LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Important Notice to Securityholders
by
DB ETC plc (the “Issuer”)
In respect of the following outstanding Series of ETC Securities:
Series Number |
Series Title |
ISIN |
Issue Date |
1 |
Xtrackers Physical Gold ETC |
GB00B5840F36 |
11 June 2010 |
2 |
Xtrackers Physical Gold EUR Hedged ETC |
DE000A1EK0G3 |
15 June 2010 |
3 |
Xtrackers Physical Silver ETC |
GB00B57Y9462 |
15 June 2010 |
4 |
Xtrackers Physical Silver EUR Hedged ETC |
DE000A1EK0J7 |
15 June 2010 |
5 |
Xtrackers Physical Platinum ETC |
GB00B57GJC05 |
14 July 2010 |
6 |
Xtrackers Physical Platinum EUR Hedged ETC |
DE000A1EK0H1 |
14 July 2010 |
7 |
Xtrackers Physical Palladium ETC |
GB00B5VYVZ75 |
14 July 2010 |
8 |
Xtrackers Physical Palladium EUR Hedged ETC |
DE000A1EK3B8 |
14 July 2010 |
9 |
Xtrackers Physical Gold ETC (EUR) |
DE000A1E0HR8 |
27 August 2010 |
10 |
Xtrackers Physical Silver ETC (EUR) |
DE000A1E0HS6 |
27 August 2010 |
11 |
Xtrackers Physical Rhodium ETC |
GB00B684MW17 |
19 May 2011 |
12 |
Xtrackers Physical Rhodium ETC (EUR) |
DE000A1KJHG8 |
19 May 2011 |
13 |
Xtrackers Physical Gold GBP Hedged ETC |
GB00B68FL050 |
1 April 2011 |
issued under its Secured ETC Precious Metal Linked Securities Programme
(the “Programme”)
Capitalised terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the base prospectus dated 1 May 2020 relating to the Programme. Securityholders are hereby notified of the following event. A base prospectus approved by the Central Bank of Ireland will be issued on or about the date of this notice.
Departure of United Kingdom from the European Union
Following the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 31 January 2020 and the expiry of the transitional period on 31 December 2020, the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) is no longer a valid competent authority for the purposes of Regulation EU 2017/1129 (the “Prospectus Regulation”). As such in order to maintain the passporting of the Programme into certain countries of the European Union and the listing of the Securities on certain European stock exchanges, the Board of Directors have decided to choose the Central Bank of Ireland as the new competent authority for the purposes of the Prospectus Regulation and has submitted a new base prospectus to the Central Bank of Ireland. The Central Bank of Ireland has approved the base prospectus dated on or about 4 January 2021 as meeting the requirements imposed under Irish and European Union law pursuant to the Prospectus Regulation. The base prospectus dated 1 May 2020 approved by the FCA will be used for the purposes of offering Securities in the United Kingdom and listing Securities on the Official List of the London Stock Exchange.
In addition the Issuer hereby elects Ireland as its Home Member State for the purposes of the Transparency Directive 2004/109/EC.
Securityholders are advised that there are no changes to the terms of their Securities as a result of this change and that they are not required to take any action.
Notices to Securityholders are validly delivered to the Clearing System(s) for communication by the Clearing System(s) to the Securityholders.
If you are not the ultimate beneficial holder in respect of the ETC Securities, or if you have recently disposed of the ETC Securities, please forward this notice to the ultimate beneficial holder or purchaser respectively.
Securityholders with queries relating to this notice may address them to the following email: Xtrackers@dws.com.
DB ETC plc
Jersey, 5 January 2021