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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT

INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number     811-21265

                             PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust                                

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

3500 Lacey Road

                         Downers Grove, IL 60515                            

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Andrew Schlossberg

President

3500 Lacey Road

                             Downers Grove, IL 60515                            

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:             800-983-0903        

Date of fiscal year end:  April 30

Date of reporting period:  April 30, 2015


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

The Registrant’s annual report transmitted to shareholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 is as follows:


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  April 30, 2015

2015 Annual Report to Shareholders

 

DWAQ PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio
PWC PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio
PRF PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio
PRFZ PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio

 

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Table of Contents

 

The Market Environment   3   
Manager’s Analysis   4   
Broad Market Portfolios
Schedules of Investments

PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio (DWAQ)

  14   

PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio (PWC)

  16   

PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio (PRF)

  18   

PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio (PRFZ)

  28   
Statements of Assets and Liabilities   43   
Statements of Operations   44   
Statements of Changes in Net Assets   46   
Financial Highlights   48   
Notes to Financial Statements   50   
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm   58   
Fees and Expenses   59   
Tax Information   60   
Trustees and Officers   61   
Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreement   67   

 

 

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The Market Environment

 

 

 

Domestic Equity

Slow and steady improvement in the US economy and continued low interest rates led the US equity market higher during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. As the US economy continued along a slow growth path, the US Federal Reserve steadily reduced its asset purchase program, finally ending all purchases in October 2014. The reporting period began with corporate earnings bouncing back from a weather-related downturn resulting from an unusually harsh winter that negatively affected consumer spending. Stocks generally rallied through the summer of 2014 despite political upheaval in Ukraine and signs of economic sluggishness in China. In mid-September, as investors wrestled with evidence that economic growth appeared to be stronger in the US than in the rest of the world, the price of oil began a sharp and prolonged decline, causing US equities to fall. US equities recovered before the end of calendar year 2014, however. As calendar year 2015 began, investors were generally heartened by positive US economic data, but there was concern that if Greece failed to reach an agreement with the eurozone on a financial bailout plan, the repercussions would be felt more broadly. On balance, however, the general trend for US equities was positive.

 

 

 

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DWAQ    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio (DWAQ)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Dorsey Wright NASDAQ Technical LeadersTM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of companies that comprise the Index.

Dorsey Wright & Associates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider includes companies in the Index pursuant to a proprietary methodology that is designed to identify companies that demonstrate powerful relative strength characteristics based upon their market performance. The Index Provider ranks a starting universe of approximately 1,000 equity securities traded on The NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC that have the largest market capitalizations using a proprietary methodology based upon each security’s market performance to determine each security’s “momentum” score. A “momentum” style of investing emphasizes investing in securities that have had better recent performance compared to other securities. Each security’s score is based on intermediate and long-term upward price movements relative to a representative market benchmark and the other eligible securities. The Index Provider identifies 100 securities with the highest momentum score to include in the Index. Securities with larger momentum scores receive greater weight within the Index. The Index is rebalanced and reconstituted quarterly, but no changes are made to the Index between these quarterly rebalance dates. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 16.76%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 16.66%. During the same time period, the Index returned 17.42%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses incurred by the Fund.

During this same time period, the NASDAQ Composite Index-PI, (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 20.10%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 2,570 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of broad-based equity market benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. equity market.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index because the Index employs a proprietary stock selection and weighting methodology whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization. More specifically, the Fund was most overweight in the health care sector and most underweight in the information technology sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund being underweight the information technology sector relative to the Benchmark Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the health care sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the information technology and financials sectors, respectively. The energy sector detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the materials sector (no longer held).

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Dyax Corp., a health care company (portfolio average weight of 1.08%), and Apple, Inc., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 3.17%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included GT Advanced Technologies Inc., an information technology company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Trinity Biotech Plc Sponsored ADR Class A, a health care company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Health Care      36.4   
Information Technology      21.9   
Consumer Discretionary      15.5   
Industrials      10.5   
Financials      9.7   
Consumer Staples      3.1   
Energy      2.2   
Telecommunication Services      0.7   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)   
 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio (DWAQ) (continued)

 

Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Apple, Inc.      3.1   
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC      3.0   
Gilead Sciences, Inc.      2.9   
Henry Schein, Inc.      2.7   
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.      2.5   
Cerner Corp.      2.2   
Papa John’s International, Inc.      2.1   
Credit Acceptance Corp.      2.0   
Dyax Corp.      2.0   
BofI Holding, Inc.      1.9   
Total      24.4   

 

 

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PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio (DWAQ) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
    10 Years
Average
Annualized
    10 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                   Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Blended-Dorsey Wright NASDAQ Technical LeadersTM Index     17.42     15.19     52.83     12.03     76.49     6.83     93.62       9.34     191.97
NASDAQ Composite Index-PI     20.10        17.50        62.21        14.96        100.77        9.91        157.15          10.62        235.57   
Fund                    
NAV Return     16.66        14.31        49.35        11.23        70.27        6.18        82.07          8.63        170.15   
Market Price Return     16.76        14.34        49.48        11.24        70.36        6.18        82.09          8.63        169.96   

 

Fund Inception: May 1, 2003

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.92% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.60%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Blended-Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Blended-Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Blended-Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.

 

  The Blended-Dorsey Wright NASDAQ Technical LeadersTM Index performance is comprised of the performance of the Dynamic OTC IntellidexSM Index, the Fund’s previous underlying index, from Fund inception through the conversion date, February 19, 2014, followed by the performance of the Index, starting from the conversion date through April 30, 2015.

 

PI — Price Only, and does not reflect dividends paid by the holdings in the Benchmark Index
 

 

 

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PWC    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio (PWC)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Dynamic Market IntellidexSM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks that comprise the Index.

NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider includes stocks that, based upon its rankings, it believes possess the greatest investment potential for the Index. The Index uses market-like sector weightings and market-capitalization groupings in seeking to produce a sector and size dispersion similar to the overall broad market. The Index Provider ranks the 2,000 largest U.S. stocks (by market capitalization) traded on the NYSE, NYSE MKT and the NASDAQ for investment potential using a proprietary model. The Index Provider ranks companies quarterly, based on a variety of criteria, including price momentum, earnings momentum, quality, management action, and value factors, and then sorts them based on their cumulative score on the above criteria. The Index Provider divides the universe of stocks into ten economic sectors and divides each sector into two market-capitalization groupings: large and mid/small. The Index includes 100 companies from the top of each sector and size category. The Index Provider selects a defined number of the top ranked large and mid/small stocks within each sector. The number of stocks selected within a sector is predetermined and based on the percentage of the overall market represented by such sector. The Index Provider allocates 70% of the Index weighting to 30 large-capitalization stocks across the sectors and 30% of the Index weighting to 70 mid/small-capitalization stocks across the sectors. The Index Provider equally weights stock within their size groups. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 5.49%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 5.58%. During the same time period, the Index returned 6.37%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P 500® Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 12.98%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 500 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a similar broad U.S. equity market benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its

recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the broad U.S. stock market.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Index employs a modified equal weighting and stock selection methodology whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the consumer discretionary sector and most underweight in the financials sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to allocation among, and stock selection within, the energy sector, as well as stock selection in the information technology, consumer discretionary, and financials sectors.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the health care sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the information technology and consumer staples sectors, respectively. The energy sector was the only detracting sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Skyworks Solutions, Inc., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 2.09%), and Southwest Airlines Co., an industrials company (portfolio average weight of 2.49%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Halliburton Co., an energy company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Cameron International Corp., an energy company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Information Technology      19.6   
Financials      14.5   
Health Care      14.3   
Consumer Discretionary      13.5   
Industrials      10.9   
Energy      9.4   
Consumer Staples      9.0   
Materials      3.8   
Utilities      2.9   
Telecommunication Services      2.1   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio (PWC) (continued)

 

Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Kroger Co. (The)      3.2   
CVS Health Corp.      3.1   
Tesoro Corp.      3.1   
Valero Energy Corp.      3.1   
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.      3.0   
Apple, Inc.      2.8   
AmerisourceBergen Corp.      2.8   
Eastman Chemical Co.      2.7   
Qorvo, Inc.      2.7   
Hewlett-Packard Co.      2.7   
Total      29.2   

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio (PWC) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
    10 Years
Average
Annualized
    10 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                   Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Dynamic Market IntellidexSM Index     6.37     18.53     66.51     14.91     100.33     8.27     121.33       10.48     230.45
S&P 500® Index     12.98        16.73        59.05        14.33        95.31        8.32        122.39          9.30        190.74   
Fund                    
NAV Return     5.58        17.67        62.93        14.11        93.49        7.65        109.06          9.78        206.38   
Market Price Return     5.49        17.66        62.88        14.09        93.32        7.66        109.09          9.77        206.09   

 

Fund Inception: May 1, 2003

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.60%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund

at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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PRF    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio (PRF)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the FTSE RAFI US 1000 Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in securities that comprise the Index.

FTSE International Limited and Research Affiliates, LLC (collectively, the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider selects its components from the universe of stocks of companies that are incorporated in the United States. The Index is designed to track the performance of the largest U.S. equity stocks based on four fundamental measures of firm size: book value, cash flow, sales and dividends. The Index Provider ranks the universe of companies by equally weighting each fundamental measure. It then takes 1,000 stocks with the highest fundamental weight and assigns a weight equal to its investable RAFI fundamental value, rather than their market capitalization. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 10.23%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 10.19%. During the same time period, the Index returned 10.61%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the Russell 1000® Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 13.00%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 1,000 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a broad U.S. equity large cap benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. large cap market.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Index employs a fundamental weighting and stock selection methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the financials sector and most underweight in the information technology sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the

Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund’s underweighted allocation to the information technology sector.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the health care sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the financials and consumer discretionary sectors, respectively. The energy sector was the only detracting sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Apple, Inc., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 1.32%), and Microsoft Corp., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 1.19%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Exxon Mobil Corp., an energy company (portfolio average weight of 2.89%), and Chevron Corp., an energy company (portfolio average weight of 2.01%).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Financials      21.2   
Energy      12.6   
Information Technology      11.8   
Consumer Discretionary      11.4   
Industrials      10.6   
Health Care      10.2   
Consumer Staples      9.3   
Utilities      5.0   
Materials      4.0   
Telecommunication Services      3.9   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Exxon Mobil Corp.      3.0   
Chevron Corp.      2.1   
AT&T, Inc.      2.0   
JPMorgan Chase & Co.      1.9   
General Electric Co.      1.8   
Wells Fargo & Co.      1.5   
Bank of America Corp.      1.4   
Citigroup, Inc.      1.4   
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B      1.4   
Verizon Communications, Inc.      1.4   
Total      17.9   
 

 

 

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PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio (PRF) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
FTSE RAFI US 1000 Index     10.61     18.29     65.51     14.34     95.45       9.20     128.00
Russell 1000® Index     13.00        16.95        59.96        14.47        96.53          8.00        105.62   
Fund                

NAV Return

    10.19        17.84        63.65        13.91        91.78          8.73        118.87   
Market Price Return     10.23        17.84        63.64        13.89        91.63          8.75        119.37   

 

Fund Inception: December 19, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.41% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.39%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund

at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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PRFZ    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio (PRFZ)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks that comprise the Index.

FTSE International Limited and Research Affiliates, LLC (collectively, the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider selects the components from the universe of stocks of companies that are incorporated in the United States. The Index is designed to track the performance of small and medium-sized U.S. equity stocks based on four fundamental measures of firm size: book value, cash flow, sales and dividends. The Index Provider calculates an overall weight for each company by equally weighting each fundamental measure and excluding dividends from the average for companies that have never paid dividends. The Index Provider then excludes the equities with a fundamental weight ranking of 1 through 1,000 and instead includes the equities with a fundamental weight ranking of 1,001 through 2,500. Finally, the Index Provider assigns a weight to each of these 1,500 stocks by their investable RAFI fundamental value rather than their market capitalization. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 8.78%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 8.80%. During the same time period, the Index returned 9.05%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period, offset by revenues received from the securities lending program in which the Fund participates.

During this same time period, the Russell 2000® Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 9.71%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 2,000 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a U.S. equity small cap stock benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. small cap stock market.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Index employs a fundamental weighting and stock selection methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the consumer discretionary sector and most underweight in the

health care sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund’s underweight position in the health care sector.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the information technology sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the financials and health care sectors, respectively. The energy sector detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the materials sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Matson, Inc., an industrials company (portfolio average weight of 0.73%), and Pantry, Inc., a consumer discretionary company (no longer held at fiscal year-end). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Stone Energy Corp., an energy company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Energy XXI Ltd., an energy company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Financials      22.3   
Consumer Discretionary      17.3   
Information Technology      17.1   
Industrials      16.3   
Energy      7.6   
Health Care      7.2   
Materials      5.7   
Consumer Staples      3.4   
Utilities      1.6   
Telecommunication Services      1.5   
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
GrafTech International Ltd.      0.2   
Life Time Fitness, Inc.      0.2   
ScanSource, Inc.      0.2   
Global Payments, Inc.      0.2   
ARRIS Group, Inc.      0.2   
Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.      0.2   
Sohu.com, Inc.      0.2   
IAC/InterActiveCorp.      0.2   
Tetra Tech, Inc.      0.2   
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.      0.2   
Total      2.0   
 

 

 

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PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio (PRFZ) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Index     9.05     17.59     62.59     13.15     85.50       10.08     128.67
Russell 2000® Index     9.71        15.87        55.58        12.73        82.03          7.53        86.81   
Fund                
NAV Return     8.80        17.33        61.50        12.90        83.46          9.81        123.83   
Market Price Return     8.78        17.32        61.49        12.91        83.54          9.81        123.85   

 

Fund Inception: September 20, 2006

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.42% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.39%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund

at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio (DWAQ)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%   
   Consumer Discretionary—15.5%   
  1,168       Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(b)    $ 218,486   
  1,919       Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.      254,229   
  15,972       Denny’s Corp.(b)      166,269   
  2,447       DISH Network Corp., Class A(b)      165,564   
  2,191       Expedia, Inc., Class A      206,458   
  4,193       Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.(b)      211,956   
  2,328       G-III Apparel Group Ltd.(b)      258,827   
  2,039       Jack in the Box, Inc.      176,924   
  1,680       O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(b)      365,954   
  10,374       Papa John’s International, Inc.      636,652   
  7,253       Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc.(b)      403,847   
  2,257       Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.(b)      169,478   
  3,937       Ross Stores, Inc.      389,291   
  16,162       Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.      235,157   
  6,387       Sonic Corp.      182,988   
  4,915       Texas Roadhouse, Inc.      165,144   
  5,131       Tractor Supply Co.      441,574   
     

 

 

 
        4,648,798   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—3.1%   
  33,096       Fairway Group Holdings Corp., Class A(b)      175,740   
  4,830       Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (The)(b)      290,959   
  1,769       J & J Snack Foods Corp.      184,560   
  5,640       Whole Foods Market, Inc.      269,366   
     

 

 

 
        920,625   
     

 

 

 
   Energy—2.2%   
  2,689       Diamondback Energy, Inc.(b)      222,031   
  13,763       Green Plains, Inc.      428,580   
     

 

 

 
        650,611   
     

 

 

 
   Financials—9.7%   
  10,948       Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.      424,345   
  6,139       BofI Holding, Inc.(b)      563,622   
  2,554       Credit Acceptance Corp.(b)      603,255   
  6,495       E*TRADE Financial Corp.(b)      186,991   
  5,943       East West Bancorp, Inc.      241,226   
  6,044       MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.      518,877   
  4,071       Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.      193,983   
  5,177       PrivateBancorp, Inc.      191,911   
     

 

 

 
        2,924,210   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—36.4%   
  3,602       ABIOMED, Inc.(b)      227,718   
  5,773       Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(b)      395,450   
  14,817       Affymetrix, Inc.(b)      179,730   
  2,865       Alkermes PLC(b)      158,635   
  3,643       AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      185,684   
  4,975       Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      262,133   
  1,309       Atrion Corp.      425,229   
  846       Biogen, Inc.(b)      316,345   
  1,571       Celgene Corp.(b)      169,762   
  5,904       Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      141,696   
  9,121       Cerner Corp.(b)      654,979   
  6,643       DexCom, Inc.(b)      448,868   
  24,628       Dyax Corp.(b)      588,855   
  1,963       Endo International PLC(b)      165,020   
  8,632       Gilead Sciences, Inc.(b)      867,602   
  5,926       Henry Schein, Inc.(b)      812,455   
  2,588       ICON PLC (Ireland)(b)      166,512   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks (continued)   
   Health Care (continued)   
  1,577       IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(b)    $ 197,708   
  1,625       Illumina, Inc.(b)      299,406   
  3,585       Incyte Corp.(b)      348,319   
  5,077       Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(b)      907,260   
  52,353       MiMedx Group, Inc.(b)      492,118   
  3,997       Mylan NV(b)      288,823   
  4,812       Natus Medical, Inc.(b)      181,461   
  7,663       Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(b)      261,232   
  29,832       Novavax, Inc.(b)      230,601   
  1,665       Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      761,671   
  10,918       Spectranetics Corp. (The)(b)      280,047   
  1,102       United Therapeutics Corp.(b)      175,978   
  1,397       Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      172,222   
  5,206       Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc.(b)      159,824   
     

 

 

 
        10,923,343   
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—10.5%   
  1,023       Allegiant Travel Co.      157,297   
  1,000       AMERCO      322,040   
  3,542       American Woodmark Corp.(b)      179,580   
  4,631       Apogee Enterprises, Inc.      243,683   
  7,099       ArcBest Corp.      253,434   
  6,460       Astronics Corp.(b)      434,823   
  4,035       Avis Budget Group, Inc.(b)      218,455   
  7,920       H&E Equipment Services, Inc.      195,782   
  10,442       JetBlue Airways Corp.(b)      214,374   
  3,298       Middleby Corp. (The)(b)      334,219   
  3,305       Multi-Color Corp.      207,488   
  2,887       Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.(b)      205,352   
  2,864       Spirit Airlines, Inc.(b)      196,098   
     

 

 

 
        3,162,625   
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—21.9%   
  2,702       Ambarella, Inc.(b)      197,651   
  7,309       Apple, Inc.      914,721   
  2,102       Avago Technologies Ltd. (Singapore)      245,682   
  3,738       comScore, Inc.(b)      195,722   
  983       CoStar Group, Inc.(b)      200,955   
  6,032       Ebix, Inc.      164,613   
  3,896       Electronic Arts, Inc.(b)      226,319   
  2,446       Facebook, Inc., Class A(b)      192,671   
  8,898       Integrated Device Technology, Inc.(b)      161,855   
  4,361       Intuit, Inc.      437,539   
  3,145       LogMeIn, Inc.(b)      201,846   
  8,091       Manhattan Associates, Inc.(b)      425,263   
  3,573       Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.      185,189   
  3,430       NXP Semiconductors NV (Netherlands)(b)      329,692   
  23,922       PDF Solutions, Inc.(b)      432,270   
  4,194       Proofpoint, Inc.(b)      226,392   
  4,613       Qualys, Inc.(b)      228,436   
  5,541       Skyworks Solutions, Inc.      511,157   
  3,850       SPS Commerce, Inc.(b)      251,251   
  2,878       SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.      173,169   
  5,560       Super Micro Computer, Inc.(b)      159,961   
  2,132       Synaptics, Inc.(b)      180,623   
  4,327       Virtusa Corp.(b)      172,215   
  1,783       Western Digital Corp.      174,270   
     

 

 

 
        6,589,462   
     

 

 

 
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio (DWAQ) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks (continued)   
   Telecommunication Services—0.7%   
  1,842       SBA Communications Corp., Class A(b)    $ 213,341   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $26,586,076)
     30,033,015   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.3%   
  75,896       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)
(Cost $75,896)
     75,896   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $26,661,972)—100.3%
     30,108,911   
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.3)%      (85,713
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 30,023,198   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio (PWC)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%    
   Consumer Discretionary—13.5%   
  57,257       1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc., Class A(b)    $ 605,206   
  28,674       American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.(b)      714,843   
  12,018       Brinker International, Inc.      665,437   
  18,774       Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.      797,707   
  62,082       Denny’s Corp.(b)      646,274   
  52,313       Dollar Tree, Inc.(b)      3,997,236   
  724       Graham Holdings Co., Class B      740,601   
  56,260       Lowe’s Cos., Inc.      3,874,064   
  10,065       Murphy USA, Inc.(b)      657,546   
  43,865       Penn National Gaming, Inc.(b)      705,349   
  20,658       ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc.(b)      713,940   
  89,175       Starbucks Corp.      4,421,297   
  21,497       Starz, Class A(b)      845,477   
  19,666       Whirlpool Corp.      3,453,350   
     

 

 

 
        22,838,327   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—9.0%   
  9,615       Bunge Ltd.      830,447   
  52,995       CVS Health Corp.      5,261,873   
  22,333       Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.      824,758   
  18,186       Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A      761,266   
  77,366       Kroger Co. (The)      5,331,291   
  28,667       Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.      708,075   
  196       Seaboard Corp.(b)      705,600   
  79,592       SUPERVALU, Inc.(b)      699,614   
     

 

 

 
        15,122,924   
     

 

 

 
   Energy—9.4%   
  51,266       Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings LLC      1,297,030   
  29,271       Dominion Midstream Partners LP(b)      1,195,720   
  67,689       Rosetta Resources, Inc.(b)      1,545,340   
  60,982       Tesoro Corp.      5,234,085   
  74,403       Transocean Ltd.      1,400,265   
  90,786       Valero Energy Corp.      5,165,723   
     

 

 

 
        15,838,163   
     

 

 

 
   Financials—14.5%   
  11,472       AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.      682,240   
  13,486       Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.      630,201   
  23,316       Assured Guaranty Ltd.      605,983   
  30,080       CME Group, Inc., Class A      2,734,573   
  26,212       Employers Holdings, Inc.      639,835   
  9,727       Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.      587,316   
  3,485       Everest Re Group Ltd.      623,502   
  29,900       Fidelity & Guaranty Life      669,162   
  17,651       First American Financial Corp.      614,078   
  78,583       FNF Group      2,828,202   
  27,457       Investment Technology Group, Inc.(b)      782,250   
  47,087       JPMorgan Chase & Co.      2,978,724   
  50,061       Lincoln National Corp.      2,827,946   
  12,327       NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (The)      599,462   
  8,276       Navigators Group, Inc. (The)(b)      645,942   
  36,394       St. Joe Co. (The)(b)      635,075   
  26,857       Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)      2,715,511   
  65,298       Voya Financial, Inc.      2,764,717   
     

 

 

 
        24,564,719   
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Health Care—14.3%   
  40,700       AmerisourceBergen Corp.    $ 4,652,010   
  14,984       Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      789,507   
  28,558       Anthem, Inc.      4,310,259   
  5,130       athenahealth, Inc.(b)      629,246   
  10,605       Centene Corp.(b)      657,404   
  5,595       Chemed Corp.      644,824   
  34,385       Cigna Corp.      4,285,746   
  31,441       Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(b)      3,982,003   
  11,365       Health Net, Inc.(b)      598,367   
  20,984       Inovalon Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)      529,846   
  10,445       Lannett Co., Inc.(b)      600,587   
  10,234       Molina Healthcare, Inc.(b)      606,160   
  93,379       PDL BioPharma, Inc.      622,838   
  16,912       Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.(b)      663,796   
  12,233       VCA, Inc.(b)      623,516   
     

 

 

 
        24,196,109   
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—10.9%   
  11,280       Alaska Air Group, Inc.      722,597   
  93,264       American Airlines Group, Inc.      4,503,252   
  11,844       Avis Budget Group, Inc.(b)      641,234   
  16,255       Con-way, Inc.      668,081   
  41,767       JetBlue Airways Corp.(b)      857,477   
  21,717       Knight Transportation, Inc.      627,621   
  34,515       L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.      3,966,119   
  10,516       Multi-Color Corp.      660,194   
  49,244       RPX Corp.(b)      766,237   
  103,315       Southwest Airlines Co.      4,190,456   
  14,590       Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)      742,485   
     

 

 

 
        18,345,753   
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—19.6%   
  37,270       Apple, Inc.      4,664,340   
  20,543       Blackbaud, Inc.      1,038,038   
  24,785       CDW Corp.      949,761   
  76,573       Flextronics International Ltd.(b)      882,504   
  137,419       Hewlett-Packard Co.      4,530,704   
  45,188       Integrated Device Technology, Inc.(b)      821,970   
  17,641       InterDigital, Inc.      965,316   
  42,452       Jabil Circuit, Inc.      956,019   
  58,291       Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (Singapore)(b)      880,777   
  58,061       Lam Research Corp.      4,388,250   
  34,788       OmniVision Technologies, Inc.(b)      970,411   
  68,987       Qorvo, Inc.(b)      4,546,933   
  41,087       Sanmina Corp.(b)      835,299   
  17,057       Science Applications International Corp.      854,556   
  54,560       Skyworks Solutions, Inc.      5,033,160   
  23,281       Tessera Technologies, Inc.      840,677   
     

 

 

 
        33,158,715   
     

 

 

 
   Materials—3.8%   
  33,919       Century Aluminum Co.(b)      437,216   
  60,491       Eastman Chemical Co.      4,610,624   
  45,092       Mercer International, Inc.(b)      644,816   
  26,867       United States Steel Corp.      645,345   
     

 

 

 
        6,338,001   
     

 

 

 
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio (PWC) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Telecommunication Services—2.1%   
  33,212       CenturyLink, Inc.    $ 1,194,303   
  37,501       Iridium Communications, Inc.(b)      381,385   
  14,122       Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.      377,199   
  38,069       T-Mobile US, Inc.(b)      1,295,869   
  79,133       Vonage Holdings Corp.(b)      366,386   
     

 

 

 
        3,615,142   
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—2.9%   
  45,689       Duke Energy Corp.      3,544,096   
  30,336       Empire District Electric Co. (The)      715,019   
  13,504       SCANA Corp.      715,442   
     

 

 

 
        4,974,557   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $163,323,403)
     168,992,410   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%   
  102,293       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(c) (Cost $102,293)      102,293   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $163,425,696)—100.1%
     169,094,703   
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.1)%      (144,494
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 168,950,209   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a) Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio (PRF)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%   
   Consumer Discretionary—11.4%   
  25,255       Aaron’s, Inc.    $ 858,670   
  45,574       Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A      1,024,504   
  9,055       Advance Auto Parts, Inc.      1,294,865   
  22,768       Amazon.com, Inc.(b)      9,603,087   
  90,853       American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.      1,445,471   
  15,953       ANN INC.(b)      603,981   
  53,743       Apollo Education Group, Inc., Class A(b)      902,076   
  54,291       Aramark      1,668,362   
  9,253       Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.(b)      777,530   
  59,169       Ascena Retail Group, Inc.(b)      886,943   
  21,609       Autoliv, Inc. (Sweden)      2,565,420   
  30,103       AutoNation, Inc.(b)      1,852,840   
  3,965       AutoZone, Inc.(b)      2,667,097   
  29,747       Barnes & Noble, Inc.(b)      651,459   
  45,594       Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.(b)      3,212,553   
  157,946       Best Buy Co., Inc.      5,472,829   
  25,215       Big Lots, Inc.      1,149,048   
  28,294       Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.      641,142   
  28,568       BorgWarner, Inc.      1,691,226   
  11,839       Brinker International, Inc.      655,525   
  11,588       Brunswick Corp.      579,864   
  20,333       Burlington Stores, Inc.(b)      1,048,573   
  11,896       Cabela’s, Inc.(b)      627,395   
  79,065       Cablevision Systems Corp., Class A      1,579,719   
  61,497       Caesars Entertainment Corp.(b)(c)      583,607   
  39,644       CarMax, Inc.(b)      2,700,153   
  119,460       Carnival Corp.      5,252,656   
  87,738       CBS Corp., Class B      5,451,162   
  12,629       Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(b)      2,362,381   
  32,218       Chico’s FAS, Inc.      543,195   
  1,497       Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(b)      930,146   
  23,381       Cinemark Holdings, Inc.      996,732   
  58,448       Coach, Inc.      2,233,298   
  426,794       Comcast Corp., Class A      24,651,621   
  82,561       Comcast Corp., Special Class A      4,754,688   
  23,539       Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.      1,000,172   
  36,808       CST Brands, Inc.      1,535,262   
  46,129       D.R. Horton, Inc.      1,171,677   
  55,104       Dana Holding Corp.      1,188,593   
  39,180       Darden Restaurants, Inc.      2,498,509   
  37,296       Delphi Automotive PLC (United Kingdom)      3,095,568   
  16,061       DeVry Education Group, Inc.      485,685   
  17,933       Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.      973,045   
  8,312       Dillard’s, Inc., Class A      1,093,776   
  109,379       DIRECTV(b)      9,921,222   
  23,520       Discovery Communications, Inc., Class A(b)      761,107   
  44,945       Discovery Communications, Inc., Class C(b)      1,358,687   
  29,378       DISH Network Corp., Class A(b)      1,987,715   
  46,792       Dollar General Corp.      3,402,246   
  24,865       Dollar Tree, Inc.(b)      1,899,935   
  16,008       DSW, Inc., Class A      580,610   
  10,483       Expedia, Inc., Class A      987,813   
  20,871       Family Dollar Stores, Inc.      1,630,860   
  30,314       Foot Locker, Inc.      1,802,167   
  1,649,995       Ford Motor Co.      26,069,921   
  9,902       Fossil Group, Inc.(b)      831,570   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Consumer Discretionary (continued)   
  50,513       GameStop Corp., Class A(c)    $ 1,946,771   
  57,234       Gannett Co., Inc.      1,964,271   
  64,037       Gap, Inc. (The)      2,538,427   
  27,609       Garmin Ltd.      1,247,651   
  618,191       General Motors Co.      21,673,776   
  8,726       Genesco, Inc.(b)      589,790   
  41,230       Gentex Corp.      715,340   
  36,369       Genuine Parts Co.      3,267,755   
  13,474       GNC Holdings, Inc., Class A      580,056   
  114,709       Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)      3,253,721   
  1,379       Graham Holdings Co., Class B      1,410,620   
  11,566       Group 1 Automotive, Inc.      913,483   
  48,982       Guess?, Inc.      896,860   
  52,481       H&R Block, Inc.      1,587,025   
  32,739       Hanesbrands, Inc.      1,017,528   
  34,066       Harley-Davidson, Inc.      1,914,850   
  5,890       Harman International Industries, Inc.      767,938   
  25,597       Hasbro, Inc.      1,812,012   
  51,113       Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,480,232   
  191,708       Home Depot, Inc. (The)      20,508,922   
  63,271       International Game Technology PLC (United Kingdom)(b)      1,288,198   
  79,363       Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)      1,653,925   
  306,579       J.C. Penney Co., Inc.(b)(c)      2,544,606   
  26,998       Jarden Corp.(b)      1,381,758   
  172,697       Johnson Controls, Inc.      8,700,475   
  66,771       Kohl’s Corp.      4,784,142   
  47,072       L Brands, Inc.      4,206,354   
  59,978       Las Vegas Sands Corp.      3,171,637   
  23,553       Lear Corp.      2,615,090   
  32,376       Leggett & Platt, Inc.      1,375,009   
  21,906       Lennar Corp., Class A      1,003,295   
  38,093       Liberty Global PLC, Series A (United Kingdom)(b)      1,986,169   
  103,211       Liberty Global PLC, Series C (United Kingdom)(b)      5,206,995   
  110,220       Liberty Interactive Corp., Class A(b)      3,169,927   
  23,552       Liberty Media Corp., Class A(b)      903,926   
  47,501       Liberty Media Corp., Class C(b)      1,802,663   
  43,560       Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(b)      1,091,614   
  43,537       LKQ Corp.(b)      1,178,547   
  174,006       Lowe’s Cos., Inc.      11,982,053   
  100,913       Macy’s, Inc.      6,522,007   
  20,118       Marriott International, Inc., Class A      1,610,446   
  128,010       Mattel, Inc.      3,604,762   
  228,180       McDonald’s Corp.      22,030,779   
  11,997       Men’s Wearhouse, Inc. (The)      678,910   
  103,545       MGM Resorts International(b)      2,189,977   
  13,576       Michael Kors Holdings Ltd.(b)      839,811   
  10,237       Mohawk Industries, Inc.(b)      1,776,119   
  37,547       Murphy USA, Inc.(b)      2,452,946   
  1,829       Netflix, Inc.(b)      1,017,838   
  43,759       Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.      1,668,531   
  143,139       News Corp., Class A(b)      2,258,733   
  40,180       News Corp., Class B(b)      625,603   
  60,588       NIKE, Inc., Class B      5,988,518   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio (PRF) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Consumer Discretionary (continued)   
  29,664       Nordstrom, Inc.    $ 2,241,412   
  664       NVR, Inc.(b)      880,789   
  215,572       Office Depot, Inc.(b)      1,987,574   
  57,384       Omnicom Group, Inc.      4,347,412   
  9,855       O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(b)      2,146,715   
  9,761       Outerwall, Inc.      648,423   
  3,961       Panera Bread Co., Class A(b)      722,803   
  18,419       Penske Automotive Group, Inc.      899,031   
  5,476       Polaris Industries, Inc.      749,993   
  2,666       Priceline Group, Inc. (The)(b)      3,300,001   
  44,465       PulteGroup, Inc.      858,174   
  13,951       PVH Corp.      1,441,836   
  11,918       Ralph Lauren Corp., Class A      1,589,980   
  29,471       Regal Entertainment Group, Class A(c)      648,362   
  41,728       Rent-A-Center, Inc.      1,235,149   
  23,979       Ross Stores, Inc.      2,371,044   
  29,274       Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.      1,992,388   
  23,972       Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.(b)      748,166   
  10,436       Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc., Class A      729,059   
  58,463       Sears Holdings Corp.(b)(c)      2,335,012   
  36,434       SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.      772,401   
  37,513       Service Corp. International      1,038,360   
  10,101       Signet Jewelers Ltd.      1,354,847   
  194,643       Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(b)      768,840   
  12,744       Six Flags Entertainment Corp.      599,223   
  29,362       Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A      685,603   
  338,098       Staples, Inc.      5,517,759   
  99,082       Starbucks Corp.      4,912,486   
  27,550       Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.      2,367,923   
  224,175       Target Corp.      17,671,715   
  25,220       Tenneco, Inc.(b)      1,474,109   
  17,820       Tiffany & Co.      1,558,894   
  122,473       Time Warner Cable, Inc.      19,047,001   
  226,974       Time Warner, Inc.      19,158,875   
  76,264       Time, Inc.      1,741,107   
  90,849       TJX Cos., Inc. (The)      5,863,394   
  22,673       Toll Brothers, Inc.(b)      805,798   
  8,835       Tractor Supply Co.      760,340   
  39,584       TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.(b)      4,158,695   
  10,505       Tupperware Brands Corp.      702,364   
  150,510       Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A      5,129,381   
  47,234       Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class B      1,575,254   
  21,248       Urban Outfitters, Inc.(b)      850,770   
  40,947       VF Corp.      2,965,791   
  73,378       Viacom, Inc., Class B      5,096,102   
  19,650       Visteon Corp.(b)      1,992,510   
  196,171       Walt Disney Co. (The)      21,327,711   
  64,284       Wendy’s Co. (The)      650,554   
  19,424       Whirlpool Corp.      3,410,854   
  11,451       Williams-Sonoma, Inc.      841,992   
  18,405       Wyndham Worldwide Corp.      1,571,787   
  23,060       Wynn Resorts Ltd.      2,561,274   
  66,213       Yum! Brands, Inc.      5,691,669   
     

 

 

 
        518,093,055   
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Consumer Staples—9.3%   
  349,704       Altria Group, Inc.    $ 17,502,685   
  15,001       Andersons, Inc. (The)      640,393   
  306,730       Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.      14,992,962   
  367,603       Avon Products, Inc.      3,003,317   
  17,855       Brown-Forman Corp., Class B      1,611,057   
  102,743       Bunge Ltd.      8,873,913   
  41,397       Campbell Soup Co.      1,850,860   
  11,570       Casey’s General Stores, Inc.      950,823   
  15,937       Church & Dwight Co., Inc.      1,293,606   
  22,426       Clorox Co. (The)      2,379,399   
  761,378       Coca-Cola Co. (The)      30,881,492   
  54,381       Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.      2,415,060   
  131,502       Colgate-Palmolive Co.      8,847,455   
  138,589       ConAgra Foods, Inc.      5,009,992   
  16,766       Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A(b)      1,943,850   
  112,921       Costco Wholesale Corp.      16,153,349   
  244,883       CVS Health Corp.      24,314,433   
  44,608       Darling Ingredients, Inc.(b)      609,345   
  59,596       Dean Foods Co.      968,435   
  33,385       Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.      2,489,853   
  10,563       Energizer Holdings, Inc.      1,443,117   
  21,419       Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A      1,741,151   
  37,404       Flowers Foods, Inc.      835,605   
  149,885       General Mills, Inc.      8,294,636   
  34,377       Herbalife Ltd.(b)(c)      1,427,333   
  19,696       Hershey Co. (The)      1,810,456   
  21,146       Hormel Foods Corp.      1,149,285   
  17,611       Ingredion, Inc.      1,398,313   
  23,758       J.M. Smucker Co. (The)      2,754,027   
  61,216       Kellogg Co.      3,876,809   
  8,231       Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.      957,841   
  82,341       Kimberly-Clark Corp.      9,031,984   
  95,393       Kraft Foods Group, Inc.      8,084,557   
  174,075       Kroger Co. (The)      11,995,508   
  64,763       Lorillard, Inc.      4,524,343   
  20,105       McCormick & Co., Inc.      1,513,907   
  16,947       Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.      1,625,556   
  30,480       Molson Coors Brewing Co., Class B      2,240,585   
  431,308       Mondelez International, Inc., Class A      16,549,288   
  5,573       Monster Beverage Corp.(b)      764,114   
  11,159       Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A(c)      631,041   
  296,246       PepsiCo, Inc.      28,178,920   
  375,965       Philip Morris International, Inc.      31,381,799   
  16,376       Pinnacle Foods, Inc.      664,047   
  604,349       Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      48,051,789   
  61,743       Reynolds American, Inc.      4,525,762   
  379,419       Rite Aid Corp.(b)      2,925,321   
  262,907       SUPERVALU, Inc.(b)      2,310,953   
  220,247       Sysco Corp.      8,155,746   
  8,755       TreeHouse Foods, Inc.(b)      711,431   
  106,739       Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A      4,216,191   
  10,705       United Natural Foods, Inc.(b)      722,159   
  16,671       Universal Corp.      784,037   
  165,124       Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.      13,693,733   
  584,404       Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.      45,612,732   
  16,035       WhiteWave Foods Co. (The)(b)      705,059   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio (PRF) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Consumer Staples (continued)   
  49,931       Whole Foods Market, Inc.    $ 2,384,705   
     

 

 

 
        424,406,119   
     

 

 

 
   Energy—12.6%   
  1,114,653       Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.(b)(c)      902,869   
  100,391       Anadarko Petroleum Corp.      9,446,793   
  180,125       Apache Corp.      12,320,550   
  809,949       Arch Coal, Inc.(b)(c)      789,052   
  25,584       Atwood Oceanics, Inc.      853,994   
  117,095       Baker Hughes, Inc.      8,016,324   
  49,807       Bill Barrett Corp.(b)      577,761   
  31,645       Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.      1,070,234   
  524,478       California Resources Corp.      4,877,645   
  65,530       Cameron International Corp.(b)      3,592,355   
  239,401       Chesapeake Energy Corp.(c)      3,775,354   
  874,967       Chevron Corp.      97,173,835   
  12,272       Cimarex Energy Co.      1,526,637   
  81,261       Cloud Peak Energy, Inc.(b)      527,384   
  13,362       Concho Resources, Inc.(b)      1,692,431   
  567,485       ConocoPhillips      38,543,581   
  67,466       CONSOL Energy, Inc.      2,191,296   
  113,565       Cosan Ltd., Class A (Brazil)      824,482   
  28,757       Delek US Holdings, Inc.      1,061,708   
  250,354       Denbury Resources, Inc.      2,205,619   
  117,865       Devon Energy Corp.      8,039,572   
  69,017       Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.(c)      2,309,999   
  11,361       Dresser-Rand Group, Inc.(b)      939,214   
  18,044       Energen Corp.      1,284,191   
  139,882       Energy XXI Ltd.(c)      611,284   
  147,838       Ensco PLC, Class A      4,033,021   
  66,801       EOG Resources, Inc.      6,609,959   
  20,608       EQT Corp.      1,853,484   
  28,026       Exterran Holdings, Inc.      1,038,924   
  1,555,336       Exxon Mobil Corp.      135,889,706   
  44,736       FMC Technologies, Inc.(b)      1,972,858   
  21,932       Golar LNG Ltd. (Bermuda)      789,442   
  205,227       Halliburton Co.      10,045,862   
  37,065       Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.(b)      610,831   
  24,717       Helmerich & Payne, Inc.      1,927,184   
  133,223       Hess Corp.      10,244,849   
  106,126       HollyFrontier Corp.      4,115,566   
  332,224       Key Energy Services, Inc.(b)      810,627   
  183,124       Kinder Morgan, Inc.      7,865,176   
  363,742       Marathon Oil Corp.      11,312,376   
  112,192       Marathon Petroleum Corp.      11,058,765   
  320,870       McDermott International, Inc.(b)      1,684,567   
  97,287       Murphy Oil Corp.      4,631,834   
  181,706       Nabors Industries Ltd.      3,034,490   
  139,423       National Oilwell Varco, Inc.      7,586,005   
  54,007       Newfield Exploration Co.(b)      2,119,235   
  153,474       Noble Corp. PLC(c)      2,656,635   
  71,699       Noble Energy, Inc.      3,636,573   
  257,418       Occidental Petroleum Corp.      20,619,182   
  18,863       Oceaneering International, Inc.      1,039,540   
  19,431       Oil States International, Inc.(b)      924,721   
  64,156       ONEOK, Inc.      3,085,904   
  258,169       Paragon Offshore PLC(c)      467,286   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Energy (continued)   
  68,313       Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.    $ 1,526,796   
  41,898       PBF Energy, Inc., Class A      1,189,065   
  338,106       Peabody Energy Corp.(c)      1,599,241   
  266,093       Phillips 66      21,103,836   
  12,843       Pioneer Natural Resources Co.      2,219,014   
  69,151       QEP Resources, Inc.      1,555,897   
  19,544       Range Resources Corp.      1,242,217   
  67,976       Rowan Cos. PLC, Class A      1,440,411   
  309,769       SandRidge Energy, Inc.(b)(c)      585,463   
  239,831       Schlumberger Ltd.      22,690,411   
  9,675       SEACOR Holdings, Inc.(b)      702,985   
  143,974       Seventy Seven Energy, Inc.(b)      729,948   
  17,878       SM Energy Co.      1,036,388   
  68,675       Southwestern Energy Co.(b)      1,924,960   
  168,574       Spectra Energy Corp.      6,279,381   
  37,227       Stone Energy Corp.(b)      635,465   
  77,344       Superior Energy Services, Inc.      1,972,272   
  7,499       Targa Resources Corp.      787,170   
  13,348       Teekay Corp. (Bermuda)      663,529   
  44,789       Tesoro Corp.      3,844,240   
  29,676       Tidewater, Inc.(c)      821,728   
  27,015       Unit Corp.(b)      941,203   
  275,335       Valero Energy Corp.      15,666,562   
  406,601       Weatherford International PLC(b)      5,916,045   
  24,412       Western Refining, Inc.      1,075,349   
  47,361       Whiting Petroleum Corp.(b)      1,795,456   
  100,634       Williams Cos., Inc. (The)      5,151,454   
  53,822       World Fuel Services Corp.      2,987,121   
  132,564       WPX Energy, Inc.(b)      1,822,755   
     

 

 

 
        576,725,128   
     

 

 

 
   Financials—21.2%   
  92,347       ACE Ltd.      9,880,206   
  5,135       Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.(b)      1,161,178   
  144,407       Aflac, Inc.      9,103,417   
  12,437       Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. REIT      1,148,930   
  3,643       Alleghany Corp.(b)      1,725,033   
  31,672       Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings AG      1,302,986   
  138,258       Allstate Corp. (The)      9,631,052   
  362,990       Ally Financial, Inc.(b)      7,945,851   
  32,707       Ambac Financial Group, Inc.(b)      752,588   
  21,666       American Campus Communities, Inc. REIT      869,673   
  140,766       American Capital Agency Corp. REIT      2,904,706   
  22,361       American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.      602,629   
  171,621       American Express Co.      13,292,046   
  29,491       American Financial Group, Inc.      1,863,831   
  617,668       American International Group, Inc.      34,768,532   
  23,670       American Tower Corp. REIT      2,237,525   
  31,679       Ameriprise Financial, Inc.      3,968,745   
  569,377       Annaly Capital Management, Inc. REIT      5,733,626   
  42,107       Aon PLC      4,051,957   
  16,788       Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A REIT      633,411   
  33,687       Arch Capital Group Ltd.(b)      2,044,127   
  29,290       Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.      1,400,941   
  22,407       Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.      1,047,079   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio (PRF) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  46,546       Associated Banc-Corp.    $ 875,530   
  40,882       Assurant, Inc.      2,512,608   
  48,625       Assured Guaranty Ltd.      1,263,764   
  16,675       AvalonBay Communities, Inc. REIT      2,740,370   
  36,238       Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.      1,886,550   
  4,022,000       Bank of America Corp.      64,070,460   
  11,634       Bank of Hawaii Corp.      702,577   
  290,530       Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)      12,301,040   
  22,083       BankUnited, Inc.      725,647   
  231,351       BB&T Corp.      8,858,430   
  445,023       Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(b)      62,841,698   
  45,077       BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      935,348   
  20,715       BlackRock, Inc.      7,539,017   
  21,170       Boston Properties, Inc. REIT      2,801,003   
  47,228       Brandywine Realty Trust REIT      688,584   
  23,652       Brixmor Property Group, Inc. REIT      554,639   
  21,658       Brown & Brown, Inc.      691,973   
  16,603       Camden Property Trust REIT      1,246,553   
  170,912       Capital One Financial Corp.      13,818,235   
  64,134       Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.      769,608   
  43,787       CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. REIT      788,604   
  41,180       CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(b)      1,578,841   
  116,789       Charles Schwab Corp. (The)      3,562,065   
  71,332       Chimera Investment Corp. REIT      1,083,533   
  74,186       Chubb Corp. (The)      7,296,193   
  45,270       Cincinnati Financial Corp.      2,292,473   
  70,617       CIT Group, Inc.      3,179,884   
  1,180,575       Citigroup, Inc.      62,948,259   
  55,373       Citizens Financial Group, Inc.      1,442,467   
  8,643       City National Corp.      805,528   
  73,133       CME Group, Inc., Class A      6,648,521   
  92,226       CNO Financial Group, Inc.      1,567,842   
  48,070       Columbia Property Trust, Inc. REIT      1,260,876   
  49,578       Comerica, Inc.      2,350,493   
  25,772       Commerce Bancshares, Inc.      1,100,722   
  99,319       Communications Sales & Leasing, Inc. REIT(b)      2,987,516   
  23,170       Corporate Office Properties Trust REIT      611,456   
  34,113       Corrections Corp. of America REIT      1,255,017   
  29,973       Crown Castle International Corp. REIT      2,503,645   
  14,093       Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.      1,027,943   
  16,099       DCT Industrial Trust, Inc. REIT      531,911   
  47,578       DDR Corp. REIT      811,205   
  40,407       DiamondRock Hospitality Co. REIT      547,919   
  27,166       Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      1,722,596   
  94,518       Discover Financial Services      5,479,208   
  24,026       Douglas Emmett, Inc. REIT      684,741   
  61,552       Duke Realty Corp. REIT      1,219,345   
  72,402       E*TRADE Financial Corp.(b)      2,084,454   
  22,324       East West Bancorp, Inc.      906,131   
  20,055       Eaton Vance Corp.      823,859   
  14,719       Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.      888,733   
  10,902       EPR Properties REIT      628,718   
  50,088       Equity Commonwealth REIT(b)      1,262,719   
  52,344       Equity Residential REIT      3,866,128   
  4,476       Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT      993,448   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  14,016       Everest Re Group Ltd.    $ 2,507,603   
  9,534       Extra Space Storage, Inc. REIT      628,577   
  48,656       F.N.B. Corp.      645,665   
  7,679       Federal Realty Investment Trust REIT      1,026,452   
  24,933       Federated Investors, Inc., Class B      857,695   
  298,778       Fifth Third Bancorp      5,975,560   
  33,013       First American Financial Corp.      1,148,522   
  48,760       First Horizon National Corp.      694,830   
  168,517       First Niagara Financial Group, Inc.      1,532,662   
  17,439       First Republic Bank      1,016,519   
  50,658       FirstMerit Corp.      981,245   
  64,581       FNF Group      2,324,270   
  72,157       Franklin Resources, Inc.      3,720,415   
  63,339       Fulton Financial Corp.      770,202   
  67,552       General Growth Properties, Inc. REIT      1,850,925   
  682,311       Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A(b)      5,997,514   
  14,040       Geo Group, Inc. (The) REIT      547,560   
  135,730       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)      26,660,087   
  28,118       Hancock Holding Co.      818,515   
  16,053       Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)      1,100,754   
  207,671       Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)      8,466,747   
  46,556       Hatteras Financial Corp. REIT      840,801   
  24,009       HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.      1,367,553   
  95,909       HCP, Inc. REIT      3,864,174   
  47,947       Health Care REIT, Inc. REIT      3,453,143   
  20,990       Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      537,344   
  18,838       Highwoods Properties, Inc. REIT      810,788   
  12,669       Home Properties, Inc. REIT      931,932   
  49,370       Hospitality Properties Trust REIT      1,485,050   
  125,112       Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT      2,519,756   
  176,586       Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.      1,642,250   
  184,186       Huntington Bancshares, Inc.      2,000,260   
  10,603       IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.      2,380,692   
  81,758       Invesco Ltd.(d)      3,386,416   
  58,371       Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT(d)      898,913   
  50,198       Iron Mountain, Inc. REIT      1,731,329   
  5,904       Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.      980,418   
  1,357,767       JPMorgan Chase & Co.      85,892,340   
  19,999       Kemper Corp.      753,362   
  245,575       KeyCorp      3,548,559   
  10,723       Kilroy Realty Corp. REIT      761,226   
  68,431       Kimco Realty Corp. REIT      1,649,187   
  11,141       Lamar Advertising Co., Class A REIT      645,732   
  14,631       LaSalle Hotel Properties REIT      536,811   
  20,820       Legg Mason, Inc.      1,096,173   
  95,453       Leucadia National Corp.      2,268,918   
  60,354       Lexington Realty Trust REIT      559,482   
  38,012       Liberty Property Trust REIT      1,324,338   
  70,437       Lincoln National Corp.      3,978,986   
  129,422       Loews Corp.      5,389,132   
  16,815       LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.(c)      680,503   
  32,236       M&T Bank Corp.      3,857,682   
  20,508       Macerich Co. (The) REIT      1,676,734   
  52,663       Mack-Cali Realty Corp. REIT      945,301   
  2,626       Markel Corp.(b)      1,944,921   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  93,393       Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.    $ 5,244,951   
  93,419       MBIA, Inc.(b)      817,416   
  32,496       McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.      3,389,333   
  11,702       Mercury General Corp.      642,908   
  339,967       MetLife, Inc.      17,436,907   
  143,946       MFA Financial, Inc. REIT      1,118,460   
  13,311       Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. REIT      993,134   
  15,159       Moody’s Corp.      1,629,896   
  345,509       Morgan Stanley      12,890,941   
  12,563       MSCI, Inc.      768,730   
  32,003       NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (The)      1,556,306   
  19,865       National Retail Properties, Inc. REIT      762,816   
  47,600       New Residential Investment Corp. REIT      811,104   
  190,787       New York Community Bancorp, Inc.      3,279,629   
  51,533       Northern Trust Corp.      3,769,639   
  37,209       NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. REIT      698,041   
  68,406       Ocwen Financial Corp.(b)(c)      580,767   
  108,504       Old Republic International Corp.      1,659,026   
  16,597       OMEGA Healthcare Investors, Inc. REIT      598,986   
  35,401       Outfront Media, Inc. REIT      1,016,717   
  22,747       PartnerRe Ltd.      2,911,616   
  28,561       PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust REIT      598,353   
  126,318       People’s United Financial, Inc.      1,908,665   
  72,408       PHH Corp.(b)      1,818,889   
  64,642       Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A REIT      1,129,942   
  40,028       Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc. REIT      1,689,182   
  158,163       PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)      14,508,292   
  44,251       Popular, Inc.(b)      1,435,060   
  12,560       Primerica, Inc.      580,523   
  77,975       Principal Financial Group, Inc.      3,986,082   
  18,850       ProAssurance Corp.      847,308   
  207,844       Progressive Corp. (The)      5,541,121   
  86,281       Prologis, Inc. REIT      3,468,496   
  14,041       Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.      748,947   
  188,145       Prudential Financial, Inc.      15,352,632   
  15,025       Public Storage REIT      2,823,348   
  21,427       Raymond James Financial, Inc.      1,211,268   
  40,562       Rayonier, Inc. REIT      1,037,982   
  30,798       Realogy Holdings Corp.(b)      1,460,133   
  27,951       Realty Income Corp. REIT(c)      1,312,859   
  14,412       Regency Centers Corp. REIT      904,785   
  505,018       Regions Financial Corp.      4,964,327   
  28,412       Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.      2,603,107   
  11,927       RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.      1,222,398   
  62,054       Retail Properties of America, Inc., Class A REIT      937,636   
  12,670       RLI Corp.      629,192   
  22,406       RLJ Lodging Trust REIT      664,786   
  10,438       Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. REIT      601,646   
  40,889       Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc.      1,009,549   
  52,926       Senior Housing Properties Trust REIT      1,083,395   
  5,581       Signature Bank(b)      748,356   
  33,092       Simon Property Group, Inc. REIT      6,005,867   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  12,305       SL Green Realty Corp. REIT    $ 1,505,640   
  378,231       SLM Corp.(b)      3,854,174   
  53,332       Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. REIT      602,118   
  15,762       StanCorp Financial Group, Inc.      1,136,125   
  48,740       Starwood Property Trust, Inc. REIT      1,170,247   
  87,609       State Street Corp.      6,756,406   
  13,708       Stifel Financial Corp.(b)      724,331   
  165,310       SunTrust Banks, Inc.      6,860,365   
  55,113       Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc.      740,719   
  7,123       SVB Financial Group(b)      945,650   
  41,756       Symetra Financial Corp.      991,705   
  35,495       Synchrony Financial(b)(c)      1,105,669   
  32,849       Synovus Financial Corp.      908,603   
  37,656       T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.      3,056,914   
  8,228       Taubman Centers, Inc. REIT      592,498   
  46,303       TCF Financial Corp.      725,105   
  24,640       TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.      893,200   
  33,546       Torchmark Corp.      1,882,266   
  137,379       Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)      13,890,391   
  96,020       Two Harbors Investment Corp. REIT      1,008,210   
  392,239       U.S. Bancorp      16,815,286   
  40,795       UDR, Inc. REIT      1,336,852   
  109,601       Unum Group      3,743,970   
  32,729       Validus Holdings Ltd.      1,369,054   
  93,592       Valley National Bancorp      882,573   
  53,190       Ventas, Inc. REIT      3,664,791   
  29,919       Vornado Realty Trust REIT      3,096,317   
  70,409       Voya Financial, Inc.      2,981,117   
  31,945       W.R. Berkley Corp.      1,564,986   
  14,590       Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A      719,579   
  31,358       Washington Federal, Inc.      677,333   
  19,817       Webster Financial Corp.      710,043   
  21,494       Weingarten Realty Investors REIT      704,143   
  1,267,930       Wells Fargo & Co.      69,862,943   
  173,544       Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT      5,468,371   
  39,225       Willis Group Holdings PLC      1,907,512   
  9,310       WP Carey, Inc. REIT      590,999   
  90,685       XL Group PLC      3,362,600   
  60,771       Zions Bancorporation      1,721,946   
     

 

 

 
        966,191,421   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—10.2%   
  268,908       Abbott Laboratories      12,482,709   
  143,865       AbbVie, Inc.      9,302,311   
  14,688       Actavis PLC(b)      4,154,648   
  87,462       Aetna, Inc.      9,347,064   
  38,805       Agilent Technologies, Inc.      1,605,363   
  15,087       Alere, Inc.(b)      716,331   
  4,639       Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      785,058   
  80,417       Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.(b)      1,069,546   
  95,283       AmerisourceBergen Corp.      10,890,847   
  73,050       Amgen, Inc.      11,535,326   
  101,789       Anthem, Inc.      15,363,014   
  115,400       Baxter International, Inc.      7,932,596   
  28,854       Becton, Dickinson and Co.      4,064,663   
  10,471       Biogen, Inc.(b)      3,915,421   
  5,304       Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A(b)      713,123   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio (PRF) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Health Care (continued)   
  144,467       Boston Scientific Corp.(b)    $ 2,574,402   
  271,327       Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.      17,291,670   
  22,665       Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.(b)      821,153   
  8,015       C.R. Bard, Inc.      1,335,139   
  153,774       Cardinal Health, Inc.      12,969,299   
  25,568       Celgene Corp.(b)      2,762,878   
  20,446       Centene Corp.(b)      1,267,448   
  17,823       Cerner Corp.(b)      1,279,870   
  46,779       Cigna Corp.      5,830,535   
  59,455       Community Health Systems, Inc.(b)      3,191,544   
  4,391       Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)      781,905   
  44,024       DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc.(b)      3,570,346   
  20,454       DENTSPLY International, Inc.      1,043,154   
  6,729       Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(b)      852,228   
  224,801       Eli Lilly & Co.      16,156,448   
  7,698       Endo International PLC(b)      647,132   
  19,888       Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc.(b)      754,948   
  184,328       Express Scripts Holding Co.(b)      15,925,939   
  67,993       Gilead Sciences, Inc.(b)      6,833,976   
  19,311       Halyard Health, Inc.(b)      936,197   
  154,945       HCA Holdings, Inc.(b)      11,467,479   
  39,658       Health Net, Inc.(b)      2,087,994   
  12,781       HealthSouth Corp.      577,957   
  15,853       Henry Schein, Inc.(b)      2,173,446   
  20,640       Hologic, Inc.(b)      696,394   
  17,718       Hospira, Inc.(b)      1,546,604   
  42,264       Humana, Inc.      6,998,918   
  3,236       Illumina, Inc.(b)      596,233   
  3,026       Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(b)      1,500,835   
  547,887       Johnson & Johnson      54,350,390   
  42,650       Kindred Healthcare, Inc.      978,818   
  18,321       Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(b)      2,190,459   
  16,963       LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.(b)      1,270,189   
  13,629       Magellan Health, Inc.(b)      862,716   
  6,932       Mallinckrodt PLC(b)      784,564   
  70,551       McKesson Corp.      15,761,093   
  14,253       MEDNAX, Inc.(b)      1,008,827   
  150,892       Medtronic PLC      11,233,909   
  646,327       Merck & Co., Inc.      38,495,236   
  2,345       Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(b)      743,388   
  10,244       Molina Healthcare, Inc.(b)      606,752   
  45,053       Mylan NV(b)      3,255,530   
  18,767       Omnicare, Inc.      1,651,121   
  36,543       Owens & Minor, Inc.      1,232,230   
  17,100       Patterson Cos., Inc.      802,931   
  82,277       PDL BioPharma, Inc.(c)      548,788   
  17,189       PerkinElmer, Inc.      881,108   
  6,731       Perrigo Co. PLC      1,233,658   
  1,595,717       Pfizer, Inc.      54,142,678   
  38,682       Quest Diagnostics, Inc.      2,762,668   
  17,218       Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,134,322   
  10,048       ResMed, Inc.      642,469   
  39,893       St. Jude Medical, Inc.      2,794,505   
  10,772       STERIS Corp.      716,338   
  35,412       Stryker Corp.      3,266,403   
  6,895       Teleflex, Inc.      847,809   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Health Care (continued)   
  50,898       Tenet Healthcare Corp.(b)    $ 2,435,978   
  41,620       Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.      5,230,802   
  3,836       United Therapeutics Corp.(b)      612,571   
  205,220       UnitedHealth Group, Inc.      22,861,508   
  16,303       Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B      1,906,636   
  13,099       Varian Medical Systems, Inc.(b)      1,163,846   
  11,158       VCA, Inc.(b)      568,723   
  8,274       Waters Corp.(b)      1,035,822   
  16,563       WellCare Health Plans, Inc.(b)      1,282,473   
  20,425       Zimmer Holdings, Inc.      2,243,482   
  35,068       Zoetis, Inc.      1,557,721   
     

 

 

 
        463,448,552   
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—10.6%   
  96,932       3M Co.      15,159,195   
  23,910       ABM Industries, Inc.      766,315   
  50,290       ADT Corp. (The)(c)      1,890,904   
  54,439       AECOM(b)      1,718,095   
  39,909       AGCO Corp.      2,055,713   
  10,177       Allegion PLC      622,324   
  26,481       Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.      812,437   
  19,960       American Airlines Group, Inc.      963,769   
  26,252       AMETEK, Inc.      1,376,130   
  38,816       Armstrong World Industries, Inc.(b)      2,124,788   
  43,860       Avis Budget Group, Inc.(b)      2,374,580   
  14,896       B/E Aerospace, Inc.      890,632   
  24,801       Babcock & Wilcox Co. (The)      801,568   
  114,812       Boeing Co. (The)      16,457,152   
  27,422       Brink’s Co. (The)      725,860   
  32,814       C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.      2,112,893   
  10,198       Carlisle Cos., Inc.      984,107   
  217,900       Caterpillar, Inc.      18,931,152   
  32,646       Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV(c)      1,555,582   
  15,216       Cintas Corp.      1,216,519   
  221,657       Civeo Corp.      1,035,138   
  14,485       Clean Harbors, Inc.(b)      800,296   
  16,229       Colfax Corp.(b)      804,796   
  21,511       Con-way, Inc.      884,102   
  33,693       Covanta Holding Corp.      683,631   
  9,736       Crane Co.      594,967   
  201,123       CSX Corp.      7,258,529   
  36,422       Cummins, Inc.      5,035,706   
  9,686       Curtiss-Wright Corp.      707,659   
  70,457       Danaher Corp.      5,769,019   
  111,137       Deere & Co.      10,060,121   
  39,864       Delta Air Lines, Inc.      1,779,529   
  9,757       Deluxe Corp.      631,766   
  19,799       Donaldson Co., Inc.      739,889   
  37,164       Dover Corp.      2,814,058   
  919,818       DryShips, Inc. (Greece)(b)      653,071   
  5,733       Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The)      731,932   
  103,350       Eaton Corp. PLC      7,103,245   
  20,916       EMCOR Group, Inc.      933,481   
  189,107       Emerson Electric Co.      11,125,165   
  8,893       EnerSys      603,835   
  13,090       Equifax, Inc.      1,268,814   
  7,238       Esterline Technologies Corp.(b)      805,517   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio (PRF) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Industrials (continued)   
  54,928       Exelis, Inc.    $ 1,346,835   
  36,452       Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.      1,670,595   
  41,724       Fastenal Co.      1,778,277   
  54,418       FedEx Corp.      9,227,660   
  24,181       Flowserve Corp.      1,415,314   
  70,127       Fluor Corp.      4,217,438   
  20,369       Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.      908,457   
  15,966       FTI Consulting, Inc.(b)      656,362   
  11,663       GATX Corp.      634,467   
  18,434       Generac Holdings, Inc.(b)      768,513   
  89,861       General Cable Corp.      1,465,633   
  72,428       General Dynamics Corp.      9,945,813   
  3,032,385       General Electric Co.      82,116,986   
  8,284       Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Class A(b)      769,998   
  49,323       Harsco Corp.      793,114   
  40,344       HD Supply Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,331,352   
  193,669       Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.(b)      4,036,062   
  13,265       Hexcel Corp.      665,240   
  129,098       Honeywell International, Inc.      13,028,570   
  9,427       Hubbell, Inc., Class B      1,025,940   
  8,758       Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.      1,152,465   
  10,832       IDEX Corp.      812,508   
  6,713       IHS, Inc., Class A(b)      842,280   
  67,874       Illinois Tool Works, Inc.      6,351,649   
  51,857       Ingersoll-Rand PLC      3,414,265   
  14,327       ITT Corp.      568,066   
  11,650       J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.      1,015,880   
  65,537       Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.(b)      2,808,916   
  39,883       Joy Global, Inc.      1,700,611   
  11,192       Kansas City Southern      1,147,068   
  21,585       KAR Auction Services, Inc.      803,178   
  102,501       KBR, Inc.      1,790,692   
  24,584       Kennametal, Inc.      870,519   
  12,524       Kirby Corp.(b)      983,510   
  22,833       KLX, Inc.(b)      956,931   
  30,916       L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.      3,552,558   
  10,243       Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.      684,847   
  64,986       Lockheed Martin Corp.      12,126,388   
  29,464       Manitowoc Co., Inc. (The)      581,325   
  37,042       Manpowergroup, Inc.      3,160,794   
  55,537       Masco Corp.      1,471,175   
  32,633       MasTec, Inc.(b)      585,436   
  8,567       Moog, Inc., Class A(b)      598,662   
  64,471       MRC Global, Inc.(b)      941,277   
  9,543       MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A      678,126   
  60,809       Navistar International Corp.(b)(c)      1,821,838   
  45,151       Nielsen NV      2,029,086   
  66,275       Norfolk Southern Corp.      6,683,834   
  50,113       Northrop Grumman Corp.      7,719,406   
  42,452       NOW, Inc.(b)(c)      1,014,603   
  9,818       Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.(b)      698,354   
  18,244       Orbital ATK, Inc.      1,334,731   
  27,695       Oshkosh Corp.      1,491,099   
  42,683       Owens Corning      1,650,125   
  81,733       PACCAR, Inc.      5,341,252   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Industrials (continued)   
  11,417       Pall Corp.    $ 1,111,102   
  31,587       Parker-Hannifin Corp.      3,770,224   
  30,467       Pentair PLC (United Kingdom)      1,893,524   
  96,861       Pitney Bowes, Inc.      2,166,781   
  18,172       Precision Castparts Corp.      3,755,971   
  55,979       Quanta Services, Inc.(b)      1,618,353   
  132,351       R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.      2,464,376   
  78,536       Raytheon Co.      8,167,744   
  10,753       Regal Beloit Corp.      840,885   
  95,738       Republic Services, Inc.      3,889,835   
  23,585       Rexnord Corp.(b)      624,767   
  15,451       Robert Half International, Inc.      856,758   
  20,287       Rockwell Automation, Inc.      2,406,038   
  21,707       Rockwell Collins, Inc.      2,112,742   
  9,465       Roper Technologies, Inc.      1,591,729   
  20,683       Ryder System, Inc.      1,972,331   
  15,210       Sensata Technologies Holding NV(b)      839,744   
  8,196       Snap-on, Inc.      1,225,712   
  20,663       Southwest Airlines Co.      838,091   
  24,199       Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)      1,231,487   
  13,952       SPX Corp.      1,074,304   
  36,002       Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.      3,553,397   
  7,013       Stericycle, Inc.(b)      935,745   
  7,413       Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(b)      778,143   
  39,354       Terex Corp.      1,080,661   
  59,303       Textron, Inc.      2,608,146   
  21,235       Timken Co. (The)      834,323   
  8,158       Towers Watson & Co., Class A      1,035,291   
  8,184       TransDigm Group, Inc.      1,736,072   
  28,605       Trinity Industries, Inc.      774,909   
  16,504       Triumph Group, Inc.      977,697   
  25,095       Tutor Perini Corp.(b)      532,014   
  67,011       Tyco International PLC      2,638,893   
  109,176       Union Pacific Corp.      11,597,766   
  23,969       United Continental Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,431,908   
  140,291       United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B      14,103,454   
  17,237       United Rentals, Inc.(b)      1,664,749   
  20,672       United Stationers, Inc.      839,490   
  186,858       United Technologies Corp.      21,255,097   
  49,699       UTi Worldwide, Inc.(b)      448,782   
  5,993       Valmont Industries, Inc.      755,238   
  9,567       Verisk Analytics, Inc., Class A(b)      717,908   
  10,105       W.W. Grainger, Inc.      2,510,385   
  5,262       WABCO Holdings, Inc.(b)      654,856   
  17,766       Waste Connections, Inc.      842,286   
  120,962       Waste Management, Inc.      5,991,248   
  6,074       Watsco, Inc.      730,641   
  18,743       WESCO International, Inc.(b)      1,352,120   
  32,191       Xylem, Inc.      1,191,711   
  30,187       YRC Worldwide, Inc.(b)      470,917   
     

 

 

 
        482,046,406   
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—11.8%   
  92,584       Accenture PLC, Class A      8,577,908   
  118,203       Activision Blizzard, Inc.      2,696,802   
  36,910       Adobe Systems, Inc.(b)      2,807,375   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio (PRF) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Information Technology (continued)   
  358,340       Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(b)(c)    $ 809,848   
  14,863       Akamai Technologies, Inc.(b)      1,096,592   
  5,047       Alliance Data Systems Corp.(b)      1,500,524   
  42,046       Altera Corp.      1,752,477   
  24,679       Amdocs Ltd.      1,359,073   
  69,569       Amkor Technology, Inc.(b)      489,070   
  26,811       Amphenol Corp., Class A      1,484,525   
  46,306       Analog Devices, Inc.      2,863,563   
  13,964       Anixter International, Inc.(b)      985,858   
  8,758       ANSYS, Inc.(b)      751,787   
  31,052       AOL, Inc.(b)      1,238,975   
  475,733       Apple, Inc.      59,537,985   
  168,284       Applied Materials, Inc.      3,330,340   
  66,984       Arrow Electronics, Inc.(b)      3,999,615   
  17,106       Autodesk, Inc.(b)      972,134   
  60,966       Automatic Data Processing, Inc.      5,154,066   
  12,214       Avago Technologies Ltd. (Singapore)      1,427,572   
  95,235       Avnet, Inc.      4,059,868   
  28,257       Benchmark Electronics, Inc.(b)      664,887   
  49,347       Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., Class A      1,357,043   
  66,260       Broadcom Corp., Class A      2,929,023   
  16,314       Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.      879,651   
  76,444       Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.      863,817   
  77,146       CA, Inc.      2,450,928   
  9,981       CACI International, Inc., Class A(b)      880,723   
  25,649       CDW Corp.      982,870   
  12,762       Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Israel)(b)      1,065,372   
  840,891       Cisco Systems, Inc.      24,242,888   
  22,475       Citrix Systems, Inc.(b)      1,509,421   
  50,211       Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A(b)      2,939,352   
  19,217       CommScope Holding Co., Inc.(b)      567,094   
  44,023       Computer Sciences Corp.      2,837,282   
  18,595       CoreLogic, Inc.(b)      727,250   
  278,963       Corning, Inc.      5,838,696   
  21,328       Cree, Inc.(b)(c)      675,671   
  20,696       Diebold, Inc.      719,600   
  6,764       DST Systems, Inc.      778,401   
  144,483       eBay, Inc.(b)      8,417,580   
  12,184       EchoStar Corp., Class A(b)      609,200   
  17,471       Electronic Arts, Inc.(b)      1,014,890   
  302,318       EMC Corp.      8,135,377   
  5,325       Equinix, Inc. REIT      1,362,827   
  6,337       F5 Networks, Inc.(b)      773,241   
  48,686       Facebook, Inc., Class A(b)      3,834,996   
  40,518       Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc.(b)      736,010   
  44,197       Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.      2,761,871   
  24,699       First Solar, Inc.(b)      1,473,789   
  31,470       Fiserv, Inc.(b)      2,442,072   
  403,763       Flextronics International Ltd.(b)      4,653,369   
  23,607       FLIR Systems, Inc.      729,220   
  32,420       Genpact Ltd.(b)      708,701   
  27,369       Google, Inc., Class A(b)      15,019,286   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Information Technology (continued)   
  27,343       Google, Inc., Class C(b)    $ 14,692,488   
  24,997       Harris Corp.      2,005,759   
  694,195       Hewlett-Packard Co.      22,887,609   
  149,513       Ingram Micro, Inc., Class A(b)      3,761,747   
  27,720       Insight Enterprises, Inc.(b)      793,346   
  1,227,807       Intel Corp.      39,965,118   
  261,645       International Business Machines Corp.      44,817,172   
  19,318       Intuit, Inc.      1,938,175   
  103,588       Jabil Circuit, Inc.      2,332,802   
  108,671       Juniper Networks, Inc.      2,872,175   
  35,392       Keysight Technologies, Inc.(b)      1,184,216   
  28,879       KLA-Tencor Corp.      1,698,085   
  38,715       Knowles Corp.(b)(c)      742,167   
  19,031       Lam Research Corp.      1,438,363   
  25,451       Leidos Holdings, Inc.      1,059,780   
  25,371       Lexmark International, Inc., Class A      1,126,219   
  31,649       Linear Technology Corp.      1,459,968   
  2,294       LinkedIn Corp., Class A(b)      578,386   
  88,561       Marvell Technology Group Ltd.      1,240,740   
  44,216       MasterCard, Inc., Class A      3,988,725   
  57,960       Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.      1,902,827   
  35,956       Microchip Technology, Inc.      1,713,483   
  149,941       Micron Technology, Inc.(b)      4,217,840   
  1,200,485       Microsoft Corp.      58,391,590   
  35,623       Motorola Solutions, Inc.      2,128,474   
  51,222       NCR Corp.(b)      1,405,532   
  49,460       NetApp, Inc.      1,792,925   
  53,640       Nuance Communications, Inc.(b)      822,301   
  70,562       NVIDIA Corp.      1,566,124   
  17,824       NXP Semiconductors NV (Netherlands)(b)      1,713,243   
  80,447       ON Semiconductor Corp.(b)      926,749   
  457,518       Oracle Corp.      19,956,935   
  53,695       Paychex, Inc.      2,598,301   
  232,497       QUALCOMM, Inc.      15,809,796   
  9,692       Red Hat, Inc.(b)      729,420   
  16,983       salesforce.com, inc.(b)      1,236,702   
  31,851       SanDisk Corp.      2,132,106   
  54,569       Sanmina Corp.(b)      1,109,388   
  11,145       Science Applications International Corp.      558,365   
  59,222       Seagate Technology PLC(c)      3,477,516   
  10,167       Skyworks Solutions, Inc.      937,906   
  123,843       Symantec Corp.      3,086,787   
  16,300       SYNNEX Corp.      1,246,950   
  22,888       Synopsys, Inc.(b)      1,072,989   
  70,546       TE Connectivity Ltd. (Switzerland)      4,694,836   
  45,844       Tech Data Corp.(b)      2,584,226   
  26,083       Teradata Corp.(b)      1,147,391   
  43,869       Teradyne, Inc.      800,609   
  144,268       Texas Instruments, Inc.      7,820,768   
  22,646       Total System Services, Inc.      895,876   
  34,979       Trimble Navigation Ltd.(b)      889,516   
  42,971       Unisys Corp.(b)      935,479   
  18,230       Vantiv, Inc., Class A(b)      712,793   
  11,536       VeriSign, Inc.(b)      732,651   
  117,176       Visa, Inc., Class A      7,739,475   
  67,074       Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.      850,498   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio (PRF) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Information Technology (continued)   
  31,766       Western Digital Corp.    $ 3,104,809   
  124,446       Western Union Co. (The)      2,523,765   
  464,584       Xerox Corp.      5,342,716   
  45,954       Xilinx, Inc.      1,992,565   
  95,714       Yahoo!, Inc.(b)      4,074,066   
     

 

 

 
        540,437,683   
     

 

 

 
   Materials—4.0%   
  33,486       Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.      4,802,897   
  10,579       Airgas, Inc.      1,071,441   
  167,497       AK Steel Holding Corp.(b)(c)      850,885   
  19,428       Albemarle Corp.      1,159,852   
  350,432       Alcoa, Inc.      4,702,798   
  41,119       Allegheny Technologies, Inc.      1,397,635   
  12,629       AptarGroup, Inc.      783,882   
  16,472       Ashland, Inc.      2,081,402   
  28,444       Avery Dennison Corp.      1,581,202   
  19,604       Axiall Corp.      799,843   
  25,386       Ball Corp.      1,863,586   
  30,941       Bemis Co., Inc.      1,392,345   
  26,021       Berry Plastics Group, Inc.(b)      890,439   
  20,380       Cabot Corp.      871,041   
  30,981       Celanese Corp., Series A      2,055,899   
  9,624       CF Industries Holdings, Inc.      2,766,611   
  24,622       Chemtura Corp.(b)      741,861   
  393,140       Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc.(c)      2,335,252   
  74,444       Commercial Metals Co.      1,235,770   
  6,487       Compass Minerals International, Inc.      572,997   
  38,367       Constellium NV, Class A (Netherlands)(b)      704,802   
  37,654       Crown Holdings, Inc.(b)      2,043,106   
  11,551       Cytec Industries, Inc.      638,655   
  36,901       Domtar Corp.      1,594,861   
  341,657       Dow Chemical Co. (The)      17,424,507   
  191,073       E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.      13,986,544   
  35,453       Eastman Chemical Co.      2,702,228   
  30,404       Ecolab, Inc.      3,404,640   
  18,422       FMC Corp.      1,092,609   
  743,972       Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.      17,312,228   
  78,212       Graphic Packaging Holding Co.      1,102,789   
  13,712       Greif, Inc., Class A      558,901   
  68,143       Huntsman Corp.      1,570,696   
  9,945       International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.      1,141,189   
  125,870       International Paper Co.      6,761,736   
  130,947       LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A      13,555,633   
  6,594       Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.      940,634   
  41,814       MeadWestvaco Corp.      2,040,523   
  63,138       Monsanto Co.      7,195,207   
  95,335       Mosaic Co. (The)      4,194,740   
  1,574       NewMarket Corp.      703,421   
  232,643       Newmont Mining Corp.      6,162,713   
  115,654       Nucor Corp.      5,650,854   
  27,811       Olin Corp.      821,259   
  88,164       Owens-Illinois, Inc.(b)      2,108,001   
  13,723       Packaging Corp. of America      949,494   
  16,045       PolyOne Corp.      626,557   
  19,880       PPG Industries, Inc.      4,404,613   
  50,565       Praxair, Inc.      6,165,391   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Materials (continued)   
  31,470       Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.    $ 2,036,738   
  35,894       Resolute Forest Products, Inc.(b)      553,486   
  27,580       Rock-Tenn Co., Class A      1,736,988   
  26,075       RPM International, Inc.      1,239,606   
  28,992       Sealed Air Corp.      1,322,035   
  10,068       Sensient Technologies Corp.      658,045   
  6,990       Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)      1,943,220   
  10,761       Sigma-Aldrich Corp.      1,494,918   
  10,561       Silgan Holdings, Inc.      568,921   
  29,427       Sonoco Products Co.      1,315,093   
  62,385       Southern Copper Corp. (Mexico)(c)      2,032,503   
  85,603       Steel Dynamics, Inc.      1,894,394   
  99,164       United States Steel Corp.(c)      2,381,919   
  12,237       Valspar Corp. (The)      992,421   
  18,345       Vulcan Materials Co.      1,568,864   
  8,514       W.R. Grace & Co.(b)      823,474   
     

 

 

 
        184,078,794   
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—3.9%   
  2,647,479       AT&T, Inc.      91,708,673   
  326,526       CenturyLink, Inc.      11,741,875   
  503,813       Frontier Communications Corp.      3,456,156   
  68,326       Leap Wireless Corp.(b)      172,182   
  27,871       Level 3 Communications, Inc.(b)      1,559,104   
  69,881       Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.      1,866,521   
  57,350       T-Mobile US, Inc.(b)      1,952,194   
  1,241,195       Verizon Communications, Inc.      62,605,876   
  82,766       Windstream Holdings, Inc.(c)      966,707   
     

 

 

 
        176,029,288   
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—5.0%   
  412,859       AES Corp. (The)      5,470,382   
  37,955       AGL Resources, Inc.      1,907,998   
  12,459       ALLETE, Inc.      626,688   
  32,555       Alliant Energy Corp.      1,968,601   
  101,677       Ameren Corp.      4,162,656   
  174,520       American Electric Power Co., Inc.      9,924,952   
  43,191       American Water Works Co., Inc.      2,354,773   
  27,112       Aqua America, Inc.      727,144   
  33,390       Atmos Energy Corp.      1,803,060   
  23,550       Avista Corp.      768,201   
  15,579       Black Hills Corp.      767,889   
  109,520       Calpine Corp.(b)      2,388,631   
  188,003       CenterPoint Energy, Inc.      3,942,423   
  16,153       Cleco Corp.      877,916   
  84,328       CMS Energy Corp.      2,861,249   
  121,547       Consolidated Edison, Inc.      7,481,218   
  143,958       Dominion Resources, Inc.      10,318,909   
  61,296       DTE Energy Co.      4,881,000   
  221,244       Duke Energy Corp.      17,161,897   
  25,767       Dynegy, Inc.(b)      857,268   
  100,242       Edison International      6,108,747   
  89,075       Entergy Corp.      6,874,808   
  78,902       Eversource Energy      3,847,262   
  466,397       Exelon Corp.      15,866,826   
  250,394       FirstEnergy Corp.      8,991,649   
  59,333       Great Plains Energy, Inc.      1,553,338   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio (PRF) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Utilities (continued)   
  38,996       Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.    $ 1,220,575   
  13,422       IDACORP, Inc.      809,749   
  29,439       Integrys Energy Group, Inc.      2,151,991   
  19,190       ITC Holdings Corp.      690,840   
  74,624       MDU Resources Group, Inc.      1,663,369   
  18,573       National Fuel Gas Co.      1,197,030   
  23,585       New Jersey Resources Corp.      719,578   
  106,276       NextEra Energy, Inc.      10,726,437   
  80,658       NiSource, Inc.      3,502,170   
  11,793       NorthWestern Corp.      614,297   
  152,204       NRG Energy, Inc.      3,841,629   
  58,237       OGE Energy Corp.      1,903,185   
  18,022       ONE Gas, Inc.      756,383   
  106,128       Pepco Holdings, Inc.      2,757,205   
  164,636       PG&E Corp.      8,712,537   
  21,315       Piedmont Natural Gas Co., Inc.      798,034   
  40,788       Pinnacle West Capital Corp.      2,496,226   
  30,347       PNM Resources, Inc.      843,040   
  28,948       Portland General Electric Co.      1,017,812   
  225,871       PPL Corp.      7,686,390   
  189,071       Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.      7,854,009   
  39,206       Questar Corp.      918,989   
  44,459       SCANA Corp.      2,355,438   
  55,589       Sempra Energy      5,901,884   
  313,844       Southern Co. (The)      13,903,289   
  15,595       Southwest Gas Corp.      857,725   
  96,147       TECO Energy, Inc.      1,821,986   
  57,494       UGI Corp.      2,001,366   
  19,534       UIL Holdings Corp.      974,356   
  28,213       Vectren Corp.      1,217,955   
  44,535       Westar Energy, Inc.      1,676,743   
  18,075       WGL Holdings, Inc.      994,306   
  52,322       Wisconsin Energy Corp.      2,570,057   
  169,812       Xcel Energy, Inc.      5,758,325   
     

 

 

 
        227,410,390   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash
collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $3,829,576,116)—100.0%
     4,558,866,836   
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan    
     
   Money Market Fund—0.8%   
  36,139,688       Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio—Institutional Class(e)(f)
(Cost $36,139,688)
     36,139,688   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $3,865,715,804)—100.8%
     4,595,006,524   
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.8)%      (36,989,706
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 4,558,016,818   
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2015.
(d)  Affiliated company. The Fund’s Adviser and Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd., and therefore, Invesco Ltd. and Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT are considered to be affiliated. See Note 4.
(e)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
(f)  The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower’s return of the securities loaned. See Note 2G. The following table presents the Fund’s gross and net amount of assets available for offset by the Fund as of April 30, 2015.

 

Counterparty

  Gross Amount
of Securities on
Loan at Value
    Cash Collateral
Received for
Securities
Loaned*
    Net
Amount
 
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.   $ 32,307,519      $ (32,307,519   $   

 

* Amount does not include excess collateral received, if any.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio (PRFZ)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%   
   Consumer Discretionary—17.3%   
  19,559       1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc., Class A(b)    $ 206,739   
  32,427       A H Belo Corp., Series A      216,937   
  439,014       Aeropostale, Inc.(b)(c)      1,356,553   
  21,447       AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A      644,697   
  24,940       AMC Networks, Inc., Class A(b)      1,881,474   
  239,019       American Apparel, Inc.(b)(c)      160,143   
  75,449       American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,880,944   
  13,181       American Public Education, Inc.(b)      367,618   
  6,904       America’s Car-Mart, Inc.(b)      354,451   
  346,658       Arcos Dorados Holdings, Inc., Class A (Argentina)(c)      2,079,948   
  11,874       Arctic Cat, Inc.      421,408   
  22,128       Ascent Capital Group, Inc., Series A(b)      886,005   
  10,566       Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc.      298,173   
  39,012       Beazer Homes USA, Inc.(b)      683,100   
  101,065       bebe stores, inc.      334,525   
  94,050       Belmond Ltd., Class A(b)      1,158,696   
  44,134       Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.      601,988   
  1,951       Biglari Holdings, Inc.(b)      713,110   
  13,009       BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.(b)      608,821   
  9,498       Blue Nile, Inc.(b)      258,441   
  28,546       Blyth, Inc.(b)      219,233   
  27,815       Bob Evans Farms, Inc.      1,196,601   
  124,205       Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. (The)(c)      890,550   
  110,340       Boyd Gaming Corp.(b)      1,456,488   
  24,821       Bravo Brio Restaurant Group, Inc.(b)      365,613   
  42,828       Bridgepoint Education, Inc.(b)      375,602   
  19,211       Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.(b)      965,929   
  55,549       Brown Shoe Co., Inc.      1,649,805   
  34,758       Buckle, Inc. (The)(c)      1,557,158   
  6,140       Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.(b)      978,102   
  11,034       Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.(b)      203,357   
  53,307       Callaway Golf Co.      516,012   
  6,846       Capella Education Co.      369,889   
  277,928       Career Education Corp.(b)      1,167,298   
  21,288       Carmike Cinemas, Inc.(b)      642,472   
  12,315       Carriage Services, Inc.      291,127   
  57,574       Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc.(b)      520,469   
  19,671       Carter’s, Inc.      1,964,346   
  22,884       Cato Corp. (The), Class A      900,257   
  5,702       Cavco Industries, Inc.(b)      373,880   
  155,549       Central European Media Enterprises Ltd., Class A (Czech Republic)(b)      427,760   
  28,994       Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (The)      1,453,469   
  26,425       Children’s Place, Inc. (The)      1,602,940   
  42,301       China XD Plastics Co. Ltd. (China)(b)(c)      244,923   
  23,621       Choice Hotels International, Inc.      1,414,189   
  54,452       Christopher & Banks Corp.(b)      323,445   
  7,698       Churchill Downs, Inc.      917,371   
  8,675       Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.(b)      196,228   
  14,487       Citi Trends, Inc.(b)      330,014   
  77,592       Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., Class A      882,997   
  24,518       ClubCorp Holdings, Inc.      536,699   
  13,475       Columbia Sportswear Co.      844,882   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Consumer Discretionary (continued)   
  29,388       Conn’s, Inc.(b)    $ 821,982   
  26,908       Core-Mark Holding Co., Inc.      1,418,321   
  15,198       Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.      2,013,431   
  120,684       Crocs, Inc.(b)      1,593,029   
  9,111       CSS Industries, Inc.      258,206   
  244,241       CTC Media, Inc. (Russia)      852,401   
  151,586       Cumulus Media, Inc., Class A(b)      345,616   
  27,576       Deckers Outdoor Corp.(b)      2,040,624   
  16,833       Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, Inc.(b)      339,522   
  46,554       Denny’s Corp.(b)      484,627   
  23,413       Destination Maternity Corp.      276,039   
  60,756       Destination XL Group, Inc.(b)      295,882   
  92,642       Dex Media, Inc.(b)(c)      243,648   
  11,801       DineEquity, Inc.      1,137,970   
  22,568       Dixie Group, Inc. (The)(b)      221,843   
  16,468       Domino’s Pizza, Inc.      1,776,074   
  12,664       Dorman Products, Inc.(b)(c)      593,055   
  68,460       DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      1,784,068   
  16,863       Drew Industries, Inc.      955,626   
  38,977       Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.      2,031,091   
  20,743       E.W. Scripps Co. (The), Class A      483,104   
  35,436       Entercom Communications Corp., Class A(b)      420,980   
  33,300       Entravision Communications Corp., Class A      217,782   
  22,868       Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.      553,863   
  54,165       EVINE Live, Inc.(b)      322,823   
  133,820       Express, Inc.(b)      2,181,266   
  33,126       Extended Stay America, Inc.      671,133   
  80,408       Federal-Mogul Holdings Corp.(b)      1,037,263   
  8,051       Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.(b)      406,978   
  54,246       Finish Line, Inc. (The), Class A      1,330,654   
  27,788       Five Below, Inc.(b)      937,011   
  9,606       Flexsteel Industries, Inc.      345,912   
  35,145       Francesca’s Holdings Corp.(b)      595,005   
  56,791       Fred’s, Inc., Class A      958,064   
  14,361       FTD Cos., Inc.(b)      409,863   
  45,023       Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc.(b)      499,755   
  10,543       Gentherm, Inc.(b)      555,932   
  10,378       G-III Apparel Group Ltd.(b)      1,153,826   
  22,521       Global Eagle Entertainment, Inc.(b)      287,593   
  4,485       GoPro, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      224,609   
  16,872       Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(b)      763,964   
  57,824       Gray Television, Inc.(b)      766,746   
  27,864       Green Brick Partners, Inc.(b)      228,485   
  107,772       Groupon, Inc., Class A(b)      745,782   
  80,340       Harte-Hanks, Inc.      545,509   
  19,892       Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.      426,882   
  21,295       Helen of Troy Ltd.(b)      1,865,655   
  102,289       hhgregg, Inc.(b)(c)      585,093   
  18,930       Hibbett Sports, Inc.(b)      885,924   
  14,323       Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co.(b)      327,424   
  155,285       Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      484,489   
  24,101       HSN, Inc.      1,504,384   
  30,284       Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A(b)      1,757,986   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Consumer Discretionary (continued)   
  40,815       Iconix Brand Group, Inc.(b)    $ 1,073,843   
  16,606       IMAX Corp. (Canada)(b)      620,400   
  25,108       International Speedway Corp., Class A      912,927   
  22,887       Interval Leisure Group, Inc.      567,369   
  17,676       iRobot Corp.(b)      573,056   
  41,101       Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.(b)      584,456   
  254,588       ITT Educational Services, Inc.(b)(c)      1,344,225   
  20,698       Jack in the Box, Inc.      1,795,965   
  53,368       JAKKS Pacific, Inc.(b)(c)      355,965   
  32,076       John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A      1,824,483   
  8,482       Johnson Outdoors, Inc., Class A      267,183   
  14,988       Journal Media Group, Inc.(b)      139,239   
  46,818       K12, Inc.(b)      757,047   
  25,059       Kate Spade & Co.(b)      819,429   
  74,726       KB Home(c)      1,082,780   
  13,434       Kirkland’s, Inc.(b)      318,923   
  18,795       Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.(b)      334,551   
  35,872       La Quinta Holdings, Inc.(b)      863,798   
  18,903       Lands’ End, Inc.(b)      555,370   
  39,120       La-Z-Boy, Inc.      1,025,335   
  256,296       LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc., Class A(b)      579,229   
  92,298       Lee Enterprises, Inc.(b)      276,894   
  15,503       LGI Homes, Inc.(b)(c)      255,334   
  44,023       Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc., Series A(b)      1,307,923   
  36,096       Life Time Fitness, Inc.(b)      2,580,864   
  17,429       Lifetime Brands, Inc.      253,592   
  28,182       Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.      873,924   
  16,020       Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A      1,597,675   
  16,634       Loral Space & Communications, Inc.(b)      1,147,746   
  20,040       lululemon athletica, Inc.(b)      1,275,346   
  12,070       Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)      331,804   
  31,485       M/I Homes, Inc.(b)      710,302   
  25,144       Madison Square Garden Co. (The), Class A(b)      2,019,063   
  24,418       Marcus Corp. (The)      472,977   
  16,338       MarineMax, Inc.(b)      360,743   
  37,652       Markit Ltd.(b)      965,774   
  15,329       Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.      1,260,197   
  6,938       Mattress Firm Holding Corp.(b)(c)      409,897   
  228,777       McClatchy Co. (The), Class A(b)      318,000   
  49,784       MDC Holdings, Inc.(c)      1,336,203   
  32,622       Media General, Inc.(b)      550,986   
  33,278       Meredith Corp.      1,731,787   
  29,049       Meritage Homes Corp.(b)      1,242,426   
  21,028       Michaels Cos., Inc. (The)(b)      543,784   
  83,358       Modine Manufacturing Co.(b)      1,024,470   
  12,808       Monro Muffler Brake, Inc.      767,071   
  7,356       Morningstar, Inc.      558,247   
  11,080       Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.(b)      323,868   
  18,479       Movado Group, Inc.      541,065   
  12,396       NACCO Industries, Inc., Class A      607,156   
  86,404       National CineMedia, Inc.      1,316,797   
  23,866       New Media Investment Group, Inc.      552,021   
  94,546       New York & Co., Inc.(b)      239,201   
  94,709       New York Times Co. (The), Class A      1,268,154   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Consumer Discretionary (continued)   
  7,870       Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc., Class A    $ 460,080   
  9,556       Noodles & Co., Class A(b)(c)      191,311   
  42,711       Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.(b)      2,071,911   
  26,385       Nutrisystem, Inc.      502,634   
  34,474       Orbitz Worldwide, Inc.(b)      404,035   
  17,657       Overstock.com, Inc.(b)      379,096   
  13,773       Oxford Industries, Inc.      1,094,265   
  147,200       Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc.(b)      309,120   
  10,655       Papa John’s International, Inc.      653,897   
  50,424       Penn National Gaming, Inc.(b)      810,818   
  146,818       Pep Boys-Manny, Moe & Jack (The)(b)      1,344,853   
  29,195       Perry Ellis International, Inc.(b)      698,344   
  16,248       PetMed Express, Inc.(c)      257,206   
  110,862       Pier 1 Imports, Inc.(c)      1,402,404   
  53,338       Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.(b)      1,960,705   
  21,280       Pool Corp.      1,380,859   
  3,760       Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc.(b)      209,357   
  496,695       Quiksilver, Inc.(b)(c)      824,514   
  17,958       RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc.(b)      204,542   
  23,150       Reading International, Inc., Class A(b)      308,358   
  9,207       Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.(b)      691,354   
  102,735       Regis Corp.(b)      1,697,182   
  8,732       Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc.(b)      752,436   
  195,584       Ruby Tuesday, Inc.(b)      1,423,852   
  17,807       Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.      259,092   
  23,053       Ryland Group, Inc. (The)      950,245   
  43,823       Scholastic Corp.      1,780,967   
  65,987       Scientific Games Corp., Class A(b)(c)      836,055   
  55,159       Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc.(b)      382,252   
  26,952       Select Comfort Corp.(b)      830,661   
  14,770       ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc.(b)      510,451   
  18,173       Shoe Carnival, Inc.      474,497   
  22,817       Shutterfly, Inc.(b)      1,021,289   
  49,026       Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A      1,502,157   
  28,831       Sizmek, Inc.(b)      200,664   
  20,725       Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A(b)      1,863,592   
  51,004       Smith & Wesson Holding Corp.(b)(c)      758,174   
  27,248       SodaStream International Ltd. (Israel)(b)(c)      529,429   
  21,978       Sonic Corp.      629,670   
  32,644       Sotheby’s      1,394,225   
  36,868       Spartan Motors, Inc.      173,648   
  17,768       Speedway Motorsports, Inc.      406,887   
  48,561       Stage Stores, Inc.      937,713   
  17,711       Standard Motor Products, Inc.      669,476   
  121,376       Standard Pacific Corp.(b)      983,146   
  14,409       Starz, Class A(b)      566,706   
  61,863       Stein Mart, Inc.      731,839   
  15,697       Steiner Leisure Ltd.(b)      757,223   
  44,121       Steven Madden Ltd.(b)      1,721,601   
  48,437       Stoneridge, Inc.(b)      583,181   
  2,978       Strattec Security Corp.      223,558   
  17,660       Strayer Education, Inc.(b)      895,715   
  22,517       Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.(c)      1,234,157   
  38,954       Superior Industries International, Inc.      724,544   
  38,297       Taylor Morrison Home Corp., Class A(b)      709,260   
  31,366       Tempur Sealy International, Inc.(b)      1,910,503   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Consumer Discretionary (continued)   
  2,691       Tesla Motors, Inc.(b)(c)    $ 608,301   
  27,409       Texas Roadhouse, Inc.      920,942   
  35,056       Thor Industries, Inc.      2,109,320   
  14,170       Tilly’s, Inc., Class A(b)      189,028   
  48,442       Tower International, Inc.(b)      1,252,710   
  60,508       Town Sports International Holdings, Inc.      370,914   
  18,995       Townsquare Media, Inc., Class A(b)      259,472   
  39,994       Travelport Worldwide Ltd.      633,105   
  18,411       TRI Pointe Homes, Inc.(b)      262,909   
  14,728       TripAdvisor, Inc., Class A(b)      1,185,457   
  22,588       Tuesday Morning Corp.(b)      357,342   
  25,524       Tumi Holdings, Inc.(b)      597,006   
  14,868       Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.(b)      2,246,406   
  24,050       Under Armour, Inc., Class A(b)      1,865,077   
  18,592       Unifi, Inc.(b)      656,112   
  8,914       Universal Electronics, Inc.(b)      480,821   
  34,200       Universal Technical Institute, Inc.      288,990   
  17,555       Vail Resorts, Inc.      1,741,632   
  17,866       Vera Bradley, Inc.(b)      254,412   
  7,992       Vince Holding Corp.(b)      147,293   
  21,866       Vitamin Shoppe, Inc.(b)      915,748   
  79,590       VOXX International Corp., Class A(b)      758,493   
  68,744       Weight Watchers International, Inc.(b)(c)      587,761   
  25,597       West Marine, Inc.(b)      257,250   
  7,386       Weyco Group, Inc.      210,501   
  15,737       William Lyon Homes, Class A(b)      340,706   
  15,625       Winnebago Industries, Inc.(c)      323,594   
  60,940       Wolverine World Wide, Inc.      1,872,686   
  36,956       World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A(c)      495,950   
  25,573       Zagg, Inc.(b)      213,023   
  14,333       Zumiez, Inc.(b)      454,499   
     

 

 

 
        200,317,704   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—3.4%   
  81,293       Adecoagro S.A. (Luxembourg)(b)      789,355   
  48,977       B&G Foods, Inc.      1,488,901   
  1,521       Boston Beer Co., Inc. (The), Class A(b)      376,904   
  37,229       Boulder Brands, Inc.(b)      355,165   
  10,449       Calavo Growers, Inc.      529,242   
  20,156       Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.(c)      901,175   
  117,408       Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A(b)      1,150,598   
  13,564       Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (The)(b)      247,000   
  4,634       Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated      523,642   
  42,229       Coty, Inc., Class A(b)      1,009,695   
  15,705       Diamond Foods, Inc.(b)      440,368   
  69,795       Elizabeth Arden, Inc.(b)(c)      982,016   
  31,267       Fairway Group Holdings Corp., Class A(b)(c)      166,028   
  55,273       Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.(c)      2,041,232   
  22,111       Fresh Market, Inc. (The)(b)(c)      776,980   
  30,721       Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (The)(b)      1,850,633   
  148,768       HRG Group, Inc.(b)      1,864,063   
  15,510       Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A      649,249   
  13,468       Inter Parfums, Inc.      406,464   
  16,620       Inventure Foods, Inc.(b)      162,045   
  7,206       J&J Snack Foods Corp.      751,802   
  10,257       John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.      533,467   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Consumer Staples (continued)   
  16,562       Lancaster Colony Corp.    $ 1,484,949   
  27,903       Landec Corp.(b)      396,502   
  9,393       Medifast, Inc.(b)      281,790   
  14,294       National Beverage Corp.(b)      319,471   
  14,245       Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.      185,327   
  10,548       Nutraceutical International Corp.(b)      205,686   
  5,883       Oil-Dri Corp. of America      193,080   
  38,612       Omega Protein Corp.(b)      493,461   
  6,897       Orchids Paper Products Co.      148,216   
  52,824       Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.(c)      1,304,753   
  32,955       Post Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)      1,546,908   
  11,900       PriceSmart, Inc.      957,474   
  10,233       Revlon, Inc., Class A(b)      400,213   
  230,215       Roundy’s, Inc.(b)      1,160,284   
  18,563       Sanderson Farms, Inc.(c)      1,394,452   
  257       Seaboard Corp.(b)      925,200   
  15,147       Seneca Foods Corp., Class A(b)      436,536   
  28,912       Smart & Final Stores, Inc.(b)      500,756   
  47,728       Snyders-Lance, Inc.      1,409,408   
  55,664       SpartanNash Co.      1,679,383   
  12,985       Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.      1,187,218   
  27,904       Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.(b)      892,509   
  13,368       Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc., Class A(c)      414,141   
  3,192       USANA Health Sciences, Inc.(b)      363,058   
  69,934       Vector Group Ltd.(c)      1,549,038   
  11,004       Village Super Market, Inc., Class A      351,358   
  6,551       WD-40 Co.      530,369   
  15,997       Weis Markets, Inc.      709,467   
     

