1 unchanged sentence
of Assets and Liabilities
−Removed: September 30, 2024 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2023
−Removed: September 30, 2024
+Added: March 31, 2025 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2024
+Added: March 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
1 unchanged sentence
Investment in platinum (cost:
−Removed: September 30, 2024:
+Added: March 31, 2025:
+Added: $ 1,033,440 ;
December 31, 2024:
+Added: $ 1,074,183 )
Fees payable to Sponsor
2 unchanged sentences
share capital is Unlimited with no par value per Share.
−Removed: Shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2024 were 11,100,000
−Removed: and at December 31, 2023 were 10,850,000 .
−Removed: Net asset values per Share at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were $ 90.14
−Removed: and $ 91.93 , respectively.
+Added: Shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2025 were 11,750,000 and
+Added: at December 31, 2024 were 12,200,000 .
+Added: Net asset values per Share at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 were $ 90.60 and $ 83.52 ,
+Added: respectively.
Notes to the Financial Statements
1 unchanged sentence
of Investments
−Removed: September 30, 2024 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2023
−Removed: September 30, 2024
+Added: March 31, 2025 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2024
+Added: March 31, 2025
% of Net Assets
−Removed: Investment in platinum (in 000's of US$, except for oz and percentage data)
+Added: Investment in platinum (in
+Added: 000’s of US$, except for oz and percentage data)
Total investment in platinum
8 unchanged sentences
of Operations (Unaudited)
−Removed: the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023
−Removed: September 30, 2024
−Removed: September 30, 2023
−Removed: September 30, 2024
−Removed: September 30, 2023
+Added: the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
+Added: March 31, 2025
+Added: March 31, 2024
(Amounts in 000’s of US$, except for Share and per Share data)
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REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS / (LOSSES)
−Removed: Realized gain / (loss) on platinum transferred to pay expenses
+Added: Realized (loss) on platinum transferred to pay expenses
Realized gain / (loss) on platinum distributed for the redemption of Shares
−Removed: Change in unrealized (loss) / gain on investment in platinum
−Removed: Total (loss)/gain on investment in platinum
+Added: Change in unrealized gain / (loss) on investment in platinum
+Added: Total gain / (loss) on investment in platinum
Change in net assets from operations
−Removed: $ ( 108,719 )
Net increase / (decrease) in net assets per Share
3 unchanged sentences
of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited)
−Removed: the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023
+Added: the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
+Added: Three Months Ended March 31, 2025
(Amounts in 000’s of US$, except for Share data)
−Removed: Opening balance
+Added: Opening balance at January 1, 2025
Net investment loss
−Removed: Realized gain / (loss) on investment in platinum
−Removed: Change in unrealized (loss)/gain on investment in platinum
−Removed: Closing balance
−Removed: September 30, 2024
−Removed: September 30, 2023
+Added: Realized (loss) on investment in platinum
+Added: Change in unrealized gain on investment in platinum
+Added: Closing balance at March 31, 2025
+Added: Three Months Ended March 31, 2024
(Amounts in 000’s of US$, except for Share data)
−Removed: Opening balance
+Added: Opening balance at January 1, 2024
Net investment loss
−Removed: Realized (loss) / gain on investment in platinum
+Added: Realized (loss) on investment in platinum
Change in unrealized (loss) on investment in platinum
−Removed: ( 1,200,000 )
−Removed: ( 2,000,000 )
−Removed: Closing balance
+Added: Closing balance at March 31, 2024
Notes to the Financial Statements
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Highlights (Unaudited)
−Removed: the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023
−Removed: September 30, 2024
−Removed: September 30, 2023
−Removed: September 30, 2024
−Removed: September 30, 2023
+Added: the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
+Added: Three Months Ended
+Added: March 31, 2025
+Added: Three Months Ended
+Added: March 31, 2024
Per Share Performance (for a Share outstanding throughout the entire period)
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Notes to the Financial Statements
−Removed: abrdn Platinum ETF Trust
−Removed: Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited)
−Removed: The abrdn Platinum ETF Trust (the
−Removed: “Trust”) is a common law trust formed on December 30, 2009 under New York law pursuant to a depositary trust
−Removed: agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) executed by abrdn ETFs Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”) and The Bank
−Removed: of New York Mellon as Trustee (the “Trustee”).
−Removed: The Trust holds platinum and issues abrdn Physical
−Removed: Platinum Shares ETF (“Shares”) in minimum blocks of 50,000 Shares (also referred to as “Baskets”)
+Added: Platinum ETF Trust
+Added: Notes to the Financial Statements
+Added: Platinum ETF Trust (the “Trust”) is a common law trust formed on December 30, 2009 under New York law
+Added: pursuant to a depositary trust agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) executed by abrdn ETFs Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”)
+Added: and The Bank of New York Mellon as Trustee (the “Trustee”).
