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A. INTRODUCTION AND WARNINGS

Tranche 215 of Series 5 up to 100,000,000,000 Xtrackers IE Physical Gold EUR Hedged ETC Securities (the "Series") due 21 May 2080 issued under the Secured Xtrackers ETC Precious Metal Linked Securities Programme. ISIN Code: DE000A2T5DZ1

Xtrackers ETC plc (the "Issuer") is a public company limited by shares incorporated in Ireland. Its registered address is at Fourth Floor, 3 George's Dock, IFSC, Dublin 1, Ireland. The Issuer's telephone number is +353 1 612 5555 and its legal entity identifier is 549300FXP9JMVJDIO346.

The Base Prospectus has been approved by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority as competent authority, with its head office at 12 Endeavour Square, London, E20 1JN and telephone number: +44 800 111 6768, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1129, as amended as it forms part of "retained EU law", as defined in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended) (the "UK Prospectus Regulation").

The Base Prospectus was approved on 27 February 2024 and may be amended and/or supplemented from time to time.

This summary has been prepared in accordance with Article 7 of UK Prospectus Regulation and should be read as an introduction to the base prospectus (the "Base Prospectus"). Any decision to invest in the securities of this Series (the "ETC Securities") should be based on a consideration of the Base Prospectus as a whole by the investor. Any investor could lose all or part of their invested capital. Civil liability attaches only to those persons who have tabled the summary, but only if the summary is misleading, inaccurate or inconsistent when read together with the other parts of the Base Prospectus or if it does not provide, when read together with the other parts of the Base Prospectus, key information in order to aid investors when considering whether to invest in the ETC Securities. This document does not constitute an offer or invitation to any person to subscribe for or purchase any ETC Securities. It has been prepared in connection with the related final terms for this tranche (the "Final Terms").

B. KEY INFORMATION ON THE ISSUER

The Issuer is incorporated in Ireland with its registered address in Ireland and its legal entity identifier is 549300FXP9JMVJDIO346. The Issuer was registered and incorporated in Ireland as a public company limited by shares on 21 May 2018 under the laws of Ireland, registration number 627079.

The Issuer has been established as a special purpose vehicle for the purpose of issuing asset backed securities.

The Issuer has an authorised share capital of €1,000,000. The Issuer has issued 25,000 ordinary shares, all of which are fully paid. All of the issued ordinary shares of the Issuer are held by Wilmington Trust SP Services (Dublin) Limited on trust for charitable purposes.

Eileen Starrs and Claudio Borza

 KPMG Ireland

The Issuer has most recently prepared audited financial statements for (i) the period from 1 October 2021 to 30 September 2022 and (ii) the period from 1 October 2022 to 30 September 2023. The financial year of the Issuer ends on 30 September. Such financial statements are incorporated by reference into and shall form part of the Base Prospectus, and are available from the registered office of the Issuer. A summary of the key financial information of the Issuer is set out below:

As at 30 September 2023:

As at 30 September 2022:

The Issuer is a special purpose vehicle with no assets other than its paid-up share capital, and the assets on which the ETC Securities are secured.

C.    KEY INFORMATION ON THE SECURITIES

Commodity-linked securities. ISIN Code: DE000A2T5DZ1

The ETC Securities are denominated in Euro (the "Specified Currency"). The ETC Securities are in bearer global form. The scheduled maturity date (the "Scheduled Maturity Date") of the ETC Securities is 21 May 2080. As at the issue date of the above tranche of ETC Securities, there will be 20,642,491 ETC Securities of the Series in issue. The ETC Securities do not have a denomination but are treated by the Issuer as having a denomination of less than €100,000.

Overview

The ETC Securities are designed to provide investors with exposure to a metal without having to take physical delivery of the metal. The underlying "Metal" for the ETC Securities is: gold.

Each ETC Security relates to a specific amount in weight of Metal, specified in the Final Terms, known as the "Metal Entitlement per ETC Security".

On any particular day, the ETC Security can be viewed as giving an exposure to that ------amount of Metal as the amount payable in respect of each ETC Security and the value per ETC Security (the "Value per ETC Security") is linked to the value of the Metal, subject to an adjustment for any foreign exchange gains or losses between the Metal Currency (as defined below) and the Specified Currency. In order to back its obligations under the ETC Securities, the Issuer will seek to hold enough Metal to meet its obligations under the ETC Securities. The precise amount it holds at any time may be more or less than the aggregate amount of the Metal Entitlement per ETC Security to reflect the periodic payment of product fees and an adjustment for any foreign exchange gains or losses. The proceeds from the disposal of the underlying Metal, plus any interest received on the proceeds of such disposal less any negative interest, net of any deductions (and converted into the Specified Currency at the rate the Metal Agent determines would be obtainable at the time of conversion which shall be on or about the day of such sale (or, if such day is not an FX business day, the immediately following FX business day, and which may take into account a bid/offer spread quoted by a dealer), will equal the amount due under the ETC Securities (subject to certain minimum amounts owed).