 

 

 
        39,417,031   
     

 

 

 
   Energy—7.6%   
  57,960       Abraxas Petroleum Corp.(b)      220,248   
  3,890       Adams Resources & Energy, Inc.      181,274   
  108,126       Aegean Marine Petroleum Network, Inc. (Greece)      1,643,515   
  91,063       Alon USA Energy, Inc.      1,465,204   
  20,420       Antero Resources Corp.(b)(c)      904,810   
  88,258       Approach Resources, Inc.(b)(c)      774,023   
  158,935       Basic Energy Services, Inc.(b)      1,619,548   
  20,673       Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.(b)      569,748   
  34,416       Bristow Group, Inc.      2,138,266   
  91,362       C&J Energy Services Ltd.(b)      1,594,267   
  61,461       Callon Petroleum Co.(b)      549,461   
  31,173       CARBO Ceramics, Inc.(c)      1,378,782   
  22,053       Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.(b)      1,229,014   
  149,908       CHC Group Ltd. (Canada)(b)(c)      178,391   
  4,361       Cheniere Energy, Inc.(b)      333,573   
  7,627       Clayton Williams Energy, Inc.(b)      424,595   
  77,627       Clean Energy Fuels Corp.(b)(c)      766,179   
  150,269       Cobalt International Energy, Inc.(b)      1,607,878   
  178,349       Comstock Resources, Inc.(c)      957,734   
  21,477       Contango Oil & Gas Co.(b)      538,428   
  35,395       Continental Resources, Inc.(b)      1,862,839   
  15,918       Core Laboratories NV(c)      2,089,715   
  37,590       CVR Energy, Inc.(c)      1,505,104   
  56,128       DHT Holdings, Inc.      449,024   
  8,071       Diamondback Energy, Inc.(b)      666,423   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Energy (continued)   
  23,377       Dril-Quip, Inc.(b)    $ 1,863,614   
  215,544       Emerald Oil, Inc.(b)      137,948   
  78,510       EP Energy Corp., Class A(b)(c)      1,159,593   
  28,372       Era Group, Inc.(b)      629,291   
  361,697       EXCO Resources, Inc.(c)      745,096   
  73,666       Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.(b)      1,713,471   
  20,743       Frank’s International NV      431,454   
  414,666       Frontline Ltd. (Norway)(b)(c)      1,061,545   
  15,333       GasLog Ltd. (Monaco)(c)      341,773   
  25,882       Geospace Technologies Corp.(b)      559,051   
  87,548       Goodrich Petroleum Corp.(b)(c)      338,811   
  60,585       Green Plains, Inc.      1,886,617   
  21,284       Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.      280,736   
  5,480       Gulfmark Offshore, Inc., Class A(c)      82,255   
  41,436       Gulfport Energy Corp.(b)      2,027,878   
  419,198       Halcon Resources Corp.(b)(c)      624,605   
  1,486,899       Hercules Offshore, Inc.(b)(c)      1,197,102   
  93,950       Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc.(b)      2,146,758   
  19,942       InterOil Corp.(b)(c)      1,031,001   
  285,367       ION Geophysical Corp.(b)      650,637   
  61,599       Kosmos Energy Ltd.(b)      602,438   
  75,691       Laredo Petroleum, Inc.(b)(c)      1,195,918   
  18,829       Matador Resources Co.(b)      521,940   
  35,753       Matrix Service Co.(b)      785,493   
  11,919       Memorial Resource Development Corp.(b)      240,645   
  45,288       Mitcham Industries, Inc.(b)      221,911   
  14,433       Natural Gas Services Group, Inc.(b)      365,877   
  123,160       Newpark Resources, Inc.(b)      1,263,622   
  111,391       Nordic American Tankers Ltd.(c)      1,362,312   
  161,621       North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. (Norway)(c)      248,896   
  92,441       Northern Oil and Gas, Inc.(b)(c)      817,178   
  100,591       Nuverra Environmental Solutions, Inc.(b)(c)      408,400   
  116,014       Oasis Petroleum, Inc.(b)(c)      2,081,291   
  184,957       Ocean Rig UDW, Inc. (Cyprus)      1,389,027   
  204,016       Pacific Drilling SA(b)      952,755   
  41,123       Pacific Ethanol, Inc.(b)(c)      491,831   
  8,734       Panhandle Oil and Gas, Inc., Class A      199,135   
  388,883       Parker Drilling Co.(b)      1,458,311   
  27,077       PDC Energy, Inc.(b)      1,536,349   
  112,206       Penn Virginia Corp.(b)(c)      749,536   
  102,580       PetroQuest Energy, Inc.(b)      274,914   
  14,430       PHI, Inc.(b)      452,092   
  221,358       Pioneer Energy Services Corp.(b)      1,649,117   
  98,224       Renewable Energy Group, Inc.(b)      904,643   
  529,913       Resolute Energy Corp.(b)(c)      657,092   
  6,320       REX American Resources Corp.(b)      399,550   
  89,872       Rex Energy Corp.(b)      449,360   
  43,694       Rice Energy, Inc.(b)      1,076,183   
  94,098       Rosetta Resources, Inc.(b)      2,148,257   
  67,931       RPC, Inc.      1,080,782   
  10,521       RSP Permian, Inc.(b)      305,319   
  51,146       Sanchez Energy Corp.(b)(c)      751,335   
  111,166       Scorpio Tankers, Inc. (Monaco)      1,038,290   
  17,490       SemGroup Corp., Class A      1,472,483   
  102,749       Ship Finance International Ltd. (Norway)      1,619,324   
  65,516       StealthGas, Inc. (Greece)(b)      433,061   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Energy (continued)   
  614,664       Swift Energy Co.(b)(c)    $ 1,856,285   
  108,033       Teekay Tankers Ltd., Class A      680,608   
  78,718       Tesco Corp.      1,012,314   
  249,205       TETRA Technologies, Inc.(b)      1,799,260   
  76,766       Triangle Petroleum Corp.(b)(c)      458,293   
  146,391       Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd.      1,343,869   
  33,075       Ultra Petroleum Corp.(b)(c)      563,267   
  26,269       US Silica Holdings, Inc.(c)      981,147   
  102,395       VAALCO Energy, Inc.(b)      252,916   
  791,629       Vantage Drilling Co.(b)      315,464   
  33,292       Voc Energy Trust(c)      203,414   
  154,472       W&T Offshore, Inc.(c)      993,255   
  290,545       Warren Resources, Inc.(b)      313,789   
  16,193       Westmoreland Coal Co.(b)      460,205   
  145,952       Willbros Group, Inc.(b)      364,880   
     

 

 

 
        87,760,912   
     

 

 

 
   Financials—22.3%   
  16,840       1st Source Corp.      524,061   
  27,889       Acadia Realty Trust REIT      861,770   
  42,421       AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. REIT      815,332   
  10,736       Agree Realty Corp. REIT      330,454   
  20,842       Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.      843,684   
  1,281       Alexander’s, Inc. REIT      552,393   
  18,463       Altisource Portfolio Solutions SA(b)(c)      447,728   
  35,051       Altisource Residential Corp. REIT      671,227   
  20,870       American Assets Trust, Inc. REIT      830,626   
  65,904       American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp. REIT      1,155,956   
  106,457       American Homes 4 Rent, Class A REIT      1,798,059   
  9,511       American National Bankshares, Inc.      214,093   
  10,074       American National Insurance Co.      1,008,004   
  108,431       American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. REIT      979,132   
  15,305       American Residential Properties, Inc. REIT(b)      287,122   
  13,176       Ameris Bancorp      329,268   
  11,026       AMERISAFE, Inc.      498,265   
  16,477       AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.(c)      979,887   
  336,936       Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp. REIT      1,711,635   
  42,989       Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. REIT      734,682   
  44,683       Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. REIT      708,672   
  28,485       Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp. REIT      323,305   
  41,131       Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.      2,015,008   
  20,846       Arlington Asset Investment Corp., Class A      451,941   
  19,366       Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. REIT      198,889   
  424,910       ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. REIT      1,274,730   
  12,315       Arrow Financial Corp.      320,929   
  72,309       Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. REIT      655,120   
  35,083       Associated Estates Realty Corp. REIT      999,866   
  137,353       Astoria Financial Corp.      1,808,939   
  9,144       Baldwin & Lyons, Inc., Class B      207,477   
  22,974       Banc of California, Inc.      284,878   
  6,901       BancFirst Corp.      398,326   
  30,201       Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA, Class E (Panama)      959,486   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  52,404       Bancorp, Inc. (The)(b)    $ 510,415   
  83,754       BancorpSouth, Inc.      2,027,684   
  39,392       Bank Mutual Corp.      283,228   
  3,806       Bank of Kentucky Financial Corp. (The)      182,269   
  4,639       Bank of Marin Bancorp      233,898   
  23,925       Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.      927,333   
  11,964       Banner Corp.      541,012   
  58,044       BBCN Bancorp, Inc.      823,644   
  63,546       Beneficial Bancorp, Inc.(b)      737,134   
  26,753       Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.      749,352   
  128,039       BGC Partners, Inc., Class A      1,284,871   
  25,473       Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A REIT      782,785   
  17,978       BNC Bancorp      328,099   
  3,952       BofI Holding, Inc.(b)      362,833   
  25,086       BOK Financial Corp.      1,635,356   
  59,452       Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.      781,794   
  9,689       Bridge Bancorp, Inc.      244,841   
  92,523       Brookline Bancorp, Inc.      996,473   
  10,526       Bryn Mawr Bank Corp.      316,727   
  5,688       C&F Financial Corp.      199,421   
  46,667       Calamos Asset Management, Inc., Class A      577,271   
  6,772       Camden National Corp.      259,503   
  79,892       Campus Crest Communities, Inc. REIT      505,716   
  8,951       Capital Bank Financial Corp., Class A(b)      242,751   
  177,679       Capstead Mortgage Corp. REIT      2,069,960   
  20,670       Cardinal Financial Corp.      426,422   
  34,938       Cash America International, Inc.      905,593   
  16,409       CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc., Class A REIT      190,344   
  47,621       Cathay General Bancorp      1,361,008   
  28,739       CBOE Holdings, Inc.      1,617,144   
  66,640       Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      465,814   
  22,724       Centerstate Banks, Inc.      276,324   
  11,372       Central Pacific Financial Corp.      260,419   
  188,327       Chambers Street Properties REIT      1,412,453   
  23,609       Charter Financial Corp.      282,600   
  10,717       Chatham Lodging Trust REIT      296,218   
  34,901       Chemical Financial Corp.      1,078,441   
  28,444       Chesapeake Lodging Trust REIT      903,097   
  13,038       Citizens & Northern Corp.      258,674   
  37,170       Citizens, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      209,639   
  15,815       City Holding Co.      727,016   
  16,492       Clifton Bancorp, Inc.      225,116   
  35,766       CNA Financial Corp.      1,441,370   
  11,542       CNB Financial Corp.      198,292   
  21,647       CoBiz Financial, Inc.      259,980   
  10,857       Cohen & Steers, Inc.      411,046   
  53,525       Colony Capital, Inc., Class A REIT      1,386,833   
  40,946       Columbia Banking System, Inc.      1,216,096   
  36,724       Community Bank System, Inc.      1,283,504   
  18,363       Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.      589,085   
  9,556       ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.      183,666   
  37,157       Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc.(b)      237,433   
  31,085       CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. REIT      211,067   
  11,135       CoreSite Realty Corp. REIT      535,371   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  116,611       Cousins Properties, Inc. REIT    $ 1,135,791   
  61,597       Cowen Group, Inc., Class A(b)      344,327   
  21,834       Crawford & Co., Class B      178,384   
  3,846       Credit Acceptance Corp.(b)      908,425   
  55,868       CubeSmart REIT      1,288,875   
  19,912       Customers Bancorp, Inc.(b)      501,982   
  76,306       CVB Financial Corp.      1,194,189   
  16,607       CyrusOne, Inc. REIT      539,395   
  157,436       CYS Investments, Inc. REIT      1,404,329   
  2,140       Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc.      389,908   
  39,336       Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.      626,229   
  42,006       DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. REIT      1,308,487   
  90,555       Dynex Capital, Inc. REIT      724,440   
  11,743       Eagle Bancorp, Inc.(b)      432,847   
  20,981       EastGroup Properties, Inc. REIT      1,200,113   
  24,982       Education Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      839,895   
  25,567       eHealth, Inc.(b)      313,451   
  24,202       Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A REIT      435,636   
  35,001       Employers Holdings, Inc.      854,374   
  23,160       Encore Capital Group, Inc.(b)      936,590   
  21,144       Enova International, Inc.(b)      391,375   
  8,745       Enstar Group Ltd.(b)      1,242,140   
  16,588       Enterprise Financial Services Corp.      340,552   
  29,060       Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. REIT      1,534,949   
  42,822       Equity One, Inc. REIT      1,054,706   
  14,371       Essent Group Ltd.(b)      358,556   
  74,925       EverBank Financial Corp.      1,391,357   
  15,740       Evercore Partners, Inc., Class A      759,298   
  38,192       Excel Trust, Inc. REIT      605,343   
  150,084       EZCORP, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      1,380,773   
  13,343       FBL Financial Group, Inc., Class A      777,497   
  10,563       FBR & Co.(b)      226,682   
  12,137       Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C      381,587   
  37,399       FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc. REIT      415,503   
  26,814       Fidelity & Guaranty Life      600,097   
  14,321       Fidelity Southern Corp.      240,593   
  7,458       Financial Engines, Inc.(c)      314,504   
  13,176       Financial Institutions, Inc.      310,295   
  139,243       First BanCorp(b)      836,850   
  18,043       First Bancorp/Southern Pines NC      292,838   
  71,239       First Busey Corp.      444,531   
  18,829       First Cash Financial Services, Inc.(b)      910,194   
  5,666       First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A      1,361,766   
  98,085       First Commonwealth Financial Corp.      884,727   
  17,283       First Community Bancshares, Inc.      289,663   
  12,760       First Connecticut Bancorp, Inc.      188,593   
  10,093       First Defiance Financial Corp.      353,255   
  94,546       First Financial Bancorp      1,631,864   
  37,970       First Financial Bankshares, Inc.(c)      1,099,611   
  12,856       First Financial Corp.      436,461   
  44,340       First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      874,828   
  21,812       First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A      590,233   
  27,092       First Merchants Corp.      611,466   
  63,906       First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.      1,092,793   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  9,569       First of Long Island Corp. (The)    $ 239,416   
  80,369       First Potomac Realty Trust REIT      861,556   
  41,124       Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.(b)      706,510   
  35,503       Flushing Financial Corp.      680,237   
  55,894       Forest City Enterprises, Inc., Class A(b)      1,328,041   
  58,758       Forestar Group, Inc.(b)      867,268   
  100,096       Franklin Street Properties Corp. REIT      1,182,134   
  370,343       FXCM, Inc., Class A(c)      744,389   
  28,323       Gain Capital Holdings, Inc.      279,831   
  3,056       GAMCO Investors, Inc., Class A      236,259   
  11,429       Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. REIT      408,015   
  9,530       German American Bancorp, Inc.      272,653   
  31,444       Getty Realty Corp. REIT      546,182   
  64,661       Glacier Bancorp, Inc.      1,703,171   
  21,303       Gladstone Commercial Corp. REIT      379,406   
  9,043       Global Indemnity PLC, Class A(b)      248,230   
  64,436       Government Properties Income Trust REIT      1,342,846   
  8,384       Gramercy Property Trust, Inc. REIT      229,219   
  11,772       Great Southern Bancorp, Inc.      464,052   
  36,015       Green Dot Corp., Class A(b)      579,842   
  29,583       Greenhill & Co., Inc.      1,170,008   
  36,271       Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., Class A(b)      1,102,276   
  17,414       Hallmark Financial Services, Inc.(b)      192,947   
  21,260       Hanmi Financial Corp.      452,413   
  6,416       HCI Group, Inc.      279,609   
  76,678       Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A REIT      1,985,193   
  17,901       Heritage Financial Corp.      302,527   
  141,601       Hersha Hospitality Trust REIT      910,494   
  11,762       HFF, Inc., Class A      460,953   
  49,763       Hilltop Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,000,734   
  23,633       Home BancShares, Inc.      777,053   
  11,320       HomeStreet, Inc.(b)      234,098   
  23,867       HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc.(b)      373,280   
  52,578       Horace Mann Educators Corp.      1,786,075   
  9,222       Horizon Bancorp      215,334   
  12,657       Howard Hughes Corp. (The)(b)      1,879,185   
  21,443       Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. REIT      646,721   
  13,982       Hudson Valley Holding Corp.      345,915   
  25,054       IBERIABANK Corp.      1,561,115   
  15,795       Independent Bank Corp./MI      209,126   
  18,555       Independent Bank Corp./Rockland MA      774,115   
  15,566       Infinity Property & Casualty Corp.      1,154,219   
  91,680       Inland Real Estate Corp. REIT      943,387   
  11,716       Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A      397,758   
  67,825       International Bancshares Corp.      1,762,094   
  16,109       INTL FCStone, Inc.(b)      517,099   
  25,666       Investment Technology Group, Inc.(b)      731,224   
  114,109       Investors Bancorp, Inc.      1,351,051   
  159,209       Investors Real Estate Trust REIT(c)      1,141,529   
  47,118       iStar Financial, Inc. REIT(b)      637,978   
  106,173       Janus Capital Group, Inc.      1,900,497   
  29,784       JG Wentworth Co. (The), Class A(b)      299,627   
  3,787       Kansas City Life Insurance Co.      169,961   
  86,053       KCG Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)      1,104,921   
  16,068       Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.      398,165   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  25,611       Kite Realty Group Trust REIT    $ 671,008   
  49,609       Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services, Inc.(b)      167,182   
  36,877       Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.      418,554   
  12,549       Lakeland Financial Corp.      490,038   
  26,928       LegacyTexas Financial Group, Inc.      685,318   
  18,458       LTC Properties, Inc. REIT      802,185   
  82,214       Maiden Holdings Ltd.      1,194,569   
  17,682       MainSource Financial Group, Inc.      340,379   
  7,984       MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.      685,426   
  9,728       Marlin Business Services Corp.      194,268   
  40,623       MB Financial, Inc.      1,223,971   
  85,131       Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc.      727,019   
  112,696       Medical Properties Trust, Inc. REIT      1,575,490   
  9,606       Mercantile Bank Corp.      190,391   
  5,993       Meta Financial Group, Inc.      245,174   
  10,876       Metro Bancorp, Inc.      278,861   
  139,839       MGIC Investment Corp.(b)      1,457,122   
  33,709       Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. REIT      348,214   
  46,068       Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. (Bermuda)      1,755,651   
  82,243       Nam Tai Property, Inc. (China)(c)      419,439   
  6,185       National Bankshares, Inc.      179,427   
  11,976       National Health Investors, Inc. REIT      799,039   
  9,915       National Interstate Corp.      277,818   
  104,561       National Penn Bancshares, Inc.      1,087,434   
  2,095       National Western Life Insurance Co., Class A      501,983   
  9,814       Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc.(b)      246,331   
  14,195       Navigators Group, Inc. (The)(b)      1,107,920   
  52,404       NBT Bancorp, Inc.      1,265,557   
  19,286       Nelnet, Inc., Class A      863,434   
  96,625       New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. REIT(c)      754,641   
  103,749       New York REIT, Inc. REIT      1,025,040   
  24,949       NewBridge Bancorp, Class A      200,839   
  53,414       Newcastle Investment Corp. REIT      284,697   
  19,989       Nicholas Financial, Inc.(b)      252,461   
  46,666       Northfield Bancorp, Inc.      673,390   
  9,175       Northrim Bancorp, Inc.      228,641   
  144,340       Northwest Bancshares, Inc.      1,776,825   
  12,485       OceanFirst Financial Corp.      209,498   
  40,349       OFG Bancorp(c)      568,517   
  104,183       Old National Bancorp      1,423,140   
  13,137       One Liberty Properties, Inc. REIT      295,320   
  37,780       OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd., Class A      569,722   
  16,802       Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc., Class A      401,400   
  49,136       Oritani Financial Corp.      732,126   
  15,737       Pacific Continental Corp.      203,007   
  13,195       Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.(b)      206,634   
  23,530       PacWest Bancorp      1,061,203   
  13,549       Park National Corp.      1,118,605   
  28,734       Park Sterling Corp.      192,518   
  42,819       Parkway Properties, Inc. REIT      696,665   
  10,415       Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp.      217,986   
  23,129       Pebblebrook Hotel Trust REIT      993,159   
  5,447       Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc.      237,435   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  56,013       Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust REIT    $ 1,266,454   
  12,979       Peoples Bancorp, Inc.      300,983   
  16,259       Phoenix Cos., Inc. (The)(b)      554,595   
  11,276       Physicians Realty Trust REIT      187,182   
  25,531       PICO Holdings, Inc.(b)      459,813   
  16,478       Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.      785,177   
  17,598       Piper Jaffray Cos.(b)      887,819   
  28,356       Post Properties, Inc. REIT      1,621,113   
  36,022       Potlatch Corp. REIT      1,329,572   
  25,276       PRA Group, Inc.(b)      1,384,493   
  42,174       PrivateBancorp, Inc.      1,563,390   
  67,492       Provident Financial Services, Inc.      1,214,856   
  13,404       PS Business Parks, Inc. REIT      1,023,395   
  5,541       QTS Realty Trust, Inc., Class A REIT      200,972   
  59,741       Radian Group, Inc.      1,066,974   
  94,954       RAIT Financial Trust REIT      615,302   
  48,841       Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust REIT      853,741   
  12,518       RE/Max Holdings, Inc., Class A      422,983   
  93,835       Redwood Trust, Inc. REIT      1,613,024   
  20,799       Regional Management Corp.(b)      335,904   
  30,286       Renasant Corp.      899,797   
  10,383       Republic Bancorp, Inc., Class A      246,908   
  21,108       Resource America, Inc., Class A      180,262   
  228,548       Resource Capital Corp. REIT      1,007,897   
  39,491       Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. REIT      662,659   
  12,577       Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. REIT      186,894   
  21,873       Rouse Properties, Inc. REIT(c)      382,121   
  26,617       S&T Bancorp, Inc.      715,997   
  36,659       Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. REIT      1,095,371   
  12,593       Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.(b)      226,548   
  20,707       Safety Insurance Group, Inc.      1,204,112   
  23,388       Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.      609,491   
  9,139       Saul Centers, Inc. REIT(c)      459,874   
  45,513       SEI Investments Co.      2,078,124   
  35,523       Select Income REIT      823,778   
  70,833       Selective Insurance Group, Inc.      1,908,241   
  11,036       Sierra Bancorp      180,770   
  22,919       Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp. REIT      354,557   
  14,102       Simmons First National Corp., Class A      616,963   
  14,881       South State Corp.      1,007,741   
  20,677       Southside Bancshares, Inc.(c)      564,896   
  17,122       Southwest Bancorp, Inc.      295,012   
  15,742       Sovran Self Storage, Inc. REIT      1,374,906   
  20,180       Springleaf Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,009,000   
  7,536       Square 1 Financial, Inc., Class A(b)      194,881   
  26,186       St. Joe Co. (The)(b)      456,946   
  21,713       STAG Industrial, Inc., Class A REIT      471,824   
  29,780       Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust REIT      766,537   
  18,638       State Auto Financial Corp.      440,230   
  20,353       State Bank Financial Corp.      407,264   
  39,813       Sterling Bancorp      516,773   
  32,250       Stewart Information Services Corp.      1,177,125   
  10,864       Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.      378,067   
  6,675       Stonegate Bank      191,172   
  53,417       Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT(b)      624,979   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  10,005       Suffolk Bancorp    $ 239,720   
  54,858       Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. REIT      722,480   
  17,341       Sun Communities, Inc. REIT      1,076,182   
  87,983       Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. REIT      1,370,775   
  15,114       Talmer Bancorp, Inc., Class A      232,453   
  52,198       Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. REIT      1,752,809   
  7,986       Tejon Ranch Co.(b)      197,254   
  11,752       Territorial Bancorp, Inc.      271,471   
  32,542       Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.(b)      1,713,662   
  44,523       TFS Financial Corp.      650,926   
  26,444       Third Point Reinsurance Ltd.(b)      356,465   
  9,577       Tompkins Financial Corp.      499,441   
  21,348       TowneBank      353,309   
  17,551       TriCo Bancshares      409,289   
  107,974       TrustCo Bank Corp. NY      720,187   
  91,690       Trustmark Corp.      2,182,222   
  33,571       UMB Financial Corp.      1,671,500   
  23,990       UMH Properties, Inc. REIT      241,579   
  123,108       Umpqua Holdings Corp.      2,094,067   
  27,452       Union Bankshares Corp.      597,356   
  43,961       United Bankshares, Inc.      1,652,054   
  33,320       United Community Banks, Inc.      620,085   
  49,525       United Community Financial Corp.      266,940   
  29,571       United Financial Bancorp, Inc.      377,030   
  29,044       United Fire Group, Inc.      867,544   
  6,349       Universal Health Realty Income Trust REIT      315,291   
  16,081       Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.      386,266   
  21,490       Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania      419,270   
  21,551       Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A REIT      447,183   
  3,500       Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.      467,670   
  27,129       Walker & Dunlop, Inc.(b)      519,249   
  90,842       Walter Investment Management Corp.(b)(c)      1,599,728   
  68,277       Washington Real Estate Investment Trust REIT      1,687,807   
  13,160       Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.      487,183   
  24,030       Waterstone Financial, Inc.      306,142   
  30,025       WesBanco, Inc.      946,088   
  28,382       Westamerica Bancorp.      1,236,036   
  30,364       Western Alliance Bancorp(b)      938,855   
  73,307       Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corp. REIT(c)      1,071,015   
  4,411       Westwood Holdings Group, Inc.      258,441   
  20,552       Whitestone REIT      302,114   
  48,592       Wilshire Bancorp, Inc.      512,646   
  29,547       Winthrop Realty Trust REIT      486,344   
  42,800       Wintrust Financial Corp.      2,086,072   
  12,250       World Acceptance Corp.(b)(c)      1,036,595   
  5,410       WSFS Financial Corp.      385,030   
     

 

 

 
        257,846,419   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—7.2%   
  4,936       Abaxis, Inc.      315,904   
  2,900       ABIOMED, Inc.(b)      183,338   
  8,031       Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(b)      550,123   
  21,663       Accuray, Inc.(b)(c)      176,120   
  19,003       Aceto Corp.      368,278   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Health Care (continued)   
  11,930       Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.(b)    $ 358,735   
  29,035       Affymetrix, Inc.(b)      352,195   
  21,041       Air Methods Corp.(b)      961,574   
  6,500       Akorn, Inc.(b)      270,660   
  11,519       Albany Molecular Research, Inc.(b)      208,033   
  13,141       Align Technology, Inc.(b)      773,216   
  13,768       Alkermes PLC(b)      762,334   
  11,146       Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc.(b)      237,075   
  11,047       Almost Family, Inc.(b)      478,114   
  1,843       Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      187,746   
  34,762       Amedisys, Inc.(b)      966,731   
  25,248       AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.(b)      575,907   
  32,668       Amsurg Corp.(b)      2,048,937   
  7,233       Analogic Corp.      611,189   
  24,196       AngioDynamics, Inc.(b)      403,831   
  4,002       Anika Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      136,548   
  23,114       ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)(c)      200,398   
  4,621       athenahealth, Inc.(b)      566,812   
  950       Atrion Corp.      308,608   
  10,423       BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(b)      1,167,897   
  20,632       Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc.(b)      683,332   
  132,509       BioScrip, Inc.(b)(c)      622,792   
  13,167       Bio-Techne Corp.      1,263,505   
  70,344       Bruker Corp.(b)      1,333,722   
  11,908       Cambrex Corp.(b)      458,339   
  7,158       Cantel Medical Corp.      320,607   
  14,852       Capital Senior Living Corp.(b)      388,677   
  16,171       Catalent, Inc.(b)      465,240   
  9,963       Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      239,112   
  6,361       Cepheid, Inc.(b)      356,852   
  20,496       Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(b)      1,417,503   
  9,783       Chemed Corp.      1,127,491   
  15,420       Civitas Solutions, Inc.(b)      289,125   
  3,314       Clovis Oncology, Inc.(b)      266,313   
  8,785       Computer Programs & Systems, Inc.      459,719   
  17,544       CONMED Corp.      881,235   
  8,674       CorVel Corp.(b)      310,009   
  30,055       Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.(b)      333,611   
  18,979       CryoLife, Inc.      193,586   
  8,220       Cyberonics, Inc.(b)      500,680   
  10,360       Cynosure, Inc., Class A(b)      346,231   
  12,873       Emergent Biosolutions, Inc.(b)      382,199   
  7,962       Ensign Group, Inc. (The)      335,280   
  8,569       Exactech, Inc.(b)      187,233   
  12,294       ExamWorks Group, Inc.(b)      503,439   
  111,887       Five Star Quality Care, Inc.(b)      475,520   
  43,993       Genesis Healthcare, Inc., Class A(b)      303,992   
  24,651       Globus Medical, Inc., Class A(b)      588,912   
  18,259       Greatbatch, Inc.(b)      984,525   
  32,715       Haemonetics Corp.(b)      1,325,939   
  53,779       Hanger, Inc.(b)      1,201,423   
  31,343       Healthways, Inc.(b)      545,368   
  2,016       HeartWare International, Inc.(b)      152,631   
  32,479       Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.      1,622,001   
  47,515       HMS Holdings Corp.(b)      808,230   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Health Care (continued)   
  25,987       ICON PLC (Ireland)(b)    $ 1,672,004   
  7,239       ICU Medical, Inc.(b)      610,754   
  11,853       IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(b)      1,486,011   
  34,601       Impax Laboratories, Inc.(b)      1,566,041   
  66,538       IMS Health Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,835,783   
  11,916       Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      150,976   
  5,899       Insulet Corp.(b)      176,085   
  16,238       Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(b)      954,470   
  59,013       Invacare Corp.      1,184,391   
  15,151       IPC Healthcare, Inc.(b)      741,187   
  5,141       Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      291,598   
  9,194       Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(b)      1,642,968   
  12,208       Landauer, Inc.      393,830   
  15,118       LHC Group, Inc.(b)      484,683   
  20,950       Luminex Corp.(b)      325,144   
  31,783       Masimo Corp.(b)      1,072,994   
  51,057       MedAssets, Inc.(b)      1,033,394   
  36,942       Medicines Co. (The)(b)      946,085   
  6,355       Medidata Solutions, Inc.(b)      339,548   
  36,847       Meridian Bioscience, Inc.      652,929   
  33,547       Merit Medical Systems, Inc.(b)      651,147   
  17,204       Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      300,210   
  32,529       Myriad Genetics, Inc.(b)(c)      1,074,433   
  11,510       Natus Medical, Inc.(b)      434,042   
  8,685       Neogen Corp.(b)      386,830   
  18,200       NuVasive, Inc.(b)      814,086   
  14,002       NxStage Medical, Inc.(b)      256,657   
  13,860       Omnicell, Inc.(b)      492,446   
  26,084       OPKO Health, Inc.(b)(c)      358,916   
  23,478       OraSure Technologies, Inc.(b)      147,911   
  19,113       Orthofix International NV(b)      617,541   
  25,787       PAREXEL International Corp.(b)      1,639,409   
  2,250       Pharmacyclics, Inc.(b)      576,450   
  65,812       PharMerica Corp.(b)      1,886,172   
  5,432       Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      193,868   
  9,354       Premier, Inc., Class A(b)      354,517   
  27,983       Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,098,333   
  17,714       Providence Service Corp. (The)(b)      753,199   
  46,176       Quality Systems, Inc.      720,115   
  11,186       Quidel Corp.(b)      260,634   
  58,367       RadNet, Inc.(b)      489,115   
  4,787       Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      2,189,861   
  52,308       Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      222,832   
  40,330       RTI Surgical, Inc.(b)      225,848   
  6,702       Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      156,224   
  14,051       Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.(b)(c)      171,422   
  22,961       SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      187,591   
  6,073       Seattle Genetics, Inc.(b)      208,547   
  69,429       Select Medical Holdings Corp.      1,010,192   
  22,659       Sirona Dental Systems, Inc.(b)      2,101,622   
  6,997       Spectranetics Corp. (The)(b)      179,473   
  42,680       Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)(c)      241,142   
  9,081       Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc.(b)      342,354   
  7,462       SurModics, Inc.(b)      188,192   
  2,372       Synageva BioPharma Corp.(b)      218,129   
  19,437       Syneron Medical Ltd. (Israel)(b)      240,241   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Health Care (continued)   
  27,316       Team Health Holdings, Inc.(b)    $ 1,627,214   
  25,763       Thoratec Corp.(b)      1,033,354   
  16,004       Tornier NV(b)      414,023   
  100,575       Triple-S Management Corp., Class B(b)      1,882,764   
  58,230       Universal American Corp.(b)      581,718   
  7,401       US Physical Therapy, Inc.      349,031   
  5,959       Vascular Solutions, Inc.(b)      191,046   
  12,412       Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      1,530,151   
  32,894       West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.      1,752,592   
  17,754       Wright Medical Group, Inc.(b)      450,419   
     

 

 

 
        83,607,564   
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—16.3%   
  30,182       A.O. Smith Corp.      1,928,630   
  13,240       AAON, Inc.      317,363   
  58,764       AAR Corp.      1,777,023   
  189,760       ACCO Brands Corp.(b)      1,493,411   
  70,724       Accuride Corp.(b)      288,554   
  60,762       Actuant Corp., Class A      1,447,351   
  12,531       Acuity Brands, Inc.      2,092,050   
  9,379       Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.      262,612   
  9,616       Advisory Board Co. (The)(b)      498,974   
  78,063       Aegion Corp.(b)      1,437,920   
  34,084       AerCap Holdings NV (Netherlands)(b)      1,591,041   
  31,730       Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.(b)      623,812   
  11,737       Aerovironment, Inc.(b)      300,467   
  52,981       Air Lease Corp.      2,046,656   
  79,566       Air Transport Services Group, Inc.(b)      741,555   
  88,010       Aircastle Ltd.      2,110,480   
  11,418       Alamo Group, Inc.      705,404   
  18,016       Alaska Air Group, Inc.      1,154,105   
  19,666       Albany International Corp., Class A      770,907   
  493       Allegiant Travel Co.      75,804   
  22,355       Altra Industrial Motion Corp.      589,501   
  5,153       AMERCO      1,659,472   
  35,380       Ameresco, Inc., Class A(b)      237,754   
  5,668       American Railcar Industries, Inc.(c)      300,631   
  9,248       American Science & Engineering, Inc.      346,060   
  5,371       American Woodmark Corp.(b)      272,310   
  13,003       Apogee Enterprises, Inc.      684,218   
  39,838       Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.      1,664,033   
  30,816       ARC Document Solutions, Inc.(b)      263,169   
  25,042       ArcBest Corp.      893,999   
  6,276       Argan, Inc.      202,778   
  17,547       Astec Industries, Inc.      738,378   
  3,686       Astronics Corp.(b)      248,105   
  3,735       Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.(b)      182,044   
  18,379       AZZ, Inc.      852,602   
  189,512       Baltic Trading Ltd.(c)      269,107   
  36,588       Barnes Group, Inc.      1,467,179   
  6,249       Barrett Business Services, Inc.      277,893   
  64,958       Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.(b)      1,930,552   
  42,643       Blount International, Inc.(b)      565,446   
  56,432       Brady Corp., Class A      1,502,784   
  78,582       Briggs & Stratton Corp.      1,536,278   
  31,083       Builders FirstSource, Inc.(b)      396,619   
  4,909       Caesarstone Sdot-Yam Ltd. (Israel)      290,809   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Industrials (continued)   
  14,308       CAI International, Inc.(b)    $ 340,817   
  66,356       Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A(b)      363,631   
  80,326       CBIZ, Inc.(b)      726,147   
  24,901       CDI Corp.      339,650   
  21,021       Celadon Group, Inc.      543,183   
  190,024       Cenveo, Inc.(b)(c)      376,248   
  44,471       Chart Industries, Inc.(b)      1,803,299   
  14,116       CIRCOR International, Inc.      771,298   
  24,546       CLARCOR, Inc.      1,595,490   
  18,776       Columbus McKinnon Corp.      476,159   
  49,604       Comfort Systems USA, Inc.      1,026,307   
  79,526       Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc.(b)      458,070   
  8,997       Continental Building Products, Inc.(b)      198,024   
  1,786       Copa Holdings SA, Class A (Panama)      198,050   
  43,124       Copart, Inc.(b)      1,533,921   
  11,379       Corporate Executive Board Co. (The)      953,902   
  25,632       Costamare, Inc. (Greece)(c)      518,535   
  14,074       Covenant Transportation Group, Inc., Class A(b)      428,835   
  10,648       CRA International, Inc.(b)      310,922   
  17,620       Cubic Corp.      873,600   
  151,234       Diana Shipping, Inc. (Greece)(b)(c)      945,213   
  50,807       DigitalGlobe, Inc.(b)      1,634,461   
  17,817       Douglas Dynamics, Inc.      387,520   
  18,594       Ducommun, Inc.(b)      565,258   
  11,944       DXP Enterprises, Inc.(b)      538,077   
  32,428       Dycom Industries, Inc.(b)      1,491,039   
  15,091       Dynamic Materials Corp.      202,068   
  38,913       Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc.(b)(c)      326,091   
  10,701       Echo Global Logistics, Inc.(b)      309,259   
  22,619       Encore Wire Corp.      1,018,081   
  23,038       Engility Holdings, Inc.      642,069   
  58,377       Ennis, Inc.      897,838   
  18,557       EnPro Industries, Inc.      1,187,834   
  23,209       ESCO Technologies, Inc.      851,770   
  4,368       Exponent, Inc.      387,048   
  38,995       Federal Signal Corp.      613,001   
  14,319       Forward Air Corp.      721,248   
  26,163       Franklin Electric Co., Inc.      946,054   
  8,657       FreightCar America, Inc.      225,861   
  46,077       Furmanite Corp.(b)      336,362   
  16,767       G&K Services, Inc., Class A      1,183,750   
  45,411       Gibraltar Industries, Inc.(b)      752,006   
  58,285       Global Brass & Copper Holdings, Inc.      888,263   
  33,407       Global Power Equipment Group, Inc.      405,895   
  43,992       Golden Ocean Group Ltd. (Bermuda)(c)      219,080   
  9,412       GP Strategies Corp.(b)      306,737   
  26,144       Graco, Inc.      1,872,433   
  547,015       GrafTech International Ltd.(b)      2,647,553   
  36,781       Granite Construction, Inc.      1,276,669   
  88,159       Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.(b)      511,322   
  16,468       Greenbrier Cos., Inc. (The)(c)      950,039   
  57,532       Griffon Corp.      967,113   
  50,652       H&E Equipment Services, Inc.      1,252,117   
  18,352       Hardinge, Inc.      197,468   
  5,574       Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.(b)      128,648   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio (PRFZ) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Industrials (continued)   
  37,638       Healthcare Services Group, Inc.    $ 1,139,302   
  32,725       Heartland Express, Inc.      684,607   
  7,271       HEICO Corp.      406,013   
  18,966       Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.      456,322   
  41,087       Herman Miller, Inc.      1,126,195   
  91,420       Hill International, Inc.(b)      351,967   
  58,537       Hillenbrand, Inc.      1,720,402   
  33,362       HNI Corp.      1,556,004   
  26,619       Houston Wire & Cable Co.      251,283   
  52,554       Hub Group, Inc., Class A(b)      2,096,905   
  13,074       Huron Consulting Group, Inc.(b)      792,546   
  11,812       Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc., Class A      866,292   
  16,858       ICF International, Inc.(b)      649,033   
  75,149       InnerWorkings, Inc.(b)      475,693   
  20,205       Insperity, Inc.      973,073   
  12,198       Insteel Industries, Inc.      247,131   
  44,629       Interface, Inc.      969,788   
  19,312       International Shipholding Corp.      212,046   
  81,408       JetBlue Airways Corp.(b)      1,671,306   
  21,348       John Bean Technologies Corp.      823,819   
  8,749       Kadant, Inc.      445,849   
  33,376       Kaman Corp.      1,392,113   
  98,936       Kelly Services, Inc., Class A      1,624,529   
  34,372       KEYW Holding Corp. (The)(b)(c)      331,690   
  20,574       Kforce, Inc.      467,853   
  56,328       Kimball International, Inc., Class B      570,039   
  31,680       Knight Transportation, Inc.      915,552   
  37,018       Knoll, Inc.      842,900   
  33,406       Korn/Ferry International      1,053,291   
  101,588       Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.(b)      555,686   
  26,504       Landstar System, Inc.      1,651,464   
  106,033       Layne Christensen Co.(b)(c)      712,542   
  8,715       LB Foster Co., Class A      372,392   
  20,161       Lennox International, Inc.      2,136,260   
  6,553       Lindsay Corp.(c)      518,932   
  16,007       LMI Aerospace, Inc.(b)      180,719   
  22,943       LSI Industries, Inc.      205,569   
  12,599       Lydall, Inc.(b)      338,157   
  16,519       Manitex International, Inc.(b)      163,703   
  20,805       Marten Transport Ltd.      463,119   
  20,542       Masonite International Corp.(b)      1,359,880   
  7,784       Matson, Inc.      315,252   
  19,143       Matthews International Corp., Class A      929,010   
  26,074       McGrath RentCorp      863,310   
  134,126       Meritor, Inc.(b)      1,759,733   
  13,367       Middleby Corp. (The)(b)      1,354,612   
  14,810       Miller Industries, Inc.      331,448   
  20,139       Mistras Group, Inc.(b)      361,696   
  29,092       Mobile Mini, Inc.      1,121,206   
  27,327       MSA Safety, Inc.      1,249,937   
  41,049       Mueller Industries, Inc.      1,438,357   
  74,114       Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A      693,707   
  7,827       Multi-Color Corp.      491,379   
  30,313       MYR Group, Inc.(b)      888,777   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Industrials (continued)   
  11,794       National Presto Industries, Inc.(c)    $ 738,069   
  82,087       Navigant Consulting, Inc.(b)      1,186,978   
  284,946       Navios Maritime Holdings, Inc. (Greece)(c)      1,079,945   
  15,390       NCI Building Systems, Inc.(b)      238,237   
  8,593       NN, Inc.      216,200   
  22,633       Nordson Corp.      1,802,718   
  13,502       Nortek, Inc.(b)      1,142,539   
  19,864       Northwest Pipe Co.(b)      481,503   
  24,521       On Assignment, Inc.(b)      825,132   
  41,081       Orion Marine Group, Inc.(b)      345,902   
  9,273       Park-Ohio Holdings Corp.      429,618   
  32,000       Performant Financial Corp.(b)      95,040   
  15,666       Ply Gem Holdings, Inc.(b)      212,744   
  18,127       Polypore International, Inc.(b)      1,061,517   
  17,895       Powell Industries, Inc.      593,935   
  17,739       PowerSecure International, Inc.(b)      232,558   
  4,615       Preformed Line Products Co.      193,599   
  29,399       Primoris Services Corp.      565,343   
  78,571       Quad Graphics, Inc., Class A      1,692,419   
  38,846       Quality Distribution, Inc.(b)      385,352   
  30,445       Quanex Building Products Corp.      587,588   
  33,930       Raven Industries, Inc.      676,564   
  13,859       RBC Bearings, Inc.      1,011,568   
  40,068       Republic Airways Holdings, Inc.(b)      490,432   
  31,358       Resources Connection, Inc.      494,202   
  28,935       Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc.(b)      708,039   
  40,992       Rollins, Inc.      1,016,602   
  15,530       RPX Corp.(b)      241,647   
  55,222       Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A(b)      1,443,503   
  129,583       Safe Bulkers, Inc. (Greece)(c)      463,907   
  20,898       Saia, Inc.(b)      851,594   
  69,222       Seaspan Corp.      1,371,980   
  23,690       Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.      776,558   
  51,627       SkyWest, Inc.      704,709   
  3,303       SolarCity Corp.(b)(c)      198,345   
  23,901       SP Plus Corp.(b)      543,987   
  8,932       Sparton Corp.(b)      230,178   
  1,513       Spirit Airlines, Inc.(b)      103,595   
  7,930       Standex International Corp.      641,299   
  42,750       Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (Greece)(b)(c)      168,863   
  89,373       Steelcase, Inc., Class A      1,570,284   
  20,459       Stock Building Supply Holdings, Inc.(b)      375,832   
  7,949       Sun Hydraulics Corp.      309,296   
  63,150       Swift Transportation Co., Class A(b)      1,528,230   
  46,809       TAL International Group, Inc.(b)      1,804,019   
  7,048       TASER International, Inc.(b)      212,779   
  18,020       Team, Inc.(b)      704,222   
  10,490       Tennant Co.      674,402   
  81,987       Tetra Tech, Inc.      2,222,668   
  25,483       Textainer Group Holdings Ltd.(c)      772,135   
  18,573       Thermon Group Holdings, Inc.(b)      432,194   
  118,440       Titan International, Inc.      1,230,592   
  72,935       Titan Machinery, Inc.(b)(c)      1,068,498   
  25,951       Toro Co. (The)      1,739,755   
  6,791       Trex Co., Inc.(b)      318,634   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Industrials (continued)   
  45,542       TriMas Corp.(b)    $ 1,282,918   
  13,793       TriNet Group, Inc.(b)      483,031   
  51,829       TrueBlue, Inc.(b)      1,491,639   
  14,083       Twin Disc, Inc.      253,353   
  9,791       UniFirst Corp.      1,108,635   
  26,240       Universal Forest Products, Inc.      1,451,597   
  8,608       Universal Truckload Services, Inc.      182,834   
  9,775       US Ecology, Inc.      458,545   
  8,825       USA Truck, Inc.(b)      216,742   
  48,874       USG Corp.(b)      1,297,116   
  41,964       Veritiv Corp.(b)      1,667,649   
  29,763       Viad Corp.      790,803   
  4,003       VSE Corp.      284,773   
  64,667       Wabash National Corp.(b)      906,631   
  21,063       Wabtec Corp.      1,980,975   
  4,383       WageWorks, Inc.(b)      220,903   
  21,006       Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A      1,145,877   
  60,241       Werner Enterprises, Inc.      1,618,676   
  66,144       Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,037,138   
  19,620       West Corp.      607,239   
  43,141       Woodward, Inc.      2,029,784   
  14,328       Xerium Technologies, Inc.(b)      254,752   
  8,501       XPO Logistics, Inc.(b)      412,299   
     

 

 

 
        188,619,520   
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—17.1%   
  29,737       3D Systems Corp.(b)(c)      746,101   
  51,049       ACI Worldwide, Inc.(b)      1,175,658   
  24,848       Actua Corp.(b)      359,551   
  78,958       Acxiom Corp.(b)      1,378,607   
  44,349       ADTRAN, Inc.      736,637   
  22,700       Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.(b)      555,242   
  7,397       Advent Software, Inc.      321,104   
  18,973       Agilysys, Inc.(b)      178,536   
  29,660       Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.(b)      242,915   
  26,269       American Software, Inc., Class A      255,072   
  38,177       Applied Micro Circuits Corp.(b)      205,010   
  67,207       ARRIS Group, Inc.(b)      2,263,196   
  25,884       Aruba Networks, Inc.(b)      637,005   
  5,530       Aspen Technology, Inc.(b)      245,477   
  205,799       Atmel Corp.      1,559,956   
  10,276       AVG Technologies NV(b)      245,802   
  26,160       Avid Technology, Inc.(b)      423,530   
  61,899       AVX Corp.      852,349   
  94,227       Axcelis Technologies, Inc.(b)      237,452   
  7,161       Badger Meter, Inc.      445,557   
  45,664       Bankrate, Inc.(b)      566,234   
  13,535       Bel Fuse, Inc., Class B      277,874   
  18,907       Belden, Inc.      1,587,243   
  27,540       Black Box Corp.      548,046   
  14,892       Blackbaud, Inc.      752,493   
  16,366       Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc., Class B(b)      600,796   
  50,863       Blucora, Inc.(b)      695,297   
  14,763       Bottomline Technologies (de), Inc.(b)      395,058   
  8,231       BroadSoft, Inc.(b)      260,429   
  52,044       Brooks Automation, Inc.      559,993   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Information Technology (continued)   
  29,396       Cabot Microelectronics Corp.(b)    $ 1,390,431   
  107,222       Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(b)      1,999,690   
  11,117       CalAmp Corp.(b)      219,116   
  37,647       Calix, Inc.(b)      278,211   
  32,326       Canadian Solar, Inc. (Canada)(b)      1,144,340   
  21,092       Cardtronics, Inc.(b)      795,801   
  5,252       Cass Information Systems, Inc.      274,522   
  5,124       Cavium, Inc.(b)      331,984   
  10,356       CEVA, Inc.(b)      214,369   
  54,668       Checkpoint Systems, Inc.      566,360   
  27,187       ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES Bermuda Ltd. (Taiwan)      628,020   
  98,845       Ciber, Inc.(b)      348,923   
  35,901       Ciena Corp.(b)      764,691   
  10,660       Cimpress NV(b)      894,800   
  37,224       Cirrus Logic, Inc.(b)      1,257,427   
  19,881       Cognex Corp.(b)      892,458   
  18,564       Coherent, Inc.(b)      1,113,840   
  29,392       Cohu, Inc.      307,734   
  15,725       CommVault Systems, Inc.(b)      719,419   
  23,757       Computer Task Group, Inc.      195,520   
  5,699       comScore, Inc.(b)      298,400   
  24,384       Comtech Telecommunications Corp.      704,698   
  22,333       Comverse, Inc.(b)      547,158   
  8,382       Constant Contact, Inc.(b)      292,113   
  87,515       Convergys Corp.      1,984,840   
  5,194       CoStar Group, Inc.(b)      1,061,809   
  18,262       Cray, Inc.(b)      512,980   
  25,229       CSG Systems International, Inc.      734,668   
  28,054       CTS Corp.      503,289   
  70,694       Cypress Semiconductor Corp.(b)      941,644   
  53,153       Daktronics, Inc.      570,332   
  27,509       Datalink Corp.(b)      318,004   
  17,578       Dealertrack Technologies, Inc.(b)      690,991   
  3,368       Demandware, Inc.(b)      207,469   
  33,610       DHI Group, Inc.(b)      255,436   
  34,942       Digi International, Inc.(b)      352,914   
  29,228       Diodes, Inc.(b)      780,972   
  34,366       Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A      1,383,575   
  15,887       DSP Group, Inc.(b)      180,794   
  8,516       DTS, Inc.(b)      305,299   
  241,082       EarthLink Holdings Corp.      1,140,318   
  14,606       Ebix, Inc.(c)      398,598   
  24,292       Electro Rent Corp.      263,325   
  62,534       Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.      356,444   
  26,091       Electronics for Imaging, Inc.(b)      1,088,777   
  3,321       Ellie Mae, Inc.(b)      182,655   
  33,167       EMCORE Corp.(b)      180,760   
  119,785       Emulex Corp.(b)      960,676   
  20,582       EnerNOC, Inc.(b)      227,431   
  76,098       Entegris, Inc.(b)      1,012,864   
  117,242       Entropic Communications, Inc.(b)      354,071   
  3,449       Envestnet, Inc.(b)      176,796   
  4,797       EPAM Systems, Inc.(b)      310,414   
  26,101       Epiq Systems, Inc.      467,469   
  8,009       ePlus, Inc.(b)      664,427   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Information Technology (continued)   
  26,585       Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(b)    $ 1,554,691   
  27,190       EVERTEC, Inc.      563,649   
  20,169       Exar Corp.(b)      199,068   
  15,125       ExlService Holdings, Inc.(b)      520,754   
  80,818       Extreme Networks, Inc.(b)      203,661   
  30,974       Fabrinet (Thailand)(b)      560,939   
  10,605       FactSet Research Systems, Inc.      1,669,121   
  10,546       Fair Isaac Corp.      932,899   
  7,403       FARO Technologies, Inc.(b)      294,861   
  15,743       FEI Co.      1,187,967   
  65,951       Finisar Corp.(b)      1,340,784   
  10,631       FireEye, Inc.(b)      439,060   
  11,643       FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(b)      1,873,242   
  6,676       Fleetmatics Group PLC(b)      304,292   
  30,109       FormFactor, Inc.(b)      239,969   
  9,057       Forrester Research, Inc.      315,093   
  21,573       Fortinet, Inc.(b)      814,165   
  37,115       Freescale Semiconductor Ltd.(b)      1,450,825   
  18,119       Gartner, Inc.(b)      1,503,515   
  51,692       Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc.(b)      382,521   
  22,667       Global Payments, Inc.      2,273,047   
  9,077       GrubHub, Inc.(b)      373,700   
  26,294       GSI Group, Inc.(b)      349,184   
  4,452       Guidewire Software, Inc.(b)      222,377   
  22,876       Hackett Group, Inc. (The)      219,610   
  86,950       Harmonic, Inc.(b)      609,520   
  26,179       Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.      1,332,511   
  56,745       Higher One Holdings, Inc.(b)      159,453   
  20,115       Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd. (China)      441,927   
  16,362       HomeAway, Inc.(b)      457,318   
  65,400       Hutchinson Technology, Inc.(b)      154,344   
  31,930       IAC/InterActiveCorp.      2,229,353   
  7,735       IGATE Corp.(b)      367,877   
  56,743       II-VI, Inc.(b)      1,009,458   
  48,220       Imation Corp.(b)      197,220   
  27,799       Infinera Corp.(b)      522,621   
  37,247       Informatica Corp.(b)      1,790,463   
  10,317       Inphi Corp.(b)      221,300   
  47,959       Integrated Device Technology, Inc.(b)      872,374   
  25,077       Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc.      465,178   
  5,193       Interactive Intelligence Group, Inc.(b)      228,388   
  22,757       InterDigital, Inc.      1,245,263   
  37,337       Internap Corp.(b)      350,968   
  102,792       Intersil Corp., Class A      1,372,273   
  20,079       InterXion Holding NV (Netherlands)(b)      611,406   
  23,329       Intralinks Holdings, Inc.(b)      228,624   
  14,452       InvenSense, Inc.(b)(c)      215,624   
  7,102       IPG Photonics Corp.(b)      629,095   
  54,588       Itron, Inc.(b)      1,957,526   
  48,685       Ixia(b)      583,246   
  19,285       IXYS Corp.      218,113   
  16,997       j2 Global, Inc.      1,179,082   
  25,589       Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.      1,701,924   
  112,499       JDS Uniphase Corp.(b)      1,424,237   
  81,768       Kemet Corp.(b)      353,238   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Information Technology (continued)   
  72,580       Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (Singapore)(b)    $ 1,096,684   
  13,540       KVH Industries, Inc.(b)      182,655   
  80,320       Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(b)      476,298   
  61,442       Lionbridge Technologies, Inc.(b)      341,003   
  45,330       Liquidity Services, Inc.(b)      424,289   
  10,339       Littelfuse, Inc.      1,013,119   
  18,762       LivePerson, Inc.(b)      176,363   
  3,642       LogMeIn, Inc.(b)      233,744   
  143,036       Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. (South Korea)(b)      783,837   
  10,188       Manhattan Associates, Inc.(b)      535,481   
  44,574       ManTech International Corp., Class A      1,302,898   
  17,563       MAXIMUS, Inc.      1,124,208   
  29,001       Maxwell Technologies, Inc.(b)(c)      162,406   
  15,031       Mellanox Technologies Ltd. (Israel)(b)      698,791   
  56,160       Mentor Graphics Corp.      1,343,909   
  3,246       MercadoLibre, Inc. (Argentina)      462,003   
  24,690       Mercury Systems, Inc.(b)      340,969   
  17,352       Methode Electronics, Inc.      736,766   
  24,029       Micrel, Inc.      326,794   
  50,696       Microsemi Corp.(b)      1,691,219   
  3,054       MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A(b)      556,194   
  145,342       Millennial Media, Inc.(b)      225,280   
  33,393       MKS Instruments, Inc.      1,162,410   
  120,114       ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc.(b)      420,399   
  80,420       MoneyGram International, Inc.(b)      623,255   
  7,416       Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.      384,371   
  6,330       Monotype Imaging Holdings, Inc.      205,155   
  177,797       Monster Worldwide, Inc.(b)      1,047,224   
  8,782       MTS Systems Corp.      619,834   
  13,310       Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc.(b)      311,188   
  11,797       Nanometrics, Inc.(b)      182,382   
  52,026       National Instruments Corp.      1,487,944   
  49,585       Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. (South Africa)(b)      677,827   
  46,134       NETGEAR, Inc.(b)      1,396,476   
  18,150       NetScout Systems, Inc.(b)(c)      745,965   
  1,943       NetSuite, Inc.(b)      185,693   
  65,335       NeuStar, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      1,960,050   
  30,705       Newport Corp.(b)      585,544   
  29,529       NIC, Inc.      501,993   
  36,162       Novatel Wireless, Inc.(b)      219,142   
  163,344       Oclaro, Inc.(b)(c)      313,620   
  54,848       OmniVision Technologies, Inc.(b)      1,529,985   
  41,965       Orbotech Ltd. (Israel)(b)      753,272   
  11,658       OSI Systems, Inc.(b)      783,534   
  27,059       Pandora Media, Inc.(b)      482,733   
  34,291       Park Electrochemical Corp.      744,801   
  13,788       PC Connection, Inc.      334,911   
  10,217       Pegasystems, Inc.      220,074   
  21,524       Perficient, Inc.(b)      444,040   
  15,663       Pericom Semiconductor Corp.      196,101   
  98,658       Photronics, Inc.(b)      865,231   
  22,087       Plantronics, Inc.      1,176,574   
  47,214       Plexus Corp.(b)      2,032,563   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Information Technology (continued)   
  92,900       PMC-Sierra, Inc.(b)    $ 783,147   
  130,860       Polycom, Inc.(b)      1,707,723   
  9,203       Power Integrations, Inc.      455,456   
  43,058       PRGX Global, Inc.(b)      182,566   
  33,487       Progress Software Corp.(b)      884,057   
  51,921       PTC, Inc.(b)      1,990,651   
  12,596       Qlik Technologies, Inc.(b)      438,215   
  79,133       QLogic Corp.(b)      1,163,255   
  255,853       Quantum Corp.(b)      514,265   
  49,687       QuinStreet, Inc.(b)      269,800   
  37,236       Rackspace Hosting, Inc.(b)      2,007,020   
  16,635       Radware Ltd. (Israel)(b)      393,750   
  37,334       Rambus, Inc.(b)      516,703   
  18,251       RealD, Inc.(b)      224,122   
  36,124       RealNetworks, Inc.(b)      237,335   
  14,882       RealPage, Inc.(b)      295,259   
  17,306       RetailMeNot, Inc., Series 1(b)(c)      318,084   
  35,067       Rofin-Sinar Technologies, Inc.(b)      829,685   
  10,161       Rogers Corp.(b)      738,806   
  18,967       Rosetta Stone, Inc.(b)      158,564   
  77,252       Rovi Corp.(b)      1,429,935   
  49,964       Rubicon Technology, Inc.(b)(c)      191,862   
  27,491       Rudolph Technologies, Inc.(b)      352,710   
  19,166       Sabre Corp.      477,042   
  57,302       ScanSource, Inc.(b)      2,283,485   
  36,416       Seachange International, Inc.(b)      244,351   
  26,818       Semtech Corp.(b)      624,591   
  28,748       ShoreTel, Inc.(b)      200,086   
  33,603       Sigma Designs, Inc.(b)      268,488   
  37,491       Silicon Graphics International Corp.(b)      304,052   
  20,733       Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(b)      1,071,274   
  35,430       SINA Corp. (China)(b)      1,558,743   
  33,665       Sohu.com, Inc. (China)(b)      2,237,039   
  13,092       SolarWinds, Inc.(b)      638,628   
  27,891       Solera Holdings, Inc.      1,353,271   
  5,457       Splunk, Inc.(b)      362,045   
  22,116       SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.      1,330,720   
  3,639       Stamps.com, Inc.(b)      225,218   
  27,882       Stratasys Ltd.(b)(c)      1,044,181   
  26,530       SunEdison Semiconductor Ltd.(b)      592,415   
  51,868       SunEdison, Inc.(b)(c)      1,313,298   
  24,803       SunPower Corp.(b)(c)      798,409   
  16,672       Super Micro Computer, Inc.(b)      479,653   
  53,235       Sykes Enterprises, Inc.(b)      1,332,472   
  11,308       Synaptics, Inc.(b)      958,014   
  10,127       Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.(b)      464,627   
  12,419       Syntel, Inc.(b)      559,103   
  1,644       Tableau Software, Inc., Class A(b)      160,849   
  73,383       Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(b)      1,739,177   
  13,786       Tangoe, Inc.(b)      188,592   
  87,307       TeleCommunication Systems, Inc., Class A(b)      272,398   
  22,466       Telenav, Inc.(b)      187,816   
  21,829       TeleTech Holdings, Inc.      566,244   
  10,080       TESSCO Technologies, Inc.      254,722   
  14,792       Tessera Technologies, Inc.      534,139   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Information Technology (continued)   
  58,507       TiVo, Inc.(b)    $ 646,502   
  112,787       TTM Technologies, Inc.(b)      1,054,558   
  32,662       Twitter, Inc.(b)      1,272,512   
  4,484       Tyler Technologies, Inc.(b)      546,824   
  2,361       Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (The)(b)      392,445   
  32,144       Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.(b)      193,185   
  25,939       Ultratech, Inc.(b)      517,742   
  51,387       United Online, Inc.(b)      813,456   
  9,526       Universal Display Corp.(b)      419,811   
  43,026       Veeco Instruments, Inc.(b)      1,269,697   
  54,380       VeriFone Systems, Inc.(b)      1,945,173   
  22,332       Verint Systems, Inc.(b)      1,371,855   
  24,836       ViaSat, Inc.(b)      1,493,140   
  11,839       Virtusa Corp.(b)      471,192   
  20,588       Vishay Precision Group, Inc.(b)      293,791   
  20,936       VMware, Inc., Class A(b)      1,844,462   
  11,544       Web.com Group, Inc.(b)      212,063   
  14,086       WebMD Health Corp.(b)      621,897   
  16,388       WEX, Inc.(b)      1,847,091   
  5,444       Workday, Inc., Class A(b)      496,547   
  28,405       Xcerra Corp.(b)      279,221   
  11,289       XO Group, Inc.(b)      183,559   
  106,387       Yandex NV, Class A (Russia)(b)      2,046,886   
  7,331       Yelp, Inc., Class A(b)      288,768   
  19,039       Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(b)      1,753,111   
  2,629       Zillow Group, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      256,696   
  627,223       Zynga, Inc., Class A(b)      1,536,696   
     

 

 

 
        198,583,397   
     

 

 

 
   Materials—5.7%   
  36,068       A. Schulman, Inc.      1,531,087   
  71,884       A.M. Castle & Co.(b)(c)      281,785   
  10,692       AEP Industries, Inc.(b)      535,669   
  23,724       American Vanguard Corp.      258,829   
  14,323       Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp.      229,025   
  8,751       Balchem Corp.      458,727   
  52,086       Boise Cascade Co.(b)      1,807,384   
  35,922       Calgon Carbon Corp.      797,109   
  47,465       Carpenter Technology Corp.      2,052,861   
  44,441       Century Aluminum Co.(b)      572,844   
  105,973       China Green Agriculture, Inc. (China)      222,543   
  31,774       Clearwater Paper Corp.(b)      2,032,583   
  351,306       Coeur Mining, Inc.(b)(c)      1,833,817   
  4,196       Deltic Timber Corp.      268,544   
  15,463       Eagle Materials, Inc.      1,289,460   
  83,532       Ferro Corp.(b)      1,126,847   
  19,957       Flotek Industries, Inc.(b)      285,186   
  30,057       FutureFuel Corp.      326,720   
  42,488       Globe Specialty Metals, Inc.      846,361   
  67,223       Gold Resource Corp.      226,542   
  39,198       H.B. Fuller Co.      1,637,300   
  10,937       Hawkins, Inc.      431,465   
  13,923       Haynes International, Inc.      619,156   
  23,148       Headwaters, Inc.(b)      406,942   
  345,566       Hecla Mining Co.      1,043,609   
  38,405       Horsehead Holding Corp.(b)      574,155   
  21,902       Innophos Holdings, Inc.      1,157,302   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio (PRFZ) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Materials (continued)   
  17,005       Innospec, Inc.    $ 743,118   
  61,071       Intrepid Potash, Inc.(b)      765,220   
  22,204       Kaiser Aluminum Corp.      1,784,535   
  35,621       KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp.      995,607   
  54,393       Koppers Holdings, Inc.      1,222,755   
  73,360       Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc.(b)      1,653,534   
  39,267       Kronos Worldwide, Inc.      528,141   
  102,909       Louisiana-Pacific Corp.(b)      1,568,333   
  19,378       LSB Industries, Inc.(b)      821,821   
  24,918       Materion Corp.      996,471   
  394,852       McEwen Mining, Inc.(b)(c)      394,852   
  17,253       Minerals Technologies, Inc.      1,168,546   
  853,861       Molycorp, Inc.(b)(c)      787,943   
  28,837       Myers Industries, Inc.      466,294   
  12,080       Neenah Paper, Inc.      730,478   
  256,991       Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp.      858,350   
  27,918       Olympic Steel, Inc.      305,702   
  60,714       OM Group, Inc.      1,823,849   
  84,122       OMNOVA Solutions, Inc.(b)      672,135   
  29,387       Orion Engineered Carbons SA      575,397   
  65,038       P.H. Glatfelter Co.      1,612,942   
  8,577       Quaker Chemical Corp.      713,778   
  212,528       Rentech, Inc.(b)      255,034   
  26,803       Royal Gold, Inc.      1,729,598   
  35,290       RTI International Metals, Inc.(b)      1,328,668   
  57,265       Ryerson Holding Corp.(b)      317,248   
  108,975       Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Class A      1,898,344   
  24,820       Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.      1,097,292   
  29,099       Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The), Class A      1,877,176   
  28,991       Stepan Co.      1,476,512   
  76,949       Stillwater Mining Co.(b)      1,033,425   
  105,250       SunCoke Energy, Inc.      1,845,032   
  27,439       Tredegar Corp.      561,676   
  43,662       Trinseo SA(b)      994,184   
  72,424       Tronox Ltd., Class A      1,517,283   
  8,523       UFP Technologies, Inc.(b)      172,932   
  11,252       Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc.(b)      236,292   
  6,447       US Concrete, Inc.(b)      234,026   
  89,194       Verso Corp.(b)(c)      124,872   
  2,149,033       Walter Energy, Inc.      1,090,204   
  58,355       Wausau Paper Corp.      543,869   
  22,724       Westlake Chemical Corp.      1,772,018   
  60,830       Worthington Industries, Inc.      1,644,235   
  29,590       Zep, Inc.      588,249   
     

 

 

 
        66,381,822   
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—1.5%   
  38,264       8x8, Inc.(b)      334,045   
  161,280       Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc.(b)      367,718   
  9,941       Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc.      656,305   
  505,202       Cincinnati Bell, Inc.(b)      1,732,843   
  13,297       Cogent Communications Group, Inc.      465,262   
  58,757       Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.      1,238,010   
  36,404       FairPoint Communications, Inc.(b)(c)      717,887   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Telecommunication Services (continued)   
  55,881       General Communication, Inc., Class A(b)    $ 886,273   
  15,598       Hawaiian Telcom Holdco, Inc.(b)      410,851   
  24,572       IDT Corp., Class B      418,461   
  36,583       Inteliquent, Inc.      695,443   
  81,274       Intelsat SA(b)(c)      1,023,240   
  111,823       Iridium Communications, Inc.(b)(c)      1,137,240   
  18,456       Lumos Networks Corp.      260,968   
  190,134       NTELOS Holdings Corp.      1,104,678   
  32,760       ORBCOMM, Inc.(b)      197,215   
  60,884       Premiere Global Services, Inc.(b)      621,626   
  15,975       SBA Communications Corp., Class A(b)      1,850,224   
  18,798       Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.      647,779   
  39,608       Spok Holdings, Inc.      745,621   
  34,342       United States Cellular Corp.(b)      1,268,250   
  140,980       Vonage Holdings Corp.(b)      652,737   
     

 

 

 
        17,432,676   
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—1.6%   
  17,748       Abengoa Yield PLC (Spain)(c)      601,835   
  26,944       American States Water Co.      1,034,380   
  9,883       Artesian Resources Corp., Class A      212,880   
  48,060       California Water Service Group      1,147,192   
  13,804       Chesapeake Utilities Corp.      659,555   
  8,653       Connecticut Water Service, Inc.      311,508   
  18,654       Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (Cayman Islands)(c)      224,035   
  48,661       El Paso Electric Co.      1,810,676   
  65,443       Empire District Electric Co. (The)      1,542,491   
  36,963       Laclede Group, Inc. (The)      1,919,489   
  32,153       MGE Energy, Inc.      1,333,706   
  17,148       Middlesex Water Co.      390,460   
  40,081       Northwest Natural Gas Co.(c)      1,871,783   
  5,409       NRG Yield, Inc., Class A(c)      266,123   
  11,997       Ormat Technologies, Inc.      438,970   
  41,976       Otter Tail Corp.      1,255,502   
  13,037       Pattern Energy Group, Inc.      377,812   
  16,115       SJW Corp.      471,364   
  31,796       South Jersey Industries, Inc.      1,677,239   
  20,462       Unitil Corp.      699,800   
  9,363       York Water Co. (The)      235,573   
     

 

 

 
        18,482,373   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $1,039,345,389)
     1,158,449,418   
     

 

 

 
     
   Warrants—0.0%   
   Energy—0.0%   
  4,742       Magnum Hunter Resources Corp., expiring 04/15/16(b)
(Cost $0)
     0   
     

 

 

 
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio (PRFZ) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Money Market Fund—0.1%   
  1,682,851       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)
(Cost $1,682,851)
   $ 1,682,851   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $1,041,028,240)—100.1%
     1,160,132,269   
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan    
     
   Money Market Fund—5.9%   
  67,606,210       Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)(e)
(Cost $67,606,210)
     67,606,210   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $1,108,634,450)—106.0%
     1,227,738,479   
   Other assets less liabilities—(6.0)%      (69,228,804
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 1,158,509,675   
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2015.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
(e)  The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower’s return of the securities loaned. See Note 2G. The following table presents the Fund’s gross and net amount of assets available for offset by the Fund as of April 30, 2015.

 

Counterparty

   Gross Amount
of Securities on
Loan at Value
     Cash Collateral
Received for
Securities
Loaned*
     Net
Amount
 
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    $ 65,225,753       $ (65,225,753    $   

 

* Amount does not include excess collateral received, if any.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

April 30, 2015

 

    PowerShares
DWA NASDAQ
Momentum
Portfolio (DWAQ)
     PowerShares
Dynamic Market
Portfolio (PWC)
     PowerShares
FTSE RAFI
US 1000
Portfolio (PRF)
     PowerShares
FTSE RAFI
US 1500 Small-Mid
Portfolio  (PRFZ)
 
Assets:           

Unaffiliated investments, at value(a)

  $ 30,033,015       $ 168,992,410       $ 4,554,581,507       $ 1,158,449,418   

Affiliated investments, at value

    75,896         102,293         40,425,017         69,289,061   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

    30,108,911         169,094,703         4,595,006,524         1,227,738,479   

Cash

                            10,782   

Receivables:

          

Dividends

    3,598         53,008         4,836,467         460,979   

Foreign tax reclaims

    184                 2,074         1,636   

Investments sold

                            44,349   

Securities lending

                    75,941         238,050   

Other assets

                    143           
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets

    30,112,693         169,147,711         4,599,921,149         1,228,494,275   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liabilities:

Due to custodian

                    1,800,558           

Payables:

          

Investments purchased

                            1,341,830   

Collateral upon return of securities loaned

                    36,139,688         67,606,210   

Accrued advisory fees

    4,060         72,430         981,670         200,733   

Accrued trustees’ and officer’s fees

    16,026         30,068         111,126         40,373   

Accrued expenses

    69,409         95,004         2,871,289         795,454   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

    89,495         197,502         41,904,331         69,984,600   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 30,023,198       $ 168,950,209       $ 4,558,016,818       $ 1,158,509,675   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets Consist of:

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 82,655,770       $ 479,047,436       $ 3,997,025,771       $ 1,069,502,995   

Undistributed net investment income

    8,342         161,208         10,571,766         2,242,185   

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (56,087,853      (315,927,442      (178,871,439      (32,339,534

Net unrealized appreciation

    3,446,939         5,669,007         729,290,720         119,104,029   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 30,023,198       $ 168,950,209       $ 4,558,016,818       $ 1,158,509,675   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding (unlimited amount authorized, $0.01 par value)

    400,000         2,300,000         49,300,000         11,200,000   

Net asset value

  $ 75.06       $ 73.46       $ 92.45       $ 103.44   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market price

  $ 75.10       $ 73.40       $ 92.43       $ 103.45   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

  $ 26,586,076       $ 163,323,403       $ 3,825,959,596       $ 1,039,345,389   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Affiliated investments, at cost

  $ 75,896       $ 102,293       $ 39,756,208       $ 69,289,061   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

  $ 26,661,972       $ 163,425,696       $ 3,865,715,804       $ 1,108,634,450   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(a) Includes securities on loan with an aggregate value of

  $       $       $ 32,307,519       $ 65,225,753   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations

For the year ended April 30, 2015

 

    PowerShares
DWA NASDAQ
Momentum
Portfolio (DWAQ)
     PowerShares
Dynamic Market
Portfolio (PWC)
     PowerShares
FTSE RAFI
US 1000
Portfolio (PRF)
     PowerShares
FTSE RAFI
US 1500 Small-Mid
Portfolio (PRFZ)
 
Investment Income:           

Unaffiliated dividend income

  $ 182,039       $ 2,877,011       $ 91,881,190       $ 16,738,641   

Affiliated dividend income

    11         23         161,597         121   

Securities lending income

                    748,911         1,728,970   

Foreign withholding tax

    (99              (5,771      (11,416
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Income

    181,951         2,877,034         92,785,927         18,456,316   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Expenses:

Advisory fees

    132,697         944,873         11,647,703         3,005,344   

Accounting & administration fees

    36,770         37,673         771,588         197,580   

Professional fees

    30,446         29,867         81,053         39,540   

Sub-licensing fees

    16,581         56,692         3,614,805         932,694   

Custodian & transfer agent fees

    10,250         9,554         84,653         41,150   

Trustees’ and officer’s fees

    8,331         11,492         80,243         26,988   

Other expenses

    21,004         24,801         202,184         118,903   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Expenses

    256,079         1,114,952         16,482,229         4,362,199   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less: Waivers

    (96,933      (198      (814,623      (321,380
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Expenses

    159,146         1,114,754         15,667,606         4,040,819   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

    22,805         1,762,280         77,118,321         14,415,497   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

Net realized gain (loss) from:

          

Investment securities

    (3,437,510      (25,467,869      (2,618,317      (147,599

In-kind redemptions

    1,579,701         35,890,801         204,799,741         74,386,420   

Foreign currencies

                            (1,273
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

    (1,857,809      10,422,932         202,181,424         74,237,548   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

          

Investment securities

    5,672,817         (622,185      110,266,901         1,016,036   

Foreign currencies

                            (938
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    5,672,817         (622,185      110,266,901         1,015,098   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain

    3,815,008         9,800,747         312,448,325         75,252,646   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 3,837,813       $ 11,563,027       $ 389,566,646       $ 89,668,143   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended April 30, 2015 and 2014

 

    PowerShares DWA NASDAQ
Momentum Portfolio (DWAQ)
     PowerShares Dynamic
Market Portfolio (PWC)
 
    2015      2014      2015      2014  
Operations:           

Net investment income

  $ 22,805       $ 81,140       $ 1,762,280       $ 1,507,145   

Net realized gain (loss)

    (1,857,809      7,845,444         10,422,932         42,915,167   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    5,672,817         (5,108,462      (622,185      (7,584,688
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    3,837,813         2,818,122         11,563,027         36,837,624   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Distributions to Shareholders from:

Net investment income

            (102,874      (1,899,933      (1,443,855
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Shareholder Transactions:

Proceeds from shares sold

    17,886,325         38,073,218         389,553,289         310,118,300   

Value of shares repurchased

    (17,435,268      (37,214,086      (416,484,985      (299,950,822
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from shares transactions

    451,057         859,132         (26,931,696      10,167,478   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    4,288,870         3,574,380         (17,268,602      45,561,247   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets:

Beginning of year

    25,734,328         22,159,948         186,218,811         140,657,564   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 30,023,198       $ 25,734,328       $ 168,950,209       $ 186,218,811   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income (loss) at end of year

  $ 8,342       $ (13,051    $ 161,208       $ 233,919   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Changes in Shares Outstanding:

Shares sold

    250,000         600,000         5,300,000         4,900,000   

Shares repurchased

    (250,000      (600,000      (5,650,000      (4,750,000

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

    400,000         400,000         2,650,000         2,500,000   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

    400,000         400,000         2,300,000         2,650,000   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares FTSE RAFI US
1000 Portfolio (PRF)
     PowerShares FTSE RAFI US
1500 Small-Mid Portfolio (PRFZ)
 
2015      2014      2015      2014  
        
$ 77,118,321       $ 45,938,852       $ 14,415,497       $ 8,550,955   
  202,181,424         119,763,331         74,237,548         79,175,946   
  110,266,901         316,724,319         1,015,098         69,309,882   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  389,566,646         482,426,502         89,668,143         157,036,783   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (73,911,874      (42,658,537      (14,188,599      (7,637,848

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,355,924,502         1,350,714,852         319,485,155         443,192,650   
  (419,258,912      (263,236,412      (195,186,019      (197,623,306

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  936,665,590         1,087,478,440         124,299,136         245,569,344   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,252,320,362         1,527,246,405         199,778,680         394,968,279   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  3,305,696,456         1,778,450,051         958,730,995         563,762,716   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 4,558,016,818       $ 3,305,696,456       $ 1,158,509,675       $ 958,730,995   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 10,571,766       $ 7,365,319       $ 2,242,185       $ 1,928,173   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  15,150,000         17,000,000         3,150,000         4,700,000   
  (4,550,000      (3,200,000      (1,900,000      (2,000,000
  38,700,000         24,900,000         9,950,000         7,250,000   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  49,300,000         38,700,000         11,200,000         9,950,000   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Financial Highlights

 

PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio (DWAQ)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014     2013     2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:           

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 64.34       $ 55.40     $ 51.32     $ 53.76     $ 45.15  

Net investment income(a)

    0.06         0.21        0.71 (b)      0.10        0.07   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    10.66         9.00        4.18        (2.50     8.65   

Total from investment operations

    10.72         9.21       4.89       (2.40     8.72  

Distributions to shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

            (0.27     (0.81     (0.04     (0.11

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 75.06       $ 64.34     $ 55.40     $ 51.32     $ 53.76  

Market price at end of year(c)

  $ 75.10       $ 64.32     $ 55.32     $ 51.30     $ 53.75  
Net Asset Value Total Return(d)     16.66      16.64     9.75     (4.46 )%      19.34
Market Price Total Return(d)     16.76      16.77     9.63     (4.48 )%      19.31
Ratios/Supplemental Data:           

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 30,023       $ 25,734      $ 22,160      $ 28,224      $ 40,321   

Ratio to average net assets of:

          

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.60      0.60 %(e)      0.60     0.60     0.60

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.96      0.91 %(e)      0.95     0.93     0.91

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.09      0.32     1.42 %(b)      0.22     0.15

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

    154      296     118     99     75

 

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets include a special cash dividend received of $4 per share owned of Warner Chilcott PLC on August 29, 2012. Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets excluding the special dividend are $0.43 and 0.87%, respectively.
(c)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(d)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(e)  In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests. Estimated investment company expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the investment companies and are deducted from the value of the funds that the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated investment company expenses that the Fund bears indirectly is included in the Fund’s total return.
(f)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2014, the portfolio turnover calculation includes the value of securities purchased and sold in the effort to realign the Fund’s portfolio holdings due to the underlying index change.

PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio (PWC)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 70.27       $ 56.26      $ 46.78      $ 48.26     $ 40.38  

Net investment income(a)

    0.68         0.60         0.82         0.44        0.57   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    3.25         13.99         9.51         (1.52     7.94   

Total from investment operations

    3.93         14.59        10.33        (1.08     8.51  

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.74      (0.58      (0.85      (0.40     (0.63

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 73.46       $ 70.27      $ 56.26      $ 46.78     $ 48.26  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 73.40       $ 70.27      $ 56.23      $ 46.75     $ 48.24  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     5.58      26.09      22.39      (2.12 )%      21.34
Market Price Total Return(c)     5.49      26.15      22.40      (2.14 )%      21.29
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 168,950       $ 186,219       $ 140,658       $ 128,644      $ 188,207   

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.59      0.60      0.60      0.60     0.60

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.59      0.60      0.60      0.62     0.64

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.93      0.94      1.68      1.00     1.38

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    237      244      166      133     107

 

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio (PRF)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012      2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:              

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 85.42       $ 71.42      $ 59.73      $ 60.72      $ 52.93  

Net investment income(a)

    1.72         1.45         1.31         1.12         1.07   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    6.93         13.89         11.66         (0.99      7.63   

Total from investment operations

    8.65         15.34        12.97        0.13        8.70  

Distributions to shareholders from:

             

Net investment income

    (1.62      (1.34      (1.28      (1.12      (0.91

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 92.45       $ 85.42      $ 71.42      $ 59.73      $ 60.72  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 92.43       $ 85.37      $ 71.42      $ 59.72      $ 60.71  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     10.19      21.68      22.06      0.41      16.72
Market Price Total Return(c)     10.23      21.61      22.09      0.41      16.63
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 4,558,017       $ 3,305,696       $ 1,778,450       $ 1,388,661       $ 1,208,246   

Ratio to average net assets of:

             

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.39      0.39      0.39      0.39      0.39

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.41      0.41      0.43      0.43      0.44

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.92      1.84      2.10      2.00      2.01

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    10      12      13      6      9

 

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio (PRFZ)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 96.35       $ 77.76      $ 66.71      $ 70.66     $ 59.82  

Net investment income(a)

    1.38         0.98         1.13         0.73        0.50   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    7.04         18.52         11.08         (4.04     10.80   

Total from investment operations

    8.42         19.50        12.21        (3.31     11.30  

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (1.33      (0.91      (1.16      (0.64     (0.46

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 103.44       $ 96.35      $ 77.76      $ 66.71     $ 70.66  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 103.45       $ 96.38      $ 77.67      $ 66.72     $ 70.64  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     8.80      25.22      18.56      (4.60 )%      19.04
Market Price Total Return(c)     8.78      25.40      18.41      (4.56 )%      19.06
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 1,158,510       $ 958,731       $ 563,763       $ 463,645      $ 409,826   

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.39      0.39      0.39      0.39     0.39

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.42      0.42      0.43      0.44     0.46

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.39      1.08      1.64      1.17     0.82

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    26      31      30      15     19

 

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

April 30, 2015

 

Note 1. Organization

PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (the “Trust”) was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on June 9, 2000 and is authorized to have multiple series of portfolios. The Trust is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As of April 30, 2015, the Trust offered fifty-three portfolios. This report includes the following portfolios:

 

Full Name

  

Short Name

PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio (DWAQ)    “DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio”
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio (PWC)    “Dynamic Market Portfolio”
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio (PRF)    “FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio”
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio (PRFZ)    “FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio”

Each portfolio (each, a “Fund”, and collectively, the “Funds”) represents a separate series of the Trust. The shares of the Funds are referred to herein as “Shares” or “Fund’s Shares.” Each Fund’s Shares are listed and traded on NYSE Arca, Inc., except for Shares of FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, which are listed and traded on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC.

The market price of each Share may differ to some degree from the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”). Unlike conventional mutual funds, each Fund issues and redeems Shares on a continuous basis, at NAV, only in a large specified number of Shares, each called a “Creation Unit.” Creation Units are issued and redeemed principally in exchange for the deposit or delivery of a basket of securities (“Deposit Securities”). Except when aggregated in Creation Units by Authorized Participants, the Shares are not individually redeemable securities of the Funds.

The investment objective of each Fund is to seek investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of its respective index listed below (each, an “Underlying Index”):

 

Fund

  

Underlying Index

DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright NASDAQ Technical LeadersTM Index
Dynamic Market Portfolio    Dynamic Market IntellidexSM Index
FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio    FTSE RAFI US 1000 Index
FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio    FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Index

Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies

The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from these estimates. In addition, the Funds monitor for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print. The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in preparation of their financial statements.

A. Security Valuation

Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policies:

A security listed or traded on an exchange (except convertible securities) is valued at its last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded, or lacking any sales or official closing price on a particular day, the security may be valued at the closing bid price on that day. Securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued based on prices furnished by independent pricing services or market makers. When such securities are valued by an independent pricing service they may be considered fair valued. Futures contracts are valued at the final settlement price set by an exchange on which they are principally traded. Listed options are valued at the mean between the last bid and asked prices from the exchange on which they are principally traded. Options not listed on an exchange are valued by an independent source at the mean between the last bid and asked prices. For purposes of determining NAV per Share, futures and option contracts generally are valued 15 minutes after the close of the customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).

Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end of day NAV per share. Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded.

 

 

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Debt obligations (including convertible securities) and unlisted equities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate (for unlisted equities), yield (for debt obligations), quality, type of issue, coupon rate (for debt obligations), maturity (for debt obligations), individual trading characteristics and other market data. Securities with a demand feature exercisable within one to seven days are valued at par. Debt obligations are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt obligations involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

Foreign securities’ (including foreign exchange contracts’) prices are converted into U.S. dollar amounts using the applicable exchange rates as of the close of the London world markets. If market quotations are available and reliable for foreign exchange-traded equity securities, the securities will be valued at the market quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a particular security and the close of the customary trading session on the NYSE, events occur that Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”) determines are significant and make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. If the event is likely to have affected the closing price of the security, the security will be valued at fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Adjustments to closing prices to reflect fair value may also be based on a screening process of an independent pricing service to indicate the degree of certainty, based on historical data, that the closing price in the principal market where a foreign security trades is not the current value as of the close of the NYSE. Foreign securities’ prices meeting the approved degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be priced at the indication of fair value from the independent pricing service. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining adjustments to reflect fair value and may include information relating to sector indices, American Depositary Receipts and domestic and foreign index futures. Foreign securities may have additional risks including exchange rate changes, potential for sharply devalued currencies and high inflation, political and economic upheaval, the relative lack of issuer information, relatively low market liquidity and the potential lack of strict financial and accounting controls and standards.

Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by independent sources. The last bid price may be used to value equity securities. The mean between the last bid and asked prices is used to value debt obligations, including corporate loans.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or became unreliable are valued at fair value as determined in good faith following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Issuer-specific events, market trends, bid/asked quotes of brokers and information providers and other market data may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of a security’s fair value.

Each Fund may invest in securities that are subject to interest rate risk, meaning the risk that the prices will generally fall as interest rates rise and, conversely, the prices will generally rise as interest rates fall. Specific securities differ in their sensitivity to changes in interest rates depending on their individual characteristics. Changes in interest rates may result in increased market volatility, which may affect the value and/or liquidity of certain Fund investments.

Valuations change in response to many factors, including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of the issuer’s assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

B. Other Risks

Index Risk. Unlike many investment companies, the Funds do not utilize investing strategies that seek returns in excess of their Underlying Indexes. Therefore, a Fund would not necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed, respectively, from its respective Underlying Index, even if that security generally is underperforming.

Equity Risk. Equity risk is the risk that the value of the securities that each Fund holds will fall due to general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding the industries in which the issuers of securities that a Fund holds participate or factors relating to specific companies in which the Fund invests. For example, an adverse event, such as an unfavorable earnings report, may depress the value of securities a Fund holds; the price of securities may be particularly sensitive to general movements in the stock market; or a drop in the stock market may depress the price of most or all of the securities a Fund holds. In addition, securities of an issuer in the Fund’s portfolio may decline in price if the issuer fails to make anticipated dividend payments because, among other reasons, the issuer of the security experiences a decline in its financial condition.

Industry Concentration Risk. In following its methodology, each Fund’s Underlying Index from time to time may be concentrated to a significant degree in securities of issuers located in a single industry or a sector. To the extent that an Underlying Index concentrates in the securities of issuers in a particular industry or sector, each Fund will also concentrate its investments to approximately the same extent. By concentrating its investments in an industry or sector, a Fund may face more risks than if it were diversified broadly over numerous industries or sectors. In addition, at times, an industry or sector may be out of favor and underperform other industries or the market as a whole. Any factors detrimental to the performance of such industry or sector will disproportionately impact a Fund’s NAV.

 

 

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Non-Correlation Risk. Each Fund’s return may not match the return of its Underlying Index for a number of reasons. For example, each Fund incurs operating expenses not applicable to its Underlying Index, and incurs costs in buying and selling securities, especially when rebalancing the Fund’s securities holdings to reflect changes in the composition of its Underlying Index. In addition, the performance of each Fund and its Underlying Index may vary due to asset valuation differences and differences between each Fund’s portfolio and its Underlying Index resulting from legal restrictions, cost or liquidity constraints.

Momentum Investing Risk. DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio employs a “momentum” style of investing that is subject to the risk that the securities may be more volatile than the market as a whole, or that the returns on securities that have previously exhibited price momentum are less than returns on other styles of investing. Momentum can turn quickly, and stocks that previously exhibited high momentum may not experience continued positive momentum. In addition, there may be periods when the momentum style of investing is out of favor and therefore, the investment performance of the Fund may suffer.

Small and Medium Capitalization Company Risk. For FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, investing in securities of small and medium capitalization companies involves greater risk than customarily is associated with investing in larger, more established companies. These companies’ securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies. These securities may have returns that vary, sometimes significantly, from the overall securities market. Often small and medium capitalization companies and the industries in which they focus are still evolving and, as a result, they may be more sensitive to changing market conditions.

Portfolio Turnover Risk. The Funds may engage in frequent trading of their portfolio securities in connection with the rebalancing or adjustment of their respective Underlying Index. A portfolio turnover rate of 200%, for example, is equivalent to a Fund buying and selling all of its securities two times during the course of a year. A high portfolio turnover rate (such as 100% or more) could result in high brokerage costs for a Fund. While a high portfolio turnover rate can result in an increase in taxable capital gain distributions to a Fund’s shareholders, each Fund will seek to utilize an in-kind creation and redemption mechanism to minimize realization of capital gains to the extent possible.

C. Federal Income Taxes

Each Fund intends to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to its shareholders. As such, the Funds will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized gains) that is distributed to the shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

Each Fund recognizes the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only when the position is more likely than not to be sustained. Management has analyzed each Fund’s uncertain tax positions and concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions. Management is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next 12 months.

Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences are primarily due to differing book and tax treatments for in-kind transactions, losses deferred due to wash sales, and passive foreign investment company adjustments, if any.

The Funds file U.S. federal tax returns and tax returns in certain other jurisdictions. Generally, a Fund is subject to examinations by such taxing authorities for up to three years after the filing of the return for the tax period.

D. Investment Transactions and Investment Income

Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses from the sale or disposition of securities are computed on the specific identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Realized gains, dividends and interest received by a Fund may give rise to withholding and other taxes imposed by foreign countries. Tax conventions between certain countries and the United States may reduce or eliminate such taxes.

Corporate actions (including cash dividends) are recorded net of non-reclaimable foreign tax withholdings on the ex-date.

E. Expenses

Expenses of the Trust that are directly identifiable to a specific Fund are applied to that Fund. Expenses of the Trust that are not readily identifiable to a specific Fund are allocated in such a manner as deemed equitable, taking into consideration the nature and type of expense and the relative net assets of each Fund.

Each Fund is responsible for all of its expenses, including the investment advisory fees, costs of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, legal, audit and other services, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with executions of portfolio transactions, sub-licensing fees related to its respective Underlying Index, any distribution fees or expenses, litigation expenses, fees payable to the Trust’s Board members who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust (the

 

 

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“Independent Trustees”) or the Adviser, expenses incurred in connection with the Board members’ services, including travel expenses and legal fees of counsel for the Independent Trustees, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, and extraordinary expenses.

To the extent a Fund invests in other investment companies, the expenses shown in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of the Fund and do not include any expenses of the investment companies in which it invests. The effects of such investment companies’ expenses are included in the realized and unrealized gain or loss on the investments in the investment companies.

F. Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders

Each Fund declares and pays dividends from net investment income, if any, to its shareholders quarterly and records such dividends on ex-dividend date. Generally, each Fund distributes net realized taxable capital gains, if any, annually in cash and records them on ex-dividend date. Such distributions on a tax basis are determined in conformity with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. Distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits, if any, are reported in such Fund’s financial statements as a tax return of capital at fiscal year-end.

G. Securities Lending

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio and FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio participated in securities lending. Each Fund loaned portfolio securities having a market value up to one-third of each Fund’s total assets. Such loans are secured by cash collateral equal to no less than 102% (105% for international) of the market value of the loaned securities determined daily by the securities lending provider. Cash collateral received in connection with these loans is invested in an affiliated money market fund and is shown as such on the Schedule of Investments. It is the policy of these Funds to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to a Fund if, and to the extent that, the market value of the securities loaned were to increase, and the borrower did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower failed to return the securities. Upon the failure of the borrower to return the securities, collateral may be liquidated and the securities may be purchased on the open market to replace the loaned securities. A Fund could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral. A Fund bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested. Dividends received on cash collateral investments for securities lending transactions, which are net of compensation to counterparties, are included in Securities lending income on the Statements of Operations. The aggregate value of securities out on loan, if any, is shown on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Note 3. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Agreements

The Trust has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Adviser on behalf of each Fund, pursuant to which the Adviser has overall responsibility for the selection and ongoing monitoring of the Funds’ investments, managing the Funds’ business affairs and providing certain clerical, bookkeeping and other administrative services. Pursuant to that Investment Advisory Agreement, each of DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio and Dynamic Market Portfolio has agreed to pay the Adviser an annual fee of 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, and each of FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio and FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio has agreed to pay the Adviser an annual fee of 0.29% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

The Trust also has entered into an Amended and Restated Excess Expense Agreement (the “Expense Agreement”) with the Adviser on behalf of each Fund. For the FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio and the FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, the Adviser has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses (excluding interest expenses, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, offering costs, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, and extraordinary expenses) of each Fund from exceeding 0.39% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year (the “Expense Cap”), through at least August 31, 2016. Offering costs excluded from the Expense Cap for these Funds are: (a) initial legal fees pertaining to the Funds’ Shares offered for sale; (b) initial Securities and Exchange Commission and state registration fees; and (c) initial fees paid to be listed on an exchange. For the DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio and the Dynamic Market Portfolio, the Adviser has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses (excluding interest expenses, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, and extraordinary expenses) of each Fund from exceeding 0.60% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year, through at least August 31, 2016. Unless the Adviser continues the Expense Agreement, it will terminate on August 31, 2016. The Expense Agreement cannot be terminated during its term. The Adviser did not waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses during the period under this Expense Cap for Dynamic Market Portfolio.

Further, through August 31, 2017, the Adviser has contractually agreed to waive a portion of each Fund’s management fee in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fees an affiliate of the Adviser receives that are attributable to certain of the Fund’s investments in money market funds managed by that affiliate (excluding investments of cash collateral from securities lending). The Adviser cannot discontinue this waiver prior to its expiration. This agreement is not subject to recapture by the Adviser.

 

 

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For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the Adviser waived fees and/or paid Fund expenses for each Fund in the following amounts:

 

DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio    $ 96,933   
Dynamic Market Portfolio      198   
FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio      814,623   
FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio      321,380   

For FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio and FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, the Expense Agreement provides that the fees waived or expenses borne by the Adviser are subject to recapture by the Adviser for up to three years, but no recapture payment will be made by a Fund if it would result in the Fund exceeding its Expense Cap as specified above. For DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio and Dynamic Market Portfolio, the expenses borne by the Adviser are not subject to recapture.

For the following Funds, the amounts available for potential future recapture by the Adviser under the Excess Expense Agreement and the expiration schedule at April 30, 2015 are as follows:

 

     Total
Potential
Recapture
Amounts
     Potential Recapture Amounts
Expiring
 
        4/30/16      4/30/17      4/30/18  
FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio    $ 1,968,680       $ 519,689       $ 637,211       $ 811,780   
FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio      806,238         211,738         273,970         320,530   

The Trust has entered into a Distribution Agreement with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), which serves as the distributor of Creation Units for each Fund. The Distributor does not maintain a secondary market in the Shares. The Funds are not charged any fees pursuant to the Distribution Agreement. The Distributor is an affiliate of the Adviser.

The Adviser has entered into a licensing agreement for each Fund with the following entities (each, a “Licensor”):

 

Fund

  

Licensor

DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright & Associates, Inc.
Dynamic Market Portfolio    NYSE Arca, Inc.
FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio    FTSE International Ltd.
FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio    FTSE International Ltd.

Each Underlying Index name trademark is owned by its respective Licensor. These trademarks have been licensed to the Adviser for use by the Funds. Each Fund is entitled to use its Underlying Index pursuant to the Trust’s sub-licensing agreement with the Adviser. The Funds are required to pay the sub-licensing fees that are shown on the Statements of Operations. The Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by the Licensors, and the Licensors make no representation regarding the advisability of investing in any of the Funds.

The Trust has entered into service agreements whereby The Bank of New York Mellon, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, serves as the administrator, custodian, fund accountant and transfer agent for each Fund.

Note 4. Investments in Affiliates

The Adviser and Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd., and therefore Invesco Ltd. and Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT are considered to be affiliated with the Funds. The table below shows FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio’s transactions in, and earnings from, its investments in affiliates for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015.

FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio

 

     Value
April 30, 2014
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Realized
Gain
     Value
April 30, 2015
     Dividend
Income
 
Invesco Ltd.    $ 2,251,609       $ 1,007,114       $ (324,623    $ 411,963       $ 40,353       $ 3,386,416       $ 73,002   
Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT      628,892         356,372         (18,905      (67,912      466         898,913         88,248   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments in Affiliates    $ 2,880,501       $ 1,363,486       $ (343,528    $ 344,051       $ 40,819       $ 4,285,329       $ 161,250   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Note 5. Additional Valuation Information

GAAP defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, under current market conditions. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation methods, giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical assets (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), generally when market prices are not readily

 

 

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available or are unreliable. Based on the valuation inputs, the securities or other investments are tiered into one of three levels. Changes in valuation methods may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned level:

 

  Level 1 — Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets.

 

  Level 2 — Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others.

 

  Level 3 — Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect a Fund’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information.

Except for the Funds listed below, as of April 30, 2015, all of the securities in each Fund were valued based on Level 1 inputs (see the Schedules of Investments for security categories). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

 

     Investments in Securities  
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  
FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio            

Equity Securities

   $ 4,594,834,342       $       $ 172,182       $ 4,595,006,524   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio            

Equity Securities

   $ 1,227,738,479       $ 0       $       $ 1,227,738,479   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Note 6. Distributions to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended April 30, 2015 and 2014:

 

     2015      2014  
     Ordinary
Income
     Ordinary
Income
 
DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio    $       $ 102,874   
Dynamic Market Portfolio      1,899,933         1,443,855   
FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio      73,911,874         42,658,537   
FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio      14,188,599         7,637,848   

Tax Components of Net Assets at Fiscal Year-End:

 

    Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
    Temporary
Book/Tax
Differences
    Net
Unrealized
Appreciation—
Investment
Securities
    Capital Loss
Carryforwards
    Post-October
Capital
Losses
Deferrals*
    Shares of
Beneficial
Interest
    Total Net
Assets
 
DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio   $ 22,077      $ (13,735   $ 3,424,079      $ (54,879,293   $ (1,185,700   $ 82,655,770      $ 30,023,198   
Dynamic Market Portfolio     188,076        (26,868     5,366,661        (298,975,809     (16,649,287     479,047,436        168,950,209   
FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio     10,658,586        (86,820     681,697,352        (130,678,950     (599,121     3,997,025,771        4,558,016,818   
FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio     2,650,641        (32,765     101,432,664        (12,547,355     (2,496,505     1,069,502,995        1,158,509,675   

 

* The Funds will elect to defer net capital losses incurred after October 31 (“Post-October Capital Losses”) within the taxable year that are deemed to arise on the first business day of each Fund’s next taxable year.

Capital loss carryforwards are calculated and reported as of a specific date. Results of transactions and other activity after that date may affect the amount of capital loss carryforwards actually available for the Funds to utilize. Capital losses generated in years beginning after December 22, 2010 can be carried forward for an unlimited period, whereas previous losses expire in eight tax years. Capital losses with an expiration period may not be used to offset capital gains until all net capital losses without an expiration date have been utilized. Capital loss carryforwards with no expiration date will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses instead of as short-term capital losses as under prior law. The ability to utilize capital loss carryforwards in the future may be limited under the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations based on the results of future transactions.