+Added: The Trust holds platinum and issues abrdn
+Added: Physical Platinum Shares ETF (“Shares”) in minimum blocks of 50,000 Shares (also referred to as “Baskets”)
in exchange for deposits of platinum and distributes platinum in connection with the redemption of Baskets.
3 unchanged sentences
The Trust is governed by the Trust Agreement.
−Removed: The investment objective of the Trust is
−Removed: for the Shares to reflect the performance of the price of physical platinum, less
+Added: investment objective of the Trust is for the Shares to reflect the performance of the price of physical platinum, less
the Trust’s expenses.
−Removed: The Trust is designed to provide an individual owner of beneficial interests in the Shares (a
−Removed: “Shareholder”) an opportunity to participate in the platinum market through an investment in securities.
−Removed: year end for the Trust is December 31.
−Removed: The accompanying financial statements were prepared in accordance
−Removed: with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S.
−Removed: GAAP") for interim financial
−Removed: information and with the instructions for Form 10-Q.
−Removed: In the opinion of the Trust's management, all adjustments (which consist of
−Removed: normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position and results of operations as of and for the three
−Removed: and nine months ended September 30, 2024, and for all periods presented have been made.
−Removed: These financial statements should be read in conjunction with
−Removed: the Trust's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
−Removed: The results of operations for the three and
−Removed: nine months ended September 30, 2024 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year.
−Removed: Significant Accounting Policies
−Removed: The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S.
−Removed: GAAP requires those responsible for preparing financial statements to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts
−Removed: and disclosures.
+Added: The Trust is designed to provide an individual owner of beneficial interests in the Shares (a “Shareholder”)
+Added: an opportunity to participate in the platinum market through an investment in securities.
+Added: accompanying financial statements were prepared in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United
+Added: States of America (“U.S.
+Added: GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions for Form 10-Q.
+Added: In the opinion
+Added: of the Trust’s management, all adjustments (which consist of normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial
+Added: position and results of operations as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2025, and for all periods presented have been
+Added: financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
+Added: The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the operating
+Added: results for the full year.
+Added: Accounting Policies
+Added: preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S.
+Added: GAAP requires those responsible for preparing financial statements
+Added: to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures.
Actual results could differ from those estimates.
−Removed: The following is a summary of significant accounting policies
−Removed: followed by the Trust.
−Removed: Basis of Accounting
−Removed: The Sponsor has determined that the Trust falls within the scope
−Removed: of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 946, Financial
−Removed: Services—Investment Companies , and has concluded that for reporting purposes, the Trust is classified as an Investment
−Removed: The Trust is not registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and is not required to register
−Removed: under such act.
−Removed: Valuation of Platinum
−Removed: The Trust follows the provisions of ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement
−Removed: ASC 820 provides guidance for determining fair value and requires increased disclosure regarding the inputs
−Removed: to valuation techniques used to measure fair value.
−Removed: ASC 820 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset
−Removed: or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.
−Removed: abrdn Platinum ETF Trust
−Removed: Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited)
−Removed: Effective May 23, 2024, the
−Removed: Trustee, at the direction of the Sponsor, entered into an Allocated Account Agreement and Unallocated Account Agreement with ICBC
−Removed: Standard Bank Plc (“ICBC”), providing for the custody of the Trust's platinum.
−Removed: Effective August 8, 2024, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.
+Added: The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Trust.
+Added: of Accounting
+Added: Sponsor has determined that the Trust falls within the scope of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting
+Added: Standards Codification (“ASC”) 946, Financial Services—Investment Companies , and has concluded that for
+Added: reporting purposes, the Trust is classified as an Investment Company.
+Added: The Trust is not registered as an investment company under
+Added: the Investment Company Act of 1940 and is not required to register under such act.
+Added: Trust follows the provisions of ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement (“ASC 820”).
+Added: ASC 820 provides guidance for determining
+Added: fair value and requires increased disclosure regarding the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value.
+Added: defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction
+Added: between market participants at the measurement date.
+Added: May 23, 2024, the Trustee, at the direction of the Sponsor, entered into an Allocated Account Agreement and Unallocated Account
+Added: Agreement with ICBC Standard Bank Plc (the “Custodian” or “ICBC”), providing for the custody of the Trust’s
+Added: Platinum ETF Trust
+Added: Notes to the Financial Statements
+Added: August 8, 2024, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.
no longer serves as a custodian of the Trust’s platinum.
−Removed: At September 30, 2024, all of the Trust’s platinum was held at ICBC.
−Removed: The Trust's platinum is recorded at fair value.
−Removed: platinum is determined according to the average cost method and the fair value is based on the afternoon session of the twice daily
−Removed: fix of an ounce of platinum administered by the London Metal Exchange (“LME”).