The Metal will be held for the Issuer by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (or any successor or replacement) (the "Secured Account Custodian") and will be generally held on an "allocated" basis. This means that specifically identifiable physical items of the Metal are allocated to the Issuer and are segregated from metal held for other clients of the custodian. However, for operational purposes, small amounts of Metal may be held on an "unallocated" basis. This means that the Secured Account Custodian maintains an account in the name of the Issuer which shows them as being entitled to delivery of a particular amount of the Metal but without specific physical metal having been identified. Where Metal is held on an "unallocated" basis the right to delivery is a purely contractual right and, as such, the Issuer is an unsecured creditor of the custodian and is exposed to the credit risk of the custodian.

Security

The obligations of the Issuer under the ETC Securities will be secured pursuant to a security deed governed by the laws of Ireland and a security deed governed by English law by security interests over the rights of the Issuer under the agreements entered into by it in respect of the ETC Securities and any underlying Metal. The assets and property that are the subject of such security interests are known as "Secured Property" for this Series. Securityholders will not, by reason of holding such Series, have any claim against the Secured Property with respect to any other series of ETC Securities. The security will become enforceable if payment of the redemption amount in respect of such ETC Securities is not made when due on the Scheduled Maturity Date or the Scheduled Early Redemption Date (defined below) (if applicable).

Final Redemption Amount

On the Scheduled Maturity Date, each ETC Security will become due and payable at an amount (the "Final Redemption Amount") equal to the greater of (i) the Final Metal Redemption Amount (defined below) plus the Specified Interest Amount (defined below) and (ii) 10 per cent. of the issue price per ETC Security as at the series issue date (the "Minimum Debt Principal Amount") plus the Specified Interest Amount.

The "Final Metal Redemption Amount" is determined by multiplying (i) the Metal Entitlement per ETC Security as at the Final Redemption Valuation Date (defined below); and (ii) the volume-weighted average prices per metal unit at which the Metal Agent (defined below) is able to sell the underlying Metal ("Average Metal Sale Price") during the Final Redemption Disposal Period (defined below).

The "Final Redemption Disposal Period" is the period which lasts for the number of days specified in the Final Terms, which shall start from (but exclude) the date falling four non-disrupted business days following the Final Redemption Valuation Date.

"Final Redemption Valuation Date" is the date specified in the Final Terms or, if such day is not a business day, the next following business day.

"Specified Interest Amount" is the amount of interest per ETC Security equal to that ETC Security's pro rata share of the amount of interest which has accrued (if any) on the proceeds of realisation of the underlying Metal deposited into the Series Cash Account (defined below) during or relating to the relevant redemption disposal period. Whilst interest may accrue at a positive, zero or negative rate on the Series Cash Account, the Specified Interest Amount is subject to a minimum of zero and any negative interest shall instead be deducted from the proceeds of the sale of the underlying Metal.

Early Redemption Amount

If any of the early redemption events occur, each ETC Security will become due and payable at an amount (the "Early Redemption Amount") equal to the greater of (i) the Early Metal Redemption Amount (defined below) plus the Specified Interest Amount and (ii) the Minimum Debt Principal Amount plus the Specified Interest Amount.

The "Early Metal Redemption Amount" is determined by multiplying (i) the Metal Entitlement per ETC Security as at the Early Redemption Valuation Date (defined below); and (ii) the Average Metal Sale Price during the Early Redemption Disposal Period (defined below).

The "Early Redemption Disposal Period" is the period which lasts for the number of days specified in the Final Terms, which shall start from (but exclude) the date falling four non-disrupted business days following the Early Redemption Valuation Date, save where the Issuer has suspended the determination of the value and Metal Entitlement per ETC Security and no replacement Series Counterparty is appointed, in which case the date falling four non-disrupted business days following the end of such suspension period.

The "Scheduled Early Redemption Date" is the 8th business day following the Early Redemption Disposal Period.

The "Early Redemption Valuation Date" is the date of the occurrence of an early redemption event or the date on which the Trustee gives notice that, due to the occurrence of an event of default, the ETC Securities shall become due and payable at their Early Redemption Amount on the Scheduled Early Redemption Date, or, if such day is not a business day, the next following business day.

There can be no assurance that the Final Redemption Amount or Early Redemption Amount, as applicable, will be greater than or equal to the amount invested by any securityholder.

If the Final Metal Redemption Amount or Early Redemption Amount, as applicable, plus the Specified Interest Amount falls below the Minimum Debt Principal Amount plus the Specified Interest Amount, then due to the limited recourse nature of the ETC Securities, securityholders are unlikely to receive payment of the Final Redemption Amount or Early Redemption Amount, as applicable, in full and may receive zero.

The Final Redemption Amount or Early Redemption Amount per ETC Security, as applicable, will be determined by reference to the Average Metal Sale Price of the underlying Metal held in respect of the ETC Securities sold during the Final Redemption Disposal Period or Early Redemption Disposal Period, as applicable, by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. (or any successor or replacement) as "Metal Agent", net of associated deductions and taxes. The Issuer will, on or prior to the Scheduled Maturity Date or Scheduled Early Redemption Date, publish the determination of the Final Redemption Amount or Early Redemption Amount, as applicable, (which shall include publication of the price, volume and date of each sale of underlying Metal during the relevant redemption disposal period, including information on any fees, deductions and/or taxes imposed on such sale, and the determination of the Average Metal Sale Price) on the website maintained on behalf of the Issuer at www.etf.dws.com (or such other website notified by the Issuer for the ETC Securities from time to time).

The Metal Agent will pay the aggregate proceeds of such disposals (converted, if necessary, into the currency of the ETC Securities) to the cash account for the Series (the "Series Cash Account") maintained by J.P. Morgan SE as "Account Bank" as directed by the Programme Administrator (defined below).

Interest

The ETC Securities will not pay periodic interest. On early or final redemption of the ETC Securities, a Specified Interest Amount may be payable by the Issuer as part of the Final Redemption Amount or Early Redemption Amount payable per ETC Security, as the case may be.

Foreign Exchange Hedge

The foreign exchange hedge seeks to reduce the exposure of the ETC Securities to exchange rate fluctuations between the currency in which the ETC Securities are denominated and the currency in which the Metal is quoted. The currency in which the Metal is quoted is known as the "Metal Currency". It does this by reflecting the effect of a notional forward sale of the Metal Currency and a corresponding forward purchase of the currency in which the ETC Securities are denominated. The foreign exchange hedge may result in gains or losses to the Issuer. Such gains or losses will result in an increase or decrease in the Metal Entitlement per ETC Security and will therefore impact the Value per ETC Security. The Metal Currency for the Series is: U.S. dollar.

The foreign exchange hedge is entered into by the Issuer with J.P. Morgan SE as the "Series Counterparty". In such role, it enters into a balancing agreement with the Issuer in relation to the ETC Securities (the "Balancing Agreement") which provides for deliveries of metal to or by the Issuer to reflect an adjustment for any foreign exchange gain or loss realised by the Issuer.

Where there are foreign exchange gains and the Metal Entitlement per ETC Security consequently increases, the Series Counterparty will deliver additional Metal equivalent to such increase. Where there are losses and the Metal Entitlement per ETC Security consequently decreases, the Issuer will be required to deliver Metal equivalent to such decrease to the Series Counterparty under the Balancing Agreement. All such payments will be in the form of Metal and will settle no later than the second business day after the relevant valuation day.

Fees

The ETC Securities are subject to a product fee (which comprises a foreign exchange hedging fee) that accrues on a daily basis. Accrued product fee is paid by a daily reduction in the Metal Entitlement per ETC Security which, as a result of such reduction, operates as a charge on securityholders. The Issuer will, using the Metal Agent, periodically realise Metal equal to such charge and the proceeds will be credited to the Series Cash Account maintained by the Account Bank in relation to the ETC Securities and used by the Issuer to pay the product fee to the Programme Administrator in accordance with the Programme Administrator Agreement. The Programme Administrator Agreement provides that the Programme Administrator will use the product fee in relation to each Series of ETC Securities to pay on behalf of the Issuer the costs of the Programme (as set out in the schedule to the Programme Administrator Agreement) relating to such Series of ETC Securities and the Issuer more generally.

Events of Default and Early Redemption Events

The ETC Securities may become due and payable prior to their Scheduled Maturity Date in connection with the occurrence of any of the following events:

(i)            certain legal or regulatory changes occur in relation to the Issuer and the Issuer gives a notice of redemption;

(ii)           the Balancing Agreement is terminated in connection with an event of default, a termination event or the valid delivery of an optional termination notice under such Balancing Agreement (and to the extent the optional termination notice is delivered by the Series Counterparty, no replacement is put in place (as discussed further below under "Optional Termination"));

(iii)          any agent in relation to the ETC Securities resigns or their appointment is terminated and the Issuer gives notice that no successor or replacement has been appointed within a 60 calendar day period;

(iv)          the Value per ETC Security is less than or equal to 20 per cent. of the issue price as at the series issue date for two consecutive valuation days and the determination agent gives the relevant notice;

(v)           the Issuer will, or there is a substantial likelihood that it will, be required to make a payment in respect of VAT or be required to account for VAT in respect of a delivery of Metal from or to an authorised participant (whether or not such VAT is recoverable);

(vi)          an Issuer Call Redemption Event occurs (as discussed further below under "Issuer Call Redemption Event");

(vii)         the Issuer becomes entitled to serve a VAT redemption event notice or a termination notice under the Balancing Agreement following a tax event or illegality under the Balancing Agreement and the Trustee gives the relevant notice as directed by the requisite number of securityholders; or

(viii)         an event of default occurs under the ETC Securities. These include certain breaches by the Issuer of its obligations that are not cured within the applicable cure period and certain insolvency events with respect to the Issuer.

Issuer Call Redemption Event

The Issuer may elect to redeem the ETC Securities early on giving not less than 30 calendar days' notice to securityholders (an "Issuer Call Redemption Event").

Optional Termination

The Issuer or the Series Counterparty may, on giving not less than 30 calendar days' prior notice, terminate the Balancing Agreement. Termination of the Balancing Agreement may result in an early redemption of the ETC Securities if such notice is given by the Issuer, or, in respect of an optional termination notice validly delivered by the Series Counterparty, a replacement Series Counterparty is not appointed within the time specified the terms and conditions.

Limited Recourse and Ranking

The ETC Securities will rank equally amongst themselves. The rights of securityholders are limited in recourse to the Secured Property. As such, once the Secured Property has been realised and the net proceeds distributed, none of the parties or anyone acting on their behalves may take further steps against the Issuer or its directors, officers, members or administrator to recover any further sum and no debt will be owed by the Issuer in respect of such sum. Any proceeds of the Secured Property will be applied in accordance with the priorities of payments set out in the terms and conditions and, therefore, the rights of securityholders will rank in accordance therewith. As a result of such provisions, the securityholders may not receive in full the final redemption amount or early redemption amount payable in respect of an ETC Security.

Withholding Tax

All payments in respect of the ETC Securities shall be made net of and after allowance for any withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any taxes. In the event that any withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any taxes applies to payments in respect of the ETC Securities, securityholders will be subject to such tax or deduction and shall not be entitled to receive amounts to compensate for any such tax or deduction. No event of default will occur as a result of any such withholding or deduction.

Governing Law

The ETC Securities will be governed by the laws of Ireland. There will be two security deeds relating to the ETC Securities; one will be governed by the laws of Ireland and the other will be governed by English law.

The ETC Securities are secured, limited recourse obligations of the Issuer and the ETC Securities rank equally amongst themselves. The Issuer's obligations thereunder are secured over the underlying Metal and over the rights of the Issuer under the main agreements entered into by it for the ETC Securities. Such security will become enforceable if payment of the redemption amount is not made when due or if the Issuer becomes insolvent.

The ETC Securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or under the securities law of any state or political sub-division of the United States of America or any of its territories, possessions or other areas subject to its jurisdiction including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Issuer has not been and will not be registered under any federal laws of the United States of America. The ETC Securities include ETC Securities in bearer form that are subject to U.S. tax law requirements. No person has registered nor will register as a commodity pool operator of the Issuer under the Commodity Exchange Act of 1936, as amended (the "CEA") and the rules thereunder (the "CFTC Rules") of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC"). Any offer or sale of the ETC Securities must be made in an offshore transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Regulation S thereunder ("Regulation S"). The ETC Securities may not at any time be offered, sold or otherwise transferred in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, persons who are either (a) U.S. persons as defined in Regulation S or (b) persons who do not come within the definition of a non-United States person under CFTC Rule 4.7 (excluding for the purposes of subsection (d) thereof, the exception to the extent it would apply to persons who are not non-United States persons).

Application has been made for the ETC Securities to be admitted to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Borsa Italiana and for the ETC Securities to be admitted to trading on the regulated markets and/or other main market(s) thereof with effect from or around the series issue date.

·      The amount payable in respect of the ETC Securities is linked to the performance of the underlying Metal. Prices of precious metals are generally more volatile than prices in other asset classes. If the value of such underlying Metal falls, that will reduce amounts payable in respect of the ETC Securities.

