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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001387131-18-001903
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180427
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180503
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180503

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ETFS Precious Metals Basket Trust
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001483386
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	 [6221]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34917
		FILM NUMBER:		18803436

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ETF SECURITIES USA LLC
		STREET 2:		48 WALL STREET, 11TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10005
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-918-4954

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ETF SECURITIES USA LLC
		STREET 2:		48 WALL STREET, 11TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10005
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8-K</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 12pt"><B>CURRENT
REPORT</B></FONT></P>

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to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></FONT></P>

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of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 27, 2018</B></FONT></P>

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PRECIOUS METALS BASKET TRUST</U></B></FONT></P>

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name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></P>

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under any of the following provisions:</FONT></P>

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by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR
&sect; 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR &sect; 240.12b-2).</FONT></P>

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an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for
complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. &#9744;</FONT></P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election
of Directors; Appointment   of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Effective
April 27, 2018, in connection with the acquisition by Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. (&ldquo;AAMI&rdquo;) as described under Item
8.01 below, Graham Tuckwell resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Sponsor and Christopher Foulds resigned as
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Sponsor. Mr. Tuckwell had served as Principal Executive Officer of the Registrant
and Mr. Foulds had served as Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer of the Registrant.</FONT></P>

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April 27, 2018, also in connection with the acquisition by AAMI as described under Item 8.01 below, Christopher Demetriou was
appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Sponsor and Andrea Melia was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
of the Sponsor. Mr. Demetriou will serve as Principal Executive Officer of the Registrant and Ms. Melia will serve as Principal
Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer of the Registrant.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Christopher
Demetriou</I></B>, age 34, has served as CEO &ndash; Americas for AAMI since April 2018. Mr. Demetriou previously held the position
of Deputy CEO &ndash; Americas for AAMI from December 2016 to April 2018, CFO &ndash; Americas from January 2016 to December 2016,
and Head of Finance &ndash; Americas from June 2014 to January 2016. Mr. Demetriou joined AAMI in June 2014, as a result of Aberdeen&rsquo;s
acquisition of SVG, a FTSE 250 private equity investor based in London. While at SVG, from June 2010 to June 2014, Mr. Demetriou
was Group Financial Controller and Deputy Head of Strategy. Prior to that, Mr. Demetriou worked at Ernst and Young, specializing
in Asset and Wealth Management audits and transactions.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Andrea
Melia</I></B>, age 48, currently serves as Vice President and Head of Fund Operations, Traditional Assets &ndash; Americas for
AAMI. Ms. Melia has managed the fund administration team since joining AAMI in 2009. Prior to joining Aberdeen, Ms. Melia was
Director of Fund Administration and accounting oversight for Princeton Administrators LLC, a division of BlackRock Inc. and had
worked with Princeton Administrators since 1992.</FONT></P>

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described under Item 8.01 below, AAMI is the parent of the Sponsor.</FONT>&nbsp;</P>

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                          8.01</B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Other
                                         Events.</B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
Registrant, ETFS Precious Metals Basket Trust (the &ldquo;Trust&rdquo;), is a common law trust formed on September 1, 2009 under
New York law. The Trust&rsquo;s sponsor is ETF Securities USA LLC (the &ldquo;Sponsor&rdquo;). The Sponsor is a Delaware limited
liability company formed on June 17, 2009 by ETF Securities Limited.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Effective
April 27, 2018, ETF Securities Limited sold its membership interest in the Sponsor and in the Marketing Agent, ETF Securities
(US) LLC, to AAMI, a Delaware corporation. As a result of the sale, AAMI became the sole member of the Sponsor and the Marketing
Agent. AAMI is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Standard Life Aberdeen plc, which together with its affiliates and subsidiaries,
is collectively referred to as &ldquo;Aberdeen.&rdquo; Aberdeen Standard Investments is a brand of the investment businesses of
Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life Investments. In the United States, Aberdeen Standard Investments is the marketing
name for the following affiliated, registered investment advisers: Aberdeen Asset Management Inc., Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd.,
Aberdeen Asset Management Ltd., Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Ltd., Aberdeen Asset Capital Management, LLC, Standard Life Investments
(Corporate Funds) Ltd., and Standard Life Investments (USA) Ltd.</FONT></P>