−Removed: Realized gains and losses on transfers
−Removed: of platinum, or platinum distributed for the redemption of Shares, are calculated on a trade date basis as the difference between
−Removed: the fair value and average cost of platinum transferred.
−Removed: The LME is responsible for the administration of the electronic
−Removed: platinum price fixing system (“LMEbullion”) that replicates electronically the manual London platinum fix processes
−Removed: previously employed by the London Platinum and Palladium Fixing Company Ltd (“LPPFCL”), as well as providing electronic
−Removed: market clearing processes for platinum bullion transactions at the fixed prices established by the LME pricing mechanism.
−Removed: like the previous London platinum fix processes, establishes and publishes fixed prices for troy ounces of platinum twice each
−Removed: London trading day during fixing sessions beginning at 9:45 a.m.
−Removed: London time (the “LBMA Platinum Price AM”) and 2:00
+Added: At December 31, 2024,
+Added: all of the Trust’s platinum was held at ICBC.
+Added: the Evaluation Time, the Trustee will value the Trust’s platinum on the basis of the London Bullion Market Association (“LBMA”)
+Added: Platinum Price PM.
+Added: If there is no LBMA Platinum Price PM on any day, the Trustee is authorized to use the LBMA Platinum Price
+Added: AM announced on that day.
+Added: If neither price is available for that day, the Trustee will value the Trust’s platinum based
+Added: on the most recently announced LBMA Platinum Price PM or LBMA Platinum Price AM.
+Added: Realized gains and losses on transfers of platinum,
+Added: or platinum distributed for the redemption of Shares, are calculated on a trade date basis as the difference between the fair
+Added: value and average cost of platinum transferred.
+Added: LME is responsible for the administration of the electronic platinum price fixing system (“LMEbullion”) that replicates
+Added: electronically the manual London platinum fix processes previously employed by the London Platinum and Palladium Fixing Company
+Added: Ltd (“LPPFCL”), as well as providing electronic market clearing processes for platinum bullion transactions at the
+Added: fixed prices established by the LME pricing mechanism.
+Added: LMEbullion, like the previous London platinum fix processes, establishes
+Added: and publishes fixed prices for troy ounces of platinum twice each London trading day during fixing sessions beginning at 9:45
+Added: London time (the “LBMA Platinum Price AM”) and 2:00 p.m.
London time (the “LBMA Platinum Price PM”).
−Removed: Once the value of platinum has been determined, the
−Removed: net asset value (the “NAV”) is computed by the Trustee by deducting all accrued fees, expenses and other liabilities
−Removed: of the Trust, including the remuneration due to the Sponsor (the “Sponsor’s Fee”), from the fair value of the platinum
−Removed: and all other assets held by the Trust.
−Removed: The Trust recognizes changes in fair value of the investment
−Removed: in platinum as changes in unrealized gains or losses on investment in platinum through the Statement of Operations.
−Removed: The per Share amount of platinum exchanged for a purchase
−Removed: or redemption is calculated daily by the Trustee using the LME PM Fix to calculate the platinum amount in respect of any liabilities
−Removed: for which covering platinum sales have not yet been made, and represents the per Share amount of platinum held by the
−Removed: Trust, after giving effect to its liabilities, to cover expenses and liabilities and any losses that may have occurred.
−Removed: Fair Value Hierarchy
−Removed: ASC 820 establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation
−Removed: techniques used to measure fair value.
−Removed: The three levels of inputs are as follows:
+Added: the value of platinum has been determined, the net asset value (the “NAV”) is computed by the Trustee by deducting
+Added: all accrued fees, expenses and other liabilities of the Trust, including the remuneration due to the Sponsor (the “Sponsor’s
+Added: Fee”), from the fair value of the platinum and all other assets held by the Trust.
+Added: Trust recognizes changes in fair value of the investment in platinum as changes in unrealized gains or losses on investment
+Added: in platinum through the Statements of Operations.
+Added: per Share amount of platinum exchanged for a purchase or redemption is calculated daily by the Trustee using the LBMA Platinum
+Added: Price PM to calculate the platinum amount in respect of any liabilities for which covering platinum sales have not yet been made,
+Added: and represents the per Share amount of platinum held by the Trust, after giving effect to its liabilities, to cover expenses
+Added: and liabilities and any losses that may have occurred.
+Added: Value Hierarchy
+Added: 820 establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value.
+Added: The three levels of inputs
+Added: are as follows:
Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Trust has the ability to access.
−Removed: Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly.
−Removed: These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments and similar data.
−Removed: Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability to the extent that relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Trust’s own assumptions about the assumptions that a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and that would be based on the best information available.
−Removed: abrdn Platinum ETF Trust
−Removed: Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited)
−Removed: To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that
−Removed: are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment.
