Important notice to shareholder of DB ETC plc and Xtrackers ETC plc

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 

Xtrackers ETC plc

a public company limited by shares incorporated under the

laws of Ireland with registered number 627079, having its registered address at Fourth Floor, 3 George’s Dock, IFSC, Dublin 1, Ireland

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SECURITYHOLDERS

of the following Securities issued under DB ETC plc’s Secured ETC Precious Metal Linked Securities Programme: Series 1 Xtrackers Physical Gold ETC Securities due 2060 (ISIN: GB00B5840F36), Series 2 Xtrackers Physical Gold EUR Hedged ETC Securities due 2060 (ISIN: DE000A1EK0G3), Series 3 Xtrackers Physical Silver ETC Securities due 2060 (ISIN: GB00B57Y9462), Series 4 Xtrackers Physical Silver EUR Hedged ETC Securities due 2060 (ISIN: DE000A1EK0J7), Series 5 Xtrackers Physical Platinum ETC Securities due 2060 (ISIN: GB00B57GJC05), Series 6 Xtrackers Physical Platinum EUR Hedged ETC Securities due 2060 (ISIN: DE000A1EK0H1), Series 9 Xtrackers Physical Gold ETC (EUR) Securities due 2060 (ISIN: DE000A1E0HR8), Series 10 Xtrackers Physical Silver ETC (EUR) Securities due 2060 (ISIN: DE000A1E0HS6) and Series 13 Xtrackers Physical Gold GBP Hedged ETC Securities due 2061 (ISIN: GB00B68FL050)

(each a “Series” and together the “Securities”)

28 April 2021

Dear Securityholder,

This announcement is being made by Xtrackers ETC plc (“We”).

We hereby refer to (i) the Exchange Offer Memorandum dated 25 March 2021 (the “EOM”) whereby Xtrackers ETC plc invited holders of each Series of the Securities to exchange their Securities for a specified series of Xtrackers ETC plc’s ETC Securities issued under Xtrackers ETC plc’s Secured Xtrackers ETC Precious Metal Linked Securities Programme and (ii) the UK Exchange Offer Memorandum dated 25 March 2021 (the “UKEOM” and together with the Exchange Offer Memorandum, the “Exchange Offer Memoranda”) whereby Xtrackers invited the Holders of Existing DB ETC Securities who are in the United Kingdom to participate in the Exchange Offers on similar terms to those set out in the EOM as such terms are set out in the UKEOM.

Each invitation to exchange Existing DB ETC Securities into a specified series of New Xtrackers ETC Securities being an “Exchange Offer” and together, the “Exchange Offers”.

The Exchange Offers expired on 23 April 2021 and on 26 April 2021 we announced our decision to accept all valid offers of Existing DB ETC Securities for exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offers and the final aggregate amount of each series of DB ETC Securities accepted for exchange.

Further to the announcement made on 27 April 2021 which published the relevant Exchange Ratio for each Series of Existing DB ETC Securities, and as required pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Offers set out in the Exchange Offer Memoranda we hereby announce further information relating to the New Xtrackers ETC Securities as set out in the Annex hereto.

All capitalised terms used in this announcement but not defined shall have the meaning given to them in the relevant Exchange Offer Memorandum.

Securityholders with queries relating to this notice may address them to the following email: [e-mail].

Important Information

This announcement must be read in conjunction with (i) the UKEOM by Holders located in the United Kingdom; and (ii) the EOM by other Holders.

The distribution of this announcement and other information in connection with any offer of securities and/or the solicitation of offers for securities in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law and persons who come into possession of this announcement or any document or other information referred to herein are required by the Original Issuer, Xtrackers, DWS International GmbH (the “Information Agent”), Idexis Limited (the “Exchange Agent”) and Computershare Investor Services PLC (the “CREST Receiving Agent”) to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions.

This announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to sell, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or sell the Existing DB ETC Securities and/or New Xtrackers ETC Securities, as applicable. The distribution of this announcement in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement comes are required by each of the Original Issuer, Xtrackers and DWS International GmbH (the “Information Agent”) to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions.

This announcement is released by Xtrackers ETC plc and contains information that qualified or may have qualified as inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of (A) MAR; and (B) the MAR as it forms part of retained EU law as defined in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, encompassing information relating to Exchange Offers, as described above.

