points,
D
MM’s underlying value is expected to
increase $1 plus the interest earned on the Treasuries less
expenses.
However, this 2.1624:1 relationship
between changes in the
Reference Value of the Index and the Per
Share Underlying Value of a
Down
MacroShare will hold only so long as
the amount of cash and treasuries in the
Down
Trust (not taking into account treasury
income) is equal to the Aggregate Par Amount of all outstanding
MacroShares.
If this is no longer the case because
the fees and expenses of the
Down
Trust exceed its treasury income (as
was the case at
October
31, 2009) during one or
more Calculation Periods, a specified change in the Reference Value of the Index
will still result in the same
percent
age change in the Per Share Underlying
Value, but not the same dollar amount, because each MacroShare will represent,
in effect, a smaller
exposure to
housing.
A portion of the net income, if any, on
the Treasuries will be also allocated to
D
MM from the
U
MM trust when the Benchmark value
is
below
162.17. Likewise, the underlying value
of
U
MM, as defined within the prospectus, is
expected to reflect a decline in value, equal to $1 and the portion of the net
income, if any, earned on the Treasuries allocable to
D
MM.
MacroShares do not and can not change
the underlying market dynamics of the benchmark. Therefore,
market perceptions of the direction of
future home prices at the scheduled Trust termination date of November 25,
2014 measured against the current reference value of
the S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-10
Home Price Index may be reflected in the performance of UMM and DMM in the form
of premiums and discounts
to Underlying Value
.
T
he expectation of higher
prices
into the future
reflects the willingness of investors to
buy at a higher price today for performance they expect to receive at a future
date.
T
he expectation of lower prices in the
future
than reflected by
the current Reference Value of the Index
may re
sult in DMM shares trading at a premium
to Underlying Value and UMM trading at a discount to Underlying
Value.
In addition, as the
benchmark Index
value
moves from the Starting Level, the
maximum potential of UMM and DMM for future appreciation and depreciation will
change accordingly.
If the benchmark Index
value
rises above the Starting Level,
D
MM's maximum potential future
appreciation will
increase
, and maximum potential future
depreciation will
decrease
, in proportion to the increase in the
benchmark Index
value
before the application of the leverage factor
.
The change in the potential for future
appreciation and depreciation may be an additional factor that could result in
the future market prices of UMM and DMM reflecting a premium or a discount to
underlying value, and the magnitude of the impact on the premium or discount may
vary with the magnitude of the difference between the benchmark Index price and
the Starting Level.
The paired nature of the MacroShares’
creation and redemption process indicates that, effective with the commencement
of trading on
June 30
, 2009, if the
Down
MacroShares are trading at a premium,
the
Up
MacroShares should trade at a discount
in order to preserve the combined underlying value of the paired shares and the
creation/redemption relationship to each other. Likewise, if the
Down
MacroShares are trading at a discount,
the
Up
MacroShares must trade at a premium in
order to preserve the combined underlying value and the creation/redemption
relationship to each other.
Potential investors in MacroShares
should understand that MacroShares are a relatively new class of products and
that the performance attributes of the benchmark asset’s market
are expected to
be reflected in the performance of the
passively managed MacroShares.
Explanation of Implied Home Price
Appreciation (HPA)
Prospective investors, when determining
whether or not to purchase MacroShares Major Metro Housing
Up or Down MacroShares
, should consider the implied home price
appreciation (HPA) implicit in the securities' secondary market prices. In
order to accurately calculate Implied HPA,
we believe
one must do so in terms of
Up
Macro
Shares. For example, if UMM's
price is $23, one can deduce that the market expects the Reference Value of the
Index to be approximately 1
57.85
upon
maturity.
((($23 / $25 - 1) / 3) + 1) * 162.17 =
157.85
(((UMM Market Price / Par Value - 1) /
3) + 1) * Starting Reference Value of the Index
The Implied HPA, therefore, is
-2.6
6
%, or (157.85 / 162.17 -
1).
In a perfectly efficient market, DMM's
market price will imply the same Reference Index level upon maturity, though the
calculation must be first translated into UMM U
nderlying
V
alue
($50 minus DMM's
price).
(((($50 - $27) / $25 - 1) / 3) + 1) *
162.17
(((($50 - DMM Market Price) / Par Value
- 1) / 3) + 1) * Starting Reference Value of the Index
This arithmetic, while simplified by
withholding consideration of past or future trust expenses and income generated
from trust collateral, is how an investor should determine whether or not the
market's valuation of the shares is appropriate and/or attractive considering
his or her
investment objectives. Since both
UMM and DMM investors must consider the market's Implied HPA, which can only be
determined correctly in terms of UMM Underlying Value, fair value should always
be based on UMM regardless of trading volumes.