−Removed: Accordingly, the degree
−Removed: of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in level 3.
−Removed: The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different
−Removed: levels of the fair value hierarchy.
−Removed: In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which
−Removed: the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair
−Removed: value measurement in its entirety.
−Removed: The Trust’s investment in platinum is classified
−Removed: as a level 1 asset, as its value is calculated using unadjusted quoted prices from primary market sources.
−Removed: The categorization of the Trust’s assets is as shown below:
+Added: Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly
+Added: or indirectly.
+Added: These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on
+Added: an inactive market, prices for similar instruments and similar data.
+Added: Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability to the extent that relevant observable inputs are not available, representing
+Added: the Trust’s own assumptions about the assumptions that a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability,
+Added: and that would be based on the best information available.
+Added: the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination
+Added: of fair value requires more judgment.
+Added: Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for
+Added: instruments categorized in level 3.
+Added: Platinum ETF Trust
+Added: Notes to the Financial Statements
+Added: inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy.
+Added: In such cases, for disclosure purposes,
+Added: the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the
+Added: lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.
+Added: Trust’s investment in platinum is classified as a level 1 asset, as its value is calculated using unadjusted
+Added: quoted prices from primary market sources.
+Added: categorization of the Trust’s assets is as shown below:
(Amounts in 000’s of US$)
−Removed: September 30, 2024
+Added: March 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
Investment in platinum
−Removed: were no transfers between levels during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 or the year ended December 31, 2023.
−Removed: Platinum Receivable and Payable
−Removed: Platinum receivable or payable represents the quantity
−Removed: of platinum covered by contractually binding orders for the creation or redemption of Shares respectively, where the platinum
−Removed: has not yet been transferred to or from the Trust’s account.
−Removed: Generally, ownership of platinum is transferred within one business
−Removed: day of the trade date.
−Removed: At September 30, 2024, the Trust had no platinum receivable or payable for the creation or
−Removed: redemption of Shares.
−Removed: At December 31, 2023, the Trust had no platinum receivable or payable for the creation or
−Removed: redemption of Shares.
−Removed: Creations and Redemptions
−Removed: The Trust expects to create and redeem Shares from time to time,
−Removed: but only in one or more Baskets (a Basket equals a block of 50,000 Shares).
−Removed: The Trust issues Shares in Baskets to Authorized
−Removed: Participants on an ongoing basis.
−Removed: Individual investors cannot purchase or redeem Shares in direct transactions with the Trust.
−Removed: An Authorized Participant is a person who (1) is a registered broker-dealer or other securities market participant such as a bank
−Removed: or other financial institution which is not required to register as a broker-dealer to engage in securities transactions;
−Removed: a participant in The Depository Trust Company;
−Removed: (3) has entered into an Authorized Participant Agreement with the Trustee and the
−Removed: and (4) has established an Authorized Participant Unallocated Account with the Trust’s Custodian or other platinum
−Removed: bullion clearing bank.
−Removed: An Authorized Participant Agreement is an agreement entered into by each Authorized Participant, the Sponsor
−Removed: and the Trustee which provides the procedures for the creation and redemption of Baskets and for the delivery of the platinum required
−Removed: for such creations and redemptions.
−Removed: An Authorized Participant Unallocated Account is an unallocated platinum account established with the Custodian or a platinum bullion clearing bank by an Authorized Participant.
−Removed: The creation and redemption of Baskets is only made in exchange
−Removed: for the delivery to the Trust or the distribution by the Trust of the amount of platinum represented by the Baskets being
−Removed: created or redeemed, the amount of which is based on the combined NAV of the number of Shares included in the Baskets being created
−Removed: or redeemed determined on the day the order to create or redeem Baskets is properly received.
−Removed: abrdn Platinum ETF Trust
−Removed: Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited)
−Removed: Authorized Participants may, on any business day, place an order
−Removed: with the Trustee to create or redeem one or more Baskets.
−Removed: Effective May 28, 2024, the settlement standard period for Shares is
−Removed: one business day.
−Removed: Prior to May 28, 2024, the settlement period for Shares was two business days.
−Removed: In the event of a trade date at
−Removed: period end, where a settlement is pending, a respective account receivable and/or payable will be recorded.
−Removed: When platinum
−Removed: is exchanged in settlement of a redemption, it is considered a sale of platinum for financial statement purposes.
−Removed: The amount of platinum represented by the Baskets created
−Removed: or redeemed can only be settled to the nearest 1/1000th of an ounce.
−Removed: As a result, the value attributed to the creation or redemption
−Removed: of Shares may differ from the value of platinum to be delivered or distributed by the Trust.
−Removed: In order to ensure that
−Removed: the correct amount of platinum is available at all times to back the Shares, the Sponsor accepts an adjustment to its Sponsor
−Removed: Fee in the event of any shortfall or excess on each transaction.
