Sprott Asset Management LP (“Sprott Asset Management”), a
subsidiary of Sprott Inc., on behalf of the Sprott Physical Silver
Trust (NYSE: PSLV) (TSX: PSLV / PSLV.U) (the “Trust”), a
closed-ended mutual fund trust created to invest and hold
substantially all of its assets in physical silver bullion, today
announced that it has added additional sales agents to its
at-the-market equity program to issue up to US$1 billion of units
of the Trust (“Units”) in the United States and Canada.
Distributions under the at-the-market equity
programs in the United States and Canada (together, the “ATM
Program”) will now be completed in accordance with the terms of an
amended and restated sales agreement (the “A&R Sales
Agreement”) dated December 6, 2024 between Sprott Asset Management
(as the manager of the Trust), the Trust, Cantor Fitzgerald &
Co. (“CF&Co”), Virtu Americas LLC (“Virtu”), BMO Capital
Markets (“BMO”) and Canaccord Genuity LLC (“Canaccord”, and
together with CF&Co, Virtu and BMO, the “U.S. Agents”), Cantor
Fitzgerald Canada Corporation (“Cantor Canada”), Virtu Canada Corp.
(“Virtu Canada”), BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. (“BMO Canada”), Canaccord
Genuity Corp. (“Canaccord Canada” and together with Cantor Canada,
BMO Canada and Virtu Canada, the “Canadian Agents”, and, together
with the U.S. Agents, the “Agents”). The A&R Sales Agreement is
available on EDGAR at the website of the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) at www.sec.gov and the SEDAR+
website maintained by the Canadian Securities Administrators at
www.sedarplus.ca.
Sales of Units through the Agents, acting as
agent, will be made through “at the market” issuances on the NYSE
Arca (“NYSE”) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) or other
existing trading markets in the United States and Canada at the
market price prevailing at the time of each sale, and, as a result,
sale prices may vary. Neither U.S. Agent is registered as a dealer
in any Canadian jurisdiction and, accordingly, the U.S. Agents will
only sell Units on marketplaces in the United States and are not
permitted to and will not, directly or indirectly, advertise or
solicit offers to purchase any Units in Canada. The Canadian Agents
may only sell Units on marketplaces in Canada.
The volume and timing of distributions under the
ATM Program, if any, will be determined in the Trust's sole
discretion. The Trust intends to use the proceeds from the ATM
Program, if any, to acquire physical silver bullion in accordance
with the Trust's objective and subject to the Trust's investment
and operating restrictions.
The offering under the ATM Program is now being
made pursuant to the amended and restated prospectus supplement
dated December 6, 2024 (the “A&R U.S. Prospectus Supplement”)
to the Trust’s U.S. base prospectus (the “U.S. Base Prospectus”)
included in its registration statement on Form F-10 (the
“Registration Statement”) (File No. 333-271162) filed with the SEC
on April 6, 2023, and pursuant to the amended and restated
prospectus supplement dated December 6, 2024 (the “A&R
Prospectus Supplement”) to the Trust's Canadian short form base
shelf prospectus dated April 6, 2023 (the “Base Shelf Prospectus”
and together with the A&R Prospectus Supplement, the A&R
U.S. Prospectus Supplement, the U.S. Base Prospectus and the
Registration Statement, the “Offering Documents”). The A&R U.S.
Prospectus Supplement, the U.S. Base Prospectus and the
Registration Statement are available on EDGAR at the SEC's website
at www.sec.gov, and the A&R Prospectus Supplement and the Base
Shelf Prospectus are available on the SEDAR+ website maintained by
the Canadian Securities Administrators at www.sedarplus.ca.
Before you invest, you should read the Offering
Documents and other documents that the Trust has filed for more
complete information about the Trust, the A&R Sales Agreement
and the ATM Program.
Listing of the Units sold pursuant to the ATM
Program on the NYSE and the TSX has been approved by the NYSE and
the TSX, as applicable, subject to all applicable listing
requirements.
This press release shall not constitute an offer
to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be
any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which an offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualifications under the securities laws of any such
jurisdiction.
About Sprott and Sprott Asset
Management Sprott Asset Management is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Sprott and is the investment manager to the Trust.
Sprott is a global leader in precious metals and critical materials
investments. At Sprott, we are specialists. Our in-depth knowledge,
experience and relationships separate us from the generalists. Our
investment strategies include Exchange Listed Products, Managed
Equities and Private Strategies. Sprott has offices in Toronto, New
York, Connecticut and California and Sprott’s common shares are
listed on the NYSE and the TSX under the symbol “SII”.
About the TrustImportant
information about the Trust, including its investment objectives
and strategies, applicable management fees, and expenses, is
contained in the Trust’s annual information form for the year ended
December 31, 2023 (the “AIF”). Commissions, management fees, or
other charges and expenses may be associated with investing in the
Trust. The performance of the Trust is not guaranteed, its value
changes frequently and past performance is not an indication of
future results.
Caution Regarding Forward-Looking
StatementsThis press release contains forward-looking
statements within the meaning of applicable United States
securities laws and forward-looking information within the meaning
of Canadian securities laws (collectively, “forward-looking
statements”). Forward-looking statements in this press release
include, without limitation, investor demands for Units, statements
regarding the ATM Program, including the intended use of proceeds
from the sale of Units, any sale of Units and the timing and
ability of the Trust to obtain all necessary approvals in
connection with a sale of Units. With respect to the
forward-looking statements contained in this press release, the
Trust has made numerous assumptions regarding, among other things,
the silver market. While the Trust considers these assumptions to
be reasonable, these assumptions are inherently subject to
significant business, economic, competitive, market and social
uncertainties and contingencies. Additionally, there are known and
unknown risk factors that could cause the Trust's actual results,
performance or achievements to be materially different from any
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by
the forward-looking statements contained in this press release. A
discussion of risks and uncertainties facing the Trust appears in
the Offering Documents, as updated by the Trust's continuous
disclosure filings, which are available at www.sec.gov and
www.sedarplus.ca. All forward-looking statements herein are
qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and the
Trust disclaims any obligation to revise or update any such
forward-looking statements or to publicly announce the result of
any revisions to any of the forward-looking statements contained
herein to reflect future results, events or developments, except as
required by law.
For more information:Glen
WilliamsManaging Director Investor and Institutional Client
RelationsDirect: 416-943-4394gwilliams@sprott.com
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