Risks Relating to the Funds
• THE FUNDS ARE NOT INVESTMENT COMPANIES OR COMMODITY POOLS AND WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO
REGULATION UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED, OR THE COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT
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Accordingly, you will not benefit from any regulatory protections afforded to persons who invest in regulated investment companies
or commodity pools.
• THE PERFORMANCE AND MARKET VALUE OF EACH FUND, PARTICULARLY DURING PERIODS OF MARKET
VOLATILITY, MAY NOT CORRELATE WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THAT FUND'S UNDERLYING COMMODITY AS WELL
AS THE NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE -
Each Fund does not fully replicate the performance of its Underlying Commodity due to the fees and expenses charged by that
Fund or by restrictions on access to the relevant Underlying Commodity due to other circumstances. Each Fund does not generate
any income, and as each Fund regularly sells its Underlying Commodity to pay for ongoing expenses, the amount of its Underlying
Commodity represented by each share gradually declines over time. Each Fund sells its Underlying Commodity to pay expenses
on an ongoing basis irrespective of whether the trading price of the shares rises or falls in response to changes in the price of its
Underlying Commodity. The sale by a Fund of its Underlying Commodity to pay expenses at a time of low prices for its Underlying
Commodity could adversely affect the value of the notes. Additionally, there is a risk that part or all of a Fund's holdings in its
Underlying Commodity could be lost, damaged or stolen. Access to a Fund's Underlying Commodity could also be restricted by
natural events (such as an earthquake) or human actions (such as a terrorist attack). All of these factors may lead to a lack of
correlation between the performance of each Fund and its Underlying Commodity. In addition, because the shares of each Fund
are traded on a securities exchange and are subject to market supply and investor demand, the market value of one share of each
Fund may differ from the net asset value per share of that Fund.
During periods of market volatility, a Fund's Underlying Commodity may be unavailable in the secondary market, market
participants may be unable to calculate accurately the net asset value per share of that Fund and the liquidity of that Fund may be
adversely affected. This kind of market volatility may also disrupt the ability of market participants to create and redeem shares of
a Fund. Further, market volatility may adversely affect, sometimes materially, the prices at which market participants are willing to
buy and sell shares of a Fund. As a result, under these circumstances, the market value of shares of a Fund may vary
substantially from the net asset value per share of that Fund. For all of the foregoing reasons, the performance of each Fund may
not correlate with the performance of its Underlying Commodity as well as the net asset value per share of that Fund, which could
materially and adversely affect the value of the notes in the secondary market and/or reduce any payment on the notes.
• THE NOTES ARE SUBJECT TO RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH SILVER WITH RESPECT TO THE iSHARES® SILVER TRUST -
The iShares® Silver Trust seeks to reflect generally the performance of the price of silver, less the iShares® Silver Trust's expenses
and liabilities. The price of silver is primarily affected by global demand for and supply of silver. Silver prices can fluctuate widely
and may be affected by numerous factors. These include general economic trends, increases in silver hedging activity by silver
producers, significant changes in attitude by speculators and investors in silver, technical developments, substitution issues and
regulation, as well as specific factors including industrial and jewelry demand, expectations with respect to the rate of inflation, the
relative strength of the U.S. dollar (the currency in which the price of silver is generally quoted) and other currencies, interest rates,
central bank sales, forward sales by producers, global or regional political or economic events and production costs and disruptions
in major silver-producing countries, such as Mexico, China and Peru. The demand for and supply of silver affect silver prices, but
not necessarily in the same manner as supply and demand affect the prices of other commodities. The supply of silver consists of
a combination of new mine production and existing stocks of bullion and fabricated silver held by governments, public and private
financial institutions, industrial organizations and private individuals. In addition, the price of silver has on occasion been subject to
very rapid short-term changes due to speculative activities. From time to time, above-ground inventories of silver may also
influence the market. The major end uses for silver include industrial applications, jewelry and silverware. It is not possible to
predict the aggregate effect of all or any combination of these factors.
• THE NOTES ARE SUBJECT TO RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH GOLD WITH RESPECT TO THE SPDR® GOLD TRUST -
The investment objective of the SPDR® Gold Trust is to reflect the performance of the price of gold bullion, less the expenses of
the SPDR® Gold Trust's operations. The price of gold is primarily affected by the global demand for and supply of gold. The
market for gold bullion is global, and gold prices are subject to volatile price movements over short periods of time and are affected
by numerous factors, including macroeconomic factors, such as the structure of and confidence in the global monetary system,
expectations regarding the future rate of inflation, the relative strength of, and confidence in, the U.S. dollar (the currency in which
the price of gold is usually quoted), interest rates, gold borrowing and lending rates and global or regional economic, financial,
political, regulatory, judicial or other events. Gold prices may be affected by industry factors, such as industrial and jewelry
demand as well as lending, sales and purchases of gold by the official sector, including central banks and other governmental
agencies and multilateral institutions that hold gold. Additionally, gold prices may be affected by levels of gold production,