Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item
5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The
Trust’s Shares have been listed on the NYSE Arca under the symbol PPLT since its initial public offering on January 8, 2010.
The following tables set out the range of high and low closing prices for the Shares as reported for NYSE Arca transactions for
each of the quarters during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021:
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022: Quarter Ended
High
Low
March 31, 2022
$ 107.64
$ 87.98
June 30, 2022
$ 95.41
$ 83.10
September 30, 2022
$ 89.29
$ 76.76
December 31, 2022
$ 99.28
$ 81.95
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021: Quarter Ended
High
Low
March 31, 2021
$ 119.43
$ 96.94
June 30, 2021
$ 117.62
$ 97.51
September 30, 2021
$ 106.40
$ 85.27
December 31, 2021
$ 101.54
$ 85.71
The
number of outstanding Shares of the Trust as of February 23, 2023 was 11,000,000.
Monthly
Share Price
The
following table sets forth, for each of the most recent six months, the high and low closing prices of the Shares, as reported
for NYSE Arca transactions.
Month
High
Low
August 2022
$ 89.29
$ 78.26
September 2022
$ 85.52
$ 76.76
October 2022
$ 89.06
$ 81.95
November 2022
$ 96.28
$ 85.40
December 2022
$ 99.28
$ 90.74
January 2023
$ 101.09
$ 93.41
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Issuer
Purchase of Equity Securities
The
Trust issues and redeems Shares only with Authorized Participants in exchange for platinum, only in aggregations of 50,000 Shares
or integral multiples thereof. A list of current Authorized Participants is available from the Sponsor or the Trustee and is included
in Item 7 of this report. Although the Trust does not purchase Shares directly from its Shareholders in connection with the redemption
of Baskets, the Trust redeemed as follows during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021:
Month
Total
number of
Shares redeemed
Average
ounces
of platinum
per Share
January
2022
200,000
0.093
February 2022
150,000
0.093
March 2022
150,000
0.093
April 2022
200,000
0.093
May 2022
450,000
0.093
June 2022
100,000
0.093
July 2022
500,000
0.093
August 2022
200,000
0.093
September 2022
550,000
0.093
October 2022
100,000
0.093
November 2022
400,000
0.093
December 2022
—
—
Total
3,000,000
0.093
Month
Total
number of
Shares redeemed
Average
ounces
of platinum
per Share
January 2021
50,000
0.094
February 2021
350,000
0.094
March 2021
—
—
April 2021
300,000
0.093
May 2021
—
—
June 2021
—
—
July 2021
150,000
0.093
August 2021
250,000
0.093
September 2021
200,000
0.093
October 2021
—
—
November 2021
50,000
0.093
December 2021
550,000
0.093
Total
1,900,000
0.093
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