UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~March~~May 1428, ~~2022~~2024 (~~March~~May 823, ~~2022~~2024)

~~ABERDEEN STANDARD~~ ABRDN PLATINUM ETF TRUST

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New York		001-34590		26-4732885
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

c/o abrdn ETFs Sponsor LLC 712 Fifth Avenue, 49th Floor New York, NY		10019
c/o abrdn ETFs Sponsor LLC 1900 Market Street, Suite 200 Philadelphia, PA	19103
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)	~~(Zip Code)~~

(844) 383-7289

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered ~~Aberdeen~~abrdn ~~Standard~~ Physical Platinum Shares ETF PPLT NYSE Arca

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR § 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR § 240.12b-2).

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. ☐

Item 1.01	Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Entry into New Allocated and Unallocated Account Agreements with New Custodian

On May 23, 2024, The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Trustee”), in its capacity as Trustee of the abrdn Platinum ETF Trust (the “Trust”), and at the direction of abrdn ETFs Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”), the Trust’s Sponsor, entered into an Allocated Account Agreement and Unallocated Account Agreement (collectively, the “New Custody Agreements”) with ICBC Standard Bank Plc (the “New Custodian”) providing for the custody of the Trust’s platinum by the New Custodian. Copies of the New Custody Agreements are filed as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2, respectively, to this report and are incorporated by reference herein.

Amendment to Depositary Trust Agreement

On May ~~March 8~~23, ~~2022~~2024, ~~abrdn ETFs Sponsor LLC,~~ the ~~sponsor (the “~~Sponsor~~”) of~~ ~~the Aberdeen Standard Platinum ETF Trust (the “Trust”),~~ entered into an Amendment (the “Trust Amendment”) to the Depositary Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) with ~~The Bank of New York Mellon, in its capacity as Trustee of~~ the ~~Trust~~ ~~(the “~~Trustee”). The Trust Amendment reflects the following changes, effective as of ~~March~~June 3118, ~~2022~~ 2024, as approved and directed by the Sponsor on behalf of the Trust: (1) the ~~changes~~amendment inof the ~~name~~definition of ~~the~~“Benchmark Price” ~~Trust~~to mean, ~~effective~~“as ~~March~~of ~~31,~~any ~~2022~~day, ~~from~~(i) ~~Aberdeen~~such ~~Standard~~day’s LBMA Platinum Price PM or such day’s LBMA Platinum Price AM if such day’s LBMA Platinum ~~ETF~~Price ~~Trust~~PM is not available; or (ii) such other publicly available price which is reasonably available to ~~abrdn~~the ~~Platinum~~Trustee ~~ETF~~at ~~Trust~~no ~~and~~cost to the ~~change~~Trustee inand which the ~~name~~Sponsor ofmay determine fairly represents the ~~shares~~commercial ~~issuable~~value of platinum held by the Trust (and instructs the ~~“Shares”), effective~~Trustee ~~March~~to ~~31,~~use ~~2022,~~as ~~from~~the ~~Aberdeen~~Benchmark ~~Standard~~Price”; ~~Physical~~(2) ~~Platinum~~the ~~Shares~~deletion ~~ETF~~and toreplacement of ~~abrdn~~the ~~Physical~~defined ~~Platinum~~term ~~Shares~~for ~~ETF~~“London (PM Fix” with the defined term “~~ETF~~LBMA ~~Name Changes~~Platinum Price PM”);, ~~and~~which ~~(2)~~means “the price ~~change~~of ina ~~the~~troy ~~name~~ounce of platinum as determined by the ~~Sponsor~~LME, ~~from~~the ~~“Aberdeen~~third ~~Standard~~party ~~Investments~~administrator ~~ETFs~~of ~~Sponsor~~the ~~LLC”~~London toplatinum ~~“abrdn~~price selected ~~ETFs~~by ~~Sponsor~~the ~~LLC~~LBMA,” ~~which~~or ~~occurred~~any onsuccessor ~~March~~administrator 1of the London [platinum price, ~~2022~~at or about 2:00 p.m. London, England time”; and (3) the addition of the new definition for “~~Sponsor~~LBMA ~~Name~~Platinum ~~Change~~Price AM” which means “the price of a troy ounce of platinum as determined by the LME, ~~and~~the ~~collectively~~third ~~with~~party administrator of the ~~ETF~~London ~~Name~~platinum ~~Changes~~price selected by the LBMA, or any successor administrator of the ~~“Name~~London ~~Changes”)~~platinum price, at or about 9:45 a.m. London, England time..

The foregoing description of the Trust Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Trust Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference herein.

~~Amendment~~Item 1.02 toTermination ~~Allocated~~of ~~Account~~a Material Definitive Agreement.