 

 

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The following table presents available capital loss carryforwards and expiration dates for each Fund as of April 30, 2015.

 

                            Post-effective/no
expiration
             
    2016     2017     2018     2019     Short-Term     Long-Term     Total*     Expired  
DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio   $ 11,353,752      $ 15,764,010      $ 14,947,690      $ 3,683,431      $ 9,130,410      $      $ 54,879,293      $ 21,767,708   
Dynamic Market Portfolio     39,899,556        96,635,542        104,214,879        15,461,574        42,665,706        98,552        298,975,809        65,552,628   
FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio            42,380,517        49,808,238        38,490,195                      130,678,950          
FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio            4,903,334        5,168,127        2,475,894                      12,547,355          

 

* Capital loss carryforwards as of the date listed above are reduced for limitations, if any, to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Code and may be further limited depending upon a variety of factors, including the realization of net unrealized gains or losses as of the date of any reorganization.

Note 7. Investment Transactions

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the cost of securities purchased and proceeds from sales of securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations, money market funds and in-kind transactions, if any) were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  
DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio    $ 41,868,354       $ 42,496,514   
Dynamic Market Portfolio      449,320,584         451,867,922   
FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio      411,713,602         399,993,667   
FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio      280,352,118         274,737,129   

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, in-kind transactions associated with creations and redemptions were as follows:

 

     Cost of
Securities
Received
     Value of
Securities
Delivered
 
DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio    $ 17,905,507       $ 16,789,468   
Dynamic Market Portfolio      389,002,227         413,304,089   
FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio      1,351,644,730         420,201,745   
FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio      317,685,156         194,606,246   

Gains (losses) on in-kind transactions are generally not considered taxable gains (losses) for federal income tax purposes.

At April 30, 2015, the aggregate cost and the net unrealized appreciation of investments for tax purposes were as follows:

 

     Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
     Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Cost  
DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio    $ 4,070,442       $ (646,363    $ 3,424,079       $ 26,684,832   
Dynamic Market Portfolio      11,605,243         (6,238,582      5,366,661         163,728,042   
FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio      736,054,271         (54,356,919      681,697,352         3,913,309,172   
FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio      169,372,406         (67,939,742      101,432,664         1,126,305,815   

Note 8. Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of in-kind transactions and expired capital loss carryforwards on April 30, 2015, amounts were reclassified between undistributed net investment income, undistributed net realized gain (loss) and Shares of beneficial interest. These reclassifications had no effect on the net assets of each Fund. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the reclassifications were as follows:

 

     Undistributed
Net Investment
Income
     Undistributed
Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Shares of
Beneficial
Interest
 
DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio    $ (1,412    $ 20,261,119       $ (20,259,707
Dynamic Market Portfolio      64,942         31,071,867         (31,136,809
FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio              (196,778,784      196,778,784   
FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio      87,114         (72,416,510      72,329,396   

 

 

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Note 9. Trustees’ and Officer’s Fees

Trustees’ and Officer’s Fees include amounts accrued by the Funds to pay remuneration to the Independent Trustees and an Officer of the Trust. The Trustee who is an “interested person” of the Trust does not receive any Trustees’ fees.

The Trust has adopted a deferred compensation plan (the “Plan”). Under the Plan, an Independent Trustee who has executed a Deferred Fee Agreement (a “Participating Trustee”) may defer receipt of all or a portion of his compensation (“Deferral Fees”). Such Deferral Fees are deemed to be invested in select PowerShares Funds. The Deferral Fees payable to the Participating Trustee are valued as of the date such Deferral Fees would have been paid to the Participating Trustee. The value increases with contributions or with increases in the value of the Shares selected, and the value decreases with distributions or with declines in the value of the Shares selected. Obligations under the Plan represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Funds.

Note 10. Capital

Shares are created and redeemed by each Fund only in Creation Units of 50,000 Shares. Only Authorized Participants are permitted to purchase or redeem Creation Units from the Funds. Such transactions are principally permitted in exchange for Deposit Securities, with a balancing cash component to equate the transaction to the NAV per Share of a Fund of the Trust on the transaction date. However, for all Funds, cash in an amount equivalent to the value of certain securities may be substituted, generally when the securities are not available in sufficient quantity for delivery, not eligible for trading by the Authorized Participant or as a result of other market circumstances.

To the extent that the Funds permit transactions in exchange for Deposit Securities, each Fund may issue Shares in advance of receipt of Deposit Securities subject to various conditions, including a requirement to maintain on deposit with the Trust cash at least equal to 105% of the market value of the missing Deposit Securities. In accordance with the Trust’s Participant Agreement, Creation Units will be issued to an Authorized Participant, notwithstanding the fact that the corresponding Deposit Securities have not been received in part or in whole, in reliance on the undertaking of the Authorized Participant to deliver the missing Deposit Securities as soon as possible, which undertaking shall be secured by the Authorized Participant’s delivery and maintenance of collateral consisting of cash in the form of U.S. dollars in immediately available funds having a value (marked-to-market daily) at least equal to 105%, which the Adviser may change from time to time, of the value of the missing Deposit Securities.

Transactions in each Fund’s Shares are disclosed in detail in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

Note 11. Indemnifications

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. Each Independent Trustee is also indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of his duties to the Trust pursuant to an Indemnification Agreement between the Independent Trustee and the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Trust believes the risk of loss to be remote.

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust:

 

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio and PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio (each an individual portfolio of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, hereafter referred to as the “Funds”) at April 30, 2015, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at April 30, 2015 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, and the application of alternative auditing procedures where confirmations of security purchases have not been received, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Chicago, IL

June 24, 2015

 

 

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Fees and Expenses

 

As a shareholder of a Fund of the PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, you incur advisory fees and other Fund expenses. The expense examples below are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the six-month period ended April 30, 2015.

Actual Expenses

The first line in the following tables provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading “Expenses Paid During the Six-Month Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the following tables provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratio and an assumed annualized rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the tables are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only, and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges and brokerage commissions. Therefore, the second line in the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. If transaction costs and indirect expenses were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

    Beginning
Account Value
November 1, 2014
    Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2015
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Six-Month Period
    Expenses Paid
During the
Six-Month  Period(1)
 
PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio (DWAQ)        

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,068.78        0.60   $ 3.08   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.82        0.60        3.01   
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio (PWC)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,022.05        0.59        2.96   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.87        0.59        2.96   
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio (PRF)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,039.51        0.39        1.97   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,022.86        0.39        1.96   
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio (PRFZ)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,051.98        0.39        1.98   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,022.86        0.39        1.96   

 

(1)  Expenses are calculated using the annualized expense ratio, which represents the ongoing expenses as a percentage of net assets for the six-month period ended April 30, 2015. Expenses are calculated by multiplying the Fund’s annualized expense ratio by the average account value for the period, then multiplying the result by 181/365. Expense ratios for the most recent six-month period may differ from expense ratios based on annualized data in the Financial Highlights.

 

 

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Tax Information

 

Form 1099-DIV, Form 1042-S and other year-end tax information provide shareholders with actual calendar year amounts that should be included in their tax returns. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers.

The following distribution information is being provided as required by the Internal Revenue Code or to meet a specific state’s requirement.

Each Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended April 30, 2015:

Federal Income Tax Information

 

     Qualified Dividend
Income*
  Dividends Received
Deduction*
DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio        0 %       0 %
Dynamic Market Portfolio        100 %       100 %
FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio        100 %       100 %
FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio        87 %       80 %

 

* The above percentages are based on ordinary income dividends paid to shareholders during the Fund’s fiscal year.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers

 

The Independent Trustees of the Trust, their term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during at least the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex overseen by each Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by a Trustee are shown below.

The Trustees and officers information is current as of April 30, 2015.

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Independent Trustees
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Term of
Office
and
Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years
   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex**
Overseen by
Independent
Trustees
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Independent
Trustees During
the Past 5 Years
Ronn R. Bagge—1958 c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515    Trustee    Since 2003    Founder and Principal, YQA Capital Management LLC (1998-Present); formerly Owner/CEO of Electronic Dynamic Balancing Co., Inc. (high-speed rotating equipment service provider).    120    None
Todd J. Barre—1957 c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515    Trustee    Since 2010    Assistant Professor of Business, Trinity Christian College (2010-Present); formerly Vice President and Senior Investment Strategist (2001-2008), Director of Open Architecture and Trading (2007-2008), Head of Fundamental Research (2004-2007) and Vice President and Senior Fixed Income Strategist (1994-2001), BMO Financial Group/Harris Private Bank.    120    None
Marc M. Kole—1960 c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515    Trustee    Since 2006    Retired. Formerly, Chief Financial Officer, Hope Network (social services) (2008-2012); Assistant Vice President and Controller, Priority Health (health insurance) (2005-2008); Senior Vice President of Finance, United Healthcare (2004-2005); Chief Accounting Officer, Senior Vice President of Finance, Oxford Health Plans (2000-2004); Audit Partner, Arthur Andersen LLP (1996-2000).    120    None
Yung Bong Lim—1964 c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515    Trustee    Since 2013    Managing Partner, Residential Dynamics Group LLC (2008-Present); formerly, Managing Director, Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C. (1999-2007).    120    None
Philip M. Nussbaum—1961 c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515    Trustee    Since 2003    Chairman, Performance Trust Capital Partners (2004-Present).    120    None

 

* This is the date the Independent Trustee began serving the Trust. Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Fund Complex includes all open-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser. At April 30, 2015, the “Fund Family” consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 67 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Independent Trustees
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Term of
Office
and
Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years
   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex**
Overseen by
Independent
Trustees
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Independent
Trustees During
the Past 5 Years
Gary R. Wicker—1961 c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515    Trustee    Since 2013    Senior Vice President of Global Finance and Chief Financial Officer at RBC Ministries (publishing company) (2013-Present); formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Zondervan Publishing (A division of Harper Collins/NewsCorp) (2007-2012); Senior Vice President and Group Controller (2005-2006), Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2003-2004), Chief Financial Officer (2001-2003), Vice President, Finance and Controller (1999-2001) and Assistant Controller (1997-1999), divisions of The Thomson Corporation (information services provider).    120    None
Donald H. Wilson—1959 c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515    Chairman of the Board and Trustee    Chairman since 2012; Trustee since 2006    Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Community Financial Shares, Inc. and Community Bank—Wheaton/Glen Ellyn (subsidiary) (2013-Present); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Stone Pillar Advisors, Ltd. (2010-Present); formerly, Chief Operating Officer, AMCORE Financial, Inc. (bank holding company) (2007-2009); Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, AMCORE Financial, Inc. (2006-2007); Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Marshall & Ilsley Corp. (bank holding company) (1995-2006).    120    None

 

 

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* This is the date the Independent Trustee began serving the Trust. Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Fund Complex includes all open-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser. At April 30, 2015, the “Fund Family” consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 67 portfolios advised by the Adviser.


 

Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

The Trustee who is an “interested person” (the “Non-Independent Trustee”) and the executive officers of the Trust, their term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during at least the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex overseen by the Non-Independent Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by the Non-Independent Trustee are shown below.

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Non-Independent Trustee
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
  

Term of
Office
and

Length of
Time
Served*

   Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years
   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex**
Overseen by
Non-Independent
Trustees
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Non-Independent
Trustees During
the Past 5 Years
Kevin M. Carome—1956
Invesco Ltd.
Two Peachtree Pointe,
1555 Peachtree St., N.E.,
Suite 1800
Atlanta, GA 30309
   Trustee    Since 2010    Senior Managing Director, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Ltd. (2006-Present); Director, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2009-Present); Director, Invesco Finance PLC, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc., and Invesco Holding Company Limited; Director and Executive Vice President, Invesco Finance, Inc., Invesco Group Services, Inc., Invesco Investments (Bermuda) Ltd., Invesco North American Holdings, Inc., and IVZ, Inc. and Invesco Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd.; Manager, Horizon Flight Works LLC; Director and Secretary, IVZ Bahamas Private Limited; formerly, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2003-2005); Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. (2000-2001); General Counsel of certain investment management subsidiaries of Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. (1998-2000); Associate General Counsel, Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. (1993-1998); Associate, Ropes & Gray LLP.    120    None

 

* This is the date the Non-Independent Trustee began serving the Trust. Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Fund Complex includes all open-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser. At April 30, 2015, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 67 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Executive Officers
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years
Andrew Schlossberg—1974 Invesco Management Group, Inc. 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000 Houston, TX 77046    President    Since 2009    President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2009-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Managing Director—U.S. Strategy and Marketing (2010-Present) and Principal Executive Officer (2015-Present), Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Managing Director, U.S. head of business strategy and chief marketing officer for Invesco Ltd. in the United States (2008-Present); and Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser) (2009-Present); formerly, Mr. Schlossberg served in multiple roles within Invesco, including head of corporate development, as well as global leadership roles in strategy and product development in the company’s North American Institutional and Retirement divisions (2002-2007) and Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (2012-2015).

Peter Hubbard—1981

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President    Since 2009    Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2009-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Vice President and Director of Portfolio Management—Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2008-Present); formerly, Portfolio Manager, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2007-2008); Research Analyst, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2005-2007); Research Analyst and Trader, Ritchie Capital, a hedge fund operator (2003-2005).

David Warren—1957

Invesco Canada Ltd.

5140 Yonge Street Suite 800, Toronto, Ontario M2N 6X7

   Vice President    Since 2009    Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2009-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Managing Director—Chief Administrative Officer, Americas, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2009–Present); Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Inc. (2009–Present); Senior Vice President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (2007–Present); Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly, Invesco Trimark Ltd.) and Chief Administrative Officer, North American Retail, Invesco Ltd. (2007-Present); Director, Invesco Canada Holdings Inc. (2002–Present), Invesco Corporate Class Inc., and Invesco Canada Fund Inc.; Director, Invesco Financial Services Ltd. and Trimark Investments Ltd. (2014-Present); formerly, Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly, Invesco Trimark Ltd.) (2000-2006).

 

* This is the date the Officers began serving the Trust. Each Officer serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Executive Officers
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

Sheri Morris—1964

Invesco Management Group, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000 Houston, TX 77046

   Vice President    Since 2012    Vice President, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser) (2009-Present) and Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2012-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); formerly, Treasurer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2011-2013); Vice President, Invesco Aim Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; Assistant Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds and Assistant Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.

Rudolf E. Reitmann—1971

Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President    Since 2013    Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2013-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Head of Global Exchange Traded Funds Operations, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2013-Present).

Daniel E. Draper—1968

Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President    Since 2013    Senior Vice President, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (2014-Present); Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2013-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Managing Director, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2013-Present); formerly, Managing Director, Credit Suisse Asset Management (2010–2013) and Lyxor Asset Management/Societe Generale (2007–2010).

Steven M. Hill—1964

Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President and Treasurer    Since 2013    Vice President and Treasurer of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2013-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Head of Global ETF Administration, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2011-Present); Principal Financial and Accounting Officer – Investment Pools, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2015-Present); formerly, Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, Destra Capital Management LLC and its subsidiaries (2010-2011); Chief Financial Officer, Destra Investment Trust and Destra Investment Trust II (2010-2011); Senior Managing Director, Claymore Securities, Inc. (2003-2010); and Chief Financial Officer, Claymore sponsored mutual funds (2003-2010).

 

* This is the date the Officers began serving the Trust. Each Officer serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

 

 

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Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Executive Officers
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

Christopher Joe—1969

Invesco Management Group, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046

   Chief Compliance Officer   

Since

2012

   Deputy Chief Compliance Officer of Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2014-Present); Chief Compliance Officer of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2012-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); U.S. Compliance Director, Invesco, Ltd. (2006-Present); formerly, Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Investment Advisers, LLC (registered investment adviser) (2010–2013).

Anna Paglia—1974

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Secretary    Since 2011    Secretary, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2011-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Head of Legal, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2010-Present); formerly, Partner, K&L Gates LLP (formerly, Bell Boyd & Lloyd LLP) (2007-2010); Associate Counsel at Barclays Global Investors Ltd. (2004-2006).

Availability of Additional Information About the Trustees

The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request at (800) 983-0903.

 

* This is the date the Officers began serving the Trust. Each Officer serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

 

 

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Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreement

 

At a meeting held on April 16, 2015, the Board of Trustees of the PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (the “Trust”), including the Independent Trustees, approved the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement between Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”) and the Trust for the following 51 series (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):

 

PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio

PowerShares BuyBack Achievers™ Portfolio

PowerShares Cleantech™ Portfolio

PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio

PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio

PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio

PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio

PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio

PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio

PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers TM Portfolio

PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio

PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio

PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio

PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio

PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio

 

 

The Trustees reviewed information from the Adviser describing: (i) the nature, extent and quality of services provided, (ii) the investment performance of the Funds and the Adviser, (iii) the costs of services provided and estimated profits realized by the Adviser, (iv) the extent to which economies of scale are realized as a Fund grows, (v) whether fee levels reflect any possible economies of scale for the benefit of Fund shareholders, (vi) comparisons of services rendered to and amounts paid by other registered investment companies and (vii) any benefits realized by the Adviser from its relationship with each Fund. Based on all of the information considered and the conclusions reached, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, determined to approve the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund. No single factor was determinative in the Board’s analysis.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. In evaluating the nature, extent and quality of the Adviser’s services, the Trustees reviewed information concerning the functions performed by the Adviser for the Funds, information describing the Adviser’s current organization and staffing, including operational support provided by the Adviser’s parent organization, Invesco Ltd., and the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds. The Trustees reviewed matters related to the Adviser’s execution and/or oversight of execution of portfolio transactions on behalf of the Funds. The Trustees also reviewed information on the performance of the Funds and their underlying indexes for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year and since-inception periods ended December 31, 2014, as applicable, including reports for each of those periods on the correlation and tracking error between each Fund’s performance and the performance of its underlying index, as well as the Adviser’s analysis of the tracking error between PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio and its underlying index. In reviewing the tracking error report, the Trustees considered information provided by Ibbotson Associates, a consultant to the Independent Trustees, with respect to general expected tracking error ranges and various explanations for any tracking error. The Trustees noted that for each applicable period the

 

 

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correlation and tracking error for each Fund was within the targeted range set forth in the Trust’s registration statement. The Trustees concluded that each Fund was correlated to its underlying index and that the tracking error for each Fund was within an acceptable range given that Fund’s particular circumstances.

The Trustees also considered the services provided by the Adviser in its oversight of the Funds’ administrator, custodian and transfer agent. They noted the significant amount of time, effort and resources that had been devoted to this oversight function.

Based on their review, the Trustees concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Adviser to the Funds under the Investment Advisory Agreement were appropriate and reasonable.

Fees, Expenses and Profitability. The Trustees reviewed and discussed the information provided by the Adviser on each Fund’s advisory fee and net expense ratio, as compared to information compiled by the Adviser from Lipper Inc. databases on the advisory fees and net expense ratios of comparable exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), open-end (non-ETF) index funds and open-end (non-ETF) actively-managed funds. The Trustees noted that the annual advisory fee charged to each Fund is:

 

    0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each Fund other than PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio;

 

    0.40% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each of PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio and PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio; and

 

    0.29% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each of PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio1, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio1, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio1, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio.

The Trustees also noted that the Adviser has agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee and/or pay expenses (an “Expense Cap”) to the extent necessary to prevent the annual operating expenses of each Fund from exceeding the percentage of that Fund’s average daily net assets, at least until August 31, 2016, as set forth below:

 

    0.60%, excluding interest expenses, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for each of PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio and PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio;

 

    0.50%, excluding interest expenses, licensing fees, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for each of PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio and PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio;

 

    0.39%, excluding interest expenses, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for each of PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio2, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio2, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio2, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio and PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio;

 

    0.29%, excluding interest expenses, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio;

 

1  The annual management fee for PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio and PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio will be reduced to 0.25% of each Fund’s average daily net assets, effective May 22, 2015.
2  The Expense Cap for PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio and PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio will be reduced such that annual operating expenses of each Fund will not exceed 0.25% of its average daily net assets, effective May 22, 2015.

 

 

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    0.60%, excluding interest expenses, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio and PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio; and

 

    0.60%, excluding interest expenses, licensing fees, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for each other Fund.

The Trustees noted that the Adviser represented that it does not serve as the investment adviser to any clients, other than other ETFs also overseen by the Trustees, with comparable investment strategies as the Funds, but that the Adviser provides sub-advisory services to clients with comparable investment strategies as certain of the Funds. The Trustees further noted the Adviser’s explanation with respect to the sub-advisory fees it receives for such services in comparison to the advisory fees charged to the Funds. The Trustees noted that the advisory fees for certain Funds were equal to or lower than the median advisory fees of their ETF and open-end index peer funds as illustrated in the table below. The Trustees also noted that the advisory fees for all of the Funds were lower than the median advisory fees of their open-end actively-managed peer funds.

 

PowerShares Fund

     Equal to/Lower
than ETF Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Median3
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Buyback Achievers Portfolio                X
PowerShares Cleantech Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dividend Achievers Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio           N/A      X

 

 

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PowerShares Fund

     Equal to/Lower
than ETF Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Median3
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio                X
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio                X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio      X           X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio                X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio                X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio      X           X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares International Dividend Achievers Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares S&P 500 High Quality Portfolio                X
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio                X

 

3  The information provided by the Adviser indicated that certain Funds did not have open-end index fund peers. Those Funds have been designated with an “N/A” for not available.

The Trustees determined that the advisory fees were reasonable, noting the nature of the indexes, the distinguishing factors of the Funds, and the administrative, operational and management oversight costs for the Adviser. The Trustees noted that the net expense ratios for certain Funds were equal to or lower than the median net expense ratios of their ETF and open-end index peer funds as illustrated in the table below. The Trustees also noted that the net expense ratios for all of the Funds were lower than the median net expense ratios of their open-end actively-managed peer funds.

 

PowerShares Fund

     Equal to/Lower
than ETF Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Buyback Achievers Portfolio                X
PowerShares Cleantech Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dividend Achievers Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X

 

 

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PowerShares Fund

     Equal to/Lower
than ETF Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio                X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio                X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares International Dividend Achievers Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares S&P 500 High Quality Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio                X

 

 

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Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreement (continued)

 

The Trustees noted that a significant component of the non-advisory fee expenses was the license fees paid by the Funds, and noted those Funds for which license fees are included in the Funds’ Expense Caps.

The Board concluded that the advisory fee and expense ratio of each Fund (giving effect to the Fund’s Expense Cap) were reasonable and appropriate in light of the services provided.

In conjunction with their review of fees, the Trustees also considered information provided by the Adviser on the revenues received by the Adviser under the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund, as well as the fees waived and expenses reimbursed by the Adviser for the Funds. The Trustees reviewed information provided by the Adviser on its overall profitability as well as the estimated profitability to the Adviser from its relationship to each Fund. The Trustees concluded that the overall and estimated profitability to the Adviser was not unreasonable.

Economies of Scale and Whether Fee Levels Reflect These Economies of Scale. The Trustees reviewed the information provided by the Adviser as to the extent to which economies of scale are realized as each Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect economies of scale for the benefit of shareholders. The Trustees reviewed each Fund’s asset size, expense ratio and expense limitation agreed to by the Adviser. The Trustees noted that, for Funds whose expenses are higher than their respective Expense Caps, any reduction in that Fund’s expenses would be enjoyed by the Adviser, but that Fund shareholders benefit from the lower expense ratio as a result of the Fund’s Expense Cap. The Trustees also noted that the Excess Expense Agreement with the Trust provides that the Adviser is entitled to be reimbursed by each Fund, other than PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio and PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio, for fees waived or expenses absorbed pursuant to the Expense Cap for a period of three years from the date the fee or expense was incurred, provided that no reimbursement would be made that would result in a Fund exceeding its Expense Cap. The Trustees considered whether the advisory fee rate for each Fund was reasonable in relation to the asset size of that Fund, and concluded that the flat advisory fee was reasonable and appropriate, noting the Fund expenses the Adviser has borne as a result of the Expense Cap.

The Trustees noted that the Adviser had not identified any further benefits that it derived from its relationship with the Funds and had noted that it does not have any soft-dollar arrangements.

Based on all of the information considered and the conclusions reached, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, determined to approve the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund.

 

 

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Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the Trust’s proxy voting policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge and upon request, by calling (800) 983-0903. This information is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“Commission”) website at www.sec.gov.

Information regarding how each Fund voted proxies for portfolio securities, if applicable, during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, is also available, without charge and upon request, by (i) calling (800) 983-0903; or (ii) accessing the Trust’s Form N-PX on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolios

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings for the Funds with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Forms N-Q are available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330.

Frequency Distribution of Discounts and Premiums

A table showing the number of days the market price of each Fund’s shares was greater than the Fund’s net asset value, and the number of days it was less than the Fund’s net asset value (i.e., premium or discount) for the most recently completed calendar year, and the calendar quarters since that year end (or the life of the Fund, if shorter) may be found at the Fund’s website at www.invescopowershares.com.


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  April 30, 2015

2015 Annual Report to Shareholders

 

PWB PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio
PWV PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio
PXLC PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio
PXLG PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio
PXLV PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio
PXMC PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio
PXMG PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio
PXMV PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio
PXSC PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio
PXSG PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio
PXSV PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio
PZI PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio

 

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Table of Contents

 

The Market Environment   3   
Manager’s Analysis   4   
Fundamental Pure and Style Portfolios
Schedules of Investments

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio (PWB)

  40   

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio (PWV)

  41   

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio (PXLC)

  42   

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio (PXLG)

  44   

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio (PXLV)

  45   

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio (PXMC)

  47   

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio (PXMG)

  49   

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio (PXMV)

  51   

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio (PXSC)

  54   

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio (PXSG)

  59   

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio (PXSV)

  64   

PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio (PZI)

  72   
Statements of Assets and Liabilities   78   
Statements of Operations   80   
Statements of Changes in Net Assets   82   
Financial Highlights   86   
Notes to Financial Statements   92   
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm   104   
Fees and Expenses   105   
Tax Information   107   
Trustees and Officers   108   
Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreement   113   

 

 

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The Market Environment

 

 

 

Domestic Equity

Slow and steady improvement in the US economy and continued low interest rates led the US equity market higher during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. As the US economy continued along a slow growth path, the US Federal Reserve steadily reduced its asset purchase program, finally ending all purchases in October 2014. The reporting period began with corporate earnings bouncing back from a weather-related downturn resulting from an unusually harsh winter that negatively affected consumer spending. Stocks generally rallied through the summer of 2014 despite political upheaval in Ukraine and signs of economic sluggishness in China. In mid-September, as investors wrestled with evidence that economic growth appeared to be stronger in the US than in the rest of the world, the price of oil began a sharp and prolonged decline, causing US equities to fall. US equities recovered before the end of calendar year 2014, however. As calendar year 2015 began, investors were generally heartened by positive US economic data, but there was concern that if Greece failed to reach an agreement with the eurozone on a financial bailout plan, the repercussions would be felt more broadly. On balance, however, the general trend for US equities was positive.

 

 

 

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PWB    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio (PWB)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Dynamic Large Cap Growth IntellidexSM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of large capitalization companies that comprise the Index.

NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider selects 50 large capitalization U.S. growth stocks for inclusion in the Index principally on the basis of their capital appreciation potential. The Index Provider ranks the 2,000 largest U.S. stocks (by market capitalization) traded on the NYSE, NYSE MKT and the NASDAQ for investment potential using a proprietary model. The Index Provider segregates the universe of stocks into three size groups: large cap, mid cap and small cap. The Index Provider considers the 250 largest stocks to be large cap, it considers the next 750 stocks to be mid cap, and it considers the remaining 1,000 stocks to be small cap. The Index Provider divides large cap stocks into growth stocks and value stocks. The Index Provider bases a stock’s characterization as growth or value on a multi-factor methodology. The Index Provider then divides the large cap growth universe into two sub-groups based on market capitalization. The top quintile is one sub-group. The Index Provider includes 15 of the top-ranked relatively larger stocks in this sub-group, and they collectively receive 50% of the weight with each larger stock receiving approximately 3.3%. The bottom four quintiles are another sub-group. The Index Provider includes 35 of the top-ranked relatively smaller stocks in this sub-group, and they collectively receive 50% of the weight, with each smaller stock receiving approximately 1.4%. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 18.44%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 18.52%. During the same time period, the Index returned 19.24%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the Russell 1000® Growth Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 16.67%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 680 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a benchmark composed of large cap growth stocks. The Benchmark Index was selected for its

recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the large cap growth market.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an Index that employs a modified equal weighting and stock selection methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the consumer discretionary sector and most underweight the information technology sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, which contributed to the Fund’s outperformance.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the consumer discretionary sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the health care and information technology sectors, respectively. The telecommunication services sector (no longer held) was the only detracting sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included NIKE, Inc., Class B, a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 3.4%), and Home Depot, Inc., a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 3.38%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., a consumer staples company (portfolio average weight of 1.37%), and AbbVie, Inc., a health care company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Health Care      22.4   
Consumer Discretionary      21.8   
Information Technology      20.7   
Consumer Staples      10.8   
Financials      10.6   
Industrials      5.6   
Energy      5.3   
Materials      2.7   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.1   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio (PWB) (continued)

 

Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Schlumberger Ltd.      3.8   
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.      3.6   
Walt Disney Co. (The)      3.5   
NIKE, Inc., Class B      3.5   
MasterCard, Inc., Class A      3.4   
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.      3.4   
Facebook, Inc., Class A      3.4   
Apple, Inc.      3.3   
Visa, Inc., Class A      3.3   
Gilead Sciences, Inc.      3.3   
Total      34.5   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio (PWB) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
    10 Years
Average
Annualized
    10 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                   Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  

Dynamic Large Cap Growth IntellidexSM Index

    19.24     18.82     67.74     16.75     116.94     9.20     141.06       8.54     129.85
Russell 1000® Growth Index     16.67        16.60        58.51        15.49        105.49        9.62        150.61          9.00        139.97   
Fund                    

NAV Return

    18.52        18.11        64.75        16.01        110.15        8.49        125.90          7.82        114.92   
Market Price Return     18.44        18.08        64.64        16.00        110.01        8.48        125.59          7.79        114.35   

 

Fund Inception: March 3, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.58%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund

at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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PWV    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio (PWV)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Dynamic Large Cap Value IntellidexSM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of large capitalization companies that comprise the Index.

NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider selects 50 large capitalization U.S. value stocks for inclusion in the Index principally on the basis of their capital appreciation potential. The Index Provider ranks the 2,000 largest U.S. stocks (by market capitalization) traded on the NYSE, NYSE MKT and the NASDAQ for investment potential using a proprietary model. The Index Provider segregates the universe of stocks into three size groups: large cap, mid cap and small cap. The Index Provider considers the 250 largest stocks to be large cap, it considers the next 750 stocks to be mid cap, and it considers the remaining 1,000 stocks to be small cap. The Index Provider divides large cap stocks into growth stocks and value stocks. The Index Provider bases a stock’s characterization as growth or value on a multi-factor methodology. The Index Provider then divides the large cap value universe into two sub-groups based on market capitalization. The top quintile is one sub-group. The Index Provider includes 15 of the top-ranked relatively larger stocks in this sub-group, and they collectively receive 50% of the weight with each larger stock receiving approximately 3.3%. The bottom four quintiles are another sub-group. The Index Provider includes 35 of the top-ranked relatively smaller stocks in this sub-group, and they collectively receive 50% of the weight, with each smaller stock receiving approximately 1.4%. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 8.60%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 8.56%. During the same time period, the Index returned 9.22%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the Russell 1000® Value Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 9.31%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 700 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a benchmark similarly composed of large cap value stocks. The Benchmark Index was selected for

its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the large cap value market.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an Index that employs a modified equal weighting and stock selection methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the information technology sector and most underweight in the financials sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, which contributed to the Fund’s underperformance.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the health care sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the information technology and financials sectors, respectively. The energy sector was the only detracting sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Intel Corp., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 3.42%), and Cisco Systems, Inc., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 3.35%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included International Business Machines Corp., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 3.27%), and Exxon Mobil Corp., an energy company (portfolio average weight of 3.3%).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Information Technology      22.4   
Financials      18.2   
Health Care      11.1   
Energy      11.0   
Consumer Staples      9.1   
Utilities      8.5   
Telecommunication Services      8.1   
Consumer Discretionary      4.3   
Industrials      4.2   
Materials      3.1   
Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio (PWV) (continued)

 

Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Microsoft Corp.      3.7   
International Business Machines Corp.      3.5   
Chevron Corp.      3.5   
JPMorgan Chase & Co.      3.5   
Verizon Communications, Inc.      3.4   
Merck & Co., Inc.      3.4   
Wells Fargo & Co.      3.4   
AT&T, Inc.      3.4   
Oracle Corp.      3.3   
Exxon Mobil Corp.      3.3   
Total      34.4   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio (PWV) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

   

1 Year

   

3 Years

Average
Annualized

   

3 Years

Cumulative

   

5 Years

Average
Annualized

   

5 Years

Cumulative

   

10 Years

Average
Annualized

   

10 Years

Cumulative

        Fund Inception  
Index                     Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Dynamic Large Cap Value IntellidexSM Index     9.22     18.10     64.73     14.99     101.03     11.07     185.84       10.56     177.21
Russell 1000® Value Index     9.31        17.20        60.97        13.39        87.41        7.51        106.24          6.99        98.61   
Fund                    
NAV Return     8.56        17.33        61.54        14.25        94.68        10.33        167.21          9.81        158.86   
Market Price Return     8.60        17.36        61.64        14.23        94.50        10.31        166.76          9.80        158.43   

 

Fund Inception: March 3, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.57%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund

at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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PXLC Manager’s Analysis
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio (PXLC)

 

Effective after the close of markets on May 22, 2015, the Fund’s name changed from PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio to PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio and the underlying index changed from RAFI® Fundamental Large Core Index (the “Previous Index”) to Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Index (the “Index”). At that time, the Fund also changed its ticker symbol from PXLC to EQWL and changed its investment objective and investment policies. The discussion that follows pertains to the Fund’s performance tracking the Previous Index for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015.

As an index fund, the PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Index and, through May 22, 2015, the Previous Index. The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in the component securities that comprise the Index and, through May 22, 2015, the Previous Index.

Research Affiliates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles the Previous Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider identifies the common stocks for inclusion in the Previous Index from a universe of the 2,500 largest U.S. companies based on fundamental weight. The use of the word “Fundamental” in the Fund’s name reflects the fact that, in identifying common stocks, the Index Provider uses fundamental measures of company size, rather than market capitalization (company share price multiplied by number of shares outstanding). The Index Provider uses the following fundamental measures to include common stocks in the Previous Index: book value, cash flow, sales and dividends. The Index Provider calculates a composite fundamental weight for each common stock by equally weighting the above four fundamental measures. The Index Provider then ranks each common stock by its fundamental weight and, based on this ranking, divides the common stocks into three size groups: “large,” “mid” and “small.” The common stocks it ranks in the top 70% of the eligible universe by fundamental weight comprise the “large” size group, the next 20% comprise the “mid” size group, and the final 10% comprise the “small” size group. The Index Provider further divides the “large” size group into “growth,” “core” or “value” subsets based on fundamental measures. The Previous Index is composed only of those common stocks that the Index Provider classifies as both “large” and “core” and weights them according to their composite fundamental weight. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Previous Index in proportion to their weightings in the Previous Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 10.38%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 10.52%. During the same time period, the Previous Index returned 10.95%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Previous Index; therefore,

the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Previous Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the Russell 1000® Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 13.00%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 1,040 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a large capitalization equity benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. large capitalization equity market.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an Index that employs a fundamental weighting and stock selection methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization. Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was overweight in the industrials sector and most underweight in the information technology sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, which contributed to the Fund’s underperformance.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the health care sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the consumer staples and consumer discretionary sectors, respectively. The energy sector was the only detracting sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Intel Corp., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 4.82%), and UnitedHealth Group, Inc., a health care company (portfolio average weight of 2.49%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included International Business Machines Corp., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 3.6%), and Caterpillar, Inc., an industrials company (portfolio average weight of 1.59%).

 

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio (PXLC) (continued)

 

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Health Care      17.0   
Financials      16.3   
Industrials      15.9   
Consumer Staples      14.0   
Consumer Discretionary      13.5   
Information Technology      9.9   
Energy      5.4   
Materials      4.1   
Utilities      3.8   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.1   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B      5.8   
Johnson & Johnson      5.2   
Intel Corp.      4.7   
International Business Machines Corp.      3.5   
PepsiCo, Inc.      3.1   
CVS Health Corp.      3.0   
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.      2.9   
Home Depot, Inc. (The)      2.7   
Philip Morris International, Inc.      2.7   
Ford Motor Co.      2.0   
Total      35.6   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio (PXLC) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Blended-RAFI® Fundamental Large Core Index     10.95     17.47     62.11     14.42     96.15       8.12     92.88
Russell 1000® Index     13.00        16.95        59.96        14.47        96.53          7.38        82.09   
Fund                
NAV Return     10.52        17.01        60.19        13.89        91.58          7.51        83.82   
Market Price Return     10.38        16.98        60.07        13.87        91.43          7.49        83.54   

 

Fund Inception: December 1, 2006

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.60% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.39%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Blended-Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Blended-Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Blended-Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.

 

  The Blended-RAFI® Fundamental Large Core Index performance is comprised of the performance of the Dynamic Large Cap IntellidexSM Index, the Fund’s previous underlying index, from Fund inception through the conversion date, June 16, 2011, followed by the performance of the Previous Index starting from the conversion date through April 30, 2015.
 

 

 

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PXLG Manager’s Analysis
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio (PXLG)

 

Effective after the close of markets on May 22, 2015, the Fund’s name changed from PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio to PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio and the underlying index changed from RAFI® Fundamental Large Growth Index (the “Previous Index”) to Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Index (the “Index”). At that time the Fund also changed its investment objective and investment policies. The discussion that follows pertains to the Fund’s performance tracking its Previous Index for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015.

As an index fund, the PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Index, and, through May 22, 2015, the Previous Index. The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in the component securities that comprise the Index and, through May 22, 2015, the Previous Index.

Research Affiliates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles the Previous Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider identifies the common stocks for inclusion in the Previous Index from a universe of the 2,500 largest U.S. companies based on fundamental weight. The use of the word “Fundamental” in the Fund’s name reflects the fact that, in identifying common stocks, the Index Provider uses fundamental measures of company size, rather than market capitalization (company share price multiplied by number of shares outstanding). The Index Provider uses the following fundamental measures to include common stocks in the Previous Index: book value, cash flow, sales and dividends. The Index Provider calculates a composite fundamental weight for each common stock by equally weighting the above four fundamental measures. The Index Provider then ranks each common stock by its fundamental weight and, based on this ranking, divides the common stocks into three size groups: “large,” “mid” and “small.” The common stocks it ranks in the top 70% of the eligible universe by fundamental weight comprise the “large” size group, the next 20% comprise the “mid” size group, and the final 10% comprise the “small” size group. The Index Provider further divides the “large” size group into “growth,” “core” or “value” subsets based on fundamental measures. The Previous Index is composed only of those common stocks that the Index Provider classifies as both “large” and “growth” and weights them according to their composite fundamental weight. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Previous Index in proportion to their weightings in the Previous Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 16.46%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 16.49%. During the same time period, the Previous Index returned 16.96%. During the fiscal year, the Fund

fully replicated the components of the Previous Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Previous Index primarily due to fees and expenses incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the Russell 1000® Growth Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 16.67%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 680 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a similar large cap growth benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. large capitalization equity growth market.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an Index that employs a fundamental weighting and stock selection methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the information technology sector and most underweight in the industrials sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, which contributed to the Fund’s underperformance.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the information technology sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the health care and consumer discretionary sectors, respectively. The energy sector was the only detracting sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Apple, Inc., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 8.95%), and Microsoft Corp., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 8.64%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Halliburton Co., an energy company (portfolio average weight of 1.22%), and QUALCOMM, Inc., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 2.11%).

 

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio (PXLG) (continued)

 

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Information Technology      37.4   
Health Care      13.6   
Financials      11.7   
Consumer Discretionary      11.6   
Energy      9.8   
Consumer Staples      7.8   
Industrials      3.5   
Materials      2.9   
Telecommunication Services      1.7   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Apple, Inc.      10.0   
Microsoft Corp.      9.1   
Wells Fargo & Co.      8.0   
Merck & Co., Inc.      5.7   
Coca-Cola Co. (The)      4.5   
Comcast Corp., Class A      3.9   
Cisco Systems, Inc.      3.7   
Walt Disney Co. (The)      3.2   
Oracle Corp.      2.8   
Schlumberger Ltd.      2.7   
Total      53.6   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio (PXLG) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

   

1 Year

   

3 Years

Average
Annualized

   

3 Years

Cumulative

        Fund Inception  
Index             Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
RAFI® Fundamental Large Growth Index     16.96     17.75     63.27       17.44     86.36
Russell 1000® Growth Index     16.67        16.60        58.51          16.90        83.05   
Fund            
NAV Return     16.49        17.28        61.30          16.98        83.58   
Market Price Return     16.46        17.27        61.27          16.99        83.65   

 

Fund Inception: June 16, 2011

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.45% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.39%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund

at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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PXLV Manager’s Analysis
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio (PXLV)

 

Effective after the close of markets on May 22, 2015, the Fund’s name changed from PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio to PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio and the underlying index changed from RAFI® Fundamental Large Value Index (the “Previous Index”) to Russell Top 200 Pure Value Index (the “Index”). At that time the Fund also changed its investment objective and investment policies. The discussion that follows pertains to the Fund’s performance tracking the Previous Index for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015.

As an index fund, the PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Index and, through May 22, 2015, the Previous Index. The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in the component securities that compose the Index and, through May 22, the Previous Index.

Research Affiliates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles the Previous Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider identifies the common stocks for inclusion in the Previous Index from a universe of the 2,500 largest U.S. companies based on fundamental weight. The use of the word “Fundamental” in the Fund’s name reflects the fact that, in identifying common stocks, the Index Provider uses fundamental measures of company size, rather than market capitalization (company share price multiplied by number of shares outstanding). The Index Provider uses the following fundamental measures to include common stocks in the Previous Index: book value, cash flow, sales and dividends. The Index Provider calculates a composite fundamental weight for each common stock by equally weighting the above four fundamental measures. The Index Provider then ranks each common stock by its fundamental weight and, based on this ranking, divides the common stocks into three size groups: “large,” “mid” and “small.” The common stocks it ranks in the top 70% of the eligible universe by fundamental weight comprise the “large” size group, the next 20% comprise the “mid” size group, and the final 10% comprise the “small” size group. The Index Provider further divides the “large” size group into “growth,” “core” or “value” subsets based on fundamental measures. The Previous Index is composed only of those common stocks that the Index Provider classifies as both “large” and “value” and weights them according to their composite fundamental weight. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Previous Index in proportion to their weightings in the Previous Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 6.41%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 6.41%. During the same time period, the Previous Index returned 6.82%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Previous Index; therefore, the

Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Previous Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses incurred by the Fund.

During this same time period, the Russell 1000® Value Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 9.31%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 700 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a similar large cap value benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. large capitalization value equity market.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an Index that employs a fundamental weighting and stock selection methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the energy sector and most underweight in the information technology sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, which contributed to the Fund’s underperformance.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the financials sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the health care and consumer discretionary sectors, respectively. The energy sector detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the materials sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included JPMorgan Chase & Co., a financials company (portfolio average weight of 4.65%), and Anthem, Inc., a health care company (portfolio average weight of 1.13%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Exxon Mobil Corp., an energy company (portfolio average weight of 7.96%), and Chevron Corp., an energy company (portfolio average weight of 5.5%).

 

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio (PXLV) (continued)

 

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Financials      24.6   
Energy      18.5   
Consumer Staples      12.3   
Health Care      9.7   
Telecommunication Services      9.1   
Utilities      7.7   
Industrials      7.5   
Consumer Discretionary      5.5   
Materials      2.7   
Information Technology      2.4   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Exxon Mobil Corp.      7.3   
AT&T, Inc.      5.5   
Chevron Corp.      5.2   
JPMorgan Chase & Co.      4.9   
General Electric Co.      4.9   
Bank of America Corp.      4.3   
Pfizer, Inc.      3.7   
Verizon Communications, Inc.      3.6   
Citigroup, Inc.      3.4   
Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      3.0   
Total      45.8   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio (PXLV) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index             Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
RAFI® Fundamental Large Value Index     6.82     17.50     62.21       14.90     71.21
Russell 1000® Value Index     9.31        17.20        60.97          15.39        74.04   
Fund            
NAV Return     6.41        17.06        60.42          14.45        68.70   
Market Price Return     6.41        17.09        60.52          14.49        68.91   

 

Fund Inception: June 16, 2011

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 1.05% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.39%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that

dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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PXMC Manager’s Analysis
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio (PXMC)

 

Effective after the close of markets on May 22, 2015, the Fund’s name changed from PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio to PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio and the underlying index changed from RAFI® Fundamental Mid Core Index (the “Previous Index”) to Russell Midcap Equal Weight Index (the “Index”). At that time the Fund also changed its ticker symbol from PXMC to EQWM and changed its investment objective and investment policies. The discussion that follows pertains to the Fund’s performance tracking the Previous Index for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015.

As an index fund, the PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Index and, through May 22, 2015, the Previous Index The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in the component securities that comprise the Index and, through May 22, 2015, the Previous Index.

Research Affiliates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles the Previous Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider identifies the common stocks for inclusion in the Previous Index from a universe of the 2,500 largest U.S. companies based on fundamental weight. The use of the word “Fundamental” in the Fund’s name reflects the fact that, in identifying common stocks, the Index Provider uses fundamental measures of company size, rather than market capitalization (company share price multiplied by number of shares outstanding). The Index Provider uses the following fundamental measures to include common stocks in the Previous Index: book value, cash flow, sales and dividends. The Index Provider calculates a composite fundamental weight for each common stock by equally weighting the above four fundamental measures. The Index Provider then ranks each common stock by its fundamental weight and, based on this ranking, divides the common stocks into three size groups: “large,” “mid” and “small.” The common stocks it ranks in the top 70% of the eligible universe by fundamental weight comprise the “large” size group, the next 20% comprise the “mid” size group, and the final 10% comprise the “small” size group. The Index Provider further divides the “mid” size group into “growth,” “core” or “value” subsets based on fundamental measures. The Previous Index is composed only of those common stocks that the Index Provider classifies as both “mid” and “core” and weights them according to their composite fundamental weight. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Previous Index in proportion to their weightings in the Previous Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 12.73%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 12.52%. During the same time period, the Previous Index returned 12.96%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Previous Index; therefore,

the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Previous Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses incurred by the fund.

During this same time period, the Russell Midcap® Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 13.30%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 840 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a broad based midcap benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. midcap equity market.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an index that employs a fundamental weighting and stock selection methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the financials sector and most underweight in the health care sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, which contributed to the Fund’s underperformance.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the financials sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the consumer discretionary and health care sectors, respectively. The energy sector detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the utilities and telecommunication services sectors, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included CarMax, Inc., a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 0.94%), and Equity Residential REIT, a financials company (portfolio average weight of 1.53%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc., a materials company (portfolio average weight of 0.42%), and Denbury Resources, Inc., an energy company (portfolio average weight of 0.53%).

 

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio (PXMC) (continued)

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Financials      25.4   
Consumer Discretionary      16.1   
Industrials      13.7   
Information Technology      13.4   
Health Care      10.9   
Materials      6.1   
Consumer Staples      5.2   
Utilities      4.7   
Energy      3.6   
Telecommunication Services      0.8   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.1   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security       
Becton, Dickinson and Co.      1.7   
Equity Residential REIT      1.6   
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.      1.5   
Charles Schwab Corp. (The)      1.4   
Eversource Energy      1.4   
Dollar General Corp.      1.3   
Vornado Realty Trust REIT      1.3   
Republic Services, Inc.      1.3   
Mylan NV      1.3   
VF Corp.      1.3   
Total      14.1   
 

 

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio (PXMC) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

          3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index   1 Year                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Blended-RAFI® Fundamental Mid Core Index     12.96     16.92     59.85     13.75     90.42       7.38     82.03
Russell Midcap® Index     13.30        17.87        63.75        15.09        101.94          8.47        98.19   
Fund                                              
NAV Return     12.52        16.46        57.95        13.21        85.98          6.77        73.53   
Market Price Return     12.73        16.44        57.88        13.23        86.10          6.78        73.65   

 

Fund Inception: December 1, 2006

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.69% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.39%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Blended-Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Blended-Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Blended-Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.

 

  The Blended-RAFI® Fundamental Mid Core Index performance is comprised of the performance of the Dynamic Mid Cap IntellidexSM Index, the Fund’s previous underlying index, from Fund inception through the conversion date, June 16, 2011, followed by the performance of the Previous Index starting from the conversion date through April 30, 2015.
 

 

 

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PXMG Manager’s Analysis
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio (PXMG)

 

Effective after the close of markets on May 22, 2015, the Fund’s name changed from PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio to PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio and the underlying index changed from RAFI® Fundamental Mid Growth Index (the “Previous Index”) to Russell Midcap Pure Growth Index (the “Index”). At that time the Fund also changed its investment objective and investment policies. The discussion that follows pertains to the Fund’s performance tracking the Previous Index for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015.

As an index fund, the PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of Index and, through May 22, 2015, the Previous Index. The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in the component securities that comprise the Index and, through May 22, 2015, the Previous Index.

Research Affiliates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles the Previous Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider identifies the common stocks for inclusion in the Previous Index from a universe of the 2,500 largest U.S. companies based on fundamental weight. The use of the word “Fundamental” in the Fund’s name reflects the fact that, in identifying common stocks, the Index Provider uses fundamental measures of company size, rather than market capitalization (company share price multiplied by number of shares outstanding). The Index Provider uses the following fundamental measures to include common stocks in the Previous Index: book value, cash flow, sales and dividends. The Index Provider calculates a composite fundamental weight for each common stock by equally weighting the above four fundamental measures. The Index Provider then ranks each common stock by its fundamental weight and, based on this ranking, divides the common stocks into three size groups: “large,” “mid” and “small.” The common stocks it ranks in the top 70% of the eligible universe by fundamental weight comprise the “large” size group, the next 20% comprise the “mid” size group, and the final 10% comprise the “small” size group. The Index Provider further divides the “mid” size group into “growth,” “core” or “value” subsets based on fundamental measures. The Previous Index is composed only of those common stocks that the Index Provider classifies as both “mid” and “growth” and weights them according to their composite fundamental weight. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Previous Index in proportion to their weightings in the Previous Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 8.09%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 7.98%. During the same time period, the Previous Index returned 8.44%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Previous Index; therefore, the

Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Previous Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses incurred by the Fund.

During this same time period, the Russell Midcap® Growth Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 16.46%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 550 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a midcap growth benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. midcap growth equity market.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an index that employs a fundamental weighting and stock selection methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the financials sector and most underweight in the consumer discretionary sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, which contributed to the Fund’s underperformance.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the health care sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the information technology and financials sectors, respectively. The energy sector was the only detracting sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Broadcom Corp., Class A, an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 1.89%), and Zoetis, Inc., a health care company (portfolio average weight of 1.56%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Wynn Resorts Ltd., a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 1.31%), and Noble Energy, Inc., an energy company (portfolio average weight of 1.5%).

 

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio (PXMG) (continued)

 

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Financials      23.6   
Information Technology      18.8   
Health Care      13.0   
Consumer Discretionary      12.4   
Industrials      11.1   
Energy      10.5   
Materials      6.0   
Consumer Staples      4.6   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Western Digital Corp.      2.4   
HCP, Inc. REIT      2.3   
Ventas, Inc. REIT      2.2   
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.      2.1   
Health Care REIT, Inc. REIT      2.0   
Broadcom Corp., Class A      2.0   
Stryker Corp.      2.0   
Prologis, Inc. REIT      1.9   
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.      1.8   
Lear Corp.      1.8   
Total      20.5   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio (PXMG) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

   

1 Year

   

3 Years

Average
Annualized

   

3 Years

Cumulative

   

5 Years

Average
Annualized

   

5 Years

Cumulative

   

10 Years

Average
Annualized

   

10 Years

Cumulative

        Fund Inception  
Index                     Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Blended-RAFI® Fundamental Mid Growth Index     8.44     14.07     48.41     12.36     79.12     9.89     156.78       8.92     138.28
Russell Midcap® Growth Index     16.46        17.14        60.73        15.59        106.37        10.55        172.73          9.73        156.82   
Fund                    
NAV Return     7.98        13.60        46.60        11.84        74.94        9.24        142.00          8.28        124.27   
Market Price Return     8.09        13.63        46.73        11.85        75.03        9.24        142.01          8.26        123.98   

 

Fund Inception: March 3, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.45% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.39%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Blended-Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Blended-Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Blended-Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.

 

  The Blended-RAFI® Fundamental Mid Growth Index performance is comprised of the performance of the Dynamic Mid Cap Growth IntellidexSM Index, the Fund’s previous underlying index, from Fund inception through the conversion date, June 16, 2011, followed by the performance of the Previous Index starting from the conversion date through April 30, 2015.
 

 

 

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PXMV Manager’s Analysis
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio (PXMV)

 

Effective after the close of markets on May 22, 2015, the Fund’s name changed from PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio to PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio and the underlying index changed from RAFI® Fundamental Mid Value Index (the “Previous Index”) to Russell Midcap Pure Value Index (the “Index”). At that time the Fund also changed its investment objective and investment policies. The discussion that follows pertains to the Fund’s performance tracking the Previous Index for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015.

As an index fund, the PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Index and, through May 22, 2015, the Previous Index. The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in the component securities that comprise the Index and, through May 22, 2015, the Previous Index.

Research Affiliates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles the Previous Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider identifies the common stocks for inclusion in the Previous Index from a universe of the 2,500 largest U.S. companies based on fundamental weight. The use of the word “Fundamental” in the Fund’s name reflects the fact that, in identifying common stocks, the Index Provider uses fundamental measures of company size, rather than market capitalization (company share price multiplied by number of shares outstanding). The Index Provider uses the following fundamental measures to include common stocks in the Previous Index: book value, cash flow, sales and dividends. The Index Provider calculates a composite fundamental weight for each common stock by equally weighting the above four fundamental measures. The Index Provider then ranks each common stock by its fundamental weight and, based on this ranking, divides the common stocks into three size groups: “large,” “mid” and “small.” The common stocks it ranks in the top 70% of the eligible universe by fundamental weight comprise the “large” size group, the next 20% comprise the “mid” size group, and the final 10% comprise the “small” size group. The Index Provider further divides the “mid” size group into “growth,” “core” or “value” subsets based on fundamental measures. The Previous Index is composed only of those common stocks that the Index Provider classifies as both “mid” and “value” and weights them according to their composite fundamental weight. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Previous Index in proportion to their weightings in the Previous Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 7.94%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 7.98%. During the same time period, the Previous Index returned 8.33%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Previous Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of

the Previous Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the Russell Midcap® Value Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 9.97%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 580 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a Midcap value benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. midcap value market.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund employs a fundamental weighting and stock selection methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the consumer discretionary sector and most underweight in the financials sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, which contributed to the Fund’s underperformance.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the consumer discretionary sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the financials and health care sectors, respectively. The energy sector was the only detracting sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Tesoro Corp., an energy company (portfolio average weight of 1.18%), and Hillshire Brands Company, a consumer staples company (no longer held at fiscal year-end). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Peabody Energy Corp., an energy company (portfolio average weight of 0.42%), and Avon Products, Inc., a consumer staples company (portfolio average weight of 0.56%).

 

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio (PXMV) (continued)

 

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Financials      21.4   
Consumer Discretionary      20.0   
Industrials      15.4   
Utilities      9.5   
Information Technology      7.7   
Materials      7.2   
Consumer Staples      6.6   
Health Care      5.4   
Energy      5.1   
Telecommunication Services      1.6   
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.1   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Tesoro Corp.      1.4   
American Airlines Group, Inc.      1.1   
Boston Scientific Corp.      1.1   
Whirlpool Corp.      1.1   
Frontier Communications Corp.      1.1   
TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.      1.0   
Rite Aid Corp.      1.0   
Ingersoll-Rand PLC      0.9   
Principal Financial Group, Inc.      0.9   
McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.      0.9   
Total      10.5   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio (PXMV) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
    10 Years
Average
Annualized
    10 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                     Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Blended-RAFI® Fundamental Mid Value Index     8.33     19.78     71.87     14.62     97.83     9.02     137.21       8.44     127.74
Russell Midcap® Value Index     9.97        18.42        66.04        14.57        97.37        9.77        154.12          9.19        144.32   
Fund                    
NAV Return     7.98        19.34        69.96        14.10        93.35        8.33        122.60          7.76        113.60   
Market Price Return     7.94        19.36        70.04        14.09        93.33        8.34        122.78          7.74        113.20   

 

Fund Inception: March 3, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.63%, including acquired fund fees and expenses of 0.01% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.40%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the

redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Blended-Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Blended-Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Blended-Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.

 

  The Blended-RAFI® Fundamental Mid Value Index performance is comprised of the performance of the Dynamic Mid Cap Value IntellidexSM Index, the Fund’s previous underlying index, from Fund inception through the conversion date, June 16, 2011, followed by the performance of the Previous Index starting from the conversion date through April 30, 2015.
 

 

 

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PXSC Manager’s Analysis
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio (PXSC)

 

Effective after the close of markets on May 22, 2015, the Fund’s name changed from PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio to PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio and the underlying index changed from RAFI® Fundamental Small Core Index (the “Previous Index”) to Russell 2000 Equal Weight Index (the “Index”). At that time the Fund also changed its ticker symbol from PXSC to EQWS and changed its investment objective and investment policies. The discussion that follows pertains to the Fund’s performance tracking the Previous Index for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015.

As an index fund, the PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Index and, through May 22, 2015, the Previous Index. The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in the component securities that comprise the Index and, through May 22, 2015, the Previous Index.

Research Affiliates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles the Previous Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider identifies the common stocks for inclusion in the Previous Index from a universe of the 2,500 largest U.S. companies based on fundamental weight. The use of the word “Fundamental” in the Fund’s name reflects the fact that, in identifying common stocks, the Index Provider uses fundamental measures of company size, rather than market capitalization (company share price multiplied by number of shares outstanding). The Index Provider uses the following fundamental measures to include common stocks in the Previous Index: book value, cash flow, sales and dividends. The Index Provider calculates a composite fundamental weight for each common stock by equally weighting the above four fundamental measures. The Index Provider then ranks each common stock by its fundamental weight and, based on this ranking, divides the common stocks into three size groups: “large,” “mid” and “small.” The common stocks it ranks in the top 70% of the eligible universe by fundamental weight comprise the “large” size group, the next 20% comprise the “mid” size group, and the final 10% comprise the “small” size group. The Index Provider further divides the “small” size group into “growth,” “core” or “value” subsets based on fundamental measures. The Previous Index is composed only of those common stocks that the Index Provider classifies as both “small” and “core” and weights them according to their composite fundamental weight. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Previous Index in proportion to their weightings in the Previous Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 10.59%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 10.53%. During the same time period, the Previous Index returned 10.99%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Previous Index; therefore,

the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Previous Index primarily due to fees and operating cost incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the Russell 2000® Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 9.71%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 1,990 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a broad-based small cap benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. small cap equity market.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index primarily because the Fund tracks an index that employs a fundamental weighting and stock selection methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the industrials sector and most underweight in the information technology sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, which contributed to the Fund’s outperformance.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the financials sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the consumer discretionary and health care sectors, respectively. The energy sector was the only detracting sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Southwest Airlines Co., an industrials company (portfolio average weight of 1.03%), and TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc., an information technology company (no longer held at fiscal year-end). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Atwood Oceanics, Inc., an energy company (portfolio average weight of 0.44%), and Generac Holdings, Inc., an industrials company (portfolio average weight of 0.46%).

 

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio (PXSC) (continued)

 

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Financials      21.8   
Industrials      20.6   
Consumer Discretionary      17.6   
Information Technology      11.2   
Health Care      9.9   
Materials      6.0   
Consumer Staples      5.4   
Energy      4.6   
Utilities      1.9   
Telecommunication Services      1.0   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Southwest Airlines Co.      1.2   
Dresser-Rand Group, Inc.      0.9   
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.      0.9   
Symetra Financial Corp.      0.7   
VCA, Inc.      0.7   
Home Properties, Inc. REIT      0.7   
Global Payments, Inc.      0.7   
STERIS Corp.      0.7   
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.      0.7   
Highwoods Properties, Inc. REIT      0.7   
Total      7.9   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio (PXSC) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

   

1 Year

   

3 Years

Average
Annualized

   

3 Years

Cumulative

   

5 Years

Average
Annualized

   

5 Years

Cumulative

        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Blended-RAFI® Fundamental Small Core Index     10.99     16.24     57.07     13.06     84.71       6.00     63.22
Russell 2000® Index     9.71        15.87        55.58        12.73        82.03          6.89        75.21   
Fund                
NAV Return     10.53        15.71        54.94        12.48        80.01          5.28        54.18   
Market Price Return     10.59        15.77        55.18        12.50        80.24          5.29        54.23   

 

Fund Inception: December 1, 2006

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.95%, including acquired fund fees and expenses of 0.01% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.40%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Blended-Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Blended-Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Blended-Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.

 

  The Blended-RAFI® Fundamental Small Core Index performance is comprised of the performance of the Dynamic Small Cap IntellidexSM Index, the Fund’s previous underlying index, from Fund inception through the conversion date, June 16, 2011, followed by the performance of the Previous Index starting from the conversion date through April 30, 2015.
 

 

 

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PXSG Manager’s Analysis
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio (PXSG)

 

Effective after the close of markets on May 22, 2015, the Fund’s name changed from PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio to PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio and the underlying index changed from RAFI® Fundamental Small Growth Index (the “Previous Index”) to Russell 2000 Pure Growth Index (the “Index”). At that time the Fund also changed its investment objective and investment policies. The discussion that follows pertains to the Fund’s performance tracking the Previous Index for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015.

As an index fund, the PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Index and, through May 22, 2015, the Previous Index. The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in the component securities that comprise the Index and, through May 22, 2015, the Previous Index.

Research Affiliates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles the Previous Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider identifies the common stocks for inclusion in the Previous Index from a universe of the 2,500 largest U.S. companies based on fundamental weight. The use of the word “Fundamental” in the Fund’s name reflects the fact that, in identifying common stocks, the Index Provider uses fundamental measures of company size, rather than market capitalization (company share price multiplied by number of shares outstanding). The Index Provider uses the following fundamental measures to include common stocks in the Previous Index: book value, cash flow, sales and dividends. The Index Provider calculates a composite fundamental weight for each common stock by equally weighting the above four fundamental measures. The Index Provider then ranks each common stock by its fundamental weight and, based on this ranking, divides the common stocks into three size groups: “large,” “mid” and “small.” The common stocks it ranks in the top 70% of the eligible universe by fundamental weight comprise the “large” size group, the next 20% comprise the “mid” size group, and the final 10% comprise the “small” size group. The Index Provider further divides the “small” size group into “growth,” “core” or “value” subsets based on fundamental measures. The Previous Index is composed only of those common stocks that the Index Provider classifies as both “small” and “growth” and weights them according to their composite fundamental weight. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Previous Index in proportion to their weightings in the Previous Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 6.92%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 6.92%. During the same time period, the Previous Index returned 7.19%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Previous Index; therefore, the

Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Previous Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the Russell 2000® Growth Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 14.65%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 1,200 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a small cap growth benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. small cap growth market.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an index that employs a fundamental weighting and stock selection methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index select and weight stocks based on market capitalization.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the financials sector and most underweight in the health care sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, which contributed to the Fund’s underperformance.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the information technology sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the financials and health care sectors, respectively. The energy sector detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the industrials and materials sectors, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Skyworks Solutions, Inc., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 1.73%), and Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc., a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 0.65%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Ocwen Financial Corp., a financials company (portfolio average weight of 0.31%), and MasTec, Inc., an industrials company (portfolio average weight of 0.43%).

 

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio (PXSG) (continued)

 

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Financials      27.9   
Information Technology      24.2   
Consumer Discretionary      13.6   
Industrials      12.5   
Health Care      11.2   
Energy      3.7   
Consumer Staples      3.1   
Materials      2.5   
Utilities      1.1   
Telecommunication Services      0.2   
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.      2.4   
ResMed, Inc.      1.1   
Kilroy Realty Corp. REIT      1.0   
Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)      1.0   
MSCI, Inc.      1.0   
Two Harbors Investment Corp. REIT      1.0   
ITC Holdings Corp.      0.9   
SVB Financial Group      0.9   
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. REIT      0.9   
Waste Connections, Inc.      0.9   
Total      11.1   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio (PXSG) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

   

1 Year

   

3 Years

Average
Annualized

   

3 Years

Cumulative

   

5 Years

Average
Annualized

   

5 Years

Cumulative

   

10 Years

Average
Annualized

   

10 Years

Cumulative

        Fund Inception  
Index                     Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Blended-RAFI® Fundamental Small Growth Index     7.19     14.17     48.81     13.53     88.64     7.18     100.06       6.20     84.21
Russell 2000® Growth Index     14.65        17.22        61.08        14.94        100.60        10.41        169.26          9.08        141.83   
Fund                    
NAV Return     6.92        13.78        47.29        13.00        84.22        6.55        88.52          5.57        73.42   
Market Price Return     6.92        13.81        47.40        13.02        84.41        6.58        89.12          5.54        73.01   

 

Fund Inception: March 3, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.72%, including estimated acquired fund fees and expenses of 0.02% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.41%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Blended-Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Blended-Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Blended-Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.

 

  The Blended-RAFI® Fundamental Small Growth Index performance is comprised of the performance of the Dynamic Small Cap Growth IntellidexSM Index, the Fund’s previous underlying index, from Fund inception through the conversion date, June 16, 2011, followed by the performance of the Previous Index starting from the conversion date through April 30, 2015.
 

 

 

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PXSV Manager’s Analysis
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio (PXSV)

 

Effective after the close of markets on May 22, 2015, the Fund’s name changed from PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio to PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio and the underlying index changed from RAFI® Fundamental Small Value Index (the “Previous Index”) to Russell 2000 Pure Value Index (the “Index”). At that time the Fund also changed its investment objective and investment policies. The discussion that follows pertains to the Fund’s performance tracking the Previous Index for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015.

As an index fund, the PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Index and, through May 22, 2015, the Previous Index. The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in the component securities that comprise the Index and, through May 22, 2015, the Previous Index.

Research Affiliates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles the Previous Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider identifies the common stocks for inclusion in the Previous Index from a universe of the 2,500 largest U.S. companies based on fundamental weight. The use of the word “Fundamental” in the Fund’s name reflects the fact that, in identifying common stocks, the Index Provider uses fundamental measures of company size, rather than market capitalization (company share price multiplied by number of shares outstanding). The Index Provider uses the following fundamental measures to include common stocks in the Previous Index: book value, cash flow, sales and dividends. The Index Provider calculates a composite fundamental weight for each common stock by equally weighting the above four fundamental measures. The Index Provider then ranks each common stock by its fundamental weight and, based on this ranking, divides the common stocks into three size groups: “large,” “mid” and “small.” The common stocks it ranks in the top 70% of the eligible universe by fundamental weight comprise the “large” size group, the next 20% comprise the “mid” size group, and the final 10% comprise the “small” size group. The Index Provider further divides the “small” size group into “growth,” “core” or “value” subsets based on fundamental measures. The Previous Index is composed only of those common stocks that the Index Provider classifies as both “small” and “value” and weights them according to their composite fundamental weight. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Previous Index in proportion to their weightings in the Previous Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 5.87%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 5.91%. During the same time period, the Previous Index returned 6.19%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Previous Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of

the Previous Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the Russell 2000® Value Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 4.89%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 1,370 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a small cap value benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. small cap value market.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an index that employs a fundamental weighting and stock selection methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index select and weight stocks based on market capitalization.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the consumer discretionary sector and most underweight in the financials sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, which contributed to the Fund’s underperformance.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the financials sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the information technology and consumer discretionary sectors, respectively. The energy sector detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the materials sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Travel Centers of America LLC, a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 0.3%), and Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 0.43%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Key Energy Services, Inc., an energy company (portfolio average weight of 0.15%), and Stone Energy Corp., an energy company (portfolio average weight of 0.2%).

 

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio (PXSV) (continued)

 

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Financials      25.3   
Industrials      19.6   
Consumer Discretionary      18.5   
Information Technology      12.8   
Materials      6.7   
Utilities      6.1   
Health Care      4.3   
Consumer Staples      3.0   
Energy      2.4   
Telecommunication Services      1.3   
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.      0.6   
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A      0.5   
Dynegy, Inc.      0.5   
Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.      0.5   
Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The)      0.5   
City National Corp.      0.5   
New Jersey Resources Corp.      0.5   
PacWest Bancorp      0.5   
TravelCenters of America LLC      0.5   
SunEdison, Inc.      0.4   
Total      5.0   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio (PXSV) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

   

1 Year

   

3 Years

Average
Annualized

   

3 Years

Cumulative

   

5 Years

Average
Annualized

   

5 Years

Cumulative

   

10 Years

Average
Annualized

   

10 Years

Cumulative

        Fund Inception  
Index                     Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Blended-RAFI® Fundamental Small Value Index     6.19     18.52     66.49     14.03     92.81     8.55     127.22       7.48     108.18
Russell 2000® Value Index     4.89        14.52        50.19        10.55        65.09        7.87        113.33          6.86        96.26   
Fund                    
NAV Return     5.91        18.22        65.23        13.60        89.16        7.91        114.18          6.85        96.11   
Market Price Return     5.87        18.27        65.43        13.63        89.41        7.95        114.82          6.84        95.87   

 

Fund Inception: March 3, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.54% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.39%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Blended-Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Blended-Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Blended-Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.

 

  The Blended-RAFI® Fundamental Small Value Index performance is comprised of the performance of the Dynamic Small Cap Value IntellidexSM Index, the Fund’s previous underlying index, from Fund inception through the conversion date, June 16, 2011, followed by the performance of the Previous Index starting from the conversion date through April 30, 2015.
 

 

 

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PZI    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio (PZI)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Zacks Micro Cap IndexTM (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of micro capitalization companies that comprise the Index.

Zacks Investment Research (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider designs the selection methodology of the Index to identify companies with potentially superior risk-return profiles, as determined by the Index Provider. The objective of the Index is to actively represent a group of stocks that have the potential to outperform passive benchmark micro capitalization indices and other actively managed U.S. micro capitalization strategies. The Index constituent selection methodology utilizes a proprietary composite scoring system that measures companies on the basis of relative value and momentum, and is designed to be an effective, quantitative approach to selecting stocks with the greatest potential for capital appreciation from the micro capitalization subset of the domestic equity universe. The Index Provider selects U.S. stocks from a universe of 7,000 domestic companies. For the purpose of this constituent selection, the micro capitalization subset is defined relative to the entire investable universe of stocks, with the upper threshold equal to 0.15% of the capitalization of the largest capitalization domestic company at the time of selection and a minimum capitalization of approximately 0.015% of the largest capitalization domestic company at the time of selection. The Index Provider ranks and sorts each company from highest to lowest by each factor subset, then combines the rankings to establish a composite profile. A security may be an Index constituent only if it achieves a minimum threshold ranking on each factor. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 0.64%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 0.71%. During the same time period, the Index returned (0.59)%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, outperformed the return of the Index, despite incurring fees and operating expenses during the period, primarily due to the Index being a price return index and not reflecting dividends generated on the underlying securities. The Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, also outperformed from the return of the Index due to securities lending revenue.

During this same time period, the Russell Microcap® Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 7.66%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 1,630 securities. The Fund

selected this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a micro-cap U.S. stock benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a representation of the micro-cap segment of the U.S. market.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an index that employs a proprietary stock selection methodology that differs from the stock selection methodology of the Benchmark Index.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the financials sector and most underweight in the health care sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, which contributed to the Fund’s underperformance.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the financials sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the health care and consumer discretionary sectors, respectively. The energy sector detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the industrials and materials sectors, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Covenant Transportation Group, Inc., Class A, an industrials company (portfolio average weight of 0.28%), and Pantry, Inc., a consumer discretionary company (no longer held at fiscal year-end). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Resolute Energy Corp., an energy company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Emerald Oil, Inc., an energy company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Financials      44.7   
Industrials      11.7   
Information Technology      11.3   
Consumer Discretionary      11.2   
Energy      6.7   
Health Care      5.9   
Consumer Staples      3.0   
Materials      2.9   
Telecommunication Services      1.6   
Utilities      1.0   
Pharmaceuticals      0.0   
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio (PZI) (continued)

 

Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Hooker Furniture Corp.      0.3   
Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc.      0.3   
China Cord Blood Corp.      0.3   
Ruby Tuesday, Inc.      0.3   
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.      0.3   
Inphi Corp.      0.3   
Ardmore Shipping Corp.      0.3   
Callon Petroleum Co.      0.3   
China XD Plastics Co. Ltd.      0.3   
VASCO Data Security International, Inc.      0.3   
Total      3.0   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio (PZI) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

   

1 Year

   

3 Years

Average
Annualized

   

3 Years

Cumulative

   

5 Years

Average
Annualized

   

5 Years

Cumulative

        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Zacks Micro Cap Index™-PI     (0.59 )%      12.98     44.22     7.10     40.91       1.21     12.38
Russell Microcap® Index     7.66        17.01        60.21        12.30        78.64          6.41        82.66   
Fund                
NAV Return     0.71        14.13        48.67        8.03        47.13          1.90        20.03   
Market Price Return     0.64        14.15        48.75        8.02        47.08          1.87        19.72   

 

Fund Inception: August 18, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 1.00%, including acquired fund fees and expenses of 0.21% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.91%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund

at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.

 

PI — Price only, and does not reflect dividends paid by the holdings in the Index.
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio (PWB)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity
Interests—99.9%
   
   Consumer Discretionary—21.8%   
  7,421       AutoZone, Inc.(b)    $ 4,991,810   
  65,682       Dollar General Corp.      4,775,738   
  96,998       Home Depot, Inc. (The)      10,376,846   
  51,927       L Brands, Inc.      4,640,197   
  64,378       Lowe’s Cos., Inc.      4,433,069   
  57,399       Marriott International, Inc., Class A      4,594,790   
  114,606       NIKE, Inc., Class B      11,327,657   
  22,923       O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(b)      4,993,317   
  45,085       Ross Stores, Inc.      4,458,005   
  102,052       Starbucks Corp.      5,059,738   
  106,935       Walt Disney Co. (The)      11,625,973   
     

 

 

 
        71,277,140   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—10.8%   
  32,455       Costco Wholesale Corp.      4,642,688   
  107,151       CVS Health Corp.      10,639,023   
  67,045       Kroger Co. (The)      4,620,071   
  45,537       Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.      4,367,909   
  133,971       Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.      11,110,215   
     

 

 

 
        35,379,906   
     

 

 

 
   Energy—5.3%   
  74,686       Energy Transfer Equity LP      4,978,569   
  132,251       Schlumberger Ltd.      12,512,267   
     

 

 

 
        17,490,836   
     

 

 

 
   Financials—10.6%   
  75,507       Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(b)      10,662,343   
  162,584       Charles Schwab Corp. (The)      4,958,812   
  49,724       CME Group, Inc., Class A      4,520,409   
  20,264       Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.      4,549,876   
  46,266       McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.      4,825,544   
  49,210       Moody’s Corp.      5,291,059   
     

 

 

 
        34,808,043   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—22.4%   
  46,422       AmerisourceBergen Corp.      5,306,035   
  27,173       Biogen, Inc.(b)      10,160,800   
  182,700       Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.      11,643,471   
  54,215       Cardinal Health, Inc.      4,572,493   
  66,198       Cerner Corp.(b)      4,753,678   
  56,258       Express Scripts Holding Co.(b)      4,860,691   
  107,508       Gilead Sciences, Inc.(b)      10,805,629   
  20,857       McKesson Corp.      4,659,454   
  143,454       Medtronic PLC      10,680,150   
  83,210       Mylan NV(b)      6,012,755   
     

 

 

 
        73,455,156   
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—5.6%   
  99,588       American Airlines Group, Inc.      4,808,607   
  26,952       FedEx Corp.      4,570,251   
  110,317       Southwest Airlines Co.      4,474,457   
  73,183       United Continental Holdings, Inc.(b)      4,371,952   
     

 

 

 
        18,225,267   
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—20.7%   
  86,643       Apple, Inc.      10,843,371   
  82,368       eBay, Inc.(b)      4,798,760   
  140,942       Facebook, Inc., Class A(b)      11,102,001   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Information Technology (continued)   
  48,860       Intuit, Inc.    $ 4,902,124   
  123,494       MasterCard, Inc., Class A      11,140,394   
  155,528       Micron Technology, Inc.(b)      4,375,002   
  56,190       NXP Semiconductors NV (Netherlands)(b)      5,400,983   
  81,128       Texas Instruments, Inc.      4,397,949   
  164,100       Visa, Inc., Class A      10,838,805   
     

 

 

 
        67,799,389   
     

 

 

 
   Materials—2.7%   
  30,553       Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.      4,382,217   
  16,726       Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)      4,649,828   
     

 

 

 
        9,032,045   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $292,730,262)
     327,467,782   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%   
  210,425       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)
(Cost $210,425)
     210,425   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $292,940,687)—100.0%
     327,678,207   
   Other assets less
liabilities—(0.0)%
     (98,798
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 327,579,409   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio (PWV)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity
Interests—100.0%
   
   Consumer Discretionary—4.3%   
  418,520       General Motors Co.    $ 14,673,311   
  245,054       Macy’s, Inc.      15,837,840   
  203,241       Target Corp.      16,021,488   
     

 

 

 
        46,532,639   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—9.1%   
  326,126       Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.      15,941,039   
  157,756       PepsiCo, Inc.      15,005,751   
  427,990       Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      34,029,485   
  434,112       Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.      33,882,441   
     

 

 

 
        98,858,716   
     

 

 

 
   Energy—11.0%   
  341,534       Chevron Corp.      37,930,766   
  239,493       ConocoPhillips      16,266,365   
  411,506       Exxon Mobil Corp.      35,953,279   
  148,715       Marathon Petroleum Corp.      14,658,837   
  253,121       Valero Energy Corp.      14,402,585   
     

 

 

 
        119,211,832   
     

 

 

 
   Financials—18.2%   
  136,959       ACE Ltd.      14,653,244   
  221,174       Allstate Corp. (The)      15,406,981   
  282,213       American International Group, Inc.      15,885,770   
  416,844       Blackstone Group LP (The)      17,073,930   
  155,452       Chubb Corp. (The)      15,288,704   
  256,068       Discover Financial Services      14,844,262   
  594,565       JPMorgan Chase & Co.      37,612,182   
  193,133       Prudential Financial, Inc.      15,759,653   
  145,337       Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)      14,695,024   
  664,993       Wells Fargo & Co.      36,641,114   
     

 

 

 
        197,860,864   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—11.1%   
  106,624       Anthem, Inc.      16,092,760   
  128,382       Cigna Corp.      16,001,533   
  222,531       Eli Lilly & Co.      15,993,303   
  355,427       Johnson & Johnson      35,258,358   
  622,394       Merck & Co., Inc.      37,069,787   
     

 

 

 
        120,415,741   
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—4.2%   
  112,518       General Dynamics Corp.      15,450,972   
  94,230       Northrop Grumman Corp.      14,515,189   
  243,792       PACCAR, Inc.      15,931,807   
     

 

 

 
        45,897,968   
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—22.4%   
  1,234,661       Cisco Systems, Inc.      35,595,277   
  639,960       Corning, Inc.      13,394,363   
  448,191       Hewlett-Packard Co.      14,776,857   
  1,095,789       Intel Corp.      35,667,932   
  224,990       International Business Machines Corp.      38,538,537   
  830,898       Microsoft Corp.      40,414,879   
  831,467       Oracle Corp.      36,268,590   
  255,480       Seagate Technology PLC      15,001,785   
  145,959       Western Digital Corp.      14,266,033   
     

 

 

 
        243,924,253   
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Materials—3.1%   
  276,811       International Paper Co.    $ 14,870,287   
  181,760       LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A      18,815,795   
     

 

 

 
        33,686,082   
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—8.1%   
  1,054,253       AT&T, Inc.      36,519,324   
  412,441       CenturyLink, Inc.      14,831,379   
  736,803       Verizon Communications, Inc.      37,164,343   
     

 

 

 
        88,515,046   
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—8.5%   
  271,185       American Electric Power Co., Inc.      15,422,291   
  198,792       Duke Energy Corp.      15,420,295   
  243,032       Edison International      14,810,370   
  290,621       PG&E Corp.      15,379,663   
  457,915       PPL Corp.      15,582,848   
  371,255       Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.      15,421,933   
     

 

 

 
        92,037,400   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $1,014,034,602)—100.0%
     1,086,940,541   
   Other assets less liabilities—0.0%      402,357   
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 1,087,342,898   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio (PXLC)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity
Interests—99.9%
   
   Consumer Discretionary—13.5%   
  3,136       CBS Corp., Class B    $ 194,840   
  4,049       DIRECTV(b)      367,265   
  53,538       Ford Motor Co.      845,900   
  23,644       General Motors Co.      828,959   
  10,488       Home Depot, Inc. (The)      1,122,006   
  6,550       Johnson Controls, Inc.      329,989   
  3,387       L Brands, Inc.      302,662   
  8,204       McDonald’s Corp.      792,096   
  2,120       Omnicom Group, Inc.      160,611   
  2,329       Time Warner Cable, Inc.      362,206   
  11,512       Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A      392,329   
     

 

 

 
        5,698,863   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—14.0%   
  12,923       Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.      631,676   
  5,423       Colgate-Palmolive Co.      364,860   
  12,655       CVS Health Corp.      1,256,515   
  5,965       General Mills, Inc.      330,103   
  3,685       Lorillard, Inc.      257,434   
  13,786       PepsiCo, Inc.      1,311,324   
  13,416       Philip Morris International, Inc.      1,119,834   
  8,028       Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.      665,762   
     

 

 

 
        5,937,508   
     

 

 

 
   Energy—5.4%   
  4,024       Anadarko Petroleum Corp.      378,658   
  5,050       Apache Corp.      345,420   
  3,194       California Resources Corp.      29,704   
  4,159       Marathon Petroleum Corp.      409,953   
  7,985       Occidental Petroleum Corp.      639,599   
  6,347       Spectra Energy Corp.      236,426   
  4,876       Williams Cos., Inc. (The)      249,602   
     

 

 

 
        2,289,362   
     

 

 

 
   Financials—16.3%   
  3,448       ACE Ltd.      368,902   
  5,207       Aflac, Inc.      328,249   
  6,604       American Express Co.      511,480   
  27,925       Annaly Capital Management, Inc. REIT      281,205   
  17,384       Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(b)      2,454,795   
  7,429       Capital One Financial Corp.      600,635   
  3,984       Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.      223,741   
  6,191       PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)      567,900   
  6,750       Prudential Financial, Inc.      550,800   
  3,746       State Street Corp.      288,892   
  17,059       U.S. Bancorp      731,319   
     

 

 

 
        6,907,918   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—17.0%   
  5,829       AbbVie, Inc.      376,903   
  4,107       Aetna, Inc.      438,915   
  5,037       AmerisourceBergen Corp.      575,729   
  4,095       Baxter International, Inc.      281,490   
  12,328       Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.      785,663   
  22,135       Johnson & Johnson      2,195,792   
  3,184       McKesson Corp.      711,306   
  8,153       Medtronic PLC      606,991   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Health Care (continued)   
  10,814       UnitedHealth Group, Inc.    $ 1,204,680   
     

 

 

 
        7,177,469   
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—15.9%   
  4,671       3M Co.      730,498   
  4,961       Boeing Co. (The)      711,110   
  6,764       Caterpillar, Inc.      587,656   
  9,252       CSX Corp.      333,905   
  3,901       Deere & Co.      353,119   
  6,643       Emerson Electric Co.      390,808   
  2,725       FedEx Corp.      462,078   
  4,951       Honeywell International, Inc.      499,655   
  3,640       Illinois Tool Works, Inc.      340,631   
  2,404       Lockheed Martin Corp.      448,586   
  2,939       Norfolk Southern Corp.      296,398   
  2,909       PACCAR, Inc.      190,103   
  5,540       United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B      556,936   
  7,180       United Technologies Corp.      816,725   
     

 

 

 
        6,718,208   
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—9.9%   
  60,531       Intel Corp.      1,970,284   
  8,517       International Business Machines Corp.      1,458,877   
  6,334       Micron Technology, Inc.(b)      178,175   
  7,090       Texas Instruments, Inc.      384,349   
  4,578       Yahoo!, Inc.(b)      194,863   
     

 

 

 
        4,186,548   
     

 

 

 
   Materials—4.1%   
  1,677       Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.      240,532   
  8,118       E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.      594,238   
  3,827       Mosaic Co. (The)      168,388   
  11,102       Newmont Mining Corp.      294,092   
  917       PPG Industries, Inc.      203,170   
  1,847       Praxair, Inc.      225,205   
     

 

 

 
        1,725,625   
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—3.8%   
  12,109       AES Corp. (The)      160,444   
  8,945       Duke Energy Corp.      693,864   
  4,346       NextEra Energy, Inc.      438,642   
  8,654       PPL Corp.      294,495   
     

 

 

 
        1,587,445   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $34,254,306)
     42,228,946   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.2%   
  64,946       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)
(Cost $64,946)
     64,946   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $34,319,252)—100.1%
     42,293,892   
   Other assets less
liabilities—(0.1)%
     (45,280
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 42,248,612   
     

 

 

 
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio (PXLC) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Investment Abbreviations:

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio (PXLG)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%    
   Consumer Discretionary—11.6%   
  3,794       Amazon.com, Inc.(b)    $ 1,600,233   
  98,967       Comcast Corp., Class A      5,716,334   
  17,602       NIKE, Inc., Class B      1,739,782   
  17,311       TJX Cos., Inc. (The)      1,117,252   
  11,865       Viacom, Inc., Class B      824,024   
  43,132       Walt Disney Co. (The)      4,689,311   
  13,397       Yum! Brands, Inc.      1,151,606   
     

 

 

 
        16,838,542   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—7.8%   
  160,031       Coca-Cola Co. (The)      6,490,857   
  23,226       Costco Wholesale Corp.      3,322,479   
  17,142       Kraft Foods Group, Inc.      1,452,785   
     

 

 

 
        11,266,121   
     

 

 

 
   Energy—9.8%   
  22,517       Baker Hughes, Inc.      1,541,514   
  12,518       EOG Resources, Inc.      1,238,656   
  30,646       Halliburton Co.      1,500,121   
  29,266       Kinder Morgan, Inc.      1,256,975   
  19,885       National Oilwell Varco, Inc.      1,081,943   
  46,187       Phillips 66      3,663,091   
  41,925       Schlumberger Ltd.      3,966,524   
     

 

 

 
        14,248,824   
     

 

 

 
   Financials—11.7%   
  4,007       BlackRock, Inc.      1,458,308   
  17,398       CME Group, Inc., Class A      1,581,652   
  17,083       Discover Financial Services      990,302   
  7,372       Simon Property Group, Inc. REIT      1,337,944   
  211,530       Wells Fargo & Co.      11,655,303   
  3,686       WP GLIMCHER, Inc. REIT      55,290   
     

 

 

 
        17,078,799   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—13.6%   
  15,690       Amgen, Inc.      2,477,608   
  12,932       Cigna Corp.      1,611,845   
  34,266       Express Scripts Holding Co.(b)      2,960,582   
  14,388       Gilead Sciences, Inc.(b)      1,446,138   
  12,204       Humana, Inc.      2,020,982   
  138,488       Merck & Co., Inc.      8,248,345   
  8,113       Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.      1,019,642   
     

 

 

 
        19,785,142   
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—3.5%   
  6,124       Cummins, Inc.      846,704   
  14,350       Danaher Corp.      1,174,978   
  4,971       NOW, Inc.(b)      118,807   
  27,239       Union Pacific Corp.      2,893,599   
     

 

 

 
        5,034,088   
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—37.4%   
  18,524       Accenture PLC, Class A      1,716,249   
  116,302       Apple, Inc.      14,555,195   
  15,207       Automatic Data Processing, Inc.      1,285,600   
  5,069       CDK Global, Inc.      242,906   
  185,283       Cisco Systems, Inc.      5,341,709   
  72,396       Corning, Inc.      1,515,248   
  27,456       eBay, Inc.(b)      1,599,587   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Information Technology (continued)   
  80,265       EMC Corp.    $ 2,159,931   
  3,979       Google, Inc., Class A(b)      2,183,556   
  3,989       Google, Inc., Class C(b)      2,143,449   
  271,803       Microsoft Corp.      13,220,498   
  92,521       Oracle Corp.      4,035,766   
  39,410       QUALCOMM, Inc.      2,679,880   
  25,953       Visa, Inc., Class A      1,714,196   
     

 

 

 
        54,393,770   
     

 

 

 
   Materials—2.9%   
  25,882       LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A      2,679,305   
  13,824       Monsanto Co.      1,575,383   
     

 

 

 
        4,254,688   
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—1.7%   
  69,876       CenturyLink, Inc.      2,512,741   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $114,036,137)
     145,412,715   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%   
  178,897       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)
(Cost $178,897)
     178,897   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $114,215,034)—100.1%
     145,591,612   
   Other assets less
liabilities—(0.1)%
     (89,506
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 145,502,106   
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio (PXLV)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%    
   Consumer Discretionary—5.5%   
  6,167       Best Buy Co., Inc.    $ 213,686   
  3,447       Carnival Corp.      151,565   
  1,936       Kohl’s Corp.      138,714   
  6,293       Lowe’s Cos., Inc.      433,336   
  2,666       Macy’s, Inc.      172,304   
  10,099       Staples, Inc.      164,816   
  6,783       Target Corp.      534,704   
  5,140       Time Warner, Inc.      433,867   
  643       Time, Inc.      14,680   
     

 

 

 
        2,257,672   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—12.3%   
  13,008       Altria Group, Inc.      651,050   
  2,300       Bunge Ltd.      198,651   
  3,728       ConAgra Foods, Inc.      134,767   
  2,107       Kellogg Co.      133,436   
  2,011       Kimberly-Clark Corp.      220,587   
  7,212       Kroger Co. (The)      496,979   
  14,300       Mondelez International, Inc., Class A      548,691   
  15,369       Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      1,221,989   
  2,287       Reynolds American, Inc.      167,637   
  5,481       Sysco Corp.      202,962   
  14,029       Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.      1,094,964   
     

 

 

 
        5,071,713   
     

 

 

 
   Energy—18.5%   
  5,217       Chesapeake Energy Corp.      82,272   
  19,196       Chevron Corp.      2,131,908   
  16,639       ConocoPhillips      1,130,121   
  3,056       Devon Energy Corp.      208,450   
  34,405       Exxon Mobil Corp.      3,005,965   
  2,868       Hess Corp.      220,549   
  9,005       Marathon Oil Corp.      280,055   
  2,605       Murphy Oil Corp.      124,024   
  373       Seventy Seven Energy, Inc.(b)      1,891   
  7,798       Valero Energy Corp.      443,706   
     

 

 

 
        7,628,941   
     

 

 

 
   Financials—24.6%   
  4,030       Allstate Corp. (The)      280,730   
  10,978       American International Group, Inc.      617,952   
  111,879       Bank of America Corp.      1,782,232   
  8,728       Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)      369,544   
  5,547       BB&T Corp.      212,395   
  1,977       Chubb Corp. (The)      194,438   
  26,497       Citigroup, Inc.      1,412,820   
  5,948       Fifth Third Bancorp      118,960   
  6,486       Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A(b)      57,012   
  3,276       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)      643,472   
  5,596       Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)      228,149   
  32,312       JPMorgan Chase & Co.      2,044,057   
  7,439       KeyCorp      107,494   
  2,094       Lincoln National Corp.      118,290   
  2,960       Loews Corp.      123,254   
  7,646       MetLife, Inc.      392,163   
  10,778       Morgan Stanley      402,127   
  4,504       Progressive Corp. (The)      120,077   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  12,111       Regions Financial Corp.    $ 119,051   
  4,743       SunTrust Banks, Inc.      196,834   
  4,004       Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)      404,844   
  7,760       Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT      244,518   
     

 

 

 
        10,190,413   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—9.7%   
  14,106       Abbott Laboratories      654,801   
  3,693       Anthem, Inc.      557,384   
  4,304       Cardinal Health, Inc.      362,999   
  6,756       Eli Lilly & Co.      485,554   
  251       Halyard Health, Inc.(b)      12,168   
  5,522       HCA Holdings, Inc.(b)      408,683   
  45,533       Pfizer, Inc.      1,544,935   
     

 

 

 
        4,026,524   
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—7.5%   
  2,045       General Dynamics Corp.      280,819   
  75,281       General Electric Co.      2,038,610   
  1,695       Northrop Grumman Corp.      261,098   
  1,933       Raytheon Co.      201,032   
  2,990       Tyco International PLC      117,746   
  63       Veritiv Corp.(b)      2,504   
  3,708       Waste Management, Inc.      183,657   
     

 

 

 
        3,085,466   
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—2.4%   
  5,464       Applied Materials, Inc.      108,133   
  762       Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc., Class B(b)      27,973   
  22,143       Hewlett-Packard Co.      730,055   
  12,653       Xerox Corp.      145,509   
     

 

 

 
        1,011,670   
     

 

 

 
   Materials—2.7%   
  13,777       Alcoa, Inc.      184,887   
  7,971       Dow Chemical Co. (The)      406,521   
  8,927       Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.      207,731   
  3,324       International Paper Co.      178,565   
  2,782       Nucor Corp.      135,929   
     

 

 

 
        1,113,633   
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—9.1%   
  65,333       AT&T, Inc.      2,263,135   
  29,420       Verizon Communications, Inc.      1,483,945   
     

 

 

 
        3,747,080   
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—7.7%   
  2,883       Ameren Corp.      118,030   
  4,640       American Electric Power Co., Inc.      263,877   
  3,976       CenterPoint Energy, Inc.      83,377   
  3,284       Consolidated Edison, Inc.      202,130   
  3,332       Dominion Resources, Inc.      238,838   
  1,609       DTE Energy Co.      128,125   
  3,011       Edison International      183,490   
  2,605       Entergy Corp.      201,054   
  12,054       Exelon Corp.      410,077   
  6,840       FirstEnergy Corp.      245,625   
  4,745       PG&E Corp.      251,105   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio (PXLV) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Utilities (continued)   
  5,365       Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.    $ 222,862   
  1,360       Sempra Energy      144,391   
  7,917       Southern Co. (The)      350,723   
  4,710       Xcel Energy, Inc.      159,716   
     

 

 

 
        3,203,420   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $38,396,281)
     41,336,532   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.0%   
  16,712       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)
(Cost $16,712)
     16,712   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $38,412,993)—100.0%
     41,353,244   
   Other assets less
liabilities—(0.0)%
     (5,736
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 41,347,508   
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio (PXMC)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity
Interests—99.9%
   
   Consumer Discretionary—16.1%   
  1,165       Advance Auto Parts, Inc.    $ 166,595   
  470       AutoZone, Inc.(b)      316,150   
  5,401       Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.(b)      380,554   
  3,098       BorgWarner, Inc.      183,402   
  5,578       CarMax, Inc.(b)      379,918   
  3,607       Cinemark Holdings, Inc.      153,766   
  6,719       Dana Holding Corp.      144,929   
  4,771       DISH Network Corp., Class A(b)      322,806   
  6,338       Dollar General Corp.      460,836   
  1,699       Expedia, Inc., Class A      160,097   
  2,649       Family Dollar Stores, Inc.      206,993   
  7,205       Hanesbrands, Inc.      223,931   
  11,712       Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)      244,078   
  3,475       Jarden Corp.(b)      177,851   
  2,665       Lennar Corp., Class A      122,057   
  2,307       Murphy USA, Inc.(b)      150,716   
  4,218       Nordstrom, Inc.      318,712   
  437       Remy International, Inc.      9,723   
  2,954       SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.      62,625   
  3,141       Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.      269,969   
  1,896       Tiffany & Co.      165,862   
  5,968       VF Corp.      432,262   
  1,948       Vista Outdoor, Inc.(b)      85,245   
  1,969       Williams-Sonoma, Inc.      144,781   
  2,628       Wyndham Worldwide Corp.      224,431   
     

 

 

 
        5,508,289   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—5.2%   
  2,392       Brown-Forman Corp., Class B      215,830   
  1,600       Casey’s General Stores, Inc.      131,488   
  1,854       Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A(b)      214,953   
  1,969       Energizer Holdings, Inc.      269,005   
  2,766       Hormel Foods Corp.      150,332   
  2,648       Ingredion, Inc.      210,251   
  3,453       J.M. Smucker Co. (The)      400,272   
  2,548       McCormick & Co., Inc.      191,864   
     

 

 

 
        1,783,995   
     

 

 

 
   Energy—3.6%   
  1,318       Cimarex Energy Co.      163,959   
  6,552       CONSOL Energy, Inc.      212,809   
  14,096       Denbury Resources, Inc.      124,186   
  1,753       Energen Corp.      124,761   
  6,252       LinnCo LLC      79,713   
  1,607       Oil States International, Inc.(b)      76,477   
  5,346       QEP Resources, Inc.      120,285   
  16,345       SandRidge Energy, Inc.(b)      30,892   
  6,499       Superior Energy Services, Inc.      165,725   
  1,208       Targa Resources Corp.      126,804   
     

 

 

 
        1,225,611   
     

 

 

 
   Financials—25.4%   
  1,734       Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. REIT      160,187   
  391       Alleghany Corp.(b)      185,146   
  4,150       Ameriprise Financial, Inc.      519,912   
  3,164       Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.      151,334   
  5,150       BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      106,863   
  2,734       Boston Properties, Inc. REIT      361,736   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  2,139       Camden Property Trust REIT    $ 160,596   
  5,206       CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(b)      199,598   
  15,518       Charles Schwab Corp. (The)      473,299   
  11,252       E*TRADE Financial Corp.(b)      323,945   
  7,342       Equity Residential REIT      542,280   
  1,150       Federal Realty Investment Trust REIT      153,721   
  4,622       First American Financial Corp.      160,799   
  19,889       First Niagara Financial Group, Inc.      180,891   
  7,373       FNF Group      265,354   
  2,458       FNFV Group(b)      36,747   
  7,374       Franklin Resources, Inc.      380,204   
  13,980       General Growth Properties, Inc. REIT      383,052   
  6,103       Hatteras Financial Corp. REIT      110,220   
  10,224       Invesco Ltd.(c)      423,478   
  853       Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.      141,649   
  1,879       LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.      76,043   
  3,330       Macerich Co. (The) REIT      272,261   
  259       Markel Corp.(b)      191,826   
  18,061       MFA Financial, Inc. REIT      140,334   
  3,639       NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (The)      176,965   
  14,197       Navient Corp.      277,409   
  2,185       Public Storage REIT      410,583   
  2,743       Raymond James Financial, Inc.      155,062   
  3,521       Rayonier, Inc. REIT      90,102   
  2,050       Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.      187,821   
  1,838       SL Green Realty Corp. REIT      224,898   
  14,197       SLM Corp.(b)      144,667   
  6,457       UDR, Inc. REIT      211,596   
  2,218       Urban Edge Properties REIT      50,193   
  4,435       Vornado Realty Trust REIT      458,978   
  5,189       Voya Financial, Inc.      219,702   
     

 

 

 
        8,709,451   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—10.9%   
  2,955       Alere, Inc.(b)      140,304   
  4,058       Becton, Dickinson and Co.      571,651   
  1,105       C.R. Bard, Inc.      184,071   
  3,582       Centene Corp.(b)      222,048   
  7,043       Community Health Systems, Inc.(b)      378,068   
  4,570       DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc.(b)      370,627   
  2,509       DENTSPLY International, Inc.      127,959   
  1,982       Henry Schein, Inc.(b)      271,732   
  6,048       Mylan NV(b)      437,029   
  2,904       Omnicare, Inc.      255,494   
  5,340       Tenet Healthcare Corp.(b)      255,572   
  1,876       Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B      219,398   
  2,885       Zimmer Holdings, Inc.      316,888   
     

 

 

 
        3,750,841   
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—13.7%   
  3,731       Alaska Air Group, Inc.      239,008   
  4,969       C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.      319,954   
  1,400       Carlisle Cos., Inc.      135,100   
  3,189       Civeo Corp.      14,893   
  6,093       Delta Air Lines, Inc.      271,991   
  4,102       Dover Corp.      310,603   
  2,392       EMCOR Group, Inc.      106,755   
  1,759       Equifax, Inc.      170,500   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio (PXMC) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Industrials (continued)   
  4,343       Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.    $ 199,040   
  5,579       Fluor Corp.      335,521   
  2,978       Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.      132,819   
  1,046       Hubbell, Inc., Class B      113,836   
  1,221       Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.      160,671   
  5,045       Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.(b)      216,229   
  3,344       Joy Global, Inc.      142,588   
  973       Orbital ATK, Inc.      71,185   
  3,560       Parker-Hannifin Corp.      424,921   
  5,965       Quanta Services, Inc.(b)      172,448   
  11,179       Republic Services, Inc.      454,203   
  2,173       Rockwell Automation, Inc.      257,718   
  1,218       Snap-on, Inc.      182,152   
  1,047       W.W. Grainger, Inc.      260,106   
     

