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, 2023 and 2022:
Fiscal
Year Ended December 31, 2023: Quarter Ended
High
Low
March
31, 2023
$101.09
$84.34
June
30, 2023
$103.91
$82.94
September
30, 2023
$90.85
$81.81
December
31, 2023
$92.48
$78.01
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
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The
number of outstanding Shares of the Trust as of February 26, 2024 was 11,100,000.
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
2023
$90.38
$81.81
September
2023
$88.68
$82.11
October
2023
$86.11
$79.63
November
2023
$86.90
$78.01
December
2023
$92.48
$82.12
January
2024
$90.42
$81.67
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, 2023 and 2022:
Month
Total number of
Shares redeemed
Average ounces
of platinum per
Share
January 2023
400,000
0.092
February 2023
350,000
0.092
March 2023
350,000
0.092
April 2023
250,000
0.092
May 2023
50,000
0.092
June 2023
150,000
0.092
July 2023
150,000
0.092
August 2023
250,000
0.092
September 2023
50,000
0.092
October 2023
150,000
0.092
November 2023
—
—
December 2023
—
—
Total
2,150,000
0.092
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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
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