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| ROYALTY AGREEMENT, UNALLOCATED RESERVE AND DISTRIBUTIONS | Note 4. On April 15, 2025, the Trustees declared a distribution of $0.56 per Unit of Beneficial Interest payable on May 20, 2025 to Mesabi Trust Unitholders of record at the close of business on April 30, 2025. The declared distribution of $7,347,206 is recorded as a distribution payable on the Condensed Balance Sheet for the quarter ended April 30, 2025 (unaudited) as compared to a distribution payable of $0.29 per Unit of Beneficial Interest for the quarter ended April 30, 2024. On April 30, 2025, the Trustees received the quarterly royalty report of iron ore production and shipment during the calendar quarter ended March 31, 2025 from Cliffs. See “Recent Developments—Receipt of Quarterly Royalty Report and Royalty Payment from Cliffs” as set forth on page 14 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2025. Each quarter, as authorized by the Agreement of Trust dated July 18, 1961, as amended (the “Agreement of Trust”), the Trustees evaluate all relevant factors, including all costs, expenses, obligations, and present and future liabilities of the Trust (whether fixed or contingent) in determining a prudent level of unallocated reserve in light of the unpredictable nature of the iron ore industry, current economic conditions and current communications from Cliffs as it relates to NMC. Pursuant to the Agreement of Trust, the Trustees make decisions about cash distributions to Unitholders based on the royalty payments it receives from Cliffs when received, rather than as royalty income is recorded in accordance with the Trust’s revenue recognition policy. Refer to Note 3 for further information. As of April 30, 2025 and January 31, 2025, the unallocated cash and cash equivalents portion of the Trust’s Unallocated Reserve was comprised of the following components. Cash equivalents consists of U.S. government securities with maturities of 3 months or less as of the date of acquisition by the Trust.
A reconciliation of the Trust’s Unallocated Reserve and Trust Corpus for the three months ended April 30, 2025 and 2024 is as follows:
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