 

 

 
        4,692,241   
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—13.4%   
  439       Alliance Data Systems Corp.(b)      130,519   
  3,031       Amdocs Ltd.      166,917   
  5,807       Analog Devices, Inc.      359,105   
  2,196       Autodesk, Inc.(b)      124,799   
  12,554       Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.      141,860   
  7,771       CA, Inc.      246,885   
  3,937       Electronic Arts, Inc.(b)      228,700   
  4,673       Fiserv, Inc.(b)      362,625   
  3,038       Harris Corp.      243,769   
  10,641       Juniper Networks, Inc.      281,241   
  3,206       KLA-Tencor Corp.      188,513   
  3,983       Lam Research Corp.      301,035   
  4,470       Microchip Technology, Inc.      213,018   
  8,908       NVIDIA Corp.      197,713   
  11,773       ON Semiconductor Corp.(b)      135,625   
  7,562       Paychex, Inc.      365,925   
  4,385       SanDisk Corp.      293,532   
  2,742       Synopsys, Inc.(b)      128,545   
  15,503       Western Union Co. (The)      314,401   
  4,278       Xilinx, Inc.      185,494   
     

 

 

 
        4,610,221   
     

 

 

 
   Materials—6.1%   
  1,474       Airgas, Inc.      149,287   
  2,706       Albemarle Corp.      161,548   
  3,365       Celanese Corp., Series A      223,302   
  12,782       Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc.      75,925   
  2,997       Eastman Chemical Co.      228,431   
  9,864       Graphic Packaging Holding Co.      139,082   
  1,387       International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.      159,158   
  912       Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.      130,097   
  1,595       Packaging Corp. of America      110,358   
  1,166       Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc.      19,484   
  5,434       Sealed Air Corp.      247,790   
  1,205       Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)      334,990   
  1,556       Valspar Corp. (The)      126,192   
     

 

 

 
        2,105,644   
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Telecommunication Services—0.8%   
  3,538       Level 3 Communications, Inc.(b)    $ 197,916   
  13,075       Sprint Corp.(b)      67,075   
     

 

 

 
        264,991   
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—4.7%   
  3,935       AGL Resources, Inc.      197,812   
  4,380       American Water Works Co., Inc.      238,798   
  9,564       Eversource Energy      466,341   
  15,309       NRG Energy, Inc.      386,399   
  6,602       Wisconsin Energy Corp.      324,290   
     

 

 

 
        1,613,640   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $29,327,266)
     34,264,924   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.3%   
  98,120       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)
(Cost $98,120)
     98,120   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $29,425,386)—100.2%
     34,363,044   
   Other assets less
liabilities—(0.2)%
     (70,791
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 34,292,253   
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  Affiliated company. The Fund’s Adviser is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Invesco Ltd. and therefore, Invesco Ltd. is considered to be affiliated. See Note 4.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio (PXMG)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%    
   Consumer Discretionary—12.4%   
  19,326       Coach, Inc.    $ 738,446   
  9,361       Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.      507,928   
  11,308       Discovery Communications, Inc., Class A(b)      365,927   
  11,308       Discovery Communications, Inc., Class C(b)      341,841   
  15,225       Dollar Tree, Inc.(b)      1,163,342   
  15,262       Las Vegas Sands Corp.      807,054   
  14,020       Lear Corp.      1,556,641   
  1,228       Liberty Broadband Corp., Class A(b)      66,607   
  2,456       Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C(b)      133,263   
  4,913       Liberty Media Corp., Series A(b)      188,561   
  9,822       Liberty Media Corp., Series C(b)      372,745   
  15,640       LKQ Corp.(b)      423,375   
  5,224       O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(b)      1,137,944   
  4,995       PVH Corp.      516,233   
  4,058       Ralph Lauren Corp., Class A      541,378   
  13,679       Ross Stores, Inc.      1,352,579   
  6,438       Wynn Resorts Ltd.      715,069   
     

 

 

 
        10,928,933   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—4.6%   
  8,359       Church & Dwight Co., Inc.      678,500   
  9,925       Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A      806,803   
  8,002       Hershey Co. (The)      735,544   
  8,925       Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.      856,086   
  19,439       Whole Foods Market, Inc.      928,407   
     

 

 

 
        4,005,340   
     

 

 

 
   Energy—10.5%   
  21,629       Cameron International Corp.(b)      1,185,702   
  5,091       Concho Resources, Inc.(b)      644,826   
  7,277       EQT Corp.      654,493   
  14,019       FMC Technologies, Inc.(b)      618,238   
  7,260       Helmerich & Payne, Inc.      566,062   
  35,493       HollyFrontier Corp.      1,376,418   
  21,560       Noble Energy, Inc.      1,093,523   
  5,633       Oceaneering International, Inc.      310,435   
  14,982       PBF Energy, Inc., Class A      425,189   
  4,322       Pioneer Natural Resources Co.      746,755   
  4,855       Range Resources Corp.      308,584   
  21,487       Southwestern Energy Co.(b)      602,281   
  11,247       Whiting Petroleum Corp.(b)      426,374   
  5,350       World Fuel Services Corp.      296,925   
     

 

 

 
        9,255,805   
     

 

 

 
   Financials—23.6%   
  2,256       Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.(b)      510,149   
  10,923       American Campus Communities, Inc. REIT      438,449   
  60,392       American Capital Agency Corp. REIT      1,246,189   
  10,171       American Tower Corp. REIT      961,465   
  8,808       AvalonBay Communities, Inc. REIT      1,447,507   
  10,066       Crown Castle International Corp. REIT      840,813   
  45,077       CYS Investments, Inc. REIT      402,087   
  13,785       Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      874,107   
  2,647       Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT      587,502   
  8,433       First Republic Bank      491,559   
  49,728       HCP, Inc. REIT      2,003,541   
  24,973       Health Care REIT, Inc. REIT      1,798,555   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  2,874       Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.    $ 645,299   
  22,569       Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT(c)      347,563   
  24,592       Leucadia National Corp.      584,552   
  7,624       Moody’s Corp.      819,732   
  40,572       Prologis, Inc. REIT      1,630,994   
  8,761       Realogy Holdings Corp.(b)      415,359   
  9,991       Realty Income Corp. REIT      469,277   
  23,774       Senior Housing Properties Trust REIT      486,654   
  16,509       T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.      1,340,201   
  12,123       TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.      439,459   
  28,333       Ventas, Inc. REIT      1,952,144   
     

 

 

 
        20,733,157   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—13.0%   
  4,326       Actavis PLC(b)      1,223,652   
  17,099       Agilent Technologies, Inc.      707,386   
  14,023       Catamaran Corp.(b)      832,265   
  8,989       Cerner Corp.(b)      645,500   
  6,413       Endo International PLC(b)      539,109   
  24,584       Hologic, Inc.(b)      829,464   
  1,470       Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(b)      729,091   
  6,685       MEDNAX, Inc.(b)      473,164   
  17,000       St. Jude Medical, Inc.      1,190,850   
  18,767       Stryker Corp.      1,731,068   
  6,080       Varian Medical Systems, Inc.(b)      540,208   
  3,753       Waters Corp.(b)      469,838   
  34,510       Zoetis, Inc.      1,532,934   
     

 

 

 
        11,444,529   
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—11.1%   
  10,391       AMETEK, Inc.      544,696   
  6,279       B/E Aerospace, Inc.      375,421   
  14,293       Fastenal Co.      609,168   
  8,718       Flowserve Corp.      510,264   
  5,723       J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.      499,046   
  5,688       Kansas City Southern      582,963   
  3,140       KLX, Inc.(b)      131,597   
  21,440       Nielsen NV      963,514   
  6,033       Pall Corp.      587,132   
  4,731       Roper Technologies, Inc.      795,612   
  18,348       Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.      1,810,948   
  3,873       Towers Watson & Co., Class A      491,503   
  2,253       TransDigm Group, Inc.      477,929   
  15,368       United Continental Holdings, Inc.(b)      918,084   
  12,929       Xylem, Inc.      478,632   
     

 

 

 
        9,776,509   
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—18.8%   
  52,769       Activision Blizzard, Inc.      1,203,925   
  18,802       Adobe Systems, Inc.(b)      1,430,080   
  7,046       Akamai Technologies, Inc.(b)      519,854   
  18,609       Altera Corp.      775,623   
  13,548       Amphenol Corp., Class A      750,153   
  40,477       Broadcom Corp., Class A      1,789,286   
  10,251       Citrix Systems, Inc.(b)      688,457   
  22,673       Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A(b)      1,327,277   
  2,501       Equinix, Inc. REIT      640,081   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio (PXMG) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Information Technology (continued)   
  20,867       Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.    $ 1,303,979   
  9,723       First Solar, Inc.(b)      580,171   
  9,698       Intuit, Inc.      973,000   
  8,550       Keysight Technologies, Inc.(b)      286,083   
  14,672       Linear Technology Corp.      676,819   
  25,682       NetApp, Inc.      930,972   
  11,149       Teradata Corp.(b)      490,445   
  21,540       Western Digital Corp.      2,105,320   
     

 

 

 
        16,471,525   
     

 

 

 
   Materials—6.0%   
  5,624       CF Industries Holdings, Inc.      1,616,731   
  12,813       Ecolab, Inc.      1,434,800   
  7,287       FMC Corp.      432,192   
  12,811       Rock-Tenn Co., Class A      806,837   
  6,710       Sigma-Aldrich Corp.      932,153   
     

 

 

 
        5,222,713   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $70,626,137)
     87,838,511   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%   
  108,990       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)
(Cost $108,990)
     108,990   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $70,735,127)—100.1%
     87,947,501   
   Other assets less
liabilities—(0.1)%
     (77,063
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 87,870,438   
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  Affiliated company. The Fund’s Adviser and Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and therefore, Invesco Ltd. and Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT are considered to be affiliated. See Note 4.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio (PXMV)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity
Interests—99.9%
   
   Consumer Discretionary—20.0%   
  3,913       Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A    $ 87,964   
  10,457       American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.      166,371   
  5,120       Apollo Education Group, Inc.(b)      85,939   
  3,247       AutoNation, Inc.(b)      199,853   
  4,586       Big Lots, Inc.      208,984   
  13,060       Cablevision Systems Corp., Class A      260,939   
  5,041       Caesars Entertainment Corp.(b)(c)      47,839   
  1,871       Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(b)      349,989   
  7,605       CST Brands, Inc.      317,205   
  5,814       D.R. Horton, Inc.      147,676   
  5,577       Darden Restaurants, Inc.      355,645   
  1,102       Dillard’s, Inc., Class A      145,012   
  4,509       Foot Locker, Inc.      268,060   
  5,578       GameStop Corp., Class A(c)      214,976   
  8,670       Gannett Co., Inc.      297,554   
  6,356       Gap, Inc. (The)      251,952   
  4,145       Genuine Parts Co.      372,428   
  15,540       Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)      440,792   
  162       Graham Holdings Co., Class B      165,715   
  3,233       Guess?, Inc.      59,196   
  6,433       H&R Block, Inc.      194,534   
  3,845       Harley-Davidson, Inc.      216,128   
  3,160       Hasbro, Inc.      223,696   
  56,902       J.C. Penney Co., Inc.(b)(c)      472,287   
  1,394       Lands’ End, Inc.(b)      40,956   
  5,305       Leggett & Platt, Inc.      225,303   
  14,660       Liberty Interactive Corp., Class A(b)      421,622   
  2,084       Liberty Ventures, Class A(b)      86,861   
  3,209       Marriott International, Inc., Class A      256,880   
  9,482       Mattel, Inc.      267,013   
  8,623       MGM Resorts International(b)      182,377   
  1,293       Mohawk Industries, Inc.(b)      224,336   
  6,662       Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.      254,022   
  19,987       News Corp., Class A(b)      315,395   
  83       NVR, Inc.(b)      110,099   
  36,375       Office Depot, Inc.(b)      335,378   
  4,903       Rent-A-Center, Inc.      145,129   
  4,073       Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.      277,208   
  4,635       Sears Holdings Corp.(b)      185,122   
  5,462       Service Corp. International      151,188   
  2,314       Tenneco, Inc.(b)      135,253   
  5,153       TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.(b)      541,374   
  2,261       Visteon Corp.(b)      229,265   
  3,204       Whirlpool Corp.      562,622   
     

 

 

 
        10,498,137   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—6.6%   
  26,116       Avon Products, Inc.      213,368   
  5,422       Campbell Soup Co.      242,418   
  3,063       Clorox Co. (The)      324,984   
  6,310       Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.      280,227   
  16,904       Dean Foods Co.      274,690   
  5,189       Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.      386,996   
  4,560       Molson Coors Brewing Co., Class B      335,206   
  68,629       Rite Aid Corp.(b)      529,129   
  47,076       SUPERVALU, Inc.(b)      413,798   
  11,310       Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A      446,745   
     

 

 

 
        3,447,561   
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Energy—5.1%   
  46,751       Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.(b)(c)    $ 37,868   
  37,977       Arch Coal, Inc.(b)(c)      36,997   
  6,129       Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.(c)      205,138   
  2,935       Exterran Holdings, Inc.      108,801   
  16,139       McDermott International, Inc.(b)      84,730   
  6,922       Newfield Exploration Co.(b)      271,619   
  6,049       ONEOK, Inc.      290,957   
  4,458       Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.      99,636   
  19,087       Peabody Energy Corp.(c)      90,282   
  4,276       Rowan Cos. PLC, Class A      90,608   
  1,240       SEACOR Holdings, Inc.(b)      90,098   
  8,754       Tesoro Corp.      751,356   
  2,189       Tidewater, Inc.(c)      60,613   
  2,017       Unit Corp.(b)      70,272   
  2,955       Western Refining, Inc.      130,168   
  17,301       WPX Energy, Inc.(b)      237,889   
     

 

 

 
        2,657,032   
     

 

 

 
   Financials—21.4%   
  8,126       American Capital Ltd.(b)      122,621   
  3,253       American Financial Group, Inc.      205,590   
  100       American National Insurance Co.      10,006   
  4,306       Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A REIT      162,465   
  6,796       Associated Banc-Corp.      127,833   
  4,236       Assurant, Inc.      260,344   
  6,515       Brandywine Realty Trust REIT      94,989   
  5,962       CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. REIT      107,376   
  5,945       Cincinnati Financial Corp.      301,055   
  5,537       CIT Group, Inc.      249,331   
  9,904       CNO Financial Group, Inc.      168,368   
  5,723       Columbia Property Trust, Inc. REIT      150,114   
  5,820       Comerica, Inc.      275,926   
  2,701       Commerce Bancshares, Inc.      115,360   
  10,587       Communications Sales & Leasing, Inc. REIT(b)      318,457   
  1,513       Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.      110,358   
  6,003       DDR Corp. REIT      102,351   
  9,345       Duke Realty Corp. REIT      185,124   
  4,885       Equity Commonwealth REIT(b)      123,151   
  4,699       Federated Investors, Inc., Class B      161,646   
  8,033       First Horizon National Corp.      114,470   
  1,928       Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)      132,203   
  3,403       HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.      193,835   
  6,789       Hospitality Properties Trust REIT      204,213   
  14,572       Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT      293,480   
  27,292       Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.      253,816   
  27,501       Huntington Bancshares, Inc.      298,661   
  5,324       Iron Mountain, Inc. REIT      183,625   
  1,039       Kemper Corp.      39,139   
  10,125       Kimco Realty Corp. REIT      244,012   
  3,516       Legg Mason, Inc.      185,117   
  4,443       Liberty Property Trust REIT      154,794   
  3,807       M&T Bank Corp.      455,584   
  5,563       Mack-Cali Realty Corp. REIT      99,856   
  4,634       McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.      483,326   
  21,480       New York Community Bancorp, Inc.      369,241   
  5,920       Northern Trust Corp.      433,048   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio (PXMV) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  11,144       Old Republic International Corp.    $ 170,392   
  15,902       People’s United Financial, Inc.      240,279   
  6,758       PHH Corp.(b)      169,761   
  8,785       Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A REIT      153,562   
  4,529       Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc. REIT      191,124   
  9,570       Principal Financial Group, Inc.      489,218   
  2,178       Regency Centers Corp. REIT      136,735   
  7,700       Retail Properties of America, Inc., Class A REIT      116,347   
  1,718       StanCorp Financial Group, Inc.      123,833   
  4,413       Synovus Financial Corp.      122,063   
  5,895       TCF Financial Corp.      92,316   
  4,127       Torchmark Corp.      231,566   
  11,831       Unum Group      404,147   
  10,291       Valley National Bancorp      97,044   
  4,429       W.R. Berkley Corp.      216,977   
  3,280       Weingarten Realty Investors REIT      107,453   
  12,722       XL Group PLC (Ireland)      471,732   
  6,447       Zions Bancorporation      182,676   
     

 

 

 
        11,208,110   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—5.4%   
  32,490       Boston Scientific Corp.(b)      578,972   
  7,944       Health Net, Inc.(b)      418,251   
  4,330       Hospira, Inc.(b)      377,966   
  4,370       Kindred Healthcare, Inc.      100,291   
  2,623       Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(b)      313,606   
  2,473       LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.(b)      185,178   
  3,997       Owens & Minor, Inc.      134,779   
  5,504       Quest Diagnostics, Inc.      393,096   
  1,008       Teleflex, Inc.      123,944   
  2,328       WellCare Health Plans, Inc.(b)      180,257   
     

 

 

 
        2,806,340   
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—15.4%   
  7,239       ADT Corp. (The)(c)      272,186   
  5,744       AECOM(b)      181,281   
  4,552       AGCO Corp.      234,474   
  12,082       American Airlines Group, Inc.      583,379   
  2,611       Armstrong World Industries, Inc.(b)      142,926   
  7,522       Avis Budget Group, Inc.(b)      407,241   
  2,146       Cintas Corp.      171,573   
  2,774       Con-way, Inc.      114,011   
  7,703       Exelis, Inc.      188,878   
  4,524       General Cable Corp.      73,786   
  4,031       Harsco Corp.      64,818   
  17,158       Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.(b)      357,573   
  7,538       Ingersoll-Rand PLC      496,302   
  4,416       ITT Corp.      175,094   
  14,671       JetBlue Airways Corp.(b)      301,196   
  6,654       KBR, Inc.      116,245   
  2,191       Kennametal, Inc.      77,583   
  3,950       L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.      453,895   
  4,157       Manpowergroup, Inc.      354,717   
  9,141       Masco Corp.      242,145   
  4,579       MRC Global, Inc.(b)      66,853   
  4,679       Navistar International Corp.(b)      140,183   
  3,062       Oshkosh Corp.      164,858   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Industrials (continued)   
  4,415       Owens Corning    $ 170,684   
  11,020       Pitney Bowes, Inc.      246,517   
  16,701       R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.      310,973   
  2,586       Robert Half International, Inc.      143,394   
  2,668       Rockwell Collins, Inc.      259,676   
  2,756       Ryder System, Inc.      262,812   
  4,088       Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)      208,038   
  1,338       SPX Corp.      103,026   
  3,449       Terex Corp.      94,710   
  8,042       Textron, Inc.      353,687   
  2,581       Timken Co. (The)      101,408   
  3,933       Trinity Industries, Inc.      106,545   
  1,971       United Rentals, Inc.(b)      190,359   
  428       Vectrus, Inc.(b)      10,940   
  1,712       WESCO International, Inc.(b)      123,504   
     

 

 

 
        8,067,470   
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—7.7%   
  30,653       Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(b)(c)      69,276   
  1,053       Anixter International, Inc.(b)      74,342   
  4,566       AOL, Inc.(b)      182,183   
  5,849       Arrow Electronics, Inc.(b)      349,244   
  4,130       Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., Class A      113,575   
  1,304       CACI International, Inc., Class A(b)      115,065   
  6,343       Computer Sciences Corp.      408,806   
  3,825       CoreLogic, Inc.(b)      149,596   
  1,725       Insight Enterprises, Inc.(b)      49,370   
  13,186       Jabil Circuit, Inc.      296,949   
  5,034       Leidos Holdings, Inc.      209,616   
  2,692       Lexmark International, Inc., Class A      119,498   
  7,240       Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.      237,689   
  4,527       Motorola Solutions, Inc.      270,488   
  3,982       NCR Corp.(b)      109,266   
  7,895       Sanmina Corp.(b)      160,505   
  2,590       Science Applications International Corp.      129,759   
  18,255       Symantec Corp.      455,006   
  1,713       SYNNEX Corp.      131,045   
  1,993       Tech Data Corp.(b)      112,345   
  3,201       Total System Services, Inc.      126,632   
  3,337       Unisys Corp.(b)      72,646   
  7,180       Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.      91,042   
     

 

 

 
        4,033,943   
     

 

 

 
   Materials—7.2%   
  4,899       Allegheny Technologies, Inc.      166,517   
  2,167       Ashland, Inc.      273,822   
  3,920       Avery Dennison Corp.      217,913   
  3,503       Ball Corp.      257,155   
  4,065       Bemis Co., Inc.      182,925   
  1,909       Cabot Corp.      81,591   
  7,451       Commercial Metals Co.      123,687   
  4,752       Crown Holdings, Inc.(b)      257,843   
  8,636       Huntsman Corp.      199,060   
  6,901       MeadWestvaco Corp.      336,769   
  6,950       Owens-Illinois, Inc.(b)      166,174   
  2,680       Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.      173,450   
  3,442       RPM International, Inc.      163,633   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio (PXMV) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Materials (continued)   
  3,779       Sonoco Products Co.    $ 168,883   
  6,234       Southern Copper Corp. (Mexico)      203,104   
  10,496       Steel Dynamics, Inc.      232,276   
  1,291       Timkensteel Corp.      37,684   
  12,232       United States Steel Corp.(c)      293,813   
  2,820       Vulcan Materials Co.      241,166   
     

 

 

 
        3,777,465   
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—1.6%   
  81,566       Frontier Communications Corp.      559,543   
  6,643       Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.      177,434   
  8,823       Windstream Holdings, Inc.(c)      103,053   
     

 

 

 
        840,030   
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—9.5%   
  4,300       Alliant Energy Corp.      260,021   
  3,567       Atmos Energy Corp.      192,618   
  14,736       Calpine Corp.(b)      321,392   
  10,493       CMS Energy Corp.      356,028   
  7,284       Great Plains Energy, Inc.      190,695   
  3,798       Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.      118,877   
  3,474       Integrys Energy Group, Inc.      253,949   
  5,007       MDU Resources Group, Inc.      111,606   
  1,930       National Fuel Gas Co.      124,389   
  10,998       NiSource, Inc.      477,533   
  5,939       OGE Energy Corp.      194,087   
  16,540       Pepco Holdings, Inc.      429,709   
  5,334       Pinnacle West Capital Corp.      326,441   
  3,708       Portland General Electric Co.      130,373   
  5,527       Questar Corp.      129,553   
  5,762       SCANA Corp.      305,271   
  1,238       Southwest Gas Corp.      68,090   
  12,787       TECO Energy, Inc.      242,314   
  6,976       UGI Corp.      242,835   
  2,796       Vectren Corp.      120,703   
  5,428       Westar Energy, Inc.      204,364   
  2,914       WGL Holdings, Inc.      160,299   
     

 

 

 
        4,961,147   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $42,629,964)
     52,297,235   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.2%   
  100,763       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)
(Cost $100,763)
     100,763   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $42,730,727)—100.1%
     52,397,998   
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan    
     
   Money Market Fund—3.2%   
  1,679,081       Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)(e)
(Cost $1,679,081)
   $ 1,679,081   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $44,409,808)—103.3%
     54,077,079   
   Other assets less
liabilities—(3.3)%
     (1,739,433
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 52,337,646   
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2015.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
(e)  The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower’s return of the securities loaned. See Note 2G. The following table presents the Fund’s gross and net amount of assets available for offset by the Fund as of April 30, 2015.

 

Counterparty

   Gross Amount
of Securities on
Loan at Value
     Cash Collateral
Received for
Securities
Loaned*
     Net
Amount
 
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    $ 1,289,457       $ (1,289,457    $   

 

* Amount does not include excess collateral received, if any.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio (PXSC)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%    
   Consumer Discretionary—17.6%   
  3,138       Aaron’s, Inc.    $ 106,692   
  282       America’s Car-Mart, Inc.(b)      14,478   
  4,130       Ascena Retail Group, Inc.(b)      61,909   
  641       BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.(b)      29,999   
  1,536       Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.      34,806   
  717       Bravo Brio Restaurant Group, Inc.(b)      10,561   
  370       Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.(b)      18,604   
  1,536       Buckle, Inc. (The)      68,813   
  1,076       Cabela’s, Inc.(b)      56,748   
  242       Capella Education Co.      13,075   
  326       Carriage Services, Inc.      7,707   
  1,082       Carter’s, Inc.      108,049   
  919       Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (The)      46,069   
  4,105       Chico’s FAS, Inc.      69,210   
  974       Choice Hotels International, Inc.      58,313   
  193       Collectors Universe, Inc.      4,445   
  394       Conn’s, Inc.(b)      11,020   
  141       Container Store Group, Inc. (The)(b)      2,575   
  1,780       Core-Mark Holding Co., Inc.      93,824   
  617       Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.      81,740   
  249       Culp, Inc.      6,437   
  1,772       DeVry Education Group, Inc.      53,585   
  481       DineEquity, Inc.      46,383   
  731       Domino’s Pizza, Inc.      78,838   
  401       Drew Industries, Inc.      22,725   
  943       Entravision Communications Corp., Class A      6,167   
  349       Extended Stay America, Inc.      7,071   
  254       Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.(b)      12,840   
  1,516       Finish Line, Inc. (The), Class A      37,188   
  885       Genesco, Inc.(b)      59,817   
  4,849       Gentex Corp.      84,130   
  658       Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co.(b)      15,042   
  697       HSN, Inc.      43,507   
  565       Interval Leisure Group, Inc.      14,006   
  382       Jamba, Inc.(b)      6,020   
  593       Kirkland’s, Inc.(b)      14,078   
  1,037       La-Z-Boy, Inc.      27,180   
  2,307       LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc., Class A(b)      5,214   
  1,399       Life Time Fitness, Inc.(b)      100,029   
  4,453       Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(b)      111,592   
  927       Madison Square Garden Co. (The), Class A(b)      74,438   
  489       MDC Partners, Inc., Class A      10,240   
  174       Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.(b)      5,086   
  348       Movado Group, Inc.      10,189   
  1,976       National CineMedia, Inc.      30,114   
  1,644       Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.(b)      79,750   
  869       Outerwall, Inc.      57,728   
  589       Overstock.com, Inc.(b)      12,646   
  276       Oxford Industries, Inc.      21,928   
  520       Papa John’s International, Inc.      31,912   
  786       Pool Corp.      51,004   
  4,578       PulteGroup, Inc.      88,355   
  438       Remy International, Inc.      9,746   
  3,090       Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.(b)      96,439   
  1,215       Select Comfort Corp.(b)      37,446   
  540       Shoe Carnival, Inc.      14,099   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Consumer Discretionary (continued)   
  1,378       Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A    $ 42,222   
  668       Skullcandy, Inc.(b)      7,221   
  1,148       Sotheby’s      49,031   
  619       Standard Motor Products, Inc.      23,398   
  2,317       Standard Pacific Corp.(b)      18,768   
  1,565       Starz, Class A(b)      61,551   
  93       Strattec Security Corp.      6,982   
  831       Taylor Morrison Home Corp.,
Class A(b)
     15,390   
  404       Tilly’s, Inc., Class A(b)      5,389   
  1,102       Tupperware Brands Corp.      73,680   
  412       Universal Electronics, Inc.(b)      22,223   
  2,361       Urban Outfitters, Inc.(b)      94,534   
  630       Vail Resorts, Inc.      62,502   
  1,927       Wolverine World Wide, Inc.      59,217   
  708       Zumiez, Inc.(b)      22,451   
     

 

 

 
        2,846,165   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—5.4%   
  1,222       Andersons, Inc. (The)      52,167   
  1,350       B&G Foods, Inc.      41,040   
  364       Calavo Growers, Inc.      18,437   
  735       Diamond Foods, Inc.(b)      20,609   
  4,404       Flowers Foods, Inc.      98,385   
  769       Fresh Market, Inc. (The)(b)      27,023   
  2,562       HRG Group, Inc.(b)      32,102   
  251       J & J Snack Foods Corp.      26,187   
  424       Lancaster Colony Corp.      38,016   
  1,016       Landec Corp.(b)      14,437   
  348       Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.      4,527   
  1,375       Pinnacle Foods, Inc.      55,756   
  561       Sanderson Farms, Inc.      42,142   
  9       Seaboard Corp.(b)      32,400   
  1,773       Snyders-Lance, Inc.      52,357   
  430       Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc., Class A      13,321   
  1,083       TreeHouse Foods, Inc.(b)      88,005   
  1,399       United Natural Foods, Inc.(b)      94,377   
  130       USANA Health Sciences, Inc.(b)      14,786   
  2,406       WhiteWave Foods Co. (The)(b)      105,792   
     

 

 

 
        871,866   
     

 

 

 
   Energy—4.6%   
  1,775       Atwood Oceanics, Inc.      59,249   
  899       Bristow Group, Inc.      55,855   
  176       Clayton Williams Energy, Inc.(b)      9,798   
  214       Dawson Geophysical Co.(b)      1,218   
  2,376       Delek US Holdings, Inc.      87,722   
  1,795       Dresser-Rand Group, Inc.(b)      148,393   
  486       Dril-Quip, Inc.(b)      38,744   
  571       Era Group, Inc.(b)      12,665   
  738       Goodrich Petroleum Corp.(b)      2,856   
  1,576       Green Plains, Inc.      49,077   
  812       Gulfmark Offshore, Inc., Class A      12,188   
  552       Hallador Energy Co.      6,342   
  583       Matrix Service Co.(b)      12,808   
  2,176       Midstates Petroleum Co., Inc.(b)      2,502   
  255       Natural Gas Services Group, Inc.(b)      6,464   
  882       Nuverra Environmental Solutions,
Inc.(b)
     3,581   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Energy (continued)   
  232       Panhandle Oil and Gas, Inc., Class A    $ 5,290   
  711       PDC Energy, Inc.(b)      40,342   
  229       REX American Resources Corp.(b)      14,477   
  1,019       Rosetta Resources, Inc.(b)      23,264   
  905       SemGroup Corp., Class A      76,192   
  915       SM Energy Co.      53,043   
  9,926       Vantage Drilling Co.(b)      3,956   
  534       Westmoreland Coal Co.(b)      15,176   
     

 

 

 
        741,202   
     

 

 

 
   Financials—21.8%   
  1,248       Acadia Realty Trust REIT      38,563   
  248       Access National Corp.      4,687   
  335       Agree Realty Corp. REIT      10,311   
  57       Alexander’s, Inc. REIT      24,580   
  3,692       American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp. REIT      64,758   
  3,204       American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.      86,348   
  2,097       Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. REIT      33,258   
  427       Arlington Asset Investment Corp., Class A      9,257   
  64       Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A      2,867   
  365       Banc of California, Inc.      4,526   
  634       Bancorp, Inc. (The)(b)      6,175   
  165       Bank of Kentucky Financial Corp. (The)      7,902   
  159       Bank of Marin Bancorp      8,017   
  2,298       BankUnited, Inc.      75,512   
  897       Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.      25,125   
  4,535       BGC Partners, Inc., Class A      45,509   
  275       Bridge Bancorp, Inc.      6,949   
  163       Bridge Capital Holdings(b)      4,409   
  2,615       Brown & Brown, Inc.      83,549   
  341       Bryn Mawr Bank Corp.      10,261   
  69       BSB Bancorp, Inc.(b)      1,459   
  732       Centerstate Banks, Inc.      8,901   
  324       CNB Financial Corp.      5,566   
  1,249       Community Bank System, Inc.      43,653   
  241       ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.      4,632   
  2,517       Corrections Corp. of America REIT      92,600   
  3,465       Cowen Group, Inc., Class A(b)      19,369   
  2,136       CubeSmart REIT      49,278   
  76       Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc.      13,847   
  2,717       East West Bancorp, Inc.      110,283   
  681       EastGroup Properties, Inc. REIT      38,953   
  2,422       Eaton Vance Corp.      99,496   
  986       Education Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      33,149   
  168       eHealth, Inc.(b)      2,060   
  587       Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A REIT      10,566   
  1,738       Equity One, Inc. REIT      42,807   
  346       Erie Indemnity Co., Class A      28,631   
  3,140       EZCORP, Inc., Class A(b)      28,888   
  377       Fidelity Southern Corp.      6,334   
  2,678       First Financial Bancorp      46,222   
  1,094       First Financial Bankshares, Inc.      31,682   
  1,985       First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      39,164   
  322       First of Long Island Corp. (The)      8,056   
  239       Fox Chase Bancorp, Inc.      3,975   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  1,797       Geo Group, Inc. (The) REIT    $ 70,083   
  341       German American Bancorp, Inc.      9,756   
  607       Gladstone Commercial Corp. REIT      10,811   
  951       Gladstone Investment Corp.      7,199   
  3,088       Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      79,053   
  1,271       Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.      17,667   
  834       Heritage Financial Corp.      14,095   
  6,947       Hersha Hospitality Trust REIT      44,669   
  2,572       Highwoods Properties, Inc. REIT      110,699   
  159       Home Bancorp, Inc.      3,442   
  1,576       Home Properties, Inc. REIT      115,931   
  462       HomeStreet, Inc.(b)      9,554   
  835       IBERIABANK Corp.      52,029   
  687       Independent Bank Corp.      28,662   
  438       Lakeland Financial Corp.      17,104   
  2,246       LaSalle Hotel Properties REIT      82,406   
  631       LTC Properties, Inc. REIT      27,423   
  5,137       MBIA, Inc.(b)      44,949   
  131       Meta Financial Group, Inc.      5,359   
  226       MidSouth Bancorp, Inc.      2,931   
  180       MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.      5,265   
  1,195       Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. REIT      12,344   
  334       National Health Investors, Inc. REIT      22,284   
  4,182       National Penn Bancshares, Inc.      43,493   
  2,555       National Retail Properties, Inc. REIT      98,112   
  432       NewStar Financial, Inc.(b)      4,968   
  410       Nicholas Financial, Inc.(b)      5,178   
  323       Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.(b)      5,058   
  1,056       Parkway Properties, Inc. REIT      17,181   
  491       PICO Holdings, Inc.(b)      8,843   
  717       Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.      34,165   
  1,102       Post Properties, Inc. REIT      63,001   
  1,319       PrivateBancorp, Inc.      48,895   
  1,949       ProAssurance Corp.      87,608   
  1,162       Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.      61,981   
  406       PS Business Parks, Inc. REIT      30,998   
  1,824       Radian Group, Inc.      32,577   
  5,924       Resource Capital Corp. REIT      26,125   
  682       Rouse Properties, Inc. REIT      11,915   
  415       Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.(b)      7,466   
  3,098       Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc.      76,490   
  291       Saul Centers, Inc. REIT      14,643   
  2,168       SEI Investments Co.      98,991   
  738       Select Income REIT      17,114   
  732       Southside Bancshares, Inc.      19,998   
  625       Sovran Self Storage, Inc. REIT      54,588   
  3,401       Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. REIT      38,397   
  1,420       Sterling Bancorp      18,432   
  1,891       Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. REIT      24,904   
  5,056       Symetra Financial Corp.      120,080   
  1,011       Taubman Centers, Inc. REIT      72,802   
  276       Territorial Bancorp, Inc.      6,376   
  1,426       TFS Financial Corp.      20,848   
  362       Tompkins Financial Corp.      18,878   
  948       UMB Financial Corp.      47,201   
  684       UMH Properties, Inc. REIT      6,888   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  710       Union Bankshares Corp.    $ 15,450   
  1,527       United Financial Bancorp, Inc.      19,469   
  227       Universal Health Realty Income Trust REIT      11,273   
  457       Walker & Dunlop, Inc.(b)      8,747   
  1,108       Western Alliance Bancorp(b)      34,259   
  1,224       Wintrust Financial Corp.      59,658   
  205       WSFS Financial Corp.      14,590   
     

 

 

 
        3,523,489   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—9.9%   
  534       Aceto Corp.      10,349   
  158       Addus HomeCare Corp.(b)      4,241   
  341       Almost Family, Inc.(b)      14,758   
  2,773       Alphatec Holdings, Inc.(b)      3,938   
  192       Analogic Corp.      16,224   
  874       AngioDynamics, Inc.(b)      14,587   
  32       Atrion Corp.      10,395   
  613       Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.,
Class A(b)
     82,418   
  1,605       Bruker Corp.(b)      30,431   
  459       Capital Senior Living Corp.(b)      12,012   
  466       Chemed Corp.      53,706   
  192       Computer Programs & Systems, Inc.      10,047   
  581       CONMED Corp.      29,184   
  155       CorVel Corp.(b)      5,540   
  210       Cynosure, Inc., Class A(b)      7,018   
  625       Emergent Biosolutions, Inc.(b)      18,556   
  1,074       Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc.(b)      40,769   
  301       Exactech, Inc.(b)      6,577   
  696       Greatbatch, Inc.(b)      37,528   
  1,107       Haemonetics Corp.(b)      44,867   
  1,017       Hanger, Inc.(b)      22,720   
  2,256       HealthSouth Corp.      102,016   
  283       ICU Medical, Inc.(b)      23,877   
  1,722       Impax Laboratories, Inc.(b)      77,938   
  565       Integra LifeSciences Holdings
Corp.(b)
     33,211   
  319       Landauer, Inc.      10,291   
  1,009       Meridian Bioscience, Inc.      17,879   
  1,196       Merit Medical Systems, Inc.(b)      23,214   
  490       Omnicell, Inc.(b)      17,410   
  2,196       Patterson Cos., Inc.      103,113   
  2,115       PerkinElmer, Inc.      108,415   
  1,033       Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.(b)      40,545   
  1,485       Quality Systems, Inc.      23,159   
  308       Quidel Corp.(b)      7,176   
  801       Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc.(b)      52,770   
  2,374       Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      10,113   
  2,263       RTI Surgical, Inc.(b)      12,673   
  5,256       Select Medical Holdings Corp.      76,475   
  818       Sirona Dental Systems, Inc.(b)      75,869   
  1,725       STERIS Corp.      114,713   
  70       Utah Medical Products, Inc.      3,774   
  2,289       VCA, Inc.(b)      116,670   
  668       VIVUS, Inc.(b)      1,490   
  1,030       West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.      54,878   
  842       Wright Medical Group, Inc.(b)      21,362   
     

 

 

 
        1,604,896   
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Industrials—20.6%   
  1,213       A.O. Smith Corp.    $ 77,511   
  462       AAON, Inc.      11,074   
  1,404       Actuant Corp., Class A      33,443   
  482       Acuity Brands, Inc.      80,470   
  1,791       Aegion Corp.(b)      32,990   
  189       Alamo Group, Inc.      11,676   
  510       Altra Industrial Motion Corp.      13,449   
  156       AMERCO      50,238   
  824       Ameresco, Inc., Class A(b)      5,537   
  165       American Railcar Industries, Inc.      8,752   
  2,140       Babcock & Wilcox Co. (The)      69,165   
  106       Barrett Business Services, Inc.      4,714   
  1,502       Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.(b)      44,639   
  1,937       Blount International, Inc.(b)      25,685   
  542       CAI International, Inc.(b)      12,910   
  655       Celadon Group, Inc.      16,925   
  312       CIRCOR International, Inc.      17,048   
  927       CLARCOR, Inc.      60,255   
  1,452       Copart, Inc.(b)      51,648   
  425       Corporate Executive Board Co. (The)      35,628   
  525       Cubic Corp.      26,030   
  1,032       Curtiss-Wright Corp.      75,398   
  841       DigitalGlobe, Inc.(b)      27,055   
  1,982       Donaldson Co., Inc.      74,067   
  1,168       EnerSys      79,307   
  212       Erickson, Inc.(b)      753   
  793       ESCO Technologies, Inc.      29,103   
  782       Esterline Technologies Corp.(b)      87,029   
  185       Exponent, Inc.      16,393   
  492       Forward Air Corp.      24,782   
  659       Franklin Electric Co., Inc.      23,829   
  1,576       Generac Holdings, Inc.(b)      65,703   
  560       Global Power Equipment Group, Inc.      6,804   
  351       Gorman-Rupp Co. (The)      9,516   
  334       GP Strategies Corp.(b)      10,885   
  748       Graco, Inc.      53,572   
  123       Graham Corp.      2,878   
  2,262       Griffon Corp.      38,024   
  2,085       HD Supply Holdings, Inc.(b)      68,805   
  1,277       Healthcare Services Group, Inc.      38,655   
  1,711       Hillenbrand, Inc.      50,286   
  1,316       Hub Group, Inc., Class A(b)      52,508   
  437       Huron Consulting Group, Inc.(b)      26,491   
  1,291       IDEX Corp.      96,838   
  1,694       InnerWorkings, Inc.(b)      10,723   
  2,920       KAR Auction Services, Inc.      108,653   
  2,095       Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.(b)      11,460   
  959       Landstar System, Inc.      59,755   
  1,351       Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.      90,328   
  778       Marten Transport Ltd.      17,318   
  931       Mobile Mini, Inc.      35,881   
  1,376       Moog, Inc., Class A(b)      96,155   
  921       MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A      65,446   
  928       MYR Group, Inc.(b)      27,209   
  731       Nordson Corp.      58,224   
  125       Patrick Industries, Inc.(b)      7,508   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Industrials (continued)   
  276       Powell Industries, Inc.    $ 9,160   
  227       PowerSecure International, Inc.(b)      2,976   
  368       RBC Bearings, Inc.      26,860   
  1,299       Regal Beloit Corp.      101,582   
  4,634       Southwest Airlines Co.      187,955   
  545       SP Plus Corp.(b)      12,404   
  148       Sparton Corp.(b)      3,814   
  240       Stock Building Supply Holdings, Inc.(b)      4,409   
  1,984       Swift Transportation Co., Class A(b)      48,013   
  1,299       TAL International Group, Inc.(b)      50,063   
  248       TASER International, Inc.(b)      7,487   
  462       Team, Inc.(b)      18,055   
  797       Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(b)      83,661   
  347       Tennant Co.      22,309   
  2,255       Tetra Tech, Inc.      61,133   
  468       Thermon Group Holdings, Inc.(b)      10,890   
  1,839       Titan International, Inc.      19,107   
  1,828       Titan Machinery, Inc.(b)      26,780   
  797       Toro Co. (The)      53,431   
  280       Trex Co., Inc.(b)      13,138   
  319       UniFirst Corp.      36,120   
  166       Universal Truckload Services, Inc.      3,526   
  360       US Ecology, Inc.      16,888   
  1,272       Wabash National Corp.(b)      17,833   
  655       WABCO Holdings, Inc.(b)      81,515   
  807       Watsco, Inc.      97,074   
  1,139       Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc.(b)      17,860   
  1,318       Woodward, Inc.      62,012   
     

 

 

 
        3,333,183   
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—11.2%   
  1,652       ARRIS Group, Inc.(b)      55,631   
  142       Aspen Technology, Inc.(b)      6,303   
  249       Badger Meter, Inc.      15,493   
  645       Blackbaud, Inc.      32,592   
  2,631       Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.      141,864   
  179       Cass Information Systems, Inc.      9,356   
  793       Ciena Corp.(b)      16,891   
  516       Coherent, Inc.(b)      30,960   
  421       Computer Task Group, Inc.      3,465   
  359       Comverse, Inc.(b)      8,796   
  1,084       CSG Systems International, Inc.      31,566   
  488       Dealertrack Technologies, Inc.(b)      19,183   
  353       Demand Media, Inc.(b)      2,263   
  1,070       Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A      43,078   
  637       DST Systems, Inc.      73,306   
  391       DTS, Inc.(b)      14,017   
  1,544       EchoStar Corp., Class A(b)      77,200   
  635       Electronics for Imaging, Inc.(b)      26,499   
  940       Epiq Systems, Inc.      16,835   
  690       Exar Corp.(b)      6,810   
  1,680       Extreme Networks, Inc.(b)      4,234   
  227       FARO Technologies, Inc.(b)      9,041   
  332       Forrester Research, Inc.      11,550   
  1,150       Global Payments, Inc.      115,322   
  952       Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.      48,457   
  1,617       II-VI, Inc.(b)      28,766   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Information Technology (continued)   
  1,712       Infinera Corp.(b)    $ 32,186   
  1,191       Intralinks Holdings, Inc.(b)      11,672   
  4,602       JDS Uniphase Corp.(b)      58,261   
  310       KVH Industries, Inc.(b)      4,182   
  2,086       Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(b)      12,370   
  2,076       Limelight Networks, Inc.(b)      7,681   
  414       Manhattan Associates, Inc.(b)      21,760   
  1,577       ManTech International Corp., Class A      46,096   
  2,494       Mentor Graphics Corp.      59,681   
  1,188       Mercury Systems, Inc.(b)      16,406   
  112       MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A(b)      20,397   
  497       MoneyGram International, Inc.(b)      3,852   
  280       MTS Systems Corp.      19,762   
  505       Nanometrics, Inc.(b)      7,807   
  1,687       National Instruments Corp.      48,248   
  1,222       NETGEAR, Inc.(b)      36,990   
  1,383       NeuStar, Inc., Class A(b)      41,490   
  2,702       Oclaro, Inc.(b)      5,188   
  1,005       PC Connection, Inc.      24,412   
  520       PC-Tel, Inc.      4,108   
  603       Perficient, Inc.(b)      12,440   
  820       Plantronics, Inc.      43,681   
  1,343       PTC, Inc.(b)      51,491   
  1,211       Rambus, Inc.(b)      16,760   
  346       Rightside Group Ltd.(b)      2,816   
  363       Rogers Corp.(b)      26,394   
  586       Rosetta Stone, Inc.(b)      4,899   
  633       Rubicon Technology, Inc.(b)      2,431   
  756       Seachange International, Inc.(b)      5,073   
  1,296       Semtech Corp.(b)      30,184   
  689       ServiceSource International, Inc.(b)      2,460   
  615       Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(b)      31,777   
  690       SunPower Corp.(b)      22,211   
  2,326       Take-Two Interactive Software,
Inc.(b)
     55,126   
  1,295       Telenav, Inc.(b)      10,826   
  4,603       Teradyne, Inc.      84,005   
  246       TESSCO Technologies, Inc.      6,216   
  1,144       Tessera Technologies, Inc.      41,310   
  995       Veeco Instruments, Inc.(b)      29,363   
     

 

 

 
        1,811,490   
     

 

 

 
   Materials—6.0%   
  1,536       AptarGroup, Inc.      95,339   
  1,498       Axiall Corp.      61,118   
  3,110       Berry Plastics Group, Inc.(b)      106,424   
  1,094       Calgon Carbon Corp.      24,276   
  144       Chase Corp.      5,157   
  741       Clearwater Paper Corp.(b)      47,402   
  795       Compass Minerals International, Inc.      70,222   
  128       Deltic Timber Corp.      8,192   
  367       Eagle Materials, Inc.      30,604   
  795       FutureFuel Corp.      8,642   
  320       Hawkins, Inc.      12,624   
  790       Innophos Holdings, Inc.      41,744   
  546       Innospec, Inc.      23,860   
  2,239       Intrepid Potash, Inc.(b)      28,055   
  310       KMG Chemicals, Inc.      9,077   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Materials (continued)   
  2,194       Louisiana-Pacific Corp.(b)    $ 33,437   
  728       LSB Industries, Inc.(b)      30,874   
  215       NewMarket Corp.      96,083   
  1,700       OMNOVA Solutions, Inc.(b)      13,583   
  1,537       PolyOne Corp.      60,020   
  293       Quaker Chemical Corp.      24,383   
  748       Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.      33,069   
  588       Stepan Co.      29,947   
  3,618       Stillwater Mining Co.(b)      48,590   
  322       Trecora Resources(b)      3,864   
  175       UFP Technologies, Inc.(b)      3,551   
  848       Zep, Inc.      16,858   
     

 

 

 
        966,995   
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—1.0%   
  291       Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc.      19,212   
  1,007       IDT Corp., Class B      17,149   
  1,486       Inteliquent, Inc.      28,249   
  4,034       Iridium Communications, Inc.(b)      41,026   
  589       Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.      20,297   
  5,948       Vonage Holdings Corp.(b)      27,539   
     

 

 

 
        153,472   
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—1.9%   
  1,090       American States Water Co.      41,845   
  4,001       Aqua America, Inc.      107,307   
  462       Chesapeake Utilities Corp.      22,074   
  304       Connecticut Water Service, Inc.      10,944   
  2,176       UIL Holdings Corp.      108,539   
  333       York Water Co. (The)      8,378   
     

 

 

 
        299,087   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $13,894,101)
     16,151,845   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.5%   
  85,991       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)
(Cost $85,991)
     85,991   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $13,980,092)—100.5%
     16,237,836   
   Other assets less
liabilities—(0.5)%
     (85,103
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 16,152,733   
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio (PXSG)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%    
   Consumer Discretionary—13.6%   
  1,975       AMC Networks, Inc., Class A(b)    $ 148,994   
  893       American Public Education, Inc.(b)      24,906   
  1,692       Black Diamond, Inc.(b)      15,245   
  3,132       Bridgepoint Education, Inc.(b)      27,468   
  689       Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.(b)      109,758   
  368       Cavco Industries, Inc.(b)      24,130   
  783       Churchill Downs, Inc.      93,310   
  405       Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.(b)      9,161   
  6,424       Cumulus Media, Inc., Class A(b)      14,647   
  1,942       Deckers Outdoor Corp.(b)      143,708   
  1,252       Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, Inc.(b)      25,253   
  709       Diamond Resorts International, Inc.(b)      22,695   
  1,159       Dorman Products, Inc.(b)(c)      54,276   
  5,556       DSW, Inc., Class A      201,516   
  3,035       Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.      158,154   
  2,285       Five Below, Inc.(b)      77,050   
  2,150       Fossil Group, Inc.(b)      180,557   
  2,701       Francesca’s Holdings Corp.(b)      45,728   
  1,160       Gentherm, Inc.(b)      61,167   
  1,369       G-III Apparel Group Ltd.(b)      152,205   
  4,665       GNC Holdings, Inc., Class A      200,828   
  1,222       Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(b)      55,332   
  6,778       Groupon, Inc., Class A(b)      46,904   
  1,342       Hibbett Sports, Inc.(b)      62,806   
  6,527       Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.(b)      189,022   
  3,782       Iconix Brand Group, Inc.(b)      99,504   
  1,046       iRobot Corp.(b)      33,911   
  2,504       K12, Inc.(b)      40,490   
  2,514       Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.(b)      44,749   
  772       LifeLock, Inc.(b)      11,279   
  4,087       Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.      126,738   
  661       Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc.(b)      18,171   
  711       Mattress Firm Holding Corp.(b)(c)      42,006   
  1,328       Monro Muffler Brake, Inc.      79,534   
  608       Morningstar, Inc.      46,141   
  1,016       Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc., Class A      59,395   
  1,200       Panera Bread Co., Class A(b)      218,976   
  5,474       Pier 1 Imports, Inc.      69,246   
  598       Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc.(b)      33,297   
  1,202       Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc.(b)      103,576   
  3,026       Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc., Class A      211,396   
  1,758       Shutterfly, Inc.(b)      78,688   
  4,029       Six Flags Entertainment Corp.      189,444   
  4,212       Smith & Wesson Holding Corp.(b)      62,611   
  3,216       Steven Madden Ltd.(b)      125,488   
  994       Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.      54,481   
  4,010       Texas Roadhouse, Inc.      134,736   
  1,862       Tumi Holdings, Inc.(b)      43,552   
  1,802       Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.(b)      272,264   
  1,066       Vera Bradley, Inc.(b)      15,180   
  2,299       Vitamin Shoppe, Inc.(b)      96,282   
  644       WCI Communities, Inc.(b)      14,973   
     

 

 

 
        4,470,928   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—3.1%   
  199       Boston Beer Co., Inc. (The), Class A(b)      49,312   
  3,076       Boulder Brands, Inc.(b)      29,345   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Consumer Staples (continued)   
  858       Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (The)(b)    $ 15,624   
  4,927       Coty, Inc., Class A(b)      117,805   
  9,771       Darling Ingredients, Inc.(b)      133,472   
  3,681       Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (The)(b)      221,743   
  1,152       Inter Parfums, Inc.      34,767   
  915       Medifast, Inc.(b)      27,450   
  2,243       Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A      126,842   
  799       PriceSmart, Inc.      64,288   
  1,431       Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.      130,836   
  2,001       Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.(b)      64,002   
     

 

 

 
        1,015,486   
     

 

 

 
   Energy—3.7%   
  571       Antero Resources Corp.(b)      25,301   
  2,787       Approach Resources, Inc.(b)(c)      24,442   
  1,036       Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.(b)      28,552   
  3,789       C&J Energy Services Ltd.(b)      66,118   
  868       CARBO Ceramics, Inc.(c)      38,392   
  1,870       Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.(b)      104,215   
  4,001       Clean Energy Fuels Corp.(b)(c)      39,490   
  9,314       Cobalt International Energy, Inc.(b)      99,660   
  1,163       Contango Oil & Gas Co.(b)      29,156   
  1,970       Continental Resources, Inc.(b)      103,681   
  389       Diamondback Energy, Inc.(b)      32,120   
  3,931       Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.(b)      91,435   
  440       Geospace Technologies Corp.(b)      9,504   
  1,807       Gulfport Energy Corp.(b)      88,435   
  18,558       Halcon Resources Corp.(b)(c)      27,651   
  2,072       Laredo Petroleum, Inc.(b)(c)      32,738   
  3,710       Magnum Hunter Resources Corp.(b)(c)      8,125   
  1,166       Matador Resources Co.(b)      32,321   
  2,335       Miller Energy Resources, Inc.(b)(c)      1,693   
  3,901       Northern Oil and Gas, Inc.(b)(c)      34,485   
  2,151       Oasis Petroleum, Inc.(b)(c)      38,589   
  3,322       Renewable Energy Group, Inc.(b)      30,596   
  6,856       Resolute Energy Corp.(b)(c)      8,501   
  2,333       Rex Energy Corp.(b)      11,665   
  462       RigNet, Inc.(b)      17,307   
  3,928       RPC, Inc.      62,494   
  544       RSP Permian, Inc.(b)      15,787   
  843       Sanchez Energy Corp.(b)(c)      12,384   
  1,724       Triangle Petroleum Corp.(b)(c)      10,292   
  2,391       US Silica Holdings, Inc.(c)      89,304   
     

 

 

 
        1,214,433   
     

 

 

 
   Financials—27.9%   
  3,290       American Assets Trust, Inc. REIT      130,942   
  4,021       American Homes 4 Rent, Class A REIT      67,915   
  2,128       AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.      126,552   
  3,632       Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. REIT      62,071   
  977       Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp. REIT      11,089   
  39,641       ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. REIT      118,923   
  3,776       Associated Estates Realty Corp. REIT      107,616   
  2,260       Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.      87,598   
  4,268       BBCN Bancorp, Inc.      60,563   
  1,343       BNC Bancorp      24,510   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  285       BofI Holding, Inc.(b)    $ 26,166   
  4,445       Campus Crest Communities, Inc. REIT      28,137   
  2,398       Capital Bank Financial Corp.,
Class A(b)
     65,034   
  2,031       Cardinal Financial Corp.      41,900   
  1,589       CareTrust REIT, Inc. REIT      19,847   
  2,710       CBOE Holdings, Inc.      152,492   
  19,689       Chambers Street Properties REIT      147,668   
  1,244       Chatham Lodging Trust REIT      34,384   
  3,064       Chesapeake Lodging Trust REIT      97,282   
  11,238       Chimera Investment Corp. REIT      170,705   
  3,363       Colony Capital, Inc., Class A REIT      87,135   
  3,569       Columbia Banking System, Inc.      105,999   
  1,055       CoreSite Realty Corp. REIT      50,724   
  265       Credit Acceptance Corp.(b)      62,593   
  1,796       Customers Bancorp, Inc.(b)      45,277   
  2,311       CyrusOne, Inc. REIT      75,061   
  4,475       DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. REIT      139,396   
  7,726       Dynex Capital, Inc. REIT      61,808   
  770       Eagle Bancorp, Inc.(b)      28,382   
  1,375       Encore Capital Group, Inc.(b)      55,605   
  3,817       Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. REIT      201,614   
  7,392       EverBank Financial Corp.      137,269   
  852       Evercore Partners, Inc., Class A      41,100   
  3,374       Excel Trust, Inc. REIT      53,478   
  4,207       Extra Space Storage, Inc. REIT      277,368   
  1,593       Fidelity & Guaranty Life      35,651   
  870       Fidus Investment Corp.      14,486   
  510       Financial Engines, Inc.      21,507   
  1,391       First Cash Financial Services, Inc.(b)      67,241   
  746       First Connecticut Bancorp, Inc.      11,026   
  518       First NBC Bank Holding Co.(b)      18,223   
  5,702       Government Properties Income Trust REIT      118,830   
  2,342       Green Dot Corp., Class A(b)      37,706   
  1,472       GSV Capital Corp.(b)      14,161   
  8,386       Hancock Holding Co.      244,116   
  359       HCI Group, Inc.      15,645   
  6,539       Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A REIT      169,295   
  1,088       HFF, Inc., Class A      42,639   
  1,703       Home BancShares, Inc.      55,995   
  1,106       Howard Hughes Corp. (The)(b)      164,208   
  2,313       Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. REIT      69,760   
  2,018       INTL FCStone, Inc.(b)      64,778   
  4,029       Investors Bancorp, Inc.      47,703   
  1,113       Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.      27,580   
  4,802       Kilroy Realty Corp. REIT      340,894   
  2,033       LegacyTexas Financial Group, Inc.      51,740   
  957       MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.      82,158   
  10,929       Medical Properties Trust, Inc. REIT      152,787   
  2,375       Medley Capital Corp.(c)      22,396   
  3,447       Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. REIT      257,181   
  5,373       MSCI, Inc.      328,774   
  671       Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc.(b)      16,842   
  5,685       New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. REIT(c)      44,400   
  1,061       Northfield Bancorp, Inc.      15,310   
  6,094       NorthStar Asset Management Group, Inc.      128,157   
  6,094       NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. REIT      114,323   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  4,586       Ocwen Financial Corp.(b)(c)    $ 38,935   
  7,738       OMEGA Healthcare Investors, Inc. REIT      279,264   
  3,029       Oritani Financial Corp.      45,132   
  1,988       Park Sterling Corp.      13,320   
  3,232       Pebblebrook Hotel Trust REIT      138,782   
  6,838       PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust REIT      143,256   
  2,250       PRA Group, Inc.(b)      123,244   
  735       Regional Management Corp.(b)      11,870   
  3,278       Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. REIT      55,005   
  8,833       RLJ Lodging Trust REIT      262,075   
  1,731       Signature Bank(b)      232,110   
  1,010       South State Corp.      68,397   
  1,641       STAG Industrial, Inc., Class A REIT      35,659   
  11,910       Starwood Property Trust, Inc. REIT      285,959   
  4,288       Stifel Financial Corp.(b)      226,578   
  2,451       Sun Communities, Inc. REIT      152,109   
  2,221       SVB Financial Group(b)      294,860   
  4,711       Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. REIT      158,195   
  571       Tejon Ranch Co.(b)      14,104   
  987       Terreno Realty Corp. REIT      21,003   
  1,920       Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.(b)      101,107   
  30,434       Two Harbors Investment Corp. REIT      319,557   
  190       Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.      25,388   
  3,822       Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A      188,501   
  3,412       Walter Investment Management Corp.(b)(c)      60,085   
  443       Westwood Holdings Group, Inc.      25,955   
  1,628       Whitestone REIT      23,932   
     

 

 

 
        9,144,097   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—11.2%   
  687       Abaxis, Inc.      43,968   
  494       ABIOMED, Inc.(b)      31,231   
  627       Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(b)      42,949   
  2,712       Accuray, Inc.(b)(c)      22,049   
  1,093       Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      32,867   
  1,695       Air Methods Corp.(b)      77,461   
  876       Akorn, Inc.(b)      36,477   
  1,394       Align Technology, Inc.(b)      82,023   
  10,255       Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.(b)      136,392   
  742       AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      37,820   
  436       Anika Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      14,876   
  1,908       Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc.(b)      63,193   
  1,367       Bio-Techne Corp.      131,177   
  945       Cantel Medical Corp.      42,327   
  612       Cepheid, Inc.(b)      34,333   
  1,873       Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)      333,525   
  1,345       CryoLife, Inc.      13,719   
  559       Cyberonics, Inc.(b)      34,049   
  1,589       Ensign Group, Inc. (The)      66,913   
  1,044       ExamWorks Group, Inc.(b)      42,752   
  3,895       Exelixis, Inc.(b)(c)      10,010   
  2,091       Globus Medical, Inc., Class A(b)      49,954   
  433       HealthStream, Inc.(b)      12,531   
  3,415       HMS Holdings Corp.(b)      58,089   
  1,424       IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(b)      178,527   
  1,894       Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      23,997   
  908       IPC Healthcare, Inc.(b)      44,419   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio (PXSG) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Health Care (continued)   
  375       Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)    $ 21,270   
  1,641       Luminex Corp.(b)      25,468   
  3,874       Masimo Corp.(b)      130,786   
  4,320       MedAssets, Inc.(b)      87,437   
  2,595       Medicines Co. (The)(b)      66,458   
  402       Medidata Solutions, Inc.(b)      21,479   
  6,305       Merge Healthcare, Inc.(b)      31,336   
  1,760       Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      30,712   
  3,081       Myriad Genetics, Inc.(b)(c)      101,765   
  1,421       Natus Medical, Inc.(b)      53,586   
  865       Neogen Corp.(b)      38,527   
  750       Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(b)      25,568   
  2,156       NuVasive, Inc.(b)      96,438   
  1,572       NxStage Medical, Inc.(b)      28,815   
  2,931       PAREXEL International Corp.(b)      186,338   
  854       PhotoMedex, Inc.(b)(c)      1,759   
  404       Premier, Inc., Class A(b)      15,312   
  5,646       ResMed, Inc.      361,005   
  3,771       SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      30,809   
  351       Seattle Genetics, Inc.(b)      12,053   
  573       Spectranetics Corp. (The)(b)      14,697   
  2,718       Spectrum Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.(b)(c)
     15,357   
  3,518       Targacept, Inc.(b)      8,091   
  2,950       Team Health Holdings, Inc.(b)      175,732   
  2,594       Thoratec Corp.(b)      104,045   
  1,492       United Therapeutics Corp.(b)      238,257   
  794       US Physical Therapy, Inc.      37,445   
  492       Vascular Solutions, Inc.(b)      15,774   
     

 

 

 
        3,673,947   
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—12.5%   
  4,265       Acacia Research Corp.      47,000   
  792       Advisory Board Co. (The)(b)      41,097   
  6,762       Air Lease Corp.      261,216   
  804       Allegiant Travel Co.      123,623   
  4,342       Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.      133,213   
  610       Argan, Inc.      19,709   
  484       Astronics Corp.(b)      32,578   
  1,540       AZZ, Inc.      71,441   
  1,403       Chart Industries, Inc.(b)      56,892   
  4,246       Clean Harbors, Inc.(b)      234,591   
  2,489       Colfax Corp.(b)      123,429   
  485       DXP Enterprises, Inc.(b)      21,849   
  1,677       Echo Global Logistics, Inc.(b)      48,465   
  2,090       Genesee & Wyoming, Inc.,
Class A(b)
     194,265   
  1,400       HEICO Corp.      78,176   
  710       Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc.(b)      8,321   
  4,652       Hexcel Corp.      233,298   
  804       Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc., Class A      58,965   
  1,321       KEYW Holding Corp. (The)(b)      12,748   
  2,846       Kirby Corp.(b)      223,496   
  569       Lindsay Corp.(c)      45,059   
  822       Manitex International, Inc.(b)      8,146   
  5,386       MasTec, Inc.(b)      96,625   
  1,546       Middleby Corp. (The)(b)      156,672   
  1,085       Mistras Group, Inc.(b)      19,487   
  1,115       Multi-Color Corp.      70,000   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Industrials (continued)   
  3,498       Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.(b)    $ 248,813   
  2,598       On Assignment, Inc.(b)      87,423   
  7,841       Pendrell Corp., Class A(b)      8,547   
  1,792       Performant Financial Corp.(b)      5,322   
  1,765       Primoris Services Corp.      33,941   
  221       Proto Labs, Inc.(b)      15,470   
  1,922       Raven Industries, Inc.      38,325   
  2,519       Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc.(b)      61,640   
  3,577       Rollins, Inc.      88,710   
  2,781       RPX Corp.(b)      43,272   
  2,598       Spirit Airlines, Inc.(b)      177,885   
  1,038       Sun Hydraulics Corp.      40,389   
  4,717       Triumph Group, Inc.      279,435   
  1,588       Valmont Industries, Inc.      200,120   
  361       WageWorks, Inc.(b)      18,194   
  5,994       Waste Connections, Inc.      284,175   
  832       XPO Logistics, Inc.(b)      40,352   
     

 

 

 
        4,092,374   
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—24.2%   
  4,570       ACI Worldwide, Inc.(b)      105,247   
  1,191       Actua Corp.(b)      17,234   
  1,396       Advent Software, Inc.      60,600   
  434       Ambarella, Inc.(b)      31,747   
  2,481       Aruba Networks, Inc.(b)      61,057   
  1,915       Bankrate, Inc.(b)      23,746   
  2,062       Bazaarvoice, Inc.(b)      11,094   
  554       Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)      20,371   
  2,241       Blucora, Inc.(b)      30,634   
  1,081       Bottomline Technologies (de), Inc.(b)      28,928   
  693       BroadSoft, Inc.(b)      21,926   
  515       CalAmp Corp.(b)      10,151   
  3,314       Calix, Inc.(b)      24,490   
  1,909       Cardtronics, Inc.(b)      72,027   
  737       Cavium, Inc.(b)      47,750   
  1,156       CEVA, Inc.(b)      23,929   
  4,758       Cirrus Logic, Inc.(b)      160,725   
  2,326       Cognex Corp.(b)      104,414   
  785       CommVault Systems, Inc.(b)      35,914   
  851       comScore, Inc.(b)      44,558   
  1,009       Constant Contact, Inc.(b)      35,164   
  471       CoStar Group, Inc.(b)      96,286   
  1,249       Cray, Inc.(b)      35,084   
  1,706       Datalink Corp.(b)      19,721   
  2,304       Ebix, Inc.(c)      62,876   
  560       Ellie Mae, Inc.(b)      30,800   
  1,098       EnerNOC, Inc.(b)      12,133   
  369       Envestnet, Inc.(b)      18,915   
  807       EPAM Systems, Inc.(b)      52,221   
  2,066       ExlService Holdings, Inc.(b)      71,132   
  1,617       FactSet Research Systems, Inc.      254,500   
  1,001       FEI Co.      75,535   
  5,094       Finisar Corp.(b)      103,561   
  8,060       FLIR Systems, Inc.      248,973   
  2,713       Fortinet, Inc.(b)      102,389   
  2,247       Gartner, Inc.(b)      186,456   
  450       Guidewire Software, Inc.(b)      22,477   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Information Technology (continued)   
  1,951       Higher One Holdings, Inc.(b)    $ 5,482   
  962       HomeAway, Inc.(b)      26,888   
  3,066       IAC/InterActiveCorp.      214,068   
  861       IGATE Corp.(b)      40,949   
  775       Infoblox, Inc.(b)      18,259   
  3,934       Informatica Corp.(b)      189,107   
  959       Inphi Corp.(b)      20,571   
  258       Interactive Intelligence Group, Inc.(b)      11,347   
  4,046       InterDigital, Inc.      221,397   
  1,240       InvenSense, Inc.(b)      18,501   
  880       IPG Photonics Corp.(b)      77,950   
  3,873       Ixia(b)      46,399   
  1,667       j2 Global, Inc.      115,640   
  3,367       Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.      223,939   
  1,549       Liquidity Services, Inc.(b)      14,499   
  943       Littelfuse, Inc.      92,405   
  1,724       LivePerson, Inc.(b)      16,206   
  515       LogMeIn, Inc.(b)      33,053   
  2,058       MAXIMUS, Inc.      131,733   
  1,688       Maxwell Technologies, Inc.(b)(c)      9,453   
  6,040       Microsemi Corp.(b)      201,494   
  1,055       Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.      54,681   
  964       Monotype Imaging Holdings, Inc.      31,243   
  1,993       NeoPhotonics Corp.(b)      11,021   
  1,487       NetScout Systems, Inc.(b)(c)      61,116   
  2,449       NIC, Inc.      41,633   
  17,730       Nuance Communications, Inc.(b)      271,801   
  217       NVE Corp.      14,726   
  1,290       OSI Systems, Inc.(b)      86,701   
  230       Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(b)      33,976   
  365       Pandora Media, Inc.(b)      6,512   
  839       Pegasystems, Inc.      18,072   
  784       Power Integrations, Inc.      38,800   
  1,021       Procera Networks, Inc.(b)      11,752   
  1,131       Qlik Technologies, Inc.(b)      39,347   
  4,297       Rackspace Hosting, Inc.(b)      231,608   
  2,008       RealD, Inc.(b)      24,658   
  1,154       RealPage, Inc.(b)      22,895   
  8,661       Rovi Corp.(b)      160,315   
  1,111       Ruckus Wireless, Inc.(b)      12,976   
  2,410       ShoreTel, Inc.(b)      16,774   
  8,700       Skyworks Solutions, Inc.      802,575   
  1,158       SolarWinds, Inc.(b)      56,487   
  2,084       Solera Holdings, Inc.      101,116   
  216       SPS Commerce, Inc.(b)      14,096   
  2,892       SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.      174,012   
  448       Stamps.com, Inc.(b)      27,727   
  874       Stratasys Ltd.(b)(c)      32,731   
  2,626       Super Micro Computer, Inc.(b)      75,550   
  1,161       Synaptics, Inc.(b)      98,360   
  1,127       Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.(b)      51,707   
  1,201       Syntel, Inc.(b)      54,069   
  858       Tangoe, Inc.(b)      11,737   
  2,904       TiVo, Inc.(b)      32,089   
  420       Tyler Technologies, Inc.(b)      51,219   
  154       Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (The)(b)      25,598   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Information Technology (continued)   
  1,685       Ultratech, Inc.(b)    $ 33,633   
  745       Universal Display Corp.(b)      32,832   
  4,426       Vantiv, Inc., Class A(b)      173,057   
  7,123       VeriFone Systems, Inc.(b)      254,790   
  1,767       Verint Systems, Inc.(b)      108,547   
  2,063       ViaSat, Inc.(b)      124,028   
  947       Virtusa Corp.(b)      37,691   
  685       Web.com Group, Inc.(b)      12,583   
  1,581       WEX, Inc.(b)      178,194   
  138       Yelp, Inc., Class A(b)      5,436   
  192       Zillow Group, Inc., Class A(b)      18,747   
  25,765       Zynga, Inc., Class A(b)      63,124   
     

 

 

 
        7,936,447   
     

 

 

 
   Materials—2.5%   
  1,356       American Vanguard Corp.      14,794   
  852       Balchem Corp.      44,662   
  1,269       Flotek Industries, Inc.(b)      18,134   
  3,635       Globe Specialty Metals, Inc.      72,409   
  4,892       Gold Resource Corp.      16,486   
  32,269       Hecla Mining Co.      97,452   
  2,958       KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp.      82,676   
  12,720       Molycorp, Inc.(b)(c)      11,738   
  17,517       Rentech, Inc.(b)      21,021   
  2,252       Royal Gold, Inc.      145,322   
  6,263       Tronox Ltd., Class A      131,210   
  2,041       Westlake Chemical Corp.      159,157   
     

 

 

 
        815,061   
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—0.2%   
  1,528       8x8, Inc.(b)      13,339   
  2,228       Boingo Wireless, Inc.(b)      18,403   
  825       Cogent Communications Group, Inc.      28,867   
  1,826       ORBCOMM, Inc.(b)      10,993   
     

 

 

 
        71,602   
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—1.1%   
  8,279       ITC Holdings Corp.      298,044   
  744       NRG Yield, Inc., Class A      36,605   
  565       Pattern Energy Group, Inc.      16,374   
     

 

 

 
        351,023   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $27,639,263)
     32,785,398   
     

 

 

 
     
   Warrants—0.0%   
   Energy—0.0%   
  637       Magnum Hunter Resources Corp., expiring 05/15/16(b)
(Cost $0)
     0   
     

 

 

 
     
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Money Market Fund—0.2%   
  76,192       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)
(Cost $76,192)
   $ 76,192   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $27,715,455)—100.2%
     32,861,590   
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan    
     
   Money Market Fund—2.2%   
  705,721       Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)(e)
(Cost $705,721)
     705,721   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $28,421,176)—102.4%
     33,567,311   
   Other assets less
liabilities—(2.4)%
     (776,667
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 32,790,644   
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2015.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
(e)  The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower’s return of the securities loaned. See Note 2G. The following table presents the Fund’s gross and net amount of assets available for offset by the Fund as of April 30, 2015.

 

Counterparty

   Gross Amount
of Securities on
Loan at Value
     Cash Collateral
Received for
Securities
Loaned*
     Net
Amount
 
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    $ 682,920       $ (682,920    $   

 

* Amount does not include excess collateral received, if any.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio (PXSV)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity
Interests—100.0%
   
   Consumer Discretionary—18.5%   
  3,764       1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc., Class A(b)    $ 39,785   
  2,561       A H Belo Corp., Class A      17,133   
  28,069       Aeropostale, Inc.(b)      86,733   
  2,242       AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A      67,395   
  3,802       American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.(b)      94,784   
  4,865       ANN, Inc.(b)      184,189   
  5,516       Aramark      169,507   
  754       Arctic Cat, Inc.      26,759   
  3,071       Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.(b)      258,056   
  975       Ascent Capital Group, Inc., Series A(b)      39,039   
  12,218       Barnes & Noble, Inc.(b)      267,574   
  1,630       Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc.      45,999   
  3,096       Beazer Homes USA, Inc.(b)      54,211   
  6,268       bebe stores, Inc.      20,747   
  2,770       Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.      37,783   
  134       Biglari Holdings, Inc.(b)      48,978   
  591       Blue Nile, Inc.(b)      16,081   
  2,987       Blyth, Inc.(b)      22,940   
  2,879       Bob Evans Farms, Inc.      123,855   
  10,604       Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. (The)(c)      76,031   
  11,155       Boyd Gaming Corp.(b)      147,246   
  4,932       Brinker International, Inc.      273,085   
  5,503       Brown Shoe Co., Inc.      163,439   
  3,749       Brunswick Corp.      187,600   
  2,010       Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.(b)      37,044   
  4,503       Burlington Stores, Inc.(b)      232,220   
  6,534       Callaway Golf Co.      63,249   
  26,843       Career Education Corp.(b)      112,741   
  1,379       Carmike Cinemas, Inc.(b)      41,618   
  3,927       Cato Corp. (The), Class A      154,488   
  2,944       Children’s Place, Inc. (The)      178,583   
  4,365       Christopher & Banks Corp.(b)      25,928   
  3,597       Cinedigm Corp., Class A(b)      2,986   
  2,863       Citi Trends, Inc.(b)      65,219   
  8,682       Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., Class A      98,801   
  1,362       ClubCorp Holdings, Inc.      29,814   
  1,862       Columbia Sportswear Co.      116,747   
  9,471       Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.      402,423   
  849       Cooper-Standard Holding, Inc.(b)      51,806   
  6,509       Crocs, Inc.(b)      85,919   
  1,445       CSS Industries, Inc.      40,951   
  7,309       Denny’s Corp.(b)      76,087   
  1,208       Destination Maternity Corp.      14,242   
  4,750       Destination XL Group, Inc.(b)      23,132   
  888       Dixie Group, Inc. (The)(b)      8,729   
  3,669       DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      95,614   
  4,597       E.W. Scripps Co. (The), Class A      107,064   
  3,175       Entercom Communications Corp., Class A(b)      37,719   
  2,525       Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.      61,155   
  3,958       EVINE Live, Inc.(b)      23,590   
  9,128       Express, Inc.(b)      148,786   
  5,263       Federal-Mogul Holdings Corp.(b)      67,893   
  537       Flexsteel Industries, Inc.      19,337   
  5,744       Fred’s, Inc., Class A      96,901   
  2,649       Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc.(b)      29,404   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Consumer Discretionary (continued)   
  3,252       Gray Television, Inc.(b)    $ 43,122   
  4,022       Group 1 Automotive, Inc.      317,658   
  10,256       Harte-Hanks, Inc.      69,638   
  1,486       Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.      31,890   
  6,195       hhgregg, Inc.(b)(c)      35,435   
  1,339       Hooker Furniture Corp.      34,078   
  10,708       Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      33,409   
  3,225       Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A(b)      187,211   
  2,612       International Speedway Corp., Class A      94,972   
  5,766       Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.(b)      81,993   
  5,665       ITT Educational Services, Inc.(b)(c)      29,911   
  3,300       Jack in the Box, Inc.      286,341   
  3,028       John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A      172,233   
  1,423       Journal Media Group, Inc.(b)      13,220   
  2,657       Kate Spade & Co.(b)      86,884   
  6,099       KB Home      88,375   
  15,289       Lee Enterprises, Inc.(b)      45,867   
  1,984       Libbey, Inc.      78,070   
  1,481       Lifetime Brands, Inc.      21,549   
  1,866       Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A      186,096   
  2,006       Loral Space & Communications, Inc.(b)      138,414   
  2,225       Luby’s, Inc.(b)      11,792   
  1,339       M/I Homes, Inc.(b)      30,208   
  3,061       Marcus Corp. (The)      59,292   
  2,661       MarineMax, Inc.(b)      58,755   
  2,939       Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.      241,615   
  17,760       McClatchy Co. (The), Class A(b)      24,686   
  4,396       MDC Holdings, Inc.(c)      117,989   
  2,002       Media General, Inc.(b)      33,814   
  4,398       Men’s Wearhouse, Inc. (The)      248,883   
  3,741       Meredith Corp.      194,682   
  2,005       Meritage Homes Corp.(b)      85,754   
  5,410       Modine Manufacturing Co.(b)      66,489   
  745       Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.(b)      13,633   
  1,501       Morgans Hotel Group Co.(b)      10,282   
  906       NACCO Industries, Inc., Class A      44,376   
  1,415       Nautilus, Inc.(b)      23,786   
  5,496       New York & Co., Inc.(b)      13,905   
  11,376       New York Times Co. (The), Class A      152,325   
  3,564       Nutrisystem, Inc.      67,894   
  3,880       Orbitz Worldwide, Inc.(b)      45,474   
  10,789       Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc.(b)      22,657   
  5,739       Penske Automotive Group, Inc.      280,121   
  9,528       Pep Boys-Manny, Moe & Jack (The)(b)      87,276   
  3,921       Perry Ellis International, Inc.(b)      93,790   
  2,488       PetMed Express, Inc.      39,385   
  5,235       Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.(b)      192,439   
  16,067       Quiksilver, Inc.(b)      26,671   
  5,199       Radio One, Inc., Class D(b)      18,560   
  1,813       Reading International, Inc., Class A(b)      24,149   
  1,024       Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.(b)      76,892   
  14,011       Regal Entertainment Group, Class A(c)      308,242   
  10,615       Regis Corp.(b)      175,360   
  19,697       Ruby Tuesday, Inc.(b)      143,394   
  2,521       Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.      36,681   
  1,793       Ryland Group, Inc. (The)      73,907   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio (PXSV) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Consumer Discretionary (continued)   
  336       Saga Communications, Inc., Class A    $ 13,437   
  1,463       Salem Media Group, Inc., Class A      7,139   
  3,891       Scholastic Corp.      158,130   
  5,276       Scientific Games Corp., Class A(b)(c)      66,847   
  3,494       Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc.(b)      24,213   
  672       Shiloh Industries, Inc.(b)      7,815   
  3,212       Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A(b)      288,823   
  9,175       Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A      214,236   
  3,681       Sonic Corp.      105,461   
  5,159       Spartan Motors, Inc.      24,299   
  1,821       Speedway Motorsports, Inc.      41,701   
  5,470       Stage Stores, Inc.      105,626   
  3,737       Stein Mart, Inc.      44,209   
  4,557       Stoneridge, Inc.(b)      54,866   
  3,020       Strayer Education, Inc.(b)      153,174   
  4,151       Superior Industries International, Inc.      77,209   
  1,517       Systemax, Inc.(b)      15,853   
  1,890       Tempur Sealy International, Inc.(b)      115,120   
  3,445       Thor Industries, Inc.      207,286   
  7,193       Toll Brothers, Inc.(b)      255,639   
  5,068       Tower International, Inc.(b)      131,058   
  4,294       Town Sports International Holdings, Inc.      26,322   
  19,004       TravelCenters of America LLC(b)      326,489   
  4,032       Tuesday Morning Corp.(b)      63,786   
  2,118       Unifi, Inc.(b)      74,744   
  3,131       Universal Technical Institute, Inc.      26,457   
  4,264       VOXX International Corp., Class A(b)      40,636   
  4,997       Weight Watchers International,
Inc.(b)(c)
     42,724   
  23,547       Wendy’s Co. (The)      238,296   
  2,884       West Marine, Inc.(b)      28,984   
  751       Weyco Group, Inc.      21,403   
  1,035       Winnebago Industries, Inc.(c)      21,435   
  2,395       World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A(c)      32,141   
     

 

 

 
        13,296,221   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—3.0%   
  21,440       Alliance One International, Inc.(b)      28,301   
  2,537       Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.(c)      113,429   
  15,150       Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A(b)      148,470   
  672       Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated      75,936   
  3,185       Elizabeth Arden, Inc.(b)(c)      44,813   
  7,161       Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.      264,456   
  4,858       Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A      203,356   
  1,295       John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.      67,353   
  1,318       National Beverage Corp.(b)      29,457   
  887       Nutraceutical International Corp.(b)      17,296   
  425       Oil-Dri Corp. of America      13,949   
  2,610       Omega Protein Corp.(b)      33,356   
  3,599       Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.(c)      88,895   
  3,203       Post Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)      150,349   
  1,066       Revlon, Inc., Class A(b)      41,691   
  19,183       Roundy’s, Inc.(b)      96,682   
  1,377       Seneca Foods Corp., Class A(b)      39,685   
  5,616       SpartanNash Co.      169,435   
  4,433       Universal Corp.      208,484   
  8,226       Vector Group Ltd.      182,206   
  1,088       Village Super Market, Inc., Class A      34,740   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Consumer Staples (continued)   
  730       WD-40 Co.    $ 59,101   
  1,747       Weis Markets, Inc.      77,479   
     

 

 

 
        2,188,919   
     

 

 

 
   Energy—2.4%   
  4,021       Abraxas Petroleum Corp.(b)      15,280   
  548       Adams Resources & Energy, Inc.      25,537   
  5,759       Alon USA Energy, Inc.      92,662   
  5,719       Basic Energy Services, Inc.(b)      58,277   
  7,872       Bill Barrett Corp.(b)      91,315   
  4,950       Callon Petroleum Co.(b)      44,253   
  11,429       Cloud Peak Energy, Inc.(b)      74,174   
  6,399       Comstock Resources, Inc.(c)      34,363   
  2,166       CVR Energy, Inc.      86,727   
  3,441       EP Energy Corp., Class A(b)(c)      50,824   
  17,198       EXCO Resources, Inc.(c)      35,428   
  1,654       Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.      21,816   
  5,316       Harvest Natural Resources, Inc.(b)      3,403   
  10,286       Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.(b)      169,513   
  30,251       Hercules Offshore, Inc.(b)(c)      24,355   
  3,102       Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc.(b)      70,881   
  16,296       ION Geophysical Corp.(b)      37,155   
  23,685       Key Energy Services, Inc.(b)      57,791   
  1,568       Mitcham Industries, Inc.(b)      7,683   
  8,496       Newpark Resources, Inc.(b)      87,169   
  16,197       Parker Drilling Co.(b)      60,739   
  8,056       Penn Virginia Corp.(b)(c)      53,814   
  8,102       PetroQuest Energy, Inc.(b)      21,713   
  1,308       PHI, Inc.(b)      40,980   
  10,429       Pioneer Energy Services Corp.(b)      77,696   
  5,200       Stone Energy Corp.(b)      88,764   
  12,904       Swift Energy Co.(b)(c)      38,970   
  2,803       Tesco Corp.      36,047   
  10,334       TETRA Technologies, Inc.(b)      74,611   
  4,472       Ultra Petroleum Corp.(b)(c)      76,158   
  6,015       VAALCO Energy, Inc.(b)      14,857   
  6,166       W&T Offshore, Inc.(c)      39,647   
  7,265       Warren Resources, Inc.(b)      7,846   
  9,399       Willbros Group, Inc.(b)      23,498   
     

 

 

 
        1,743,946   
     

 

 

 
   Financials—25.3%   
  1,256       1st Source Corp.      39,087   
  6,928       AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. REIT      133,156   
  2,332       Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.      94,399   
  930       American National Bankshares, Inc.      20,934   
  1,240       American Residential Properties, Inc. REIT(b)      23,262   
  1,241       Ameris Bancorp      31,013   
  1,227       AMERISAFE, Inc.      55,448   
  845       Ames National Corp.      21,074   
  35,513       Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp. REIT      180,406   
  3,641       Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      24,977   
  1,142       Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. REIT      11,728   
  1,346       Arrow Financial Corp.      35,077   
  12,287       Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. REIT      111,320   
  140       Ashford, Inc.(b)      13,965   
  13,486       Astoria Financial Corp.      177,611   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio (PXSV) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  1,397       Baldwin & Lyons, Inc., Class B    $ 31,698   
  541       BancFirst Corp.      31,227   
  7,854       BancorpSouth, Inc.      190,145   
  4,779       Bank Mutual Corp.      34,361   
  4,313       Bank of Hawaii Corp.      260,462   
  1,820       BankFinancial Corp.      23,296   
  1,267       Banner Corp.      57,294   
  584       Bar Harbor Bankshares      20,563   
  714       BBX Capital Corp., Class A(b)(c)      13,088   
  2,388       Beneficial Bancorp, Inc.(b)      27,701   
  1,080       Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A REIT      33,188   
  2,084       BOK Financial Corp.      135,856   
  4,739       Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.      62,318   
  2,493       Brixmor Property Group, Inc. REIT      58,461   
  9,436       Brookline Bancorp, Inc.      101,626   
  4,673       Calamos Asset Management, Inc., Class A      57,805   
  1,007       Camden National Corp.      38,588   
  1,708       Capital City Bank Group, Inc.      24,032   
  22,132       Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.      265,584   
  16,973       Capstead Mortgage Corp. REIT      197,735   
  3,537       Cash America International, Inc.      91,679   
  5,157       Cathay General Bancorp      147,387   
  9,132       Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      63,833   
  1,905       Central Pacific Financial Corp.      43,624   
  317       Century Bancorp, Inc., Class A      12,246   
  2,024       Charter Financial Corp.      24,227   
  3,027       Chemical Financial Corp.      93,534   
  1,180       Citizens & Northern Corp.      23,411   
  3,441       Citizens, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      19,407   
  1,505       City Holding Co.      69,185   
  3,554       City National Corp.      331,233   
  2,687       CNA Financial Corp.      108,286   
  2,277       CoBiz Financial, Inc.      27,347   
  1,242       Cohen & Steers, Inc.      47,022   
  1,542       Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.      49,467   
  2,627       Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc.(b)      16,787   
  9,379       Corporate Office Properties Trust REIT      247,512   
  8,272       Cousins Properties, Inc. REIT      80,569   
  3,738       Crawford & Co., Class B      30,539   
  7,214       CVB Financial Corp.      112,899   
  6,267       DCT Industrial Trust, Inc. REIT      207,062   
  16,504       DiamondRock Hospitality Co. REIT      223,794   
  3,273       Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.      52,106   
  1,262       Donegal Group, Inc., Class A      19,069   
  9,072       Douglas Emmett, Inc. REIT      258,552   
  728       EMC Insurance Group, Inc.      25,218   
  3,013       Employers Holdings, Inc.      73,547   
  3,225       Enova International, Inc.(b)      59,695   
  636       Enterprise Bancorp, Inc.      13,649   
  1,513       Enterprise Financial Services Corp.      31,062   
  4,009       EPR Properties REIT      231,199   
  17,053       F.N.B. Corp.      226,293   
  1,481       FBL Financial Group, Inc., Class A      86,298   
  833       FBR & Co.(b)      17,876   
  1,055       Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C      33,169   
  6,399       FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc. REIT      71,093   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  1,375       Financial Institutions, Inc.    $ 32,381   
  762       First Bancorp, Inc.      12,710   
  2,082       First Bancorp/Southern Pines NC      33,791   
  8,285       First Busey Corp.      51,698   
  546       First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A      131,226   
  11,294       First Commonwealth Financial Corp.      101,872   
  1,937       First Community Bancshares, Inc.      32,464   
  1,015       First Defiance Financial Corp.      35,525   
  1,225       First Financial Corp.      41,589   
  1,116       First Financial Northwest, Inc.      13,280   
  1,818       First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A      49,195   
  2,500       First Merchants Corp.      56,425   
  6,315       First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.      107,986   
  6,668       First Potomac Realty Trust REIT      71,481   
  12,511       FirstMerit Corp.      242,338   
  2,319       Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.(b)      39,840   
  2,920       Flushing Financial Corp.      55,947   
  6,878       Forest City Enterprises, Inc., Class A(b)      163,421   
  2,475       Forestar Group, Inc.(b)      36,531   
  8,767       Franklin Street Properties Corp. REIT      103,538   
  443       FRP Holdings, Inc.(b)      15,381   
  21,015       Fulton Financial Corp.      255,542   
  2,779       FXCM, Inc., Class A(c)      5,586   
  291       GAMCO Investors, Inc., Class A      22,497   
  327       Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. REIT      11,674   
  2,777       Getty Realty Corp. REIT      48,236   
  5,260       Glacier Bancorp, Inc.      138,548   
  1,488       Gramercy Property Trust, Inc. REIT      40,682   
  1,359       Great Southern Bancorp, Inc.      53,572   
  2,018       Greenhill & Co., Inc.      79,812   
  1,009       Guaranty Bancorp      15,882   
  2,647       Hallmark Financial Services, Inc.(b)      29,329   
  1,623       Hanmi Financial Corp.      34,537   
  1,548       Heartland Financial USA, Inc.      53,267   
  1,278       HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc.(b)      19,988   
  4,860       Horace Mann Educators Corp.      165,094   
  819       Horizon Bancorp      19,124   
  1,816       Hudson Valley Holding Corp.      44,928   
  556       Independence Holding Co.      6,917   
  1,189       Independent Bank Corp.      15,742   
  1,275       Infinity Property & Casualty Corp.      94,541   
  8,440       Inland Real Estate Corp. REIT      86,848   
  11,302       Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A      383,703   
  6,897       International Bancshares Corp.      179,184   
  5,123       Investment Technology Group, Inc.(b)      145,954   
  12,581       Investors Real Estate Trust REIT      90,206   
  7,171       iStar Financial, Inc. REIT(b)      97,095   
  13,245       Janus Capital Group, Inc.      237,085   
  593       Kansas City Life Insurance Co.      26,614   
  2,161       Kite Realty Group Trust REIT      56,618   
  3,220       Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.      36,547   
  3,839       Lamar Advertising Co., Class A REIT      222,508   
  675       LCNB Corp.      10,611   
  16,057       Lexington Realty Trust REIT      148,848   
  2,070       MainSource Financial Group, Inc.      39,847   
  548       Marlin Business Services Corp.      10,944   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  4,423       MB Financial, Inc.    $ 133,265   
  10,947       Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc.      93,487   
  647       Mercantile Bank Corp.      12,824   
  549       Merchants Bancshares, Inc.      16,174   
  4,358       Mercury General Corp.      239,429   
  1,274       Metro Bancorp, Inc.      32,665   
  6,889       MGIC Investment Corp.(b)      71,783   
  606       National Bankshares, Inc.      17,580   
  742       National Interstate Corp.      20,791   
  314       National Western Life Insurance Co., Class A      75,238   
  1,412       Navigators Group, Inc. (The)(b)      110,207   
  4,187       NBT Bancorp, Inc.      101,116   
  2,510       Nelnet, Inc., Class A      112,373   
  4,966       New Senior Investment Group, Inc. REIT      80,251   
  4,919       Newcastle Investment Corp. REIT      26,218   
  649       Northrim BanCorp, Inc.      16,173   
  9,335       Northwest Bancshares, Inc.      114,914   
  1,536       OceanFirst Financial Corp.      25,774   
  10,665       Old National Bancorp      145,684   
  1,211       One Liberty Properties, Inc. REIT      27,223   
  5,621       OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd., Class A      84,765   
  1,923       Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc., Class A      45,940   
  1,437       Pacific Continental Corp.      18,537   
  7,302       PacWest Bancorp      329,320   
  1,559       Park National Corp.      128,711   
  737       Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp.      15,425   
  385       Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc.      16,782   
  6,757       Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust REIT      152,776   
  1,271       Peoples Bancorp, Inc.      29,474   
  2,955       Phoenix Cos., Inc. (The)(b)      100,795   
  1,902       Piper Jaffray Cos.(b)      95,956   
  3,660       Potlatch Corp. REIT      135,091   
  590       Preferred Bank      16,626   
  5,542       Primerica, Inc.      256,151   
  753       Provident Financial Holdings, Inc.      12,462   
  6,315       Provident Financial Services, Inc.      113,670   
  10,033       RAIT Financial Trust REIT      65,014   
  4,397       Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust REIT      76,860   
  10,562       Redwood Trust, Inc. REIT      181,561   
  2,247       Renasant Corp.      66,758   
  1,440       Republic Bancorp, Inc., Class A      34,243   
  1,420       Resource America, Inc., Class A      12,127   
  4,700       RLI Corp.      233,402   
  2,899       Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. REIT      167,098   
  3,501       S&T Bancorp, Inc.      94,177   
  4,064       Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. REIT      121,432   
  1,834       Safety Insurance Group, Inc.      106,647   
  2,293       Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.      59,756   
  7,124       Selective Insurance Group, Inc.      191,921   
  1,189       Sierra Bancorp      19,476   
  2,618       Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp. REIT      40,500   
  1,408       Simmons First National Corp., Class A      61,600   
  1,480       Southwest Bancorp, Inc.      25,500   
  1,969       Springleaf Holdings, Inc.(b)      98,450   
  1,406       St. Joe Co. (The)(b)      24,535   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  1,896       State Auto Financial Corp.    $ 44,784   
  2,448       State Bank Financial Corp.      48,984   
  2,186       Stewart Information Services Corp.      79,789   
  1,152       Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.      40,090   
  7,552       Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT(b)      88,358   
  1,212       Suffolk Bancorp      29,040   
  968       Sun Bancorp, Inc.(b)      18,324   
  9,796       Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. REIT      152,622   
  23,654       Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc.      317,910   
  2,987       TowneBank      49,435   
  1,205       TriCo Bancshares      28,101   
  10,498       TrustCo Bank Corp. NY      70,022   
  8,077       Trustmark Corp.      192,233   
  13,751       Umpqua Holdings Corp.      233,905   
  5,188       United Bankshares, Inc.      194,965   
  2,419       United Community Banks, Inc.      45,018   
  4,613       United Community Financial Corp.      24,864   
  1,866       United Fire Group, Inc.      55,737   
  3,410       Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.      81,908   
  2,211       Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania      43,137   
  2,132       Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A REIT      44,239   
  7,961       Washington Real Estate Investment Trust REIT      196,796   
  9,822       Washington Federal, Inc.      212,155   
  1,216       Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.      45,016   
  7,191       Webster Financial Corp.      257,654   
  3,682       WesBanco, Inc.      116,020   
  1,211       West Bancorporation, Inc.      22,961   
  2,296       Westamerica Bancorporation      99,991   
  2,075       Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corp. REIT(c)      30,316   
  3,134       Westfield Financial, Inc.      24,288   
  375       White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.      253,489   
  3,454       Wilshire Bancorp, Inc.      36,440   
  751       World Acceptance Corp.(b)(c)      63,550   
  782       Yadkin Financial Corp.(b)      15,390   
     

 

 

 
        18,229,328   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—4.3%   
  5,483       Affymetrix, Inc.(b)      66,509   
  1,587       Albany Molecular Research, Inc.(b)      28,661   
  984       Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc.(b)      20,930   
  8,252       Amedisys, Inc.(b)      229,488   
  4,588       AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.(b)      104,652   
  3,351       Amsurg Corp.(b)      210,175   
  8,775       BioScrip, Inc.(b)(c)      41,242   
  9,782       Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.(b)      354,402   
  1,542       Cambrex Corp.(b)      59,352   
  2,719       Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(b)      188,046   
  3,656       Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.(b)      40,582   
  12,204       Five Star Quality Care, Inc.(b)      51,867   
  5,741       Genesis Healthcare, Inc., Class A(b)      39,670   
  5,608       Healthways, Inc.(b)      97,579   
  4,879       Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.      243,657   
  5,115       Invacare Corp.      102,658   
  1,748       LHC Group, Inc.(b)      56,041   
  4,137       Magellan Health, Inc.(b)      261,872   
  5,047       Molina Healthcare, Inc.(b)      298,934   
  1,126       National Healthcare Corp.      71,276   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Health Care (continued)   
  2,096       OraSure Technologies, Inc.(b)    $ 13,205   
  21,559       PDL BioPharma, Inc.(c)      143,799   
  5,381       PharMerica Corp.(b)      154,219   
  1,750       Providence Service Corp. (The)(b)      74,410   
  806       Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc.(b)      30,386   
  732       SurModics, Inc.(b)      18,461   
  1,195       Symmetry Surgical, Inc.(b)      9,237   
  9,926       Universal American Corp.(b)      99,161   
     

 

 

