Every material Form 8-K abrdn Precious Metals Basket ETF Trust has filed with the SEC since March 14, 2022, read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). Newest first; each brief links to its own page and to the filing on SEC.gov.
Effective August 8, 2024, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. stopped serving as custodian for the trust's gold, silver, platinum and palladium bullion, which moved to ICBC Standard Bank Plc under new allocated and unallocated account agreements. The filing states that all bullion is now held with the new custodian and that no cost or expense was or will be incurred by the trust or its shareholders from the termination.
Termination effective August 8, 2024, the date all bullion transferred to the new custodian
Former custodian: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.; new custodian: ICBC Standard Bank Plc
Trust states no cost or expense was or will be incurred by the trust or shareholders
The trust signed new custody agreements with ICBC Standard Bank Plc and gave notice to terminate its agreements with JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., with bullion to move to the new custodian. The filing also reduces the creation and redemption basket size from 50,000 to 25,000 shares effective June 18, 2024, and moves creations and redemptions to T+1 settlement from May 28, 2024; the filing states no cost or expense was or will be incurred by the trust or holders from the custodian change.
New custody agreements with ICBC Standard Bank Plc dated May 23, 2024, replace JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. as custodian of bullion.
No cost or expense was, or will be, incurred by the trust or shareholders due to the custodian change.
Basket size falls from 50,000 to 25,000 shares effective June 18, 2024.
Creation and redemption orders move to T+1 settlement beginning May 28, 2024; earlier orders are not affected.
The sponsor of the GLTR trust, abrdn ETFs Sponsor LLC, amended the depositary trust agreement and two account agreements with The Bank of New York Mellon, JPMorgan Chase Bank and the trust's custodian. The amendments mainly rename the trust and its shares from Aberdeen Standard to abrdn, effective March 31, 2022, and add a bullion replacement provision requiring the custodian to swap out any bullion that does not comply with the rules.
Trust Amendment with The Bank of New York Mellon signed March 8, 2022
Trust and share names change from Aberdeen Standard to abrdn effective March 31, 2022; sponsor name changed March 1, 2022
Allocated Account Amendment with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. signed March 11, 2022 adds a Replacement of Bullion section
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