Europe's leading gold-backed ETC Xetra-Gold now available in the Nordics (FOTO)

Frankfurt am Main (ots) -

Assets under custody of more than 200 tonnes of gold / Nordnet first
broker to offer

Deutsche Börse Commodities has launched Europe's leading gold-backed
exchange-traded commodity (ETC) Xetra-Gold (ISIN: DE000A0S9GB0) in the Nordic
countries Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The first broker to offer
Xetra-Gold is Nordnet. Further brokers will follow soon.

Xetra-Gold is used by institutional and private investors to participate
flexibly and cost-effectively in the development of the gold price. Each
Xetra-Gold note grants the investor the right to the delivery of one gram of
gold from the issuer or, if an investor is not permitted to take delivery of
gold, to demand repayment of Xetra-Gold in cash at its repayment value.

Just recently, gold holdings of Xetra-Gold have exceeded the 200-ton mark for
the first time. This is an increase of approx. 20 tonnes since the beginning of
the year. The assets under custody currently amount to 8.6 billion euros.
Xetra-Gold is thus the leading European gold security with which the precious
metal is also physically deposited. Gold holdings increase when investors buy
Xetra-Gold shares via the stock markets. "We are very pleased to now also offer
Xetra-Gold on the Nordic markets," says Steffen Orben, Managing Director of
Deutsche Börse Commodities GmbH, the issuer of Xetra-Gold. "Gold has developed
into an independent asset class. Over recent years, we have seen a continuing
demand for gold, which is coming both from institutional and private investors.
More and more asset managers and family offices are also using gold to hedge
their portfolios," Orben continued.

"We see a high demand among the private savers to invest in products that follow
the development of the gold price. We are proud to be the first broker in the
Nordics to launch Xetra-Gold", says Martin Ringberg, Country Manager Sweden at
Nordnet.

Xetra-Gold is issued by Deutsche Börse Commodities GmbH, a joint venture of
Deutsche Börse AG and Commerzbank AG, Deutsche Bank AG, DZ Bank AG Deutsche
Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. KGaA and Vontobel
Beteiligungen AG. Umicore AG & Co. KG, a group subsidiary of Umicore S.A., is
also involved.

Further information can be found at www.xetra-gold.com.

About Xetra-Gold

Xetra-Gold® (ISIN: DE000A0S9GB0) is a bearer bond issued by Deutsche Börse
Commodities GmbH, 100 percent backed by gold, which securitizes a delivery claim
to physical gold. Each individual Xetra-Gold® note grants the investor the right
to require the issuer to deliver one gram of gold. For Xetra-Gold® notes, the
Issuer maintains a corresponding amount of gold in physical form and, to a
limited extent, in the form of book gold claims. In the form of a security,
Xetra-Gold® is fungible and as easily transferable as a share. In addition to
Germany, Xetra-Gold® is authorized for public distribution in Denmark, Finland,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The
complete and legally binding information on the Xetra-Gold® bearer bonds can be
found in the key information document and the prospectus together with any
supplements and the terms and conditions of issue. Investors can obtain these
documents free of charge from Deutsche Börse Commodities GmbH, Mergenthalerallee
61, 65760 Eschborn, Germany, or download them from www.xetra-gold.com/downloads.

About Deutsche Börse Commodities GmbH

The Xetra-Gold® Issuer Deutsche Börse Commodities GmbH with its registered
office in Eschborn is a joint venture of B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. KGaA,
Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Börse AG, DZ Bank AG
Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main, Umicore AG & Co. KG and
Vontobel Beteiligungen AG. Umicore AG & Co. KG is a subsidiary of Umicore S.A.,
which operates several gold refineries worldwide and produces gold bars. The
issuer's sole business purpose is to provide the market with the 100 percent
gold backed Xetra-Gold® bond and to enable efficient, transparent and
cost-effective trading of this physical form of gold securitisation.

Contact:
Patrick Kalbhenn
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