~~On March 11, 2022, the Trustee entered into an Amendment (the~~Termination ~~“Allocated~~of ~~Account Amendment”) to the~~ Allocated ~~Account Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., the Trust’s Custodian (the “Custodian”),~~ and ~~the~~Unallocated ~~Sponsor (the “Allocated~~ Account ~~Agreement”). The~~Agreements Allocated Account Amendment reflects the following changes, effective as of March 31, 2022, as approved and directed by the Sponsor on behalf of the Trust: (1) the Name Changes; and (2) the addition of a new “Replacement of Bullion” section, which requires that, upon a determination by the Custodian that any Bullion credited to the Allocated Account does not comply with ~~the~~Prior ~~Rules, the~~ Custodian shall as soon as practical replace such Bullion with Bullion which complies with the Rules. Capitalized terms used but not defined in the preceding sentence shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto by the Allocated Account Agreement.

~~The~~On May ~~foregoing~~23, ~~description~~2024, the Trustee delivered to JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. (“JPMorgan” or the “Former Custodian”), custodian of the Trust’s platinum, notice of termination of the Allocated Account ~~Amendment~~Agreement ~~does~~and the Unallocated Account ~~not~~Agreement, ~~purport~~each todated beas ~~complete~~of December 30, 2009 and isas ~~qualified~~between inthe ~~its~~Trustee, ~~entirety~~and bythe ~~reference~~Former toCustodian (collectively, and as amended, the ~~full~~“Former ~~text~~Custody Agreements”). Pursuant to the terms of the ~~Allocated~~Former ~~Account~~Custody ~~Amendment~~Agreements, the notice of termination delivered by the Trustee will become effective on the date on which isall platinum held in the allocated and unallocated accounts governed by the Former Custody ~~filed~~Agreements ashas ~~Exhibit~~been ~~10.1~~transferred to ~~this~~the ~~report~~allocated and isunallocated ~~incorporated~~accounts governed by ~~reference~~the ~~herein~~New Custody Agreements with the New Custodian (the “Termination Effective Date”). Until the Termination Effective Date, the Trust will have available custodian services under both the Former Custody Agreements and the New Custody Agreements referred to in Item 1.01 above. Following the Termination Effective Date, the custody of all platinum of the Trust will be pursuant to the New Custody Agreements.

~~Amendment~~No cost toor ~~Unallocated~~expense ~~Account~~was, ~~Agreement~~or will be, incurred by the Trust or the holders of the abrdn Physical Platinum Shares ETF in connection with the termination of the Former Custody Agreements or their replacement with the New Custody Agreements.

On March 11, 2022, the Trustee entered into an Amendment (the “Unallocated Account Amendment”) to the Unallocated Account Agreement with the Custodian and the Sponsor (the “Unallocated Account Agreement”). The Unallocated Account Amendment reflects the Name Changes, effective as of March 31, 2022, as approved and directed by the Sponsor on behalf of the Trust.

The foregoing description of the Unallocated Account Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Unallocated Account Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this report and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 5.03

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

Depositary Trust Agreement

The information set forth in Item 1.01 relating to the Trust Agreement, is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

Pursuant to an SEC rule amendment adopted in February 2023, the standard settlement cycle for most securities transactions by broker-dealers will be shortened from two business days after the trade date (“T+2 Settlement”) to one business day following the trade date (“T+1 Settlement”), effective as of May 28, 2024. Consistent with the rule amendment, beginning on May 28, 2024, the standard creation and redemption processes for the Trust will change from T+2 Settlement to T+1 Settlement. Creation and redemption orders placed before May 28, 2024 will not be subject to this change.

	Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit 4.1	~~Second~~Third Amendment to the Depositary Trust Agreement dated ~~March~~May 823, ~~2022~~2024
Exhibit 10.1	~~Third Amendment to~~ Allocated Account Agreement dated ~~March~~May 1123, ~~2022~~2024
Exhibit 10.2	~~Third Amendment to~~ Unallocated Account Agreement dated ~~March~~May 1123, ~~2022~~2024
Exhibit 104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	ABERDEEN STANDARD PLATINUM ETF TRUST
	ABRDN PLATINUM ETF TRUST
	By: abrdn ETFs Sponsor LLC,
	Sponsor of the Aberdeen Standard Platinum ETF Trust
	Sponsor of the abrdn Platinum ETF Trust
Date: March 14, 2022	By:	/s/Andrea Melia
Date: May 28, 2024	By:	/s/ Brian Kordeck
		Andrea Melia
		Brian Kordeck
		Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer*

* The Registrant is a trust and MsMr. ~~Melia~~Kordeck is signing in ~~her~~his capacities as officer of abrdn ETFs Sponsor LLC, the Sponsor of the Registrant.

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