 
        3,110,471   
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—19.6%   
  5,019       AAR Corp.      151,775   
  7,752       ABM Industries, Inc.      248,452   
  23,976       ACCO Brands Corp.(b)      188,691   
  11,219       Accuride Corp.(b)      45,774   
  2,649       Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.(b)      52,079   
  1,077       Aerovironment, Inc.(b)      27,571   
  8,792       Air Transport Services Group, Inc.(b)      81,941   
  8,724       Aircastle Ltd.      209,202   
  2,383       Albany International Corp., Class A      93,414   
  642       American Science & Engineering, Inc.      24,024   
  760       American Woodmark Corp.(b)      38,532   
  1,824       Apogee Enterprises, Inc.      95,979   
  3,170       Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.      132,411   
  5,664       ARC Document Solutions, Inc.(b)      48,371   
  2,892       ArcBest Corp.      103,244   
  1,724       Astec Industries, Inc.      72,546   
  6,003       Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.(b)      292,586   
  3,610       Baltic Trading Ltd.      5,126   
  3,300       Barnes Group, Inc.      132,330   
  6,012       Brady Corp., Class A      160,100   
  7,326       Briggs & Stratton Corp.      143,223   
  7,101       Brink’s Co. (The)      187,963   
  2,275       Builders FirstSource, Inc.(b)      29,029   
  6,865       Casella Waste Systems, Inc.,
Class A(b)
     37,620   
  6,797       CBIZ, Inc.(b)      61,445   
  2,924       CDI Corp.      39,883   
  27,115       Cenveo, Inc.(b)      53,688   
  1,922       Columbus McKinnon Corp.      48,742   
  4,436       Comfort Systems USA, Inc.      91,781   
  4,247       Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc.(b)      24,463   
  2,018       Courier Corp.      48,997   
  15,266       Covanta Holding Corp.      309,747   
  1,541       CRA International, Inc.(b)      44,997   
  3,146       Crane Co.      192,252   
  4,402       Deluxe Corp.      285,029   
  2,427       Douglas Dynamics, Inc.      52,787   
  1,509       Ducommun, Inc.(b)      45,874   
  2,634       Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The)      336,283   
  3,921       Dycom Industries, Inc.(b)      180,288   
  956       Dynamic Materials Corp.      12,801   
  1,174       Encore Wire Corp.      52,842   
  3,088       Engility Holdings, Inc.      86,063   
  4,413       Ennis, Inc.      67,872   
  1,387       EnPro Industries, Inc.      88,782   
  4,046       Federal Signal Corp.      63,603   
  568       Franklin Covey Co.(b)      10,588   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Industrials (continued)   
  1,276       FreightCar America, Inc.    $ 33,291   
  5,487       FTI Consulting, Inc.(b)      225,571   
  2,072       Furmanite Corp.(b)      15,126   
  1,802       G&K Services, Inc., Class A      127,221   
  4,455       GATX Corp.      242,352   
  3,320       Gibraltar Industries, Inc.(b)      54,979   
  4,720       Global Brass & Copper Holdings, Inc.      71,933   
  15,933       GrafTech International Ltd.(b)      77,116   
  4,455       Granite Construction, Inc.      154,633   
  6,933       Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.(b)      40,211   
  1,999       Greenbrier Cos., Inc. (The)(c)      115,322   
  3,671       H&E Equipment Services, Inc.      90,747   
  1,340       Hardinge, Inc.      14,418   
  11,001       Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.(b)      253,903   
  3,633       Heartland Express, Inc.      76,002   
  2,528       Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.      60,824   
  3,981       Herman Miller, Inc.      109,119   
  3,654       Hill International, Inc.(b)      14,068   
  4,337       HNI Corp.      202,278   
  2,260       Houston Wire & Cable Co.      21,334   
  784       Hurco Cos., Inc.      25,370   
  2,343       ICF International, Inc.(b)      90,205   
  3,584       Insperity, Inc.      172,605   
  1,338       Insteel Industries, Inc.      27,108   
  3,329       Interface, Inc.      72,339   
  1,221       International Shipholding Corp.      13,407   
  2,032       John Bean Technologies Corp.      78,415   
  1,029       Kadant, Inc.      52,438   
  2,622       Kaman Corp.      109,364   
  7,039       Kelly Services, Inc., Class A      115,580   
  2,257       Kforce, Inc.      51,324   
  3,309       Kimball International, Inc., Class B      33,487   
  4,748       Knight Transportation, Inc.      137,217   
  4,991       Knoll, Inc.      113,645   
  4,042       Korn/Ferry International      127,444   
  5,002       Layne Christensen Co.(b)(c)      33,613   
  869       LB Foster Co., Class A      37,132   
  2,296       Lennox International, Inc.      243,284   
  1,808       LMI Aerospace, Inc.(b)      20,412   
  3,358       LSI Industries, Inc.      30,088   
  1,578       Lydall, Inc.(b)      42,354   
  2,536       Macquarie Infrastructure Co. LLC      209,879   
  8,286       Manitowoc Co., Inc. (The)      163,483   
  1,250       Masonite International Corp.(b)      82,750   
  6,561       Matson, Inc.      265,720   
  2,436       Matthews International Corp., Class A      118,219   
  2,198       McGrath RentCorp      72,776   
  15,976       Meritor, Inc.(b)      209,605   
  1,363       Miller Industries, Inc.      30,504   
  2,291       MSA Safety, Inc.      104,790   
  4,639       Mueller Industries, Inc.      162,551   
  10,328       Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A      96,670   
  1,170       National Presto Industries, Inc.(c)      73,219   
  5,626       Navigant Consulting, Inc.(b)      81,352   
  1,419       NCI Building Systems, Inc.(b)      21,966   
  1,324       NN, Inc.      33,312   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio (PXSV) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Industrials (continued)   
  1,122       Nortek, Inc.(b)    $ 94,944   
  1,158       Northwest Pipe Co.(b)      28,070   
  3,213       Orion Marine Group, Inc.(b)      27,053   
  662       P.A.M. Transportation Services,
Inc.(b)
     38,787   
  952       Park-Ohio Holdings Corp.      44,106   
  147       Patriot Transportation Holding,
Inc.(b)
     3,794   
  1,287       PGT, Inc.(b)      14,569   
  1,654       Ply Gem Holdings, Inc.(b)      22,461   
  3,427       Polypore International, Inc.(b)      200,685   
  327       Preformed Line Products Co.      13,718   
  7,788       Quad Graphics, Inc., Class A      167,754   
  3,281       Quality Distribution, Inc.(b)      32,548   
  3,244       Quanex Building Products Corp.      62,609   
  25,816       Republic Airways Holdings, Inc.(b)      315,988   
  3,739       Resources Connection, Inc.      58,927   
  3,016       Rexnord Corp.(b)      79,894   
  5,192       Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A(b)      135,719   
  2,303       Saia, Inc.(b)      93,847   
  2,687       Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.      88,080   
  21,391       SkyWest, Inc.      291,987   
  939       Standex International Corp.      75,937   
  14,575       Steelcase, Inc., Class A      256,083   
  2,524       Sterling Construction Co., Inc.(b)      11,080   
  1,601       TRC Cos., Inc.(b)      11,959   
  2,823       TriMas Corp.(b)      79,524   
  3,413       TrueBlue, Inc.(b)      98,226   
  10,917       Tutor Perini Corp.(b)      231,440   
  1,159       Twin Disc, Inc.      20,850   
  6,159       United Stationers, Inc.      250,117   
  1,896       Universal Forest Products, Inc.      104,887   
  4,208       USG Corp.(b)      111,680   
  12,350       UTi Worldwide, Inc.(b)      111,520   
  2,696       Viad Corp.      71,633   
  1,257       Vicor Corp.(b)      19,169   
  801       VSE Corp.      56,983   
  1,925       Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A      105,009   
  7,547       Werner Enterprises, Inc.      202,788   
  3,749       West Corp.      116,032   
  928       Willis Lease Finance Corp.(b)      17,632   
  2,285       Xerium Technologies, Inc.(b)      40,627   
  11,240       YRC Worldwide, Inc.(b)      175,344   
     

 

 

 
        14,138,925   
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—12.8%   
  3,115       Acxiom Corp.(b)      54,388   
  4,125       ADTRAN, Inc.      68,516   
  1,810       Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.(b)      44,273   
  1,503       Agilysys, Inc.(b)      14,143   
  2,603       Alpha & Omega Semiconductor
Ltd.(b)
     21,319   
  1,897       American Software, Inc., Class A      18,420   
  34,616       Amkor Technology, Inc.(b)      243,351   
  6,707       ANADIGICS, Inc.(b)      8,853   
  1,348       Applied Micro Circuits Corp.(b)      7,239   
  23,197       Atmel Corp.      175,833   
  5,253       AVX Corp.      72,334   
  10,246       Axcelis Technologies, Inc.(b)      25,820   
  1,263       Bel Fuse, Inc., Class B      25,929   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Information Technology (continued)   
  2,066       Belden, Inc.    $ 173,441   
  8,815       Benchmark Electronics, Inc.(b)      207,417   
  2,932       Black Box Corp.      58,347   
  5,562       Brooks Automation, Inc.      59,847   
  3,244       Cabot Microelectronics Corp.(b)      153,441   
  9,241       Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(b)      172,345   
  6,941       CDW Corp.      265,979   
  5,514       Checkpoint Systems, Inc.      57,125   
  15,617       Ciber, Inc.(b)      55,128   
  3,086       Cohu, Inc.      32,310   
  4,213       CommScope Holding Co., Inc.(b)      124,326   
  2,369       Comtech Telecommunications Corp.      68,464   
  8,800       Convergys Corp.      199,584   
  2,048       Covisint Corp.(b)      4,014   
  2,277       CTS Corp.      40,849   
  23,803       Cypress Semiconductor Corp.(b)      317,056   
  3,198       Daktronics, Inc.      34,315   
  3,401       DHI Group, Inc.(b)      25,848   
  7,292       Diebold, Inc.      253,543   
  3,156       Digi International, Inc.(b)      31,876   
  3,030       Diodes, Inc.(b)      80,962   
  2,194       Dot Hill Systems Corp.(b)      13,778   
  3,324       DSP Group, Inc.(b)      37,827   
  35,900       EarthLink Holdings Corp.      169,807   
  3,095       Eastman Kodak Co.(b)      59,950   
  2,416       Electro Rent Corp.      26,189   
  3,516       Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.      20,041   
  9,838       Emulex Corp.(b)      78,901   
  8,182       Entegris, Inc.(b)      108,902   
  622       ePlus, Inc.(b)      51,601   
  2,984       Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(b)      174,504   
  1,548       Fair Isaac Corp.      136,936   
  16,288       Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc.(b)      295,872   
  4,599       FormFactor, Inc.(b)      36,654   
  5,725       Freescale Semiconductor Ltd.(b)      223,790   
  7,146       Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc.(b)      52,880   
  2,901       GSI Group, Inc.(b)      38,525   
  1,487       GSI Technology, Inc.(b)      7,866   
  2,698       Hackett Group, Inc. (The)      25,901   
  10,036       Harmonic, Inc.(b)      70,352   
  8,467       Imation Corp.(b)      34,630   
  6,525       Integrated Device Technology, Inc.(b)      118,690   
  2,737       Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc.      50,771   
  3,831       Internap Corp.(b)      36,011   
  15,589       Intersil Corp., Class A      208,113   
  1,648       Intevac, Inc.(b)      7,976   
  6,127       Itron, Inc.(b)      219,714   
  2,087       IXYS Corp.      23,604   
  10,733       Kemet Corp.(b)      46,367   
  2,491       Kimball Electronics, Inc.(b)      31,860   
  2,870       Kofax Ltd. (United Kingdom)(b)      31,656   
  3,415       Kopin Corp.(b)      11,338   
  3,616       Lionbridge Technologies, Inc.(b)      20,069   
  1,484       Methode Electronics, Inc.      63,011   
  3,489       Micrel, Inc.      47,450   
  3,715       MKS Instruments, Inc.      129,319   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio (PXSV) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Information Technology (continued)   
  8,256       ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc.(b)    $ 28,896   
  17,211       Monster Worldwide, Inc.(b)      101,373   
  1,758       Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc.(b)      41,102   
  1,377       NCI, Inc., Class A      14,045   
  2,700       Newport Corp.(b)      51,489   
  7,319       OmniVision Technologies, Inc.(b)      204,164   
  2,132       Park Electrochemical Corp.      46,307   
  2,803       Pericom Semiconductor Corp.      35,094   
  10,603       Photronics, Inc.(b)      92,988   
  4,040       Plexus Corp.(b)      173,922   
  11,590       PMC - Sierra, Inc.(b)      97,704   
  14,549       Polycom, Inc.(b)      189,864   
  2,778       PRGX Global, Inc.(b)      11,779   
  3,661       Progress Software Corp.(b)      96,650   
  9,987       QLogic Corp.(b)      146,809   
  4,411       Qorvo, Inc.(b)      290,729   
  33,378       Quantum Corp.(b)      67,090   
  4,998       QuinStreet, Inc.(b)      27,139   
  3,656       RealNetworks, Inc.(b)      24,020   
  1,254       Richardson Electronics Ltd.      11,136   
  3,270       Rofin-Sinar Technologies, Inc.(b)      77,368   
  2,364       Rudolph Technologies, Inc.(b)      30,330   
  4,446       ScanSource, Inc.(b)      177,173   
  3,769       Sigma Designs, Inc.(b)      30,114   
  2,257       Silicon Graphics International Corp.(b)      18,304   
  2,172       Sonus Networks, Inc.(b)      17,202   
  4,785       Speed Commerce, Inc.(b)      1,444   
  12,635       SunEdison, Inc.(b)      319,918   
  4,955       Sykes Enterprises, Inc.(b)      124,024   
  2,072       TeleTech Holdings, Inc.      53,748   
  10,289       TTM Technologies, Inc.(b)      96,202   
  2,015       Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.(b)      12,110   
  11,743       United Online, Inc.(b)      185,892   
  1,962       VASCO Data Security International, Inc.(b)(c)      49,874   
  519       Viasystems Group, Inc.(b)      9,228   
  1,600       Vishay Precision Group, Inc.(b)      22,832   
  1,460       WebMD Health Corp.(b)      64,459   
  2,683       Xcerra Corp.(b)      26,374   
  1,273       XO Group, Inc.(b)      20,699   
  2,494       Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(b)      229,648   
     

 

 

 
        9,226,733   
     

 

 

 
   Materials—6.7%   
  3,817       A. Schulman, Inc.      162,032   
  3,661       A.M. Castle & Co.(b)(c)      14,351   
  1,019       AEP Industries, Inc.(b)      51,052   
  39,369       AK Steel Holding Corp.(b)(c)      199,995   
  1,761       Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp.      28,158   
  3,995       Boise Cascade Co.(b)      138,626   
  3,158       Carpenter Technology Corp.      136,583   
  7,946       Century Aluminum Co.(b)      102,424   
  8,668       Chemtura Corp.(b)      261,167   
  19,746       Coeur Mining, Inc.(b)      103,074   
  5,321       Cytec Industries, Inc.      294,198   
  8,243       Ferro Corp.(b)      111,198   
  4,407       Greif, Inc., Class A      179,629   
  2,840       H.B. Fuller Co.      118,627   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Materials (continued)   
  795       Handy & Harman Ltd.(b)    $ 28,167   
  1,027       Haynes International, Inc.      45,671   
  3,926       Headwaters, Inc.(b)      69,019   
  2,770       Horsehead Holding Corp.(b)      41,411   
  1,979       Kaiser Aluminum Corp.      159,052   
  2,706       Koppers Holdings, Inc.      60,831   
  4,604       Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc.(b)      103,774   
  2,734       Kronos Worldwide, Inc.      36,772   
  2,563       Materion Corp.      102,494   
  2,007       Minerals Technologies, Inc.      135,934   
  3,006       Myers Industries, Inc.      48,607   
  1,283       Neenah Paper, Inc.      77,583   
  22,520       Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp.      75,217   
  9,719       Olin Corp.      287,002   
  1,727       Olympic Steel, Inc.      18,911   
  5,435       OM Group, Inc.      163,267   
  4,347       P.H. Glatfelter Co.      107,806   
  2,839       RTI International Metals, Inc.(b)      106,888   
  6,989       Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Class A      121,748   
  3,354       Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The), Class A      216,367   
  3,878       Sensient Technologies Corp.      253,466   
  4,049       Silgan Holdings, Inc.      218,120   
  6,425       SunCoke Energy, Inc.      112,630   
  48,745       Thompson Creek Metals Co., Inc.(b)      61,419   
  2,597       Tredegar Corp.      53,161   
  870       Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc.(b)      18,270   
  1,372       US Concrete, Inc.(b)      49,804   
  20,523       Walter Energy, Inc.(c)      10,411   
  5,061       Wausau Paper Corp.      47,169   
  3,768       Worthington Industries, Inc.      101,849   
     

 

 

 
        4,833,934   
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—1.3%   
  56,102       Cincinnati Bell, Inc.(b)      192,430   
  7,046       Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.      148,459   
  6,170       FairPoint Communications, Inc.(b)      121,672   
  5,036       General Communication, Inc.,
Class A(b)
     79,871   
  1,300       Hawaiian Telcom Holdco, Inc.(b)      34,242   
  26,440       Leap Wireless Corp.(b)      66,629   
  1,711       Lumos Networks Corp.      24,194   
  5,270       NTELOS Holdings Corp.      30,619   
  5,066       Premiere Global Services, Inc.(b)      51,724   
  5,787       Spok Holdings, Inc.      108,940   
  2,514       United States Cellular Corp.(b)      92,842   
     

 

 

 
        951,622   
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—6.1%   
  4,163       ALLETE, Inc.      209,399   
  880       Artesian Resources Corp., Class A      18,955   
  59,055       Atlantic Power Corp.      191,929   
  8,073       Avista Corp.      263,341   
  4,223       Black Hills Corp.      208,152   
  4,119       California Water Service Group      98,321   
  5,383       Cleco Corp.      292,566   
  10,659       Dynegy, Inc.(b)      354,625   
  3,861       El Paso Electric Co.      143,668   
  6,238       Empire District Electric Co. (The)      147,030   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio (PXSV) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Utilities (continued)   
  1,113       Genie Energy Ltd., Class B(b)    $ 15,849   
  4,861       IDACORP, Inc.      293,264   
  3,484       Laclede Group, Inc. (The)      180,924   
  3,121       MGE Energy, Inc.      129,459   
  1,659       Middlesex Water Co.      37,775   
  10,819       New Jersey Resources Corp.      330,088   
  3,975       Northwest Natural Gas Co.      185,632   
  4,407       NorthWestern Corp.      229,561   
  1,068       Ormat Technologies, Inc.      39,078   
  4,521       Otter Tail Corp.      135,223   
  8,147       Piedmont Natural Gas Co., Inc.      305,024   
  10,691       PNM Resources, Inc.      296,996   
  1,548       SJW Corp.      45,279   
  2,775       South Jersey Industries, Inc.      146,381   
  1,672       Unitil Corp.      57,182   
     

 

 

 
        4,355,701   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $62,811,783)
     72,075,800   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.2%   
  114,897       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)
(Cost $114,897)
     114,897   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan) (Cost $62,926,680)—100.2%
     72,190,697   
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan    
     
   Money Market Fund—2.1%   
  1,549,647       Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)(e)
(Cost $1,549,647)
     1,549,647   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $64,476,327)—102.3%
     73,740,344   
   Other assets less
liabilities—(2.3)%
     (1,647,491
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 72,092,853   
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2015.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
(e)  The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower’s return of the securities loaned. See Note 2G. The following table presents the Fund’s gross and net amount of assets available for offset by the Fund as of April 30, 2015.

 

Counterparty

   Gross Amount
of Securities on
Loan at Value
     Cash Collateral
Received for
Securities
Loaned*
     Net
Amount
 
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    $ 1,495,845       $ (1,495,845    $   

 

* Amount does not include excess collateral received, if any.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio (PZI)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%    
   Consumer Discretionary—11.2%   
  6,207       1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc., Class A(b)    $ 65,608   
  1,349       America’s Car-Mart, Inc.(b)      69,258   
  2,574       Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc.      72,638   
  178       Biglari Holdings, Inc.(b)      65,061   
  3,746       Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.(b)      69,039   
  1,859       Cato Corp. (The), Class A      73,133   
  9,259       Chegg, Inc.(b)      68,794   
  10,111       China Automotive Systems, Inc. (China)(b)      74,316   
  15,176       China XD Plastics Co. Ltd. (China)(b)      87,869   
  2,719       Citi Trends, Inc.(b)      61,939   
  2,441       CSS Industries, Inc.      69,178   
  6,058       Entercom Communications Corp.,
Class A(b)
     71,969   
  4,213       Eros International PLC, Class A(b)      74,528   
  2,458       FTD Cos., Inc.(b)      70,151   
  6,667       Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc.(b)      74,004   
  9,437       Harte-Hanks, Inc.      64,077   
  5,819       Hemisphere Media Group, Inc.(b)(c)      73,552   
  3,864       Hooker Furniture Corp.      98,339   
  10,761       JAKKS Pacific, Inc.(b)      71,776   
  2,223       Johnson Outdoors, Inc., Class A      70,025   
  3,099       Kirkland’s, Inc.(b)      73,570   
  3,079       M/I Homes, Inc.(b)      69,462   
  3,448       Marcus Corp. (The)      66,788   
  2,777       MarineMax, Inc.(b)      61,316   
  4,820       Nautilus, Inc.(b)      81,024   
  7,651       Pep Boys-Manny, Moe & Jack (The)(b)      70,083   
  5,473       Reading International, Inc., Class A(b)      72,900   
  4,499       Regis Corp.(b)      74,324   
  3,314       Remy International, Inc.      73,737   
  3,400       Rocky Brands, Inc.      76,296   
  12,247       Ruby Tuesday, Inc.(b)      89,158   
  6,879       Sequential Brands Group, Inc.(b)      85,300   
  2,500       Shoe Carnival, Inc.      65,275   
  6,496       Skullcandy, Inc.(b)      70,222   
  3,227       Speedway Motorsports, Inc.      73,898   
  3,211       Stage Stores, Inc.      62,004   
  3,888       Superior Industries International, Inc.      72,317   
  6,023       Systemax, Inc.(b)      62,940   
  4,703       Tilly’s, Inc., Class A(b)      62,738   
  4,211       TravelCenters of America LLC(b)      72,345   
  2,040       Unifi, Inc.(b)      71,992   
  1,304       Universal Electronics, Inc.(b)      70,338   
  8,036       VOXX International Corp., Class A(b)      76,583   
  3,065       WCI Communities, Inc.(b)      71,261   
  8,492       Zagg, Inc.(b)      70,738   
     

 

 

 
        3,241,863   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—3.0%   
  7,439       Central Garden & Pet Co.(b)      68,848   
  6,931       Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A(b)      67,924   
  7,855       Cott Corp. (Canada)      68,417   
  1,484       Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A      62,120   
  1,708       John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.      88,833   
  5,276       Landec Corp.(b)      74,972   
  5,468       MGP Ingredients, Inc.      76,771   
  5,377       Omega Protein Corp.(b)      68,718   
  2,463       Seneca Foods Corp., Class A(b)      70,984   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Consumer Staples (continued)   
  2,327       SpartanNash Co.    $ 70,206   
  6,931       SunOpta, Inc. (Canada)(b)      71,666   
  1,561       Universal Corp.      73,414   
     

 

 

 
        862,873   
     

 

 

 
   Energy—6.7%   
  13,701       Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (Canada)(b)      84,809   
  5,122       Aegean Marine Petroleum Network, Inc. (Greece)      77,855   
  4,442       Alon USA Energy, Inc.      71,472   
  3,808       ARC Logistics Partners LP      74,218   
  7,309       Ardmore Shipping Corp. (Ireland)      87,927   
  9,830       Callon Petroleum Co.(b)      87,880   
  3,826       CSI Compressco LP      81,111   
  10,545       DHT Holdings, Inc.      84,360   
  2,578       Green Plains, Inc.      80,279   
  4,953       Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.      65,330   
  6,296       Hallador Energy Co.      72,341   
  3,018       KNOT Offshore Partners LP (United Kingdom)(c)      72,432   
  3,329       Marlin Midstream Partners LP      72,472   
  5,318       Midcoast Energy Partners LP      73,016   
  20,793       Navios Maritime Acquisition Corp.      79,221   
  6,166       Nordic American Tankers Ltd.      75,410   
  2,447       PHI, Inc.(b)      76,665   
  7,983       Renewable Energy Group, Inc.(b)      73,524   
  1,210       REX American Resources Corp.(b)      76,496   
  5,258       Southcross Energy Partners LP      80,500   
  2,849       Sprague Resources LP      73,105   
  11,238       StealthGas, Inc. (Greece)(b)      74,283   
  12,794       Teekay Tankers Ltd., Class A      80,602   
  8,975       Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd.      82,391   
  3,596       USA Compression Partners LP      83,104   
     

 

 

 
        1,940,803   
     

 

 

 
   Financials—44.7%   
  3,907       AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. REIT      75,093   
  2,227       Agree Realty Corp. REIT      68,547   
  4,098       American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp. REIT      71,879   
  4,091       American Residential Properties, Inc. REIT(b)      76,747   
  2,783       Ameris Bancorp      69,547   
  14,461       Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp. REIT      73,462   
  4,273       Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. REIT      73,026   
  4,615       Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. REIT      73,194   
  10,545       Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      72,339   
  6,661       Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp. REIT      75,602   
  3,059       Arlington Asset Investment Corp., Class A      66,319   
  6,905       Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. REIT      70,914   
  4,389       Ashford Hospitality Prime, Inc. REIT      68,732   
  4,166       Atlas Financial Holdings, Inc.
(Canada)(b)
     76,863   
  5,963       Banc of California, Inc.      73,941   
  1,207       BancFirst Corp.      69,668   
  10,055       Bank Mutual Corp.      72,295   
  1,446       Bank of Marin Bancorp      72,907   
  5,586       BankFinancial Corp.      71,501   
  1,599       Banner Corp.      72,307   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio (PZI) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  6,520       Beneficial Bancorp, Inc.(b)    $ 75,632   
  2,650       Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.      74,226   
  4,252       Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings Ltd. (Bermuda)      75,516   
  7,324       Brookline Bancorp, Inc.      78,879   
  3,713       BSB Bancorp, Inc.(b)      78,493   
  5,473       Calamos Asset Management, Inc., Class A      67,701   
  1,848       Camden National Corp.      70,815   
  10,280       Campus Crest Communities, Inc. REIT      65,072   
  4,519       Capital City Bank Group, Inc.      63,582   
  3,684       Cardinal Financial Corp.      76,001   
  6,280       CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc., Class A REIT      72,848   
  9,827       Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      68,691   
  6,180       Centerstate Banks, Inc.      75,149   
  3,197       Central Pacific Financial Corp.      73,211   
  1,854       Century Bancorp, Inc., Class A      71,620   
  6,400       Charter Financial Corp.      76,608   
  2,503       Chatham Lodging Trust REIT      69,183   
  2,341       Chemical Financial Corp.      72,337   
  4,175       Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corp. REIT      73,438   
  1,565       City Holding Co.      71,943   
  2,220       Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.      71,218   
  4,304       Compass Diversified Holdings      74,115   
  3,773       ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.      72,517   
  10,621       CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. REIT      72,117   
  1,508       CoreSite Realty Corp. REIT      72,505   
  14,158       Cowen Group, Inc., Class A(b)      79,143   
  3,235       CU Bancorp(b)      67,029   
  3,022       Customers Bancorp, Inc.(b)      76,185   
  2,360       CyrusOne, Inc. REIT      76,653   
  4,572       Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.      72,786   
  4,682       Donegal Group, Inc., Class A      70,745   
  8,690       Dynex Capital, Inc. REIT      69,520   
  3,697       Ellington Financial LLC      74,384   
  4,494       Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT      73,612   
  2,178       EMC Insurance Group, Inc.      75,446   
  2,727       Employers Holdings, Inc.      66,566   
  3,464       Enterprise Bancorp, Inc.      74,337   
  3,563       Enterprise Financial Services Corp.      73,148   
  5,741       ESSA Bancorp, Inc.      73,772   
  5,250       Excel Trust, Inc. REIT      83,212   
  8,062       EZCORP, Inc., Class A(b)      74,170   
  3,166       Farmers Capital Bank Corp.(b)      73,958   
  8,987       Farmers National Banc Corp.      74,322   
  3,185       FBR & Co.(b)      68,350   
  2,611       Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C      82,090   
  2,405       Federated National Holding Co.      69,264   
  4,361       Fidelity Southern Corp.      73,265   
  4,218       First Bancorp, Inc.      70,356   
  11,002       First Busey Corp.      68,652   
  8,178       First Commonwealth Financial Corp.      73,766   
  4,199       First Community Bancshares, Inc.      70,375   
  2,243       First Defiance Financial Corp.      78,505   
  4,133       First Financial Bancorp      71,336   
  2,051       First Financial Corp.      69,631   
  5,946       First Financial Northwest, Inc.      70,757   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  3,127       First Merchants Corp.    $ 70,576   
  6,191       First Potomac Realty Trust REIT      66,368   
  6,911       Five Oaks Investment Corp. REIT      73,257   
  3,667       Flushing Financial Corp.      70,260   
  4,667       Forestar Group, Inc.(b)      68,885   
  3,955       Gladstone Commercial Corp. REIT      70,439   
  2,652       Global Indemnity PLC, Class A(b)      72,797   
  1,869       Great Southern Bancorp, Inc.      73,676   
  4,340       Guaranty Bancorp      68,312   
  6,944       Hallmark Financial Services, Inc.(b)      76,940   
  4,016       Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. REIT      76,304   
  2,256       Heartland Financial USA, Inc.      77,629   
  8,062       Heritage Commerce Corp.      71,832   
  4,330       Heritage Financial Corp.      73,177   
  3,461       Home Bancorp, Inc.      74,931   
  4,007       HomeStreet, Inc.(b)      82,865   
  4,609       HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc.(b)      72,085   
  3,147       Horizon Bancorp      73,482   
  10,562       Imperial Holdings, Inc.(b)      70,554   
  5,416       Independence Holding Co.      67,375   
  7,756       Independence Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      71,355   
  5,737       Independent Bank Corp./MI      75,958   
  1,673       Independent Bank Corp./Rockland MA      69,798   
  895       Infinity Property & Casualty Corp.      66,364   
  2,476       INTL FCStone, Inc.(b)      79,480   
  2,428       Investment Technology Group, Inc.(b)      69,174   
  8,784       JMP Group, Inc.      67,637   
  1,603       Kansas City Life Insurance Co.      71,943   
  19,069       Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services, Inc.(b)      64,263   
  6,400       Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.      72,640   
  1,814       Lakeland Financial Corp.      70,837   
  4,952       Maiden Holdings Ltd.      71,953   
  3,748       MainSource Financial Group, Inc.      72,149   
  5,658       Manning & Napier, Inc., Class A      60,145   
  5,590       Meridian Bancorp, Inc.(b)      71,831   
  2,670       Metro Bancorp, Inc.      68,459   
  2,553       MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.      74,675   
  6,625       Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. REIT      68,436   
  3,913       National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A      74,347   
  289       National Western Life Insurance Co., Class A      69,247   
  943       Navigators Group, Inc. (The)(b)      73,601   
  9,485       New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. REIT      74,078   
  8,252       NewBridge Bancorp, Class A      66,429   
  4,967       Northfield Bancorp, Inc.      71,674   
  4,510       OFG Bancorp      63,546   
  3,137       Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc., Class A      74,943   
  5,559       Orchid Island Capital, Inc.      76,770   
  5,059       Oritani Financial Corp.      75,379   
  4,900       Owens Realty Mortgage, Inc. REIT      66,052   
  10,141       Pacific Mercantile Bancorp(b)      72,914   
  10,367       Park Sterling Corp.      69,459   
  3,408       Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp.      71,329   
  3,114       Peoples Bancorp, Inc.      72,214   
  1,472       Phoenix Cos., Inc. (The)(b)      50,210   
  4,169       Physicians Realty Trust REIT      69,205   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  1,403       Piper Jaffray Cos.(b)    $ 70,781   
  6,786       Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc., Class A REIT      75,053   
  4,833       Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc.      71,963   
  4,603       Provident Financial Holdings, Inc.      76,180   
  2,016       QTS Realty Trust, Inc., Class A REIT      73,120   
  10,730       RAIT Financial Trust REIT      69,530   
  2,443       Renasant Corp.      72,582   
  2,976       Republic Bancorp, Inc., Class A      70,769   
  8,089       Resource America, Inc., Class A      69,080   
  16,213       Resource Capital Corp. REIT      71,499   
  4,656       Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. REIT      69,188   
  2,594       S&T Bancorp, Inc.      69,779   
  1,232       Safety Insurance Group, Inc.      71,641   
  2,806       Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.      73,124   
  5,146       Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida(b)      71,838   
  4,555       Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp. REIT      70,466   
  1,615       Simmons First National Corp.,
Class A
     70,656   
  2,694       Southside Bancshares, Inc.      73,600   
  4,137       Southwest Bancorp, Inc.      71,280   
  2,847       Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust REIT      73,282   
  3,030       State Auto Financial Corp.      71,569   
  3,506       State Bank Financial Corp.      70,155   
  3,866       Steel Partners Holdings LP(b)      69,124   
  1,806       Stewart Information Services Corp.      65,919   
  3,098       Suffolk Bancorp      74,228   
  5,218       Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. REIT      68,721   
  4,806       Talmer Bancorp, Inc., Class A      73,916   
  3,229       Terreno Realty Corp. REIT      68,713   
  3,098       Territorial Bancorp, Inc.      71,564   
  1,367       Tompkins Financial Corp.      71,289   
  4,565       TowneBank      75,551   
  3,050       TriCo Bancshares      71,126   
  10,699       TrustCo Bank Corp. NY      71,362   
  3,314       Union Bankshares Corp.      72,113   
  3,899       United Community Banks, Inc.      72,560   
  13,481       United Community Financial Corp.      72,663   
  5,922       United Financial Bancorp, Inc.      75,505   
  2,311       United Fire Group, Inc.      69,030   
  3,262       United Insurance Holdings Corp.      54,247   
  2,876       Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.      69,082   
  4,151       Walker & Dunlop, Inc.(b)      79,450   
  4,558       Walter Investment Management Corp.(b)      80,266   
  5,733       Waterstone Financial, Inc.      73,038   
  2,259       WesBanco, Inc.      71,181   
  4,881       Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corp. REIT      71,311   
  4,635       Whitestone REIT      68,134   
  4,499       Winthrop Realty Trust REIT      74,054   
  973       WSFS Financial Corp.      69,248   
  3,616       Yadkin Financial Corp.(b)      71,163   
  4,115       ZAIS Financial Corp. REIT      70,943   
     

 

 

 
        12,936,509   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—5.9%   
  5,860       Affymetrix, Inc.(b)      71,082   
  1,642       Almost Family, Inc.(b)      71,066   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Health Care (continued)   
  2,749       Amedisys, Inc.(b)    $ 76,450   
  4,137       AngioDynamics, Inc.(b)      69,047   
  5,559       Assembly Biosciences, Inc.(b)      74,046   
  2,089       Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc.(b)      69,188   
  14,405       China Cord Blood Corp.
(Hong Kong)(b)
     90,752   
  2,872       Exactech, Inc.(b)      62,753   
  3,736       Healthways, Inc.(b)      65,006   
  2,855       Heska Corp.(b)      80,197   
  3,792       Invacare Corp.      76,105   
  2,228       LHC Group, Inc.(b)      71,430   
  3,824       Merit Medical Systems, Inc.(b)      74,224   
  1,155       National Healthcare Corp.      73,111   
  1,865       Natus Medical, Inc.(b)      70,329   
  2,046       Orthofix International NV(b)      66,106   
  6,866       Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.(b)      43,805   
  2,611       PharMerica Corp.(b)      74,831   
  1,382       Providence Service Corp. (The)(b)      58,763   
  14,900       RTI Surgical, Inc.(b)      83,440   
  8,308       SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      67,876   
  13,656       Synergetics USA, Inc.(b)      66,778   
  3,703       Triple-S Management Corp.,
Class B(b)
     69,320   
  1,546       US Physical Therapy, Inc.      72,909   
     

 

 

 
        1,698,614   
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—11.7%   
  8,857       ACCO Brands Corp.(b)      69,705   
  7,985       Air Transport Services Group, Inc.(b)      74,420   
  1,166       Alamo Group, Inc.      72,035   
  1,345       American Woodmark Corp.(b)      68,191   
  1,943       ArcBest Corp.      69,365   
  1,713       Astec Industries, Inc.      72,083   
  2,988       CAI International, Inc.(b)      71,174   
  7,889       CBIZ, Inc.(b)      71,316   
  2,704       Celadon Group, Inc.      69,871   
  3,729       China Yuchai International Ltd.      75,177   
  3,498       Comfort Systems USA, Inc.      72,374   
  2,214       Covenant Transportation Group, Inc., Class A(b)      67,461   
  2,360       CRA International, Inc.(b)      68,912   
  11,307       Danaos Corp. (Greece)(b)      68,068   
  3,214       Douglas Dynamics, Inc.      69,904   
  2,842       Ducommun, Inc.(b)      86,397   
  2,700       Echo Global Logistics, Inc.(b)      78,030   
  1,884       ESCO Technologies, Inc.      69,143   
  2,342       FreightCar America, Inc.      61,103   
  9,121       General Finance Corp.(b)      70,779   
  5,576       Global Power Equipment Group, Inc.      67,748   
  13,581       Global Ship Lease, Inc., Class A
(United Kingdom)(b)
     72,522   
  4,212       Griffon Corp.      70,804   
  6,722       HC2 Holdings, Inc.(b)      74,345   
  2,995       Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.      72,060   
  2,235       Hurco Cos., Inc.      72,325   
  1,802       ICF International, Inc.(b)      69,377   
  1,399       Kadant, Inc.      71,293   
  1,550       LB Foster Co., Class A      66,231   
  3,874       LS Starrett Co. (The), Class A      73,219   
  2,320       Lydall, Inc.(b)      62,269   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio (PZI) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Industrials (continued)   
  3,164       Marten Transport Ltd.    $ 70,431   
  3,004       Miller Industries, Inc.      67,229   
  1,059       Multi-Color Corp.      66,484   
  2,349       MYR Group, Inc.(b)      68,873   
  8,308       Orion Marine Group, Inc.(b)      69,953   
  1,283       P.A.M. Transportation Services,
Inc.(b)
     75,171   
  5,353       Republic Airways Holdings, Inc.(b)      65,521   
  4,206       Resources Connection, Inc.      66,287   
  2,913       Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc.(b)      71,281   
  5,026       SkyWest, Inc.      68,605   
  1,722       SL Industries, Inc.(b)      71,515   
  894       Standex International Corp.      72,298   
  5,514       Titan Machinery, Inc.(b)(c)      80,780   
  2,658       USA Truck, Inc.(b)      65,280   
  2,639       Viad Corp.      70,118   
  897       VSE Corp.      63,813   
  3,962       Willis Lease Finance Corp.(b)      75,278   
     

 

 

 
        3,386,618   
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—11.3%   
  8,261       Alpha & Omega Semiconductor
Ltd.(b)
     67,658   
  3,868       Bel Fuse, Inc., Class B      79,410   
  3,517       Black Box Corp.      69,988   
  6,329       Brooks Automation, Inc.      68,100   
  8,773       Calix, Inc.(b)      64,832   
  5,420       Cascade Microtech, Inc.(b)      71,869   
  3,452       CEVA, Inc.(b)      71,456   
  2,978       ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES Bermuda Ltd. (Taiwan)      68,792   
  6,728       Cohu, Inc.      70,442   
  2,543       Comtech Telecommunications Corp.      73,493   
  7,375       Digi International, Inc.(b)      74,487   
  6,145       DSP Group, Inc.(b)      69,930   
  2,161       DTS, Inc.(b)      77,472   
  2,417       Ebix, Inc.      65,960   
  13,530       EMCORE Corp.(b)      73,739   
  4,105       Epiq Systems, Inc.      73,521   
  845       ePlus, Inc.(b)      70,101   
  3,876       Fabrinet (Thailand)(b)      70,194   
  8,276       FormFactor, Inc.(b)      65,960   
  9,933       Harmonic, Inc.(b)      69,630   
  8,579       Identiv, Inc.(b)      83,474   
  4,128       Inphi Corp.(b)      88,546   
  5,974       IXYS Corp.      67,566   
  18,682       Mattson Technology, Inc.(b)      63,706   
  4,721       Mercury Systems, Inc.(b)      65,197   
  4,029       Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc.(b)      94,198   
  5,368       Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. (South Africa)(b)      73,381   
  4,579       Orbotech Ltd. (Israel)(b)      82,193   
  2,821       PC Connection, Inc.      68,522   
  7,881       PCM, Inc.(b)      77,785   
  4,758       Pericom Semiconductor Corp.      59,570   
  8,659       Photronics, Inc.(b)      75,939   
  11,702       Planar Systems, Inc.(b)      67,521   
  10,937       RealNetworks, Inc.(b)      71,856   
  3,038       Rofin-Sinar Technologies, Inc.(b)      71,879   
  6,664       Rudolph Technologies, Inc.(b)      85,499   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Information Technology (continued)   
  9,142       Sigma Designs, Inc.(b)    $ 73,045   
  2,955       Sykes Enterprises, Inc.(b)      73,964   
  6,384       TechTarget, Inc.(b)      69,075   
  19,223       TeleCommunication Systems, Inc., Class A(b)      59,976   
  9,294       Telenav, Inc.(b)      77,698   
  8,147       TTM Technologies, Inc.(b)      76,174   
  4,621       United Online, Inc.(b)      73,150   
  3,417       VASCO Data Security International, Inc.(b)(c)      86,860   
  4,166       XO Group, Inc.(b)      67,739   
     

 

 

 
        3,271,547   
     

 

 

 
   Materials—2.9%   
  24,701       Hecla Mining Co.      74,597   
  6,373       Intrepid Potash, Inc.(b)      79,854   
  2,754       KMG Chemicals, Inc.      80,637   
  1,781       LSB Industries, Inc.(b)      75,532   
  1,915       Materion Corp.      76,581   
  4,792       Mercer International, Inc.(b)      68,526   
  3,257       OCI Resources LP      78,168   
  2,451       OM Group, Inc.      73,628   
  14,604       Pretium Resources, Inc. (Canada)(b)      84,119   
  23,002       Richmont Mines, Inc. (Canada)(b)      73,836   
  5,055       Synalloy Corp.      74,662   
     

 

 

 
        840,140   
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals—0.0%   
  27,615       Chelsea Therapeutics International Ltd.(b)      2,209   
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—1.6%   
  1,061       Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc.      70,047   
  9,762       Boingo Wireless, Inc.(b)      80,634   
  4,671       General Communication, Inc.,
Class A(b)
     74,082   
  2,764       Hawaiian Telcom Holdco, Inc.(b)      72,804   
  7,580       Iridium Communications, Inc.(b)(c)      77,089   
  3,830       Spok Holdings, Inc.      72,100   
     

 

 

 
        446,756   
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—1.0%   
  1,454       Chesapeake Utilities Corp.      69,472   
  2,381       SJW Corp.      69,644   
  9,947       Star Gas Partners LP      74,603   
  2,117       Unitil Corp.      72,401   
     

 

 

 
        286,120   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $27,396,074)
     28,914,052   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.3%   
  92,417       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)
(Cost $92,417)
     92,417   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $27,488,491)—100.3%
     29,006,469   
     

 

 

 
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio (PZI) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan    
     
   Money Market Fund—0.8%   
  242,702       Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)(e)
(Cost $242,702)
   $ 242,702   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $27,731,193)—101.1%
     29,249,171   
   Other assets less
liabilities—(1.1)%
     (329,548
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 28,919,623   
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2015.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
(e)  The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower’s return of the securities loaned. See Note 2G. The following table presents the Fund’s gross and net amount of assets available for offset by the Fund as of April 30, 2015.

 

Counterparty

   Gross Amount
of Securities on
Loan at Value
     Cash Collateral
Received for
Securities
Loaned*
     Net
Amount
 
Citibank    $ 229,410       $ (229,410    $   

 

* Amount does not include excess collateral received, if any.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

April 30, 2015

 

    PowerShares
Dynamic Large
Cap Growth
Portfolio (PWB)
     PowerShares
Dynamic Large
Cap Value
Portfolio (PWV)
     PowerShares
Fundamental
Pure Large Core
Portfolio (PXLC)
     PowerShares
Fundamental
Pure Large Growth
Portfolio (PXLG)
 
Assets:           

Unaffiliated investments, at value(a)

  $ 327,467,782       $ 1,086,940,541       $ 42,228,946       $ 145,412,715   

Affiliated investments, at value

    210,425                 64,946         178,897   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

    327,678,207         1,086,940,541         42,293,892         145,591,612   

Receivables:

          

Dividends

    214,519         1,397,042         42,765         48,293   

Investments sold

            369,921                   

Expenses absorbed

                              

Foreign tax reclaims

                              

Securities lending

                              

Other assets

                              
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets

    327,892,726         1,088,707,504         42,336,657         145,639,905   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liabilities:

Due to custodian

            458,404                   

Payables:

          

Investments purchased

                              

Collateral upon return of securities loaned

                              

Accrued advisory fees

    136,888         442,458         3,367         27,808   

Accrued trustees’ and officer’s fees

    31,648         42,262         15,242         11,459   

Accrued expenses

    144,781         421,482         69,436         98,532   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

    313,317         1,364,606         88,045         137,799   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 327,579,409       $ 1,087,342,898       $ 42,248,612       $ 145,502,106   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets Consist of:

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 546,400,708       $ 1,177,651,020       $ 44,763,739       $ 114,978,251   

Undistributed net investment income

    432,274         3,085,315         82,370         294,999   

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (253,991,093      (166,299,376      (10,572,137      (1,147,722

Net unrealized appreciation

    34,737,520         72,905,939         7,974,640         31,376,578   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 327,579,409       $ 1,087,342,898       $ 42,248,612       $ 145,502,106   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding (unlimited amount authorized, $0.01 par value)

    10,850,000         34,600,000         1,050,000         4,300,000   

Net asset value

  $ 30.19       $ 31.43       $ 40.24       $ 33.84   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market price

  $ 30.17       $ 31.42       $ 40.21       $ 33.82   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

  $ 292,730,262       $ 1,014,034,602       $ 34,254,306       $ 114,036,137   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Affiliated investments, at cost

  $ 210,425       $       $ 64,946       $ 178,897   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

  $ 292,940,687       $ 1,014,034,602       $ 34,319,252       $ 114,215,034   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(a) Includes securities on loan with an aggregate value of

  $       $       $       $   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

78

 


 

 

PowerShares
Fundamental
Pure Large Value
Portfolio (PXLV)
    PowerShares
Fundamental
Pure Mid Core
Portfolio (PXMC)
    PowerShares
Fundamental
Pure Mid Growth
Portfolio (PXMG)
    PowerShares
Fundamental
Pure Mid Value
Portfolio (PXMV)
    PowerShares
Fundamental
Pure Small Core
Portfolio (PXSC)
    PowerShares
Fundamental
Pure Small Growth
Portfolio (PXSG)
    PowerShares
Fundamental
Pure Small Value
Portfolio (PXSV)
    PowerShares
Zacks Micro Cap
Portfolio (PZI)
 
             
$ 41,336,532      $ 33,841,446      $ 87,490,948      $ 52,297,235      $ 16,151,845      $ 32,785,398      $ 72,075,800      $ 28,914,052   
  16,712        521,598        456,553        1,779,844        85,991        781,913        1,664,544        335,119   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  41,353,244        34,363,044        87,947,501        54,077,079        16,237,836        33,567,311        73,740,344        29,249,171   
             
  69,865        10,859        48,640        37,597        7,047        12,733        33,504        14,248   
                              9,822                      6,130   
                              3,281                        
                                                   465   
                       2,443               2,427        3,858        1,869   
                       115               557                 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  41,423,109        34,373,903        87,996,141        54,117,234        16,257,986        33,583,028        73,777,706        29,271,883   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                   20   
             
                              26,667        557                 
                       1,679,081               705,721        1,549,647        242,702   
  1,302        2,032        15,753        4,616               105        18,697        3,619   
  9,760        14,640        22,422        16,139        14,173        15,522        17,365        16,876   
  64,539        64,978        87,528        79,752        64,413        70,479        99,144        89,043   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  75,601        81,650        125,703        1,779,588        105,253        792,384        1,684,853        352,260   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 41,347,508      $ 34,292,253      $ 87,870,438      $ 52,337,646      $ 16,152,733      $ 32,790,644      $ 72,092,853      $ 28,919,623   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 38,393,574      $ 39,822,746      $ 234,192,319      $ 84,777,673      $ 23,692,159      $ 64,838,654      $ 103,865,705      $ 110,553,847   
  112,972        48,100        233,837        123,899        27,273        80,029        178,519        50,995   
  (99,289     (10,516,251     (163,768,092     (42,231,183     (9,824,443     (37,274,174     (41,215,388     (83,203,197
  2,940,251        4,937,658        17,212,374        9,667,257        2,257,744        5,146,135        9,264,017        1,517,978   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 41,347,508      $ 34,292,253      $ 87,870,438      $ 52,337,646      $ 16,152,733      $ 32,790,644      $ 72,092,853      $ 28,919,623   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  1,350,000        850,000        2,750,000        1,900,000        450,000        1,300,000        2,800,000        1,800,000   
$ 30.63      $ 40.34      $ 31.95      $ 27.55      $ 35.89      $ 25.22      $ 25.75      $ 16.07   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 30.62      $ 40.35      $ 31.95      $ 27.53      $ 35.90      $ 25.21      $ 25.75      $ 16.05   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 38,396,281      $ 28,990,467      $ 70,234,560      $ 42,629,964      $ 13,894,101      $ 27,639,263      $ 62,811,783      $ 27,396,074   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 16,712      $ 434,919      $ 500,567      $ 1,779,844      $ 85,991      $ 781,913      $ 1,664,544      $ 335,119   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 38,412,993      $ 29,425,386      $ 70,735,127      $ 44,409,808      $ 13,980,092      $ 28,421,176      $ 64,476,327      $ 27,731,193   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$      $      $      $ 1,289,457      $      $ 682,920      $ 1,495,845      $ 229,410   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

79

 


 

Statements of Operations

For the year ended April 30, 2015

 

    PowerShares
Dynamic Large
Cap Growth
Portfolio (PWB)
     PowerShares
Dynamic Large
Cap Value
Portfolio (PWV)
     PowerShares
Fundamental
Pure Large Core
Portfolio (PXLC)
     PowerShares
Fundamental
Pure Large Growth
Portfolio (PXLG)
 
Investment Income:           

Unaffiliated dividend income

  $ 3,516,555       $ 25,008,305       $ 975,061       $ 2,667,841   

Affiliated dividend income

    30         108         11         22   

Securities lending income

                              

Foreign withholding tax

    (8,710                        
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Income

    3,507,875         25,008,413         975,072         2,667,863   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Expenses:

Advisory fees

    1,449,291         4,698,129         122,496         365,349   

Sub-licensing fees

    86,957         281,888         24,817         73,232   

Accounting & administration fees

    55,520         178,004         36,770         36,770   

Professional fees

    28,689         36,288         25,518         26,639   

Trustees’ and officer’s fees

    13,210         24,778         8,636         10,136   

Custodian & transfer agent fees

    8,558         22,995         6,790         7,184   

Other expenses

    25,437         69,152         15,905         17,515   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Expenses

    1,667,662         5,311,234         240,932         536,825   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less: Waivers

    (252      (771      (76,285      (45,676
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Expenses

    1,667,410         5,310,463         164,647         491,149   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

    1,840,465         19,697,950         810,425         2,176,714   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

Net realized gain (loss) from:

          

Investment securities

    (9,008,905      (21,835,726      238,108         (31,646

In-kind redemptions

    43,177,030         115,768,029         804,152         2,006,767   

Foreign currencies

                              
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

    34,168,125         93,932,303         1,042,260         1,975,121   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

          

on investment securities

    11,372,465         (38,976,462      2,215,368         14,906,809   

Foreign currencies

                              
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    11,372,465         (38,976,462      2,215,368         14,906,809   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    45,540,590         54,955,841         3,257,628         16,881,930   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 47,381,055       $ 74,653,791       $ 4,068,053       $ 19,058,644   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

80

 


 

 

PowerShares
Fundamental
Pure Large Value
Portfolio  (PXLV)
    PowerShares
Fundamental
Pure Mid Core
Portfolio  (PXMC)
    PowerShares
Fundamental
Pure Mid Growth
Portfolio  (PXMG)
    PowerShares
Fundamental
Pure Mid Value
Portfolio  (PXMV)
    PowerShares
Fundamental
Pure Small Core
Portfolio  (PXSC)
    PowerShares
Fundamental
Pure Small Growth
Portfolio  (PXSG)
    PowerShares
Fundamental
Pure Small Value
Portfolio  (PXSV)
    PowerShares
Zacks Micro Cap
Portfolio  (PZI)
 
             
$ 952,784      $ 503,055      $ 1,671,780      $ 936,253      $ 245,622      $ 396,172      $ 1,304,895      $ 612,455   
  7        9,088        45,323        7        11        12        15        16   
                       41,571               33,902        93,519        157,224   
                (3,376            (53     (149     (1,879     (1,757

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  952,791        512,143        1,713,727        977,831        245,580        429,937        1,396,550        767,938   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  100,213        87,481        261,778        144,210        44,847        88,717        198,772        193,976   
  20,071        17,437        52,786        29,110        9,000        17,798        40,059        38,795   
  36,770        36,770        36,770        36,770        36,770        36,770        36,770        36,770   
  25,382        25,412        26,066        25,607        25,364        25,848        25,807        27,789   
  8,414        8,421        9,568        8,747        8,126        8,414        9,117        8,698   
  7,333        6,868        10,373        18,867        13,617        18,820        45,475        25,559   
  16,395        15,314        18,949        17,460        14,183        16,045        20,306        17,021   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  214,578        197,703        416,290        280,771        151,907        212,412        376,306        348,608   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (79,862     (80,153     (64,395     (86,879     (91,689     (93,211     (109,115     (77,182

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  134,716        117,550        351,895        193,892        60,218        119,201        267,191        271,426   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  818,075        394,593        1,361,832        783,939        185,362        310,736        1,129,359        496,512   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
             
  (34,420     305,396        653,228        516,116        297,102        291,590        88,453        (7,183,190
         1,310,618        2,205,335                             814,022        6,672,502   
                       (9,253                   (288       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (34,420     1,616,014        2,858,563        506,863        297,102        291,590        902,187        (510,688

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
             
  1,162,749        1,118,293        2,664,286        2,402,375        1,067,365        1,431,203        2,026,503        (58,247
                       (13,694                   (9       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  1,162,749        1,118,293        2,664,286        2,388,681        1,067,365        1,431,203        2,026,494        (58,247

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  1,128,329        2,734,307        5,522,849        2,895,544        1,364,467        1,722,793        2,928,681        (568,935

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 1,946,404      $ 3,128,900      $ 6,884,681      $ 3,679,483      $ 1,549,829      $ 2,033,529      $ 4,058,040      $ (72,423

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

81

 


 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended April 30, 2015 and 2014

 

    PowerShares Dynamic
Large Cap Growth Portfolio
(PWB)
     PowerShares Dynamic
Large Cap Value Portfolio
(PWV)
 
    2015      2014      2015      2014  
Operations:           

Net investment income

  $ 1,840,465       $ 1,071,782       $ 19,697,950       $ 14,117,950   

Net realized gain (loss)

    34,168,125         61,188,563         93,932,303         93,058,616   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    11,372,465         (17,475,378      (38,976,462      14,932,987   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    47,381,055         44,784,967         74,653,791         122,109,553   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Distributions to Shareholders from:

Net investment income

    (1,697,893      (1,108,791      (18,202,206      (13,897,107

Net realized gains

                              
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (1,697,893      (1,108,791      (18,202,206      (13,897,107
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Shareholder Transactions:

Proceeds from shares sold

    346,162,374         323,660,690         916,059,144         868,969,018   

Value of shares repurchased

    (349,940,685      (294,559,223      (686,255,734      (750,918,793
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from shares transactions

    (3,778,311      29,101,467         229,803,410         118,050,225   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Increase in Net Assets

    41,904,851         72,777,643         286,254,995         226,262,671   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets:

Beginning of year

    285,674,558         212,896,915         801,087,903         574,825,232   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 327,579,409       $ 285,674,558       $ 1,087,342,898       $ 801,087,903   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income (loss) at end of year

  $ 432,274       $ 197,491       $ 3,085,315       $ 1,589,571   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Changes in Shares Outstanding:

Shares sold

    12,100,000         13,350,000         29,550,000         32,150,000   

Shares repurchased

    (12,400,000      (12,200,000      (22,100,000      (27,800,000

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

    11,150,000         10,000,000         27,150,000         22,800,000   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

    10,850,000         11,150,000         34,600,000         27,150,000   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental
Pure Large Core Portfolio
(PXLC)
     PowerShares Fundamental
Pure Large Growth Portfolio
(PXLG)
     PowerShares Fundamental
Pure Large Value Portfolio
(PXLV)
     PowerShares Fundamental
Pure Mid Core Portfolio
(PXMC)
 
2015      2014      2015      2014      2015      2014      2015      2014  
                    
$ 810,425       $ 628,419       $ 2,176,714       $ 1,734,307       $ 818,075       $ 286,110       $ 394,593       $ 312,711   
  1,042,260         3,306,997         1,975,121         2,797,144         (34,420      741,217         1,616,014         2,534,338   
  2,215,368         2,610,982         14,906,809         13,154,514         1,162,749         1,060,399         1,118,293         2,159,025   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  4,068,053         6,546,398         19,058,644         17,685,965         1,946,404         2,087,726         3,128,900         5,006,074   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (759,003      (612,506      (2,084,013      (2,133,201      (752,115      (263,618      (386,382      (309,864
                          (65,835              (7,335                

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (759,003      (612,506      (2,084,013      (2,199,036      (752,115      (270,953      (386,382      (309,864

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,927,148         21,427,256         28,739,952         30,772,536         25,452,499         8,206,110         8,075,100         17,246,882   
  (3,757,982      (14,464,293      (6,534,201      (22,754,152              (2,871,073      (7,392,512      (10,844,266

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (1,830,834      6,962,963         22,205,751         8,018,384         25,452,499         5,335,037         682,588         6,402,616   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,478,216         12,896,855         39,180,382         23,505,313         26,646,788         7,151,810         3,425,106         11,098,826   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  40,770,396         27,873,541         106,321,724         82,816,411         14,700,720         7,548,910         30,867,147         19,768,321   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 42,248,612       $ 40,770,396       $ 145,502,106       $ 106,321,724       $ 41,347,508       $ 14,700,720       $ 34,292,253       $ 30,867,147   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 82,370       $ 30,948       $ 294,999       $ (202,298    $ 112,972       $ 47,012       $ 48,100       $ 39,889   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  50,000         600,000         900,000         1,100,000         849,999         300,000         200,000         500,000   
  (100,000      (400,000      (200,001      (800,000              (100,000      (200,000      (300,000
  1,100,000         900,000         3,600,001         3,300,001         500,001         300,001         850,000         650,000   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,050,000         1,100,000         4,300,000         3,600,001         1,350,000         500,001         850,000         850,000   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

For the years ended April 30, 2015 and 2014

 

    PowerShares Fundamental
Pure Mid Growth Portfolio
(PXMG)
     PowerShares Fundamental
Pure Mid Value Portfolio
(PXMV)
 
    2015      2014      2015      2014  
Operations:           

Net investment income

  $ 1,361,832       $ 1,029,330       $ 783,939       $ 572,308   

Net realized gain (loss)

    2,858,563         6,742,034         506,863         3,996,687   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    2,664,286         5,747,374         2,388,681         3,640,616   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    6,884,681         13,518,738         3,679,483         8,209,611   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Distributions to Shareholders from:

Net investment income

    (1,325,669      (1,178,058      (710,318      (549,786
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Shareholder Transactions:

Proceeds from shares sold

    1,625,910         24,086,636         6,659,516         18,202,301   

Value of shares repurchased

    (10,869,623      (26,973,280              (11,473,851
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from shares transactions

    (9,243,713      (2,886,644      6,659,516         6,728,450   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    (3,684,701      9,454,036         9,628,681         14,388,275   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets:

Beginning of year

    91,555,139         82,101,103         42,708,965         28,320,690   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 87,870,438       $ 91,555,139       $ 52,337,646       $ 42,708,965   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income at end of year

  $ 233,837       $ 197,674       $ 123,899       $ 59,531   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Changes in Shares Outstanding:

Shares sold

    50,000         800,000         250,000         750,000   

Shares repurchased

    (350,000      (900,000              (450,000

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

    3,050,000         3,150,000         1,650,000         1,350,000   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

    2,750,000         3,050,000         1,900,000         1,650,000   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental
Pure Small Core Portfolio
(PXSC)
     PowerShares Fundamental
Pure Small Growth Portfolio
(PXSG)
     PowerShares Fundamental
Pure Small Value Portfolio
(PXSV)
     PowerShares
Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio
(PZI)
 
2015      2014      2015      2014      2015      2014      2015      2014  
                    
$ 185,362       $ 166,719       $ 310,736       $ 252,303       $ 1,129,359       $ 751,850       $ 496,512       $ 701,465   
  297,102         2,710,573         291,590         2,796,204         902,187         8,481,682         (510,688      10,130,819   
  1,067,365         (109,024      1,431,203         2,457,284         2,026,494         3,919,701         (58,247      (1,734,740

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,549,829         2,768,268         2,033,529         5,505,791         4,058,040         13,153,233         (72,423      9,097,544   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (180,742      (198,389      (404,987      (268,388      (1,010,155      (729,968      (822,121      (512,267

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
          9,749,513         1,289,891         8,700,003         6,269,836         28,894,203         22,481,177         48,525,479   
          (12,825,382              (10,711,283      (2,600,649      (24,025,732      (54,448,541      (37,384,029

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
          (3,075,869      1,289,891         (2,011,280      3,669,187         4,868,471         (31,967,364      11,141,450   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,369,087         (505,990      2,918,433         3,226,123         6,717,072         17,291,736         (32,861,908      19,726,727   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  14,783,646         15,289,636         29,872,211         26,646,088         65,375,781         48,084,045         61,781,531         42,054,804   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 16,152,733       $ 14,783,646       $ 32,790,644       $ 29,872,211       $ 72,092,853       $ 65,375,781       $ 28,919,623       $ 61,781,531   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 27,273       $ 21,797       $ 80,029       $ 173,520       $ 178,519       $ 76,309       $ 50,995       $ 365,535   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
          300,000         50,000         350,000         250,000         1,150,000         1,350,000         3,050,000   
          (400,000              (450,000      (100,000      (950,000      (3,350,000      (2,350,000
  450,000         550,000         1,250,000         1,350,000         2,650,000         2,450,000         3,800,000         3,100,000   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  450,000         450,000         1,300,000         1,250,000         2,800,000         2,650,000         1,800,000         3,800,000   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Financial Highlights

 

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio (PWB)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012      2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:              

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 25.62       $ 21.29      $ 18.73      $ 17.63      $ 14.91  

Net investment income(a)

    0.18         0.10        0.21         0.15         0.11   

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    4.56         4.34        2.55         1.09         2.72   

Total from investment operations

    4.74         4.44        2.76        1.24        2.83  

Distributions to shareholders from:

             

Net investment income

    (0.17      (0.11      (0.20      (0.14      (0.11

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 30.19      $ 25.62      $ 21.29      $ 18.73      $ 17.63  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 30.17      $ 25.62      $ 21.28      $ 18.72      $ 17.63  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     18.52      20.91      14.91      7.18      19.08
Market Price Total Return(c)     18.44      20.96      14.92      7.12      19.08
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 327,579       $ 285,675      $ 212,897       $ 191,013       $ 196,574   

Ratio to average net assets of:

             

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.58      0.58      0.59      0.61      0.63

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.58      0.58      0.59      0.62      0.64

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.63      0.43      1.08      0.89      0.73

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    143      123      47      64      45

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio (PWV)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012      2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:              

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 29.51       $ 25.21      $ 20.73      $ 20.35      $ 18.05  

Net investment income(a)

    0.64         0.55        0.52         0.46         0.40   

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    1.88         4.30        4.48         0.38         2.33   

Total from investment operations

    2.52         4.85        5.00        0.84        2.73  

Distributions to shareholders from:

             

Net investment income

    (0.60      (0.55      (0.52      (0.46      (0.43

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 31.43       $ 29.51      $ 25.21      $ 20.73      $ 20.35  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 31.42       $ 29.49      $ 25.22      $ 20.71      $ 20.36  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     8.56      19.48      24.55      4.34      15.50
Market Price Total Return(c)     8.60      19.35      24.72      4.20      15.49
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 1,087,343       $ 801,088      $ 574,825       $ 419,740       $ 422,319   

Ratio to average net assets of:

             

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.57      0.57      0.59      0.59      0.61

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.57      0.57      0.59      0.59      0.61

Net investment income, after Waivers

    2.10      2.04      2.36      2.39      2.22

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    82      103      58      41      40

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio (PXLC)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012      2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:              

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 37.06       $ 30.97      $ 26.66      $ 26.42      $ 23.26  

Net investment income(a)

    0.75         0.63        0.65         0.57         0.37   

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    3.14         6.03        4.35         0.32         3.16   

Total from investment operations

    3.89         6.66        5.00        0.89        3.53  

Distributions to shareholders from:

             

Net investment income

    (0.71      (0.57      (0.69      (0.65      (0.37

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 40.24      $ 37.06      $ 30.97      $ 26.66      $ 26.42  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 40.21      $ 37.08      $ 30.98      $ 26.66      $ 26.42  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     10.52      21.69      19.10      3.64      15.40
Market Price Total Return(c)     10.38      21.72      19.15      3.64      15.40
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 42,249       $ 40,770      $ 27,874       $ 25,326       $ 35,673   

Ratio to average net assets of:

             

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.39      0.39      0.39      0.43      0.65

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.57      0.60      0.80      0.90      0.99

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.92      1.85      2.38      2.32      1.61

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    3      38      43      58      41

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio (PXLG)

 

    Year Ended April 30,      For the Period
June 13, 2011(a)
Through
April 30, 2012
 
    2015      2014      2013     
Per Share Operating Performance:           

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 29.53       $ 25.10      $ 22.20      $ 20.00  

Net investment income(b)

    0.55         0.50        0.39         0.28   

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    4.29         4.57        2.87         2.09   

Total from investment operations

    4.84         5.07        3.26        2.37  

Distributions to shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

    (0.53      (0.62      (0.36      (0.17

Net realized gains

            (0.02                

Total distributions

    (0.53      (0.64      (0.36      (0.17

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 33.84      $ 29.53      $ 25.10      $ 22.20  

Market price at end of year(c)

  $ 33.82      $ 29.52      $ 25.08      $ 22.19  
Net Asset Value Total Return(d)     16.49      20.54      14.87      11.99 %(e) 
Market Price Total Return(d)     16.46      20.59      14.83      11.94 %(e) 
Ratios/Supplemental Data:           

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 145,502       $ 106,322      $ 82,816       $ 4,440   

Ratio to average net assets of:

          

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.39      0.39      0.39      0.39 %(f) 

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.43      0.45      0.79      7.69 %(f) 

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.73      1.84      1.63      1.54 %(f) 

Portfolio turnover rate(g)

    2      22      90      3

 

(a)  Commencement of investment operations.
(b)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(c)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(d)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(e)  The net asset value total return from Fund Inception (June 16, 2011, the first day of trading on the exchange) to April 30, 2012 was 13.81%. The market price total return from Fund Inception to April 30, 2012 was 13.87%.
(f)  Annualized.
(g)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio (PXLV)

 

    Year Ended April 30,      For the Period
June 13, 2011(a)
Through
April 30, 2012
 
    2015      2014      2013     
Per Share Operating Performance:           

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 29.40       $ 25.16      $ 20.37      $ 20.00  

Net investment income(b)

    0.72         0.63        0.52         0.39   

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    1.16         4.17        4.77         0.33   

Total from investment operations

    1.88         4.80        5.29        0.72  

Distributions to shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

    (0.65      (0.54      (0.50      (0.35

Net realized gains

            (0.02                

Total distributions

    (0.65      (0.56      (0.50      (0.35

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 30.63      $ 29.40      $ 25.16      $ 20.37  

Market price at end of year(c)

  $ 30.62      $ 29.39      $ 25.16      $ 20.35  
Net Asset Value Total Return(d)     6.41      19.27      26.41      3.80 %(e) 
Market Price Total Return(d)     6.41      19.23      26.53      3.70 %(e) 
Ratios/Supplemental Data:           

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 41,348       $ 14,701      $ 7,549       $ 8,148   

Ratio to average net assets of:

          

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.39      0.39      0.39      0.39 %(f) 

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.62      1.05      2.10      2.87 %(f) 

Net investment income, after Waivers

    2.37      2.32      2.43      2.38 %(f) 

Portfolio turnover rate(g)

    2      23      9      2

 

(a)  Commencement of investment operations.
(b)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(c)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(d)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(e)  The net asset value total return from Fund Inception (June 16, 2011, the first day of trading on the exchange) to April 30, 2012 was 5.17%. The market price total return from Fund Inception to April 30, 2012 was 5.23%.
(f)  Annualized.
(g)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio (PXMC)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 36.31       $ 30.41      $ 26.60      $ 27.15     $ 23.05  

Net investment income(a)

    0.50         0.40        0.43         0.29        0.21   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    4.03         5.90        3.80         (0.57     4.10   

Total from investment operations

    4.53         6.30        4.23        (0.28     4.31  

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.50      (0.40      (0.42      (0.27     (0.21

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 40.34      $ 36.31      $ 30.41      $ 26.60     $ 27.15  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 40.35      $ 36.25      $ 30.39      $ 26.62     $ 27.15  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     12.52      20.85      16.16      (0.93 )%      18.84
Market Price Total Return(c)     12.73      20.73      16.00      (0.85 )%      18.89
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 34,292       $ 30,867      $ 19,768       $ 18,623      $ 23,081   

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.39      0.39      0.39      0.43     0.65

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.66      0.69      1.00      1.01     1.20

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.31      1.19      1.58      1.16     0.88

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    5      50      38      83     47
(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio (PXMG)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 30.02       $ 26.06      $ 22.65      $ 24.13     $ 19.11  

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    0.47         0.33        0.26         0.13        (0.01

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    1.92         4.01        3.38         (1.53     5.09   

Total from investment operations

    2.39         4.34        3.64        (1.40     5.08  

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.46      (0.38      (0.23      (0.08       

Return of capital

                                  (0.06

Total distributions

    (0.46      (0.38      (0.23      (0.08     (0.06

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 31.95       $ 30.02      $ 26.06      $ 22.65     $ 24.13  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 31.95       $ 29.99      $ 26.04      $ 22.63     $ 24.13  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     7.98      16.80      16.23      (5.74 )%      26.61
Market Price Total Return(c)     8.09      16.77      16.25      (5.83 )%      26.67
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 87,870       $ 91,555      $ 82,101       $ 87,203      $ 130,290   

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.39      0.39      0.39      0.43     0.63

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.46      0.45      0.54      0.55     0.69

Net investment income (loss), after Waivers

    1.51      1.19      1.14      0.61     (0.06 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    3      33      33      75     49

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio (PXMV)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015     2014      2013      2012      2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 25.88      $ 20.98      $ 17.06      $ 17.07      $ 15.37  

Net investment income(a)

    0.43        0.37        0.37         0.25         0.15   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    1.63        4.87        3.94         (0.03      1.70   

Total from investment operations

    2.06        5.24        4.31        0.22        1.85  

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.39     (0.34      (0.39      (0.23      (0.15

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 27.55     $ 25.88      $ 20.98      $ 17.06      $ 17.07  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 27.53     $ 25.87      $ 20.98      $ 17.04      $ 17.07  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     7.98     25.19      25.74      1.42      12.16
Market Price Total Return(c)     7.94     25.14      25.89      1.30      12.24
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 52,338      $ 42,709      $ 28,321       $ 32,408       $ 40,970   

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.39 %(d)      0.39      0.39      0.43      0.63

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.56 %(d)      0.62      0.82      0.79      0.91

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.58     1.56      2.08      1.57      0.99

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    4     33      25      83      65

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the expense ratio shown. Estimated investment company expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the investment companies and are deducted from the value of the funds that the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated investment company expenses that the Fund bears indirectly is included in the Fund’s total return.
(e)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio (PXSC)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015     2014      2013      2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:            

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 32.85      $ 27.80       $ 24.21      $ 25.32     $ 21.07  

Net investment income(a)

    0.41        0.33         0.46         0.22        0.09   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    3.03        5.12         3.60         (1.18     4.25   

Total from investment operations

    3.44        5.45         4.06        (0.96     4.34  

Distributions to shareholders from:

           

Net investment income

    (0.40     (0.40      (0.47      (0.15     (0.09

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 35.89     $ 32.85       $ 27.80      $ 24.21     $ 25.32  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 35.90     $ 32.84       $ 27.76      $ 24.18     $ 25.33  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     10.53     19.76      17.05      (3.70 )%      20.64
Market Price Total Return(c)     10.59     19.90      17.03      (3.85 )%      20.80
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 16,153      $ 14,784       $ 15,290       $ 15,735      $ 18,991   

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.39 %(d)      0.39      0.39      0.43     0.65

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.98 %(d)      0.94      1.22      1.25     1.41

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.20     1.06      1.88      0.97     0.42

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    7     50      45      97     68

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the expense ratio shown. Estimated investment company expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the investment companies and are deducted from the value of the funds that the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated investment company expenses that the Fund bears indirectly is included in the Fund’s total return.
(e)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio (PXSG)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015     2014     2013     2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:          

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 23.90      $ 19.74      $ 17.66     $ 19.03     $ 14.12  

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    0.25        0.20        0.13        0.07        (0.05

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    1.39        4.17        2.08        (1.44     4.96   

Total from investment operations

    1.64        4.37        2.21       (1.37     4.91  

Distributions to shareholders from:

         

Net investment income

    (0.32     (0.21     (0.13              

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 25.22      $ 23.90      $ 19.74     $ 17.66     $ 19.03  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 25.21      $ 23.89      $ 19.72     $ 17.64     $ 19.05  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     6.92     22.31     12.63     (7.20 )%      34.77
Market Price Total Return(c)     6.92     22.38     12.65     (7.40 )%      35.11
Ratios/Supplemental Data:          

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 32,791      $ 29,872      $ 26,646      $ 30,913      $ 109,451   

Ratio to average net assets of:

         

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.39 %(d)      0.39 %(d)      0.39 %(d)      0.48     0.63

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.69 %(d)      0.70 %(d)      0.92 %(d)      0.69     0.93

Net investment income (loss), after Waivers

    1.02     0.90     0.72     0.41     (0.37 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    6     39     39     189     57

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net assets value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning at the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the expense ratio shown. Estimated investment company expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the investment companies and are deducted from the value of the funds that the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated investment company expenses that the Fund bears indirectly is included in the Fund’s total return.
(e)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio (PXSV)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 24.67       $ 19.63      $ 16.35      $ 17.07     $ 14.64  

Net investment income(a)

    0.42         0.30        0.32         0.19        0.16   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    1.03         5.03        3.31        (0.72     2.45  

Total from investment operations

    1.45         5.33        3.63        (0.53     2.61  

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.37      (0.29      (0.35      (0.19     (0.18

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 25.75      $ 24.67      $ 19.63      $ 16.35     $ 17.07  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 25.75      $ 24.68      $ 19.61      $ 16.33     $ 17.08  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     5.91      27.29      22.56      (3.01 )%      18.03
Market Price Total Return(c)     5.87      27.47      22.58      (3.18 )%      18.26
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 72,093       $ 65,376      $ 48,084       $ 52,312      $ 72,540   

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.39      0.39      0.39      0.43     0.63

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.55      0.54      0.70      0.64     0.80

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.65      1.31      1.87      1.28     1.14

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    5      43      31      109     90

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio (PZI)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 16.26       $ 13.57      $ 11.34      $ 12.53     $ 11.69  

Net investment income(a)

    0.21         0.20        0.20         0.10        0.04   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    (0.09      2.65        2.25         (1.16     0.88   

Total from investment operations

    0.12        2.85        2.45        (1.06     0.92  

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.31 )      (0.16      (0.22      (0.13     (0.08

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 16.07      $ 16.26      $ 13.57      $ 11.34     $ 12.53  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 16.05      $ 16.25      $ 13.54      $ 11.32     $ 12.52  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     0.71      21.06      21.95      (8.34 )%      7.97
Market Price Total Return(c)     0.64      21.25      21.90      (8.42 )%      7.97
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 28,920       $ 61,782      $ 42,055       $ 34,019      $ 98,964   

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers(d)

    0.70      0.70      0.70      0.70     0.70

Expenses, prior to Waivers(d)

    0.90      0.79      0.98      0.92     0.85

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.28      1.29      1.72      0.92     0.39

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    115      123      96      67     61

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.

 

(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the expense ratio shown. Estimated investment company expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the investment companies and are deducted from the value of the funds that the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated investment company expenses that the Fund bears indirectly is included in the Fund’s total return.
(e)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

April 30, 2015

 

Note 1. Organization

PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (the “Trust”) was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on June 9, 2000 and is authorized to have multiple series of portfolios. The Trust is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As of April 30, 2015, the Trust offered fifty-three portfolios. This report includes the following portfolios:

 

Full Name

  

Short Name

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio (PWB)    “Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio”
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio (PWV)    “Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio”
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio (PXLC)    “ Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio”
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio (PXLG)    “ Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio”
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio (PXLV)    “ Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio”
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio (PXMC)    “ Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio”
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio (PXMG)    “ Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio”
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio (PXMV)    “ Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio”
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio (PXSC)    “ Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio”
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio (PXSG)    “ Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio”
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio (PXSV)    “ Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio”
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio (PZI)    “Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio”

Each portfolio (each, a “Fund”, and collectively, the “Funds”) represents a separate series of the Trust. The shares of the Funds are referred to herein as “Shares” or “Fund’s Shares.” Each Fund’s Shares are listed and traded on NYSE Arca, Inc.

The market price of each Share may differ to some degree from the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”). Unlike conventional mutual funds, each Fund issues and redeems Shares on a continuous basis, at NAV, only in a large specified number of Shares, each called a “Creation Unit.” Creation Units are issued and redeemed principally in exchange for the deposit or delivery of a basket of securities (“Deposit Securities”). Except when aggregated in Creation Units by Authorized Participants, the Shares are not individually redeemable securities of the Funds.

The investment objective of each Fund is to seek investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of its respective index listed below (each, an “Underlying Index”):

 

Fund

  

Underlying Index

Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio    Dynamic Large Cap Growth IntellidexSM Index
Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio    Dynamic Large Cap Value IntellidexSM Index
Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio    RAFI® Fundamental Large Core Index
Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio    RAFI® Fundamental Large Growth Index
Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio    RAFI® Fundamental Large Value Index
Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio    RAFI® Fundamental Mid Core Index
Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio    RAFI® Fundamental Mid Growth Index
Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio    RAFI® Fundamental Mid Value Index
Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio    RAFI® Fundamental Small Core Index
Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio    RAFI® Fundamental Small Growth Index
Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio    RAFI® Fundamental Small Value Index
Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio    Zacks Micro Cap IndexTM

Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies

The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from these estimates. In addition, the

 

 

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Funds monitor for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print. The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in preparation of their financial statements.

A. Security Valuation

Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policies:

A security listed or traded on an exchange (except convertible securities) is valued at its last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded, or lacking any sales or official closing price on a particular day, the security may be valued at the closing bid price on that day. Securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued based on prices furnished by independent pricing services or market makers. When such securities are valued by an independent pricing service they may be considered fair valued. Futures contracts are valued at the final settlement price set by an exchange on which they are principally traded. Listed options are valued at the mean between the last bid and asked prices from the exchange on which they are principally traded. Options not listed on an exchange are valued by an independent source at the mean between the last bid and asked prices. For purposes of determining NAV per Share, futures and option contracts generally are valued 15 minutes after the close of the customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).

Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end of day NAV per share. Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded.

Debt obligations (including convertible securities) and unlisted equities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate (for unlisted equities), yield (for debt obligations), quality, type of issue, coupon rate (for debt obligations), maturity (for debt obligations), individual trading characteristics and other market data. Securities with a demand feature exercisable within one to seven days are valued at par. Debt obligations are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt obligations involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

Foreign securities’ (including foreign exchange contracts’) prices are converted into U.S. dollar amounts using the applicable exchange rates as of the close of the London world markets. If market quotations are available and reliable for foreign exchange-traded equity securities, the securities will be valued at the market quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a particular security and the close of the customary trading session on the NYSE, events occur that Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”) determines are significant and make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. If the event is likely to have affected the closing price of the security, the security will be valued at fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Adjustments to closing prices to reflect fair value may also be based on a screening process of an independent pricing service to indicate the degree of certainty, based on historical data, that the closing price in the principal market where a foreign security trades is not the current value as of the close of the NYSE. Foreign securities’ prices meeting the approved degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be priced at the indication of fair value from the independent pricing service. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining adjustments to reflect fair value and may include information relating to sector indices, American Depositary Receipts and domestic and foreign index futures. Foreign securities may have additional risks including exchange rate changes, potential for sharply devalued currencies and high inflation, political and economic upheaval, the relative lack of issuer information, relatively low market liquidity and the potential lack of strict financial and accounting controls and standards.

Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by independent sources. The last bid price may be used to value equity securities. The mean between the last bid and asked prices is used to value debt obligations, including corporate loans.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or became unreliable are valued at fair value as determined in good faith following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Issuer-specific events, market trends, bid/asked quotes of brokers and information providers and other market data may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of a security’s fair value.

Each Fund may invest in securities that are subject to interest rate risk, meaning the risk that the prices will generally fall as interest rates rise and, conversely, the prices will generally rise as interest rates fall. Specific securities differ in their sensitivity to changes in interest rates depending on their individual characteristics. Changes in interest rates may result in increased market volatility, which may affect the value and/or liquidity of certain Fund investments.

Valuations change in response to many factors, including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of the issuer’s assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity. Because of the inherent uncertainties of

 

 

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valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

B. Other Risks

Index Risk. Unlike many investment companies, the Funds do not utilize investing strategies that seek returns in excess of their Underlying Indexes. Therefore, a Fund would not necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed, respectively, from its respective Underlying Index, even if that security generally is underperforming.

Equity Risk. Equity risk is the risk that the value of the securities that each Fund holds will fall due to general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding the industries in which the issuers of securities that a Fund holds participate or factors relating to specific companies in which the Fund invests. For example, an adverse event, such as an unfavorable earnings report, may depress the value of securities a Fund holds; the price of securities may be particularly sensitive to general movements in the stock market; or a drop in the stock market may depress the price of most or all of the securities a Fund holds. In addition, securities of an issuer in the Fund’s portfolio may decline in price if the issuer fails to make anticipated dividend payments because, among other reasons, the issuer of the security experiences a decline in its financial condition.

Industry Concentration Risk. In following its methodology, each Fund’s Underlying Index from time to time may be concentrated to a significant degree in securities of issuers located in a single industry or a sector. To the extent that an Underlying Index concentrates in the securities of issuers in a particular industry or sector, each Fund will also concentrate its investments to approximately the same extent. By concentrating its investments in an industry or sector, a Fund may face more risks than if it were diversified broadly over numerous industries or sectors. In addition, at times, an industry or sector may be out of favor and underperform other industries or the market as a whole. Any factors detrimental to the performance of such industry or sector will disproportionately impact a Fund’s NAV.

Non-Diversified Fund Risk. Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio and Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio are non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of their assets in securities of individual issuers than diversified funds. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in Share price than would occur in a diversified fund. This may increase a Fund’s volatility and cause the performance of a relatively small number of issuers to have a greater impact on a Fund’s performance.

Non-Correlation Risk. Each Fund’s return may not match the return of its Underlying Index for a number of reasons. For example, each Fund incurs operating expenses not applicable to its Underlying Index, and incurs costs in buying and selling securities, especially when rebalancing the Fund’s securities holdings to reflect changes in the composition of its Underlying Index. In addition, the performance of each Fund and its Underlying Index may vary due to asset valuation differences and differences between each Fund’s portfolio and its Underlying Index resulting from legal restrictions, cost or liquidity constraints.

Core Risk. For Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio, Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio and Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio, the returns on “core” securities may or may not move in tandem with the returns on other styles of investing or the overall stock market. Thus, the value of each Fund’s investments will vary and at times may be lower or higher than that of other types of investments.

Small and Medium Capitalization Company Risk. For Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio , Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio, Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio, Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio, Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio and Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio, investing in securities of small and medium capitalization companies involves greater risk than customarily is associated with investing in larger, more established companies. These companies’ securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies. These securities may have returns that vary, sometimes significantly, from the overall securities market. Often small and medium capitalization companies and the industries in which they focus are still evolving and, as a result, they may be more sensitive to changing market conditions.

Growth Risk. For Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio, Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio, Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio and Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio, the market values of “growth” securities may be more volatile than other types of investments. The returns on “growth” securities may or may not move in tandem with the returns on other styles of investing or the overall stock market. Thus, the value of each Fund’s investments will vary and at times may be lower or higher than that of other types of investments.

Micro Capitalization Company Risk. Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio’s investments in the securities of micro capitalization companies involve substantially greater risks of loss and price fluctuations. Micro capitalization companies carry additional risks because their earnings and revenues tend to be less predictable (and some companies may be experiencing significant losses), and their share prices tend to be more volatile and their markets less liquid than companies with larger market capitalizations. Also, it may take a long time before the Fund realizes a gain, if any, on an investment in a micro capitalization company.

 

 

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REIT Risk. For each Fund (except for Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio, Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio and Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio), although the Funds will not invest in real estate directly, the REITs in which the Funds invest are subject to risks inherent in the direct ownership of real estate. These risks include, but are not limited to, a possible lack of mortgage funds and associated interest rate risks, overbuilding, property vacancies, increases in property taxes and operating expenses, changes in zoning laws, losses due to environmental damages and changes in neighborhood values and appeal to purchasers.

Value Risk. For Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio, Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio, Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio and Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio, “value” securities are subject to the risk that the valuations never improve or that the returns on “value” securities are less than returns on other styles of investing or the overall stock market. Thus, the value of each Fund’s investments will vary and at times may be lower or higher than that of other types of investments.

C. Federal Income Taxes

Each Fund intends to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to its shareholders. As such, the Funds will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized gains) that is distributed to the shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

Each Fund recognizes the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only when the position is more likely than not to be sustained. Management has analyzed each Fund’s uncertain tax positions and concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions. Management is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next 12 months.

Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences are primarily due to differing book and tax treatments for in-kind transactions, losses deferred due to wash sales, and passive foreign investment company adjustments, if any.

The Funds file U.S. federal tax returns and tax returns in certain other jurisdictions. Generally, a Fund is subject to examinations by such taxing authorities for up to three years after the filing of the return for the tax period.

D. Investment Transactions and Investment Income

Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses from the sale or disposition of securities are computed on the specific identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Realized gains, dividends and interest received by a Fund may give rise to withholding and other taxes imposed by foreign countries. Tax conventions between certain countries and the United States may reduce or eliminate such taxes.

Corporate actions (including cash dividends) are recorded net of non-reclaimable foreign tax withholdings on the ex-date.

E. Expenses

Expenses of the Trust that are directly identifiable to a specific Fund are applied to that Fund. Expenses of the Trust that are not readily identifiable to a specific Fund are allocated in such a manner as deemed equitable, taking into consideration the nature and type of expense and the relative net assets of each Fund.

Each Fund is responsible for all of its expenses, including the investment advisory fees, costs of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, legal, audit and other services, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with executions of portfolio transactions, sub-licensing fees related to its respective Underlying Index, any distribution fees or expenses, litigation expenses, fees payable to the Trust’s Board members who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”) or the Adviser, expenses incurred in connection with the Board members’ services, including travel expenses and legal fees of counsel for the Independent Trustees, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, and extraordinary expenses.

To the extent a Fund invests in other investment companies, the expenses shown in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of the Fund and do not include any expenses of the investment companies in which it invests. The effects of such investment companies’ expenses are included in the realized and unrealized gain or loss on the investments in the investment companies.

F. Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders

Each Fund declares and pays dividends from net investment income, if any, to its shareholders quarterly and records such dividends on ex-dividend date. Generally, each Fund distributes net realized taxable capital gains, if any, annually in cash and records them on ex-dividend date. Such distributions on a tax basis are determined in conformity with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. Distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits, if any, are reported in such Fund’s financial statements as a tax return of capital at fiscal year-end.

 

 

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G. Securities Lending

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio, Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio, Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio, and Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio participated in securities lending. Each Fund loaned portfolio securities having a market value up to one-third of each Fund’s total assets. Such loans are secured by cash collateral equal to no less than 102% (105% for international) of the market value of the loaned securities determined daily by the securities lending provider. Cash collateral received in connection with these loans is invested in an affiliated money market fund and is shown as such on the Schedule of Investments. It is the policy of these Funds to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to a Fund if, and to the extent that, the market value of the securities loaned were to increase, and the borrower did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower failed to return the securities. Upon the failure of the borrower to return the securities, collateral may be liquidated and the securities may be purchased on the open market to replace the loaned securities. A Fund could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral. A Fund bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested. Dividends received on cash collateral investments for securities lending transactions, which are net of compensation to counterparties, are included in Securities lending income on the Statements of Operations. The aggregate value of securities out on loan, if any, is shown on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Note 3. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Agreements

The Trust has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Adviser on behalf of each Fund, pursuant to which the Adviser has overall responsibility for the selection and ongoing monitoring of the Funds’ investments, managing the Funds’ business affairs and providing certain clerical, bookkeeping and other administrative services. Pursuant to that Investment Advisory Agreement, each Fund (except for Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio, Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio and Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio) has agreed to pay the Adviser an annual fee of 0.29% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. Each of Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio, Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio and Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio has agreed to pay the Adviser an annual fee of 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

The Trust also has entered into an Amended and Restated Excess Expense Agreement (the “Expense Agreement”) with the Adviser on behalf of each Fund, pursuant to which the Adviser has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses (excluding interest expenses, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, offering costs, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, and extraordinary expenses) of each Fund (except for Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio, Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio and Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio) from exceeding 0.39% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year (the “Expense Cap”), through at least August 31, 2016. The Expense Cap for each of Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio, Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio and Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio is 0.60% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year, through at least August 31, 2016, and sub-licensing fees are excluded from the expenses subject to the Expense Cap for these Funds in addition to the excluded expenses above. Offering costs excluded from each Expense Cap for each Fund are: (a) initial legal fees pertaining to the Funds’ Shares offered for sale; (b) initial Securities and Exchange Commission and state registration fees; and (c) initial fees paid to be listed on an exchange. Unless the Adviser continues the Expense Agreement, it will terminate on August 31, 2016. The Expense Agreement cannot be terminated during its term. The Adviser did not waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses during the period under this Expense Cap for Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio and Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio.

Further, through August 31, 2017, the Adviser has contractually agreed to waive a portion of each Fund’s management fee in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fees an affiliate of the Adviser receives that are attributable to certain of the Fund’s investments in money market funds managed by that affiliate (excluding investments of cash collateral from securities lending). The Adviser cannot discontinue this waiver prior to its expiration. This agreement is not subject to recapture by the Adviser.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the Adviser waived fees and/or paid Fund expenses for each Fund in the following amounts:

 

Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio    $ 252   
Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio      771   
Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio      76,285   
Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio      45,676   
Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio      79,862   
Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio      80,153   
Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio      64,395   
Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio      86,879   
Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio      91,689   
Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio      93,211   
Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio      109,115   
Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio      77,182   

 

 

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The Expense Agreement provides that the fees waived or expenses borne by the Adviser are subject to recapture by the Adviser for up to three years from the date the fee was waived or expense was borne by the Adviser, but no recapture payment will be made by a Fund if it would result in the Fund exceeding its Expense Cap as specified above.

For the following Funds, the amounts available for potential future recapture by the Adviser under the Expense Agreement and the expiration schedule at April 30, 2015 are as follows:

 

     Total
Potential
Recapture

Amounts
     Potential Recapture Amounts
Expiring
 
        4/30/16      4/30/17      4/30/18  
Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio    $ 253,833       $ 105,264       $ 72,372       $ 76,197   
Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio      195,202         94,097         55,612         45,493   
Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio      260,532         99,141         81,582         79,809   
Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio      269,387         109,592         79,739         80,056   
Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio      234,702         117,856         52,601         64,245   
Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio      297,131         125,577         84,721         86,833   
Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio      292,861         114,500         86,766         91,595   
Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio      324,187         142,898         88,188         93,101   
Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio      342,645         145,112         88,541         108,992   
Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio      213,580         86,324         50,214         77,042   

The Trust has entered into a Distribution Agreement with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), which serves as the distributor of Creation Units for each Fund. The Distributor does not maintain a secondary market in the Shares. The Funds are not charged any fees pursuant to the Distribution Agreement. The Distributor is an affiliate of the Adviser.

The Adviser has entered into a licensing agreement for each Fund with the following entities (each, a “Licensor”):

 

Fund

  

Licensor

Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio    NYSE Arca, Inc.
Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio    NYSE Arca, Inc.
Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio    Research Affiliates, LLC
Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio    Research Affiliates, LLC
Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio    Research Affiliates, LLC
Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio    Research Affiliates, LLC
Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio    Research Affiliates, LLC
Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio    Research Affiliates, LLC
Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio    Research Affiliates, LLC
Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio    Research Affiliates, LLC
Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio    Research Affiliates, LLC
Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio    Zacks Investment Research

Each Underlying Index name trademark is owned by its respective Licensor. These trademarks have been licensed to the Adviser for use by the Funds. Each Fund is entitled to use its Underlying Index pursuant to the Trust’s sub-licensing agreement with the Adviser. The Funds are required to pay the sub-licensing fees that are shown on the Statements of Operations. The Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by the Licensors, and the Licensors make no representation regarding the advisability of investing in any of the Funds.

The Trust has entered into service agreements whereby The Bank of New York Mellon, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, serves as the administrator, custodian, fund accountant and transfer agent for each Fund.

Note 4. Investments in Affiliates

The Adviser and Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd., and therefore Invesco Ltd. and Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT are considered to be affiliated with the Funds. The table below shows certain Funds’ transactions in, and earnings from, investments in affiliates for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015.

 

 

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Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio

 

     Value
April 30, 2014
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Realized
Gain
     Value
April 30, 2015
     Dividend
Income
 
Invesco Ltd.    $ 353,579       $ 106,728       $ (92,735    $ 35,203       $ 20,703       $ 423,478       $ 9,076   

Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio

 

     Value
April 30, 2014
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Value
April 30, 2015
     Dividend
Income
 
Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT    $ 417,084       $ 8,329       $ (48,808    $ (27,001    $ (2,041    $ 347,563       $ 45,305   

Note 5. Additional Valuation Information

GAAP defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, under current market conditions. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation methods, giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical assets (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), generally when market prices are not readily available or are unreliable. Based on the valuation inputs, the securities or other investments are tiered into one of three levels. Changes in valuation methods may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned level:

 

  Level 1 — Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets.

 

  Level 2 — Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others.

 

  Level 3 — Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect a Fund’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information.

Except for the Funds listed below, as of April 30, 2015, all of the securities in each Fund were valued based on Level 1 inputs (see the Schedules of Investments for security categories). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

 

     Investments in Securities  
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  
Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio            

Equity Securities

   $ 33,567,311       $ 0       $       $ 33,567,311   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio            

Equity Securities

   $ 73,673,715       $       $ 66,629       $ 73,740,344   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio            

Equity Securities

   $ 29,246,962       $       $ 2,209       $ 29,249,171   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Note 6. Distributions to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended April 30, 2015 and 2014:

 

     2015      2014  
     Ordinary
Income
     Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital Gains
 
Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio    $ 1,697,893       $ 1,108,791       $   
Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio      18,202,206         13,897,107           
Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio      759,003         612,506           
Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio      2,084,013         2,133,201         65,835   
Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio      752,115         263,618         7,335   

 

 

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     2015      2014  
     Ordinary
Income
     Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital Gains
 
Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio    $ 386,382       $ 309,864       $   
Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio      1,325,669         1,178,058                    —   
Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio      710,318         549,786           
Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio      180,742         198,389           
Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio      404,987         268,388           
Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio      1,010,155         729,968           
Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio      822,121         512,267           

Tax Components of Net Assets at Fiscal Year-End:

 

    Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
    Temporary
Book/Tax
Differences
    Net
Unrealized
Appreciation—
Investment
Securities
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)—
Other Investments
    Capital Loss
Carryforwards
    Post-October
Capital
Losses
Deferrals*
    Shares of
Beneficial
Interest
    Total Net
Assets
 
Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio   $ 460,299      $ (28,025   $ 33,962,379             $ (250,966,076   $ (2,249,876   $ 546,400,708      $ 327,579,409   
Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio     3,120,356        (35,041     62,759,396               (145,355,549     (10,797,284     1,177,651,020        1,087,342,898   
Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio     95,211        (12,841     7,895,156               (10,492,653            44,763,739        42,248,612   
Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio     303,639        (8,640     31,198,330               (969,474            114,978,251        145,502,106   
Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio     120,376        (7,404     2,853,029               (11,234     (833     38,393,574        41,347,508   
Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio     60,413        (12,313     4,893,778               (10,472,371            39,822,746        34,292,253   
Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio     253,629        (19,792     16,935,747               (163,473,317     (18,148     234,192,319        87,870,438   
Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio     137,601        (13,702     9,388,548        (14     (41,952,460            84,777,673        52,337,646   
Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio     39,202        (11,929     2,217,866               (9,784,565            23,692,159        16,152,733   
Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio     93,218        (13,189     4,998,808               (37,099,000     (27,847     64,838,654        32,790,644   
Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio     261,673        (14,832     8,588,413               (40,465,486     (142,620     103,865,705        72,092,853   
Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio     96,755        (14,535     1,392,258               (79,393,172     (3,715,530     110,553,847        28,919,623   

 

* The Funds will elect to defer net capital losses incurred after October 31 (“Post-October Capital Losses”) within the taxable year that are deemed to arise on the first business day of each Fund’s next taxable year.

Capital loss carryforwards are calculated and reported as of a specific date. Results of transactions and other activity after that date may affect the amount of capital loss carryforwards actually available for the Funds to utilize. Capital losses generated in years beginning after December 22, 2010 can be carried forward for an unlimited period, whereas previous losses expire in eight tax years. Capital losses with an expiration period may not be used to offset capital gains until all net capital losses without an expiration date have been utilized. Capital loss carryforwards with no expiration date will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses instead of as short-term capital losses as under prior law. The ability to utilize capital loss carryforwards in the future may be limited under the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations based on the results of future transactions.

 

 

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The following table presents available capital loss carryforwards and expiration dates for each Fund as of April 30, 2015:

 

                            Post-effective/no
expiration
             
    2016     2017     2018     2019     Short-Term     Long-Term     Total*     Expired  
Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio   $ 14,024,455      $ 68,715,641      $ 131,638,879      $ 15,986,258      $ 20,582,809      $ 18,034      $ 250,966,076      $ 10,916,066   
Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio     2,783,761        22,558,581        56,819,182        17,964,198        38,020,548        7,209,279        145,355,549        1,378,743   
Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio     87,112        2,328,337        5,621,834        1,626,267        829,103               10,492,653          
Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio                                 24,931        944,543        969,474          
Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio                                 9,836        1,398        11,234          
Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio     628,828        3,815,763        3,611,366        741,893        1,465,270        209,251        10,472,371          
Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio     5,112,579        54,769,394        82,364,246        12,021,724        7,035,157        2,170,217        163,473,317        8,055,857   
Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio     5,347,255        12,697,113        18,996,863        2,751,107        2,160,122               41,952,460        2,384,765   
Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio     1,028,300        2,738,120        2,009,294        2,491,519        1,256,052        261,280        9,784,565          
Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio     6,666,558        9,888,431        10,392,627        4,547,805        4,862,993        740,586        37,099,000        13,094,039   
Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio     8,615,687        16,547,947        9,588,502        5,376,983        336,367               40,465,486        3,929,009   
Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio     14,330,930        28,782,755        12,380,833        7,234,973        15,688,279        975,402        79,393,172        15,172,527   

 

* Capital loss carryforwards as of the date listed above is reduced for limitations, if any, to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Code and may be further limited depending upon a variety of factors, including the realization of net unrealized gains or losses as of the date of any reorganization.

Note 7. Investment Transactions

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the cost of securities purchased and proceeds from sales of securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations, money market funds and in-kind transactions, if any) were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  
Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio    $ 416,125,803       $ 417,359,280   
Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio      773,989,345         767,396,811   
Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio      1,323,574         1,269,861   
Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio      2,792,515         2,075,045   
Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio      891,558         767,746   
Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio      1,450,779         1,403,273   
Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio      2,362,187         2,256,952   
Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio      1,878,353         1,768,669   
Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio      1,086,121         1,010,018   
Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio      1,893,501         1,929,434   
Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio      3,993,900         3,679,155   
Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio      45,228,553         45,557,159   

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, in-kind transactions associated with creations and redemptions were as follows:

 

     Cost of
Securities
Received
     Value of
Securities
Delivered
 
Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio    $ 345,813,120       $ 348,101,087   
Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio      912,612,251         687,683,240   
Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio      1,925,041         3,751,879   
Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio      28,194,966         6,617,977   

 

 

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     Cost of
Securities
Received
     Value of
Securities
Delivered
 
Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio    $ 25,392,093       $   
Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio      8,075,013         7,391,714   
Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio      1,625,752         10,843,528   
Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio      6,646,020           
Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio      1,286,302           
Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio      6,254,932         2,593,185   
Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio      22,407,635         54,146,737   

Gains (losses) on in-kind transactions are generally not considered taxable gains (losses) for federal income tax purposes.

At April 30, 2015, the aggregate cost and the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments for tax purposes were as follows:

 

     Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
     Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Cost  
Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio    $ 37,343,657       $ (3,381,278    $ 33,962,379       $ 293,715,828   
Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio      86,429,267         (23,669,871      62,759,396         1,024,181,145   
Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio      8,366,590         (471,434      7,895,156         34,398,736   
Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio      31,560,057         (361,727      31,198,330         114,393,282   
Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio      3,803,899         (950,870      2,853,029         38,500,215   
Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio      5,777,951         (884,173      4,893,778         29,469,266   
Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio      19,670,922         (2,735,175      16,935,747         71,011,754   
Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio      11,810,772         (2,422,224      9,388,548         44,688,531   
Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio      2,863,875         (646,009      2,217,866         14,019,970   
Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio      7,267,801         (2,268,993      4,998,808         28,568,503   
Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio      13,823,995         (5,235,582      8,588,413         65,151,931   
Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio      2,367,225         (974,967      1,392,258         27,856,913   

Note 8. Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of in-kind transactions and expired capital loss carryforwards on April 30, 2015, amounts were reclassified between undistributed net investment income, undistributed net realized gain (loss) and Shares of beneficial interest. These reclassifications had no effect on the net assets of each Fund. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the reclassifications were as follows:

 

     Undistributed
Net Investment
Income
     Undistributed
Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Shares of
Beneficial
Interest
 
Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio    $ 92,211       $ (30,855,776    $ 30,763,565   
Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio              (112,233,611      112,233,611   
Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio              (792,031      792,031   
Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio              (1,997,385      1,997,385   
Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio              (1,293,548      1,293,548   
Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio              5,890,266         (5,890,266
Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio      (9,253      2,394,018         (2,384,765
Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio      856         (856        
Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio      760         13,094,210         (13,094,970
Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio      (16,994      3,155,045         (3,138,051
Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio      11,069         8,870,923         (8,881,992

Note 9. Trustees’ and Officer’s Fees

Trustees’ and Officer’s Fees include amounts accrued by the Funds to pay remuneration to the Independent Trustees and an Officer of the Trust. The Trustee who is an “interested person” of the Trust does not receive any Trustees’ fees.

 

 

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The Trust has adopted a deferred compensation plan (the “Plan”). Under the Plan, an Independent Trustee who has executed a Deferred Fee Agreement (a “Participating Trustee”) may defer receipt of all or a portion of his compensation (“Deferral Fees”). Such Deferral Fees are deemed to be invested in select PowerShares Funds. The Deferral Fees payable to the Participating Trustee are valued as of the date such Deferral Fees would have been paid to the Participating Trustee. The value increases with contributions or with increases in the value of the Shares selected, and the value decreases with distributions or with declines in the value of the Shares selected. Obligations under the Plan represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Funds.

