F-1MEF 1 a10-17861_1f1mef.htm F-1MEF

 

File No. 333-             

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM F-1

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Sprott Physical Gold Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Province of Ontario, Canada

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

1040

(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)

 

N/A

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

Suite 2700, South Tower,

Royal Bank Plaza,

200 Bay Street,

Toronto, Ontario,

Canada M5J 2J1

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Anthony Tu-Sekine, Esq.

Seward & Kissel LLP

1200 G Street N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20005

(202) 737-8833

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

Anthony Tu-Sekine, Esq.
Seward & Kissel LLP
1200 G Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 737-8833
(202) 737-5184 — Facsimile

 

Christopher J. Cummings, Esq.
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Commerce Court West, Suite 4405
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5L 1E8
(416) 360-8484
(416) 360-2958 — Facsimile

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are being offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box.  o

 

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  x 333-169225

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  o

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  o

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title of Each Class of
Securities to be Registered

 

Amount to be
Registered

 

Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per
Security(1)

 

Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price

 

Amount of
Registration Fee

 

Units(2)

 

2,530,000

 

$

11.56

 

$

29,246,800

 

$

2,086

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)                                  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457 under the Securities Act of 1933, based on the average of the high and low prices of units reported on NYSE Arca on September 16, 2010.

(2)                                  Includes 330,000 Units that may be issued upon exercise of a 30-day option granted to the underwriters to cover over-allotments, if any.

 

This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

 


 

EXPLANATORY NOTE AND INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

 

This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The contents of the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-169225) and exhibits thereto filed by Sprott Physical Gold Trust with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on September 3, 2010, which was declared effective by the Commission on September 16, 2010, are incorporated herein by reference.

 


 

PART II: INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS

 

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

 

All the exhibits filed with the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (No. 333-169225) are incorporated by reference into, and shall be deemed part of, this Registration Statement, except the following which are filed herewith:

 

Exhibit
number

 

Description

5.1

 

Legal opinion as to the validity of the Units

23.1

 

Consent of Heenan Blaikie LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)

23.2

 

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

23.3

 

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-1 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Toronto, Province of Ontario, Canada on the 17th day of September, 2010.

 

 

 

SPROTT PHYSICAL GOLD TRUST
By Sprott Asset Management LP, as manager of the Registrant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Eric S. Sprott

 

 

Name: Eric S. Sprott

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons on September 17, 2010 in the capacities indicated.

 

Signature

 

Title

Sprott Asset Management LP,
Manager of the Registrant

 

 

/s/ Eric S. Sprott

 

Chief Executive Officer and Director* (Principal Executive Officer)

Eric S. Sprott

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Steven Rostowsky

 

Chief Financial Officer and Director* (Principal Financial Officer and Principal

Steven Rostowsky

 

Accounting Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Kirstin H. McTaggart

 

Chief Compliance Officer and Director*

Kirstin H. McTaggart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Kevin Bambrough

 

Director*

Kevin Bambrough

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Scott P. Dexter

 

Director*

Scott P. Dexter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ John Embry

 

Director*

John Embry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ James R. Fox

 

Director*

James R. Fox

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Peter J. Hodson

 

Director*

Peter J. Hodson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Director*

Allan Jacobs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Anne L. Spork

 

Director*

Anne L. Spork

 

 

 

* — Director of Sprott Asset Management GP Inc., general partner of the Manager of the Registrant

 

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AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative of the Registrant in the United States, has signed this registration statement in the City of Newark, State of Delaware, September 17, 2010.

 

PUGLISI & ASSOCIATES

 

 

By:

/s/ Gregory F. Lavelle

 

 

Gregory F. Lavelle

 

 

Managing Director

 

 

Authorized Representative in the United States

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

5.1

 

Legal opinion as to the validity of the Units

23.1

 

Consent of Heenan Blaikie LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)

23.2

 

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

23.3

 

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

 

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