−Removed: For each transaction, this amount is not more than 1/1000th
−Removed: of an ounce of platinum.
−Removed: As the Shares of the Trust are subject to redemption at the
−Removed: option of Authorized Participants, the Trust has classified the outstanding Shares as Net Assets.
−Removed: Changes in the number of Shares
−Removed: outstanding are presented in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets.
−Removed: The Trust is classified as a “grantor trust” for
+Added: There were no transfers between levels during the three months ended March 31, 2025 or the year ended December 31, 2024.
+Added: Receivable and Payable
+Added: Platinum receivable
+Added: or payable represents the quantity of platinum covered by contractually binding orders for the creation or redemption of
+Added: Shares respectively, where the platinum has not yet been transferred to or from the Trust’s account.
+Added: Generally, ownership
+Added: of platinum is transferred within one business days of the trade date.
+Added: At March 31, 2025, the Trust had no platinum receivable
+Added: or payable for the creation or redemption of Shares.
+Added: At December 31, 2024, the Trust had no platinum receivable or payable
+Added: for the creation or redemption of Shares.
+Added: and Redemptions of Shares
+Added: Trust expects to create and redeem Shares from time to time, but only in one or more Baskets (a Basket equals a block of 50,000
+Added: The Trust issues Shares in Baskets to Authorized Participants on an ongoing basis.
+Added: Individual investors cannot
+Added: purchase or redeem Shares in direct transactions with the Trust.
+Added: An Authorized Participant is a person who (1) is a registered
+Added: broker-dealer or other securities market participant such as a bank or other financial institution which is not required to register
+Added: as a broker-dealer to engage in securities transactions;
+Added: (2) is a participant in The Depository Trust Company;
+Added: (3) has entered
+Added: into an Authorized Participant Agreement with the Trustee and the Sponsor;
+Added: and (4) has established an Authorized Participant Unallocated
+Added: Account with the Trust’s Custodian or other platinum bullion clearing bank.
+Added: An Authorized Participant Agreement is
+Added: an agreement entered into by each Authorized Participant, the Sponsor and the Trustee which provides the procedures for the creation
+Added: and redemption of Baskets and for the delivery of the platinum required for such creations and redemptions.
+Added: An Authorized
+Added: Participant Unallocated Account is an unallocated platinum account, either loco London or loco Zurich, established with the
+Added: Custodian or a platinum bullion clearing bank by an Authorized Participant.
+Added: creation and redemption of Baskets is only made in exchange for the delivery to the Trust or the distribution by the Trust of
+Added: the amount of platinum represented by the Baskets being created or redeemed, the amount of which is based on the combined
+Added: NAV of the number of Shares included in the Baskets being created or redeemed determined on the day the order to create or redeem
+Added: Baskets is properly received.
+Added: Platinum ETF Trust
+Added: Notes to the Financial Statements
+Added: Participants may, on any business day, place an order with the Trustee to create or redeem one or more Baskets.
+Added: Effective May
+Added: 28, 2024, the standard settlement period for Shares is one business day.
+Added: Prior to May 28, 2024, the settlement period for Shares
+Added: was two business days.
+Added: In the event of a trade date at period end, where a settlement is pending, a respective account receivable
+Added: and/or payable will be recorded.
+Added: When platinum is exchanged in settlement of a redemption, it is considered a sale of platinum
+Added: for financial statement purposes.
+Added: amount of platinum represented by the Baskets created or redeemed can only be settled to the nearest 1/1000th of an ounce.
+Added: As a result, the value attributed to the creation or redemption of Shares may differ from the value of platinum to be
+Added: delivered or distributed by the Trust.
+Added: In order to ensure that the correct amount of platinum is available at all times to
+Added: back the Shares, the Sponsor accepts an adjustment to its Sponsor’s Fee in the event of any shortfall or excess
+Added: on each transaction.
+Added: For each transaction, this amount is not more than 1/1000th of an ounce of platinum.
+Added: the Shares of the Trust are subject to redemption at the option of Authorized Participants, the Trust has classified the outstanding
+Added: Shares as Net Assets.
+Added: Changes in the number of Shares outstanding are presented in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets.
+Added: Trust is classified as a “grantor trust” for U.S.
federal income tax purposes.
−Removed: As a result, the Trust itself will not be subject to U.S.
+Added: As a result, the Trust itself will
+Added: not be subject to U.S.
federal income tax.
−Removed: Instead, the Trust’s
−Removed: income and expenses will “flow through” to the Shareholders, and the Trustee will report the Trust’s proceeds,
−Removed: income, deductions, gains, and losses to the Internal Revenue Service on that basis.
−Removed: The Sponsor has evaluated whether or not there are uncertain
−Removed: tax positions that require financial statement recognition and has determined that no reserves for uncertain tax positions are
−Removed: required as of September 30, 2024 or December 31, 2023.
