Interim Management Report of Fund Performance (in U.S. dollars)
Management Discussion of Fund Performance
Investment Objective and Strategies
Sprott Physical Platinum and Palladium Trust (the “Trust”) is a closed end mutual fund trust organized under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada. Sprott Asset Management LP (the “Manager”) is the manager of the Trust. The Trust was created to invest and hold substantially all of its assets in physical platinum and palladium bullion. The Trust seeks to provide a secure, convenient and exchange-traded investment alternative for investors interested in holding physical platinum and palladium bullion without the inconvenience that is typical of a direct investment in physical bullion. The Trust intends to achieve its objective by investing primarily in long-term holdings of unencumbered, fully allocated, physical platinum and palladium bullion and does not speculate with regard to short-term changes in platinum and palladium prices.
The units of the Trust are listed on the New York Stock Exchange Arca (“NYSE Arca”) under the ticker symbol “SPPP”, and the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) under the ticker symbols “SPPP” and “SPPP.U”.
Risks
There have been no changes to the Trust over the financial period that materially affected the risk level of the Trust.
Results of Operations
For the three months ended June 30, 2022, the total change in unrealized losses on physical platinum bullion amounted to $5.6 million and the total change in unrealized losses on physical palladium bullion amounted to $15.6 million compared with the total change in unrealized losses on physical platinum bullion of $5.7 million and the total change in unrealized gains on physical palladium bullion of $6.1 million for the same period in 2021. There are no realized gains on physical platinum bullion and no realized gains on physical palladium bullion. Comparatively, for the same period in 2021, there are no realized gains on physical platinum bullion and no realized gains on physical palladium bullion. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, the total change in unrealized losses on physical platinum bullion amounted to $5.2 million and the total change in unrealized losses on physical palladium bullion amounted to $2.8 million compared with the total change in unrealized losses on physical platinum bullion of $3.0 million and the total change in unrealized gains on physical palladium bullion of $13.0 million for the same period in 2021. There are no realized gains on physical platinum bullion and no realized gains on physical palladium bullion. Comparatively, for the same period in 2021, there are no realized gains on physical platinum bullion and no realized gains on physical palladium bullion.
During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Trust issued 1,342,191 units through the at-the-market offering program (the “ATM Program”) for gross proceeds of $24.1 million, and redeemed no units. Comparatively, for the same period in 2021, the Trust issued 1,421,475 units for gross proceeds of $26.8 million, and redeemed 669 units for a nominal amount of cash.
The value of the net assets1 of the Trust as at June 30, 2022 was $146.9 million or $14.04 per unit, compared to $131.8 million or $14.46 as at December 31, 2021. The Trust held 61,853 ounces of physical platinum bullion and 46,969 ounces of physical palladium bullion as at June 30, 2022, compared to 53,383 ounces of physical platinum bullion and 41,899 ounces of physical palladium bullion as at December 31, 2021. As at June 30, 2022, the spot price of physical platinum bullion was $896.71 per ounce and the spot price of physical palladium bullion was $1,940.22 per ounce, compared to a spot price for platinum bullion of $968.74 per ounce and the spot price of physical palladium bullion was $1,904.84 per ounce as at December 31, 2021.