ETFS EUR Daily Hedged Precious Metals (00XQ) is designed to provide investors with a total return exposure to commodity futures with a daily currency hedge against movements in the EUR/USD exchange rate by tracking the Bloomberg Precious Metals Subindex Euro Hedged Daily (the "Index") and providing a collateral yield. 00XQ is an exchange traded commodity ("ETC"). Its securities can be created and redeemed on demand by authorised participants and traded on exchange just like shares in a company. The ETC is backed by swaps. The payment obligations of the swap counterparties to the Issuer are protected by collateral held which is marked to market daily. The collateral is held in segregated accounts at The Bank of New York Mellon. Details of the collateral held can be found in the Collateral section of the website (www. etfsecurities. com).