−Removed: Investment in Platinum
−Removed: Changes in ounces of platinum and their respective values
−Removed: for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are set out below:
−Removed: September 30, 2024
−Removed: September 30, 2023
+Added: Instead, the Trust’s income and expenses will “flow through” to the
+Added: Shareholders, and the Trustee will report the Trust’s proceeds, income, deductions, gains, and losses to the Internal Revenue
+Added: Service on that basis.
+Added: Sponsor has evaluated whether or not there are uncertain tax positions that require financial statement recognition and has determined
+Added: that no reserves for uncertain tax positions are required as of March 31, 2025 or December 31, 2024.
+Added: in ounces of platinum and their respective values for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 are set
+Added: March 31, 2025
+Added: March 31, 2024
(Amounts in 000’s of US$, except for ounces data)
8 unchanged sentences
Realized gain (loss) on platinum transferred to pay expenses
−Removed: Change in unrealized (loss) / gain on investment in platinum
−Removed: Closing balance
−Removed: abrdn Platinum ETF Trust
−Removed: Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited)
−Removed: September 30, 2024
−Removed: September 30, 2023
−Removed: (Amounts in 000’s of US$, except for ounces data)
−Removed: Ounces of platinum
−Removed: Opening balance
−Removed: ( 110,040.7 )
−Removed: ( 184,657.7 )
−Removed: Transfers of platinum to pay expenses
−Removed: Closing balance
−Removed: Investment in platinum
−Removed: Opening balance
−Removed: Realized (loss) / gain on platinum distributed for the redemption of Shares
−Removed: Transfers of platinum to pay expenses
−Removed: Realized (loss) / gain on platinum transferred to pay expenses
Change in unrealized (loss) on investment in platinum
Closing balance
+Added: Platinum ETF Trust
+Added: Notes to the Financial Statements
/ Realized Gains / Losses
−Removed: The primary expense of the Trust is the Sponsor’s Fee, which is paid by the Trust through in-kind transfers of platinum to
−Removed: The Trust will transfer platinum to the Sponsor to pay
−Removed: the Sponsor’s Fee that accrues daily at an annualized rate equal to 0.60 % of the adjusted daily net asset value (“ANAV”)
−Removed: of the Trust, paid monthly in arrears.
−Removed: The Sponsor has agreed to assume administrative and marketing
−Removed: expenses incurred by the Trust, including the Trustee’s monthly fee and out of pocket expenses, the Custodian’s fee
−Removed: and the reimbursement of the Custodian’s expenses, exchange listing fees, United States Securities and Exchange Commission
−Removed: (the “SEC”) registration fees, printing and mailing costs, audit fees and up to $ 100,000 per annum in legal expenses.
−Removed: For the three months ended September 30, 2024 and
−Removed: 2023, the Sponsor's Fee was $ 1,485,499 and $ 1,431,625 , respectively.
−Removed: For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and
−Removed: 2023, the Sponsor's Fee was $ 4,397,789 and $ 4,402,993 , respectively.
−Removed: abrdn Platinum ETF Trust
−Removed: Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited)
−Removed: At September 30, 2024 and at December 31, 2023, the fees
−Removed: payable to the Sponsor were $ 495,431 and $ 509,494 , respectively.
−Removed: With respect to expenses not otherwise assumed by the Sponsor,
−Removed: the Trustee will, at the direction of the Sponsor or in its own discretion, sell the Trust's platinum as necessary to pay these
−Removed: When selling platinum to pay expenses, the Trustee will endeavor to sell the smallest amounts of platinum needed to pay
−Removed: these expenses in order to minimize the Trust's holdings of assets other than platinum.
−Removed: Other than the Sponsor's Fee, the Trust
−Removed: had no expenses during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023.
−Removed: Unless otherwise directed by the Sponsor, when selling platinum,
−Removed: the Trustee will endeavor to sell at the price established by the LBMA Platinum Price PM.
−Removed: The Trustee will place orders with dealers
−Removed: (which may include the Custodian) through which the Trustee expects to receive the most favorable price and execution of orders.
−Removed: The Custodian may be the purchaser of such platinum only if the sale transaction is made at the next LBMA Platinum Price PM or
−Removed: such other publicly available price that the Sponsor deems fair, in each case as set following the sale order.
−Removed: A gain or loss is
−Removed: recognized based on the difference between the selling price and the average cost of the platinum sold.
−Removed: Neither the Trustee nor
−Removed: the Sponsor is liable for depreciation or loss incurred by reason of any sale.
−Removed: Realized gains and losses result from the transfer of platinum
−Removed: for Share redemptions and / or to pay expenses and are recognized on a trade date basis as the difference between the fair value
−Removed: and average cost of platinum transferred.
