Change of Name

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

db x-trackers II

Investment company with variable capital

Registered office: 49, avenue J.F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg

R.C.S. Luxembourg B-124.284

(the “Company”)

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

Luxembourg, 30 January 2013

The board of directors of the Company hereby informs the shareholders of the Company (the “Shareholders”) that it has resolved to change the names of the sub-funds of the Company (i) to insert the reference to "UCITS" in the name of each sub-fund of the Company before the word “ETF” and (ii) to shorten the name of certain sub-funds of the Company for simplification purposes.

The change of name referred to under (i) above is resolved in anticipation of and to comply with the recommendation of the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) to use the specific identifier “UCITS ETF” in the name of sub-funds which fall under the definition of a UCITS exchange traded fund within the meaning of the guidelines of ESMA.

Shareholders should note that the investment objectives and the relevant underlying indices of the sub-funds of the Company will remain unchanged.

A full list showing the old and the new name of each of the sub-funds concerned, copies of the revised prospectus of the Company dated February 2013 as well as updated key investor information documents for each sub-fund of the Company reflecting the change of names will be available on the website of the Company, http://www.etf.db.com, and a copy may be obtained free of charge at the Company’s registered office or at the foreign representatives’ offices.

Any further information in relation to the name changes may be obtained from the legal entities mentioned under ‘Contact information’ below or by sending an email to [e-mail].

db x-trackers II

The board of directors

Contact information

db x-trackers II

49, avenue J.F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

DB Platinum Advisors

2, boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L-1115 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg