Director & Company Secretary Change - ETFS CSL

ETFS Commodity Securities Limited

8 December 2016

Director and Company Secretary Changes

ETFS Commodity Securities Limited (the "Issuer") wishes to announce that Graeme Ross has resigned as a Non-Executive Director of the Issuer and Steven Ross has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Issuer, in each case with effect from 7 December 2016. Steven's biography is set out below.

The Non-Executive Directors of the Issuer are as follows:

Graham Tuckwell

Joseph Roxburgh

Christopher Foulds

Steven Ross

Steven Ross - Non-Executive Director

Mr Ross is a non-executive director of the Issuer, ETFS Metal Securities Limited, Gold Bullion Securities Limited, ETFS Hedged Commodity Securities Limited, ETFS Hedged Metal Securities Limited, ETFS Oil Securities Limited, ETFS Foreign Exchange Limited, ETFS Equity Securities Limited and Swiss Commodity Securities Limited. Mr Ross graduated from the University of Stirling with an honours degree in Accountancy before embarking on a career with PricewaterhouseCoopers CI LLP in Jersey from 2001 to 2006. Whilst with PricewaterhouseCoopers he qualified as a chartered accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales and was responsible for assisting and managing a number of assurance and business advisory engagements for high profile offshore financial services and commercial clients. Prior to joining R&H Fund Services (Jersey) Limited he held the position of Head of Operations for Capita Financial Administrators (Jersey) Limited, an offshore fund administration business and was responsible for the provision of fund administration services to a portfolio of listed and private investment funds. In March 2012, he joined R&H Fund Services (Jersey) Limited and will become a partner of Rawlinson & Hunter Jersey in January 2017.

The Issuer also wishes to announce that Steven Ross has resigned as a Director of ETFS Management Company (Jersey) Limited ("ManJer") and Hilary Jones has been appointed as a Director of ManJer, in each case with effect from 7 December 2016. Hilary's biography is set out below.

The Directors of ManJer are as follows:

Graham Tuckwell

Joseph Roxburgh

Craig Stewart

Hilary Jones

Hilary Jones

Hilary worked for the Northern Bank in her native Northern Ireland for 15 years before moving to Jersey in 1993. She joined R&H Fund Services (Jersey) Limited in 1999 and was promoted to director in 2009. Between 1993 and 1999 Hilary worked at Lloyds Private Bank and Trust Company in the Securities team and at Barclays Private Bank and Trust Company as a Relationship Manager. Hilary has over 30 years' experience in the finance sector and has extensive experience of real estate, private equity and special purpose vehicles for corporate clients. She acts as director for a number of companies with a private equity or real estate focus, including a London listed UK REIT. Hilary is responsible for R&H Fund Services (Jersey) Limited's company secretarial, compliance and corporate governance and has served on the legal and technical sub-committee of the Jersey Funds Association.

With effect from 16 November 2016, the Company Secretary of the Issuer was changed from R&H Fund Services (Jersey) Limited to Joseph Roxburgh.

For further information, please contact

Richard Parker

R&H Fund Services (Jersey) Limited

Tel: +44 (0) 1534 825 258

Fax: +44 (0) 1534 825 335

E-mail address: [email protected]