−Removed: Subsequent Events
−Removed: accordance with the provisions set forth in FASB ASC 855-10, Subsequent Events , the Trust’s management has evaluated the
−Removed: possibility of subsequent events impacting the Trust’s financial statements through the filing date.
−Removed: During this period, the following
−Removed: material subsequent events were identified.
−Removed: Effective November 12, 2024, immediately following the filing of this report, Brian Kordeck resigned as Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the Sponsor.
−Removed: Kordeck had served as Principal Financial Officer of the Registrant.
−Removed: Effective November 12, 2024, Sharon Ferrari was appointed Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the Sponsor.
−Removed: Ferrari will serve as Principal Financial Officer of the Registrant.
−Removed: Related Parties
−Removed: The Sponsor and the Trustee are considered to be related parties
−Removed: to the Trust.
−Removed: The Trustee and the Custodian and their affiliates may from time to time act as Authorized Participants and purchase
−Removed: or sell Shares for their own account, as agent for their customers and for accounts over which they exercise investment discretion.
−Removed: In addition, the Trustee and the Custodian and their affiliates may from time to time purchase or sell platinum directly,
−Removed: for their own account, as agent for their customers and for accounts over which they exercise investment discretion.
−Removed: The Trustee’s
−Removed: and Custodian’s fees are paid by the Sponsor and are not separate expenses of the Trust.
−Removed: Concentration of Risk
−Removed: The Trust’s sole business activity is the investment in platinum,
−Removed: and substantially all the Trust’s assets are holdings of platinum, which creates a concentration of risk associated
−Removed: with fluctuations in the price of platinum.
−Removed: Several factors could affect the price of platinum, including:
−Removed: (i) global platinum
−Removed: supply and demand, which is influenced by factors such as production and cost levels in major platinum producing countries, recycling,
−Removed: autocatalyst demand, industrial demand, jewelry demand and investment demand;
−Removed: (ii) investors’ expectations with respect to
−Removed: the rate of inflation;
+Added: The primary expense of the Trust is the Sponsor’s Fee, which is paid by the Trust through in-kind transfers of platinum
+Added: to the Sponsor.
+Added: Trust will transfer platinum to the Sponsor to pay the Sponsor’s Fee that accrues daily at an annualized rate equal
+Added: to 0.60 % of the adjusted daily net asset value (“ANAV”) of the Trust, paid monthly in arrears.
+Added: Sponsor has agreed to assume administrative and marketing expenses incurred by the Trust, including the Trustee’s monthly
+Added: fee and out of pocket expenses, the Custodian’s fee and the reimbursement of the Custodian’s expenses, exchange listing
+Added: fees, United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) registration fees, printing and mailing costs,
+Added: audit fees and up to $100,000 per annum in legal expenses.
+Added: the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Sponsor’s Fee was $ 1,561,511 and $ 1,377,665 , respectively.
+Added: 31, 2025 and at December 31, 2024, the fees payable to the Sponsor were $ 543,610 and $ 518,692 , respectively.
+Added: respect to expenses not otherwise assumed by the Sponsor, the Trustee will, at the direction of the Sponsor or in its own discretion,
+Added: sell the Trust’s platinum as necessary to pay these expenses.
+Added: When selling platinum to pay expenses, the Trustee will endeavor
+Added: to sell the smallest amounts of platinum needed to pay these expenses in order to minimize the Trust’s holdings of assets other
+Added: than platinum.
+Added: Other than the Sponsor’s Fee, the Trust had no expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
+Added: otherwise directed by the Sponsor, when selling platinum, the Trustee will endeavor to sell at the price established by the LBMA
+Added: Platinum Price PM.
+Added: The Trustee will place orders with dealers (which may include the Custodian) through which the Trustee expects
+Added: to receive the most favorable price and execution of orders.
+Added: The Custodian may be the purchaser of such platinum only if the sale
+Added: transaction is made at the next LBMA Platinum Price PM or such other publicly available price that the Sponsor deems fair, in
+Added: each case as set following the sale order.
+Added: A gain or loss is recognized based on the difference between the selling price and
+Added: the average cost of the platinum sold.
+Added: Neither the Trustee nor the Sponsor is liable for depreciation or loss incurred by reason
+Added: gains and losses result from the transfer of platinum for Share redemptions and / or to pay expenses and are recognized on a trade
+Added: date basis as the difference between the fair value and average cost of platinum transferred.
+Added: Effective December 31, 2024, the Trust adopted FASB Accounting Standards Update 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280) - Improvements
+Added: to Reportable Segment Disclosures (“ASU 2023-07”).
+Added: Adoption of the new standard impacted disclosures only and did
+Added: not affect the Trust’s financial position nor the results of its operations.
+Added: Operating segments are components of a public entity
+Added: that engage in business activities from which it may recognize revenues and incur expenses, have discrete financial information
+Added: available, and have their operating results regularly reviewed by the public entity’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”)
+Added: when assessing segment performance and making decisions about segment resources.
