Degussa company presentation

Degussa- A Portrait

Introduction – Degussa Goldhandel GmbH (Gold Trading)
Degussa Goldhandel GmbH is a precious metals trading company founded in 2010.
A German industrial family revived the very well known brand Degussa by acquiring it from
chemical company Evonik Group.
The headquarter is located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, amidst the financial area of the
city.
Degussa Goldhandel Group is said to be the largest precious metals company in Europe.

Degussa Goldhandel GmbH
The pillars of our business:
Investment Bars and Coins
Storage / Safety boxes
Numismatics
Precious metals scrap
Gold gifts
Precious metals for the industry
Precious metals refining
Semi-finished products for jewellery
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Memberships
Since the beginning of 2013, Degussa Goldhandel GmbH is a member of
the „Fachvereinigung Edelmetalle“, Germany‘s leading representation of
the precious metals industry with headquarters in the gold city of
Pforzheim.
In September of 2013, Degussa was inducted as an associate to the
worldwide leading London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), in 2014 it
gained the same status with the London Platinum and Palladium Market
(LPPM).
Furthermore, Degussa Goldhandel GmbH is a member of the renowned
International Precious Metals Institute (IPMI), the largest precious metals
association in the world.
Additional memberships are in various national and international
numismatic associations.

Degussa Group
Degussa Goldhandel GmbH
Frankfurt
Related companies
Branch Offices
Frankfurt
Berlin
Hamburg
Hannover
Cologne
Munich
Munich (Scrap Service)
Nuremberg
Stuttgart
Sonne/Mond Scheideanstalt
GmbH
(Gold and Silver Refinery) Pforzheim
SilviOr GmbH
Würzburg
Degussa Goldhandel AG
Zurich, Geneva
Degussa Metales Preciosos S.L.
Madrid
Sharps Pixley Ltd.
London
Degussa Precious Metals Asia
Pte Ltd Singapore
Pforzheim

Management Board
Wolfgang Wrzesniok-
Roßbach
Markus Weiß
Werner Schätzler
Raphael Scherer
Arnd Gollan
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Compliance
Officer
Chief International
Officer
Chief Operations
Officer
From left to right:
A. Gollan, R. Scherer, W. Wrzesniok-Roßbach, M. Weiß

The Degussa Team
At the moment, approx. 130 employees work for
Degussa, many with a banking background. On the
precious metals purchase side, we are staffed with crafttrained
men and women, master goldsmiths and
watchmakers among others.
Many of our employees have decades-long experience in
precious metals trading, logistics and processing.
The core team is supported by external services for
advertising, design, real estate and for personnel related
matters.

Branch Network
Customers are served via a branch network spread all over
Germany:
Currently offices are located in Frankfurt, Munich (2), Stuttgart,
Cologne, Hamburg, Hannover, Berlin, Nuremberg.
Internationally Degussa is represented in Zurich, Geneva Madrid,
Singapore and through Sharps Pixley plc. in London.
Customers can also buy all products via different online-shops,
that are open 24/7.
In 2014 Degussa acquired a gold and silver refinery in Pforzheim.

Online Shop for investment products
The Degussa online shop is a sales channel,
in addition to our retail offices.
Access is gained via our websites:
www.degussa-goldhandel.de
Singapore Site: www.degussa-pm.sg
Spanish Site: www.degussa-mp.es
All investment products are available to the
customer 24/7.
Fast and safe delivery at all times is guaranteed.
The prices of the Degussa products are updated
every five minutes.
Customers pay in advance and can choose between home
delivery or “self” pick-up at one of our offices in Germany.

There’s a lot more than just bullion
Quite similar, our Shop for “Gold Gifts” was introduced in 2013, offering a wide range of
different products such as jewelry or watches.
The Web appearance is complemented by the „Münzkabinett“, our online shop for numismatic
coins. Collectibles from millennia can be purchased over this platform.

Our Customers and Business Partners
Degussa addresses private as well as institutional customers, wholesalers
and industrial companies.
There is no minimum investment: starting with 20€ for a silver coin used
as a gift, the range of investments rises up to sums over ten million Euros
bought by family offices and institutional investors.
Degussa has direct purchase contracts with the most important
providers of numismatic and bullion coins.
In the field of wholesales, Degussa interacts with banks and retailers in
domestic and foreign markets.

Product Overview: Cast Bars
Degussa offers cast bars in gold, silver, platinum and palladium
Gold bars are available from 100g to 1kg.
Silver bars from 500g up to 15kg.
Platinum bars up to 1kg.
Palladium bars in 500g and 1kg.
The bars are produced by two renowned Swiss refineries, both in possession
of LBMA‘s good delivery status.

Product Overview: Minted Bars
Degussa offers minted bars in gold, silver, platinum, palladium
and rhodium
Minted gold bars are available from 1g to 100g and 10 ounces.
A specialty are our 20g and 50g Combi-Bars.
Silver in a range from 1 ounce to 100g, including the 100g
Combi-Bar.
Platinum minted bars are available from 10g to 500g.
Palladium as well as Rhodium as 1 ounce and 100g.
These Bars are minted by two Swiss and one British refinery,
which also possess the LBMA‘s good delivery status.

Product Overview: Coins
The Degussa product portfolio includes investment- and bullion
coins made from gold, silver, platinum and palladium in different
designs and weights.
Standard bullion coins are available, as well as more exclusive
pieces: Kruegerrand, Maple Leaf, Viennese Philharmonic, American
Eagle, China Panda, Britannia etc.
In addition to the bullion coins, Degussa also offers so-called
semi-bullions; esp. gold coins made from the mid 19 th century
during the times of the gold standard.
Another pillar to the business of Degussa is purchasing and selling
numismatic coins from the antiquity to about 1950, and
representing its customers at auctions worldwide.

Gift Ideas by Degussa
In addition to classical investment products, Degussa also offers a growing range of gift
ideas.
Special collections, jewelry bars, gold-plated roses, motive bars of different cities,
watches, jewelry, elegant copper bars and many more.
The USP of Degussa’s products is the very high share in precious metals (“More gold for
your money”). Hence, they are mostly also an investment product as well.

Other Goods and Services
Alongside the selling activity, Degussa also participates in the purchase of precious metals, not
only in the form of investment metals, but also as scrap metal, old cutlery, jewelry or dental gold,
for example.
Every aspect of the usage of precious metals finds its place in the concept of Degussa. As such,
we also offer a range of industrially used precious metals, in form of gold and silver granule,
platinum and palladium sponge and, in future, rhodium and others as powder.
The newest addition to our wide range of products is semi-finished jewelry, used by goldsmiths
and jewelers.

Service all around: Safety Deposit Boxes…
Customers are quite interested in the possibilities of storage
of the precious metals.
For this purpose safety deposit boxes are being offered in
several branches (Munich, Stuttgart, Berlin, Hamburg,
Hannover, Nuremberg and Cologne at the moment).
The rental period can be set indefinitely or for a certain
amount of time.

…and Valuables Deposit
Degussa’s high-value storage facility: efficient, safe and
convenient. Bought precious metals can be put into deposit
straight after the purchase, either from online shop or branch
office. The stock of each customer is physically available anytime
(no collective deposit).
The most recent possibility of storage is provided by Degussa’s
bonded storage services: selected items made of the white metals
silver, platinum, palladium and rhodium can be stored VAT-free.
The tax becomes due only in case the products are being physical
delivered.