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copy of the April 27, 2018 press release announcing the acquisition of the Sponsor by Aberdeen is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
Sponsor&rsquo;s office is c/o AAMI, which has its principal place of business at 1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19103 and its telephone number is (844) 383-7289.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
internet address of the Trust&rsquo;s website is www.etfus.com. The Trust&rsquo;s website provides ongoing pricing information
for gold, silver, platinum and palladium prices and the shares in the Trust. In addition, the Trust posts on its website (www.etfsus.com)
its Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports
filed or furnished pursuant to section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as soon as reasonably
practicable after the Sponsor, on behalf of the Trust, electronically files such material with, or furnishes it to, the Securities
and Exchange Commission. The Trust&rsquo;s website and the information contained on that site, or connected to that site, are
not incorporated herein.</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex99-1.htm">Exhibit
99.1</A></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex99-1.htm">Press
                                         Release dated April 27, 2018</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</FONT></P>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">ETFS PRECIOUS METALS BASKET TRUST</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">ETF Securities USA, Sponsor of the ETFS</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">Precious Metals Basket Trust</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 60%">Date: May 3, 2018</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 7%">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 20%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 0">/s/ Andrea Melia</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 13%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">Andrea Melia</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer*</TD></TR>
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Registrant is a trust and Ms. Melia is signing in her capacities as officer of ETF Securities USA LLC, the Sponsor of the Registrant.</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; color: rgb(20,30,80)"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>For
immediate release </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; color: rgb(20,30,80)"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April
27, 2018</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>ABERDEEN
STANDARD INVESTMENTS BROADENS U.S. BUSINESS WITH ADDITION OF ETF SECURITIES U.S.</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Aberdeen
Standard Investments (ASI) today announced that it has acquired the U.S. business of specialist commodity Exchange Traded
Product (ETP) provider ETF Securities.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
in-fill acquisition, for an undisclosed amount, further broadens ASI&rsquo;s suite of investment capabilities with the addition
of a range of commodity-based Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). It also provides the platform and expertise to enable ASI to grow
its existing Smart Beta capability by launching strategies within an ETF vehicle structure. This means ASI is now able to offer
investment solutions across all vehicle types, strengthening its ability to meet the evolving, bespoke needs of clients.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Chris
Demetriou, Chief Executive-Americas at Aberdeen Standard Investments commented:</I></B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>&ldquo;The
needs of our clients are evolving, and we need to be able to offer the full range of solutions to our clients. For some, active
solutions will be right and, for others, passive and Smart Beta options will be the solution. ASI has been offering passive, quant
and Smart Beta solutions to clients for some years now, managing over $84 billion in assets in these strategies. The expansion
of our capabilities into the ETF space shows our commitment to providing the largest range of solutions to our clients in the
U.S.&rdquo; </I></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
specific funds being acquired are: ETFS Bloomberg All Commodity Strategy K-1 Free ETF (BCI), ETFS Bloomberg All Commodity Longer
Dated Strategy K-1 Free ETF (BCD), ETFS Bloomberg Energy Commodity Longer Dated Strategy K-1 Free ETF (BEF), ETFS Physical Swiss
Gold Shares (SGOL), ETFS Physical Platinum Shares (PPLT), ETFS Physical Silver Shares (SIVR), ETFS Physical Precious Metals Basket
Shares (GLTR), ETFS Physical Palladium Shares (PALL).</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">ETF
Securities&rsquo; U.S. operations currently manage $2.8 billion as of April 26, 2018.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Ends
</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">*Target
returns and income are not guaranteed to be achieved</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Media
enquiries: </B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Katie
Cowley (U.S.)</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">215-405-2423</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Katie.Cowley@aberdeenstandard.com</U></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">James
Thorneley (UK)</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">+44 (0)20 7463 6323</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>james.thorneley@aberdeenstandard.com</U></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><U>Notes
to editors</U> </B></FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Aberdeen
Standard Investments has relationships with around 500 financial sponsors across approximately 1000 funds globally.</FONT></TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Aberdeen
Standard Investments is a leading global asset manager dedicated to creating long-term value for our clients, and is a brand of
the investment businesses of Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life Investments.</FONT></TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">With
over 1,000 investment professionals we manage $684.6 billion* of assets worldwide. We have clients in 80 countries supported by
50 relationship offices. This ensures we are close to our clients and the markets in which they invest.</FONT></TD>
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<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; width: 100%"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">We
are high-conviction; long-term investors who believe teamwork and collaboration are the key to delivering repeatable, superior
investment performance. We are resolute in our commitment to active asset management.</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 5pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; width: 100%"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Aberdeen
Standard Investments is the asset management business of Standard Life Aberdeen plc, one of the world&rsquo;s largest investment
companies.</FONT></TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left">&#9679;</TD><TD>Standard Life Aberdeen plc is headquartered in Scotland.
It has around 1.2 million shareholders and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. The Standard Life Aberdeen group was formed
by the merger of Standard Life plc and Aberdeen Asset Management PLC on 14 August 2017.</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">*Standard
Life Aberdeen AUM/AUA is US$778.8 billion as of December 31, 2017.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Important
Information </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Aberdeen
Standard Investments is a brand of the investment businesses of Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life Investments. In the
United States, Aberdeen Standard Investments is the marketing name for the following affiliated, registered investment advisers:
Aberdeen Asset Management Inc., Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd., Aberdeen Asset Management Ltd., Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Ltd.,
Aberdeen Asset Capital Management, LLC, Standard Life Investments (Corporate Funds) Ltd., and Standard Life Investments (USA)
Ltd.</FONT></P>

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the ETFS Precious Metals Basket Trust. ALPS Distributors, Inc. is the distributor for ETFS Bloomberg All Commodity Longer Dated
Strategy K 1 Free ETF, ETFS Bloomberg All Commodity Strategy K 1 Free ETF and ETFS Bloomberg Energy Commodity Longer Dated Strategy
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