+Added: The Chief Financial Officer of the Sponsor acts
+Added: as the Fund’s CODM.
+Added: The CODM monitors the operating results of the Trust as a whole, and the Trust’s asset allocation is managed
+Added: in accordance with its Prospectus.
+Added: The Trust operates as a single operating and reporting segment pursuant to its investment objective
+Added: and principal investment strategy.
+Added: The Trust’s prospectus describes the Trust’s fees, investment objective, principal investment
+Added: strategy and principal risks, among other items.
+Added: The Fund’s portfolio composition, total returns, expense ratios and changes in
+Added: net assets used by the CODM to assess segment performance and make resource allocations are consistent with the information presented
+Added: within the Trust’s financial statements.
+Added: The accompanying financial statements detail the Fund’s segment assets, liabilities,
+Added: revenues, and expenses.
+Added: Segment assets are reflected on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities as “Total Assets”
+Added: and significant segment expenses are listed on the Statement of Operations.
+Added: Platinum ETF Trust
+Added: Notes to the Financial Statements
+Added: accordance with the provisions set forth in FASB ASC 855-10, Subsequent Events , the Trust’s management has evaluated
+Added: the possibility of subsequent events impacting the Trust’s financial statements through the filing date.
+Added: During this period,
+Added: no material subsequent events requiring adjustment to or disclosure in the financial statements were identified.
+Added: Sponsor and the Trustee are considered to be related parties to the Trust.
+Added: The Trustee and the Custodian and their affiliates
+Added: may from time to time act as Authorized Participants and purchase or sell Shares for their own account, as agent for their customers
+Added: and for accounts over which they exercise investment discretion.
+Added: In addition, the Trustee and the Custodian and their affiliates
+Added: may from time to time purchase or sell platinum directly, for their own account, as agent for their customers and for accounts
+Added: over which they exercise investment discretion.
+Added: The Trustee’s and Custodian’s fees are paid by the Sponsor and are
+Added: not separate expenses of the Trust.
+Added: Concentration
+Added: Trust’s sole business activity is the investment in platinum, and substantially all the Trust’s assets are holdings
+Added: of platinum, which creates a concentration of risk associated with fluctuations in the price of platinum.
+Added: Several factors
+Added: could affect the price of platinum, including:
+Added: (i) global platinum supply and demand, which is influenced by factors such as production
+Added: and cost levels in major platinum producing countries, recycling, autocatalyst demand, industrial demand, jewelry demand and investment
+Added: (ii) investors’ expectations with respect to the rate of inflation;
(iii) currency exchange rates;
−Removed: (iv) interest rates;
−Removed: (v) investment and trading activities of hedge funds
−Removed: and commodity funds;
−Removed: and (vi) global or regional political, economic or financial events and situations.
−Removed: In addition, there is
−Removed: no assurance that platinum will maintain its long-term value in terms of purchasing power in the future.
−Removed: In the event that
−Removed: the price of platinum declines, the Sponsor expects the value of an investment in the Shares to decline proportionately.
−Removed: of these events could have a material effect on the Trust’s financial position and results of operations.
−Removed: abrdn Platinum ETF Trust
−Removed: Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited)
+Added: (iv) interest
+Added: (v) investment and trading activities of hedge funds and commodity funds;
+Added: and (vi) global or regional political, economic
+Added: or financial events and situations.
+Added: In addition, there is no assurance that platinum will maintain its long-term value in
+Added: terms of purchasing power in the future.
+Added: In the event that the price of platinum declines, the Sponsor expects the value
+Added: of an investment in the Shares to decline proportionately.
+Added: Each of these events could have a material effect on the Trust’s
+Added: financial position and results of operations.
Indemnification
−Removed: Under the Trust’s organizational documents, the Trustee
−Removed: (and its directors, employees and agents) and the Sponsor (and its members, managers, directors, officers, employees and affiliates)
−Removed: are indemnified by the Trust against any liability, cost or expense it incurs without gross negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct
−Removed: or willful malfeasance on its part and without reckless disregard on its part of its obligations and duties under the Trust’s
−Removed: organizational documents.
−Removed: The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims
−Removed: that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred.
−Removed: abrdn Platinum ETF Trust
+Added: the Trust’s organizational documents, the Trustee (and its directors, employees and agents) and the Sponsor (and its members,
+Added: managers, directors, officers, employees and affiliates) are indemnified by the Trust against any liability, cost or expense it
+Added: incurs without gross negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or willful malfeasance on its part and without reckless disregard
+Added: on its part of its obligations and duties under the Trust’s organizational documents.
+Added: The Trust’s maximum exposure
+Added: under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred.
+Added: Platinum ETF Trust
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