Note 10. Capital

Shares are created and redeemed by each Fund only in Creation Units of 50,000 Shares. Only Authorized Participants are permitted to purchase or redeem Creation Units from the Funds. Such transactions are principally permitted in exchange for Deposit Securities, with a balancing cash component to equate the transaction to the NAV per Share of a Fund of the Trust on the transaction date. However, for all Funds, cash in an amount equivalent to the value of certain securities may be substituted, generally when the securities are not available in sufficient quantity for delivery, not eligible for trading by the Authorized Participant or as a result of other market circumstances.

To the extent that the Funds permit transactions in exchange for Deposit Securities, each Fund may issue Shares in advance of receipt of Deposit Securities subject to various conditions, including a requirement to maintain on deposit with the Trust cash at least equal to 105% of the market value of the missing Deposit Securities. In accordance with the Trust’s Participant Agreement, Creation Units will be issued to an Authorized Participant, notwithstanding the fact that the corresponding Deposit Securities have not been received in part or in whole, in reliance on the undertaking of the Authorized Participant to deliver the missing Deposit Securities as soon as possible, which undertaking shall be secured by the Authorized Participant’s delivery and maintenance of collateral consisting of cash in the form of U.S. dollars in immediately available funds having a value (marked-to-market daily) at least equal to 105%, which the Adviser may change from time to time, of the value of the missing Deposit Securities.

Transactions in each Fund’s Shares are disclosed in detail in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

Note 11. Indemnifications

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. Each Independent Trustee is also indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of his duties to the Trust pursuant to an Indemnification Agreement between the Independent Trustee and the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Trust believes the risk of loss to be remote.

Note 12. Subsequent Event

The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) approved a change to the ticker and a reduction of the management fee and expense cap for Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio, Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio and Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio.

In addition, the Board approved changes to the name, investment objective, principal investment strategy, investment policy and underlying index for each of the Funds listed below. These changes went into effect as of the close of markets on May 22, 2015.

 

Previous Fund Name

 

New Fund Name

 

Previous Index Name

 

New Index Name

  Previous
Ticker
  New
Ticker
  Management
Fee
Reduction
  Expense
Cap
Change
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio   PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio   RAFI® Fundamental Large Core Index  

Russell Top 200

Equal Weight Index

  PXLC   EQWL   0.29% to
0.25%
  0.39% to
0.25%
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio   PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio   RAFI® Fundamental Large Growth Index  

Russell Top 200

Pure Growth Index

  No Ticker
change
  No Ticker
change
  No change   No change
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio   PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio   RAFI® Fundamental Large Value Index  

Russell Top 200

Pure Value Index

  No Ticker
change
  No Ticker
change
  No change   No change
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio  

PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight

Portfolio

  RAFI® Fundamental Mid Core Index  

Russell Midcap

Equal Weight Index

  PXMC   EQWM   0.29% to
0.25%
  0.39% to
0.25%
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio  

PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth

Portfolio

  RAFI® Fundamental Mid Growth Index  

Russell Midcap

Pure Growth Index

  No Ticker
change
  No Ticker
change
  No change   No change
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio  

PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value

Portfolio

  RAFI® Fundamental Mid Value Index  

Russell Midcap

Pure Value Index

  No Ticker
change
  No Ticker
change
  No change   No change

 

 

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Previous Fund Name

 

New Fund Name

 

Previous Index Name

 

New Index Name

  Previous
Ticker
  New
Ticker
  Management
Fee
Reduction
  Expense
Cap
Change
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio   PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio   RAFI® Fundamental Small Core Index  

Russell 2000 Equal

Weight Index

  PXSC   EQWS   0.29% to
0.25%
  0.39% to
0.25%
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio   PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio   RAFI® Fundamental Small Growth Index  

Russell 2000 Pure

Growth Index

  No Ticker
change
  No Ticker
change
  No change   No change
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio   PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio   RAFI® Fundamental Small Value Index  

Russell 2000 Pure

Value Index

  No Ticker
change
  No Ticker
change
  No change   No change

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust:

 

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio and PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio (each an individual portfolio of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, hereafter referred to as the “Funds”) at April 30, 2015, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at April 30, 2015 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, and the application of alternative auditing procedures where confirmations of security purchases have not been received, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Chicago, IL

June 24, 2015

 

 

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Fees and Expenses

 

As a shareholder of a Fund of the PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, you incur advisory fees and other Fund expenses. The expense examples below are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the six-month period ended April 30, 2015.

In addition to the fees and expenses which the PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio and PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio (collectively, the “Portfolios”) bear directly, the Portfolios indirectly bear a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the investment companies in which the Portfolios invest. The amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Portfolios will vary because the investment companies have varied expenses and fee levels and the Portfolios may own different proportions of the investment companies at different times. Estimated investment companies’ expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Portfolios. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the investment companies and are deducted from the value of the investment companies the Portfolios invest in. The effect of the estimated investment companies’ expenses that the Portfolios bear indirectly are included in each Portfolio’s total returns.

Actual Expenses

The first line in the following table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading “Expenses Paid During the Six-Month Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the following table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed annualized rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only, and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges and brokerage commissions. Therefore, the second line in the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, expenses shown in the table do not include the expenses of the underlying funds, which are borne indirectly by the Fund. If transaction costs and indirect expenses were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

    Beginning
Account Value
November 1, 2014
    Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2015
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Six-Month Period
    Expenses Paid
During the
Six-Month Period(1)
 
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio (PWB)        

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,072.95        0.57   $ 2.93   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.97        0.57        2.86   
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio (PWV)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,034.27        0.57        2.88   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.97        0.57        2.86   
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio (PXLC)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,035.66        0.39        1.97   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,022.86        0.39        1.96   
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio (PXLG)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,060.55        0.39        1.99   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,022.86        0.39        1.96   

 

 

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Fees and Expenses (continued)

 

    Beginning
Account Value
November 1, 2014
    Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2015
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Six-Month Period
    Expenses Paid
During the
Six-Month Period(1)
 
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio (PXLV)        

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,012.72        0.39   $ 1.95   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,022.86        0.39        1.96   
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio (PXMC)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,055.54        0.39        1.99   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,022.86        0.39        1.96   
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio (PXMG)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,037.51        0.39        1.97   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,022.86        0.39        1.96   
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio (PXMV)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,035.85        0.39        1.97   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,022.86        0.39        1.96   
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio (PXSC)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,050.28        0.39        1.98   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,022.86        0.39        1.96   
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio (PXSG)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,046.25        0.39        1.98   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,022.86        0.39        1.96   
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio (PXSV)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,032.14        0.39        1.97   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,022.86        0.39        1.96   
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio (PZI)        

Actual

    1,000.00        996.29        0.70        3.46   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.32        0.70        3.51   

 

(1)  Expenses are calculated using the annualized expense ratio, which represents the ongoing expenses as a percentage of net assets for the six-month period ended April 30, 2015. Expenses are calculated by multiplying the Fund’s annualized expense ratio by the average account value for the period, then multiplying the result by 181/365. Expense ratios for the most recent six-month period may differ from expense ratios based on the annualized data in the Financial Highlights.

 

 

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Tax Information

 

Form 1099-DIV, Form 1042-S and other year-end tax information provide shareholders with actual calendar year amounts that should be included in their tax returns. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers.

The following distribution information is being provided as required by the Internal Revenue Code or to meet a specific state’s requirement.

Each Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended April 30, 2015:

Federal Income Tax Information

 

     Qualified Dividend
Income*
  Dividends-Received
Deduction*
Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio        100 %       100 %
Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio        100 %       100 %
Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio        100 %       100 %
Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio        100 %       100 %
Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio        100 %       100 %
Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio        100 %       100 %
Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio        93 %       93 %
Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio        100 %       100 %
Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio        100 %       100 %
Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio        100 %       98 %
Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio        85 %       85 %
Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio        100 %       100 %

 

* The above percentages are based on ordinary income dividends paid to shareholders during the Fund’s fiscal year.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers

 

The Independent Trustees of the Trust, their term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during at least the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex overseen by each Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by a Trustee are shown below.

The Trustees and officers information is current as of April 30, 2015.

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Independent Trustees
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Term of
Office
and
Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years
   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex**
Overseen by
Independent
Trustees
  

Other
Directorships
Held by

Independent
Trustees During
the Past 5 Years

Ronn R. Bagge—1958

c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2003    Founder and Principal, YQA Capital Management LLC (1998-Present); formerly Owner/CEO of Electronic Dynamic Balancing Co., Inc. (high-speed rotating equipment service provider).    120    None

Todd J. Barre—1957

c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2010    Assistant Professor of Business, Trinity Christian College (2010-Present); formerly Vice President and Senior Investment Strategist (2001-2008), Director of Open Architecture and Trading (2007-2008), Head of Fundamental Research (2004-2007) and Vice President and Senior Fixed Income Strategist (1994-2001), BMO Financial Group/Harris Private Bank.    120    None

Marc M. Kole—1960

c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2006    Retired. Formerly, Chief Financial Officer, Hope Network (social services) (2008-2012); Assistant Vice President and Controller, Priority Health (health insurance) (2005-2008); Senior Vice President of Finance, United Healthcare (2004-2005); Chief Accounting Officer, Senior Vice President of Finance, Oxford Health Plans (2000-2004); Audit Partner, Arthur Andersen LLP (1996-2000).    120    None

Yung Bong Lim—1964

c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2013    Managing Partner, Residential Dynamics Group LLC (2008-Present); formerly, Managing Director, Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C. (1999-2007).    120    None

Philip M. Nussbaum—1961

c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2003    Chairman, Performance Trust Capital Partners (2004-Present).    120    None

 

* This is the date the Independent Trustee began serving the Trust. Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Fund Complex includes all open-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser. At April 30, 2015, the “Fund Family” consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 67 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Independent Trustees
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Term of
Office
and
Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years
   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex**
Overseen by
Independent
Trustees
  

Other
Directorships
Held by

Independent
Trustees During
the Past 5 Years

Gary R. Wicker—1961

c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2013    Senior Vice President of Global Finance and Chief Financial Officer at RBC Ministries (publishing company) (2013-Present); formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Zondervan Publishing (A division of Harper Collins/NewsCorp) (2007-2012); Senior Vice President and Group Controller (2005-2006), Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2003-2004), Chief Financial Officer (2001-2003), Vice President, Finance and Controller (1999-2001) and Assistant Controller (1997-1999), divisions of The Thomson Corporation (information services provider).    120    None

Donald H. Wilson—1959

c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Chairman of the Board and Trustee    Chairman since 2012; Trustee since 2006    Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Community Financial Shares, Inc. and Community Bank—Wheaton/Glen Ellyn (subsidiary) (2013-Present); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Stone Pillar Advisors, Ltd. (2010-Present); formerly, Chief Operating Officer, AMCORE Financial, Inc. (bank holding company) (2007-2009); Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, AMCORE Financial, Inc. (2006-2007); Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Marshall & Ilsley Corp. (bank holding company) (1995-2006).    120    None

 

* This is the date the Independent Trustee began serving the Trust. Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Fund Complex includes all open-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser. At April 30, 2015, the “Fund Family” consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 67 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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The Trustee who is an “interested person” (the “Non-Independent Trustee”) and the executive officers of the Trust, their term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during at least the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex overseen by the Non-Independent Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by the Non-Independent Trustee are shown below.

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Non-Independent Trustee
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Term of
Office
and
Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years
   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex**
Overseen by
Non-Independent
Trustees
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Non-Independent
Trustees During
the Past 5 Years

Kevin M. Carome—1956 Invesco Ltd.

Two Peachtree Pointe,

1555 Peachtree St., N.E.,

Suite 1800

Atlanta, GA 30309

   Trustee    Since 2010    Senior Managing Director, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Ltd. (2006-Present); Director, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2009-Present); Director, Invesco Finance PLC, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc., and Invesco Holding Company Limited; Director and Executive Vice President, Invesco Finance, Inc., Invesco Group Services, Inc., Invesco Investments (Bermuda) Ltd., Invesco North American Holdings, Inc., and IVZ, Inc. and Invesco Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd.; Manager, Horizon Flight Works LLC; Director and Secretary, IVZ Bahamas Private Limited; formerly, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2003-2005); Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. (2000-2001); General Counsel of certain investment management subsidiaries of Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. (1998-2000); Associate General Counsel, Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. (1993-1998); Associate, Ropes & Gray LLP.    120    None

 

* This is the date the Non-Independent Trustee began serving the Trust. Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Fund Complex includes all open-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser. At April 30, 2015, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 67 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Executive Officers
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years
Andrew Schlossberg—1974 Invesco Management Group, Inc. 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000 Houston, TX 77046    President    Since 2009    President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2009-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Managing Director—U.S. Strategy and Marketing (2010-Present) and Principal Executive Officer (2015-Present), Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Managing Director, U.S. head of business strategy and chief marketing officer for Invesco Ltd. in the United States (2008-Present); and Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser) (2009-Present); formerly, Mr. Schlossberg served in multiple roles within Invesco, including head of corporate development, as well as global leadership roles in strategy and product development in the company’s North American Institutional and Retirement divisions (2002-2007) and Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (2012-2015).
Peter Hubbard—1981 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515    Vice President    Since 2009    Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2009-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Vice President and Director of Portfolio Management—Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2008-Present); formerly, Portfolio Manager, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2007-2008); Research Analyst, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2005-2007); Research Analyst and Trader, Ritchie Capital, a hedge fund operator (2003-2005).
David Warren—1957 Invesco Canada Ltd.
5140 Yonge Street Suite 800, Toronto, Ontario M2N 6X7
   Vice President    Since 2009    Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2009-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Managing Director—Chief Administrative Officer, Americas, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2009-Present); Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Inc. (2009-Present); Senior Vice President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (2007-Present); Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly, Invesco Trimark Ltd.) and Chief Administrative Officer, North American Retail, Invesco Ltd. (2007-Present); Director, Invesco Canada Holdings Inc. (2002-Present), Invesco Corporate Class Inc., and Invesco Canada Fund Inc.; Director, Invesco Financial Services Ltd. and Trimark Investments Ltd. (2014-Present); formerly, Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly, Invesco Trimark Ltd.) (2000-2006).
Sheri Morris—1964 Invesco Management Group, Inc. 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000 Houston, TX 77046    Vice President    Since 2012    Vice President, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser) (2009-Present) and Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2012-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); formerly, Treasurer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2011-2013); Vice President, Invesco Aim Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; Assistant Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds and Assistant Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.

 

* This is the date the Officers began serving the Trust. Each Officer serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

 

 

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Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Executive Officers
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years
Rudolf E. Reitmann—1971 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515    Vice President    Since 2013    Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2013-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Head of Global Exchange Traded Funds Operations, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2013-Present).
Daniel E. Draper—1968 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515    Vice President    Since 2013    Senior Vice President, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (2014-Present); Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2013-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Managing Director, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2013-Present); formerly, Managing Director, Credit Suisse Asset Management (2010-2013) and Lyxor Asset Management/Societe Generale (2007–2010).
Steven M. Hill—1964 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515    Vice President and Treasurer    Since 2013    Vice President and Treasurer of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2013-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Head of Global ETF Administration, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2011-Present); Principal Financial and Accounting Officer—Investment Pools, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2015-Present); formerly, Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, Destra Capital Management LLC and its subsidiaries (2010-2011); Chief Financial Officer, Destra Investment Trust and Destra Investment Trust II (2010-2011); Senior Managing Director, Claymore Securities, Inc. (2003-2010); and Chief Financial Officer, Claymore sponsored mutual funds (2003-2010).
Christopher Joe—1969 Invesco Management Group, Inc. 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000 Houston, TX 77046    Chief Compliance Officer    Since 2012    Deputy Chief Compliance Officer of Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2014-Present); Chief Compliance Officer of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2012-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); U.S. Compliance Director, Invesco, Ltd. (2006-Present); formerly, Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Investment Advisers, LLC (registered investment adviser) (2010-2013).
Anna Paglia—1974 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515    Secretary    Since 2011    Secretary, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2011-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Head of Legal, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2010-Present); formerly, Partner, K&L Gates LLP (formerly, Bell Boyd & Lloyd LLP) (2007-2010); Associate Counsel at Barclays Global Investors Ltd. (2004-2006).

Availability of Additional Information About the Trustees

The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request at (800) 983-0903.

 

* This is the date the Officers began serving the Trust. Each Officer serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

 

 

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At a meeting held on April 16, 2015, the Board of Trustees of the PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (the “Trust”), including the Independent Trustees, approved the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement between Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”) and the Trust for the following 51 series (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):

 

PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio

PowerShares BuyBack Achievers™ Portfolio

PowerShares Cleantech™ Portfolio

PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio

PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio

PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio

PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio

PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio

PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio

PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers TM Portfolio

PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio

PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio

PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio

PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio

PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio

 

 

The Trustees reviewed information from the Adviser describing: (i) the nature, extent and quality of services provided, (ii) the investment performance of the Funds and the Adviser, (iii) the costs of services provided and estimated profits realized by the Adviser, (iv) the extent to which economies of scale are realized as a Fund grows, (v) whether fee levels reflect any possible economies of scale for the benefit of Fund shareholders, (vi) comparisons of services rendered to and amounts paid by other registered investment companies and (vii) any benefits realized by the Adviser from its relationship with each Fund. Based on all of the information considered and the conclusions reached, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, determined to approve the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund. No single factor was determinative in the Board’s analysis.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. In evaluating the nature, extent and quality of the Adviser’s services, the Trustees reviewed information concerning the functions performed by the Adviser for the Funds, information describing the Adviser’s current organization and staffing, including operational support provided by the Adviser’s parent organization, Invesco Ltd., and the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds. The Trustees reviewed matters related to the Adviser’s execution and/or oversight of execution of portfolio transactions on behalf of the Funds. The Trustees also reviewed information on the performance of the Funds and their underlying indexes for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year and since-inception periods ended December 31, 2014, as applicable, including reports for each of those periods on the correlation and tracking error between each Fund’s performance and the performance of its underlying index, as well as the Adviser’s analysis of the tracking error between PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio and its underlying index. In reviewing the tracking error report, the Trustees considered information provided by Ibbotson Associates, a consultant to the Independent Trustees, with respect to general expected tracking error ranges and various explanations for any tracking error. The Trustees noted that for each applicable period the

 

 

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correlation and tracking error for each Fund was within the targeted range set forth in the Trust’s registration statement. The Trustees concluded that each Fund was correlated to its underlying index and that the tracking error for each Fund was within an acceptable range given that Fund’s particular circumstances.

The Trustees also considered the services provided by the Adviser in its oversight of the Funds’ administrator, custodian and transfer agent. They noted the significant amount of time, effort and resources that had been devoted to this oversight function.

Based on their review, the Trustees concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Adviser to the Funds under the Investment Advisory Agreement were appropriate and reasonable.

Fees, Expenses and Profitability. The Trustees reviewed and discussed the information provided by the Adviser on each Fund’s advisory fee and net expense ratio, as compared to information compiled by the Adviser from Lipper Inc. databases on the advisory fees and net expense ratios of comparable exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), open-end (non-ETF) index funds and open-end (non-ETF) actively-managed funds. The Trustees noted that the annual advisory fee charged to each Fund is:

 

    0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each Fund other than PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio;

 

    0.40% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each of PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio and PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio; and

 

    0.29% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each of PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio1, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio1, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio1, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio.

The Trustees also noted that the Adviser has agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee and/or pay expenses (an “Expense Cap”) to the extent necessary to prevent the annual operating expenses of each Fund from exceeding the percentage of that Fund’s average daily net assets, at least until August 31, 2016, as set forth below:

 

    0.60%, excluding interest expenses, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for each of PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio and PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio;

 

    0.50%, excluding interest expenses, licensing fees, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for each of PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio and PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio;

 

    0.39%, excluding interest expenses, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for each of PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio2, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio2, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio2, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio and PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio;

 

    0.29%, excluding interest expenses, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio;

 

1  The annual management fee for PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio and PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio will be reduced to 0.25% of each Fund’s average daily net assets, effective May 22, 2015.
2  The Expense Cap for PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio and PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio will be reduced such that annual operating expenses of each Fund will not exceed 0.25% of its average daily net assets, effective May 22, 2015.

 

 

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    0.60%, excluding interest expenses, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio and PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio; and

 

    0.60%, excluding interest expenses, licensing fees, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for each other Fund.

The Trustees noted that the Adviser represented that it does not serve as the investment adviser to any clients, other than other ETFs also overseen by the Trustees, with comparable investment strategies as the Funds, but that the Adviser provides sub-advisory services to clients with comparable investment strategies as certain of the Funds. The Trustees further noted the Adviser’s explanation with respect to the sub-advisory fees it receives for such services in comparison to the advisory fees charged to the Funds. The Trustees noted that the advisory fees for certain Funds were equal to or lower than the median advisory fees of their ETF and open-end index peer funds as illustrated in the table below. The Trustees also noted that the advisory fees for all of the Funds were lower than the median advisory fees of their open-end actively-managed peer funds.

 

PowerShares Fund

     Equal to/Lower
than ETF Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Median3
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Buyback Achievers Portfolio                X
PowerShares Cleantech Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dividend Achievers Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio           N/A      X

 

 

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PowerShares Fund

     Equal to/Lower
than ETF Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Median3
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio                X
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio                X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio      X           X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio                X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio                X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio      X           X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares International Dividend Achievers Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares S&P 500 High Quality Portfolio                X
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio                X

 

3  The information provided by the Adviser indicated that certain Funds did not have open-end index fund peers. Those Funds have been designated with an “N/A” for not available.

The Trustees determined that the advisory fees were reasonable, noting the nature of the indexes, the distinguishing factors of the Funds, and the administrative, operational and management oversight costs for the Adviser. The Trustees noted that the net expense ratios for certain Funds were equal to or lower than the median net expense ratios of their ETF and open-end index peer funds as illustrated in the table below. The Trustees also noted that the net expense ratios for all of the Funds were lower than the median net expense ratios of their open-end actively-managed peer funds.

 

PowerShares Fund

     Equal to/Lower
than ETF Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Buyback Achievers Portfolio                X
PowerShares Cleantech Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dividend Achievers Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X

 

 

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Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreement (continued)

 

PowerShares Fund

     Equal to/Lower
than ETF Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio                X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio                X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares International Dividend Achievers Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares S&P 500 High Quality Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio                X

 

 

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Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreement (continued)

 

The Trustees noted that a significant component of the non-advisory fee expenses was the license fees paid by the Funds, and noted those Funds for which license fees are included in the Funds’ Expense Caps.

The Board concluded that the advisory fee and expense ratio of each Fund (giving effect to the Fund’s Expense Cap) were reasonable and appropriate in light of the services provided.

In conjunction with their review of fees, the Trustees also considered information provided by the Adviser on the revenues received by the Adviser under the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund, as well as the fees waived and expenses reimbursed by the Adviser for the Funds. The Trustees reviewed information provided by the Adviser on its overall profitability as well as the estimated profitability to the Adviser from its relationship to each Fund. The Trustees concluded that the overall and estimated profitability to the Adviser was not unreasonable.

Economies of Scale and Whether Fee Levels Reflect These Economies of Scale. The Trustees reviewed the information provided by the Adviser as to the extent to which economies of scale are realized as each Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect economies of scale for the benefit of shareholders. The Trustees reviewed each Fund’s asset size, expense ratio and expense limitation agreed to by the Adviser. The Trustees noted that, for Funds whose expenses are higher than their respective Expense Caps, any reduction in that Fund’s expenses would be enjoyed by the Adviser, but that Fund shareholders benefit from the lower expense ratio as a result of the Fund’s Expense Cap. The Trustees also noted that the Excess Expense Agreement with the Trust provides that the Adviser is entitled to be reimbursed by each Fund, other than PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio and PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio, for fees waived or expenses absorbed pursuant to the Expense Cap for a period of three years from the date the fee or expense was incurred, provided that no reimbursement would be made that would result in a Fund exceeding its Expense Cap. The Trustees considered whether the advisory fee rate for each Fund was reasonable in relation to the asset size of that Fund, and concluded that the flat advisory fee was reasonable and appropriate, noting the Fund expenses the Adviser has borne as a result of the Expense Cap.

The Trustees noted that the Adviser had not identified any further benefits that it derived from its relationship with the Funds and had noted that it does not have any soft-dollar arrangements.

Based on all of the information considered and the conclusions reached, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, determined to approve the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund.

 

 

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Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the Trust’s proxy voting policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge and upon request, by calling (800) 983-0903. This information is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“Commission”) website at www.sec.gov.

Information regarding how each Fund voted proxies for portfolio securities, if applicable, during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, is also available, without charge and upon request, by (i) calling (800) 983-0903; or (ii) accessing the Trust’s Form N-PX on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolios

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings for the Funds with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Forms N-Q are available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330.

Frequency Distribution of Discounts and Premiums

A table showing the number of days the market price of each Fund’s shares was greater than the Fund’s net asset value, and the number of days it was less than the Fund’s net asset value (i.e., premium or discount) for the most recently completed calendar year, and the calendar quarters since that year end (or the life of the Fund, if shorter) may be found at the Fund’s website at www.invescopowershares.com.


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  April 30, 2015

2015 Annual Report to Shareholders

 

PPA PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio
PZD PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio
PDP PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio
PSP PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio
PGJ PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio
PBP PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio
SPHQ PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio
PHO PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio
PBW PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio
PUW PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio

 

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Table of Contents

 

The Market Environment   3   
Manager’s Analysis   4   
Specialty Portfolios
Schedules of Investments

PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio (PPA)

  26   

PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio (PZD)

  27   

PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio (PDP)

  29   

PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio (PSP)

  31   

PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio (PGJ)

  33   

PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio (PBP)

  35   

PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio (SPHQ)

  40   

PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio (PHO)

  42   

PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (PBW)

  43   

PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio (PUW)

  45   
Statements of Assets and Liabilities   48   
Statements of Operations   50   
Statements of Changes in Net Assets   52   
Financial Highlights   56   
Notes to Financial Statements   62   
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm   76   
Fees and Expenses   77   
Tax Information   79   
Trustees and Officers   80   
Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreement   86   

 

 

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The Market Environment

 

 

 

Domestic Equity

Slow and steady improvement in the US economy and continued low interest rates led the US equity market higher during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. As the US economy continued along a slow growth path, the US Federal Reserve steadily reduced its asset purchase program, finally ending all purchases in October 2014. The reporting period began with corporate earnings bouncing back from a weather-related downturn resulting from an unusually harsh winter that negatively affected consumer spending. Stocks generally rallied through the summer of 2014 despite political upheaval in Ukraine and signs of economic sluggishness in China. In mid-September, as investors wrestled with evidence that economic growth appeared to be stronger in the US than in the rest of the world, the price of oil began a sharp and prolonged decline, causing US equities to fall. US equities recovered before the end of calendar year 2014, however. As calendar year 2015 began, investors were generally heartened by positive US economic data, but there was concern that if Greece failed to reach an agreement with the eurozone on a financial bailout plan, the repercussions would be felt more broadly. On balance, however, the general trend for US equities was positive.

International Equity

Global equities delivered generally moderate returns for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. Factors affecting global equity markets’ performance included generally positive, but subdued, economic growth, as well as varied monetary policies implemented by central banks around the world—and the effects those varied policies had on currencies.

In the US, the economy continued to expand, albeit slowly. While the US Federal Reserve Bank ended its quantitative easing program and suggested it was more comfortable with raising interest rates, the European Central Bank implemented new and more stimulative monetary policy in the form of asset purchases in an effort to prevent deflation. This policy divergence supported the continued strength of the US dollar. Meanwhile, the Bank of Japan increased its already extraordinary monetary stimulus, driving the yen lower and Japanese equities higher.

While a more aggressive monetary policy in the Eurozone failed to immediately ignite economic recovery, it briefly boosted European equity prices. Equity markets’ performance in emerging markets was mixed. In Russia, markets declined significantly—the result of a sharp drop in energy prices and heightened concerns about a possible recession. China continued to struggle to balance structural reforms with its desire for growth, while other Asian exporting countries also faced headwinds from slower global consumption.

Global equity markets pulled back at various points during the year in reaction to economic and geopolitical developments. In particular, ongoing geopolitical tensions in Ukraine and the Middle

East, along with the election of a new anti-austerity Greek government increased volatility and weakened the outlook for global economic growth. Nonetheless, most global equity markets ended the fiscal year in positive territory.

 

 

 

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PPA    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio (PPA)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the SPADETM Defense Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of aerospace and defense companies that comprise the Index.

ISBC, LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider selects constituents for the Index such that it seeks to measure the performance of securities in the defense, military, homeland security and space marketplace. The Index includes securities of companies that are principally engaged in the research the development, manufacture, operation and support of U.S. defense, military, homeland security and space operations listed on the NYSE, NYSE MKT or quoted on the NASDAQ. To have its securities eligible for inclusion in the Index, a company’s securities must, during the 25 days prior to the date that its securities are included in the Index, have maintained a minimum $100 million market cap, a minimum $5 daily sale price and an average daily trading volume of 50,000 shares. A company must also have a quarterly sales/revenue/ turnover of at least $10 million for the two announced quarters prior to the inclusion date. Companies that qualify and are selected for inclusion in the Index are weighted according to a modified market capitalization methodology. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 11.96%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 11.99%. During the same time period, the Index returned 12.68%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P Composite 1500 Aerospace & Defense Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 9.39%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 30 securities. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors due primarily to its exposure to the aerospace and defense industry.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Index, and as such the Fund, limits its constituents to companies that are involved in U.S. defense, military, homeland security and space operations, whereas the Benchmark Index includes companies that are involved in the commercial aerospace industry as well. More specifically, relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the IT services industry and most underweight in the aerospace & defense industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The

majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to stock selection within the aerospace & defense industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the aerospace & defense industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the IT services and containers & packaging industries, respectively. The diversified telecommunication services industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the machinery and leisure products industries (no longer held), respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included General Dynamics Corp., an aerospace & defense company (portfolio average weight of 5.79%), and Northrop Grumman Corp., an aerospace & defense company (portfolio average weight of 4.63%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Precision Castparts Corp., an aerospace & defense company (portfolio average weight of 4.58%), and Intelsat SA, a diversified telecommunication services company (portfolio average weight of 0.65%).

 

Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Aerospace & Defense      77.4   
IT Services      7.5   
Communications Equipment      4.0   
Containers & Packaging      3.5   
Machinery      2.5   
Software      2.2   
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components      2.1   
Diversified Telecommunication Services      0.4   
Trading Companies & Distributors      0.4   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Honeywell International, Inc.      6.5   
United Technologies Corp.      6.4   
Boeing Co. (The)      6.3   
Lockheed Martin Corp.      6.1   
General Dynamics Corp.      5.9   
Precision Castparts Corp.      4.6   
Northrop Grumman Corp.      4.4   
Raytheon Co.      4.3   
Rockwell Collins, Inc.      4.2   
Textron, Inc.      4.0   
Total      52.7   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio (PPA) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
SPADETM Defense Index     12.68     23.95     90.44     15.59     106.35       1.42     179.73
S&P Composite 1500 Aerospace & Defense Index     9.39        22.48        83.75        15.82        108.40          12.69        211.66   
Fund                
NAV Return     11.99        23.15        86.78        14.84        99.71          10.70        163.00   
Market Price Return     11.96        23.15        86.77        14.82        99.60          10.71        163.04   

 

Fund Inception: October 26, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.69%, and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.66%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that

dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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PZD    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio (PZD)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of The CleantechTM Index (PI) (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in stocks of clean technology (or “cleantech”) companies that comprise the Index and American depositary receipts based on the stocks in the Index.

Cleantech Indices LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider identifies the securities comprising the Index and considers a company to be a cleantech company when it derives at least 50% of its revenues or operating profits from cleantech businesses, which are defined as: businesses that provide knowledge-based products (or services) that add economic value by reducing cost and raising productivity and/or product performance, while reducing the consumption of resources and the negative impact on the environment and public health. The Index focuses on companies that are leaders in the innovation and commercial deployment of cleantech products across a broad range of industries. To be eligible for inclusion in the Index, a company must derive at least 50% of its revenue or operating profit from cleantech businesses, maintain a three-month average market capitalization of at least $200 million, maintain a one-month average floated market capitalization of at least $150 million, maintain a listing on a securities exchange, and have a minimum average trading value of at least $200,000 per trading day for the trailing three-month period. The Index Provider further screens securities that meet the selection criteria. These screens include, but are not limited to, profitability, earnings growth and quality, business strategy, industry leadership and position, sector redundancy, intellectual property, impact on the environment, management quality, solvency, existing litigation and governance issues. In general, the Index equally weights its component securities within several bands based upon their market capitalization. Below a certain threshold, the Index Provider determines the bands based upon floated market capitalization. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned (3.61)%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned (3.33)%. During the same time period, the Index returned (4.17)%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index. The Fund outperformed the return of its Index, despite incurring fees and operating expenses, primarily due to the Index being calculated on a price return basis, which does not reflect any dividend income received from constituent securities, while the Fund’s NAV is calculated inclusive of any dividend income received.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the software industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the independent power and renewable electricity producers and aerospace & defense industries, respectively. The semiconductors & semiconductor equipment industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the electronic equipment, instruments & components and professional services industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Polypore International, Inc., an electrical equipment company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Roper Technologies, Inc., an industrial conglomerates company (portfolio average weight of 3.13%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included GT Advanced Technologies Inc., a semiconductors & semiconductor equipment company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Trimble Navigation Ltd., an electronic equipment & instruments company (portfolio average weight of 2.77%).

 

Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Electrical Equipment      17.8   
Machinery      15.7   
Chemicals      8.8   
Software      7.4   
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment      7.4   
Professional Services      6.7   
Industrial Conglomerates      6.5   
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components      6.4   
Auto Components      5.9   
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers      4.2   
Commercial Services & Supplies      3.2   
Life Sciences Tools & Services      2.4   
Aerospace & Defense      2.4   
Construction & Engineering      2.0   
Building Products      1.6   
Communications Equipment      0.8   
Real Estate Investment Trusts      0.6   
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.2   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Vestas Wind Systems A/S      3.1   
Johnson Controls, Inc.      3.0   
ABB Ltd.      3.0   
Koninklijke DSM NV      2.9   
BorgWarner, Inc.      2.9   
Trimble Navigation Ltd.      2.9   
Siemens AG      2.9   
Roper Technologies, Inc.      2.9   
Sensata Technologies Holding NV      2.9   
Novozymes A/S, Class B      2.9   
Total      29.4   
 

 

 

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PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio (PZD) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

   

1 Year

   

3 Years

Average
Annualized

    3 Years
Cumulative
   

5 Years

Average
Annualized

   

5 Years
Cumulative

        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Cleantech™ Index (The) (PI)     (4.17 )%      10.07     33.35     4.05     21.94       2.50     23.42
Fund                
NAV Return     (3.33     10.93        36.50        4.92        27.15          3.03        28.98   
Market Price Return     (3.61     10.97        36.66        5.04        27.90          3.01        28.70   

 

Fund Inception: October 24, 2006

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.72%, and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.67%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund

at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index does not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund and Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.

 

PI — Price only, and does not reflect dividend paid by the holdings in the Index
 

 

 

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PDP    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio (PDP)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Dorsey Wright Technical LeadersTM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks that comprise the Index.

Dorsey Wright & Associates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider includes common stocks pursuant to a proprietary selection methodology that is designed to identify companies listed on the NYSE, NYSE MKT or the NASDAQ that demonstrate powerful relative strength characteristics. The Index Provider evaluates companies quarterly and ranks a universe of mid- and large-capitalization U.S. stocks traded on the NYSE, NYSE MKT or the NASDAQ using a proprietary relative strength methodology. The methodology takes into account, among other things, the performance of each of the approximately 1,000 largest companies in the eligible universe as compared to a benchmark index and the relative performance of industry sectors and sub-sectors. The Index Provider identifies approximately 100 of these stocks for inclusion in the Underlying Index. The stocks that the Index Provider includes receive a modified equal weighting.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 15.19%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 15.13%. During the same time period, the Index returned 14.93%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the Russell 3000® Growth Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 16.50%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 1,880 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a broader-based market benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and exposure to growth stocks. The Benchmark Index performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. growth equity market.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an Index that employs a proprietary stock selection and weighting methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization.

More specifically, relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was overweight in the consumer discretionary sector and underweight

in the information technology sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. Therefore, a majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to stock selection within the consumer discretionary sector.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the consumer discretionary sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the health care and information technology sectors, respectively. The energy (no longer held) sector was the only detracting sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Apple, Inc., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 3.09%), and O’Reilly Automotive, Inc., a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 2.81%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included FMC Corp., a materials company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and ONEOK, Inc., a utilities company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Consumer Discretionary      31.1   
Health Care      21.7   
Industrials      17.4   
Materials      8.6   
Information Technology      8.1   
Consumer Staples      5.7   
Financials      4.7   
Utilities      2.2   
Telecommunication Services      0.5   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC      3.1   
Apple, Inc.      3.0   
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.      2.9   
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.      2.5   
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.      2.5   
Dillard’s, Inc., Class A      2.5   
Domino’s Pizza, Inc.      2.3   
Ball Corp.      2.2   
Henry Schein, Inc.      2.2   
Medivation, Inc.      2.0   
Total      25.2   
 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio (PDP) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Dorsey Wright Technical Leaders™ Index     14.93     15.25     53.07     14.96     100.82       7.47     80.11
Russell 3000® Growth Index     16.50        16.64        58.69        15.45        105.08          8.84        91.42   
Fund                
NAV Return     15.13        15.61        54.54        15.26        103.45          7.64        82.38   
Market Price Return     15.19        15.60        54.50        15.27        103.50          7.61        81.95   

 

Fund Inception: March 1, 2007

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.65%, including acquired fund fees and expenses of 0.01%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively.

The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index and Benchmark Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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PSP    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio (PSP)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Red Rocks Global Listed Private Equity Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in securities (including American depositary receipts (“ADRs”) and global depositary receipts (“GDRs”)) that comprise the Index.

Red Rocks Capital LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider includes securities in the Index pursuant to a proprietary selection methodology. The Index is comprised of 40 to 75 securities, ADRs and GDRs of listed private equity companies. To be considered for inclusion in the Index, a security must invest a majority of its assets in, lend capital to, or provide services to, private companies, or must have a stated intention to do so. The Index Provider identifies private equity companies that will comprise the Index based upon the reputation, management, financial data, historical performance and the need for diversification within the Index. The Index views diversification from four different perspectives: a) stage of investment; b) type of capital; c) sector; and d) geography. Each listed private equity company must have a market capitalization of at least $100 million before inclusion in the Index. The Index uses float-adjusted, modified market capitalization weightings, with no component having a weight greater than 10%. The combined weight of all Index components that individually equal a 5% or greater weighting of the Index will not exceed 50% of the Index. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 6.09%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 6.79%. During the same time period, the Index returned 8.40%. The Fund’s underperformance compared to the Index was due, in part, to the Fund’s fees and operating expenses. In addition, the investment activities of one or more of the Adviser’s affiliates, including other subsidiaries of the Adviser’s parent company, Invesco Ltd., for their proprietary accounts and for client accounts restricted the Fund’s ability to own two securities represented in the Index. The Fund’s inability to own all the securities in the Index resulted in reduced correlation and greater underperformance.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the capital markets industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the metals & mining and internet software & services industries, respectively. The diversified financial services industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the machinery and industrial conglomerates (no longer held) industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Fosun International Ltd., a metals & mining company (portfolio average weight of 3.39%), and 3i Group PLC, a capital markets company (portfolio average weight of 4.45%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Ratos AB, a capital markets company (portfolio average weight of 2.6%), and Wendel SA, a diversified financial services company (portfolio average weight of 3.03%).

 

Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Capital Markets      52.9   
Diversified Financial Services      22.4   
Metals & Mining      5.6   
Machinery      3.6   
Internet Software & Services      3.1   
Food Products      1.1   
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      11.3   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Fosun International Ltd.      5.6   
Onex Corp.      5.2   
3i Group PLC      5.1   
Partners Group Holding AG      5.0   
Melrose Industries PLC      3.6   
Eurazeo SA      3.4   
Leucadia National Corp.      3.3   
Wendel SA      2.9   
Brait SE      2.9   
IAC/InterActiveCorp.      2.7   
Total      39.7   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio (PSP) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year    

3 Years

Average
Annualized

    3 Years
Cumulative
   

5 Years

Average
Annualized

    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Blended-Red Rocks Global Listed Private Equity Index     8.40     19.34     69.98     12.87     83.22       0.05     0.39
Fund                
NAV Return     6.79        17.84        63.65        11.00        68.52          (2.62     (20.23
Market Price Return     6.09        17.65        62.86        10.91        67.82          (2.65     (20.44

 

Fund Inception: October 24, 2006

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 2.05%, including acquired fund fees and expenses of 1.35%, and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 2.04%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay

on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Blended-Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Blended-Index does not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund and Blended-Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.

 

  The data included as the Blended-Index is comprised of the Red Rocks Capital Listed Private Equity Index from October 24, 2006, the Fund’s inception, until September 30, 2009, followed by the performance of the Red Rocks Global Listed Private Equity Index from September 30, 2009 through April 30, 2015.
 

 

 

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PGJ    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio (PGJ)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the NASDAQ Golden Dragon China Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in securities of companies deriving a majority of their revenues from the People’s Republic of China and that comprise the Index.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (or the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider includes securities in the Index to provide access to the unique economic opportunities taking place in China while still providing investors with the transparency offered with U.S. exchange listed securities. Securities eligible for inclusion in the Index must be issued by a company headquartered or incorporated in the People’s Republic of China, be listed on the NASDAQ, the NYSE or NYSE MKT, have a minimum market capitalization of $100 million and have a minimum three-month average daily dollar trading volume of $250,000, and may include common stocks, ordinary shares, American depositary receipts (“ADRs”), shares of beneficial interest, limited partnership interests or tracking stocks. The Index Provider calculates the Index’s composition using a modified market capitalization-weighting methodology, such that the maximum weight of any security does not exceed 8% of the Index, while at no time permitting more than five securities to reach that 8% cap. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 22.83%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 22.79%. During the same time period, the Index returned 23.10%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 53.08%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 25 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of another index representative of equity exposure to Chinese companies. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index primarily because of substantially different individual company components and sector weightings. Additionally, the Fund invests in Chinese companies, as defined by the Index methodology, listed on U.S. exchanges, whereas the Benchmark Index is composed of Chinese stocks listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange. A comparison to the Benchmark Index is still relevant as the Fund and Benchmark Index both represent exposure to Chinese companies.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the information technology sector and most underweight in the

financials sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund’s allocation to the financials sector.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the consumer discretionary sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the information technology and telecommunication services sectors, respectively. The materials sector detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the industrials sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Vipshop Holdings Ltd. ADR, a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 6.28%), and NetEase, Inc. ADR, an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 7.35%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd. ADR, an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 6.37%), and SouFun Holdings Ltd. ADR, an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 2.14%).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Information Technology      46.0   
Consumer Discretionary      30.2   
Health Care      7.7   
Telecommunication Services      7.6   
Energy      3.4   
Financials      2.5   
Industrials      2.0   
Utilities      0.4   
Materials      0.2   
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Ctrip.com International Ltd. ADR      8.5   
NetEase, Inc. ADR      8.5   
Vipshop Holdings Ltd. Class A ADR      7.8   
China Mobile Ltd. ADR      6.6   
Baidu, Inc., Class A ADR      6.6   
Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd., Class A ADR      4.4   
New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. ADR      3.2   
WuXi PharmaTech Cayman, Inc. ADR      2.8   
SINA Corp.      2.6   
Mindray Medical International Ltd., Class A. ADR      2.4   
Total      53.4   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio (PGJ) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
    10 Years
Average
Annualized
    10 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                   Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
NASDAQ Golden Dragon China Index     23.10     17.76     63.31     7.98     46.76     11.91     208.01       10.18     173.92
FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index     53.08        14.94        51.85        7.92        46.36        13.98        270.07          13.45        271.17   
Fund                    
NAV Return     22.79        17.66        62.89        7.63        44.45        11.32        192.20          9.68        161.08   
Market Price Return     22.83        17.75        63.26        7.59        44.20        11.31        192.01          9.63        159.99   

 

Fund Inception: December 9, 2004

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.70%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund

at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index and Benchmark Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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PBP    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio (PBP)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWriteTM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in securities that comprise the Index and will write (sell) call options thereon.

The Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. The Index measures the total rate of return of an S&P 500® Index covered call strategy. This strategy consists of holding a long portfolio indexed to the S&P 500® Index and selling a succession of covered call options, each with an exercise price at or above the prevailing price level of the S&P 500® Index. The Index provides a benchmark measure of the total return performance of this hypothetical strategy. The Index reinvests dividends paid on the component stocks underlying the S&P 500® Index and the dollar value of option premiums received from covered call options. The Index assumes that the call options are written (sold) on the third Friday of each month and expire in the next calendar month after they are written. The Index assumes that the call options are held until their expiration. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 4.32%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 4.48%. During the same time period, the Index returned 5.31%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P 500® Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 12.98%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 500 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a broad-based market benchmark that does not contain a covered call component.

The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. equity market.

During the period, the Fund underperformed the Benchmark Index primarily because of the covered call feature of the Fund. The sale of calls, while providing premium income to the Fund, did not make up for the rising market and the exercise of the options during the period, which resulted in underperformance versus the Benchmark Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the information technology sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the health care and consumer discretionary sectors, respectively. The energy sector was the only detracting sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Apple Inc., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 3.65%), and Microsoft Corp., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 2.01%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Exxon Mobil Corp., an energy company (portfolio average weight of 2.31%), and International Business Machines Corp., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 0.94%).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Information Technology      20.1   
Financials      16.3   
Health Care      14.7   
Consumer Discretionary      12.6   
Industrials      10.4   
Consumer Staples      9.6   
Energy      8.6   
Materials      3.3   
Utilities      3.0   
Telecommunication Services      2.4   
Other Assets Less Liabilities      (1.0)   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Apple, Inc.      4.0   
Microsoft Corp.      2.2   
Exxon Mobil Corp.      2.0   
Johnson & Johnson      1.5   
General Electric Co.      1.5   
Wells Fargo & Co.      1.4   
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B      1.4   
JPMorgan Chase & Co.      1.3   
Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      1.2   
Verizon Communications, Inc.      1.1   
Total      17.6   
 

 

 

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PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio (PBP) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite™ Index     5.31     7.15     23.03     7.58     44.08       3.74     31.06
S&P 500® Index     12.98        16.73        59.05        14.33        95.31          7.27        67.60   
Fund                
NAV Return     4.48        6.33        20.20        6.72        38.41          2.89        23.36   
Market Price Return     4.32        6.24        19.90        6.72        38.41          2.89        23.38   

 

Fund Inception: December 20, 2007

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the Fund’s expense ratio 0.75% is expressed as a unitary management fee to cover operating expenses and expenses incurred in connection with managing the portfolio. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not

reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index and Benchmark Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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SPHQ    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio (SPHQ)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the S&P 500® High Quality Rankings Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in securities that comprise the Index.

The Index is designed to provide exposure to the constituents of the S&P 500® Index that S&P Quality Rankings identifies as high quality stocks. Standard & Poor’s has provided Earnings and Dividend Rankings, commonly referred to as Quality Rankings, on U.S. common stocks since 1956. Quality Rankings reflect the long term growth and stability of a company’s earnings and dividends. Standard & Poor’s generates Quality Rankings by using a computerized system based on per-share earnings and dividends records of the most recent 10 years. Standard & Poor’s computes basic scores for earnings and dividends, and then adjusts the basic scores as indicated by a set of predetermined modifiers for change in the rate of growth, stability within long-term trend and cyclicality. Standard & Poor’s then combines adjusted scores for earnings and dividends to yield a final ranking. If a company within the S&P 500® Index does not have a Quality Ranking assigned to it, it is not considered for inclusion within the Index. S&P 500® Index constituents with Quality Rankings of A- or above are selected for inclusion in the Index. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 13.18%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 13.17%. During the same time period, the Index returned 13.52%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P 500® Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 12.98%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 500 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark because of its recognition in the market place and to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a broad-based U.S. stock market benchmark.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an Index that selects stocks based on S&P Quality Rankings, which takes into account earnings and dividends, while the Benchmark Index does not.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the industrials sector and most underweight in the information technology sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015.

The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund’s lower allocation to the energy sector compared to the Benchmark Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the consumer discretionary sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the industrials and health care sectors, respectively. The energy sector was the only detracting sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included UnitedHealth Group, Inc., a health care company (portfolio average weight of 1.24%), and Sigma-Aldrich Corp., a materials company (portfolio average weight of 1.22%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Mattel, Inc., a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 0.72%), and International Business Machines Corp., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 1.12%).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Industrials      26.8   
Consumer Staples      18.8   
Consumer Discretionary      18.6   
Health Care      9.2   
Materials      8.1   
Information Technology      5.8   
Financials      5.7   
Utilities      5.7   
Energy      1.3   
Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Yum! Brands, Inc.      1.3   
W.W. Grainger, Inc.      1.3   
International Business Machines Corp.      1.3   
Emerson Electric Co.      1.3   
Walt Disney Co. (The)      1.3   
Sigma-Aldrich Corp.      1.2   
Praxair, Inc.      1.2   
Lorillard, Inc.      1.2   
NIKE, Inc., Class B      1.2   
Family Dollar Stores, Inc.      1.2   
Total      12.5   
 

 

 

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PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio (SPHQ) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year    

3 Years

Average
Annualized

    3 Years
Cumulative
   

5 Years

Average
Annualized

    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Blended-S&P 500® High Quality Rankings Index     13.52     17.41     61.86     16.11     111.03       5.50     65.42
S&P 500® Index     12.98        16.73        59.05        14.33        95.31          7.72        101.26   
Fund                
NAV Return     13.17        17.03        60.27        15.65        106.91          5.37        63.53   
Market Price Return     13.18        17.01        60.19        15.64        106.81          5.32        62.71   

 

Fund Inception: December 6, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.39%, and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.29%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See

invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Blended-Index and Benchmark Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Blended-Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Blended-Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.

 

  The data known as the Blended-Index is comprised of the original performance of the Value Line Timeliness Select Index from Fund inception through the conversion date, June 29, 2010, followed by the performance of the S&P 500® High Quality Rankings Index starting at the conversion date and through April 30, 2015.
 

 

 

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PHO    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio (PHO)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the NASDAQ OMX US WaterSM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks and American depositary receipts (“ADR”) of companies in the water industry that comprise the Index.

NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (or the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. The Index is comprised of U.S. exchange-listed companies that create products designed to conserve and purify water for homes, businesses and industries. Securities eligible for inclusion in the Index include common stocks, ordinary shares, depositary receipts (both American and global), depositary shares or limited partnership interests. Eligible securities must also meet the following criteria: a) have issuers classified by SustainableBusiness.com LLC as participating in the “Green Economy,” an environmental and clean energy sector portion of the NASDAQ OMX Green Economy Global Benchmark Index, which includes 350 securities from 13 different environmental sectors; b) be listed on NASDAQ, NYSE, or NYSE MKT; c) only one security per issuer is permitted; d) the securities must have a minimum worldwide market capitalization of $50 million; and e) the security must have a minimum three-month average daily dollar trading volume of $250,000. The Index Provider evaluates securities annually for eligibility. Each quarter, the Index Provider rebalances the Index using a modified liquidity weighting methodology, such that the maximum weight of any security does not exceed 8% of the Index, while at no time permitting more than five securities to reach that 8% cap. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned (2.29)%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned (2.25)%. During the same time period, the Index returned (1.65)%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the life sciences tools & services industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the industrial conglomerates and water utilities industries, respectively. The machinery industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the construction & engineering and commercial services & supplies industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Waters Corp., a life sciences tools & services company (portfolio average weight of 8.27%), and Roper Technologies,

Inc., an industrial conglomerates company (portfolio average weight of 8.33%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Flowserve Corp., a machinery company (portfolio average weight of 7.69%), and Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo ADR, a water utilities company (portfolio average weight of 3.64%).

 

Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Machinery      47.6   
Water Utilities      17.7   
Life Sciences Tools & Services      8.4   
Industrial Conglomerates      8.1   
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components      5.1   
Commercial Services & Supplies      4.3   
Construction & Engineering      3.8   
Electrical Equipment      2.8   
Chemicals      2.2   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Waters Corp.      8.4   
Roper Technologies, Inc.      8.1   
Pall Corp.      7.8   
Flowserve Corp.      7.6   
Pentair PLC      7.5   
Tetra Tech, Inc.      4.3   
Xylem, Inc.      4.2   
Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A      4.1   
Aqua America, Inc.      4.1   
Valmont Industries, Inc.      4.1   
Total      60.2   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio (PHO) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Blended-NASDAQ OMX US Water IndexSM,     (1.65 )%      11.76     39.58     8.43     49.91       7.37     95.05
Fund                
NAV Return     (2.25     11.02        36.85        7.60        44.21          6.11        74.57   
Market Price Return     (2.29     11.02        36.82        7.58        44.09          5.98        72.53   

 

Fund Inception: December 6, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.61%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the

redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Blended-Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Blended-Index does not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund and Blended-Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.

 

  The data known as the Blended-Index is comprised of the performance of the Palisades Water Index, from Fund inception through the conversion date, March 1, 2012, followed by the performance of the NASDAQ OMX US Water IndexSM starting at the conversion date and through April 30, 2015.
 

 

 

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PBW Manager’s Analysis
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (PBW)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the WilderHill Clean Energy Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of companies engaged in the business of the advancement of cleaner energy and conservation that comprise the Index.

WilderHill (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider includes stocks in the Index that it believes will substantially benefit from a societal transition toward the use of cleaner energy and conservation. The Index uses modified equal dollar weighting. No single stock may exceed 4% of the total Index weight at the quarterly rebalancing. For a stock to be included in the selection universe, the Index Provider must identify a company as one that has a significant exposure to clean energy, or contribute to the advancement of clean energy or be important to the development of clean energy. Companies in the Index generally (i) help prevent pollutants such as carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, sulfur oxide or particulates—and avoid carbon or contaminants that harm oceans, land, air or ecosystems structure, (ii) work to further renewable energy efforts and do so in ecologically and economically sensible ways and (iii) incorporate the precautionary principles into their pollution prevention and clean energy efforts. Similarly, companies in the Index generally will not have their majority interests in oil or coal, which are the highest-carbon fuels. Large companies with interests outside clean energy may be included if they are significant to this sector. Components with a market capitalization less than $200 million are weighted at rebalance to one-half of a percent (0.50%). To be eligible for the Index, a stock must have: a) three-month average market capitalization of at least $50 million; and b) three-month average closing price above $1.00 if not currently in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned (10.36)%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned (10.36)%. During the same time period, the Index returned (12.16)%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to the revenue that the Fund generated through its securities lending program, despite the fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the NASDAQ Composite Index (PI) (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 20.10%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 2,570 securities. The Benchmark Index performance is price only, and does not reflect dividends paid by the holdings in the Benchmark Index. The

Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of broad-based equity market benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the equity market.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index because the Index employs a proprietary stock selection and weighting methodology whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization. More specifically, the Fund was most overweight in the semiconductors & semiconductor equipment industry and most underweight in the technology hardware, storage & peripherals (no longer held) industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund’s allocation to the semiconductors & semiconductor equipment industry, software industry, and technology hardware, storage & peripherals (no longer held) industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the independent power and renewable electricity producers industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the chemicals and auto components industries, respectively. The semiconductors & semiconductor equipment industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the oil, gas & consumable fuels and software industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Universal Display Corp., an electronic equipment, instruments & components company (portfolio average weight of 2.27%), and Polypore International, Inc., an electrical equipment company (no longer held at fiscal year-end). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included GT Advanced Technologies Inc., a semiconductors & semiconductor equipment company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Aixtron SE ADR, a semiconductors & semiconductor equipment company (portfolio average weight of 2.06%).

 

 

 

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PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (PBW) (continued)

 

 

Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment      29.2   
Electrical Equipment      19.4   
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers      12.2   
Chemicals      6.7   
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels      6.2   
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components      5.9   
Auto Components      5.0   
Software      4.5   
Construction & Engineering      4.4   
Electric Utilities      2.3   
Automobiles      2.2   
Internet Software & Services      1.9   
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.1   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Ltd. ADR      3.7   
Solazyme, Inc.      3.3   
Hanwha Q Cells Co. Ltd. ADR      3.3   
SolarCity Corp.      2.8   
Vivint Solar, Inc.      2.7   
TerraForm Power, Inc., Class A      2.6   
Gentherm, Inc.      2.5   
Ballard Power Systems, Inc.      2.4   
Pattern Energy Group, Inc.      2.4   
JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. ADR      2.4   
Total      28.1   
 

 

 

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PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (PBW) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

         

3 Years

Average
Annualized

    3 Years
Cumulative
   

5 Years

Average
Annualized

    5 Years
Cumulative
   

10 Years

Average
Annualized

    10 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index   1 Year                   Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
WilderHill Clean Energy Index     (12.16 )%      5.58     17.71     (9.66 )%      (39.81 )%      (7.51 )%      (54.20 )%        9.11     62.13
NASDAQ Composite Index (PI)     20.10        17.50        62.21        14.96        100.77        9.91        157.15          N/A        N/A   
Fund                    
NAV Return     (10.36     7.22        23.25        (8.74     (36.70     (6.71     (50.05       (8.37     (58.85
Market Price Return     (10.36     7.22        23.25        (8.72     (36.63     (6.69     (49.98       (8.36     (58.83

 

Fund Inception: March 3, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.70%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table

above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index and Benchmark Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.

 

PI — Price Only, and does not reflect dividends paid by the holdings in the Benchmark Index
 

 

 

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PUW    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio (PUW)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the WilderHill Progressive Energy Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of companies engaged principally in the progressive energy business that comprise the Index.

Progressive Energy Index LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider includes companies in the Index pursuant to a proprietary selection methodology. The Index is a modified equal-weighted index composed of companies in transitional energy technologies that improve the use of fossil fuels and nuclear power. The Index Provider includes companies focused on the following areas in the Index: alternative energy; better efficiency; emission reduction; new energy activity; utilities; and energy conversion and storage. To be eligible for the Index, a stock must have: (i) three-month average market capitalization of at least $150 million; (ii) three-month average closing price above $1.00 if not currently in the Index; and (iii) a listing on the NYSE, NYSE MKT or the NASDAQ and, if a foreign company, have its ADRs listed on the NYSE, NYSE MKT or the NASDAQ. Components less than $400 million in market capitalization are set to one-half of a percent (0.5%) weight at the rebalance. No single stock may exceed 5% of the total Index weight at the quarterly rebalancing. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned (11.54)%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned (11.59)%. During the same time period, the Index returned (11.51)%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred, and offset, to some extent, by the securities lending revenue generated, during the period.

During this same time period, the NASDAQ Composite Index (PI) (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 20.10%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 2,570 securities. The Benchmark Index performance is price only, and does not reflect dividends paid by the holdings in the Benchmark Index. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of broad-based equity market benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the equity market.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index because the Index employs a proprietary stock selection and weighting methodology whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to stock selection within the oil, gas and consumable fuels industries.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the building products industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the independent power and renewable electricity producers and aerospace & defense industries, respectively. The oil, gas & consumable fuels industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the machinery and electrical equipment industries.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Apogee Enterprises, Inc., a building products company (portfolio average weight of 1.98%), and Clean Energy Fuels Corp., an oil, gas & consumable fuels company (portfolio average weight of 1.83%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Nuverra Environmental Solutions, Inc., an energy equipment & services company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc., a chemicals company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels      21.6   
Electrical Equipment      16.0   
Machinery      10.2   
Auto Components      6.1   
Building Products      5.7   
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers      5.6   
Construction & Engineering      5.3   
Electric Utilities      4.6   
Chemicals      4.6   
Automobiles      4.1   
Energy Equipment & Services      3.1   
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components      2.0   
Food & Staples Retailing      2.0   
Aerospace & Defense      2.0   
Real Estate Investment Trusts      1.9   
Industrial Conglomerates      1.8   
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment      1.7   
Commercial Services & Supplies      1.6   
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.1   
 

 

 

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PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio (PUW) (continued)

 

Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Clean Energy Fuels Corp.      3.4   
McDermott International, Inc.      3.1   
Sasol Ltd. ADR      2.5   
Range Resources Corp.      2.5   
Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA ADR      2.4   
Southwestern Energy Co.      2.4   
GrafTech International Ltd.      2.3   
Tenneco, Inc.      2.3   
Green Plains, Inc.      2.3   
Cameco Corp.      2.3   
Total      25.5   
 

 

 

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PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio (PUW) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
WilderHill Progressive Energy Index     (11.51 )%      5.21     16.45     4.34     23.66       3.17     30.43
NASDAQ Composite Index (PI)     20.10        17.50        62.21        14.96        100.77          9.14        110.74   
Fund                
NAV Return     (11.59     4.51        14.14        3.55        19.04          2.39        22.27   
Market Price Return     (11.54     4.52        14.19        3.55        19.04          2.39        22.32   

 

Fund Inception: October 24, 2006

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.84%, and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.70%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table

above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index and Benchmark Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.

 

PI — Price Only, and does not reflect dividends paid by the holdings in the Benchmark Index
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio (PPA)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%   
   Aerospace & Defense—77.4%   
  35,759       AAR Corp.    $ 1,081,352   
  56,258       Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,106,032   
  20,969       Aerovironment, Inc.(b)      536,806   
  6,639       American Science & Engineering, Inc.      248,431   
  115,394       Boeing Co. (The)      16,540,576   
  24,139       Cubic Corp.      1,196,812   
  42,940       Curtiss-Wright Corp.      3,137,196   
  65,195       DigitalGlobe, Inc.(b)      2,097,323   
  9,836       Ducommun, Inc.(b)      299,014   
  32,677       Engility Holdings, Inc.      910,708   
  27,959       Esterline Technologies Corp.(b)      3,111,557   
  167,584       Exelis, Inc.      4,109,160   
  112,772       General Dynamics Corp.      15,485,851   
  59,919       HEICO Corp.      3,345,877   
  86,582       Hexcel Corp.      4,342,087   
  168,165       Honeywell International, Inc.      16,971,212   
  43,890       Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.      5,775,485   
  33,768       KEYW Holding Corp. (The)(b)      325,861   
  52,368       Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.(b)      286,453   
  74,405       L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.      8,549,879   
  11,805       LMI Aerospace, Inc.(b)      133,278   
  86,076       Lockheed Martin Corp.      16,061,782   
  35,817       Moog, Inc., Class A(b)      2,502,892   
  75,127       Northrop Grumman Corp.      11,572,563   
  53,286       Orbital ATK, Inc.      3,898,404   
  58,056       Precision Castparts Corp.      11,999,595   
  109,228       Raytheon Co.      11,359,712   
  113,609       Rockwell Collins, Inc.      11,057,564   
  8,899       Sparton Corp.(b)      229,327   
  47,708       TASER International, Inc.(b)      1,440,305   
  31,720       Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(b)      3,329,648   
  240,120       Textron, Inc.      10,560,478   
  47,368       TransDigm Group, Inc.      10,048,174   
  45,340       Triumph Group, Inc.      2,685,942   
  147,153       United Technologies Corp.      16,738,654   
  9,463       Vectrus, Inc.(b)      241,874   
     

 

 

 
        203,317,864  
     

 

 

 
   Communications Equipment—4.0%   
  14,609       Comtech Telecommunications Corp.      422,200   
  93,567       Harris Corp.      7,507,816   
  42,811       ViaSat, Inc.(b)      2,573,798   
     

 

 

 
        10,503,814  
     

 

 

 
   Containers & Packaging—3.5%   
  123,571       Ball Corp.      9,071,347   
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Telecommunication Services—0.4%   
  94,729       Intelsat SA(b)      1,192,638   
     

 

 

 
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components—2.1%   
  125,677       FLIR Systems, Inc.      3,882,163   
  30,687       Mercury Systems, Inc.(b)      423,787   
  17,798       OSI Systems, Inc.(b)      1,196,204   
  11,084       SuperCom Ltd. (Israel)(b)      134,781   
     

 

 

 
        5,636,935  
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks (continued)   
   IT Services—7.5%   
  134,582       Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., Class A    $ 3,701,005   
  21,712       CACI International, Inc., Class A(b)      1,915,867   
  126,756       Computer Sciences Corp.      8,169,424   
  66,563       Leidos Holdings, Inc.      2,771,683   
  33,616       ManTech International Corp., Class A      982,596   
  41,058       Science Applications International Corp.      2,057,006   
     

 

 

 
        19,597,581  
     

 

 

 
   Machinery—2.5%   
  70,223       Oshkosh Corp.      3,780,806   
  58,428       Woodward, Inc.      2,749,038   
     

 

 

 
        6,529,844  
     

 

 

 
   Software—2.2%   
  139,891       FireEye, Inc.(b)      5,777,498   
     

 

 

 
   Trading Companies & Distributors—0.4%   
  24,395       Kaman Corp.      1,017,516   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $232,982,600)
     262,645,037   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%   
  147,321       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)
(Cost $147,321)
     147,321   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $233,129,921)—100.1%
     262,792,358   
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.1)%      (179,662
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 262,612,696   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Cleantech™ Portfolio (PZD)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—99.8%   
   Aerospace & Defense—2.4%   
  36,755       Hexcel Corp.    $ 1,843,263   
     

 

 

 
   Auto Components—5.9%   
  37,826       BorgWarner, Inc.      2,239,299   
  45,744       Johnson Controls, Inc.      2,304,583   
     

 

 

 
        4,543,882  
     

 

 

 
   Building Products—1.6%   
  61,923       Kingspan Group PLC (Ireland)      1,229,552   
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals—8.8%   
  429       Gurit Holding AG (Switzerland)      199,184   
  39,396       Koninklijke DSM NV (Netherlands)      2,249,197   
  47,473       Novozymes A/S, Class B (Denmark)      2,194,022   
  42,122       Umicore SA (Belgium)      2,094,019   
     

 

 

 
        6,736,422  
     

 

 

 
   Commercial Services & Supplies—3.2%   
  34,441       Ceco Environmental Corp.      406,060   
  21,879       MiX Telematics Ltd. ADR (South Africa)(b)      153,153   
  34,849       Tetra Tech, Inc.      944,756   
  96,652       Tomra Systems ASA (Norway)      939,521   
     

 

 

 
        2,443,490  
     

 

 

 
   Communications Equipment—0.8%   
  30,281       CalAmp Corp.(b)      596,838   
     

 

 

 
   Construction & Engineering—2.0%   
  27,528       Aegion Corp.(b)      507,066   
  32,335       Arcadis NV (Netherlands)      1,024,850   
     

 

 

 
        1,531,916  
     

 

 

 
   Electrical Equipment—17.8%   
  103,410       ABB Ltd. (Switzerland)      2,271,510   
  17,494       EnerSys      1,187,843   
  35,077       Enphase Energy, Inc.(b)(c)      440,918   
  95,624       Gamesa Corp. Tecnologica SA (Spain)(b)      1,287,961   
  31,313       PowerSecure International, Inc.(b)      410,513   
  17,117       Saft Groupe SA (France)      682,824   
  28,272       Schneider Electric SE (France)      2,117,504   
  39,787       Sensata Technologies Holding NV(b)      2,196,640   
  41,071       SGL Carbon SE (Germany)(b)(c)      669,852   
  51,569       Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Denmark)      2,346,931   
     

 

 

 
        13,612,496  
     

 

 

 
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components—6.4%   
  9,969       Badger Meter, Inc.      620,271   
  21,300       Horiba Ltd. (Japan)      805,403   
  23,229       Itron, Inc.(b)      832,992   
  375,962       Opus Group AB (Sweden)(c)      414,216   
  87,540       Trimble Navigation Ltd.(b)      2,226,142   
     

 

 

 
        4,899,024  
     

 

 

 
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers—4.2%   
  32,451       Abengoa Yield PLC (Spain)(c)      1,100,413   
  6,542,605       Energy Development Corp. (Philippines)      1,190,099   
  24,531       Ormat Technologies, Inc.      897,589   
     

 

 

 
        3,188,101  
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Conglomerates—6.5%   
  27,024       Raven Industries, Inc.      538,859   
  13,086       Roper Technologies, Inc.      2,200,673   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Industrial Conglomerates (continued)   
  20,340       Siemens AG (Germany)    $ 2,222,446   
     

 

 

 
        4,961,978  
     

 

 

 
   Life Sciences Tools & Services—2.4%   
  6,609       Eurofins Scientific (France)      1,864,018   
     

 

 

 
   Machinery—15.7%   
  111,227       Alfa Laval AB (Sweden)(c)      2,075,262   
  18,732       CLARCOR, Inc.      1,217,580   
  48,604       Donaldson Co., Inc.      1,816,332   
  9,911       Kadant, Inc.      505,065   
  8,561       Lindsay Corp.(c)      677,946   
  72,823       Meyer Burger Technology AG (Switzerland)(b)(c)      499,011   
  22,395       Pall Corp.      2,179,481   
  23,938       Woodward, Inc.      1,126,283   
  51,864       Xylem, Inc.      1,920,005   
     

 

 

 
        12,016,965  
     

 

 

 
   Professional Services—6.7%   
  48,089       Intertek Group PLC (United Kingdom)      1,930,288   
  22,228       Mistras Group, Inc.(b)      399,215   
  44,340       Ricardo PLC (United Kingdom)      575,778   
  1,124       SGS SA (Switzerland)      2,183,456   
     

 

 

 
        5,088,737  
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate Investment Trusts—0.6%   
  25,300       Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. REIT      480,700   
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—7.4%   
  26,265       Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.(b)      642,442   
  49,471       Cree, Inc.(b)(c)      1,567,241   
  438,000       Lextar Electronics Corp. (Taiwan)      397,584   
  15,925       Power Integrations, Inc.      788,128   
  28,825       SMA Solar Technology AG (Germany)(b)(c)      432,011   
  56,658       SunPower Corp.(b)      1,823,821   
     

 

 

 
        5,651,227  
     

 

 

 
   Software—7.4%   
  25,040       ANSYS, Inc.(b)      2,149,434   
  37,628       Autodesk, Inc.(b)      2,138,399   
  20,827       Fleetmatics Group PLC(b)      949,295   
  44,531       Silver Spring Networks, Inc.(b)(c)      432,841   
     

 

 

 
        5,669,969  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $60,021,869)
     76,358,578   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.0%   
  24,715       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)
(Cost $24,715)
     24,715   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $60,046,584)—99.8%
     76,383,293   
     

 

 

 
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Cleantech™ Portfolio (PZD) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan    
     
   Money Market Fund—6.4%   
  4,887,133       Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)(e)
(Cost $4,887,133)
   $ 4,887,133  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $64,933,717)—106.2%
     81,270,426   
   Other assets less liabilities—(6.2)%      (4,758,456
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 76,511,970   
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

ADR—American Depositary Receipt

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:
(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2015.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
(e)  The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower’s return of the securities loaned. See Note 2I. The following table presents the Fund’s gross and net amount of assets available for offset by the Fund as of April 30, 2015.

 

Counterparty

   Gross Amount
of Securities on
Loan at Value
     Cash Collateral
Received for
Securities
Loaned*
     Net
Amount
 
Citibank    $ 4,640,967       $ (4,640,967    $   

 

* Amount does not include excess collateral received, if any.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio (PDP)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%    
   Consumer Discretionary—31.1%   
  27,958       Amazon.com, Inc.(b)    $ 11,792,125   
  279,783       AutoNation, Inc.(b)      17,220,644   
  18,072       AutoZone, Inc.(b)      12,156,311   
  260,588       Brinker International, Inc.      14,428,758   
  156,459       CarMax, Inc.(b)      10,656,422   
  113,944       Carter’s, Inc.      11,378,448   
  46,394       Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(b)      28,826,448   
  348,254       Dillard’s, Inc., Class A      45,826,744   
  252,839       Dollar Tree, Inc.(b)      19,319,428   
  405,521       Domino’s Pizza, Inc.      43,735,440   
  172,767       Foot Locker, Inc.      10,270,998   
  801,875       Hanesbrands, Inc.      24,922,275   
  286,899       Jarden Corp.(b)      14,683,491   
  315,429       Kate Spade & Co.(b)      10,314,528   
  127,674       L Brands, Inc.      11,408,949   
  306,995       Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.      9,519,915   
  163,469       Macy’s, Inc.      10,565,001   
  310,460       NIKE, Inc., Class B      30,685,866   
  250,452       O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(b)      54,555,959   
  118,772       Polaris Industries, Inc.      16,267,013   
  323,392       Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.(b)      10,093,064   
  479,801       Service Corp. International      13,280,892   
  172,411       Signet Jewelers Ltd.      23,125,487   
  236,046       Starbucks Corp.      11,703,161   
  151,283       TJX Cos., Inc. (The)      9,763,805   
  231,877       Tractor Supply Co.      19,955,335   
  314,605       Under Armour, Inc., Class A(b)      24,397,618   
  400,162       VF Corp.      28,983,734   
  382,696       Wyndham Worldwide Corp.      32,682,238   
     

 

 

 
        582,520,097  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—5.7%   
  483,536       Altria Group, Inc.      24,200,977   
  152,791       Brown-Forman Corp., Class B      13,786,332   
  93,118       Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A(b)      10,796,101   
  172,605       Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (The)(b)      10,397,725   
  260,504       Hormel Foods Corp.      14,158,392   
  144,463       Monster Beverage Corp.(b)      19,807,322   
  1,765,566       Rite Aid Corp.(b)      13,612,514   
     

 

 

 
        106,759,363  
     

 

 

 
   Financials—4.7%   
  105,937       ACE Ltd.      11,334,199   
  78,721       Ameriprise Financial, Inc.      9,862,167   
  176,717       Extra Space Storage, Inc. REIT      11,650,952   
  329,496       HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.      18,768,092   
  178,864       Macerich Co. (The) REIT      14,623,921   
  13,920       Markel Corp.(b)      10,309,709   
  93,605       SL Green Realty Corp. REIT      11,453,508   
     

 

 

 
        88,002,548  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—21.7%   
  91,975       Actavis PLC(b)      26,016,049   
  278,923       Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      47,202,139   
  158,052       Alkermes PLC(b)      8,751,339   
  98,165       AmerisourceBergen Corp.      11,220,259   
  72,817       Becton, Dickinson and Co.      10,257,731   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Health Care (continued)   
  37,300       Biogen, Inc.(b)    $ 13,947,589   
  176,249       Cerner Corp.(b)      12,656,441   
  110,214       Cigna Corp.      13,737,073   
  100,505       Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)      17,896,925   
  296,222       Henry Schein, Inc.(b)      40,612,036   
  57,220       Illumina, Inc.(b)      10,542,785   
  121,500       Incyte Corp.(b)      11,804,940   
  322,028       Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(b)      57,546,404   
  58,127       McKesson Corp.      12,985,572   
  314,437       Medivation, Inc.(b)      37,965,123   
  38,815       Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(b)      12,304,743   
  172,919       Mylan N.V(b)      12,495,127   
  103,771       Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      47,471,082   
     

 

 

 
        405,413,357  
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—17.4%   
  163,518       A.O. Smith Corp.      10,448,800   
  358,755       Alaska Air Group, Inc.      22,981,845   
  36,018       AMERCO      11,599,237   
  419,656       American Airlines Group, Inc.      20,263,090   
  640,271       CSX Corp.      23,107,380   
  208,438       Danaher Corp.      17,066,903   
  152,725       IDEX Corp.      11,455,902   
  139,787       Lockheed Martin Corp.      26,084,254   
  140,001       Middleby Corp. (The)(b)      14,187,701   
  85,705       Northrop Grumman Corp.      13,201,998   
  205,069       Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.(b)      14,586,558   
  103,077       Pall Corp.      10,031,454   
  202,729       Roper Technologies, Inc.      34,092,936   
  77,110       Snap-on, Inc.      11,531,800   
  227,576       Southwest Airlines Co.      9,230,483   
  146,923       Spirit Airlines, Inc.(b)      10,059,818   
  104,750       Towers Watson & Co., Class A      13,293,299   
  61,236       TransDigm Group, Inc.      12,989,993   
  259,333       Union Pacific Corp.      27,548,945   
  98,630       WABCO Holdings, Inc.(b)      12,274,504   
     

 

 

 
        326,036,900  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—8.1%   
  444,864       Amphenol Corp., Class A      24,632,120   
  442,022       Apple, Inc.      55,319,053   
  206,732       Fiserv, Inc.(b)      16,042,403   
  180,211       Gartner, Inc.(b)      14,953,909   
  115,511       IPG Photonics Corp.(b)      10,231,964   
  338,058       Skyworks Solutions, Inc.      31,185,851   
     

 

 

 
        152,365,300  
     

 

 

 
   Materials—8.6%   
  68,730       Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.      9,857,944   
  183,782       Ashland, Inc.      23,222,694   
  557,560       Ball Corp.      40,930,480   
  108,201       Ecolab, Inc.      12,116,348   
  105,431       International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.      12,098,207   
  41,885       NewMarket Corp.      18,718,406   
  218,134       RPM International, Inc.      10,370,090   
  117,318       Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)      32,614,404   
     

 

 

 
        159,928,573  
     

 

 

 
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio (PDP) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Telecommunication Services—0.5%   
  87,816       SBA Communications Corp., Class A(b)    $ 10,170,849   
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—2.2%   
  291,720       CMS Energy Corp.      9,898,060   
  97,964       NextEra Energy, Inc.      9,887,506   
  105,256       Sempra Energy      11,175,029   
  206,839       Wisconsin Energy Corp.      10,159,932   
     

 

 

 
        41,120,527  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $1,603,423,280)
     1,872,317,514   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%   
  1,164,594       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)
(Cost $1,164,594)
     1,164,594   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $1,604,587,874)—100.1%
     1,873,482,108   
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.1)%      (1,701,854
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 1,871,780,254  
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio (PSP)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—88.7%    
   Capital Markets—52.9%   
  3,141,245       3i Group PLC (United Kingdom)    $ 24,450,314   
  130,739       Alaris Royalty Corp. (Canada)(b)      3,750,820   
  203,644       Altamir (France)      2,587,712   
  701,246       American Capital Ltd.(c)      10,581,802   
  471,070       Apollo Global Management LLC, Class A      10,768,660   
  615,095       Apollo Investment Corp.(b)      4,920,760   
  751,893       Ares Capital Corp.(b)      12,797,219   
  134,194       Aurelius AG (Germany)      6,463,700   
  279,274       BlackRock Capital Investment Corp.      2,552,564   
  1,805,333       Brait SE (South Africa)(c)      13,672,704   
  438,209       Bure Equity AB (Sweden)(c)      2,676,374   
  57,296       Capital Southwest Corp.      2,727,863   
  349,046       Carlyle Group LP (The)      10,537,699   
  70,914       Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (Germany)      2,365,207   
  486,379       Fifth Street Finance Corp.      3,467,882   
  687,441       FS Investment Corp.(b)      7,197,507   
  127,801       Gimv NV (Belgium)      5,950,267   
  159,734       Golub Capital BDC, Inc.(b)      2,804,929   
  1,090,198       GP Investments Ltd., Class A (Brazil)(c)      2,006,600   
  233,146       Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.      3,240,729   
  1,447,660       Intermediate Capital Group PLC (United Kingdom)      11,735,246   
  1,960,942       IP Group PLC (United Kingdom)(c)      5,936,550   
  271,479       JAFCO Co. Ltd. (Japan)      10,265,250   
  150,299       Main Street Capital Corp.(b)      4,708,868   
  246,624       Medley Capital Corp.(b)      2,325,664   
  190,310       New Mountain Finance Corp.(b)      2,843,231   
  75,278       Partners Group Holding AG (Switzerland)      23,662,473   
  278,364       PennantPark Investment Corp.      2,622,189   
  392,396       Princess Private Equity Holding Ltd. (Guernsey)      3,524,190   
  951,925       Prospect Capital Corp.(b)      7,948,574   
  1,744,820       Ratos AB, Class B (Sweden)(b)      11,878,905   
  103,818       Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.(c)      1,867,686   
  139,898       Solar Capital Ltd.      2,764,384   
  772,404       SVG Capital PLC (United Kingdom)(c)      5,925,463   
  3,783,222       Symphony International Holdings Ltd. (Singapore)      3,064,410   
  159,263       TCP Capital Corp.(b)      2,537,060   
  272,296       TICC Capital Corp.(b)      1,827,106   
  168,143       TPG Specialty Lending, Inc.(b)      3,053,477   
  112,027       Triangle Capital Corp.(b)      2,692,009   
  7,393,769       Zeder Investments Ltd. (South Africa)      5,479,088   
     

 

 

 
        252,183,135  
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Financial Services—22.4%   
  96,457       Ackermans & van Haaren NV (Belgium)      11,781,252   
  1,534,678       Better Capital PCC Ltd. (United Kingdom)(c)      2,196,275   
  1,427,687       China Merchants China Direct Investments Ltd. (China)      3,821,950   
  192,408       Compass Diversified Holdings      3,313,266   
  168,079       Electra Private Equity PLC (United Kingdom)(c)      8,061,399   
  225,942       Eurazeo SA (France)      16,180,688   
  208,034       HgCapital Trust PLC (United Kingdom)      3,420,749   
  265,092       JZ Capital Partners Ltd. (United Kingdom)      1,735,439   
  656,524       Leucadia National Corp.      15,605,575   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Diversified Financial Services (continued)   
  411,200       Onex Corp. (Canada)    $ 24,663,513   
  101,792       PICO Holdings, Inc.(c)      1,833,274   
  114,316       Wendel SA (France)      14,039,407   
     

 

 

 
        106,652,787  
     

 

 

 
   Food Products—1.1%   
  98,362       A/S Schouw & Co. (Denmark)      5,036,252   
     

 

 

 
   Internet Software & Services—3.1%   
  131,203       Actua Corp.(c)      1,898,507   
  187,505       IAC/InterActiveCorp.      13,091,599   
     

 

 

 
        14,990,106  
     

 

 

 
   Machinery—3.6%   
  4,251,380       Melrose Industries PLC (United Kingdom)      17,345,931   
     

 

 

 
   Metals & Mining—5.6%   
  10,673,200       Fosun International Ltd. (China)      26,713,466   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $388,547,802)
     422,921,677   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—10.1%   
  48,239,197       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)
(Cost $48,239,197)
     48,239,197   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $436,786,999)—98.8%
     471,160,874   
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan    
   Money Market Fund—9.9%   
  46,967,019       Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)(e)
(Cost $46,967,019)
     46,967,019  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $483,754,018)—108.7%
     518,127,893   
   Other assets less liabilities—(8.7)%      (41,521,466
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 476,606,427  
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2015.
(c)  Non-income producing security.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio (PSP) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

(e)  The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower’s return of the securities loaned. See Note 2I. The following table presents the Fund’s gross and net amount of assets available for offset by the Fund as of April 30, 2015.

 

Counterparty

   Gross Amount
of Securities on
Loan at Value
     Cash Collateral
Received for
Securities
Loaned*
     Net
Amount
 
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    $ 45,374,865       $ (45,374,865    $   

 

* Amount does not include excess collateral received, if any.

This Fund has holdings greater than 10% of net assets in the following country:

 

United Kingdom     17.0
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio (PGJ)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%    
   Consumer Discretionary—30.2%   
  48,564       500.com Ltd., Class A ADR (China)(b)(c)    $ 869,781   
  59,376       Bona FILM Group Ltd. ADR (China)(b)(c)      572,979   
  66,388       China Automotive Systems, Inc. (China)(c)      487,952   
  43,110       China Distance Education Holdings Ltd. ADR (China)(b)      890,653   
  60,829       China Lodging Group Ltd. ADR (China)(c)      1,369,869   
  102,517       China XD Plastics Co. Ltd. (China)(b)(c)      593,574   
  308,706       Ctrip.com International Ltd. ADR (China)(c)      19,658,398   
  113,923       E-Commerce China Dangdang, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(b)(c)      1,077,712   
  16,446       eLong, Inc. ADR(b)(c)      288,298   
  75,596       Homeinns Hotel Group ADR (China)(c)      2,114,420   
  87,586       Jumei International Holding Ltd., Class A ADR (China)(b)(c)      1,838,430   
  95,642       Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. (China)(b)(c)      1,154,399   
  46,442       LightInTheBox Holding Co. Ltd. ADR (China)(b)(c)      226,637   
  291,751       New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. ADR (China)(c)      7,465,908   
  202,687       Nord Anglia Education, Inc. (Hong Kong)(c)      5,279,996   
  97,594       Qunar Cayman Islands Ltd., Class B ADR (China)(b)(c)      4,570,327   
  90,112       TAL Education Group, Class A ADR (China)(b)(c)      3,311,616   
  632,463       Vipshop Holdings Ltd., Class A ADR (China)(c)      17,892,378   
     

 

 

 
        69,663,327  
     

 

 

 
   Energy—3.4%   
  23,766       China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. ADR (China)      2,245,174   
  19,165       CNOOC Ltd. ADR (China)      3,282,006   
  18,376       PetroChina Co. Ltd. ADR (China)      2,369,034   
  26,179       Sino Clean Energy, Inc. (China)(c)      0   
     

 

 

 
        7,896,214  
     

 

 

 
   Financials—2.5%   
  93,109       China HGS Real Estate, Inc.(c)      287,707   
  19,318       China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. ADR (China)      1,403,839   
  72,646       CNinsure, Inc. ADR (China)(c)      849,958   
  173,117       E-House China Holdings Ltd. ADR (China)      1,177,196   
  92,593       Nam Tai Property, Inc. (China)      472,224   
  47,946       Noah Holdings Ltd. ADR (China)(b)(c)      1,624,890   
     

 

 

 
        5,815,814  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—7.7%   
  50,960       China Biologic Products, Inc. (China)(c)      4,873,814   
  39,502       Concord Medical Services Holdings Ltd. ADR (China)      282,834   
  181,409       Mindray Medical International Ltd., Class A ADR (China)      5,601,910   
  114,852       Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (China)(b)(c)      567,369   
  149,746       WuXi PharmaTech Cayman, Inc. ADR (China)(c)      6,464,535   
     

 

 

 
        17,790,462  
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—2.0%   
  47,671       51job, Inc. ADR (China)(c)      1,716,156   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Industrials (continued)   
  198,870       China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Ltd. ADR (China)(b)(c)    $ 715,932   
  77,026       China Yuchai International Ltd.      1,552,844   
  36,793       Zhaopin Ltd., Class A ADR (China)(c)      564,405   
     

 

 

 
        4,549,337  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—46.0%   
  98,091       21Vianet Group, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(c)      2,017,732   
  72,415       58.com, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(b)(c)      5,523,816   
  82,530       Autohome, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(c)      4,212,331   
  75,884       Baidu, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(c)      15,198,047   
  56,359       Bitauto Holdings Ltd. ADR (China)(c)      3,352,233   
  113,451       Canadian Solar, Inc. (Canada)(c)      4,016,165   
  25,305       Changyou.com Ltd., Class A ADR (China)(c)      854,297   
  54,929       Cheetah Mobile, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(b)(c)      1,244,691   
  82,737       China Digital TV Holding Co. Ltd. ADR (China)(c)      365,698   
  31,411       China Mobile Games & Entertainment Group Ltd., Class A ADR (China)(b)      659,003   
  34,289       ChinaCache International Holdings Ltd. ADR (China)(c)      483,132   
  11,632       Daqo New Energy Corp. ADR (China)(c)      319,298   
  120,295       Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd. (China)      2,642,881   
  89,406       JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. ADR (China)(b)(c)      895,848   
  46,443       JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd. ADR (China)(b)(c)      1,301,333   
  66,043       KongZhong Corp. ADR (China)      455,697   
  34,102       Leju Holdings Ltd. ADR (China)(b)      359,094   
  152,193       NetEase, Inc. ADR (China)      19,509,621   
  164,066       NQ Mobile, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(b)(c)      630,013   
  92,836       Perfect World Co. Ltd., Class B ADR (China)(c)      1,816,801   
  66,982       Phoenix New Media Ltd., Class A ADR (China)(c)      482,940   
  169,172       Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd., Class A ADR (China)(c)      10,201,072   
  169,674       ReneSola Ltd. ADR (China)(b)(c)      288,446   
  249,112       Renren, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(c)      739,863   
  129,037       Shanda Games Ltd., Class A ADR (China)(c)      883,903   
  137,028       SINA Corp. (China)(c)      6,028,547   
  79,545       Sohu.com, Inc. (China)(c)      5,285,765   
  448,602       SouFun Holdings Ltd., Class A ADR (China)      3,709,939   
  176,249       Trina Solar Ltd. ADR (China)(b)(c)      2,152,000   
  265,776       Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. ADR (China)(b)(c)      491,686   
  270,259       Youku Tudou, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(b)(c)      5,053,843   
  76,611       YY, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(b)(c)      4,869,395   
     

 

 

 
        106,045,130  
     

 

 

 
   Materials—0.2%   
  353,184       Silvercorp Metals, Inc. (Canada)      437,948   
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—7.6%   
  214,145       China Mobile Ltd. ADR (China)      15,296,377   
  13,588       China Telecom Corp. Ltd. ADR (China)      1,007,958   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio (PGJ) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Telecommunication Services (continued)   
  69,043       China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. ADR (China)(c)    $ 1,297,318   
     

 

 

 
        17,601,653  
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—0.4%   
  14,707       Huaneng Power International, Inc. ADR (China)(b)      837,123   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $199,455,303)
     230,637,008   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%   
  284,026       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)
(Cost $284,026)
     284,026   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $199,739,329)—100.1%
     230,921,034   
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan    
     
   Money Market Fund—9.6%   
  22,131,346       Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)(e)
(Cost $22,131,346)
     22,131,346  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $221,870,675)—109.7%
     253,052,380   
   Other assets less liabilities—(9.7)%      (22,421,745
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 230,630,635  
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

ADR—American Depositary Receipt

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2015.
(c)  Non-income producing security.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
(e)  The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower’s return of the securities loaned. See Note 2I. The following table presents the Fund’s gross and net amount of assets available for offset by the Fund as of April 30, 2015.

 

Counterparty

   Gross Amount
of Securities on
Loan at Value
     Cash Collateral
Received for
Securities
Loaned*
     Net
Amount
 
Citibank    $ 21,274,430       $ (21,274,430    $   

 

* Amount does not include excess collateral received, if any.

