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Organization
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Organization
1.Organization

 

The abrdn Palladium ETF Trust (the “Trust”) is a common law trust formed on December 30, 2009 under New York law pursuant to a depositary trust agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) executed by abrdn ETFs Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”) and The Bank of New York Mellon as Trustee (the “Trustee”). The Trust holds palladium and effective June 18, 2024, issues abrdn Physical Palladium Shares ETF (“Shares”) in minimum blocks of 12,500 Shares (also referred to as “Baskets”) in exchange for deposits of palladium and distributes palladium in connection with the redemption of Baskets. The number of Shares in a block that constitutes a Basket for the purposes of creation and redemptions in the Trust was reduced from 50,000 to 25,000 effective April 1, 2019, and reduced from 25,000 to 12,500 effective June 18, 2024. Shares represent units of fractional undivided beneficial interest in and ownership of the Trust which are issued by the Trust. The Sponsor is a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of abrdn Inc., which is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Aberdeen Group plc. The Trust is governed by the Trust Agreement.

 

The investment objective of the Trust is for the Shares to reflect the performance of the price of physical palladium, less the Trust’s expenses. The Trust is designed to provide an individual owner of beneficial interests in the Shares (a “Shareholder”) an opportunity to participate in the palladium market through an investment in securities.