W. Whitney George - May 12, 2022 Form 4 Insider Report for SPROTT FOCUS TRUST INC. (FUND)

Signature
/s/ W. Whitney George
Stock symbol
FUND
Transactions as of
May 12, 2022
Transactions value $
$81,988
Form type
4
Date filed
5/16/2022, 05:31 PM
Previous filing
Apr 12, 2022
Next filing
May 18, 2022

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction FUND Common Stock Gift $0 -612K -100% $0.00* 0 May 4, 2022 Held by Trust F2
transaction FUND Common Stock Gift $0 +306K $0.00 306K May 4, 2022 Held by Trust F2, F5
transaction FUND Common Stock Gift $0 +306K $0.00 306K May 4, 2022 Held by Trust F2, F6
transaction FUND Common Stock Purchase $82K +10K $8.20 10K May 12, 2022 Held by Trust F2, F4, F7
holding FUND Common Stock 7.33M May 12, 2022 Direct
holding FUND Common Stock 2.73M May 12, 2022 Held by Spouse
holding FUND Common Stock 177K May 12, 2022 Held by Son
holding FUND Common Stock 1.09M May 12, 2022 Held by Trust F1
holding FUND Common Stock 1.98M May 12, 2022 Held by Foundation F3
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 Shares held by a trust established for the benefit of Mr. George's children. As beneficiaries of the trust, Mr. George's children have a pecuniary interest in the trust. Mr. George may be deemed to beneficially own the shares held by the trust.
F2 These shares were held by The Mallory Descendant's Trust U/T/A DTD 12/31/2013 (the "Descendant's Trust"), of which Mr. George served as trustee and his spouse was a beneficiary. On May 4, 2022, the Descendant's Trust dissolved, and its assets were distributed, for no consideration, into three new trusts. The beneficiary of each new trust was a beneficiary of the Descendant's Trust. Two of the trusts received the issuer's shares held by the Descendant's Trust. Mr. George was appointed as a trustee of each of the three new trusts and, in such capacity, has investment and voting discretion over shares held by each trust. Mr. George's spouse is a beneficiary of one trust, and as such, has a pecuniary interest in such trust. Mr. George's immediate family members are the beneficiaries of the other two trusts. As such, Mr. George may be deemed to beneficially own the shares held by the each of the three new trusts.
F3 Shares held by The Meredith and Whitney George Family Foundation (the "Foundation"). Mr. George serves as Chairman of the Foundation and, in such capacity, has investment and voting discretion over shares held by the Foundation.
F4 Shares held by a trust established for the benefit of Mr. George's spouse. Mr. George serves as trustee of the trust and, in such capacity, has investment and voting discretion over shares held by the trust. As beneficiary of the trust, Mr. George's spouse has a pecuniary interest in the trust. Mr. George may be deemed to beneficially own the shares held by the trust.
F5 Shares held by a trust established for the benefit of Mr. George's immediate family member (the "BM Trust"). Mr. George serves as trustee of the BM Trust and, in such capacity, has investment and voting discretion over shares held by the BM Trust. Mr. George may be deemed to beneficially own the shares held by the BM Trust.
F6 Shares held by a trust established for the benefit of Mr. George's immediate family member (the "TM Trust"). Mr. George serves as trustee of the TM Trust and, in such capacity, has investment and voting discretion over shares held by the TM Trust. Mr. George may be deemed to beneficially own the shares held by the TM Trust.
F7 Represents the weighted average purchase price of multiple transactions with a range of prices between $8.14 and $8.20. Mr. George hereby undertakes to provide, upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the issuer, or a stockholder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price.

Remarks:

Mr. George disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that Mr. George is the beneficial owner of the securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.