This Fund has holdings greater than 10% of net assets in the following country:

 

China     94.9
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio (PBP)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests(b)—101.0%    
   Consumer Discretionary—12.6%   
  8,420       Amazon.com, Inc.(c)    $ 3,551,388   
  1,658       AutoNation, Inc.(c)      102,050   
  705       AutoZone, Inc.(c)      474,225   
  4,104       Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.(c)      289,168   
  6,438       Best Buy Co., Inc.      223,077   
  5,007       BorgWarner, Inc.      296,414   
  4,851       Cablevision Systems Corp., Class A      96,923   
  4,644       CarMax, Inc.(c)      316,303   
  9,961       Carnival Corp.      437,985   
  10,116       CBS Corp., Class B      628,507   
  686       Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(c)      426,239   
  6,099       Coach, Inc.      233,043   
  56,190       Comcast Corp., Class A      3,245,534   
  7,353       D.R. Horton, Inc.      186,766   
  2,743       Darden Restaurants, Inc.      174,921   
  6,419       Delphi Automotive PLC (United Kingdom)      532,777   
  11,118       DIRECTV(c)      1,008,458   
  3,287       Discovery Communications, Inc., Class A(c)      106,367   
  5,976       Discovery Communications, Inc., Class C(c)      180,654   
  6,710       Dollar General Corp.      487,884   
  4,548       Dollar Tree, Inc.(c)      347,513   
  2,186       Expedia, Inc., Class A      205,987   
  2,126       Family Dollar Stores, Inc.      166,126   
  87,477       Ford Motor Co.      1,382,137   
  980       Fossil Group, Inc.(c)      82,300   
  2,400       GameStop Corp., Class A      92,496   
  5,016       Gannett Co., Inc.      172,149   
  5,865       Gap, Inc. (The)      232,489   
  2,672       Garmin Ltd.      120,748   
  29,912       General Motors Co.      1,048,715   
  3,377       Genuine Parts Co.      303,423   
  5,961       Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)      169,084   
  6,087       H&R Block, Inc.      184,071   
  8,863       Hanesbrands, Inc.      275,462   
  4,677       Harley-Davidson, Inc.      262,894   
  1,518       Harman International Industries, Inc.      197,917   
  2,474       Hasbro, Inc.      175,134   
  29,141       Home Depot, Inc. (The)      3,117,504   
  9,118       Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)      190,019   
  14,535       Johnson Controls, Inc.      732,273   
  4,467       Kohl’s Corp.      320,061   
  5,436       L Brands, Inc.      485,761   
  3,059       Leggett & Platt, Inc.      129,916   
  3,948       Lennar Corp., Class A      180,818   
  21,514       Lowe’s Cos., Inc.      1,481,454   
  7,532       Macy’s, Inc.      486,793   
  4,586       Marriott International, Inc., Class A      367,109   
  7,480       Mattel, Inc.      210,637   
  21,253       McDonald’s Corp.      2,051,977   
  4,439       Michael Kors Holdings Ltd.(c)      274,597   
  1,372       Mohawk Industries, Inc.(c)      238,042   
  1,338       Netflix, Inc.(c)      744,597   
  5,995       Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.      228,589   
  11,044       News Corp., Class A(c)      174,274   
  15,474       NIKE, Inc., Class B      1,529,450   
  3,111       Nordstrom, Inc.      235,067   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests(b) (continued)    
   Consumer Discretionary (continued)   
  5,456       Omnicom Group, Inc.    $ 413,347   
  2,248       O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(c)      489,682   
  1,149       Priceline Group, Inc. (The)(c)      1,422,244   
  7,328       PulteGroup, Inc.      141,430   
  1,823       PVH Corp.      188,407   
  1,332       Ralph Lauren Corp., Class A      177,702   
  4,577       Ross Stores, Inc.      452,574   
  3,642       Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.      247,875   
  2,154       Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc., Class A      150,478   
  14,163       Staples, Inc.      231,140   
  33,160       Starbucks Corp.      1,644,073   
  3,797       Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.      326,352   
  14,085       Target Corp.      1,110,321   
  2,489       Tiffany & Co.      217,738   
  6,211       Time Warner Cable, Inc.      965,935   
  18,365       Time Warner, Inc.      1,550,190   
  15,096       TJX Cos., Inc. (The)      974,296   
  3,012       Tractor Supply Co.      259,213   
  2,465       TripAdvisor, Inc., Class A(c)      198,408   
  40,433       Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A      1,377,957   
  3,690       Under Armour, Inc., Class A(c)      286,159   
  2,212       Urban Outfitters, Inc.(c)      88,568   
  7,571       VF Corp.      548,368   
  8,075       Viacom, Inc., Class B      560,809   
  34,576       Walt Disney Co. (The)      3,759,103   
  1,727       Whirlpool Corp.      303,261   
  2,666       Wyndham Worldwide Corp.      227,676   
  1,791       Wynn Resorts Ltd.      198,926   
  9,577       Yum! Brands, Inc.      823,239   
     

 

 

 
        50,931,737   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—9.6%   
  43,547       Altria Group, Inc.      2,179,527   
  14,026       Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.      685,591   
  3,446       Brown-Forman Corp., Class B      310,933   
  3,930       Campbell Soup Co.      175,710   
  2,901       Clorox Co. (The)      307,796   
  86,895       Coca-Cola Co. (The)      3,524,461   
  4,798       Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.      213,079   
  18,855       Colgate-Palmolive Co.      1,268,564   
  9,418       ConAgra Foods, Inc.      340,461   
  3,722       Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A(c)      431,529   
  9,729       Costco Wholesale Corp.      1,391,733   
  24,882       CVS Health Corp.      2,470,534   
  4,267       Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.      318,233   
  4,933       Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A      401,004   
  13,351       General Mills, Inc.      738,844   
  3,272       Hershey Co. (The)      300,762   
  2,978       Hormel Foods Corp.      161,854   
  2,158       J.M. Smucker Co. (The)      250,155   
  5,598       Kellogg Co.      354,521   
  2,681       Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.      311,988   
  8,082       Kimberly-Clark Corp.      886,515   
  13,002       Kraft Foods Group, Inc.      1,101,920   
  10,865       Kroger Co. (The)      748,707   
  7,962       Lorillard, Inc.      556,225   
  2,836       McCormick & Co., Inc.      213,551   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests(b) (continued)    
   Consumer Staples (continued)   
  4,473       Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.    $ 429,050   
  3,535       Molson Coors Brewing Co., Class B      259,858   
  36,475       Mondelez International, Inc., Class A      1,399,546   
  3,233       Monster Beverage Corp.(c)      443,277   
  32,779       PepsiCo, Inc.      3,117,939   
  34,207       Philip Morris International, Inc.      2,855,258   
  59,716       Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      4,748,019   
  6,814       Reynolds American, Inc.      499,466   
  13,098       Sysco Corp.      485,019   
  6,461       Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A      255,210   
  19,282       Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.      1,599,056   
  34,924       Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.      2,725,818   
  7,977       Whole Foods Market, Inc.      380,982   
     

 

 

 
        38,842,695   
     

 

 

 
   Energy—8.6%   
  11,203       Anadarko Petroleum Corp.      1,054,202   
  8,333       Apache Corp.      569,977   
  9,609       Baker Hughes, Inc.      657,832   
  9,136       Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.      308,979   
  4,284       Cameron International Corp.(c)      234,849   
  11,441       Chesapeake Energy Corp.      180,425   
  41,576       Chevron Corp.      4,617,431   
  1,937       Cimarex Energy Co.      240,963   
  27,231       ConocoPhillips      1,849,530   
  5,092       CONSOL Energy, Inc.      165,388   
  8,545       Devon Energy Corp.      582,854   
  1,486       Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.      49,736   
  5,181       Ensco PLC, Class A      141,338   
  12,128       EOG Resources, Inc.      1,200,066   
  3,359       EQT Corp.      302,108   
  92,756       Exxon Mobil Corp.      8,104,092   
  5,118       FMC Technologies, Inc.(c)      225,704   
  18,789       Halliburton Co.      919,722   
  2,380       Helmerich & Payne, Inc.      185,569   
  5,373       Hess Corp.      413,184   
  37,681       Kinder Morgan, Inc.      1,618,399   
  14,925       Marathon Oil Corp.      464,167   
  6,038       Marathon Petroleum Corp.      595,166   
  3,690       Murphy Oil Corp.      175,681   
  9,065       National Oilwell Varco, Inc.      493,227   
  3,555       Newfield Exploration Co.(c)      139,498   
  5,350       Noble Corp. PLC      92,608   
  8,552       Noble Energy, Inc.      433,757   
  17,039       Occidental Petroleum Corp.      1,364,824   
  4,608       ONEOK, Inc.      221,645   
  12,018       Phillips 66      953,148   
  3,294       Pioneer Natural Resources Co.      569,137   
  3,571       QEP Resources, Inc.      80,347   
  3,667       Range Resources Corp.      233,075   
  28,201       Schlumberger Ltd.      2,668,097   
  8,502       Southwestern Energy Co.(c)      238,311   
  14,840       Spectra Energy Corp.      552,790   
  2,762       Tesoro Corp.      237,062   
  7,531       Transocean Ltd.      141,733   
  11,386       Valero Energy Corp.      647,863   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests(b) (continued)    
   Energy (continued)   
  14,884       Williams Cos., Inc. (The)    $ 761,912   
     

 

 

 
        34,686,396  
     

 

 

 
   Financials—16.3%   
  7,238       ACE Ltd.      774,394   
  1,207       Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.(c)      272,939   
  9,705       Aflac, Inc.      611,803   
  9,208       Allstate Corp. (The)      641,429   
  19,382       American Express Co.      1,501,136   
  30,348       American International Group, Inc.      1,708,289   
  9,344       American Tower Corp. REIT      883,288   
  4,036       Ameriprise Financial, Inc.      505,630   
  6,197       Aon PLC      596,337   
  3,456       Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A REIT      130,395   
  1,523       Assurant, Inc.      93,604   
  2,920       AvalonBay Communities, Inc. REIT      479,873   
  232,617       Bank of America Corp.      3,705,589   
  24,631       Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)      1,042,876   
  15,939       BB&T Corp.      610,304   
  40,327       Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(c)      5,694,576   
  2,805       BlackRock, Inc.      1,020,852   
  3,387       Boston Properties, Inc. REIT      448,134   
  12,197       Capital One Financial Corp.      986,127   
  6,186       CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(c)      237,171   
  25,512       Charles Schwab Corp. (The)      778,116   
  5,105       Chubb Corp. (The)      502,077   
  3,267       Cincinnati Financial Corp.      165,441   
  67,087       Citigroup, Inc.      3,577,079   
  7,012       CME Group, Inc., Class A      637,461   
  3,944       Comerica, Inc.      186,985   
  7,383       Crown Castle International Corp. REIT      616,702   
  9,890       Discover Financial Services      573,323   
  6,386       E*TRADE Financial Corp.(c)      183,853   
  8,045       Equity Residential REIT      594,204   
  1,440       Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT      319,608   
  18,017       Fifth Third Bancorp      360,340   
  8,663       Franklin Resources, Inc.      446,664   
  13,893       General Growth Properties, Inc. REIT      380,668   
  10,983       Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A(c)      96,541   
  8,959       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)      1,759,727   
  9,308       Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)      379,487   
  10,189       HCP, Inc. REIT      410,515   
  7,728       Health Care REIT, Inc.      556,571   
  16,751       Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT      337,365   
  10,644       Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.      98,989   
  17,912       Huntington Bancshares, Inc.      194,524   
  2,477       IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.      556,161   
  9,491       Invesco Ltd.(d)      393,117   
  4,134       Iron Mountain, Inc. REIT      142,582   
  82,443       JPMorgan Chase & Co.      5,215,344   
  18,914       KeyCorp      273,307   
  9,123       Kimco Realty Corp. REIT      219,864   
  2,192       Legg Mason, Inc.      115,409   
  6,972       Leucadia National Corp.      165,724   
  5,670       Lincoln National Corp.      320,298   
  6,602       Loews Corp.      274,907   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests(b) (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  2,939       M&T Bank Corp.    $ 351,710   
  3,113       Macerich Co. (The) REIT      254,519   
  11,914       Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.      669,090   
  6,048       McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.      630,806   
  24,710       MetLife, Inc.      1,267,376   
  3,932       Moody’s Corp.      422,769   
  34,093       Morgan Stanley      1,272,010   
  2,613       NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (The)      127,070   
  8,877       Navient Corp.      173,457   
  4,853       Northern Trust Corp.      354,997   
  6,816       People’s United Financial, Inc.      102,990   
  3,893       Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc. REIT      164,285   
  11,514       PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)      1,056,179   
  6,048       Principal Financial Group, Inc.      309,174   
  11,851       Progressive Corp. (The)      315,948   
  11,325       Prologis, Inc. REIT      455,265   
  10,039       Prudential Financial, Inc.      819,182   
  3,210       Public Storage REIT      603,191   
  4,976       Realty Income Corp. REIT      233,723   
  29,695       Regions Financial Corp.      291,902   
  6,874       Simon Property Group, Inc. REIT      1,247,562   
  2,181       SL Green Realty Corp. REIT      266,867   
  9,117       State Street Corp.      703,103   
  11,599       SunTrust Banks, Inc.      481,358   
  5,765       T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.      468,003   
  2,811       Torchmark Corp.      157,725   
  7,106       Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)      718,488   
  39,387       U.S. Bancorp      1,688,521   
  5,560       Unum Group      189,930   
  7,315       Ventas, Inc. REIT      504,003   
  3,864       Vornado Realty Trust REIT      399,885   
  103,678       Wells Fargo & Co.      5,712,658   
  11,609       Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT      365,800   
  6,683       XL Group PLC      247,806   
  4,487       Zions Bancorporation      127,139   
     

 

 

 
        65,932,190  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—14.7%   
  33,368       Abbott Laboratories      1,548,942   
  35,245       AbbVie, Inc.      2,278,942   
  8,635       Actavis PLC(c)      2,442,496   
  7,777       Aetna, Inc.      831,128   
  7,426       Agilent Technologies, Inc.      307,214   
  4,470       Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(c)      756,458   
  4,613       AmerisourceBergen Corp.      527,266   
  16,781       Amgen, Inc.      2,649,888   
  5,899       Anthem, Inc.      890,336   
  11,998       Baxter International, Inc.      824,742   
  4,617       Becton, Dickinson and Co.      650,397   
  5,188       Biogen, Inc.(c)      1,939,949   
  29,421       Boston Scientific Corp.(c)      524,282   
  36,754       Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.      2,342,332   
  1,642       C.R. Bard, Inc.      273,524   
  7,300       Cardinal Health, Inc.      615,682   
  17,703       Celgene Corp.(c)      1,912,986   
  6,742       Cerner Corp.(c)      484,143   
  5,715       Cigna Corp.      712,317   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests(b) (continued)    
   Health Care (continued)   
  3,818       DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc.(c)    $ 309,640   
  3,104       DENTSPLY International, Inc.      158,304   
  2,385       Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(c)      302,060   
  21,621       Eli Lilly & Co.      1,553,901   
  3,925       Endo International PLC(c)      329,955   
  16,074       Express Scripts Holding Co.(c)      1,388,794   
  32,935       Gilead Sciences, Inc.(c)      3,310,297   
  6,510       HCA Holdings, Inc.(c)      481,805   
  1,853       Henry Schein, Inc.(c)      254,046   
  3,790       Hospira, Inc.(c)      330,829   
  3,308       Humana, Inc.      547,805   
  809       Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(c)      401,248   
  61,484       Johnson & Johnson      6,099,213   
  2,218       Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(c)      265,184   
  2,576       Mallinckrodt PLC(c)      291,552   
  5,149       McKesson Corp.      1,150,287   
  31,512       Medtronic PLC      2,346,068   
  62,760       Merck & Co., Inc.      3,737,986   
  8,995       Mylan NV(c)      649,979   
  1,895       Patterson Cos., Inc.      88,980   
  2,499       PerkinElmer, Inc.      128,099   
  3,113       Perrigo Co. PLC      570,551   
  135,526       Pfizer, Inc.      4,598,397   
  3,191       Quest Diagnostics, Inc.      227,901   
  1,631       Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(c)      746,117   
  6,220       St. Jude Medical, Inc.      435,711   
  6,616       Stryker Corp.      610,260   
  2,178       Tenet Healthcare Corp.(c)      104,239   
  8,774       Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.      1,102,716   
  21,089       UnitedHealth Group, Inc.      2,349,315   
  2,013       Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B      235,420   
  2,213       Varian Medical Systems, Inc.(c)      196,625   
  5,353       Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(c)      659,918   
  1,836       Waters Corp.(c)      229,849   
  3,757       Zimmer Holdings, Inc.      412,669   
  11,074       Zoetis, Inc.      491,907   
     

 

 

 
        59,610,651  
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—10.4%   
  14,036       3M Co.      2,195,090   
  3,785       ADT Corp. (The)      142,316   
  2,123       Allegion PLC      129,821   
  15,861       American Airlines Group, Inc.      765,848   
  5,331       AMETEK, Inc.      279,451   
  14,486       Boeing Co. (The)      2,076,423   
  3,236       C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.      208,366   
  13,404       Caterpillar, Inc.      1,164,540   
  2,153       Cintas Corp.      172,132   
  21,904       CSX Corp.      790,515   
  3,724       Cummins, Inc.      514,880   
  13,578       Danaher Corp.      1,111,767   
  7,507       Deere & Co.      679,534   
  18,227       Delta Air Lines, Inc.      813,653   
  3,605       Dover Corp.      272,971   
  795       Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The)      101,498   
  10,495       Eaton Corp. PLC      721,321   
  15,152       Emerson Electric Co.      891,392   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio (PBP) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests(b) (continued)    
   Industrials (continued)   
  2,642       Equifax, Inc.    $ 256,089   
  4,240       Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.      194,319   
  6,011       Fastenal Co.      256,189   
  5,826       FedEx Corp.      987,915   
  2,979       Flowserve Corp.      174,361   
  3,268       Fluor Corp.      196,538   
  6,968       General Dynamics Corp.      956,846   
  222,563       General Electric Co.      6,027,006   
  17,307       Honeywell International, Inc.      1,746,622   
  7,719       Illinois Tool Works, Inc.      722,344   
  5,823       Ingersoll-Rand PLC      383,386   
  2,837       Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.(c)      121,594   
  2,153       Joy Global, Inc.      91,804   
  2,441       Kansas City Southern      250,178   
  1,825       L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.      209,711   
  5,932       Lockheed Martin Corp.      1,106,911   
  7,729       Masco Corp.      204,741   
  6,978       Nielsen NV      313,591   
  6,798       Norfolk Southern Corp.      685,578   
  4,387       Northrop Grumman Corp.      675,773   
  7,839       PACCAR, Inc.      512,279   
  2,358       Pall Corp.      229,481   
  3,150       Parker Hannifin Corp.      375,984   
  4,034       Pentair PLC (United Kingdom)      250,713   
  4,458       Pitney Bowes, Inc.      99,725   
  3,135       Precision Castparts Corp.      647,973   
  4,676       Quanta Services, Inc.(c)      135,183   
  6,796       Raytheon Co.      706,784   
  5,543       Republic Services, Inc.      225,212   
  2,988       Robert Half International, Inc.      165,685   
  2,996       Rockwell Automation, Inc.      355,326   
  2,940       Rockwell Collins, Inc.      286,150   
  2,219       Roper Technologies, Inc.      373,169   
  1,172       Ryder System, Inc.      111,762   
  1,285       Snap-on, Inc.      192,172   
  14,948       Southwest Airlines Co.      606,291   
  3,481       Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.      343,575   
  1,878       Stericycle, Inc.(c)      250,582   
  6,122       Textron, Inc.      269,246   
  9,288       Tyco International PLC      365,761   
  19,488       Union Pacific Corp.      2,070,210   
  15,367       United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B      1,544,844   
  2,134       United Rentals, Inc.(c)      206,102   
  18,273       United Technologies Corp.      2,078,554   
  1,327       W.W. Grainger, Inc.      329,667   
  9,442       Waste Management, Inc.      467,662   
  4,031       Xylem, Inc.      149,228   
     

 

 

 
        41,942,334  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—20.1%   
  13,890       Accenture PLC, Class A      1,286,909   
  10,523       Adobe Systems, Inc.(c)      800,379   
  3,955       Akamai Technologies, Inc.(c)      291,800   
  1,389       Alliance Data Systems Corp.(c)      412,964   
  6,654       Altera Corp.      277,339   
  6,859       Amphenol Corp., Class A      379,783   
  6,891       Analog Devices, Inc.      426,139   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests(b) (continued)    
   Information Technology (continued)   
  128,801       Apple, Inc.    $ 16,119,445   
  27,170       Applied Materials, Inc.      537,694   
  5,013       Autodesk, Inc.(c)      284,889   
  10,507       Automatic Data Processing, Inc.      888,262   
  5,674       Avago Technologies Ltd. (Singapore)      663,177   
  12,053       Broadcom Corp., Class A      532,803   
  7,050       CA, Inc.      223,978   
  112,880       Cisco Systems, Inc.      3,254,330   
  3,534       Citrix Systems, Inc.(c)      237,343   
  13,480       Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A(c)      789,119   
  3,119       Computer Sciences Corp.      201,020   
  28,113       Corning, Inc.      588,405   
  24,349       eBay, Inc.(c)      1,418,573   
  6,876       Electronic Arts, Inc.(c)      399,427   
  43,962       EMC Corp.      1,183,017   
  1,249       Equinix, Inc. REIT      319,657   
  1,595       F5 Networks, Inc.(c)      194,622   
  46,420       Facebook, Inc., Class A(c)      3,656,503   
  6,304       Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.      393,937   
  1,663       First Solar, Inc.(c)      99,231   
  5,278       Fiserv, Inc.(c)      409,573   
  3,091       FLIR Systems, Inc.      95,481   
  6,315       Google, Inc., Class A(c)      3,465,483   
  6,345       Google, Inc., Class C(c)      3,409,422   
  2,302       Harris Corp.      184,712   
  40,191       Hewlett-Packard Co.      1,325,097   
  104,726       Intel Corp.      3,408,831   
  20,327       International Business Machines Corp.      3,481,812   
  6,119       Intuit, Inc.      613,919   
  8,010       Juniper Networks, Inc.      211,704   
  3,597       KLA-Tencor Corp.      211,504   
  3,523       Lam Research Corp.      266,268   
  5,289       Linear Technology Corp.      243,982   
  21,586       MasterCard, Inc., Class A      1,947,273   
  4,455       Microchip Technology, Inc.      212,303   
  23,822       Micron Technology, Inc.(c)      670,113   
  181,409       Microsoft Corp.      8,823,734   
  4,216       Motorola Solutions, Inc.      251,906   
  6,894       NetApp, Inc.      249,907   
  11,418       NVIDIA Corp.      253,423   
  70,887       Oracle Corp.      3,092,091   
  7,227       Paychex, Inc.      349,715   
  36,476       QUALCOMM, Inc.      2,480,368   
  4,056       Red Hat, Inc.(c)      305,255   
  13,380       salesforce.com, inc.(c)      974,332   
  4,710       SanDisk Corp.      315,287   
  7,260       Seagate Technology PLC      426,307   
  4,220       Skyworks Solutions, Inc.      389,295   
  15,089       Symantec Corp.      376,093   
  8,983       TE Connectivity Ltd. (Switzerland)      597,819   
  3,210       Teradata Corp.(c)      141,208   
  23,155       Texas Instruments, Inc.      1,255,233   
  3,642       Total System Services, Inc.      144,078   
  2,326       VeriSign, Inc.(c)      147,724   
  42,897       Visa, Inc., Class A      2,833,347   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio (PBP) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests(b) (continued)    
   Information Technology (continued)   
  4,802       Western Digital Corp.    $ 469,347   
  11,531       Western Union Co. (The)      233,849   
  23,117       Xerox Corp.      265,845   
  5,781       Xilinx, Inc.      250,664   
  19,251       Yahoo!, Inc.(c)      819,419   
     

 

 

 
        81,464,468  
     

 

 

 
   Materials—3.3%   
  4,264       Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.      611,585   
  1,495       Airgas, Inc.      151,414   
  27,027       Alcoa, Inc.      362,702   
  2,402       Allegheny Technologies, Inc.      81,644   
  2,001       Avery Dennison Corp.      111,236   
  3,037       Ball Corp.      222,946   
  1,059       CF Industries Holdings, Inc.      304,431   
  24,064       Dow Chemical Co. (The)      1,227,264   
  20,021       E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.      1,465,537   
  3,287       Eastman Chemical Co.      250,535   
  5,956       Ecolab, Inc.      666,953   
  2,948       FMC Corp.      174,846   
  22,994       Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.      535,070   
  1,785       International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.      204,829   
  9,350       International Paper Co.      502,282   
  8,757       LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A      906,525   
  1,367       Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.      195,003   
  3,703       MeadWestvaco Corp.      180,706   
  10,687       Monsanto Co.      1,217,891   
  6,876       Mosaic Co. (The)      302,544   
  11,031       Newmont Mining Corp.      292,211   
  7,055       Nucor Corp.      344,707   
  3,631       Owens-Illinois, Inc.(c)      86,817   
  3,008       PPG Industries, Inc.      666,452   
  6,386       Praxair, Inc.      778,645   
  4,647       Sealed Air Corp.      211,903   
  1,784       Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)      495,952   
  2,641       Sigma-Aldrich Corp.      366,888   
  2,921       Vulcan Materials Co.      249,804   
     

 

 

 
        13,169,322  
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—2.4%   
  114,769       AT&T, Inc.      3,975,598   
  12,527       CenturyLink, Inc.      450,471   
  22,167       Frontier Communications Corp.      152,066   
  6,342       Level 3 Communications, Inc.(c)      354,771   
  91,888       Verizon Communications, Inc.      4,634,831   
     

 

 

 
        9,567,737  
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—3.0%   
  14,294       AES Corp. (The)      189,396   
  2,646       AGL Resources, Inc.      133,014   
  5,365       Ameren Corp.      219,643   
  10,827       American Electric Power Co., Inc.      615,732   
  9,504       CenterPoint Energy, Inc.      199,299   
  6,091       CMS Energy Corp.      206,668   
  6,477       Consolidated Edison, Inc.      398,659   
  13,005       Dominion Resources, Inc.      932,198   
  3,919       DTE Energy Co.      312,070   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests(b) (continued)    
   Utilities (continued)   
  15,646       Duke Energy Corp.    $ 1,213,660   
  7,205       Edison International      439,073   
  3,991       Entergy Corp.      308,025   
  7,005       Eversource Energy      341,564   
  19,013       Exelon Corp.      646,822   
  9,314       FirstEnergy Corp.      334,466   
  1,759       Integrys Energy Group, Inc.      128,583   
  9,806       NextEra Energy, Inc.      989,720   
  6,992       NiSource, Inc.      303,593   
  7,467       NRG Energy, Inc.      188,467   
  5,590       Pepco Holdings, Inc.      145,228   
  10,535       PG&E Corp.      557,512   
  2,445       Pinnacle West Capital Corp.      149,634   
  14,749       PPL Corp.      501,908   
  11,193       Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.      464,957   
  3,160       SCANA Corp.      167,417   
  5,120       Sempra Energy      543,590   
  20,120       Southern Co. (The)      891,316   
  5,208       TECO Energy, Inc.      98,692   
  4,987       Wisconsin Energy Corp.      244,961   
  11,189       Xcel Energy, Inc.      379,419   
     

 

 

 
        12,245,286  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $348,037,937)—101.0%
     408,392,816   
   Other assets less liabilities—(1.0)%      (4,122,798
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 404,270,018  
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  A portion of the securities in the Fund are subject to call options written. See Note 2G and Note 6.
(c)  Non-income producing security.
(d)  Affiliated company. The Fund’s Adviser is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Invesco Ltd. and therefore, Invesco Ltd. is considered to be affiliated. See Note 4.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio (SPHQ)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%    
   Consumer Discretionary—18.6%   
  73,693       Comcast Corp., Class A    $ 4,256,508   
  32,041       Darden Restaurants, Inc.      2,043,255   
  82,911       Family Dollar Stores, Inc.      6,478,665   
  160,704       Gap, Inc. (The)      6,370,307   
  47,256       Genuine Parts Co.      4,245,952   
  35,255       Harley-Davidson, Inc.      1,981,683   
  68,638       Hasbro, Inc.      4,858,884   
  38,247       Home Depot, Inc. (The)      4,091,664   
  29,423       Lowe’s Cos., Inc.      2,026,068   
  90,953       Mattel, Inc.      2,561,236   
  45,067       McDonald’s Corp.      4,351,219   
  66,133       NIKE, Inc., Class B      6,536,586   
  54,930       Nordstrom, Inc.      4,150,511   
  84,093       Omnicom Group, Inc.      6,370,886   
  31,911       Ralph Lauren Corp., Class A      4,257,246   
  63,906       Ross Stores, Inc.      6,319,025   
  26,371       Target Corp.      2,078,826   
  24,637       Tiffany & Co.      2,155,245   
  96,474       TJX Cos., Inc. (The)      6,226,432   
  58,317       VF Corp.      4,223,900   
  61,817       Walt Disney Co. (The)      6,720,744   
  82,621       Yum! Brands, Inc.      7,102,101   
     

 

 

 
        99,406,943  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—18.8%   
  41,969       Altria Group, Inc.      2,100,548   
  47,089       Brown-Forman Corp., Class B      4,248,840   
  48,097       Campbell Soup Co.      2,150,417   
  39,826       Clorox Co. (The)      4,225,539   
  107,817       Coca-Cola Co. (The)      4,373,057   
  94,977       Colgate-Palmolive Co.      6,390,052   
  29,455       Costco Wholesale Corp.      4,213,538   
  64,476       CVS Health Corp.      6,401,822   
  52,823       Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A      4,293,982   
  78,024       General Mills, Inc.      4,317,848   
  44,036       Hershey Co. (The)      4,047,789   
  114,068       Hormel Foods Corp.      6,199,596   
  37,752       J.M. Smucker Co. (The)      4,376,212   
  67,056       Kellogg Co.      4,246,656   
  41,246       Kimberly-Clark Corp.      4,524,274   
  93,765       Lorillard, Inc.      6,550,423   
  85,033       McCormick & Co., Inc.      6,402,985   
  45,817       PepsiCo, Inc.      4,358,113   
  79,320       Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      6,306,733   
  57,736       Sysco Corp.      2,137,964   
  23,949       Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.      1,986,091   
  81,976       Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.      6,398,227   
     

 

 

 
        100,250,706  
     

 

 

 
   Energy—1.3%   
  20,613       Chevron Corp.      2,289,280   
  51,514       Exxon Mobil Corp.      4,500,778   
     

 

 

 
        6,790,058  
     

 

 

 
   Financials—5.7%   
  34,157       Aflac, Inc.      2,153,257   
  17,697       Ameriprise Financial, Inc.      2,217,080   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  11,930       BlackRock, Inc.    $ 4,341,804   
  43,852       Chubb Corp. (The)      4,312,844   
  28,925       Health Care REIT, Inc.      2,083,179   
  85,055       Kimco Realty Corp. REIT      2,049,826   
  20,844       Moody’s Corp.      2,241,147   
  27,214       T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.      2,209,233   
  78,904       Torchmark Corp.      4,427,303   
  20,472       Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)      2,069,924   
  40,570       Wells Fargo & Co.      2,235,407   
     

 

 

 
        30,341,004  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—9.2%   
  46,740       Abbott Laboratories      2,169,671   
  19,105       AmerisourceBergen Corp.      2,183,701   
  62,457       Baxter International, Inc.      4,293,294   
  30,777       Becton, Dickinson and Co.      4,335,556   
  12,927       C.R. Bard, Inc.      2,153,380   
  16,531       Cigna Corp.      2,060,424   
  26,908       DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc.(b)      2,182,239   
  85,253       DENTSPLY International, Inc.      4,347,903   
  15,535       Henry Schein, Inc.(b)      2,129,849   
  64,779       Johnson & Johnson      6,426,077   
  9,823       McKesson Corp.      2,194,458   
  56,558       Medtronic PLC      4,210,743   
  23,510       Stryker Corp.      2,168,562   
  55,558       UnitedHealth Group, Inc.      6,189,161   
  18,607       Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B      2,176,089   
     

 

 

 
        49,221,107  
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—26.8%   
  39,572       3M Co.      6,188,665   
  82,354       AMETEK, Inc.      4,316,997   
  14,275       Boeing Co. (The)      2,046,178   
  91,748       C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.      5,907,654   
  53,360       Caterpillar, Inc.      4,635,917   
  26,769       Cintas Corp.      2,140,182   
  130,595       CSX Corp.      4,713,174   
  16,139       Cummins, Inc.      2,231,378   
  51,866       Danaher Corp.      4,246,788   
  49,484       Deere & Co.      4,479,292   
  63,510       Dover Corp.      4,808,977   
  16,834       Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The)      2,149,197   
  116,295       Emerson Electric Co.      6,841,635   
  94,038       Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.      4,309,762   
  110,162       Fastenal Co.      4,695,104   
  37,270       Fluor Corp.      2,241,418   
  32,430       General Dynamics Corp.      4,453,288   
  77,299       General Electric Co.      2,093,257   
  42,097       Honeywell International, Inc.      4,248,429   
  22,594       Illinois Tool Works, Inc.      2,114,346   
  34,970       L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.      4,018,403   
  32,991       Lockheed Martin Corp.      6,156,121   
  41,444       Norfolk Southern Corp.      4,179,627   
  26,656       Northrop Grumman Corp.      4,106,090   
  44,360       Pall Corp.      4,317,115   
  36,568       Parker Hannifin Corp.      4,364,756   
  60,125       Raytheon Co.      6,253,000   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio (SPHQ) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Industrials (continued)   
  22,424       Rockwell Collins, Inc.    $ 2,182,528   
  25,880       Roper Technologies, Inc.      4,352,240   
  29,709       Snap-on, Inc.      4,442,981   
  59,337       Union Pacific Corp.      6,303,369   
  55,811       United Technologies Corp.      6,348,501   
  28,168       W.W. Grainger, Inc.      6,997,776   
     

 

 

 
        142,884,145  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—5.8%   
  37,014       Amphenol Corp., Class A      2,049,465   
  51,049       Automatic Data Processing, Inc.      4,315,682   
  4,092       Google, Inc., Class C(b)      2,198,795   
  40,595       International Business Machines Corp.      6,953,518   
  22,285       Intuit, Inc.      2,235,854   
  47,398       Linear Technology Corp.      2,186,470   
  52,823       Microsoft Corp.      2,569,311   
  50,650       Oracle Corp.      2,209,353   
  89,439       Paychex, Inc.      4,327,953   
  31,865       QUALCOMM, Inc.      2,166,820   
     

 

 

 
        31,213,221   
     

 

 

 
   Materials—8.1%   
  14,506       Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.      2,080,596   
  41,358       Airgas, Inc.      4,188,738   
  60,861       Ball Corp.      4,467,806   
  30,511       E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.      2,233,405   
  56,818       Ecolab, Inc.      6,362,480   
  18,524       International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.      2,125,629   
  36,687       Monsanto Co.      4,180,850   
  54,032       Praxair, Inc.      6,588,122   
  15,165       Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)      4,215,870   
  47,753       Sigma-Aldrich Corp.      6,633,847   
     

 

 

 
        43,077,343  
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—5.7%   
  86,900       AGL Resources, Inc.      4,368,463   
  39,081       American Electric Power Co., Inc.      2,222,536   
  26,964       DTE Energy Co.      2,147,143   
  28,221       Entergy Corp.      2,178,097   
  43,639       Eversource Energy      2,127,838   
  42,017       NextEra Energy, Inc.      4,240,776   
  79,920       SCANA Corp.      4,234,161   
  49,390       Southern Co. (The)      2,187,977   
  88,773       Wisconsin Energy Corp.      4,360,530   
  63,565       Xcel Energy, Inc.      2,155,489   
     

 

 

 
        30,223,010  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $462,658,223)—100.0%
     533,407,537   
   Other assets less liabilities—0.0%      129,021  
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 533,536,558  
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio (PHO)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%    
   Chemicals—2.2%   
  857,400       Calgon Carbon Corp.    $ 19,025,706   
     

 

 

 
   Commercial Services & Supplies—4.3%   
  1,356,063       Tetra Tech, Inc.      36,762,868   
     

 

 

 
   Construction & Engineering—3.8%   
  1,061,758       Aegion Corp.(b)      19,557,582   
  1,340,315       Layne Christensen Co.(b)(c)      9,006,917   
  172,249       Northwest Pipe Co.(b)      4,175,316   
     

 

 

 
        32,739,815   
     

 

 

 
   Electrical Equipment—2.8%   
  668,687       Franklin Electric Co., Inc.      24,179,722   
     

 

 

 
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components—5.1%   
  155,692       Badger Meter, Inc.      9,687,156   
  945,303       Itron, Inc.(b)      33,898,566   
     

 

 

 
        43,585,722   
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Conglomerates—8.1%   
  411,586       Roper Technologies, Inc.      69,216,417   
     

 

 

 
   Life Sciences Tools & Services—8.4%   
  572,931       Waters Corp.(b)      71,725,232   
     

 

 

 
   Machinery—47.6%   
  1,006,527       Energy Recovery, Inc.(b)      2,989,385   
  1,110,082       Flowserve Corp.      64,973,100   
  119,239       Gorman-Rupp Co. (The)      3,232,569   
  380,818       Lindsay Corp.      30,156,977   
  3,764,704       Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A      35,237,629   
  684,152       Pall Corp.      66,581,673   
  1,037,601       Pentair PLC (United Kingdom)      64,486,902   
  509,750       Toro Co. (The)      34,173,640   
  276,651       Valmont Industries, Inc.      34,863,559   
  627,223       Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A      34,215,015   
  965,958       Xylem, Inc.      35,759,765   
     

 

 

 
        406,670,214   
     

 

 

 
   Water Utilities—17.7%   
  617,448       American States Water Co.      23,703,829   
  637,659       American Water Works Co., Inc.      34,765,169   
  1,304,261       Aqua America, Inc.      34,980,280   
  733,408       California Water Service Group      17,506,449   
  5,844,861       Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo ADR (Brazil)      34,426,231   
  74,140       Connecticut Water Service, Inc.      2,669,040   
  249,331       Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (Cayman Islands)      2,994,465   
     

 

 

 
        151,045,463   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $690,791,714)
     854,951,159   
     

 

 

 
     
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Money Market Fund—0.0%   
  213,264       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)
(Cost $213,264)
   $ 213,264   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $691,004,978)—100.0%
     855,164,423   
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.0)%      (5,572
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 855,158,851   
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

ADR—American Depositary Receipt

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a) Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) Affiliated investments. See Note 4.
(d) The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (PBW)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—99.9%    
   Auto Components—5.0%   
  257,445       Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc.(b)    $ 2,857,640   
  67,105       Gentherm, Inc.(b)      3,538,447   
  279,655       Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc.(b)(c)      861,337   
     

 

 

 
        7,257,424   
     

 

 

 
   Automobiles—2.2%   
  14,141       Tesla Motors, Inc.(b)(c)      3,196,573   
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals—6.7%   
  23,430       Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.      3,360,565   
  62,242       Cytec Industries, Inc.      3,441,360   
  95,337       OM Group, Inc.      2,863,924   
     

 

 

 
        9,665,849   
     

 

 

 
   Construction & Engineering—4.4%   
  430,011       Ameresco, Inc., Class A(b)      2,889,674   
  116,874       Quanta Services, Inc.(b)      3,378,827   
     

 

 

 
        6,268,501   
     

 

 

 
   Electric Utilities—2.3%   
  93,766       ITC Holdings Corp.      3,375,576   
     

 

 

 
   Electrical Equipment—19.4%   
  1,578,079       Ballard Power Systems, Inc. (Canada)(b)(c)      3,519,116   
  145,535       Broadwind Energy, Inc.(b)      577,774   
  1,468,191       China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Ltd. ADR (China)(b)      5,285,488   
  269,240       Enphase Energy, Inc.(b)      3,384,347   
  2,556,733       FuelCell Energy, Inc.(b)(c)      3,144,781   
  55,366       Hydrogenics Corp. (Canada)(b)(c)      673,250   
  224,959       Orion Energy Systems, Inc.(b)      679,376   
  1,235,276       Plug Power, Inc.(b)(c)      3,137,601   
  263,433       PowerSecure International, Inc.(b)      3,453,607   
  67,257       SolarCity Corp.(b)(c)      4,038,783   
     

 

 

 
        27,894,123   
     

 

 

 
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components—5.9%   
  89,188       Itron, Inc.(b)      3,198,282   
  382,884       Maxwell Technologies, Inc.(b)(c)      2,144,150   
  69,832       Universal Display Corp.(b)      3,077,496   
     

 

 

 
        8,419,928   
     

 

 

 
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers—12.2%   
  91,979       Ormat Technologies, Inc.(c)      3,365,512   
  121,279       Pattern Energy Group, Inc.      3,514,665   
  288,885       Sky Solar Holdings Ltd. ADR (Hong Kong)(b)(c)      3,021,737   
  95,869       TerraForm Power, Inc., Class A(b)      3,789,702   
  276,656       Vivint Solar, Inc.(b)(c)      3,906,383   
     

 

 

 
        17,597,999   
     

 

 

 
   Internet Software & Services—1.9%   
  275,336       Opower, Inc.(b)(c)      2,753,360   
     

 

 

 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—6.2%   
  304,752       Amyris, Inc.(b)(c)      688,740   
  374,539       Renewable Energy Group, Inc.(b)      3,449,504   
  1,229,519       Solazyme, Inc.(b)(c)      4,733,648   
     

 

 

 
        8,871,892   
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—29.2%   
  123,481       Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.(b)    $ 3,020,345   
  425,573       Aixtron SE ADR (Germany)(b)(c)      2,842,828   
  60,179       Amtech Systems, Inc.(b)      752,237   
  96,983       Canadian Solar, Inc. (Canada)(b)      3,433,198   
  85,824       Cree, Inc.(b)(c)      2,718,904   
  122,779       Daqo New Energy Corp. ADR (China)(b)      3,370,284   
  55,895       First Solar, Inc.(b)      3,335,255   
  1,941,275       Hanwha Q Cells Co. Ltd. ADR (South Korea)(b)(c)      4,678,473   
  346,313       JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. ADR (China)(b)(c)      3,470,056   
  445,701       ReneSola Ltd. ADR (China)(b)(c)      757,692   
  174,357       Rubicon Technology, Inc.(b)(c)      669,531   
  132,724       SunEdison, Inc.(b)(c)      3,360,572   
  105,728       SunPower Corp.(b)      3,403,384   
  277,105       Trina Solar Ltd. ADR (China)(b)(c)      3,383,452   
  1,493,288       Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. ADR (China)(b)(c)      2,762,583   
     

 

 

 
        41,958,794   
     

 

 

 
   Software—4.5%   
  284,572       EnerNOC, Inc.(b)      3,144,520   
  340,583       Silver Spring Networks, Inc.(b)      3,310,467   
     

 

 

 
        6,454,987   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $146,743,162)
     143,715,006   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.0%   
  23,112       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)
(Cost $23,112)
     23,112   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $146,766,274)—99.9%
     143,738,118   
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from
Securities on Loan
   
     
   Money Market Fund—26.5%   
  38,048,190       Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)(e)
(Cost $38,048,190)
     38,048,190   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $184,814,464)—126.4%
     181,786,308   
   Other assets less liabilities—(26.4)%      (37,996,268
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 143,790,040   
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

ADR—American Depositary Receipt

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a) Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (PBW) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2015.
(d) The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
(e) The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower’s return of the securities loaned. See Note 2I. The following table presents the Fund’s gross and net amount of assets available for offset by the Fund as of April 30, 2015.

 

Counterparty

   Gross Amount
of Securities on
Loan at Value
     Cash Collateral
Received for
Securities
Loaned*
     Net
Amount
 
Citibank    $ 34,377,182       $ (34,377,182    $   

 

* Amount does not include excess collateral received, if any.

This Fund has holdings greater than 10% of net assets in the following country:

 

China     13.2
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio (PUW)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—99.9%   
   Aerospace & Defense—2.0%   
  13,411       Hexcel Corp.    $ 672,562   
     

 

 

 
   Auto Components—6.1%   
  13,357       Johnson Controls, Inc.      672,926   
  28,589       Remy International, Inc.      636,105   
  13,444       Tenneco, Inc.(b)      785,802   
     

 

 

 
        2,094,833   
     

 

 

 
   Automobiles—4.1%   
  59,219       Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. (China)(b)(c)      714,773   
  16,893       Tata Motors Ltd. ADR (India)      695,823   
     

 

 

 
        1,410,596   
     

 

 

 
   Building Products—5.7%   
  9,563       A.O. Smith Corp.      611,076   
  13,912       Apogee Enterprises, Inc.      732,050   
  15,637       Owens Corning      604,526   
     

 

 

 
        1,947,652   
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals—4.6%   
  14,713       LSB Industries, Inc.(b)      623,978   
  12,649       Methanex Corp. (Canada)      761,596   
  141,593       Rentech, Inc.(b)      169,912   
     

 

 

 
        1,555,486   
     

 

 

 
   Commercial Services & Supplies—1.6%   
  27,702       Covanta Holding Corp.      562,074   
     

 

 

 
   Construction & Engineering—5.3%   
  37,322       Abengoa, Class B SA ADR (Spain)      597,152   
  13,459       Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV(c)      641,321   
  31,230       MasTec, Inc.(b)      560,266   
     

 

 

 
        1,798,739   
     

 

 

 
   Electric Utilities—4.6%   
  339,824       Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA ADR (Brazil)(b)(c)      832,569   
  153,730       Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais ADR (Brazil)      756,351   
     

 

 

 
        1,588,920   
     

 

 

 
   Electrical Equipment—16.0%   
  3,736       Acuity Brands, Inc.      623,725   
  9,810       Eaton Corp. PLC      674,241   
  10,797       Emerson Electric Co.      635,187   
  9,520       EnerSys      646,408   
  36,060       General Cable Corp.      588,139   
  11,817       Global Power Equipment Group, Inc.      143,577   
  162,401       GrafTech International Ltd.(b)      786,021   
  11,918       Power Solutions International, Inc.(b)      760,368   
  7,808       Regal Beloit Corp.      610,586   
     

 

 

 
        5,468,252   
     

 

 

 
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components—2.0%   
  32,506       Corning, Inc.      680,351   
     

 

 

 
   Energy Equipment & Services—3.1%   
  203,466       McDermott International, Inc.(b)      1,068,196   
     

 

 

 
   Food & Staples Retailing—2.0%   
  15,876       Andersons, Inc. (The)      677,746   
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers—5.6%   
  19,343       Abengoa Yield PLC (Spain)(c)    $ 655,921   
  29,645       Calpine Corp.(b)      646,558   
  12,735       NRG Yield, Inc., Class A(c)      626,562   
     

 

 

 
        1,929,041   
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Conglomerates—1.8%   
  21,144       Koninklijke Philips NV (Netherlands)      604,930   
     

 

 

 
   Machinery—10.2%   
  23,232       Altra Industrial Motion Corp.      612,628   
  18,122       Chart Industries, Inc.(b)      734,847   
  15,548       ESCO Technologies, Inc.      570,612   
  11,878       Luxfer Holdings PLC ADR (United Kingdom)      152,632   
  5,294       WABCO Holdings, Inc.(b)      658,838   
  38,802       Westport Innovations, Inc.
(Canada)(b)(c)
     175,773   
  12,046       Woodward, Inc.      566,764   
     

 

 

 
        3,472,094   
     

 

 

 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—21.6%   
  43,892       Cameco Corp. (Canada)      771,621   
  46,693       Chesapeake Energy Corp.(c)      736,349   
  117,552       Clean Energy Fuels Corp.(b)(c)      1,160,238   
  98,936       Cosan Ltd., Class A (Brazil)      718,275   
  18,387       Golar LNG Ltd. (Bermuda)      661,840   
  25,013       Green Plains, Inc.      778,905   
  13,416       Range Resources Corp.      852,721   
  21,600       Sasol Ltd. ADR (South Africa)      869,400   
  29,101       Southwestern Energy Co.(b)      815,701   
     

 

 

 
        7,365,050   
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate Investment Trusts—1.9%   
  35,026       Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. REIT      665,494   
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—1.7%   
  20,110       Veeco Instruments, Inc.(b)      593,446   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $30,960,681)
     34,155,462   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.2%   
  53,145       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)
(Cost $53,145)
     53,145   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $31,013,826)—100.1%
     34,208,607   
     

 

 

 
     
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio (PUW) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan    
     
   Money Market Fund—8.6%   
  2,936,841       Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)(e)
(Cost $2,936,841)
   $ 2,936,841   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $33,950,667)—108.7%
     37,145,448   
   Other assets less liabilities—(8.7)%      (2,975,695
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 34,169,753   
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

ADR—American Depositary Receipt

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a) Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2015.
(d) The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
(e) The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower’s return of the securities loaned. See Note 2I. The following table presents the Fund’s gross and net amount of assets available for offset by the Fund as of April 30, 2015.

 

Counterparty

   Gross Amount
of Securities on
Loan at Value
     Cash Collateral
Received for
Securities
Loaned*
     Net
Amount
 
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    $ 2,885,416       $ (2,885,416    $   

 

* Amount does not include excess collateral received, if any.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

April 30, 2015

 

    PowerShares
Aerospace &
Defense
Portfolio (PPA)
     PowerShares
Cleantech™
Portfolio (PZD)
     PowerShares
DWA
Momentum
Portfolio (PDP)
     PowerShares
Global Listed
Private Equity
Portfolio (PSP)
 
Assets:           

Unaffiliated investments, at value(a)

  $ 262,645,037       $ 76,358,578       $ 1,872,317,514       $ 422,921,677   

Affiliated investments, at value

    147,321         4,911,848         1,164,594         95,206,216   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

    262,792,358         81,270,426         1,873,482,108         518,127,893   

Foreign currencies, at value

            43,330                 267,121   

Receivables:

          

Investments sold

    12,772,692                         5,019,916   

Dividends

    97,577         102,584         395,904         781,252   

Foreign tax reclaims

            72,399                 659,630   

Securities lending

            9,902                 95,957   

Settlement proceeds

            26,267                   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets

    275,662,627         81,524,908         1,873,878,012         524,951,769   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liabilities:

Due to custodian

                    1,208           

Payables:

          

Shares repurchased

    12,783,432                           

Expenses recaptured

    2,541                           

Collateral upon return of securities loaned

            4,887,133                 46,967,019   

Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements

                            541,193   

Investments purchased

                            95,915   

Payable for swaps

                            81,003   

Open written options, at value

                              

Accrued advisory fees

    115,647         28,261         800,019         186,348   

Accrued trustees’ and officer’s fees

    21,851         19,604         50,612         31,237   

Accrued expenses

    126,460         77,940         1,245,919         442,627   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

    13,049,931         5,012,938         2,097,758         48,345,342   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 262,612,696       $ 76,511,970       $ 1,871,780,254       $ 476,606,427   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets Consist of:

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 263,164,723       $ 144,142,791       $ 1,854,241,573       $ 550,961,315   

Undistributed net investment income (loss)

    251,344         212,327         1,729,755         (8,610,255

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (30,465,808      (84,175,541      (253,085,308      (99,541,877

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    29,662,437         16,332,393         268,894,234         33,797,244   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 262,612,696       $ 76,511,970       $ 1,871,780,254       $ 476,606,427   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding (unlimited amount authorized, $0.01 par value)

    7,350,000         2,500,000         44,100,000         39,900,000   

Net asset value

  $ 35.73       $ 30.60       $ 42.44       $ 11.95   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market price

  $ 35.71       $ 30.54       $ 42.43       $ 11.93   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

  $ 232,982,600       $ 60,021,869       $ 1,603,423,280       $ 388,547,802   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Affiliated investments, at cost

  $ 147,321       $ 4,911,848       $ 1,164,594       $ 95,206,216   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

  $ 233,129,921       $ 64,933,717       $ 1,604,587,874       $ 483,754,018   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Foreign currencies, at cost

  $       $ 43,329       $       $ 261,586   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Premium received on written options

  $       $       $       $   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(a) Includes securities on loan with an aggregate value of

  $       $ 4,640,967       $       $ 45,374,865   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares
Golden
Dragon China
Portfolio (PGJ)
     PowerShares
S&P 500
BuyWrite
Portfolio (PBP)
     PowerShares
S&P 500®
High  Quality
Portfolio (SPHQ)
     PowerShares
Water
Resources
Portfolio (PHO)
     PowerShares
WilderHill Clean
Energy
Portfolio (PBW)
     PowerShares
WilderHill
Progressive Energy
Portfolio (PUW)
 
              
$ 230,637,008       $ 407,999,699       $ 533,407,537       $ 845,944,242       $ 143,715,006       $ 34,155,462   
  22,415,372         393,117                 9,220,181         38,071,302         2,989,986   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  253,052,380         408,392,816         533,407,537         855,164,423         181,786,308         37,145,448   
                                            
              
                                            
  33,911         372,783         522,594         1,042,935         13,158         17,061   
                                  32,697         18,538   
  74,481                                 293,654         16,907   
                                            

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  253,160,772         408,765,599         533,930,131         856,207,358         182,125,817         37,197,954   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
          86,341         45,812                           
              
                                            
                                            
  22,131,346                                 38,048,190         2,936,841   
                                            
          38,859                                   
                                            
          4,121,590                                   
  91,956         248,791         84,116         352,787         60,573         8,228   
  33,947                 25,439         88,486         45,842         16,159   
  272,888                 238,206         607,234         181,172         66,973   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  22,530,137         4,495,581         393,573         1,048,507         38,335,777         3,028,201   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 230,630,635       $ 404,270,018       $ 533,536,558       $ 855,158,851       $ 143,790,040       $ 34,169,753   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 498,684,269       $ 394,867,673       $ 575,284,874       $ 1,249,724,657       $ 1,540,220,775       $ 66,891,907   
  (241,593      863,901         1,161,942         1,621,548         (127,786      84,171   
  (298,993,746      (52,666,951      (113,659,572      (560,346,799      (1,393,274,793      (36,001,106
  31,181,705         61,205,395         70,749,314         164,159,445         (3,028,156      3,194,781   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 230,630,635       $ 404,270,018       $ 533,536,558       $ 855,158,851       $ 143,790,040       $ 34,169,753   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  6,850,000         19,050,000         22,950,000         33,950,000         24,950,000         1,200,000   
$ 33.67       $ 21.22       $ 23.25       $ 25.19       $ 5.76       $ 28.47   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 33.62       $ 21.22       $ 23.24       $ 25.17       $ 5.76       $ 28.47   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 199,455,303       $ 347,722,881       $ 462,658,223       $ 676,170,244       $ 146,743,162       $ 30,960,681   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 22,415,372       $ 315,056       $       $ 14,834,734       $ 38,071,302       $ 2,989,986   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 221,870,675       $ 348,037,937       $ 462,658,223       $ 691,004,978       $ 184,814,464       $ 33,950,667   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$       $       $       $       $       $   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$       $ 4,972,106       $       $       $       $   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 21,274,430       $       $       $       $ 34,377,182       $ 2,885,416   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

49

 


 

Statements of Operations

For the year ended April 30, 2015

 

    PowerShares
Aerospace &
Defense
Portfolio (PPA)
     PowerShares
Cleantech™
Portfolio (PZD)
     PowerShares
DWA
Momentum
Portfolio (PDP)
     PowerShares
Global Listed
Private Equity
Portfolio (PSP)
 
Investment Income:           

Unaffiliated dividend income

  $ 2,962,920       $ 1,210,046       $ 15,294,201       $ 20,518,581   

Affiliated dividend income

    24         7         205         11,606   

Securities lending income

            134,369                 645,609   

Foreign withholding tax

            (122,747      (7,199      (859,629
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Income

    2,962,944         1,221,675         15,287,207         20,316,167   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Expenses:

Advisory fees

    925,796         389,624         7,450,484         2,759,566   

Sub-licensing fees

    111,095         58,444         1,490,096         551,913   

Recapture (Note 3)

    63,185                         32,811   

Accounting & administration fees

    37,556         36,770         272,871         112,888   

Professional fees

    26,921         26,096         43,924         36,766   

Trustees’ and officer’s fees

    10,902         9,355         34,010         18,980   

Custodian & transfer agent fees

    9,029         18,699         18,677         54,547   

Other expenses

    37,566         22,424         135,297         69,848   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Expenses

    1,222,050         561,412         9,445,359         3,637,319   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less: Waivers

    (182      (35,470      (1,636      (97,879
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Expenses

    1,221,868         525,942         9,443,723         3,539,440   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

    1,741,076         695,733         5,843,484         16,776,727   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

Net realized gain (loss) from:

          

Investment securities

    (962,606      1,132,101         (51,368,226      (12,189,011

In-kind redemptions

    6,381,025         3,057,156         194,299,202         50,657,555   

Swap agreements

                            9,632,387   

Written options

                              

Foreign currencies

            (4,256              (147,747
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

    5,418,419         4,185,001         142,930,976         47,953,184   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

          

Investment securities

    12,880,679         (7,830,756      44,967,654         (44,859,446

Swap agreements

                            2,733,881   

Written options

                              

Foreign currencies

            (7,454              (60,472
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    12,880,679         (7,838,210      44,967,654         (42,186,037
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    18,299,098         (3,653,209      187,898,630         5,767,147   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 20,040,174       $ (2,957,476    $ 193,742,114       $ 22,543,874   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

50

 


 

 

PowerShares
Golden
Dragon China
Portfolio (PGJ)
     PowerShares
S&P 500
BuyWrite
Portfolio (PBP)
     PowerShares
S&P 500®
High Quality
Portfolio (SPHQ)
     PowerShares
Water
Resources
Portfolio (PHO)
     PowerShares
WilderHill Clean
Energy
Portfolio (PBW)
     PowerShares
WilderHill
Progressive Energy
Portfolio (PUW)
 
              
$ 2,355,403       $ 7,308,730       $ 9,502,300       $ 10,921,787       $ 585,908       $ 597,448   
  51         8,408         67         153         30         6   
  1,170,490                                 4,494,183         315,498   
  (122,732      (1,069                      (28,818      (8,755

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  3,403,212         7,316,069         9,502,367         10,921,940         5,051,303         904,197   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,232,008         2,638,543         1,300,269         4,665,630         818,674         189,077   
  246,401                 208,043         699,845         163,735         37,816   
  6,686                                           
  52,350                 82,886         187,689         37,291         36,770   
  33,890                 30,169         36,575         27,902         25,764   
  12,804                 15,709         26,072         11,158         8,597   
  106,158                 12,371         15,157         63,072         9,838   
  34,514                 43,970         103,522         58,713         17,410   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,724,811         2,638,543         1,693,417         5,734,490         1,180,545         325,272   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (378      (444      (392,591      (1,295      (34,645      (60,614

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,724,433         2,638,099         1,300,826         5,733,195         1,145,900         264,658   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,678,779         4,677,970         8,201,541         5,188,745         3,905,403         639,539   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  (11,039,224      1,026,656         (254,921      (21,203,096      (29,669,340      (2,764,126
  44,345,686         25,776,135         44,045,376         47,298,054         18,811,414         3,407,454   
                                            
          (27,993,800                                
                                            

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  33,306,462         (1,191,009      43,790,455         26,094,958         (10,857,926      643,328   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  5,108,538         8,064,823         (389,529      (53,398,337      (13,364,817      (6,100,025
                                            
          1,667,879                                   
                                            

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  5,108,538         9,732,702         (389,529      (53,398,337      (13,364,817      (6,100,025

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  38,415,000         8,541,693         43,400,926         (27,303,379      (24,222,743      (5,456,697

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 40,093,779       $ 13,219,663       $ 51,602,467       $ (22,114,634    $ (20,317,340    $ (4,817,158

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended April 30, 2015 and 2014

 

    PowerShares Aerospace & Defense
Portfolio (PPA)
     PowerShares Cleantech™
Portfolio (PZD)
 
    2015      2014      2015      2014  
Operations:           

Net investment income

  $ 1,741,076       $ 881,865       $ 695,733       $ 452,908   

Net realized gain (loss)

    5,418,419         5,236,366         4,185,001         (41,079

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    12,880,679         17,672,034         (7,838,210      17,269,664   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    20,040,174         23,790,265         (2,957,476      17,681,493   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Distributions to Shareholders from:

Net investment income

    (1,474,100      (993,578      (635,362      (713,573
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Shareholder Transactions:

Proceeds from shares sold

    163,593,010         48,361,326         4,394,744         1,498,269   

Value of shares repurchased

    (17,632,615      (20,678,371      (8,825,354      (5,244,820
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from shares transactions

    145,960,395         27,682,955         (4,430,610      (3,746,551
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    164,526,469         50,479,642         (8,023,448      13,221,369   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets:

Beginning of year

    98,086,227         47,606,585         84,535,418         71,314,049   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 262,612,696       $ 98,086,227       $ 76,511,970       $ 84,535,418   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income (loss) at end of year

  $ 251,344       $ (15,632    $ 212,327       $ 156,212   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Changes in Shares Outstanding:

Shares sold

    4,800,000         1,750,000         150,000         50,000   

Shares repurchased

    (500,000      (750,000      (300,000      (200,000

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

    3,050,000         2,050,000         2,650,000         2,800,000   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

    7,350,000         3,050,000         2,500,000         2,650,000   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Momentum
Portfolio (PDP)
     PowerShares Global Listed Private
Equity Portfolio (PSP)
     PowerShares Golden Dragon
China Portfolio (PGJ)
 
2015      2014      2015      2014      2015      2014  
              
$ 5,843,484       $ 1,800,480       $ 16,776,727       $ 15,159,334       $ 1,678,779       $ 2,006,913   
  142,930,976         56,424,570         47,953,184         35,699,870         33,306,462         39,890,527   
  44,967,654         95,556,132         (42,186,037      13,948,978         5,108,538         28,415,205   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  193,742,114         153,781,182         22,543,874         64,808,182         40,093,779         70,312,645   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (4,082,216      (3,053,165      (27,591,991      (65,805,444      (2,129,714      (2,898,245

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,257,742,866         391,192,705         134,129,178         239,772,662         79,503,122         123,413,615   
  (836,066,053      (158,406,142      (236,075,900      (63,665,641      (145,405,126      (114,003,682

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  421,676,813         232,786,563         (101,946,722      176,107,021         (65,902,004      9,409,933   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  611,336,711         383,514,580         (106,994,839      175,109,759         (27,937,939      76,824,333   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,260,443,543         876,928,963         583,601,266         408,491,507         258,568,574         181,744,241   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 1,871,780,254       $ 1,260,443,543       $ 476,606,427       $ 583,601,266       $ 230,630,635       $ 258,568,574   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 1,729,755       $ (31,513    $ (8,610,255    $ (23,516,305    $ (241,593    $ (1,293,541

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  30,900,000         11,150,000         11,400,000         20,100,000         2,500,000         4,350,000   
  (20,900,000      (4,650,000      (21,000,000      (5,500,000      (5,000,000      (4,250,000
  34,100,000         27,600,000         49,500,000         34,900,000         9,350,000         9,250,000   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  44,100,000         34,100,000         39,900,000         49,500,000         6,850,000         9,350,000   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

For the years ended April 30, 2015 and 2014

 

    PowerShares S&P 500
BuyWrite Portfolio (PBP)
     PowerShares S&P 500®
High Quality Portfolio (SPHQ)
 
    2015      2014      2015      2014  
Operations:           

Net investment income

  $ 4,677,970       $ 2,774,392       $ 8,201,541       $ 5,453,071   

Net realized gain (loss)

    (1,191,009      (8,894,757      43,790,455         15,539,020   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    9,732,702         24,139,096         (389,529      29,453,789   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    13,219,663         18,018,731         51,602,467         50,445,880   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Distributions to Shareholders from:

Net investment income

    (13,360,682      (12,551,907      (7,699,802      (5,320,142

Net realized gains

    (3,220,888      (67,519                
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (16,581,570      (12,619,426      (7,699,802      (5,320,142
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Shareholder Transactions:

Proceeds from shares sold

    231,535,424         72,951,504         242,538,333         137,479,261   

Value of shares repurchased

    (73,361,924      (34,114,213      (118,590,643      (45,654,865
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from shares transactions

    158,173,500         38,837,291         123,947,690         91,824,396   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    154,811,593         44,236,596         167,850,355         136,950,134   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets:

Beginning of year

    249,458,425         205,221,829         365,686,203         228,736,069   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 404,270,018       $ 249,458,425       $ 533,536,558       $ 365,686,203   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income (loss) at end of year

  $ 863,901       $ 492,190       $ 1,161,942       $ 660,203   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Changes in Shares Outstanding:

Shares sold

    10,900,000         3,500,000         10,650,000         7,000,000   

Shares repurchased

    (3,550,000      (1,650,000      (5,200,000      (2,300,000

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

    11,700,000         9,850,000         17,500,000         12,800,000   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

    19,050,000         11,700,000         22,950,000         17,500,000   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Water Resources
Portfolio (PHO)
     PowerShares WilderHill Clean
Energy Portfolio (PBW)
     PowerShares WilderHill Progressive
Energy Portfolio (PUW)
 
2015      2014      2015      2014      2015      2014  
              
$ 5,188,745       $ 6,200,491       $ 3,905,403       $ 3,171,838       $ 639,539       $ 317,552   
  26,094,958         84,949,788         (10,857,926      31,745,124         643,328         1,303,228   
  (53,398,337      62,930,259         (13,364,817      24,395,717         (6,100,025      5,713,352   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (22,114,634      154,080,538         (20,317,340      59,312,679         (4,817,158      7,334,132   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (5,760,750      (5,035,124      (4,135,076      (5,058,769      (626,095      (473,310
                                            

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (5,760,750      (5,035,124      (4,135,076      (5,058,769      (626,095      (473,310

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  35,679,168         157,626,289         28,214,118         125,579,841         5,044,172         5,983,872   
  (142,892,020      (193,488,911      (78,072,886      (104,226,358      (11,250,272      (5,609,711

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (107,212,852      (35,862,622      (49,858,768      21,353,483         (6,206,100      374,161   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (135,088,236      113,182,792         (74,311,184      75,607,393         (11,649,353      7,234,983   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  990,247,087         877,064,295         218,101,224         142,493,831         45,819,106         38,584,123   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 855,158,851       $ 990,247,087       $ 143,790,040       $ 218,101,224       $ 34,169,753       $ 45,819,106   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 1,621,548       $ 2,193,553       $ (127,786    $ (336,558    $ 84,171       $ 70,727   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,400,000         6,100,000         4,300,000         20,650,000         150,000         200,000   
  (5,650,000      (7,650,000      (12,450,000      (17,300,000      (350,000      (200,000
  38,200,000         39,750,000         33,100,000         29,750,000         1,400,000         1,400,000   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  33,950,000         38,200,000         24,950,000         33,100,000         1,200,000         1,400,000   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

55

 


 

Financial Highlights

 

PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio (PPA)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 32.16      $ 23.22      $ 19.99      $ 20.57     $ 19.07  

Net investment income(a)

    0.32         0.33          0.44         0.21        0.18   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    3.52         9.00        3.22         (0.60     1.49   

Total from investment operations

    3.84         9.33        3.66        (0.39     1.67  

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.27      (0.39 )      (0.43      (0.19     (0.17

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 35.73      $ 32.16      $ 23.22      $ 19.99     $ 20.57  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 35.71      $ 32.15      $ 23.20      $ 19.98     $ 20.57  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     11.99      40.52      18.69      (1.82 )%      8.91
Market Price Total Return(c)     11.96      40.59      18.65      (1.87 )%      8.91
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 262,613      $ 98,086      $ 47,607       $ 54,967      $ 107,971   

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.66      0.66      0.66      0.66     0.66

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.66      0.69      0.74      0.76     0.73

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.94      1.13      2.18      1.09     0.99

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    13      8      17      25     12

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio (PZD)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015     2014      2013      2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:            

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 31.90     $ 25.47      $ 23.06       $ 30.10      $ 25.00   

Net investment income(a)

    0.27        0.17        0.26         0.24        0.06   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    (1.33     6.53        2.37         (7.07     5.05   

Total from investment operations

    (1.06     6.70        2.63         (6.83     5.11   

Distributions to shareholders from:

           

Net investment income

    (0.24     (0.27 )      (0.22      (0.21     (0.01

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 30.60     $ 31.90      $ 25.47       $ 23.06      $ 30.10   

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 30.54     $ 31.92      $ 25.36       $ 22.98      $ 30.08   
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     (3.36 )%      26.52      11.59      (22.65 )%      20.43
Market Price Total Return(c)     (3.61 )%      27.15      11.50      (22.87 )%      21.32
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 76,512     $ 84,535      $ 71,314       $ 100,305      $ 162,530   

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.67     0.67      0.67      0.67     0.67

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.72     0.72      0.76      0.74     0.74

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.89     0.58      1.16      0.97     0.22

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    22     24      22      27     24

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio (PDP)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015     2014     2013     2012      2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:           

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 36.96     $ 31.77     $ 27.86     $ 26.52      $ 21.25  

Net investment income(a)

    0.16        0.06       0.23        0.07         0.04   

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    5.43        5.23       3.92        1.31         5.29   

Total from investment operations

    5.59        5.29       4.15       1.38        5.33  

Distributions to shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

    (0.11     (0.10 )     (0.24     (0.04      (0.06

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 42.44     $ 36.96     $ 31.77     $ 27.86      $ 26.52  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 42.43     $ 36.93     $ 31.76     $ 27.86      $ 26.54  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     15.13     16.71     15.02     5.22      25.11
Market Price Total Return(c)     15.19     16.65     14.98     5.15      25.26
Ratios/Supplemental Data:           

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 1,871,780     $ 1,260,444     $ 876,929      $ 571,078       $ 450,904   

Ratio to average net assets of:

          

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.63 %(d)      0.64 %(d)      0.67 %(d)      0.65      0.70

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.63 %(d)      0.64 %(d)      0.67 %(d)      0.65      0.71

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.39     0.17     0.82     0.29      0.19

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    73     75     66     96      42

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests. Estimated investment company expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the investment companies and are deducted from the value of the funds that the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated investment companies expenses that the Fund bears indirectly is included in the Fund’s total return.
(e)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio (PSP)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014     2013      2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:            

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 11.79      $ 11.70     $ 9.22      $ 12.17     $ 10.04  

Net investment income(a)

    0.35         0.38 (b)      0.24         0.26        0.26   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    0.41         1.38       2.64         (2.58     2.41   

Total from investment operations

    0.76         1.76       2.88        (2.32     2.67  

Distributions to shareholders from:

           

Net investment income

    (0.60      (1.67 )     (0.40      (0.56     (0.54

Return of capital

                          (0.07       

Total distributions

    (0.60      (1.67 )     (0.40      (0.63     (0.54

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 11.95      $ 11.79     $ 11.70      $ 9.22     $ 12.17  

Market price at end of year(c)

  $ 11.93      $ 11.85     $ 11.75      $ 9.25     $ 12.25  
Net Asset Value Total Return(d)     6.79      16.20     31.87      (19.51 )%      27.93
Market Price Total Return(d)     6.09      16.31     32.00      (19.80 )%      28.48
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 476,606      $ 583,601     $ 408,492       $ 296,744      $ 493,622   

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, after Waivers(e)

    0.64      0.69     0.70      0.71     0.70

Expenses, prior to Waivers(e)

    0.66      0.70     0.70      0.76     0.73

Net investment income, after Waivers

    3.04      3.20 %(b)      2.47      2.79     2.50

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

    30      53     53      88     112

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  Net Investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets include a significant dividend received during the year. Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets excluding the significant dividends are $0.28 and 2.39%, respectively.
(c)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(d)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(e)  In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests. Estimated investment company expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the investment companies and are deducted from the value of the funds that the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated investment companies expenses that the Fund bears indirectly is included in the Fund’s total return.
(f)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio (PGJ)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013     2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:            

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 27.65      $ 19.65      $ 21.56     $ 28.98     $ 25.03  

Net investment income(a)

    0.21        0.21        0.34        0.48        0.21   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    6.06        8.08        (1.81     (7.43     3.92   

Total from investment operations

    6.27        8.29        (1.47     (6.95     4.13  

Distributions to shareholders from:

           

Net investment income

    (0.25 )      (0.29 )      (0.44     (0.47     (0.18

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 33.67      $ 27.65      $ 19.65     $ 21.56     $ 28.98  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 33.62      $ 27.60      $ 19.59     $ 21.49     $ 28.87  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     22.79      42.28      (6.73 )%(d)      (23.98 )%      16.60
Market Price Total Return(c)     22.83      42.46      (6.70 )%      (23.93 )%      16.11
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 230,631      $ 258,569      $ 181,744      $ 245,838      $ 446,292   

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.70      0.70      0.70     0.69     0.70

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.70      0.70      0.75     0.71     0.72

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.68      0.75      1.78     2.08     0.82

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    25      37      63     23     15

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Amount includes the effect of the Adviser pay-in for an economic loss of $0.004 per share. Had the pay-in not been made, the net asset value total return would have been (6.77)%.
(e)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio (PBP)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012      2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:              

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 21.32      $ 20.83       $ 20.60      $ 21.52      $ 21.52  

Net investment income(a)

    0.28        0.28         0.33         0.29         0.29   

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    0.65        1.57         0.70         1.00         1.34   

Total from investment operations

    0.93        1.85         1.03        1.29        1.63  

Distributions to shareholders from:

             

Net investment income

    (0.86 )      (1.35      (0.65      (2.10      (0.27

Net realized gains

    (0.17 )      (0.01      (0.15      (0.11      (1.36

Total distributions

    (1.03 )      (1.36      (0.80      (2.21      (1.63

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 21.22      $ 21.32       $ 20.83      $ 20.60      $ 21.52  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 21.22      $ 21.35       $ 20.83      $ 20.65      $ 21.52  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     4.48      9.34      5.22      6.74      8.11
Market Price Total Return(c)     4.32      9.50      4.97      7.02      8.09
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 404,270      $ 249,458       $ 205,222       $ 154,528       $ 120,511   

Ratio to average net assets of:

             

Expenses

    0.75      0.75      0.75      0.75      0.75

Net investment income

    1.33      1.37      1.61      1.42      1.37

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    50      32      22      58      61

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio (SPHQ)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012      2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:              

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 20.90      $ 17.87       $ 15.33      $ 14.64      $ 12.21  

Net investment income(a)

    0.41         0.36         0.33         0.26         0.20   

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    2.33         3.03         2.52         0.74         2.31   

Total from investment operations

    2.74         3.39         2.85        1.00        2.51  

Distributions to shareholders from:

             

Net investment income

    (0.39      (0.36      (0.31      (0.31      (0.08

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 23.25      $ 20.90       $ 17.87      $ 15.33      $ 14.64  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 23.24      $ 20.89       $ 17.87      $ 15.33      $ 14.64  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     13.17      19.15      18.86      7.04      20.61
Market Price Total Return(c)     13.18      19.09      18.86      7.04      20.61
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 533,537      $ 365,686       $ 228,736       $ 146,421       $ 112,695   

Ratio to average net assets of:

             

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.29      0.29      0.39      0.50      0.52

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.38      0.39      0.55      0.70      0.84

Net investment income (loss), after Waivers

    1.83      1.87      2.06      1.82      1.49

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    18      13      17      14      64

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio (PHO)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015     2014      2013      2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:            

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 25.92     $ 22.06      $ 18.78      $ 20.25     $ 18.05  

Net investment income(a)

    0.14        0.16        0.16         0.14        0.11   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    (0.72     3.83        3.28         (1.48     2.19   

Total from investment operations

    (0.58     3.99        3.44        (1.34     2.30  

Distributions to shareholders from:

           

Net investment income

    (0.15     (0.13 )      (0.16      (0.13     (0.10

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 25.19     $ 25.92      $ 22.06      $ 18.78     $ 20.25  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 25.17     $ 25.91      $ 22.05      $ 18.77     $ 20.24  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     (2.25 )%      18.16      18.48      (6.59 )%      12.81
Market Price Total Return(c)     (2.29 )%      18.17      18.49      (6.59 )%      12.75
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 855,159     $ 990,247      $ 877,064       $ 825,510      $ 1,260,648   

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.61     0.61      0.62      0.62     0.66

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.61     0.61      0.62      0.62     0.66

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.56     0.66      0.81      0.77     0.63

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    25     34      31      44     13

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (PBW)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015     2014      2013     2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:           

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 6.59     $ 4.79      $ 5.08     $ 10.35     $ 10.12  

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    0.14        0.10        0.11        0.20        (0.03

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    (0.82     1.85        (0.26     (5.33     0.26   

Total from investment operations

    (0.68     1.95        (0.15     (5.13     0.23  

Distributions to shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

    (0.15     (0.15 )      (0.14     (0.14      

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 5.76     $ 6.59      $ 4.79     $ 5.08     $ 10.35  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 5.76     $ 6.59      $ 4.79     $ 5.08     $ 10.33  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     (10.36 )%      41.23      (2.64 )%      (49.78 )%      2.27
Market Price Total Return(c)     (10.36 )%      41.23      (2.65 )%      (49.68 )%      2.18
Ratios/Supplemental Data:           

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 143,790     $ 218,101      $ 142,494      $ 178,016      $ 541,472   

Ratio to average net assets of:

          

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.70     0.70      0.70     0.70     0.70

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.72     0.70      0.70     0.76     0.75

Net investment income (loss), after Waivers

    2.39     1.55      2.48     2.98     (0.27 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    48     57      52     46     32

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio (PUW)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015     2014      2013      2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:            

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 32.73     $ 27.56      $ 25.87      $ 30.68     $ 25.19  

Net investment income(a)

    0.50        0.24        0.35         0.14        0.10   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    (4.27     5.27        1.54         (4.71     5.53   

Total from investment operations

    (3.77     5.51        1.89        (4.57     5.63  

Distributions to shareholders from:

           

Net investment income

    (0.49     (0.34 )      (0.20      (0.24     (0.14

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 28.47     $ 32.73      $ 27.56      $ 25.87     $ 30.68  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 28.47     $ 32.71      $ 27.55      $ 25.86     $ 30.70  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     (11.59 )%      20.24      7.38      (14.84 )%      22.47
Market Price Total Return(c)     (11.54 )%      20.21      7.38      (14.93 )%      22.55
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 34,170     $ 45,819      $ 38,584       $ 47,859      $ 75,175   

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.70     0.70      0.70      0.71     0.70

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.86     0.84      0.87      0.86     0.86

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.69     0.78      1.40      0.56     0.37

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    41     37      32      36     22

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

April 30, 2015

 

Note 1. Organization

PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (the “Trust”) was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on June 9, 2000 and is authorized to have multiple series of portfolios. The Trust is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As of April 30, 2015, the Trust offered fifty-three portfolios. This report includes the following portfolios:

 

Full Name

  

Short Name

PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio (PPA)    “Aerospace & Defense Portfolio”
PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio (PZD)    “CleantechTM Portfolio”
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio (PDP)    “DWA Momentum Portfolio”
PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio (PSP)    “Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio”
PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio (PGJ)    “Golden Dragon China Portfolio”
PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio (PBP)    “S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio”
PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio (SPHQ)    “S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio”
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio (PHO)    “Water Resources Portfolio”
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (PBW)    “WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio”
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio (PUW)    “WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio”

Each portfolio (each, a “Fund”, and collectively, the “Funds”) represents a separate series of the Trust. The shares of the Funds are referred to herein as “Shares” or “Fund’s Shares.” Each Fund’s Shares are listed and traded on NYSE Arca, Inc.

The market price of each Share may differ to some degree from the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”). Unlike conventional mutual funds, each Fund issues and redeems Shares on a continuous basis, at NAV, only in a large specified number of Shares, each called a “Creation Unit.” Creation Units are issued and redeemed principally in exchange for the deposit or delivery of a basket of securities (“Deposit Securities”). Except when aggregated in Creation Units by Authorized Participants, the Shares are not individually redeemable securities of the Funds.

The investment objective of each Fund is to seek investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of its respective index listed below (each, an “Underlying Index”):

 

Fund

  

Underlying Index

Aerospace & Defense Portfolio    SPADETM Defense Index
CleantechTM Portfolio    The Cleantech IndexTM
DWA Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright Technical LeadersTM Index
Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio    Red Rocks Global Listed Private Equity Index
Golden Dragon China Portfolio    NASDAQ Golden Dragon China Index
S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio    CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite IndexTM
S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio    S&P 500® High Quality Rankings Index
Water Resources Portfolio    NASDAQ OMX US Water IndexSM
WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio    WilderHill Clean Energy Index
WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio    WilderHill Progressive Energy Index

Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies

The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from these estimates. In addition, the Funds monitor for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print. The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in preparation of their financial statements.

 

 

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A. Security Valuation

Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policies:

A security listed or traded on an exchange (except convertible securities) is valued at its last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded, or lacking any sales or official closing price on a particular day, the security may be valued at the closing bid price on that day. Securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued based on prices furnished by independent pricing services or market makers. When such securities are valued by an independent pricing service they may be considered fair valued. Futures contracts are valued at the final settlement price set by an exchange on which they are principally traded. Listed options are valued at the mean between the last bid and asked prices from the exchange on which they are principally traded. Options not listed on an exchange are valued by an independent source at the mean between the last bid and asked prices. For purposes of determining NAV per Share, futures and option contracts generally are valued 15 minutes after the close of the customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).

Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end of day NAV per share. Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded.

Debt obligations (including convertible securities) and unlisted equities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate (for unlisted equities), yield (for debt obligations), quality, type of issue, coupon rate (for debt obligations), maturity (for debt obligations), individual trading characteristics and other market data. Securities with a demand feature exercisable within one to seven days are valued at par. Debt obligations are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt obligations involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

Foreign securities’ (including foreign exchange contracts’) prices are converted into U.S. dollar amounts using the applicable exchange rates as of the close of the London world markets. If market quotations are available and reliable for foreign exchange-traded equity securities, the securities will be valued at the market quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a particular security and the close of the customary trading session on the NYSE, events occur that Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”) determines are significant and make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. If the event is likely to have affected the closing price of the security, the security will be valued at fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Adjustments to closing prices to reflect fair value may also be based on a screening process of an independent pricing service to indicate the degree of certainty, based on historical data, that the closing price in the principal market where a foreign security trades is not the current value as of the close of the NYSE. Foreign securities’ prices meeting the approved degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be priced at the indication of fair value from the independent pricing service. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining adjustments to reflect fair value and may include information relating to sector indices, American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and domestic and foreign index futures. Foreign securities may have additional risks including exchange rate changes, potential for sharply devalued currencies and high inflation, political and economic upheaval, the relative lack of issuer information, relatively low market liquidity and the potential lack of strict financial and accounting controls and standards.

Swap agreements are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service are valued based on a model which may include end of day net present values, spreads, ratings, industry, and company performance.

Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by independent sources. The last bid price may be used to value equity securities. The mean between the last bid and asked prices is used to value debt obligations, including corporate loans.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or became unreliable are valued at fair value as determined in good faith following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Issuer-specific events, market trends, bid/asked quotes of brokers and information providers and other market data may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of a security’s fair value.

Each Fund may invest in securities that are subject to interest rate risk, meaning the risk that the prices will generally fall as interest rates rise and, conversely, the prices will generally rise as interest rates fall. Specific securities differ in their sensitivity to changes in interest rates depending on their individual characteristics. Changes in interest rates may result in increased market volatility, which may affect the value and/or liquidity of certain Fund investments.

 

 

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Valuations change in response to many factors, including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of the issuer’s assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

B. Other Risks

Index Risk. Unlike many investment companies, the Funds do not utilize investing strategies that seek returns in excess of their Underlying Indexes. Therefore, a Fund would not necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed, respectively, from its respective Underlying Index, even if that security generally is underperforming.

Equity Risk. Equity risk is the risk that the value of the securities that each Fund holds will fall due to general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding the industries in which the issuers of securities that a Fund holds participate or factors relating to specific companies in which the Fund invests. For example, an adverse event, such as an unfavorable earnings report, may depress the value of securities a Fund holds; the price of securities may be particularly sensitive to general movements in the stock market; or a drop in the stock market may depress the price of most or all of the securities a Fund holds. In addition, securities of an issuer in the Fund’s portfolio may decline in price if the issuer fails to make anticipated dividend payments because, among other reasons, the issuer of the security experiences a decline in its financial condition.

Industry Concentration Risk. In following its methodology, each Fund’s Underlying Index from time to time may be concentrated to a significant degree in securities of issuers located in a single industry or a sector. To the extent that an Underlying Index concentrates in the securities of issuers in a particular industry or sector, each Fund will also concentrate its investments to approximately the same extent. By concentrating its investments in an industry or sector, a Fund may face more risks than if it were diversified broadly over numerous industries or sectors. In addition, at times, an industry or sector may be out of favor and underperform other industries or the market as a whole. Any factors detrimental to the performance of such industry or sector will disproportionately impact a Fund’s NAV.

Non-Diversified Fund Risk. Each Fund (except for CleantechTM Portfolio, DWA Momentum Portfolio, Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio, S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio, S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio, WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio and WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio) is non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than diversified funds. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in Share price than would occur in a diversified fund. This may increase a Fund’s volatility and cause the performance of a relatively small number of issuers to have a greater impact on a Fund’s performance.

Non-Correlation Risk. Each Fund’s return may not match the return of its Underlying Index for a number of reasons. For example, each Fund incurs operating expenses not applicable to its Underlying Index, and incurs costs in buying and selling securities, especially when rebalancing the Fund’s securities holdings to reflect changes in the composition of its Underlying Index. In addition, the performance of each Fund and its Underlying Index may vary due to asset valuation differences and differences between each Fund’s portfolio and its Underlying Index resulting from legal restrictions, cost or liquidity constraints.

Small and Medium Capitalization Company Risk. Investing in securities of small and medium capitalization companies involves greater risk than customarily is associated with investing in larger, more established companies. These companies’ securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies. These securities may have returns that vary, sometimes significantly, from the overall securities market. Often small and medium capitalization companies and the industries in which they focus are still evolving and, as a result, they may be more sensitive to changing market conditions.

Foreign Investment Risk. For CleantechTM Portfolio, investments in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involve risks beyond those associated with investments in U.S. securities. Foreign securities may have relatively low market liquidity, greater market volatility, decreased publicly available information and less reliable financial information about issuers. Foreign securities also are subject to the risks of expropriation, nationalization, political instability, local taxation, potential currency transfer restrictions or other adverse political or economic developments and the difficulty of enforcing obligations in other countries. As the Fund may invest in securities denominated in foreign currencies, fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to the values of other currencies may adversely affect investments in foreign securities and may negatively impact the Fund’s returns.

Foreign Securities Risk. For Cleantech™ Portfolio, Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio and Water Resources Portfolio, since their Underlying Indexes may include ADRs and global depositary receipts (“GDRs”), investing in these Funds involve risks of investing in foreign securities, in addition to the risks associated with domestic securities. In general, foreign companies are not subject to the regulatory requirements of U.S. companies and, as such, there may be less publicly available information about these companies. Moreover, foreign companies often are subject to less stringent requirements regarding accounting, auditing, financial reporting and record-keeping than are U.S. companies. Therefore, not all material information regarding these companies will be available.

Risk of Investing in Listed Private Equity Companies. For Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio, there are certain risks inherent in investing in listed private equity companies, which encompass business development companies (“BDCs”), and other financial

 

 

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institutions or vehicles whose principal business is to invest in and lend capital to, or provide services to privately held companies. The 1940 Act imposes certain restraints upon the operations of BDCs. For example, BDCs are required to invest at least 70% of their total assets primarily in securities of private companies or thinly traded U.S. public companies, cash, cash equivalents, U.S. government securities and high quality debt investments that mature in one year or less. Generally, little public information exists for private and thinly traded companies, and there is a risk that investors may not be able to make a fully informed investment decision. With investments in debt instruments, there is a risk that the issuer may default on its payments or declare bankruptcy. Additionally, a BDC may incur indebtedness only in amounts such that the BDC’s asset coverage equals at least 200% after such incurrence. These limitations on asset mix and leverage may prohibit the way that the BDC raises capital. BDCs generally invest in less mature private companies, which involve greater risk than well-established, publicly-traded companies.

C. Federal Income Taxes

Each Fund intends to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to its shareholders. As such, the Funds will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized gains) that is distributed to the shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

Each Fund recognizes the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only when the position is more likely than not to be sustained. Management has analyzed each Fund’s uncertain tax positions and concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions. Management is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next 12 months.

Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences are primarily due to differing book and tax treatments for in-kind transactions, losses deferred due to wash sales, and passive foreign investment company adjustments, if any.

The Funds file U.S. federal tax returns and tax returns in certain other jurisdictions. Generally, a Fund is subject to examinations by such taxing authorities for up to three years after the filing of the return for the tax period.

D. Investment Transactions and Investment Income

Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses from the sale or disposition of securities are computed on the specific identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Realized gains, dividends and interest received by a Fund may give rise to withholding and other taxes imposed by foreign countries. Tax conventions between certain countries and the United States may reduce or eliminate such taxes.

Corporate actions (including cash dividends) are recorded net of non-reclaimable foreign tax withholdings on the ex-date.

E. Expenses

Expenses of the Trust that are directly identifiable to a specific Fund are applied to that Fund. Expenses of the Trust that are not readily identifiable to a specific Fund are allocated in such a manner as deemed equitable, taking into consideration the nature and type of expense and the relative net assets of each Fund.

Each Fund (except for S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio) is responsible for all of its expenses, including the investment advisory fees, costs of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, legal, audit and other services, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with executions of portfolio transactions, sub-licensing fees related to its respective Underlying Index, any distribution fees or expenses, litigation expenses, fees payable to the Trust’s Board members who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”) or the Adviser, expenses incurred in connection with the Board members’ services, including travel expenses and legal fees of counsel for the Independent Trustees, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, and extraordinary expenses.

S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio has agreed to pay an annual unitary management fee to the Adviser. Out of the unitary management fee, the Adviser has agreed to pay for substantially all expenses of the Fund, including the cost of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, legal, audit and other services, except for advisory fees, distribution fees, if any, brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, litigation expenses and other extraordinary expenses (including acquired fund fees and expenses, if any).

To the extent a Fund invests in other investment companies, the expenses shown in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of the Fund and do not include any expenses of the investment companies in which it invests. The effects of such investment companies’ expenses are included in the realized and unrealized gain or loss on the investments in the investment companies.

F. Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders

Each Fund declares and pays dividends from net investment income, if any, to its shareholders quarterly and records such dividends on ex-dividend date. Generally, each Fund distributes net realized taxable capital gains, if any, annually in cash and records them on

 

 

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ex-dividend date. Such distributions on a tax basis are determined in conformity with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. Distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits, if any, are reported in such Fund’s financial statements as a tax return of capital at fiscal year-end.

G. Option Contracts Written

S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio engaged in certain strategies involving options to manage or minimize the risk of its investments or for investment purposes. A call option gives the purchaser of such option the right to buy, and the writer (the Fund) the obligation to sell, the underlying security at the stated exercise price during the option period. When the Fund writes (sells) call options, the amount of the premium received is recorded as a liability in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and is subsequently “marked-to-market” to reflect the current value of the option written. The difference between the premium received and the current value of the option is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. The net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reported in the Statements of Operations. If a written call option expires, or if the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, the Fund realizes a gain (or a loss if the closing purchase transaction exceeds the premium received when the option was written) without regard to any unrealized gain or loss on the underlying security, and the liability related to such option is extinguished. If a written option is exercised, the Fund realizes a gain or loss from the sale of the underlying security and the proceeds of the sale are increased by the premium originally received. The primary risk in writing a call option is market risk. The Fund gives up the opportunity for profit if the market price of the underlying security increases and the option is exercised but will continue to bear the risk of loss should the price of the underlying security decline. There is also a risk the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid market.

Writing Covered Call Option Risk. By writing covered call options in return for the receipt of premiums, the S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio will give up the opportunity to benefit from potential increases in the value of the S&P 500® Index above the exercise prices of the written options, but will continue to bear the risk of declines in the value of the S&P 500® Index. The premiums received from the options may not be sufficient to offset any losses sustained from the volatility of the underlying stocks over time. In addition, the Fund’s ability to sell the underlying securities will be limited while the option is in effect unless the Fund extinguishes the option position through the purchase of an offsetting identical option prior to the expiration of the written option. If trading of options is suspended, the Fund may be unable to write options at times that may be desirable or advantageous to the Fund to do so.

H. Swap Agreements

Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio entered into various swap transactions, including interest rate, total return, index, currency exchange rate and credit default swap contracts (“CDS”) for investment purposes or to manage interest rate, currency or credit risk. Such transactions are agreements between two parties (“Counterparties”). These agreements may contain, among other conditions, events of default and termination events, and various covenants and representations such as provisions that require the Fund to maintain a pre-determined level of net assets, and/or provide limits regarding the decline of the Fund’s NAV over specific periods of time. If the Fund were to trigger such provisions and have open derivative positions at that time, the Counterparty may be able to terminate such agreement and request immediate payment in an amount equal to the net liability positions, if any.

Interest rate, total return, index and currency exchange rate swap agreements are two-party contracts entered into primarily to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of returns) earned or realized on particular predetermined investments or instruments. The gross returns to be exchanged or “swapped” between the parties are calculated with respect to a notional amount, i.e., the return on or increase in value of a particular dollar amount invested at a particular interest rate or return of an underlying asset, in a particular foreign currency, or in a “basket” of securities representing a particular index.

Changes in the value of swap agreements are recognized as unrealized gains (losses) in the Statements of Operations by “marking to market” on a daily basis to reflect the value of the swap agreement at the end of each trading day. Payments received or paid at the beginning of the agreement are reflected as such on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and may be referred to as upfront payments. The Fund accrues for the fixed payment stream and amortizes upfront payments, if any, on swap agreements on a daily basis with the net amount, recorded as a component of realized gain (loss) on the Statements of Operations. A liquidation payment received or made at the termination of a swap agreement is recorded as realized gain (loss) on the Statements of Operations. The Fund segregates liquid securities having a value at least equal to the amount of the potential obligation of the Fund under any swap transaction. Entering into these agreements involves, to varying degrees, lack of liquidity and elements of credit, market, and counterparty risk in excess of amounts recognized on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that a swap is difficult to sell or liquidate, the Counterparty does not honor its obligations under the agreement and unfavorable interest rates and market fluctuations. It is possible that developments in the swaps market, including potential government regulation, could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to terminate existing swap agreements or to realize amounts to be received under such agreements.

I. Securities Lending

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, CleantechTM Portfolio, Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio, Golden Dragon China Portfolio, WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio and WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio participated in securities lending. Each Fund loaned portfolio securities having a market value up to one-third of each Fund’s total assets. Such loans are secured by cash collateral equal to no less than 102% (105% for international) of the market value of the loaned securities determined daily by the securities lending

 

 

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provider. Cash collateral received in connection with these loans is invested in an affiliated money market fund and is shown as such on the Schedule of Investments. It is the policy of these Funds to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to a Fund if, and to the extent that, the market value of the securities loaned were to increase, and the borrower did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower failed to return the securities. Upon the failure of the borrower to return the securities, collateral may be liquidated and the securities may be purchased on the open market to replace the loaned securities. A Fund could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral. A Fund bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested. Dividends received on cash collateral investments for securities lending transactions, which are net of compensation to Counterparties, are included in Securities lending income on the Statements of Operations. The aggregate value of securities out on loan, if any, is shown on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Note 3. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Agreements

The Trust has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Adviser on behalf of each Fund, pursuant to which the Adviser has overall responsibility for the selection and ongoing monitoring of the Funds’ investments, managing the Funds’ business affairs and providing certain clerical, bookkeeping and other administrative services. Pursuant to that Investment Advisory Agreement, each Fund (except for S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio and S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio) has agreed to pay the Adviser an annual fee of 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio has agreed to pay the Adviser an annual fee of 0.29% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

As compensation for its services, S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio has agreed to pay the Adviser an annual unitary management fee of 0.75% of its average daily net assets. Out of the unitary management fee, the Adviser has agreed to pay for substantially all expenses of S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio, including the cost of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, legal, audit, and other services, except for advisory fees, distribution fees, if any, brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, litigation expenses and other extraordinary expenses (including acquired fund fees and expenses, if any).

The Trust also has entered into an Amended and Restated Excess Expense Agreement (the “Expense Agreement”) with the Adviser on behalf of each Fund (excluding S&P BuyWrite Portfolio), pursuant to which the Adviser has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses (excluding interest expenses, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, sub-licensing fees, offering costs, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, and extraordinary expenses) of each Fund (except for S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio and S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio) from exceeding 0.60% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year (the “Expense Cap”), through at least August 31, 2016. The Expense Cap (including sub-licensing fees) for S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio is 0.29% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year through at least August 31, 2016. Offering costs excluded from each Expense Cap for each Fund are: (a) initial legal fees pertaining to the Funds’ Shares offered for sale; (b) initial Securities and Exchange Commission and state registration fees; and (c) initial fees paid to be listed on an exchange. Unless the Adviser continues the Expense Agreement, it will terminate on August 31, 2016. The Expense Agreement cannot be terminated during its term. The Adviser did not waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses during the period under this Expense Cap for Aerospace & Defense Portfolio, DWA Momentum Portfolio, Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio, Golden Dragon China Portfolio and Water Resources Portfolio.

Further, through August 31, 2017, the Adviser has contractually agreed to waive a portion of each Fund’s management fee in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fees an affiliate of the Adviser receives that are attributable to certain of the Fund’s investments in money market funds managed by that affiliate (excluding investments of cash collateral from securities lending). The Adviser cannot discontinue this waiver prior to its expiration. This agreement is not subject to recapture by the Adviser.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the Adviser waived fees and/or paid Fund expenses for each Fund in the following amounts:

 

Aerospace & Defense Portfolio    $ 182   
CleantechTM Portfolio      35,470   
DWA Momentum Portfolio      1,636   
Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio      97,879   
Golden Dragon China Portfolio      378   
S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio      444   
S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio      392,591   
Water Resources Portfolio      1,295   
WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio      34,645   
WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio      60,614   

 

 

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The Expense Agreement provides that the fees waived or expenses borne by the Adviser are subject to recapture by the Adviser for up to three years from the date the fee was waived or expense was borne by the Adviser, but no recapture payment will be made by a Fund if it would result in the Fund exceeding its Expense Cap as specified above. The Expense Agreement does not apply to S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio.

For the following Funds, the amounts available for potential future recapture by the Adviser under the Expense Agreement and the expiration schedule at April 30, 2015 are as follows:

 

     Total
Potential
Recapture
Amounts
     Potential Recapture Amounts
Expiring
 
      04/30/16      04/30/17      04/30/18  
Aerospace & Defense Portfolio    $ 59,650       $ 36,735       $ 22,915       $   
CleantechTM Portfolio      131,456         61,862         34,174         35,420   
Golden Dragon China Portfolio      91,655         91,655                   
S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio      950,284         271,138         286,999         392,147   
WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio      34,402                         34,402   
WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio      180,591         64,090         55,938         60,563   

The Trust has entered into a Distribution Agreement with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), which serves as the distributor of Creation Units for each Fund. The Distributor does not maintain a secondary market in the Shares. The Funds are not charged any fees pursuant to the Distribution Agreement. The Distributor is an affiliate of the Adviser.

The Adviser has entered into a licensing agreement for each Fund with the following entities (each, a “Licensor”):

 

Fund

  

Licensor

Aerospace & Defense Portfolio    International Space Business Council
CleantechTM Portfolio    Cleantech Indices LLC
DWA Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright & Associates, Inc.
Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio    Red Rocks Capital Partners, LLC
Golden Dragon China Portfolio    The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio    Standard & Poor’s, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio    Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC
Water Resources Portfolio    The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio    WilderShares, LLC
WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio    WilderShares, LLC

Each Underlying Index name trademark is owned by its respective Licensor. These trademarks have been licensed to the Adviser for use by the Funds. Each Fund is entitled to use its Underlying Index pursuant to the Trust’s sub-licensing agreement with the Adviser. The Funds (other than S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio) are required to pay the sub-licensing fees that are shown on the Statements of Operations. The Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by the Licensors, and the Licensors make no representation regarding the advisability of investing in any of the Funds.

The Trust has entered into service agreements whereby The Bank of New York Mellon, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, serves as the administrator, custodian, fund accountant and transfer agent for each Fund.

Note 4. Investments in Affiliates

The Adviser is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Invesco Ltd., and therefore Invesco Ltd. is considered to be affiliated with the Funds. The table below shows S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio’s transactions in, and earnings from, its investment in affiliates for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015.

S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio

 

     Value
April 30, 2014
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from
Sales
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Realized
Gain
     Value
April 30, 2015
     Dividend
Income
 
Invesco Ltd.    $ 227,034       $ 255,563       $ (138,814    $ 19,123       $ 30,211       $ 393,117       $ 8,367   

 

 

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The 1940 Act defines “affiliated person” to include issuers of which a fund holds 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities. The table below shows Water Resources Portfolio’s transactions in, and earnings from, its investment in affiliates for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015.

Water Resources Portfolio

 

     Value
April 30, 2014
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Value
April 30, 2015
     Dividend
Income
 
Layne Christensen Co.    $ 13,662,750       $ 13,559,525       $ (6,283,896    $ (5,498,889    $ (6,432,573    $ 9,006,917       $   

Note 5. Additional Valuation Information

GAAP defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, under current market conditions. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation methods, giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical assets (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), generally when market prices are not readily available or are unreliable. Based on the valuation inputs, the securities or other investments are tiered into one of three levels. Changes in valuation methods may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned level:

 

  Level 1 — Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets.

 

  Level 2 — Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others.

 

  Level 3 — Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect a Fund’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information.

Except for the Funds listed below, as of April 30, 2015, all of the securities in each Fund were valued based on Level 1 inputs (see the Schedules of Investments for security categories). The appreciation (depreciation) on options held in S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio was based on Level 1 inputs. The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

 

     Investments in Securities  
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  
Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio            

Equity Securities

   $ 518,127,893       $       $       $ 518,127,893   

Swap Agreements*

             (541,193              (541,193
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 518,127,893       $ (541,193    $       $ 517,586,700   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Golden Dragon China Portfolio            

Equity Securities

   $ 253,052,380       $       $ 0       $ 253,052,380   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Unrealized appreciation (depreciation).

Note 6. Derivative Investments

Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio and S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio have implemented required disclosures about derivative investments and hedging activities in accordance with GAAP. This disclosure is intended to improve financial reporting about derivative investments and hedging activities by enabling investors to better understand their effects on an entity’s financial position and financial performance. The enhanced disclosure has no impact on the results of operations reported in the financial statements.

 

 

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Value of Derivative Investments at Year-End

The table below summarizes the value of each Fund’s derivative investments, detailed by primary risk exposure, held as of April 30, 2015:

 

     Value  
     Global Listed Private
Equity Portfolio
     S&P 500 BuyWrite
Portfolio
 

Risk Exposure/Derivative Type

   Assets      Liabilities      Assets      Liabilities  
Equity risk:            

Swap agreements(a)

   $       $ (541,193    $       $   

Options written contracts(a)

                             (4,121,590
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $      $ (541,193    $       $ (4,121,590
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)  Values are disclosed on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities under Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements and Open options written, at value, respectively.

Effect of Derivative Investments for the Fiscal Year Ended April 30, 2015

The table below summarizes each Fund’s gains (losses) on derivative investments, detailed by primary risk exposure, recognized in earnings during the period:

 

     Location of Gain (Loss) on
Statements of Operations
 
     Global Listed
Private Equity
Portfolio
     S&P 500
BuyWrite
Portfolio
 
     Swap
Agreements
     Options written
contracts
 
Realized Gain (Loss):      

Equity risk

   $ 9,632,387       $ (27,993,800
Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation:      

Equity risk

     2,733,881         1,667,879   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total    $ 12,366,268       $ (26,325,921
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The table below summarizes the average notional value of swap agreements and options outstanding during the year.

 

     Average Notional Value  
     Global Listed
Private Equity
Portfolio
     S&P 500
BuyWrite
Portfolio
 
Swap agreements    $ 53,425,073       $   
Options written contracts              364,763,125   

Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio

 

Open Total Return Swap Agreements

 

Counterparty

  

Swap Agreements

   Termination
Date
     Notional
Amount
     Value
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Citibank, N.A.    Receive a return equal to common shares of The Blackstone Group LP and pay the product of (i) 1-Month LIBOR plus 75 basis points multiplied by (ii) days in the period divided by 360      10/23/15       $ 22,218,062       $ (20,282
Citibank, N.A.    Receive a return equal to the common shares of KKR & Co. LP and pay the product of (i) 1-Month LIBOR plus 75 basis points multiplied by (ii) days in the period divided by 360      10/23/15         21,351,963         (520,792
Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC    Receive a return equal to common shares of Riverstone Energy Ltd. and pay the product of (i) 1-Month LIBOR plus 85 basis points multiplied by (ii) days in the period divided by 365      08/03/16         3,205,855         (119
           

 

 

 
Total Open Total Return Swap Agreements—Equity Risk          $ (541,193
           

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

LIBOR—London Interbank Offered Rate

 

 

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S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio

 

Open Options Written—Equity Risk

 
     Contract
Month
     Strike
Price
     Number of
Contracts
     Premiums
Received
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Notional Value*      Value  
Call Option S&P 500 Index      May-15       $ 2,085         1,958       $ 4,972,106       $ 850,516       $ 408,243,000       $ 4,121,590   

 

* Notional Value is calculated by multiplying the Number of Contracts by the Strike Price by the multiplier.

 

Options Written Transactions During the Year

 
     Call Option Contracts  
     Number of
Contracts
     Premiums
Received
 
Beginning of year      1,343       $ 2,842,312   
Written      11,129         23,787,149   
Closed      (1,358      (2,977,332
Expired      (9,156      (18,680,023
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
End of year      1,958       $ 4,972,106   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities, which was subsequently clarified in Financial Accounting Standards Board ASU 2013-01 “Clarifying the Scope of Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities,” is intended to enhance disclosures about financial instruments and derivative investments that are subject to offsetting arrangements on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and to enable investors to better understand the effect of those arrangements on each Fund’s financial position. In order for an arrangement to be eligible for netting, the Funds must have a basis to conclude that such netting arrangements are legally enforceable. The Funds enter into netting agreements and collateral agreements in an attempt to reduce the Funds’ counterparty credit risk by providing for a single net settlement with a counterparty of all financial transactions covered by the agreement in an event of default as defined under such agreement.

There were no derivative investments subject to a netting agreement for which the Funds are not currently netting. The following table presents derivative investments that are either subject to an enforceable netting agreement or offset by collateral arrangements as of April 30, 2015.

Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio

 

Liabilities:

                        Collateral Pledged         

Counterparty

   Gross amounts
presented in
Statement of
Assets & Liabilities
     Gross amounts offset
in Statement of
Assets & Liabilities
     Net amounts of
liabilities presented in
the Statement of
Assets and Liabilities
     Financial Instruments      Cash      Net Amount  
Citibank, N.A.    $ 541,074       $       $ 541,074       $       $       $ 541,074   
Morgan Stanley, Capital Securities LLC      119                 119                         119   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total    $ 541,193       $       $ 541,193       $       $       $ 541,193   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Note 7. Distributions to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended April 30, 2015 and 2014:

 

     2015      2014  
     Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital Gains
 
Aerospace & Defense Portfolio    $ 1,474,100       $       $ 993,578       $   
CleantechTM Portfolio      635,362                 713,573           
DWA Momentum Portfolio      4,082,216                 3,053,165           
Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio      27,591,991                 65,805,444           
Golden Dragon China Portfolio      2,129,714                 2,898,245           
S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio      16,581,570                 12,553,393         66,033   

 

 

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     2015      2014  
     Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital Gains
 
S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio    $ 7,699,802       $       $ 5,320,142       $   
Water Resources Portfolio      5,760,750                 5,035,124           
WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio      4,135,076                 5,058,769           
WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio      626,095                 473,310           

Tax Components of Net Assets at Fiscal Year-End:

 

    Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
    Temporary
Book/Tax
Differences
    Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)—
Investment
Securities
    Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)—
Other
Investments
    Capital Loss
Carryforwards
    Post-October
Capital
Losses
Deferrals*
    Shares of
Beneficial
Interest
    Total Net
Assets
 
Aerospace & Defense Portfolio   $ 269,899      $ (18,555   $ 27,893,497     $      $ (28,696,868 )   $      $ 263,164,723     $ 262,612,696   
CleantechTM Portfolio     229,476        (17,046     15,550,925       (4,419     (83,389,757 )            144,142,791       76,511,970   
DWA Momentum Portfolio     1,770,380        (40,625     263,051,891              (203,460,829 )     (43,782,136     1,854,241,573       1,871,780,254   
Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio     14,008,296        (26,202     (2,297,347 )     (35,259     (80,747,445 )     (5,256,931     550,961,315       476,606,427   
Golden Dragon China Portfolio     257,642        (30,573     24,303,487              (285,098,508 )     (7,485,682     498,684,269       230,630,635   
S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio     9,402,345                                           394,867,673       404,270,018   
S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio     1,182,744        (20,802     68,344,529              (110,592,100 )     (662,687     575,284,874       533,536,558   
Water Resources Portfolio     1,703,116        (81,568     154,327,727              (530,700,926 )     (19,814,155     1,249,724,657       855,158,851   
WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio     541,229        (43,031     (10,650,996 )            (1,371,873,358 )     (14,404,579     1,540,220,775       143,790,040   
WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio     97,979        (13,808     2,337,688              (32,157,961 )     (2,986,052     66,891,907       34,169,753   

 

* The Funds will elect to defer net capital losses incurred after October 31 (“Post-October Capital losses”) within the taxable year that are deemed to arise on the first business day of each Fund’s next taxable year.

Capital loss carryforwards are calculated and reported as of a specific date. Results of transactions and other activity after that date may affect the amount of capital loss carryforwards actually available for the Funds to utilize. Capital losses generated in years beginning after December 22, 2010 can be carried forward for an unlimited period, whereas previous losses expire in eight tax years. Capital losses with an expiration period may not be used to offset capital gains until all net capital losses without an expiration date have been utilized. Capital loss carryforwards with no expiration date will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses instead of as short-term capital losses as under prior law. The ability to utilize capital loss carryforwards in the future may be limited under the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations based on the results of future transactions.

The following table presents available capital loss carryforwards and expiration dates, for each Fund as of April 30, 2015:

 

                            Post-effective/no
expiration
             
    2016     2017     2018     2019     Short-Term     Long-Term     Total*     Expired  
Aerospace & Defense Portfolio   $ 2,374,303      $ 7,470,897      $ 6,428,813      $ 9,464,875      $      $ 2,957,980      $ 28,696,868      $ 104,662   
CleantechTM Portfolio     1,171,839        14,341,075        25,186,026        12,098,616        1,234,766        29,357,435        83,389,757          
DWA Momentum Portfolio     5,046,566        92,771,702        60,219,842        10,496,532        34,926,187               203,460,829          
Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio     796,018        7,687,052        47,149,399               16,524,684        8,590,292        80,747,445          
Golden Dragon China Portfolio     1,235,904        22,836,421        74,072,167        35,483,714        15,547,206        135,923,096        285,098,508        3,128,677   
S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio                                                        
S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio     21,013,690        37,241,965        42,466,537        9,869,908                      110,592,100        27,128,611   

 

 

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                            Post-effective/no
expiration
             
    2016     2017     2018     2019     Short-Term     Long-Term     Total*     Expired  
Water Resources Portfolio   $ 3,553,481      $ 93,208,162      $ 265,948,030      $ 33,978,301      $ 22,405,830      $ 111,607,122      $ 530,700,926      $ 11,876,489   
WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio     44,707,703        261,712,498        460,657,845        241,008,862        61,502,550        302,283,900        1,371,873,358        89,533,576   
WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio     179,432        8,319,827        12,433,887        2,282,887        3,352,064        5,589,864        32,157,961          

 

* Capital loss carryforwards as of the date listed above are reduced for limitations, if any, to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Code and may be further limited depending upon a variety of factors, including the realization of net unrealized gains or losses as of the date of any reorganization.

