FACTBOX-Precious metals holdings of exchange-traded funds

LONDON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Precious metals-backed exchange-traded funds saw record inflows
at the beginning of 2009 as instability in other markets prompted buying of hard assets as a
haven from risk. However, those flows tailed off in the second and third quarters as the
markets stabilised.

Inflows into the six gold-backed ETFs monitored by Reuters in the second quarter of the
year dwindled to less than a million ounces, after almost 15 million ounces or some 450 tonnes
flowed in during the first three months of the year. Holdings of the six slipped 4 percent in
July.

ETFs back each security issued with physical stocks of a given commodity, creating a
product they say is free from counterparty risk.

Following is a list of the main ETFs backed with precious metals in Europe and the United
States, and their holdings. A new silver-backed fund, the ETFS Silver Trust SIVR, has
recently been launched in the United States.

NAME COMMODITY HOLDINGS (OZ) DATE ORIGIN
SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) Gold 34,354,830 10/08/09 U.S.
ZKB Physical Gold (ZGLD.S) Gold 4,743,389 07/08/09 Swiss
Gold Bullion Securities (GBSx.L) Gold 4,156,512 10/08/09 UK
ETF Securities Physical Gold (PHAU.L) Gold 2,722,464 10/08/09 UK
COMEX Gold Trust (IAU) Gold 2,362,200 10/08/09 U.S.
Julius Baer Gold Gold 1,849,375 07/08/09 Swiss
iShares Silver Trust (SLV) Silver 283,719,850 10/08/09 U.S.
ZKB Physical Silver (ZSIL.S) Silver 53,118,064 07/08/09 Swiss
ETF Securities Physical Silver (PHAG.L) Silver 18,930,617 10/08/09 UK
ETF Securities Physical Platinum (PHPT.L) Platinum 323,747 10/08/09 UK
ZKB Physical Platinum (ZPLA.S) Platinum 176,466 07/08/09 Swiss
ZKB Physical Palladium (ZPAL.S) Palladium 549,832 07/08/09 Swiss
ETF Securities Physical Palladium (PHPD.L) Palladium 351,440 10/08/09 UK

The figures above are those reported to Reuters by the organisations involved by telephone
or email on the date shown, or those that are publicly available on their websites.
(Compiled by Jan Harvey; editing by Anthony Barker)