24th Jan 2008 11:41
ETFS Commodity Securities Limited24 January 2008 Rebalancing of Index Securities The annual rebalancing of the DJ-AIGCISM and DJ-AIGCI-F3SM, and consequently theadjustment to the number of Micro Securities in each of the twenty categories ofIndex Securities (comprising ten categories of Classic Index Securities and tencategories of Forward Index Securities) issued by ETFS Commodity SecuritiesLimited has been completed. Table 1 and 2 show the new number of Micro Securities comprised in each IndexSecurity for Classic Index Securities and Forward Index Securities. No furtherchanges will occur until the next rebalancing, scheduled for early January 2009. Table 3 shows the effective weight of each commodity based on the new number ofMicro Securities and current commodity prices (at yesterday's close). For more information, please contact the UK representative of ETF Securities:+44 207 448 4330 Table 1 - Number of Micro Securities comprised in each Classic Index Security (as from 15 Jan 2008) Classes of MicroSecurities Number of Micro Securities in each Index Security All Commodities EnergyNatural Gas 1,263,381 5,490,608 PetroleumCrude Oil 47,045 205,652 554,501Unleaded Gas 15,437 67,481 181,974Heating Oil 25,086 109,659 295,714 Ex-Energy Industrial MetalsAluminium 192,626 181,365 990,469Copper 37,351 35,120 191,870Zinc 54,475 51,395 281,818Nickel 15,768 14,843 81,203 Precious MetalsGold 122,122 114,594 852,451Silver 28,838 27,139 202,423 LivestockLive Cattle 97,471 91,403 385,824Lean Hogs 247,875 233,421 977,767 Agriculture GrainsWheat 190,841 179,077 276,751 392,959Corn 505,242 475,298 713,332 1,035,760Soybeans 84,719 79,497 122,857 174,444 SoftsSugar 40,104 37,715 59,958 146,405Cotton 196,316 184,214 283,174 716,603Coffee 186,626 175,622 277,468 683,996 Soybean Oil 53,856 50,536 78,099 Table 2 - Number of Micro Securities comprised in each Forward Index Security (as from 16 Jan 2008) Classes of MicroSecurities Number of Micro Securities in each Index Security All Commodities EnergyNatural Gas 135,732 900,785 PetroleumCrude Oil 45,265 301,866 596,619Unleaded Gas 12,423 82,850 163,746Heating Oil 19,722 131,525 259,948 Ex-Energy Industrial MetalsAluminium 231,951 197,938 957,270Copper 44,763 38,250 185,929Zinc 71,311 60,851 294,666Nickel 18,706 15,974 77,734 Precious MetalsGold 213,567 182,380 867,797Silver 47,229 40,366 192,761 LivestockLive Cattle 112,270 95,737 919,208Lean Hogs 33,298 28,431 272,549 Agriculture GrainsWheat 109,657 93,571 143,383 210,072Corn 407,097 349,420 524,454 778,779Soybeans 150,201 128,167 196,396 287,742 SoftsSugar 55,673 47,493 74,060 169,007Cotton 183,478 156,562 239,908 558,319Coffee 261,009 222,920 345,291 795,116 Soybean Oil 59,656 52,543 80,515 Table 3 - Effective Weight of each Commodity in the ETFS All Commodities DJ-AIGCISM Index Securities and ETFS Forward All Commodities DJ-AIGCI-F3SM Index Securities (as at the close on 16 Jan 2008) Commodity Effective weights based on current Effective weights based on current commodity prices (Classic commodity prices (Forward Securities) Securities) Natural Gas 12.41% 12.41%Crude Oil 12.54% 12.51%Unleaded Gas 3.56% 3.59%Heating Oil 3.70% 3.67%Aluminium 7.08% 7.07%Copper 7.08% 7.04%Zinc 2.80% 2.83%Nickel 2.74% 2.74%Gold 7.57% 7.52%Silver 2.81% 2.79%Live Cattle 4.67% 4.81%Lean Hogs 2.49% 2.58%Wheat 4.83% 4.90%Corn 6.07% 6.03%Soybeans 7.80% 7.79%Sugar 3.30% 3.30%Cotton 2.57% 2.55%Coffee 3.06% 3.06%Soybean Oil 2.92% 2.82% TOTAL 100.00% 100.00% This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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