The quarter opened with
DMM trading well below
its Underlying Value; on August
4
th
, the second trading day of the quarter,
D
MM closed at its
biggest discount
to Underlying Value, 24.95%
.
In addition to other surprisingly
bullish housing market indicators, the S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-10 Home
Price Index had risen for the first time in 3 years in the report released by
Standard and Poor
’
s the prior week. This
newfound optimism in the forward housing market reached an apex on August
26
th
, when
D
MM hit its all-time
low
of $
21.29
. Like July, the month of
August featured various housing data series showing a continued positive
outlook. Housing Starts, Existing Home Sales, and New Home Sales all
met or beat
many
economist’s
expectations in
August. Future home price sentiment remained moderately bullish for
the quarter, as the S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-10 rose for the
fourth
consecutive time in October, gaining
approximately 5% from the lows set in the June index release. Since
home prices are subject to seasonal effects, many in the marketplace believe
that the positive housing numbers were, at least in part, the result of the
summer buying season. With the fall and winter months ahead,
D
MM slowly
bounced off of
its August
low
s, closing at $2
6.01
on October 30
th
. See Exhibit
A.
Exhibit A
U
MM, conversely, hit its quarterly
high
on August 26
th
($28
.
13
intraday), trading at a
premium
to its Underlying Value for the entire
quarter.
UMM
settl
ed at a 37.44% premium on August
4
th
, its largest spread above Underlying
Value
. As the market
continued to “sell the news”, thereby doubting the sustainability of continued
home price increases,
U
MM – where investors seek to benefit
from
future increases in
home prices –
sold off
from its
high
s, closing the quarter close to its
Underlying Value ($
23.06, a
2.04
%
premium above
U
nderlying Value
).
S
ee Exhibit B.
Exhibit B
The market’s perception of Implied HPA
dictates these movements in UMM and DMM prices relative to their respective
Underlying Values. At the beginning of the quarter, the forward home
price market pushed higher as more good news kept hitting the
market. Over time, the exuberance of a strong housing recovery faded;
UMM’s premium and DMM’s discount converged as the forward home price market
pulled back. By the end of October, MacroShares investors were
calling for home prices to remain virtually flat at maturity (November 2014).
See Exhibit C.
Exhibit C
On
June 29
, 200
9
, the
Down Trust
issu
ed
400
,000 shares to the initial authorized
purchaser, K
ellogg Group
LLC. Such shares were issued at their initial fair value of $35.00 per share and
aggregated $14,000,000. At October 31, 2009, the equity attributable
to Down Trust shares at fair value approximated $11,171,000.
The Trust earned approximately $4,000 of
investment income during the three months ended October 31, 2009 due to
extremely low interest yields on its Treasuries. During the same three month
period total operating expenses aggregated approximately $168,000, resulting in
a net investment loss for the period of approximately $164,000. The current
small asset base in the Down Trust has resulted in investors bearing a
significant expense ratio. For the three month period ended October 31, 2009,
the effective annualized expense ratio to average daily underlying values was
4.89%. Actual periodic expense ratios borne by investors are significantly
influenced by the size of the Trust’s underlying value.
For the purpose of financial reporting,
the settlement contracts and income distribution agreement constitute derivative
contracts.
Accordingly, these derivative contracts
are recorded in the financial statements at fair value, as determined by the
Administrative Agent.
As there is no market for these
derivative contracts, and no such market is expected to develop, the
Administrative Agent determines the fair value of these derivative contracts by
reference to various inputs.
These inputs include the contractual
amount due to or from the
Up
Trust, applicable market indices, and
the prices of transactions in
Down
MacroShares on the
NYSE Arca
.
Fair Valuation of the derivative
contracts created in connection with the Paired Issuance of Down Trust and Up
Trust Shares to the initial authorized participant on June 29, 2009 (prior
to the commencement of trading on the NYSE Arca), and the initial post launch
Paired Issuance on July 1, 2009, was determined by the Administrative Agent
based on its expectation of the range of expected market prices in the period
following the launch of the Paired Trusts. With the commencement of the public
trading of the Paired Trust Shares, and commencing with the first full week of
trading and throughout the remainder of the period ended October 31, 2009,
the Administrative Agent
determined, based upon various inputs the most significant of which was
transactions for the
Down
T
rust
Shares in the open market, that fair
valuation for these derivative contracts was more appropriately based upon
prices of transactions in
Down Trust Shares and Up Trust Shares.
