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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

or

☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the Transition Period from _to

Commission File Number:001-34917

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New York27-2780046
(State or other jurisdictionof incorporation or organization)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
c/o abrdn ETFs Sponsor LLC1900 Market Street, Suite 200 Philadelphia, PA19103
(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 classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
abrdn Physical Precious Metals Basket Shares ETFGLTRNYSE 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☐
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 I3
Item 1. Business3
Trust Objective3
Overview of the Bullion Industry4
Operation of the Bullion Markets15
Secondary Market Trading25
Valuation of Bullion and Computation of Net Asset Value25
Trust Expenses26
Creation and Redemption of Shares27
Creation Procedures29
Redemption Procedures30
Creation and Redemption Transaction Fee32
The Sponsor32
The Trustee33
The Custodian33
Inspection of Bullion34
Description of Shares34
Custody of the Trust’s Bullion35
United States Federal Income Tax Consequences36
ERISA and Related Considerations39
Item 1A. Risk Factors40
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments47
Item 1C. Cybersecurity47
Item 2. Properties48
Item 3. Legal Proceedings48
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosure48
PART II49
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities49
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations51
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk54
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data (Unaudited)54
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure55
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures55
Item 9B. Other Information58
PART III59
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance59
Item 11. Executive Compensation59
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters59
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence60
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services60
PART IV61
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules61
Item 16. Form 10K Summary62
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