---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-022908"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLTM"
cik: "0001690842"
company_name: "GraniteShares Platinum Trust"
filed_at: "2026-05-14T14:49:19+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T14:50:30.851359+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GraniteShares Platinum Trust sponsor names new Chief Accounting Officer

## Summary
- Benoit Autier to step down as Chief Accounting Officer of GraniteShares LLC effective June 1, 2026.
- Brandon Dall’Acqua appointed as new Chief Accounting Officer same date; he joined as CFO in Jan 2025.
- Dall’Acqua previously served as VP of Finance at Tidal Financial Group.
- Autier's departure is not due to any disagreement with the Trust's operations or policies.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-022908
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLTM
- cik: 0001690842
- company_name: GraniteShares Platinum Trust
- filed_at: 2026-05-14T14:49:19+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1690842/000149315226022908/0001493152-26-022908-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1690842/000149315226022908/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Benoit Autier departed as Chief Accounting Officer at GraniteShares Platinum Trust.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Effective June 1, 2026, Benoit Autier will step down as the Chief Accounting Officer of GraniteShares LLC (the “Sponsor”), the Sponsor of GraniteShares Platinum Trust (the “Trust”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1690842/000149315226022908/0001493152-26-022908-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brandon Dall'Acqua was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at GraniteShares Platinum Trust.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On the same date, the Sponsor appointed Brandon Dall’Acqua to serve as the Sponsor’s new Chief Accounting Officer, with immediate effect.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1690842/000149315226022908/0001493152-26-022908-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.