For the purposes of (i) MAR and Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1055 (the “Implementing Regulation”); and (ii) UK MAR and Article 2 of Implementing Regulation as it forms part of retained EU law as defined in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, this announcement is made by Claudio Borza, as a Director of Xtrackers ETC plc.

Xtrackers ETC plc

Annex

						New Xtrackers ETC Securities Final Terms Material Information “to be completed” in the Exchange Offer Memorandum
DB ETC plc ETC Securities Series	New Xtrackers ETC Securities Series	Exchange Ratio	Metal Entitlement per DB ETC plc ETC Security as at the Subscription Trade Date	Metal Entitlement per New Xtrackers ETC Security as at the Subscription Trade Date	Number of New Xtrackers ETC Securities to be issued pursuant to the Exchange Offers	Tranche Number of New Xtrackers ETC Securities	Aggregate Number of New Xtrackers ETC Securities of Series			Tranche Issue Date	Subscription Trade Date of Tranche	Estimate of total net proceeds of the issue
							Of Series in issue immediately prior to Tranche Issue Date	Immediately in issue following the Tranche Issue Date	Comprising the relevant Tranche of the Series to be issued pursuant to the Exchange Offers
Series 1 Xtrackers Physical Gold (ISIN: GB00B5840F36)	Series 2 Xtrackers IE Physical Gold (ISIN: DE000A2T0VU5)	6.269	0.0970068602	0.015474111	15,698,568	53	22,632,304	52,408,920	29,776,616	29/4/2021	26/4/2021	817,100,119
Series 2 Xtrackers Physical Gold EUR Hedged (ISIN: DE000A1EK0G3)	Series 5 Xtrackers IE Physical Gold EUR Hedged (ISIN: DE000A2T5DZ1)	4.655	0.0784665595	0.016856586	12,261,583	36	3,693,000	15,954,583	12,261,583	29/4/2021	26/4/2021	303,758,647
Series 3 Xtrackers Physical Silver (ISIN: GB00B57Y9462)	Series 3 Xtrackers IE Physical Silver (ISIN: DE000A2T0VS9)	6.596	9.5349603208	1.445494252	353,000	14	2,410,887	4,910,350	2,499,463	29/4/2021	26/4/2021	94,334,482
Series 4 Xtrackers Physical Silver EUR Hedged (ISIN: DE000A1EK0J7)	Series 4 Xtrackers IE Physical Silver EUR Hedged (ISIN: DE000A2UDH55)	4.717	7.4039444942	1.569736668	680,933	12	278,144	959,077	680,933	29/4/2021	26/4/2021	23,079,270
Series 5 Xtrackers Physical Platinum (ISIN: GB00B57GJC05)	Series 1 Xtrackers IE Physical Platinum (ISIN: DE000A2T0VT7)	3.823	0.0951942785	0.024900711	84,629	9	89,000	173,629	84,629	29/4/2021	26/4/2021	2,592,008
Series 6 Xtrackers Physical Platinum EUR Hedged (ISIN: DE000A1EK0H1)	Series 7 Xtrackers IE Physical Platinum EUR Hedged (ISIN: DE000A2UDH63)	2.754	0.0735593087	0.026709948	339,726	7	563,750	903,476	339,726	29/4/2021	26/4/2021	9,237,387
Series 9 Xtrackers Physical Gold (EUR) (ISIN: DE000A1E0HR8)	Series 2 Xtrackers IE Physical Gold (ISIN: DE000A2T0VU5)	6.273	0.0970639415	0.015474111	14,078,048	53	22,632,304	52,408,920	29,776,616	29/4/2021	26/4/2021	817,100,119
Series 10 Xtrackers Physical Silver (EUR) (ISIN: DE000A1E0HS6)	Series 3 Xtrackers IE Physical Silver (ISIN: DE000A2T0VS9)	6.602	9.5436650422	1.445494252	2,146,463	14	2,410,887	4,910,350	2,499,463	29/4/2021	26/4/2021	94,334,482
Series 13 Xtrackers Physical Gold GBP Hedged (ISIN: GB00B68FL050)	Series 6 Xtrackers IE Physical Gold GBP Hedged (ISIN: DE000A2UDH48)	0.437	0.0075326564	0.017242603	190,326	57	5,025,700	5,216,026	190,326	29/4/2021	26/4/2021	4,189,646