abrdn Precious Metals Basket ETF Trust
For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Feb 28, 2025.
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FY2024 · Filed Feb 28, 2025
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-K
| ☒ | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 |
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or
| ☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the Transition Period from _to |
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Commission File Number:001-34917
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| New York | 27-2780046 |
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| (State or other jurisdictionof incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| c/o abrdn ETFs Sponsor LLC1900 Market Street, Suite 200 Philadelphia, PA | 19103 |
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| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
**(844) 383-7289 **
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
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| abrdn Physical Precious Metals Basket Shares ETF | GLTR | NYSE Arca |
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐No ☒
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 ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company”, and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large Accelerated Filer | ☒ | Accelerated Filer | ☐ |
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| Non-Accelerated Filer | ☐ | Smaller Reporting Company | ☐ |
| Emerging Growth Company | ☐ | ||
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☐
If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ☐ Yes ☒No
Aggregate market value of the registrant’s shares outstanding based upon the closing price of a share on June 30, 2024 as reported by the NYSE Arca, Inc. on that date: $988,597,702.
As of February 26, 2025, abrdn Precious Metals Basket ETF Trust had 9,725,000 abrdn Physical Precious Metals Basket Shares ETF outstanding.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE: None
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Annual Report on Form 10-K 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 words, “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “understands” and other words 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 our 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.
Additional significant uncertainties and other factors affecting forward-looking statements are presented in the Risk Factors section herein.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| PART I | 3 |
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| Item 1. Business | 3 |
| Trust Objective | 3 |
| Overview of the Bullion Industry | 4 |
| Operation of the Bullion Markets | 15 |
| Secondary Market Trading | 25 |
| Valuation of Bullion and Computation of Net Asset Value | 25 |
| Trust Expenses | 26 |
| Creation and Redemption of Shares | 27 |
| Creation Procedures | 29 |
| Redemption Procedures | 30 |
| Creation and Redemption Transaction Fee | 32 |
| The Sponsor | 32 |
| The Trustee | 33 |
| The Custodian | 33 |
| Inspection of Bullion | 34 |
| Description of Shares | 34 |
| Custody of the Trust’s Bullion | 35 |
| United States Federal Income Tax Consequences | 36 |
| ERISA and Related Considerations | 39 |
| Item 1A. Risk Factors | 40 |
| Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments | 47 |
| Item 1C. Cybersecurity | 47 |
| Item 2. Properties | 48 |
| Item 3. Legal Proceedings | 48 |
| Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosure | 48 |
| PART II | 49 |
| Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities | 49 |
| Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 51 |
| Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk | 54 |
| Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data (Unaudited) | 54 |
| Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure | 55 |
| Item 9A. Controls and Procedures | 55 |
| Item 9B. Other Information | 58 |
| PART III | 59 |
| Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance | 59 |
| Item 11. Executive Compensation | 59 |
| Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters | 59 |
| Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence | 60 |
| Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services | 60 |
| PART IV | 61 |
| Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules | 61 |
| Item 16. Form 10K Summary | 62 |
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