·      The Value per ETC Security, secondary market price and the redemption amount of ETC Securities will primarily be affected by the performance and level of the underlying Metal, rate movements, market perception, the performance and price of foreign exchange futures contracts, the creditworthiness of the Metal Agent and the Series Counterparty, the creditworthiness of the Secured Account Custodian, the subscription account custodian and any applicable sub-custodian and liquidity in the ETC Securities.

·      The foreign exchange hedge does not fully eliminate exchange rate risks or fluctuations and, depending on movements in exchange rates, such currency hedging might have a negative impact on the Value per ETC Security.

·      The securityholders and other transaction parties will have recourse only to the Secured Property in respect of the ETC Securities and not to any other assets of the Issuer. If, following realisation in full of the Secured Property relating to the ETC Securities, any outstanding claim remains unpaid, then such claim will be extinguished and no debt will be owed by the Issuer in respect thereof.

·      The Metal Entitlement per ETC Security is subject to the deduction of the product fee and to any gains or losses incurred by the Issuer in connection with the foreign exchange hedging component.

·      The Minimum Debt Principal Amount plus the Specified Interest Amount (if any) operates as a minimum repayment amount on the early or final redemption of the ETC Securities. However, in the event that the Metal Entitlement per ETC Security is insufficient to fund the Minimum Debt Principal Amount payable in respect of each ETC Security to all securityholders on such early or final redemption, such securityholders may not receive payment of the Minimum Debt Principal Amount in full and may receive substantially less.

·      The Issuer and securityholders are exposed to the credit risk of the Metal Agent, the Programme Administrator (defined below), the Series Counterparty, the Secured Account Custodian, the subscription account custodian, the Account Bank, and any sub-custodian and the authorised participants.

·      Any disruption to a price source or relevant association may affect the Value per ETC Security and the Metal Entitlement per ETC Security.

·      Certain events may lead to an early redemption of the ETC Securities.

·      ETC Securities may have a long term and the only means through which an investor can realise value from an ETC Security prior to its Scheduled Maturity Date is to sell it at its then market price in a secondary market transaction. While each authorised participant may make a market for the ETC Securities, no authorised participant is obliged to make a market for any series of ETC Securities and an authorised participant may discontinue making a market at any time. Furthermore, any market in ETC Securities may not be liquid and the secondary market price (if any) for ETC Securities may be substantially less than the price paid by the investor.

·      With respect to any redemption disposal period, if the proceeds from the realisation of the underlying Metal would cause the balance standing to the Series Cash Account to exceed the maximum amount that can be held during the period between December and January of each calendar year (such amount and such period to be agreed from time to time between the Issuer, the Programme Administrator and the Account Bank (the "Year-End Period")), then the Programme Administrator may postpone the redemption date until after the Year-End Period, during which time the Metal Agent will not deposit such proceeds into the Series Cash Account and interest equal to the Specified Interest Amount will not accrue on such proceeds for so long as they are not deposited into the Series Cash Account.

D.    KEY INFORMATION ON THE ADMISSION TO TRADING ON A REGULATED MARKET

Upon initial issue, the ETC Securities are being made available by the Issuer for subscription only to entities (the "Authorised Participants") allowed to buy and sell ETC Securities directly from and to the Issuer pursuant an authorised participant agreement with the Issuer. Authorised Participants will pay for any such subscriptions by delivering Metal equal to the Metal Entitlement per ETC Security of the ETC Securities being subscribed. Authorised Participants may also act as market makers, i.e. they buy and sell ETC Securities from and to investors on an over-the-counter basis or via a stock exchange. However, not all market makers need to be Authorised Participants. 

Any offer or sale of ETC Securities to an investor by an Authorised Participant or other distributor or broker authorised to use the Base Prospectus (each, an "Authorised Offeror") will be made in accordance with any terms and other arrangements in place between such Authorised Offeror and such investor including as to price, allocations and settlement arrangements. It will be the responsibility of the applicable financial intermediary at the time of such offer to provide the investor with that information and neither the Issuer nor any other person has any responsibility or liability for such information.

The ETC securities are designed to provide investors with exposure to the underlying Metal without having to take physical delivery of the Metal and to reduce the exposure of the ETC Securities to exchange rate fluctuations between the Specified Currency and the Metal Currency.

The net proceeds from the issue of this tranche of ETC Securities will be an amount of unallocated Metal which, in accordance with the custody agreement for secured accounts will, to the extent possible, be allocated to physical metal bars or other metal shapes and be held in the secured allocated account. Any remaining Metal shall be held in the secured unallocated account. Such underlying Metal shall be used to meet the Issuer's obligations under the ETC Securities and the Balancing Agreement.