At the beginning of the quarter, the
Down Trust equity was approximately $10,965,300. The equity of the
Down Trust was decreased by approximately $622,900 in net Authorized
Participant activity comprised of an increase of approximately $1,393,100 due to
share creations, reduced by $2,016,000 attributable to share
redemptions. The Down Trust share redemptions resulted in the
recognition of approximately $752,600 in net realized losses on the settlement
contracts associated with the Down Trust share
redemptions. Authorized Participant activity during the quarter
resulted in a net 20,000 share decrease in Down Trust shares resulting in
430,000 Down Trust shares outstanding at October 31, 2009. As DMM
share market prices increased steadily throughout the quarter, as reflected by a
steady reduction in the discount of DMM market prices over Underlying Value, the
Down Trust recognized a decrease in unrealized depreciation of the settlement
contracts and income distribution agreement of approximately
$1,745,200. From the resultant $11,335,000 in Down Trust equity, the
net investment loss of approximately $164,000 is deducted, which resulted in
shareholders’ equity of approximately $11,171,000 at October 31, 2009. The
net realized and unrealized gain on the settlement contracts was the result of
increasing DMM share market prices throughout the quarter even though the three
month period experienced increasing Reference Values of the Index, which rose
from 151.00 at July 31, 2009 to 157.93 at October 31, 2009. This increase in the
Reference Value of the Index was represented by monthly increases in
August, September, and October - the first string of four
(including July)
monthly increases in over three years
and coincided with a shift in investor sentiment about the future direction of
home prices to a more positive view. However, we noted that as the
quarter concluded, this shift in investor sentiment became somewhat muted as the
market prices of DMM shares steadily increased during the
quarter. Furthermore, while DMM shares traded at a discount to
Underlying Value throughout the quarter, by October 31, 2009 the
discount had steadily declined to just 1.63% under Underlying Value after having
traded at a discount to Underlying Value as low as 24.95% below Underlying Value
in early August 2009.
During the period from June 29,
2009 (commencement of operations) to October 31, 2009,
540,000 shares (54
units, each unit consisting of
1
0,000 shares)
were
created and
110,000 shares (11
units
)
were redeemed
during the period.
During the three month
period October 31, 2009, 60,000
shares (6 units
) were created and 80,
000 (8
units) were
redeemed.
Liquidity
To the extent of management's knowledge,
there are no trends or demands, commitments, events, or uncertainties that will
result in, or that that are reasonably likely to result in, the
Down
Trust's liquidity increasing or
decreasing in any material way.
The main obligations of each of the
Down
Trust and
Up
Trust are its obligations, if any,
pursuant to the Income Distribution Agreement and Settlement
Contracts.
The
Down
Trust and
Up
Trust hold U.S. Treasuries and
repurchase agreements on U.S. Treasuries to secure each of its obligations under
the Income Distribution Agreement and the Settlement Contract
s.
Cash Flows From
Operations
|
|
For
the Period
from
June 29,
2009
(com
mencement
of
operations)
to
October
31,
2009
(unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from
operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
$
|
(4,
147,228
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjustments to
reconcile net loss to net cash
provided by
operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
Net
unrealiz
ed depreciation
on settlement contracts and
income distribution agreement
|
|
|
3,048,194
|
|
Settlement payments made in
excess of realized losses on
settlement
contracts and income distribution
agreement
|
|
|
1,310,929
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase
in operating
assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
receivable
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
Operating
expenses payable
|
|
|
138,143
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided
by operations
|
|
|
350,037
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from
financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contributions
|
|
|
1
3
,
484,860
|
|
Redemptions
|
|
|
(
3,154,288
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash
provided by financing activities
|
|
|
1
0
,
330,572
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase in
cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
1
0,680,609
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash
eq
uivalents,
beginning of period
|
|
|
1,000
|
|
Cash and cash
equivalents, end of period
|
|
$
|
1
0
,
681,609
|
|
As a result, the per share underlying
value on
October
31
, 2009, for financial
reporting purposes, based upon the fair valuation determination of
the
Administrative Agent,
was $25.98
.
The per share underlying value for the
same date
was
$26.44.
The Administrative
Agent will continue to evaluate the fair value of these derivative
contracts for each financial reporting
period.
Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangements
The Down Trust is not a party to any
off-balance sheet arrangements, except for the Income Distribution Agreement and
Settlement Contracts.
Item 3.
|
Quantitative and Qualitative
Disclosures about Market
Risk
|
The Trust Agreement does not authorize
the trustee to borrow for payment of the Down Trust’s ordinary
expenses.
The Down Trust does not engage in
transactions in foreign currencies which could expose it or any of its
shareholders to any foreign currency related risk.
The Down Trust does not invest in any
derivative financial instruments (other than the income distribution agreement
and the settlement contracts) and has no foreign operations or long-term debt
obligations.
Item 4.
|
Controls and
Procedures
|
The Depositor maintains disclosure
controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to
be disclosed in the Down Trust's Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and
Exchange Commission's rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated
and communicated to the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer
of the Depositor, and to the audit committee of MacroMarkets LLC, which have
been authorized by resolutions adopted by its Board to oversee the financial
reporting of the Down Trust, to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure.
