Sprott Physical Platinum and Palladium TrustMarch 31, 2023
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 March 31, 2023, the total change in unrealized losses on physical platinum bullion amounted to $4.4 million and the total change in unrealized losses on physical palladium bullion amounted to $14.1 million, compared to the total change in unrealized gains on physical platinum bullion of $0.4 million and the total change in unrealized gains on physical palladium bullion of $12.8 million for the same period in 2022. There are no realized gains on physical platinum bullion and no realized gains on physical palladium bullion. Comparatively, for the same period in 2022, there are no realized gains on physical platinum bullion and no realized gains on physical palladium bullion.
During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Trust issued 263,624 units through the at-the-market offering program (the “ATM Program”) for gross proceeds of $3.4 million, and redeemed 200 units for a nominal amount of cash. Comparatively, for the same period in 2022, the Trust issued 1,048,206 units for gross proceeds of $19.3 million, and redeemed no units.
The value of the net assets1 of the Trust as at March 31, 2023 was $122.8 million or $12.42 per unit, compared to $138.3 million or $14.37 per unit as at December 31, 2022. The Trust held 60,201 ounces of physical platinum bullion and 42,800 ounces of physical palladium bullion as at March 31, 2023, compared to 57,010 ounces of physical platinum bullion and 42,800 ounces of physical palladium bullion as at December 31, 2022. As at March 31, 2023, the spot price of physical platinum bullion was $995.21 per ounce and the spot price of physical palladium bullion was $1,463.77 per ounce, compared to a spot price for platinum bullion of $1,074.29 per ounce and a spot price for physical palladium bullion of $1,792.68 per ounce as at December 31, 2022.
1 Net assets are equal to total assets less total liabilities (or total equity) on the unaudited statements of financial position.