{"url_path":"/sec/pplt/8-k/2026-05-18/item-8-01","section_key":"item-8-01","section_title":"Item 8.01 Other Events.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-18","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1460235/0001999371-26-011013-index.html","accession_number":"0001999371-26-011013","cik":"0001460235","ticker":"PPLT","issuer_name":"abrdn Platinum ETF Trust","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1460235/0001999371-26-011013-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001460235","primary_entity_name":"abrdn Platinum ETF Trust"},"word_count":242,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 8.01 Other Events.**\n\n \n\nOn May 18, 2026, prior to the open of trading on NYSE Arca, Inc., abrdn Platinum ETF Trust (the “Registrant”)\neffected a 10-for-1 forward split (the “Split”) of the abrdn Physical Platinum Shares ETF (the “Shares”)\nissued by the Registrant. The post-Split Shares began trading on May 18, 2026. The Registrant previously announced the Split in its press\nrelease dated April 22, 2026. As a result of the Split, every pre-Split Share held of record as of the close of the markets on May 14,\n2026 was automatically exchanged for ten post-Split Shares. Immediately prior to the Split, there were 13,700,000 Shares issued and outstanding,\neach representing a net asset value (“NAV”) of $178.62. Immediately after the Split, the number of issued and outstanding\nShares increased to 137,000,000, and the NAV per Share decreased to $17.86. The Split did not affect the Shares’ CUSIP number or\nticker symbol (PPLT).\n\n 2 \n\n \n\n \n\n**SIGNATURES**\n\n \n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused\nthis report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\n \n\n \n\n \nABRDN PLATINUM ETF TRUST\n\n \n \n \n\n \nBy: abrdn ETFs Sponsor LLC, Sponsor of the abrdn Platinum ETF Trust\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n\nDate: May 18, 2026\nBy: \n/s/ Sharon Ferrari\n\n \n \nSharon Ferrari\n\n \n \nChief Financial Officer and Treasurer*\n\n \n\n \n\n *The Registrant is a trust and Ms. Ferrari is signing in her capacities as officer of abrdn ETFs Sponsor\nLLC, the Sponsor of the Registrant.\n\n \n\n \n\n 3"}