Under the supervision and with the
participation of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of
the Depositor, the Depositor conducted an evaluation of the Down Trust's
disclosure controls and procedures, as defined under Exchange Act
Rule
13a-15(e).
Based on this evaluation, the Chief
Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Depositor concluded
that, as of
October
31
, 2009, the Down Trust's
disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
There was no change in the Down Trust's
internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the Down Trust's
most recently completed fiscal period ended
October
31, 2009 that has materially affected,
or is reasonably likely to materially affect, these internal
controls.
PART II.
|
OTHER
INFORMATION
|
|
|
Item 1.
|
Legal
Proceedings
|
None.
During the past two years, treasury
rates have been at relatively low levels compared to historical rate levels over
the past two decades. Further decreases in these rates have occurred as a result
of the large-scale policies and programs recently adopted by the U.S. federal
government, the goal of which was to support and stimulate capital market
activity. These policies have included a series of coordinated actions by the
U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve designed to alleviate currently severe
credit market dislocations by injecting liquidity into the financial system. The
impacts to date of these monetary policies and government interventions have
included decreases in short-term interest rates to historically low levels. More
notable, the current economic crisis has resulted in a huge increase in global
demand for dollar-denominated, short-term, high-credit quality assets such as
U.S. treasuries, which has caused the yield on such assets to decrease
significantly. The current economic conditions and some of the government
policies aimed at alleviating them may cause prevailing interest rates to remain
low for an extended period of time; if this occurs, less income will be
available to cover the fee deduction amount and, as a result, little or no
quarterly distributions will be made by the Down Trust on the Down MacroShares,
and the per share underlying value of your Down MacroShares will be reduced by
the amount of the Down Trust’s assets (in excess of its treasury income) that
need to be applied to pay such fees and expenses in full.
Item 2.
|
Unregistered Sales of Equity
Securities and Use of
Proceeds
|
The Down MacroShares are offered on a
continuous basis pursuant to the Down Trust registration statement
(Registration
No.
333-151523-01).
The proceeds from the sale of the Down
MacroShares are invested, on each Distribution Date, in U.S. government
securities that are scheduled to mature not later than the immediately following
Distribution Date and over-night repurchase agreements fully collateralized by
U.S. government securities.
The information contained in Part I,
Item 2 under Review of Financial Results, Results of Operations, is hereby
incorporated by reference.
Dividends
Not Applicable
Issuer Purchase of Equity
Securities
The
Down
Trust does not purchase shares directly
from its shareholders.
However, as part of Paired Optional
Redemptions by Authorized Participants of MacroShares Units consisting of 10,000
Down
MacroShares and 10,000
Up
MacroShares redeemed, respectively, the
Down
MacroShares may be redeemed in units of
10,000 shares.
From
July
15, 2008 (date of
Down
Trust initial capitalization) to
June
29, 2009 there were no redemptions other
than the redemption of Founders’ Shares on
June
29, 2009 upon the purchase of
Down
MacroShares by the initial Authorized
Participant.
During the period from
June
30, 2009 (commencement of public trading
in
Down
MacroShares) to
October 31
,
2009, 11 units (110,000
shares) were redeemed
.
Item 3.
|
Defaults Upon Senior
Securities
|
None.
Item 4.
|
Submission of Matters to a Vote of
Security Holders
|
None.
Item 5.
|
Other
Information
|
None.
Exhibit
Number
|
|
Description
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
MacroShares Major Metro Housing
Down Trust prospectus, dated as
of
June
26,
2009*
|
|
|
|
31.1
|
|
Certification Pursuant to
Section
302(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002
|
|
|
|
31.2
|
|
Certification Pursuant to
Section
302(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002
|
|
|
|
32.1
|
|
Certification Pursuant to
Section
1350 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
|
|
|
|
32.2
|
|
Certification Pursuant to
Section
1350 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
|
*
|
Denotes a
document that was previously filed as part of the Registration Statement
of the
MacroShares
Major Metro
Housing Down Trust, File
No.
333-151523-01
.
|
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned in the capacities indicated thereunto
duly authorized.
|
MACRO
SHARES HOUSING
DEPOSITOR,
LLC,
Depositor for the
MacroShares Major Metro
Housing
Down
Trust
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/ S
amuel
M
asucci
|
|
|
Samuel Masucci,
III
Chief Executive
Officer of Depositor,
on behalf of
Registrant
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/ J
ohn
A.
F
lanagan
|
|
|
John A.
Flanagan
Chief Financial Officer of
Depositor,
on behalf of
Registrant
|
Date:
December 15
, 2009
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