Note 8. Investment Transactions

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the cost of securities purchased and proceeds from sales of securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations, money market funds and in-kind transactions, if any) were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  
Aerospace & Defense Portfolio    $ 25,199,987       $ 24,060,223   
CleantechTM Portfolio      17,361,982         17,382,755   
DWA Momentum Portfolio      1,097,852,608         1,099,002,384   
Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio      149,287,673         161,247,999   
Golden Dragon China Portfolio      62,638,790         62,227,665   
S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio      177,242,904         216,776,809   
S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio      80,964,834         80,246,638   
Water Resources Portfolio      235,022,482         234,854,785   
WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio      80,370,901         79,998,792   
WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio      15,728,088         15,666,267   

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, in-kind transactions associated with creations and redemptions were as follows:

 

     Cost of
Securities
Received
     Value of
Securities
Delivered
 
Aerospace & Defense Portfolio    $ 163,344,225       $ 17,603,595   
CleantechTM Portfolio      4,389,849         8,808,462   
DWA Momentum Portfolio      1,257,162,017         830,993,457   
Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio      117,342,178         203,707,736   
Golden Dragon China Portfolio      79,977,334         146,387,188   
S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio      234,189,720         73,987,464   
S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio      242,120,584         118,432,845   
Water Resources Portfolio      35,644,453         143,302,484   
WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio      28,234,167         77,921,450   
WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio      5,021,674         11,197,431   

Gains (losses) on in-kind transactions are generally not considered taxable gains (losses) for federal income tax purposes.

At April 30, 2015, the aggregate cost and the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments for tax purposes were as follows:

 

     Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
     Net
Unrealized

Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Cost  
Aerospace & Defense Portfolio    $ 31,721,305       $ (3,827,808    $ 27,893,497       $ 234,898,861   
CleantechTM Portfolio      20,227,194         (4,676,269      15,550,925         65,719,501   
DWA Momentum Portfolio      282,756,835         (19,704,944      263,051,891         1,610,430,217   
Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio      33,808,855         (36,106,202      (2,297,347      520,425,240   

 

 

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     Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
     Net
Unrealized

Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Cost  
Golden Dragon China Portfolio    $ 48,127,616       $ (23,824,129    $ 24,303,487       $ 228,748,893   
S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio                              408,392,816   
S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio      71,525,796         (3,181,267      68,344,529         465,063,008   
Water Resources Portfolio      196,276,458         (41,948,731      154,327,727         700,836,696   
WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio      22,429,605         (33,080,601      (10,650,996      192,437,304   
WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio      5,869,419         (3,531,731      2,337,688         34,807,760   

Note 9. Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of in-kind transactions and expired capital loss carryforwards on April 30, 2015, amounts were reclassified between undistributed net investment income (loss), undistributed net realized gain (loss) and Shares of beneficial interest. These reclassifications had no effect on the net assets of each Fund. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the reclassifications were as follows:

 

     Undistributed
Net Investment
Income (Loss)
     Undistributed
Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Shares of
Beneficial
Interest
 
Aerospace & Defense Portfolio    $       $ (6,140,471 )    $ 6,140,471   
CleantechTM Portfolio      (4,256      (2,955,762 )      2,960,018   
DWA Momentum Portfolio              (187,744,620 )      187,744,620   
Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio      25,721,314         (51,059,113      25,337,799   
Golden Dragon China Portfolio      1,502,883         (37,530,906 )      36,028,023   
S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio      9,054,423         (9,054,423 )        
S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio              (16,524,524 )      16,524,524   
Water Resources Portfolio              (32,805,428 )      32,805,428   
WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio      438,445         74,680,874        (75,119,319
WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio              (3,065,594 )      3,065,594   

Note 10. Trustees’ and Officer’s Fees

Trustees’ and Officer’s Fees include amounts accrued by the Funds to pay remuneration to the Independent Trustees and an Officer of the Trust. The Adviser, as a result of the unitary management fee, pays for such compensation for S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio. The Trustee who is an “interested person” of the Trust does not receive any Trustees’ fees.

The Trust has adopted a deferred compensation plan (the “Plan”). Under the Plan, an Independent Trustee who has executed a Deferred Fee Agreement (a “Participating Trustee”) may defer receipt of all or a portion of his compensation (“Deferral Fees”). Such Deferral Fees are deemed to be invested in select PowerShares Funds. The Deferral Fees payable to the Participating Trustee are valued as of the date such Deferral Fees would have been paid to the Participating Trustee. The value increases with contributions or with increases in the value of the Shares selected, and the value decreases with distributions or with declines in the value of the Shares selected. Obligations under the Plan represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Funds.

Note 11. Capital

Shares are created and redeemed by each Fund only in Creation Units of 50,000 Shares. Only Authorized Participants are permitted to purchase or redeem Creation Units from the Funds. Such transactions are principally permitted in exchange for Deposit Securities, with a balancing cash component to equate the transaction to the NAV per Share of a Fund of the Trust on the transaction date. However, for all Funds, cash in an amount equivalent to the value of certain securities may be substituted, generally when the securities are not available in sufficient quantity for delivery, not eligible for trading by the Authorized Participant or as a result of other market circumstances.

To the extent that the Funds permit transactions in exchange for Deposit Securities, each Fund may issue Shares in advance of receipt of Deposit Securities subject to various conditions, including a requirement to maintain on deposit with the Trust cash at least equal to 105% of the market value of the missing Deposit Securities. In accordance with the Trust’s Participant Agreement, Creation Units will be issued to an Authorized Participant, notwithstanding the fact that the corresponding Deposit Securities have not been received in part or in whole, in reliance on the undertaking of the Authorized Participant to deliver the missing Deposit Securities as soon as possible, which undertaking shall be secured by the Authorized Participant’s delivery and maintenance of collateral consisting of cash in the form of U.S. dollars in immediately available funds having a value (marked-to-market daily) at least equal to 105%, which the Adviser may change from time to time, of the value of the missing Deposit Securities.

 

 

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Transactions in each Fund’s Shares are disclosed in detail in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

Note 12. Indemnifications

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. Each Independent Trustee is also indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of his duties to the Trust pursuant to an Indemnification Agreement between the Independent Trustee and the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Trust believes the risk of loss to be remote.

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust:

 

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio, PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio, PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio, PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio, PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio, PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio, PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio and PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio (each an individual portfolio of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, hereafter referred to as the “Funds”) at April 30, 2015, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at April 30, 2015 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, and the application of alternative auditing procedures where confirmations of security purchases have not been received, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Chicago, IL

June 24, 2015

 

 

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Fees and Expenses

 

As a shareholder of a Fund of the PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, (excluding PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio), you incur advisory fees and other Fund expenses. As a shareholder of a Fund of the PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio, you incur a unitary management fee. In addition to the unitary management fee, a shareholder may pay distribution fees, if any, brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, litigation expenses and other extraordinary expenses (including acquired fund fees and expenses, if any). The expense examples below are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the six-month period ended April 30, 2015.

In addition to the fees and expenses which the PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio and PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio (collectively, the “Portfolios”) bear directly, the Portfolios indirectly bear a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the investment companies in which the Portfolios invest. The amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Portfolios will vary because the investment companies have varied expenses and fee levels and the Portfolios may own different proportions of the investment companies at different times. Estimated investment companies’ expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Portfolios. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the investment companies and are deducted from the value of the investment companies the Portfolios invests in. The effect of the estimated investment companies’ expenses that the Portfolios bear indirectly are included in each Portfolio’s total return.

Actual Expenses

The first line in the following table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading “Expenses Paid During the Six-Month Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the following table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed annualized rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only, and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges and brokerage commissions. Therefore, the second line in the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, expenses shown in the table do not include the expenses of the underlying funds, which are borne indirectly by a Fund. If transaction costs and indirect expenses were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

    Beginning
Account Value
November 1, 2014
    Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2015
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Six-Month Period
    Expenses Paid
During the
Six-Month Period(1)
 
PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio (PPA)        

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,065.72        0.66   $ 3.38   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.52        0.66        3.31   
PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio (PZD)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,051.63        0.67        3.41   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.47        0.67        3.36   
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio (PDP)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,053.70        0.63        3.21   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.67        0.63        3.16   
PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio (PSP)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,118.90        0.64        3.36   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.62        0.64        3.21   

 

 

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Fees and Expenses (continued)

 

    Beginning
Account Value
November 1, 2014
    Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2015
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Six-Month Period
    Expenses Paid
During the
Six-Month Period(1)
 
PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio (PGJ)        

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,076.73        0.70 %     $ 3.60   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.32        0.70        3.51   
PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio (PBP)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,036.68        0.75        3.79   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.08        0.75        3.76   
PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio (SPHQ)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,044.76        0.29        1.47   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,023.36        0.29        1.45   
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio (PHO)        

Actual

    1,000.00        974.80        0.61        2.99   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.77        0.61        3.06   
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (PBW)        

Actual

    1,000.00        964.27        0.70        3.41   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.32        0.70        3.51   
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio (PUW)        

Actual

    1,000.00        989.65        0.70        3.45   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.32        0.70        3.51   

 

(1)  Expenses are calculated using the annualized expense ratio, which represents the ongoing expenses as a percentage of net assets for the six-month period ended April 30, 2015. Expenses are calculated by multiplying the Fund’s annualized expense ratio by the average account value for the period, then multiplying the result by 181/365. Expense ratios for the most recent six-month period may differ from expense ratios based on the annualized data in the Financial Highlights.

 

 

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Tax Information

 

Form 1099-DIV, Form 1042-S and other year-end tax information provide shareholders with actual calendar year amounts that should be included in their tax returns. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers.

The following distribution information is being provided as required by the Internal Revenue Code or to meet a specific state’s requirement.

Each Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended April 30, 2015:

Federal Income Tax Information

 

     Qualified Dividend
Income*
  Corporate Dividends
Received Deduction*
Aerospace & Defense Portfolio        100 %       100 %
CleantechTM Portfolio        100 %       26 %
DWA Momentum Portfolio        100 %       100 %
Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio        39 %       12 %
Golden Dragon China Portfolio        100 %       0 %
S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio        0 %       0 %
S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio        100 %       100 %
Water Resources Portfolio        100 %       100 %
WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio        15 %       10 %
WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio        63 %       6 %

 

* The above percentages are based on ordinary income dividends paid to shareholders during the Fund’s fiscal year.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers

 

The Independent Trustees of the Trust, their term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during at least the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex overseen by each Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by a Trustee are shown below.

The Trustees and officers information is current as of April 30, 2015.

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Independent Trustees
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Term of
Office
and
Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years
   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex**
Overseen by
Independent
Trustees
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Independent
Trustees During
the Past 5 Years

Ronn R. Bagge—1958

c/o Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2003    Founder and Principal, YQA Capital Management LLC (1998-Present); formerly Owner/CEO of Electronic Dynamic Balancing Co., Inc. (high-speed rotating equipment service provider).    120    None

Todd J. Barre—1957

c/o Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2010    Assistant Professor of Business, Trinity Christian College (2010-Present); formerly Vice President and Senior Investment Strategist (2001-2008), Director of Open Architecture and Trading (2007-2008), Head of Fundamental Research (2004-2007) and Vice President and Senior Fixed Income Strategist (1994-2001), BMO Financial Group/Harris Private Bank.    120    None

Marc M. Kole—1960

c/o Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2006    Retired. Formerly, Chief Financial Officer, Hope Network (social services) (2008-2012); Assistant Vice President and Controller, Priority Health (health insurance) (2005-2008); Senior Vice President of Finance, United Healthcare (2004-2005); Chief Accounting Officer, Senior Vice President of Finance, Oxford Health Plans (2000-2004); Audit Partner, Arthur Andersen LLP (1996-2000).    120    None

Yung Bong Lim—1964

c/o Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2013    Managing Partner, Residential Dynamics Group LLC (2008-Present); formerly, Managing Director, Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C. (1999-2007).    120    None

Philip M. Nussbaum—1961

c/o Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2003    Chairman, Performance Trust Capital Partners (2004-Present).    120    None

 

* This is the date the Independent Trustee began serving the Trust. Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Fund Complex includes all open-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser. At April 30, 2015, the “Fund Family” consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 67 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Independent Trustees
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Term of
Office
and
Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years
   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex**
Overseen by
Independent
Trustees
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Independent
Trustees During
the Past 5 Years

Gary R. Wicker—1961

c/o Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2013    Senior Vice President of Global Finance and Chief Financial Officer at RBC Ministries (publishing company) (2013-Present); formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Zondervan Publishing (A division of Harper Collins/NewsCorp) (2007-2012); Senior Vice President and Group Controller (2005-2006), Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2003-2004), Chief Financial Officer (2001-2003), Vice President, Finance and Controller (1999-2001) and Assistant Controller (1997-1999), divisions of The Thomson Corporation (information services provider).    120    None

Donald H. Wilson—1959

c/o Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Chairman of the Board and Trustee    Chairman since 2012; Trustee since 2006    Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Community Financial Shares, Inc. and Community Bank—Wheaton/Glen Ellyn (subsidiary) (2013-Present); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Stone Pillar Advisors, Ltd. (2010-Present); formerly, Chief Operating Officer, AMCORE Financial, Inc. (bank holding company) (2007-2009); Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, AMCORE Financial, Inc. (2006-2007); Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Marshall & Ilsley Corp. (bank holding company) (1995-2006).    120    None

 

* This is the date the Independent Trustee began serving the Trust. Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Fund Complex includes all open-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser. At April 30, 2015, the “Fund Family” consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 67 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

The Trustee who is an “interested person” (the “Non-Independent Trustee”) and the executive officers of the Trust, their term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during at least the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex overseen by the Non-Independent Trustees and the other directorships, if any, held by the Non-Independent Trustee are shown below.

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Non-Independent Trustee
  Position(s)
Held
with Trust
  Term of
Office
and
Length of
Time
Served*
  Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years
  Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex**
Overseen by
Non-Independent
Trustees
  Other
Directorships
Held by
Non-Independent
Trustees During
the Past 5 Years

Kevin M. Carome—1956

Invesco Ltd.

Two Peachtree Pointe,

1555 Peachtree St., N.E.,

Suite 1800

Atlanta, GA 30309

  Trustee   Since 2010   Senior Managing Director, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Ltd. (2006-Present); Director, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2009-Present); Director, Invesco Finance PLC, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc., and Invesco Holding Company Limited; Director and Executive Vice President, Invesco Finance, Inc., Invesco Group Services, Inc., Invesco Investments (Bermuda) Ltd., Invesco North American Holdings, Inc., and IVZ, Inc. and Invesco Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd.; Manager, Horizon Flight Works LLC; Director and Secretary, IVZ Bahamas Private Limited; formerly, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2003-2005); Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. (2000-2001); General Counsel of certain investment management subsidiaries of Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. (1998-2000); Associate General Counsel, Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. (1993-1998); Associate, Ropes & Gray LLP.   120   None

 

* This is the date the Non-Independent Trustee began serving the Trust. Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Fund Complex includes all open-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser. At April 30, 2015, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 67 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Executive Officers
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

Andrew Schlossberg—1974

Invesco Management Group, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046

   President    Since 2009    President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2009-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Managing Director—U.S. Strategy and Marketing (2010-Present) and Principal Executive Officer (2015-Present), Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Managing Director, U.S. head of business strategy and chief marketing officer for Invesco Ltd. in the United States (2008-Present); and Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser) (2009-Present); formerly, Mr. Schlossberg served in multiple roles within Invesco, including head of corporate development, as well as global leadership roles in strategy and product development in the company’s North American Institutional and Retirement divisions (2002-2007) and Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (2012-2015).

Peter Hubbard—1981

Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President    Since 2009    Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2009-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Vice President and Director of Portfolio Management—Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2008-Present); formerly, Portfolio Manager, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2007-2008); Research Analyst, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2005-2007); Research Analyst and Trader, Ritchie Capital, a hedge fund operator (2003-2005).

David Warren—1957

Invesco Canada Ltd.

5140 Yonge Street Suite 800,

Toronto, Ontario M2N 6X7

   Vice President    Since 2009    Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2009-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Managing Director—Chief Administrative Officer, Americas, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2009-Present); Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Inc. (2009-Present); Senior Vice President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (2007-Present); Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly, Invesco Trimark Ltd.) and Chief Administrative Officer, North American Retail, Invesco Ltd. (2007-Present); Director, Invesco Canada Holdings Inc. (2002-Present), Invesco Corporate Class Inc., and Invesco Canada Fund Inc.; Director, Invesco Financial Services Ltd. and Trimark Investments Ltd. (2014-Present); formerly, Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly, Invesco Trimark Ltd.) (2000-2006).

 

* This is the date the Officers began serving the Trust. Each Officer serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Executive Officers
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

Sheri Morris—1964

Invesco Management Group, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046

   Vice President    Since 2012    Vice President, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser) (2009-Present) and Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2012-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); formerly, Treasurer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2011-2013); Vice President, Invesco Aim Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; Assistant Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds and Assistant Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.

Rudolf E. Reitmann—1971

Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President    Since 2013    Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2013-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Head of Global Exchange Traded Funds Operations, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2013-Present).

Daniel E. Draper—1968

Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President    Since 2013    Senior Vice President, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (2014-Present); Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2013-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Managing Director, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2013-Present); formerly, Managing Director, Credit Suisse Asset Management (2010-2013) and Lyxor Asset Management/Societe Generale (2007-2010).

Steven M. Hill—1964

Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President and Treasurer    Since 2013    Vice President and Treasurer of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2013-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Head of Global ETF Administration, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2011-Present); Principal Financial and Accounting Officer—Investment Pools, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2015-Present); formerly, Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, Destra Capital Management LLC and its subsidiaries (2010-2011); Chief Financial Officer, Destra Investment Trust and Destra Investment Trust II (2010-2011); Senior Managing Director, Claymore Securities, Inc. (2003-2010); and Chief Financial Officer, Claymore sponsored mutual funds (2003-2010).

Christopher Joe—1969

Invesco Management Group, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046

   Chief Compliance Officer   

Since

2012

   Deputy Chief Compliance Officer of Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2014-Present); Chief Compliance Officer of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2012-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); U.S. Compliance Director, Invesco, Ltd. (2006-Present); formerly, Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Investment Advisers, LLC (registered investment adviser) (2010-2013).

 

* This is the date the Officers began serving the Trust. Each Officer serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Executive Officers
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

Anna Paglia—1974

Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Secretary    Since 2011    Secretary, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2011-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Head of Legal, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2010-Present); formerly, Partner, K&L Gates LLP (formerly, Bell Boyd & Lloyd LLP) (2007-2010); Associate Counsel at Barclays Global Investors Ltd. (2004-2006).

Availability of Additional Information About the Trustees

The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request at (800) 983-0903.

 

* This is the date the Officers began serving the Trust. Each Officer serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

 

 

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Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreement

 

At a meeting held on April 16, 2015, the Board of Trustees of the PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (the “Trust”), including the Independent Trustees, approved the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement between Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”) and the Trust for the following 51 series (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):

 

PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio

PowerShares BuyBack Achievers™ Portfolio

PowerShares Cleantech™ Portfolio

PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio

PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio

PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio

PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio

PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio

PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio

PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers TM Portfolio

PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio

PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio

PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio

PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio

PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio

 

 

The Trustees reviewed information from the Adviser describing: (i) the nature, extent and quality of services provided, (ii) the investment performance of the Funds and the Adviser, (iii) the costs of services provided and estimated profits realized by the Adviser, (iv) the extent to which economies of scale are realized as a Fund grows, (v) whether fee levels reflect any possible economies of scale for the benefit of Fund shareholders, (vi) comparisons of services rendered to and amounts paid by other registered investment companies and (vii) any benefits realized by the Adviser from its relationship with each Fund. Based on all of the information considered and the conclusions reached, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, determined to approve the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund. No single factor was determinative in the Board’s analysis.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. In evaluating the nature, extent and quality of the Adviser’s services, the Trustees reviewed information concerning the functions performed by the Adviser for the Funds, information describing the Adviser’s current organization and staffing, including operational support provided by the Adviser’s parent organization, Invesco Ltd., and the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds. The Trustees reviewed matters related to the Adviser’s execution and/or oversight of execution of portfolio transactions on behalf of the Funds. The Trustees also reviewed information on the performance of the Funds and their underlying indexes for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year and since-inception periods ended December 31, 2014, as applicable, including reports for each of those periods on the correlation and tracking error between each Fund’s performance and the performance of its underlying index, as well as the Adviser’s analysis of the tracking error between PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio and its underlying index. In reviewing the tracking error report, the Trustees considered information provided by Ibbotson Associates, a consultant to the Independent Trustees, with respect to general expected tracking error ranges and various explanations for any tracking error. The Trustees noted that for each applicable period the

 

 

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correlation and tracking error for each Fund was within the targeted range set forth in the Trust’s registration statement. The Trustees concluded that each Fund was correlated to its underlying index and that the tracking error for each Fund was within an acceptable range given that Fund’s particular circumstances.

The Trustees also considered the services provided by the Adviser in its oversight of the Funds’ administrator, custodian and transfer agent. They noted the significant amount of time, effort and resources that had been devoted to this oversight function.

Based on their review, the Trustees concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Adviser to the Funds under the Investment Advisory Agreement were appropriate and reasonable.

Fees, Expenses and Profitability. The Trustees reviewed and discussed the information provided by the Adviser on each Fund’s advisory fee and net expense ratio, as compared to information compiled by the Adviser from Lipper Inc. databases on the advisory fees and net expense ratios of comparable exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), open-end (non-ETF) index funds and open-end (non-ETF) actively-managed funds. The Trustees noted that the annual advisory fee charged to each Fund is:

 

    0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each Fund other than PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio;

 

    0.40% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each of PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio and PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio; and

 

    0.29% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each of PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio1, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio1, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio1, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio.

The Trustees also noted that the Adviser has agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee and/or pay expenses (an “Expense Cap”) to the extent necessary to prevent the annual operating expenses of each Fund from exceeding the percentage of that Fund’s average daily net assets, at least until August 31, 2016, as set forth below:

 

    0.60%, excluding interest expenses, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for each of PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio and PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio;

 

    0.50%, excluding interest expenses, licensing fees, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for each of PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio and PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio;

 

    0.39%, excluding interest expenses, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for each of PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio2, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio2, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio2, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio and PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio;

 

1  The annual management fee for PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio and PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio will be reduced to 0.25% of each Fund’s average daily net assets, effective May 22, 2015. Pure Small Value Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio.
2  The Expense Cap for PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio and PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio will be reduced such that annual operating expenses of each Fund will not exceed 0.25% of its average daily net assets, effective May 22, 2015.

 

 

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    0.29%, excluding interest expenses, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio;

 

    0.60%, excluding interest expenses, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio and PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio; and

 

    0.60%, excluding interest expenses, licensing fees, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for each other Fund.

The Trustees noted that the Adviser represented that it does not serve as the investment adviser to any clients, other than other ETFs also overseen by the Trustees, with comparable investment strategies as the Funds, but that the Adviser provides sub-advisory services to clients with comparable investment strategies as certain of the Funds. The Trustees further noted the Adviser’s explanation with respect to the sub-advisory fees it receives for such services in comparison to the advisory fees charged to the Funds. The Trustees noted that the advisory fees for certain Funds were equal to or lower than the median advisory fees of their ETF and open-end index peer funds as illustrated in the table below. The Trustees also noted that the advisory fees for all of the Funds were lower than the median advisory fees of their open-end actively-managed peer funds.

 

PowerShares Fund      Equal to/Lower
than ETF Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Median3
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Buyback Achievers Portfolio                X
PowerShares Cleantech Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dividend Achievers Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio                X

 

3  The information provided by the Adviser indicated that certain Funds did not have open-end index fund peers. Those Funds have been designated with an “N/A” for not available.

 

 

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PowerShares Fund      Equal to/Lower
than ETF Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Median3
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio                X
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio                X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio      X           X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio                X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio                X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio      X           X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares International Dividend Achievers Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares S&P 500 High Quality Portfolio                X
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio                X

The Trustees determined that the advisory fees were reasonable, noting the nature of the indexes, the distinguishing factors of the Funds, and the administrative, operational and management oversight costs for the Adviser. The Trustees noted that the net expense ratios for certain Funds were equal to or lower than the median net expense ratios of their ETF and open-end index peer funds as illustrated in the table below. The Trustees also noted that the net expense ratios for all of the Funds were lower than the median net expense ratios of their open-end actively-managed peer funds.

 

PowerShares Fund      Equal to/Lower
than ETF Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Buyback Achievers Portfolio                X
PowerShares Cleantech Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dividend Achievers Portfolio           X      X

 

 

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PowerShares Fund      Equal to/Lower
than ETF Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio                X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio                X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares International Dividend Achievers Portfolio      X      X      X

 

 

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PowerShares Fund      Equal to/Lower
than ETF Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares S&P 500 High Quality Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio                X

The Trustees noted that a significant component of the non-advisory fee expenses was the license fees paid by the Funds, and noted those Funds for which license fees are included in the Funds’ Expense Caps.

The Board concluded that the advisory fee and expense ratio of each Fund (giving effect to the Fund’s Expense Cap) were reasonable and appropriate in light of the services provided.

In conjunction with their review of fees, the Trustees also considered information provided by the Adviser on the revenues received by the Adviser under the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund, as well as the fees waived and expenses reimbursed by the Adviser for the Funds. The Trustees reviewed information provided by the Adviser on its overall profitability as well as the estimated profitability to the Adviser from its relationship to each Fund. The Trustees concluded that the overall and estimated profitability to the Adviser was not unreasonable.

Economies of Scale and Whether Fee Levels Reflect These Economies of Scale. The Trustees reviewed the information provided by the Adviser as to the extent to which economies of scale are realized as each Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect economies of scale for the benefit of shareholders. The Trustees reviewed each Fund’s asset size, expense ratio and expense limitation agreed to by the Adviser. The Trustees noted that, for Funds whose expenses are higher than their respective Expense Caps, any reduction in that Fund’s expenses would be enjoyed by the Adviser, but that Fund shareholders benefit from the lower expense ratio as a result of the Fund’s Expense Cap. The Trustees also noted that the Excess Expense Agreement with the Trust provides that the Adviser is entitled to be reimbursed by each Fund, other than PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio and PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio, for fees waived or expenses absorbed pursuant to the Expense Cap for a period of three years from the date the fee or expense was incurred, provided that no reimbursement would be made that would result in a Fund exceeding its Expense Cap. The Trustees considered whether the advisory fee rate for each Fund was reasonable in relation to the asset size of that Fund, and concluded that the flat advisory fee was reasonable and appropriate, noting the Fund expenses the Adviser has borne as a result of the Expense Cap.

The Trustees noted that the Adviser had not identified any further benefits that it derived from its relationship with the Funds and had noted that it does not have any soft-dollar arrangements.

Based on all of the information considered and the conclusions reached, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, determined to approve the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund.

 

 

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At a meeting held on April 16, 2015, the Board of Trustees of the PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (the “Trust”), including the Independent Trustees, approved the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement between Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”) and the Trust for PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio (each, a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”).

The Trustees reviewed information from the Adviser describing: (i) the nature, extent and quality of services provided, (ii) the investment performance of the Funds and the Adviser, (iii) the costs of services provided and estimated profits realized by the Adviser, (iv) the extent to which economies of scale are realized as a Fund grows, (v) whether fee levels reflect any possible economies of scale for the benefit of Fund shareholders, (vi) comparisons of services rendered to and amounts paid by other registered investment companies and (vii) any benefits realized by the Adviser from its relationship with each Fund. Based on all of the information considered and the conclusions reached, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, determined to approve the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund. No single factor was determinative in the Board’s analysis.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. In evaluating the nature, extent and quality of the Adviser’s services, the Trustees reviewed information concerning the functions performed by the Adviser for the Funds, information describing the Adviser’s current organization and staffing, including operational support provided by the Adviser’s parent organization, Invesco Ltd., and the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds. The Trustees reviewed matters related to the Adviser’s oversight of the execution of portfolio transactions on behalf of the Funds. The Trustees also reviewed information on the performance of the Funds and their underlying indexes for the one-year, three-year, five-year and since-inception (June 12, 2008 for PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio and December 20, 2007 for PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio) periods ended December 31, 2014, including reports for each of those periods on the correlation and tracking error between each Fund’s performance and the performance of its underlying index, as well as the Adviser’s analysis of the tracking error between each Fund and its underlying index. In reviewing the tracking error report, the Trustees considered information provided by Ibbotson Associates, a consultant to the Independent Trustees, with respect to general expected tracking error ranges and various explanations for any tracking error. The Trustees noted that for each period, the correlation and tracking error for each Fund was within the targeted range set forth in the Trust’s registration statement. The Trustees concluded that each Fund was correlated to its underlying index and that the tracking error for each Fund was within an acceptable range given that Fund’s particular circumstances.

The Trustees also considered the services provided by the Adviser in its oversight of the Funds’ administrator, custodian and transfer agent. They noted the significant amount of time, effort and resources that had been devoted to this oversight function.

Based on their review, the Trustees concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Adviser to the Funds under the Investment Advisory Agreement were appropriate and reasonable.

Fees, Expenses and Profitability. The Trustees reviewed and discussed the information provided by the Adviser on each Fund’s net expense ratio and unitary advisory fee, as compared to information compiled by the Adviser from Lipper Inc. databases on the net expense ratios of comparable exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), open-end (non-ETF) index funds and open-end (non-ETF) actively-managed funds. The Trustees noted that the annual unitary advisory fee is 0.60% for PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio and 0.75% for PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio, and that the Adviser pays all other operating expenses of each Fund, except that each Fund pays its brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, litigation expenses and other extraordinary expenses.

The Trustees noted that the Adviser represented that it does not serve as an investment adviser to any clients, other than other ETFs also overseen by the Trustees, with comparable investment strategies as the Funds. The Trustees noted that PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio’s net expense ratio was higher than the median net expense ratio of its ETF peer funds, but was lower than the median net expense ratios of its open-end index peer funds and open-end actively-managed peer funds. The Trustees noted that PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio’s net expense ratio was lower than the median net expense ratios of its ETF peer funds, open-end index peer funds and open-end actively-managed peer funds. The Trustees noted that each Fund’s advisory fee was reasonable because of the nature of the indexes, the distinguishing factors of the Funds and the administrative, operational and management oversight costs for the Adviser. The Trustees also noted that a portion of each Fund’s advisory fee was attributable to a license fee payable out of the unitary fee charged to that Fund. The Board concluded that the unitary advisory fee charged to each Fund was reasonable and appropriate in light of the services provided.

In conjunction with their review of the unitary advisory fee, the Trustees also considered information provided by the Adviser on the revenues received by the Adviser under the Investment Advisory Agreement. The Trustees reviewed information provided by the

 

 

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Adviser on its overall profitability as well as the estimated profitability to the Adviser from its relationship to each Fund. The Trustees concluded that the overall and estimated profitability to the Adviser was not unreasonable.

Economies of Scale and Whether Fee Levels Reflect These Economies of Scale. The Trustees reviewed the information provided by the Adviser as to the extent to which economies of scale are realized as each Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect economies of scale for the benefit of shareholders. The Trustees reviewed each Fund’s asset size and expense ratio. The Trustees noted that any reduction in fixed costs associated with the management of the Funds would be enjoyed by the Adviser, but a unitary fee provides a level of certainty in expenses for the Funds. The Trustees considered whether the advisory fee rate for each Fund was reasonable in relation to the asset size of that Fund, and concluded that the flat advisory fee was reasonable and appropriate.

The Trustees noted that the Adviser had not identified any further benefits that it derived from its relationships with the Funds and had noted that it does not have any soft-dollar arrangements.

Based on all of the information considered and the conclusions reached, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, determined to approve the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund.

 

 

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Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the Trust’s proxy voting policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge and upon request, by calling (800) 983-0903. This information is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“Commission”) website at www.sec.gov.

Information regarding how each Fund voted proxies for portfolio securities, if applicable, during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, is also available, without charge and upon request, by (i) calling (800) 983-0903; or (ii) accessing the Trust’s Form N-PX on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolios

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings for the Funds with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Forms N-Q are available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330.

Frequency Distribution of Discounts and Premiums

A table showing the number of days the market price of each Fund’s shares was greater than the Fund’s net asset value, and the number of days it was less than the Fund’s net asset value (i.e., premium or discount) for the most recently completed calendar year, and the calendar quarters since that year end (or the life of the Fund, if shorter) may be found at the Fund’s website at www.invescopowershares.com.


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  April 30, 2015

2015 Annual Report to Shareholders

 

PKW PowerShares BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio
PFM PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio
PGF PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio
PEY PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio
PID PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

 

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Table of Contents

 

The Market Environment   3   
Manager’s Analysis   4   
Dividend Income Portfolios
Schedules of Investments

PowerShares BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio (PKW)

  18   

PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PFM)

  21   

PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio (PGF)

  24   

PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PEY)

  26   

PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PID)

  28   
Statements of Assets and Liabilities   30   
Statements of Operations   31   
Statements of Changes in Net Assets   32   
Financial Highlights   34   
Notes to Financial Statements   37   
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm   46   
Fees and Expenses   47   
Tax Information   49   
Trustees and Officers   50   
Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreement   55   

 

 

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The Market Environment

 

 

 

Domestic Equity

Slow and steady improvement in the US economy and continued low interest rates led the US equity market higher during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. As the US economy continued along a slow growth path, the US Federal Reserve steadily reduced its asset purchase program, finally ending all purchases in October 2014. The reporting period began with corporate earnings bouncing back from a weather-related downturn resulting from an unusually harsh winter that negatively affected consumer spending. Stocks generally rallied through the summer of 2014 despite political upheaval in Ukraine and signs of economic sluggishness in China. In mid-September, as investors wrestled with evidence that economic growth appeared to be stronger in the US than in the rest of the world, the price of oil began a sharp and prolonged decline, causing US equities to fall. US equities recovered before the end of calendar year 2014, however. As calendar year 2015 began, investors were generally heartened by positive US economic data, but there was concern that if Greece failed to reach an agreement with the eurozone on a financial bailout plan, the repercussions would be felt more broadly. On balance, however, the general trend for US equities was positive.

International Equity

Global equities delivered generally moderate returns for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. Factors affecting global equity markets’ performance included generally positive, but subdued, economic growth, as well as varied monetary policies implemented by central banks around the world — and the effects those varied policies had on currencies.

In the US, the economy continued to expand, albeit slowly. While the US Federal Reserve Bank ended its quantitative easing program and suggested it was more comfortable with raising interest rates, the European Central Bank implemented new and more stimulative monetary policy in the form of asset purchases in an effort to prevent deflation. This policy divergence supported the continued strength of the US dollar. Meanwhile, the Bank of Japan increased its already extraordinary monetary stimulus, driving the yen lower and Japanese equities higher.

While a more aggressive monetary policy in the Eurozone failed to immediately ignite economic recovery, it briefly boosted European equity prices. Equity markets’ performance in emerging markets was mixed. In Russia, markets declined significantly — the result of a sharp drop in energy prices and heightened concerns about a possible recession. China continued to struggle to balance structural reforms with its desire for growth, while other Asian exporting countries also faced headwinds from slower global consumption.

Global equity markets pulled back at various points during the year in reaction to economic and geopolitical developments. In particular, ongoing geopolitical tensions in Ukraine and the Middle East, along with the election of a new anti-austerity Greek government increased volatility and weakened the outlook for global economic growth. Nonetheless, most global equity markets ended the fiscal year in positive territory.

 

 

 

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PKW    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares BuyBack Achievers™ Portfolio (PKW)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares BuyBack Achievers™ Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the NASDAQ US BuyBack Achievers™ Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks that comprise the Index.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index, which is designed to track the performance of issuers that are classified as “BuyBack Achievers™”. In order to be eligible for inclusion in the Index, an issuer must (i) be incorporated in the United States or certain benefits-driven incorporation countries (i.e., countries that provide tax or other benefits for incorporation); (ii) trade on the NASDAQ, NYSE or NYSE MKT; (iii) have effected a net reduction in shares outstanding of 5% or more in the past 12 months; and (iv) have a minimum average daily cash volume of $500,000 in October, November and December prior to each annual reconstitution of the Index in January. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider weights the universe of companies according to a modified market capitalization, using each company’s eligible shares outstanding and the closing price at the company’s last trading day in December. No single company may exceed 5% of the Index as of either a reconstitution or rebalance date. The Index Provider will modify the Index weight of companies with market capitalizations that exceed 5% of the Index to equal 5% of the Index. The Index Provider will redistribute the excess amounts from companies whose initial market capitalizations exceeded 5% of the Index among the remaining companies in proportion to their initial weights until no company exceeds 5% of the Index. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 13.61%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 13.63%. During the same time period, the Index returned 14.35%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P 500® Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 12.98%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 500 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a broad U.S. equity market benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition

in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. equity market.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an Index that employs a modified market capitalization weighting methodology and stock selection methodology based on stock buybacks, whereas the Benchmark Index weights stocks based on market capitalization and does not have a buyback methodology.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the consumer discretionary sector and most underweight in the consumer staples sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund’s allocation to the consumer discretionary sector and stock selection within the industrials sector.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the consumer discretionary sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the information technology and industrials sectors, respectively. The energy sector detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the telecommunication services (no longer held) and utilities sectors, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included The Home Depot, Inc., a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 5.26%), and Lowe’s Cos., Inc., a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 3.18%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Halliburton Co., an energy company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Viacom, Inc., Class B, a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 1.63%).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Consumer Discretionary      30.0   
Information Technology      20.5   
Industrials      16.0   
Financials      11.3   
Health Care      7.4   
Materials      7.2   
Energy      6.1   
Consumer Staples      1.1   
Utilities      0.4   
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0   
 

 

 

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PowerShares BuyBack Achievers™ Portfolio (PKW) (continued)

 

Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
International Business Machines Corp.      5.4   
Apple, Inc.      5.1   
Home Depot, Inc. (The)      4.8   
Boeing Co. (The)      4.5   
Time Warner, Inc.      3.1   
Lowe’s Cos., Inc.      2.9   
Express Scripts Holding Co.      2.8   
Monsanto Co.      2.5   
FedEx Corp.      2.1   
General Dynamics Corp.      2.0   
Total      35.2   
 

 

 

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PowerShares BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio (PKW) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
NASDAQ US BuyBack Achievers™ Index     14.35     20.42     74.62     18.72     135.82       10.09     123.43
S&P 500® Index     12.98        16.73        59.05        14.33        95.31          6.94        75.20   
Fund                
NAV Return     13.63        19.58        70.99        17.90        127.83          9.30        110.23   
Market Price Return     13.61        19.57        70.96        17.89        127.68          9.27        109.86   

 

Fund Inception: December 20, 2006

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.68%, including acquired fund fees and expenses of 0.02%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and

capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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PFM    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio (PFM)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the NASDAQ US Broad Dividend Achievers™ Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of companies that comprise the Index.

NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. The Index is designed to track the performance of issuers that meet the requirements to be classified as “Dividend Achievers™.” To become eligible for inclusion in the Index, an issuer must (i) be included in the NASDAQ US Benchmark Index (other than limited partnerships, which must trade on the NASDAQ, NYSE or NYSE MKT); (ii) have raised its annual regular dividend payments for at least each of the last ten consecutive years; and (iii) have a minimum three-month average daily trading volume of $1 million. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider calculates the total annual regular cash dividend payment for each security in the universe of issuers using the last available ex-dividend date for the previous year. The Index Provider weights the universe of issuers according to a modified market capitalization methodology. The Index Provider will rebalance the Index on a quarterly basis, using each issuer’s closing price on the last trading day in February, May, August and November. At the rebalance date, no single issuer’s weight may exceed 4% of the weight of the Index. The Index Provider will redistribute the excess amounts proportionately from larger issuers until no issuer’s weight exceeds 4% of the Index. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 6.44%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 6.54%. During the same time period, the Index returned 7.15%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses incurred by the Fund.

During this same time period, the Russell 3000® Value Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 8.96%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 2,070 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a broad based market benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the value segment of the US equity universe.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an Index that employs a modified market capitalization weighting methodology and stock selection methodology based on dividend-paying stocks, whereas the Benchmark Index weights stocks based on market capitalization and focuses on lower price-to-book and lower forecasted growth values.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the consumer staples sector and most underweight in the financials sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund being underweight in the health care sector and security selection in the information technology sector. Additionally, the Fund underperformed the Benchmark Index largely because of its stock concentrations within the consumer staples, energy, and industrials sectors.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the consumer staples sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the consumer discretionary and industrials sectors, respectively. The energy sector was the only detracting sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included CVS Health Corp., a consumer staples company (portfolio average weight of 1.76%), and Microsoft Corp., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 0.44%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Exxon Mobil Corp., an energy company (portfolio average weight of 3.92%), and International Business Machines Corp., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 3.04%).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Consumer Staples      22.6   
Industrials      13.8   
Energy      13.3   
Information Technology      11.5   
Health Care      9.0   
Consumer Discretionary      7.6   
Financials      6.1   
Telecommunication Services      5.9   
Utilities      5.6   
Materials      4.5   
Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.1   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio (PFM) (continued)

 

Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Microsoft Corp.      4.5   
Exxon Mobil Corp.      4.0   
Johnson & Johnson      3.9   
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.      3.8   
Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      3.2   
Verizon Communications, Inc.      3.2   
Chevron Corp.      3.1   
AT&T, Inc.      2.7   
Coca-Cola Co. (The)      2.7   
International Business Machines Corp.      2.6   
Total      33.7   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio (PFM) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

   

1 Year

    3 Years
Average
Annualized
   

3 Years
Cumulative

    5 Years
Average
Annualized
   

5 Years
Cumulative

        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
NASDAQ US Broad Dividend Achievers™ Index     7.15     13.62     46.69     13.21     85.99       6.79     88.14
Russell 3000® Value Index     8.96        16.98        60.09        13.15        85.50          7.00        91.81   
Fund                
NAV Return     6.54        12.99        44.26        12.56        80.67          6.14        77.35   
Market Price Return     6.44        12.98        44.22        12.54        80.49          6.12        77.17   

 

Fund Inception: September 15, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.55%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund

at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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PGF    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio (PGF)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Wells Fargo® Hybrid & Preferred Securities Financial Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in preferred securities of financial institutions that comprise the Index.

Wells Fargo (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index provider selects constituents for the Index to attempt to portray a cross-section of the universe of preferred and functionally equivalent securities issued by financial institutions and listed on the NYSE, NYSE MKT or NASDAQ and that meet certain criteria. The Index is composed of preferred securities with either fixed or floating rate dividends issued by financial institutions that have received an industrial sector classification of “financial” from the Bloomberg Professional Service. The Index Provider includes securities in the Index pursuant to a proprietary selection methodology based on a number of criteria including ratings, perpetual maturity, US dollar-denominated, minimum par value of shares outstanding, dividend classification and liquidity requirements. The constituents are then weighted using a modified market capitalization methodology designed to limit the concentration of the largest securities. No security may account for more than 20% of the Index. The Fund does not purchase all of the securities in the Index; instead, the Fund utilizes a “sampling” methodology to seek to achieve its investment objective.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 8.85%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 8.73%. During the same time period, the Index returned 9.16%. The Fund’s performance differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 7.80%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by modified market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 300 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a broader preferred stock benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broader representation of the U.S. preferred stock market, which includes convertible preferred stocks.

The Fund focuses on financial sector preferred securities while the Benchmark Index is a broader representation of the preferred

stock market. As such, the outperformance of the Fund compared to the Benchmark Index can mainly be attributed to a difference in financial sector focus.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the banks industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the capital markets and insurance industries, respectively. There were no detracting industries.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included HSBC Holdings PLC, 8.00%, Series 2, a commercial banks company (portfolio average weight of 7.62%), and Barclays Bank PLC, 8.13%, Series 5, a commercial banks company (portfolio average weight of 4.16%). There were no detracting positions.

 

Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Banks      71.7   
Capital Markets      14.0   
Insurance      10.1   
Consumer Finance      4.6   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.4)   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
HSBC Holdings PLC, 8.00%, Series 2      7.3   
Barclays Bank PLC, 8.13%, Series 5      4.0   
ING Groep NV, 7.38%      3.8   
Wells Fargo & Co., 8.00%, Series J      3.4   
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The), 6.13%, Series P      3.0   
BB&T Corp., 5.63%, Series E      2.7   
HSBC Holdings PLC, 8.13%      2.5   
Wells Fargo & Co., 5.85%      2.3   
ING Groep NV, 6.38%      2.1   
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 5.50%, Series O      2.1   
Total      33.2   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio (PGF) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Wells Fargo® Hybrid & Preferred Securities Financial Index     9.16     8.01     26.02     9.26     55.72       4.78     48.11
S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index     7.80        7.96        25.83        8.12        47.74          4.98        50.46   
Fund                                              
NAV Return     8.73        7.65        24.74        8.56        50.75          3.76        36.38   
Market Price Return     8.85        7.59        24.53        8.62        51.19          3.67        35.43   

 

Fund Inception: December 1, 2006

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.63%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund

at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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PEY    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PEY)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the NASDAQ US Dividend AchieversTM 50 Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of companies that comprise the Index.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider includes common stocks in the Index, principally on the basis of dividend yield and consistent growth in dividends. To become eligible for inclusion in the Index, a security must be included in the NASDAQ US Broad Dividend AchieversTM Index, have a minimum market capitalization of $1 billion, and cannot be a real estate investment trust or limited partnership. For the annual reconstitution, securities that meet the eligibility criteria as of the end of December are ranked in descending order based on their trailing 12 months dividend yield as of the last trading day in February. The top 50 securities are included in the Index and weighted according to a modified dividend yield weighted methodology. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 12.89%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 12.89%. During the same time period, the Index returned 13.46%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 8.42%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by indicated dividend yield based on the average performance of approximately 100 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a similar dividend-weighted index.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the selection methodology of the Benchmark Index differs from the selection methodology of the Index that the Fund tracks.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the gas utilities industry and most underweight in the electric utilities industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to stock selection within

the oil, gas & consumable fuels and household durables industries, as well as allocation to the energy equipment & services industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the gas utilities industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the tobacco and insurance industries, respectively. The technology hardware storage & peripherals industry (no longer held) detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the personal products and metals & mining industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., a hotels, restaurants & leisure company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and WGL Holdings, Inc., a gas utilities company (no longer held at fiscal year-end). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Westamerica Bancorp., a commercial banks company (portfolio average weight of 1.73%), and Universal Corp., a tobacco company (portfolio average weight of 2.25%).

 

Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels      13.9   
Banks      9.8   
Tobacco      9.5   
Electric Utilities      8.5   
Insurance      7.9   
Gas Utilities      7.7   
Multi-Utilities      7.5   
Diversified Telecommunication Services      5.4   
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure      3.7   
Food Products      3.3   
Household Products      3.3   
Energy Equipment & Services      2.6   
Machinery      1.9   
Personal Products      1.8   
Metals & Mining      1.8   
Media      1.8   
Electrical Equipment      1.7   
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment      1.7   
Commercial Services & Supplies      1.6   
Food & Staples Retailing      1.6   
Beverages      1.5   
Aerospace & Defense      1.5   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)   
 

 

 

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PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PEY) (continued)

 

Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Vector Group Ltd.      3.6   
ONEOK, Inc.      3.0   
AT&T, Inc.      3.0   
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.      2.6   
ConocoPhillips      2.5   
Mercury General Corp.      2.5   
Verizon Communications, Inc.      2.5   
People’s United Financial, Inc.      2.4   
Universal Corp.      2.3   
Chevron Corp.      2.3   
Total      26.7   
 

 

 

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PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PEY) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
    10 Years
Average
Annualized
    10 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                     Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
NASDAQ US Dividend Achievers™ 50 Index     13.46     17.79     63.43     14.73     98.78     3.99     47.95       3.72     46.22
Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index     8.42        15.56        54.32        14.85        99.81        7.26        101.50          7.08        103.67   
Fund                    
NAV Return     12.89        17.18        60.89        14.09        93.33        3.56        41.85          3.28        39.79   
Market Price Return     12.89        17.18        60.89        14.09        93.31        3.56        41.92          3.28        39.88   

 

Fund Inception: December 9, 2004

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.55%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund

at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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PID    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio (PID)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the NASDAQ International Dividend AchieversTM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in the securities that comprise the Index.

NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. The Index is designed to track the performance of dividend paying American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”) that are listed on the London Stock Exchange (“LSE”) and the London International Exchange, in addition to ADRs and non-US common or ordinary stock trading on the NYSE, NYSE MKT, or NASDAQ. In order to become eligible for inclusion in the Index, an issuer must (i) be listed on NASDAQ, NYSE or NYSE MKT; (ii) be incorporated outside of the U.S.; (iii) have raised its annual regular cash dividend payments for at least each of the last five consecutive years; and (iv) have a minimum three-month average daily trading volume of $1 million. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider calculates the total annual regular dividend payment using the last available ex-dividend date for the previous calendar or fiscal year. The Index Provider will rebalance the Index on a quarterly basis using a dividend yield weighted methodology that incorporates the trailing 12-month dividend yield of each issuer as compared to the dividend yield of all issuers in the Index as of the last trading day in February, May, August and November. At the rebalance date, no single issuer may exceed 4% of the Index, and the Index Provider will redistribute the excess amounts proportionately from larger issuers until no issuer’s weight exceeds 4% of the Index. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 1.77%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 1.83%. During the same time period, the Index returned 2.34%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the MSCI EAFE® Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 1.66%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 910 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a broad-based market benchmark. The Benchmark Index also was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure

for investors as a broad representation of the overall international developed equity markets.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks the Index, which employs a dividend yield weighting and stock selection methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the energy sector and most underweight in the financials sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to stock selection within the telecommunications services and financials sectors.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the telecommunication services sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the financials and health care sectors, respectively. The industrials sector detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the energy and materials sectors, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Ensco PLC, Class A, an energy company (portfolio average weight of 0.42%), and China Mobile Ltd. ADR, a telecommunication services company (no longer held at fiscal year-end). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Navios Maritime Partners LP, an industrials company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Teekay Offshore Partners LP, an energy company (portfolio average weight of 3.24%).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Energy      34.7   
Financials      15.1   
Consumer Discretionary      9.6   
Telecommunication Services      9.3   
Consumer Staples      7.4   
Health Care      7.1   
Industrials      6.4   
Materials      6.1   
Information Technology      2.8   
Utilities      1.5   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)   
 

 

 

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PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio (PID) (continued)

 

Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Ensco PLC, Class A      4.4   
Statoil ASA ADR      4.2   
KazMunaiGas Exploration Production JSC GDR      3.9   
Teekay Offshore Partners LP      3.8   
Rosneft Oil Co. OAO GDR      3.4   
Teekay LNG Partners LP      2.8   
HSBC Holdings PLC ADR      2.2   
Sasol Ltd. ADR      2.1   
LUKOIL OAO ADR      2.0   
Textainer Group Holdings Ltd.      2.0   
Total      30.8   
 

 

 

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PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio (PID) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

   

1 Year

    3 Years
Average
Annualized
   

3 Years
Cumulative

    5 Years
Average
Annualized
   

5 Years
Cumulative

        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
NASDAQ International Dividend Achievers™ Index     2.34     10.04     33.24     9.23     55.50       6.10     76.75
MSCI EAFE® Index-NR     1.66        11.22        37.57        7.40        42.93          4.79        56.85   
Fund                
NAV Return     1.83        9.50        31.28        8.55        50.68          5.39        65.67   
Market Price Return     1.77        9.47        31.17        8.55        50.74          5.39        65.72   

 

Fund Inception: September 15, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.54%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table

above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Indices performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Indices do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Indices returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.

 

NR — Net Return, and is total return net of withholding taxes
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares BuyBack Achievers™ Portfolio (PKW)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
  

Common Stocks and Other Equity

Interests—100.0%

  

  

   Consumer Discretionary—30.0%   
  91,785       Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A    $ 2,063,327   
  149,893       AutoNation, Inc.(b)      9,225,914   
  41,867       AutoZone, Inc.(b)      28,162,256   
  244,945       Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.(b)      17,258,825   
  71,176       Big Lots, Inc.      3,243,490   
  34,665       BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.(b)      1,622,322   
  15,669       Blue Nile, Inc.(b)      426,353   
  31,204       Bob Evans Farms, Inc.      1,342,396   
  60,016       Bridgepoint Education, Inc.(b)      526,340   
  83,300       Brinker International, Inc.      4,612,321   
  606,358       CBS Corp., Class B      37,673,022   
  65,923       Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (The)      3,304,720   
  76,633       Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.      3,256,136   
  102,735       Crocs, Inc.(b)      1,356,102   
  111,985       Denny’s Corp.(b)      1,165,764   
  49,085       Dillard’s, Inc., Class A      6,459,095   
  196,166       Discovery Communications, Inc., Class A(b)      6,347,932   
  400,429       Dollar General Corp.      29,115,193   
  66,487       Fossil Group, Inc.(b)      5,583,578   
  142,227       GameStop Corp., Class A(c)      5,481,429   
  552,669       Gap, Inc. (The)      21,907,799   
  115,958       GNC Holdings, Inc., Class A      4,991,992   
  6,406       Graham Holdings Co., Class B      6,552,890   
  37,518       Helen of Troy Ltd.(b)      3,286,952   
  36,510       hhgregg, Inc.(b)(c)      208,837   
  1,322,395       Home Depot, Inc. (The)      141,469,817   
  63,167       Iconix Brand Group, Inc.(b)      1,661,924   
  50,241       Jack in the Box, Inc.      4,359,412   
  50,694       K12, Inc.(b)      819,722   
  267,646       Kohl’s Corp.      19,176,836   
  587,963       Liberty Interactive Corp., Class A(b)      16,909,816   
  51,490       Life Time Fitness, Inc.(b)      3,681,535   
  1,256,002       Lowe’s Cos., Inc.      86,488,298   
  450,822       Macy’s, Inc.      29,136,626   
  364,964       Marriott International, Inc., Class A      29,215,368   
  42,419       Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.      3,487,266   
  7,405       NACCO Industries, Inc., Class A      362,697   
  354,980       Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.      13,535,387   
  5,361       NVR, Inc.(b)      7,111,313   
  134,351       O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(b)      29,265,678   
  25,032       Outerwall, Inc.(c)      1,662,876   
  52,633       Papa John’s International, Inc.      3,230,087   
  118,786       Pier 1 Imports, Inc.(c)      1,502,643   
  57,630       Pool Corp.      3,739,611   
  208,972       Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.(b)      6,522,016   
  124,118       Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc., Class A      8,670,883   
  7,366,043       Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(b)      29,095,870   
  70,630       Sonic Corp.      2,023,549   
  226,589       Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.      19,475,325   
  121,151       Starz, Class A(b)      4,764,869   
  17,208       Steiner Leisure Ltd.(b)      830,114   
  84,030       Steven Madden Ltd.(b)      3,278,851   
  1,096,072       Time Warner, Inc.      92,519,437   
  1,752,110       Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A      59,711,909   
  172,230       Urban Outfitters, Inc.(b)      6,896,089   
  468,711       Viacom, Inc., Class B      32,551,979   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Consumer Discretionary (continued)   
  58,648       Visteon Corp.(b)    $ 5,946,907   
  485,173       Wendy’s Co. (The)      4,909,951   
  159,105       Wyndham Worldwide Corp.      13,587,567   
     

 

 

 
        892,777,213   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—1.1%   
  307,460       Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.      13,654,299   
  105,834       Coty, Inc., Class A(b)      2,530,491   
  121,584       Herbalife Ltd.(b)(c)      5,048,168   
  17,905       Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A      749,503   
  94,368       Ingredion, Inc.      7,492,819   
  16,022       Medifast, Inc.(b)      480,660   
  16,706       USANA Health Sciences, Inc.(b)      1,900,140   
     

 

 

 
        31,856,080   
     

 

 

 
   Energy—6.1%   
  497,309       Apache Corp.      34,015,936   
  254,529       Cameron International Corp.(b)      13,953,280   
  377,228       Hess Corp.      29,008,833   
  360,270       Marathon Petroleum Corp.      35,511,814   
  15,948       Mitcham Industries, Inc.(b)      78,145   
  234,869       Murphy Oil Corp.      11,182,113   
  715,730       Phillips 66      56,764,546   
  23,946       SEACOR Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,739,916   
  101,107       Triangle Petroleum Corp.(b)(c)      603,609   
     

 

 

 
        182,858,192   
     

 

 

 
   Financials—11.3%   
  549,574       Allstate Corp. (The)      38,283,325   
  465,589       American Capital Agency Corp. REIT      9,607,429   
  240,604       Ameriprise Financial, Inc.      30,142,869   
  140,234       Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp. REIT      712,389   
  82,153       Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.      3,839,010   
  200,732       Associated Banc-Corp.      3,775,769   
  203,785       Assured Guaranty Ltd.      5,296,372   
  133,081       Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.      6,928,197   
  39,856       Capital Bank Financial Corp., Class A(b)      1,080,895   
  45,923       Central Pacific Financial Corp.      1,051,637   
  304,230       Chubb Corp. (The)      29,921,020   
  232,268       CIT Group, Inc.      10,459,028   
  263,913       CNO Financial Group, Inc.      4,486,521   
  27,183       Credit Acceptance Corp.(b)      6,420,625   
  58,693       Everest Re Group Ltd.      10,500,765   
  11,040       FBR & Co.(b)      236,918   
  1,075,861       Fifth Third Bancorp      21,517,220   
  275,238       Fortress Investment Group LLC, Class A      2,234,932   
  162,496       Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT(d)      2,502,438   
  15,817       JAVELIN Mortgage Investment Corp. REIT(c)      122,740   
  68,404       Kemper Corp.      2,576,779   
  148,677       Legg Mason, Inc.      7,827,844   
  48,951       MCG Capital Corp.(c)      217,342   
  57,804       Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. (Bermuda)      2,202,910   
  148,341       MSCI, Inc.      9,076,986   
  48,159       National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A      915,021   
  62,892       Northfield Bancorp, Inc.      907,532   
  166,043       Ocwen Financial Corp.(b)(c)      1,409,705   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares BuyBack Achievers™ Portfolio (PKW) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  62,566       PartnerRe Ltd.    $ 8,008,448   
  67,566       PHH Corp.(b)      1,697,258   
  73,661       ProAssurance Corp.      3,311,062   
  60,397       RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.      6,190,088   
  167,826       Torchmark Corp.      9,416,717   
  424,123       Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)      42,883,076   
  114,099       Validus Holdings Ltd.      4,772,761   
  301,284       Voya Financial, Inc.      12,756,365   
  166,037       W.R. Berkley Corp.      8,134,153   
  38,191       Walker & Dunlop, Inc.(b)      730,976   
  684,584       Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT      21,571,242   
  12,579       World Acceptance Corp.(b)(c)      1,064,435   
     

 

 

 
        334,790,799   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—7.4%   
  352,090       Anthem, Inc.      53,140,944   
  341,177       Cigna Corp.      42,524,301   
  961,816       Express Scripts Holding Co.(b)      83,100,903   
  61,820       IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(b)      7,750,373   
  69,436       Masimo Corp.(b)      2,344,159   
  173,264       Select Medical Holdings Corp.      2,520,991   
  17,077       SurModics, Inc.(b)      430,682   
  61,586       United Therapeutics Corp.(b)      9,834,668   
  106,652       Universal American Corp.(b)      1,065,454   
  132,069       Varian Medical Systems, Inc.(b)      11,734,331   
  109,429       VCA, Inc.(b)      5,577,596   
     

 

 

 
        220,024,402   
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—16.0%   
  81,400       Actuant Corp., Class A      1,938,948   
  225,876       ADT Corp. (The)(c)      8,492,937   
  116,721       AGCO Corp.      6,012,299   
  14,956       Alamo Group, Inc.      923,982   
  22,979       Allegiant Travel Co.      3,533,251   
  923,609       Boeing Co. (The)      132,390,114   
  27,435       CAI International, Inc.(b)      653,502   
  12,149       CRA International, Inc.(b)      354,751   
  448,046       Deere & Co.      40,557,124   
  180,205       Donaldson Co., Inc.      6,734,261   
  47,552       Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The)      6,070,964   
  253,063       Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.      11,597,877   
  374,485       FedEx Corp.      63,501,421   
  210,129       Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.      9,371,753   
  435,756       General Dynamics Corp.      59,838,014   
  22,641       GP Strategies Corp.(b)      737,870   
  69,197       Griffon Corp.      1,163,201   
  492,689       Illinois Tool Works, Inc.      46,105,837   
  39,108       Kforce, Inc.      889,316   
  15,583       Lindsay Corp.(c)      1,234,018   
  47,926       Moog, Inc., Class A(b)      3,349,069   
  261,844       Northrop Grumman Corp.      40,334,450   
  103,125       Oshkosh Corp.      5,552,250   
  9,814       P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc.(b)      575,002   
  54,094       SPX Corp.      4,165,238   
  115,768       Timken Co. (The)      4,548,525   
  31,472       Valmont Industries, Inc.(c)      3,966,101   
  77,151       WABCO Holdings, Inc.(b)      9,601,442   
     

 

 

 
        474,193,517   
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Information Technology—20.5%   
  70,527       ADTRAN, Inc.    $ 1,171,453   
  397,222       Altera Corp.      16,556,213   
  1,207,420       Apple, Inc.      151,108,613   
  27,139       CEVA, Inc.(b)      561,777   
  210,928       Citrix Systems, Inc.(b)      14,165,925   
  1,674,483       Corning, Inc.      35,046,929   
  72,168       DHI Group, Inc.(b)      548,477   
  32,146       Digi International, Inc.(b)      324,675   
  49,034       DST Systems, Inc.      5,642,833   
  94,906       Emulex Corp.(b)      761,146   
  9,753       ePlus, Inc.(b)      809,109   
  41,474       Fair Isaac Corp.      3,668,790   
  154,529       Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc.(b)      2,807,019   
  315,012       Fiserv, Inc.(b)      24,444,931   
  23,825       Forrester Research, Inc.      828,872   
  290,442       Genpact Ltd.(b)      6,349,062   
  88,501       Global Payments, Inc.      8,874,880   
  116,976       Harmonic, Inc.(b)      820,002   
  49,010       InterDigital, Inc.      2,681,827   
  936,058       International Business Machines Corp.      160,337,375   
  537,131       Juniper Networks, Inc.      14,196,372   
  97,825       Leidos Holdings, Inc.      4,073,433   
  39,564       Liquidity Services, Inc.(b)      370,319   
  70,195       MoneyGram International, Inc.(b)      544,011   
  119,855       Monster Worldwide, Inc.(b)      705,946   
  278,825       Motorola Solutions, Inc.      16,659,794   
  411,439       NetApp, Inc.      14,914,664   
  45,814       NETGEAR, Inc.(b)      1,386,790   
  73,525       NeuStar, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      2,205,750   
  177,084       Polycom, Inc.(b)      2,310,946   
  121,336       Rovi Corp.(b)      2,245,929   
  60,196       Science Applications International Corp.      3,015,820   
  65,237       Sonus Networks, Inc.(b)      516,677   
  111,345       Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(b)      2,638,877   
  191,560       Teradata Corp.(b)      8,426,724   
  126,022       TiVo, Inc.(b)      1,392,543   
  154,257       VeriSign, Inc.(b)      9,796,862   
  49,109       WebMD Health Corp.(b)      2,168,162   
  688,171       Western Union Co. (The)      13,956,108   
  1,467,813       Xerox Corp.      16,879,850   
  1,235,435       Yahoo!, Inc.(b)      52,586,291   
  75,205       Zix Corp.(b)      320,373   
     

 

 

 
        608,822,149   
     

 

 

 
   Materials—7.2%   
  6,708       AEP Industries, Inc.(b)      336,071   
  91,411       Ashland, Inc.      11,550,694   
  119,392       Avery Dennison Corp.      6,637,001   
  181,472       Ball Corp.      13,321,860   
  63,226       CF Industries Holdings, Inc.      18,175,578   
  91,477       Chemtura Corp.(b)      2,756,202   
  25,343       Clearwater Paper Corp.(b)      1,621,192   
  434,346       Graphic Packaging Holding Co.      6,124,279   
  14,221       Handy & Harman Ltd.(b)      503,850   
  23,049       Kaiser Aluminum Corp.      1,852,448   
  220,978       MeadWestvaco Corp.      10,783,726   
  638,229       Monsanto Co.      72,732,577   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares BuyBack Achievers™ Portfolio (PKW) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
         Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Materials (continued)  
  472,577       Mosaic Co. (The)   $ 20,793,388   
  40,840       Myers Industries, Inc.     660,383   
  16,422       NewMarket Corp.     7,338,992   
  117,589       PolyOne Corp.     4,591,850   
  125,466       Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)     34,879,548   
    

 

 

 
       214,659,639   
    

 

 

 
   Utilities—0.4%  
  495,314       Calpine Corp.(b)     10,802,798   
    

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $2,707,919,326)
    2,970,784,789   
    

 

 

 
    
   Money Market Fund—0.1%  
  2,595,488       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(e)
(Cost $2,595,488)
    2,595,488   
    

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $2,710,514,814)—100.1%
    2,973,380,277   
    

 

 

 
    
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan    
    
   Money Market Fund—0.7%  
  20,859,298       Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio—Institutional Class(e)(f)
(Cost $20,859,298)
    20,859,298   
    

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $2,731,374,112)—100.8%
    2,994,239,575   
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.8)%     (23,315,455
    

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%   $ 2,970,924,120   
    

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2015.
(d)  Affiliated company. The Fund’s Adviser and Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd., and therefore, Invesco Ltd. and Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT are considered to be affiliated. See Note 4.
(e)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
(f)  The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower’s return of the securities loaned. See Note 2G. The following table presents the Fund’s gross and net amount of assets available for offset by the Fund as of April 30, 2015.

 

Counterparty

   Gross Amount
of Securities on
Loan at Value
     Cash Collateral
Received for
Securities
Loaned*
     Net
Amount
 
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    $ 20,265,102       $ (20,265,102    $   

 

* Amount does not include excess collateral received, if any.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio (PFM)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity
Interests—99.9%
   
   Consumer Discretionary—7.6%   
  3,755       Aaron’s, Inc.    $ 127,670   
  18,181       Best Buy Co., Inc.      629,972   
  1,237       Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.      163,878   
  6,431       Darden Restaurants, Inc.      410,105   
  21,958       Gap, Inc. (The)      870,415   
  7,913       Genuine Parts Co.      710,983   
  6,444       Hasbro, Inc.      456,171   
  2,556       John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A      145,385   
  7,175       Leggett & Platt, Inc.      304,722   
  49,760       Lowe’s Cos., Inc.      3,426,474   
  49,819       McDonald’s Corp.      4,810,025   
  1,928       Meredith Corp.      100,333   
  296       NACCO Industries, Inc., Class A      14,498   
  35,577       NIKE, Inc., Class B      3,516,431   
  3,435       Polaris Industries, Inc.      470,458   
  10,805       Ross Stores, Inc.      1,068,398   
  33,187       Target Corp.      2,616,131   
  6,705       Tiffany & Co.      586,553   
  35,710       TJX Cos., Inc. (The)      2,304,723   
  22,387       VF Corp.      1,621,490   
  22,453       Yum! Brands, Inc.      1,930,060   
     

 

 

 
        26,284,875   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—22.6%   
  102,083       Altria Group, Inc.      5,109,254   
  1,493       Andersons, Inc. (The)      63,736   
  32,880       Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.      1,607,174   
  6,584       Brown-Forman Corp., Class B      594,074   
  7,531       Bunge Ltd.      650,453   
  2,007       Casey’s General Stores, Inc.      164,935   
  6,770       Church & Dwight Co., Inc.      549,521   
  6,802       Clorox Co. (The)      721,692   
  226,324       Coca-Cola Co. (The)      9,179,702   
  47,020       Colgate-Palmolive Co.      3,163,506   
  22,838       Costco Wholesale Corp.      3,266,976   
  58,330       CVS Health Corp.      5,791,586   
  10,854       Flowers Foods, Inc.      242,478   
  31,297       General Mills, Inc.      1,731,976   
  13,672       Hormel Foods Corp.      743,073   
  967       J&J Snack Foods Corp.      100,887   
  5,279       J.M. Smucker Co. (The)      611,942   
  18,486       Kellogg Co.      1,170,718   
  18,947       Kimberly-Clark Corp.      2,078,296   
  1,419       Lancaster Colony Corp.      127,228   
  6,028       McCormick & Co., Inc.      453,908   
  3,070       Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A      173,609   
  76,839       PepsiCo, Inc.      7,308,926   
  139,984       Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      11,130,128   
  27,541       Reynolds American, Inc.      2,018,755   
  30,707       Sysco Corp.      1,137,080   
  1,987       Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc., Class A      61,557   
  1,167       Universal Corp.      54,884   
  5,940       Vector Group Ltd.      131,571   
  56,497       Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.      4,685,296   
  166,509       Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.      12,996,028   
     

 

 

 
        77,820,949   
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Energy—13.3%   
  3,846       Alliance Resource Partners LP    $ 132,572   
  6,598       Buckeye Partners LP      538,265   
  1,202       CARBO Ceramics, Inc.      53,165   
  97,460       Chevron Corp.      10,823,908   
  63,836       ConocoPhillips      4,335,741   
  100,302       Enterprise Products Partners LP      3,435,344   
  28,431       EOG Resources, Inc.      2,813,247   
  157,839       Exxon Mobil Corp.      13,790,393   
  4,927       Genesis Energy LP      244,921   
  5,584       Helmerich & Payne, Inc.      435,385   
  3,045       Holly Energy Partners LP      100,333   
  11,788       Magellan Midstream Partners LP      984,298   
  9,199       Murphy Oil Corp.      437,964   
  39,943       Occidental Petroleum Corp.      3,199,434   
  10,801       ONEOK, Inc.      519,528   
  20,595       Plains All American Pipeline LP      1,032,015   
  11,903       Sunoco Logistics Partners LP      528,017   
  3,298       TC Pipelines LP      224,528   
  38,765       Williams Cos., Inc. (The)      1,984,380   
     

 

 

 
        45,613,438   
     

 

 

 
   Financials—6.1%   
  16,966       ACE Ltd.      1,815,192   
  22,752       Aflac, Inc.      1,434,286   
  3,989       American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.      107,504   
  3,571       Assurant, Inc.      219,474   
  5,230       Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.      272,274   
  807       BancFirst Corp.      46,580   
  4,498       Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.      174,342   
  7,440       Brown & Brown, Inc.      237,708   
  11,971       Chubb Corp. (The)      1,177,348   
  8,512       Cincinnati Financial Corp.      431,048   
  4,996       Commerce Bancshares, Inc.      213,379   
  2,105       Community Bank System, Inc.      73,570   
  902       Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.      28,936   
  3,276       Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.      238,951   
  7,030       Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      445,772   
  6,115       Eaton Vance Corp.      251,204   
  4,364       Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. REIT      230,506   
  2,399       Erie Indemnity Co., Class A      198,517   
  3,318       Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT      736,430   
  3,560       Federal Realty Investment Trust REIT      475,865   
  669       First Financial Corp.      22,713   
  32,234       Franklin Resources, Inc.      1,661,985   
  4,988       HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.      284,116   
  23,885       HCP, Inc. REIT      962,327   
  18,057       Health Care REIT, Inc. REIT      1,300,465   
  592       Infinity Property & Casualty Corp.      43,897   
  22,255       Invesco Ltd.(b)      921,802   
  14,180       McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.      1,478,974   
  2,857       Mercury General Corp.      156,964   
  1,945       National Health Investors, Inc. REIT      129,770   
  6,873       National Retail Properties, Inc. REIT      263,923   
  13,526       Old Republic International Corp.      206,813   
  7,190       OMEGA Healthcare Investors, Inc. REIT      259,487   
  15,564       People’s United Financial, Inc.      235,172   
  3,620       Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.      193,091   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio (PFM) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Financials (continued)   
  11,670       Realty Income Corp. REIT    $ 548,140   
  2,394       RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.      245,361   
  2,232       RLI Corp.      110,841   
  8,648       SEI Investments Co.      394,868   
  1,309       Southside Bancshares, Inc.      35,762   
  2,179       StanCorp Financial Group, Inc.      157,062   
  13,518       T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.      1,097,391   
  4,955       Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. REIT      166,389   
  770       Tompkins Financial Corp.      40,156   
  2,371       UMB Financial Corp.      118,052   
  3,594       United Bankshares, Inc.      135,063   
  690       Universal Health Realty Income Trust REIT      34,265   
  1,378       Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A REIT      28,594   
  6,525       W.R. Berkley Corp.      319,660   
  1,334       Westamerica Bancorp.      58,096   
  438       Westwood Holdings Group, Inc.      25,662   
  5,392       W.P. Carey, Inc. REIT      342,284   
     

 

 

 
        20,788,031   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—9.0%   
  78,220       Abbott Laboratories      3,630,972   
  11,389       AmerisourceBergen Corp.      1,301,763   
  10,004       Becton, Dickinson and Co.      1,409,263   
  3,850       C.R. Bard, Inc.      641,333   
  17,114       Cardinal Health, Inc.      1,443,395   
  136,329       Johnson & Johnson      13,523,837   
  73,867       Medtronic PLC      5,499,398   
  3,271       Owens & Minor, Inc.      110,298   
  7,297       Perrigo Co. PLC      1,337,394   
  19,637       Stryker Corp.      1,811,317   
  3,702       West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.      197,243   
     

 

 

 
        30,906,213   
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—13.8%   
  32,904       3M Co.      5,145,857   
  3,954       A.O. Smith Corp.      252,661   
  2,897       ABM Industries, Inc.      92,849   
  2,473       Brady Corp., Class A      65,856   
  7,589       C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.      488,656   
  3,374       Carlisle Cos., Inc.      325,591   
  31,419       Caterpillar, Inc.      2,729,683   
  6,082       Cintas Corp.      486,256   
  2,604       CLARCOR, Inc.      169,260   
  3,020       Crane Co.      184,552   
  51,344       CSX Corp.      1,853,005   
  17,599       Deere & Co.      1,593,061   
  7,120       Donaldson Co., Inc.      266,074   
  8,456       Dover Corp.      640,288   
  35,520       Emerson Electric Co.      2,089,642   
  9,940       Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.      455,550   
  15,316       Fastenal Co.      652,768   
  14,685       FedEx Corp.      2,490,135   
  2,462       Franklin Electric Co., Inc.      89,026   
  17,201       General Dynamics Corp.      2,362,041   
  1,361       Gorman-Rupp Co. (The)      36,897   
  3,054       Graco, Inc.      218,727   
  3,699       Healthcare Services Group, Inc.      111,969   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Industrials (continued)   
  19,674       Illinois Tool Works, Inc.    $ 1,841,093   
  4,715       ITT Corp.      186,950   
  6,039       J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.      526,601   
  4,281       L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.      491,930   
  3,996       Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.      267,172   
  621       Lindsay Corp.      49,177   
  16,360       Lockheed Martin Corp.      3,052,776   
  1,710       Matthews International Corp., Class A      82,986   
  1,350       McGrath RentCorp      44,698   
  1,939       MSA Safety, Inc.      88,690   
  2,517       MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A      178,858   
  3,192       Nordson Corp.      254,243   
  15,934       Norfolk Southern Corp.      1,606,944   
  10,286       Northrop Grumman Corp.      1,584,455   
  5,531       Pall Corp.      538,277   
  7,386       Parker Hannifin Corp.      881,593   
  1,970       Raven Industries, Inc.      39,282   
  15,929       Raytheon Co.      1,656,616   
  2,315       Regal Beloit Corp.      181,033   
  18,304       Republic Services, Inc.      743,691   
  7,004       Robert Half International, Inc.      388,372   
  11,339       Rollins, Inc.      281,207   
  5,205       Roper Technologies, Inc.      875,325   
  2,743       Ryder System, Inc.      261,572   
  8,164       Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.      805,787   
  953       Tennant Co.      61,268   
  2,903       Toro Co. (The)      194,617   
  47,024       United Technologies Corp.      5,348,980   
  1,241       Valmont Industries, Inc.      156,391   
  276       VSE Corp.      19,635   
  3,495       W.W. Grainger, Inc.      868,263   
  23,803       Waste Management, Inc.      1,178,963   
     

 

 

 
        47,537,849   
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—11.5%   
  16,158       Analog Devices, Inc.      999,211   
  24,630       Automatic Data Processing, Inc.      2,082,220   
  751       Badger Meter, Inc.      46,727   
  595       Cass Information Systems, Inc.      31,101   
  2,156       FactSet Research Systems, Inc.      339,333   
  5,396       Harris Corp.      432,975   
  51,237       International Business Machines Corp.      8,776,386   
  4,241       Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.      282,069   
  12,397       Linear Technology Corp.      571,874   
  14,662       Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.      481,353   
  179       Mesa Laboratories, Inc.      15,195   
  10,445       Microchip Technology, Inc.      497,756   
  318,704       Microsoft Corp.      15,501,763   
  85,505       QUALCOMM, Inc.      5,814,340   
  54,278       Texas Instruments, Inc.      2,942,410   
  13,555       Xilinx, Inc.      587,745   
     

 

 

 
        39,402,458   
     

 

 

 
   Materials—4.5%   
  11,105       Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.      1,592,790   
  3,895       Airgas, Inc.      394,486   
  5,815       Albemarle Corp.      347,155   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio (PFM) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Materials (continued)   
  3,232       AptarGroup, Inc.    $ 200,610   
  5,050       Bemis Co., Inc.      227,250   
  1,743       Compass Minerals International, Inc.      153,959   
  15,514       Ecolab, Inc.      1,737,258   
  2,611       H.B. Fuller Co.      109,061   
  4,198       International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.      481,721   
  25,067       Monsanto Co.      2,856,635   
  16,540       Nucor Corp.      808,144   
  7,053       PPG Industries, Inc.      1,562,663   
  14,968       Praxair, Inc.      1,825,048   
  3,364       Royal Gold, Inc.      217,079   
  6,930       RPM International, Inc.      329,452   
  4,922       Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)      1,368,316   
  3,279       Silgan Holdings, Inc.      176,640   
  5,253       Sonoco Products Co.      234,757   
  1,148       Stepan Co.      58,468   
  4,249       Valspar Corp. (The)      344,594   
  6,892       Westlake Chemical Corp.      537,438   
     

 

 

 
        15,563,524   
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—5.9%   
  269,038       AT&T, Inc.      9,319,476   
  820       Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc.      54,137   
  5,224       Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.      139,533   
  215,396       Verizon Communications, Inc.      10,864,574   
     

 

 

 
        20,377,720   
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—5.6%   
  6,206       AGL Resources, Inc.      311,976   
  5,750       Alliant Energy Corp.      347,703   
  1,980       American States Water Co.      76,012   
  4,816       AmeriGas Partners LP      234,684   
  9,172       Aqua America, Inc.      245,993   
  5,231       Atmos Energy Corp.      282,474   
  3,233       Avista Corp.      105,461   
  2,314       Black Hills Corp.      114,057   
  2,476       California Water Service Group      59,102   
  758       Chesapeake Utilities Corp.      36,217   
  15,183       Consolidated Edison, Inc.      934,514   
  30,485       Dominion Resources, Inc.      2,185,165   
  36,647       Duke Energy Corp.      2,842,708   
  16,890       Edison International      1,029,277   
  16,443       Eversource Energy      801,761   
  2,241       Laclede Group, Inc. (The)      116,375   
  10,083       MDU Resources Group, Inc.      224,750   
  1,791       MGE Energy, Inc.      74,291   
  4,365       National Fuel Gas Co.      281,324   
  4,426       New Jersey Resources Corp.      135,037   
  22,992       NextEra Energy, Inc.      2,320,583   
  1,417       Northwest Natural Gas Co.      66,174   
  4,075       Piedmont Natural Gas Co., Inc.      152,568   
  34,576       PPL Corp.      1,176,621   
  9,101       Questar Corp.      213,327   
  7,410       SCANA Corp.      392,582   
  1,055       SJW Corp.      30,859   
  1,772       South Jersey Industries, Inc.      93,473   
  47,121       Southern Co. (The)      2,087,460   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Utilities (continued)   
  8,957       UGI Corp.    $ 311,793   
  4,285       Vectren Corp.      184,983   
  6,853       Westar Energy, Inc.      258,015   
  2,578       WGL Holdings, Inc.      141,816   
  11,694       Wisconsin Energy Corp.      574,409   
  26,229       Xcel Energy, Inc.      889,425   
     

 

 

 
        19,332,969   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $277,851,889)—99.9%
     343,628,026   
   Other assets less liabilities—0.1%      190,805   
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 343,818,831   
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Affiliated company. The Fund’s Adviser is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Invesco Ltd. and therefore, Invesco Ltd. is considered to be affiliated. See Note 4.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio (PGF)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Preferred Stocks and Other Equity
Interests—100.4%
   
   Banks—71.7%   
  555,838       Bank of America Corp.,   
  

6.20%, Series D(b)

   $ 14,229,453   
  76,281       Bank of America Corp.,   
  

6.38%, Series 3

     1,955,082   
  843,209       Bank of America Corp.,   
  

6.50%, Series Y

     21,754,792   
  951,121       Bank of America Corp.,   
  

6.63%, Series W

     24,710,124   
  739,440       Barclays Bank PLC,   
  

6.63%, Series 2 (United Kingdom)

     18,922,270   
  818,798       Barclays Bank PLC,   
  

7.10%, Series 3 (United Kingdom)

     21,190,492   
  604,019       Barclays Bank PLC,   
  

7.75%, Series 4 (United Kingdom)

     15,746,775   
  2,239,137       Barclays Bank PLC,   
  

8.13%, Series 5 (United Kingdom)

     58,531,041   
  118,414       BB&T Corp.,   
  

5.20%, Series G

     2,870,355   
  1,633,159       BB&T Corp.,   
  

5.63%, Series E

     40,355,359   
  389,016       BB&T Corp.,   
  

5.85%

     9,842,105   
 
683,721
  
   Citigroup, Inc.,   
  

5.80%, Series C(b)

     17,222,932   
 
1,031,489
  
   Citigroup, Inc.,   
  

6.88%, Series K

     28,077,131   
  803,700       Citigroup, Inc.,   
  

7.13%, Series J(b)

     22,294,638   
  374,781       Fifth Third Bancorp,   
  

6.63%, Series I

     10,542,590   
  289,026       First Niagara Financial Group, Inc.,   
  

8.63%, Series B

     7,991,569   
  482,432       HSBC Finance Corp.,   
  

6.36%, Series B

     12,215,178   
  4,095,356       HSBC Holdings PLC,   
  

8.00%, Series 2 (United Kingdom)

     107,544,049   
  1,422,579       HSBC Holdings PLC,   
  

8.13% (United Kingdom)

     37,484,957   
  338,282       HSBC USA, Inc.,   
  

6.50%, Series H

     8,619,425   
  676,534       ING Groep NV,   
  

6.13% (Netherlands)

     17,068,953   
  157,941       ING Groep NV,   
  

6.20% (Netherlands)

     3,991,169   
  1,233,118       ING Groep NV,   
  

6.38% (Netherlands)

     31,370,522   
  2,185,138       ING Groep NV,   
  

7.38% (Netherlands)

     55,895,830   
  829,849       JPMorgan Chase & Co.,   
  

5.45%, Series P

     20,289,808   
  1,233,721       JPMorgan Chase & Co.,   
  

5.50%, Series O(b)

     30,349,537   
  1,101,676       JPMorgan Chase & Co.,   
  

6.13%, Series Y

     27,795,285   
  109,158       JPMorgan Chase & Co.,   
  

6.30%, Series W

     2,818,460   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Preferred Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Banks (continued)   
  538,836       JPMorgan Chase & Co.,   
  

6.70%, Series T

   $ 14,467,747   
  273,752       KKR Financial Holdings LLC,   
  

7.38%, Series A

     7,112,077   
  1,585,437       PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The),   
  

6.13%, Series P

     44,487,362   
  434,361       Regions Financial Corp.,   
  

6.38%, Series A

     10,945,897   
  403,548       Regions Financial Corp.,   
  

6.38%, Series B

     10,572,958   
  425,615       Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC,   
  

5.75%, Series L (United Kingdom)

     10,410,543   
  72,583       Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC,   
  

6.13%, Series R (United Kingdom)

     1,792,074   
  423,961       Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC,   
  

6.35%, Series N (United Kingdom)(b)

     10,603,265   
  165,728       Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC,   
  

6.40%, Series M (United Kingdom)

     4,148,172   
  365,835       Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC,   
  

6.60%, Series S (United Kingdom)

     9,156,850   
  312,114       Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC,   
  

6.75%, Series Q (United Kingdom)

     7,874,636   
  956,977       Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC,   
  

7.25%, Series T (United Kingdom)

     24,326,355   
  361,070       SunTrust Banks, Inc.,   
  

5.88%, Series E(b)

     9,048,414   
  807,280       U.S. Bancorp,   
  

5.15%, Series H(b)

     20,093,199   
  412,005       U.S. Bancorp,   
  

6.00%, Series G

     11,124,135   
  1,012,302       U.S. Bancorp,   
  

6.50%, Series F

     30,146,354   
  50,646       Wells Fargo & Co.,   
  

5.13%, Series O(b)

     1,235,762   
  925,729       Wells Fargo & Co.,   
  

5.20%

     22,615,559   
  429,355       Wells Fargo & Co.,   
  

5.25%, Series P

     10,605,068   
  1,309,219       Wells Fargo & Co.,   
  

5.85%

     34,445,552   
  504,067       Wells Fargo & Co.,   
  

6.00%, Series T

     12,888,993   
  163,744       Wells Fargo & Co.,   
  

6.63%

     4,604,481   
  17,140       Wells Fargo & Co.,   
  

7.50%, Series L

     20,889,375   
  1,729,403       Wells Fargo & Co.,   
  

8.00%, Series J

     50,100,805   
     

 

 

 
        1,055,375,514   
     

 

 

 
   Capital Markets—14.0%   
  465,518       Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The),   
  

5.20%

     11,591,398   
  409,099       Charles Schwab Corp. (The),   
  

6.00%, Series B(b)

     10,845,215   
  822,348       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The),   
  

5.50%, Series J

     20,427,124   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio (PGF) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Preferred Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Capital Markets (continued)   
  899,006       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The),   
  

5.95%(b)

   $ 22,681,921   
  590,391       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The),   
  

6.20%, Series B

     14,954,604   
  362,075       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The),   
  

6.38%, Series K

     9,486,365   
  582,142       Morgan Stanley,   
  

6.38%, Series I

     15,193,906   
  340,505       Morgan Stanley,   
  

6.63%, Series G

     8,887,181   
  751,859       Morgan Stanley,   
  

6.88%, Series F

     20,600,937   
  805,824       Morgan Stanley,   
  

7.13%, Series E

     22,845,110   
  317,063       Northern Trust Corp.,   
  

5.85%, Series C

     8,148,519   
  541,588       State Street Corp.,   
  

5.25%, Series C

     13,409,719   
  554,797       State Street Corp.,   
  

5.90%, Series D

     14,940,683   
  470,014       State Street Corp.,   
  

6.00%

     11,985,357   
     

 

 

 
        205,998,039   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Finance—4.6%   
  815,743       Ally Financial, Inc.,   
  

8.50%, Series A

     21,617,190   
  775,066       Capital One Financial Corp.,   
  

6.00%, Series B

     19,516,162   
  344,986       Capital One Financial Corp.,   
  

6.25%, Series C

     8,859,240   
  245,007       Capital One Financial Corp.,   
  

6.70%, Series D

     6,580,888   
  465,387       Discover Financial Services,   
  

6.50%, Series B

     11,988,369   
     

 

 

 
        68,561,849   
     

 

 

 
   Insurance—10.1%   
  690,114       Aegon NV,   
  

6.38% (Netherlands)

     17,556,500   
  237,997       Aegon NV,   
  

6.50% (Netherlands)(b)

     6,135,563   
  301,785       Allstate Corp. (The),   
  

5.63%

     7,728,714   
  112,883       Allstate Corp. (The),   
  

6.25%, Series F

     2,963,179   
  615,454       Allstate Corp. (The),   
  

6.63%, Series E

     16,666,494   
  273,774       Allstate Corp. (The),   
  

6.75%, Series C

     7,411,062   
  261,706       Arch Capital Group Ltd.,   
  

6.75%, Series C

     7,068,679   
  250,553       Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.,   
  

5.95%

     6,446,729   
  316,557       Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.,   
  

6.88%, Series C

     8,467,900   
  1,171,743       MetLife, Inc.,   
  

6.50%, Series B

     30,090,360   
Number
of Shares
         Value  
   Preferred Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Insurance (continued)  
  94,513       PartnerRe Ltd.,  
  

5.88%, Series F

  $ 2,377,947   
  397,805       PartnerRe Ltd.,  
  

7.25%, Series E

    10,541,832   
  251,307       Principal Financial Group, Inc.,  
  

6.52%, Series B

    6,388,224   
  297,222       Prudential PLC,  
  

6.50% (United Kingdom)

    7,686,161   
  178,408       Prudential PLC,  
  

6.75% (United Kingdom)

    4,642,176   
  243,674       RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.,  
  

5.38%, Series E

    5,982,197   
    

 

 

 
       148,153,717   
    

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $1,371,896,002)—100.4%
    1,478,089,119   
    

 

 

 
    
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan    
    
   Money Market Fund—1.8%  
  26,731,610       Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)(d)
(Cost $26,731,610)
    26,731,610   
    

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $1,398,627,612)—102.2%
    1,504,820,729   
   Other assets less liabilities—(2.2)%     (33,104,281
    

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%   $ 1,471,716,448   
    

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2015.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
(d)  The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower’s return of the securities loaned. See Note 2G. The following table presents the Fund’s gross and net amount of assets available for offset by the Fund as of April 30, 2015.

 

Counterparty

   Gross Amount
of Securities on
Loan at Value
     Cash Collateral
Received for
Securities
Loaned*
     Net
Amount
 
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    $ 25,980,614       $ (25,980,614    $   

 

* Amount does not include excess collateral received, if any.

This Fund has holdings greater than 10% of net assets in the following country:

 

United Kingdom     23.1
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio (PEY)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%   
   Aerospace & Defense—1.5%   
  41,982       Lockheed Martin Corp.    $ 7,833,841   
     

 

 

 
   Banks—9.8%   
  273,345       Community Bank System, Inc.      9,553,408   
  131,734       Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.      9,608,678   
  857,159       People’s United Financial, Inc.      12,951,672   
  271,304       United Bankshares, Inc.      10,195,604   
  243,572       Westamerica Bancorp.(b)      10,607,561   
     

 

 

 
        52,916,923   
     

 

 

 
   Beverages—1.5%   
  193,157       Coca-Cola Co. (The)      7,834,448   
     

 

 

 
   Commercial Services & Supplies—1.6%   
  322,637       Brady Corp., Class A      8,591,823   
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Telecommunication Services—5.4%   
  460,502       AT&T, Inc.      15,951,789   
  262,605       Verizon Communications, Inc.      13,245,796   
     

 

 

 
        29,197,585   
     

 

 

 
   Electric Utilities—8.5%   
  143,535       Duke Energy Corp.      11,134,010   
  358,500       PPL Corp.      12,199,755   
  280,207       Southern Co. (The)      12,413,170   
  259,478       Westar Energy, Inc.      9,769,347   
     

 

 

 
        45,516,282   
     

 

 

 
   Electrical Equipment—1.7%   
  159,273       Emerson Electric Co.      9,370,031   
     

 

 

 
   Energy Equipment & Services—2.6%   
  177,661       Helmerich & Payne, Inc.      13,852,228   
     

 

 

 
   Food & Staples Retailing—1.6%   
  228,458       Sysco Corp.      8,459,800   
     

 

 

 
   Food Products—3.3%   
  168,254       General Mills, Inc.      9,311,176   
  135,653       Kellogg Co.      8,590,905   
     

 

 

 
        17,902,081   
     

 

 

 
   Gas Utilities—7.7%   
  229,704       AGL Resources, Inc.      11,547,220   
  185,580       Laclede Group, Inc. (The)      9,637,169   
  231,790       Northwest Natural Gas Co.      10,824,593   
  257,366       Piedmont Natural Gas Co., Inc.      9,635,783   
     

 

 

 
        41,644,765   
     

 

 

 
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—3.7%   
  159,666       Darden Restaurants, Inc.      10,181,901   
  100,911       McDonald’s Corp.      9,742,957   
     

 

 

 
        19,924,858   
     

 

 

 
   Household Products—3.3%   
  82,941       Kimberly-Clark Corp.      9,097,798   
  105,448       Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      8,384,171   
     

 

 

 
        17,481,969   
     

 

 

 
   Insurance—7.9%   
  187,685       Cincinnati Financial Corp.      9,504,368   
  101,629       Erie Indemnity Co., Class A      8,409,800   
  246,187       Mercury General Corp.      13,525,514   
  708,182       Old Republic International Corp.      10,828,103   
     

 

 

 
        42,267,785   
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
         Value  
   Common Stocks (continued)   
   Machinery—1.9%   
  116,796       Caterpillar, Inc.   $ 10,147,236   
    

 

 

 
   Media—1.8%   
  181,341       Meredith Corp.     9,436,986   
    

 

 

 
   Metals & Mining—1.8%   
  199,268       Nucor Corp.     9,736,234   
    

 

 

 
   Multi-Utilities—7.5%   
  308,516       Avista Corp.     10,063,792   
  178,220       Consolidated Edison, Inc.     10,969,441   
  426,799       MDU Resources Group, Inc.     9,513,350   
  180,855       SCANA Corp.     9,581,698   
    

 

 

 
       40,128,281   
    

 

 

 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—13.9%   
  111,816       Chevron Corp.     12,418,285   
  201,401       ConocoPhillips     13,679,156   
  104,510       Exxon Mobil Corp.     9,131,039   
  141,201       Occidental Petroleum Corp.     11,310,200   
  332,745       ONEOK, Inc.     16,005,034   
  242,003       Williams Cos., Inc. (The)     12,388,134   
    

 

 

 
       74,931,848   
    

 

 

 
   Personal Products—1.8%   
  175,198       Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A(b)     9,907,447   
    

 

 

 
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—1.7%   
  276,013       Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.     9,061,507   
    

 

 

 
   Tobacco—9.5%   
  187,367       Altria Group, Inc.     9,377,718   
  139,319       Reynolds American, Inc.     10,212,083   
  265,532       Universal Corp.     12,487,970   
  863,267       Vector Group Ltd.     19,121,364   
    

 

 

 
       51,199,135   
    

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $504,489,013)—100.0%
    537,343,093   
    

 

 

 
    
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan    
    
   Money Market Fund—2.0%  
  10,848,215       Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)(d)
(Cost $10,848,215)
    10,848,215   
    

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $515,337,228)—102.0%
    548,191,308   
   Other assets less liabilities—(2.0)%     (10,866,880
    

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%   $ 537,324,428   
    

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2015.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio (PEY) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

(d)  The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower’s return of the securities loaned. See Note 2G. The following table presents the Fund’s gross and net amount of assets available for offset by the Fund as of April 30, 2015.

 

Counterparty

   Gross Amount
of Securities on
Loan at Value
     Cash Collateral
Received for
Securities
Loaned*
     Net
Amount
 
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    $ 10,330,643       $ (10,330,643    $   

 

* Amount does not include excess collateral received, if any.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio (PID)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity
Interests—100.0%
   
   Australia—5.1%   
  492,162       BHP Billiton Ltd. ADR(a)    $ 25,242,989   
  538,704       BHP Billiton PLC ADR(a)      26,019,403   
  1,010,015       Westpac Banking Corp. ADR(a)      29,149,033   
     

 

 

 
        80,411,425   
     

 

 

 
   Belgium—0.9%   
  113,279       Anheuser-Busch InBev NV ADR(a)      13,598,011   
     

 

 

 
   Bermuda—0.7%   
  280,728       Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd.      10,698,544   
     

 

 

 
   Brazil—0.6%   
  400,493       Ultrapar Participacoes SA ADR      9,147,260   
     

 

 

 
   Canada—13.6%   
  648,868       BCE, Inc.      28,621,568   
  106,099       Canadian National Railway Co.      6,845,507   
  535,936       Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.      17,819,872   
  342,980       Enbridge, Inc.      17,948,143   
  133,058       Franco-Nevada Corp.(a)      6,896,396   
  176,536       Imperial Oil Ltd.      7,790,534   
  143,642       Magna International, Inc.      7,243,866   
  486,624       Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Inc.(a)      12,306,721   
  738,823       Rogers Communications, Inc., Class B      26,383,369   
  1,019,355       Shaw Communications, Inc., Class B(a)      23,292,262   
  441,707       Suncor Energy, Inc.      14,399,648   
  608,280       TELUS Corp.(a)      21,058,654   
  503,857       TransCanada Corp.      23,389,042   
     

 

 

 
        213,995,582   
     

 

 

 
   Colombia—1.4%   
  500,343       Bancolombia SA (Preference Shares) ADR(a)      22,650,528   
     

 

 

 
   Denmark—0.7%   
  204,283       Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B ADR      11,495,004   
     

 

 

 
   France—1.4%   
  448,757       Sanofi ADR      22,684,666   
     

 

 

 
   Germany—0.5%   
  177,979       Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA (Preference Shares) ADR(a)      7,469,779   
     

 

 

 
   India—2.0%   
  87,999       Axis Bank Ltd. GDR(b)      3,902,756   
  49,773       HDFC Bank Ltd. ADR      2,829,097   
  629,741       ICICI Bank Ltd. ADR      6,883,069   
  248,700       Infosys Ltd. ADR      7,704,726   
  214,742       Larsen & Toubro Ltd. GDR(b)      5,486,658   
  194,200       Reliance Industries Ltd. GDR(b)      5,223,980   
     

 

 

 
        32,030,286   
     

 

 

 
   Ireland—0.1%   
  5,970       Shire PLC ADR      1,453,755   
     

 

 

 
   Israel—0.9%   
  233,864       Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ADR      14,130,063   
     

 

 

 
   Italy—0.6%   
  132,826       Luxottica Group SpA ADR      8,716,042   
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Japan—2.5%   
  406,903       Honda Motor Co. Ltd. ADR    $ 13,643,458   
  471,865       Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. ADR      15,892,413   
  125,722       ORIX Corp. ADR(c)      9,686,880   
     

 

 

 
        39,222,751   
     

 

 

 
   Kazakhstan—3.9%   
  5,383,572       KazMunaiGas Exploration Production JSC GDR(b)      61,103,542   
     

 

 

 
   Mexico—0.6%   
  443,597       America Movil SAB de CV, Series L ADR      9,266,741   
     

 

 

 
   Netherlands—0.3%   
  40,829       ASML Holding NV      4,370,336   
     

 

 

 
   Norway—4.2%   
  3,106,137       Statoil ASA ADR(a)      65,943,289   
     

 

 

 
   Russia—7.1%   
  627,084       LUKOIL OAO ADR      32,106,701   
  335,777       Magnit PJSC GDR(b)      18,518,102   
  86,122       NOVATEK OAO GDR(b)      8,371,058   
  10,812,325       Rosneft OAO GDR(b)      53,412,885   
     

 

 

 
        112,408,746   
     

 

 

 
   South Africa—2.1%   
  833,850       Sasol Ltd. ADR      33,562,463   
     

 

 

 
   Sweden—1.1%   
  1,540,096       Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Class B ADR(a)      16,817,848   
     

 

 

 
   Switzerland—3.4%   
  966,955       ABB Ltd. ADR(a)      21,050,611   
  147,645       Novartis AG ADR      15,030,261   
  255,779       Syngenta AG ADR      17,147,424   
     

 

 

 
        53,228,296   
     

 

 

 
   United Kingdom—19.9%   
  700,110       AMEC Foster Wheeler PLC ADR(a)      9,787,538   
  59,306       ARM Holdings PLC ADR      3,024,013   
  435,570       Barclays PLC ADR(a)      6,855,872   
  200,154       British American Tobacco PLC ADR      22,038,957   
  206,401       BT Group PLC ADR      14,423,302   
  133,618       Diageo PLC ADR      14,834,270   
  647,750       GlaxoSmithKline PLC ADR      29,893,662   
  690,318       HSBC Holdings PLC ADR      34,260,482   
  254,585       Intercontinental Hotels Group PLC ADR      10,847,867   
  957,158       Pearson PLC ADR(a)      19,372,878   
  148,551       Pentair PLC      9,232,445   
  259,099       Prudential PLC ADR(a)      12,931,631   
  323,244       Reed Elsevier NV ADR(a)      15,434,901   
  466,769       Rio Tinto PLC ADR(a)      20,906,583   
  231,343       Smith & Nephew PLC ADR      7,840,214   
  436,990       Unilever NV      19,000,325   
  424,401       Unilever PLC ADR      18,597,252   
  853,478       Vodafone Group PLC ADR      30,042,426   
  117,020       WPP PLC ADR(a)      13,624,639   
     

 

 

 
        312,949,257   
     

 

 

 
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio (PID) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
        Value  
  Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
  United States—26.4%  
  134,959      Accenture PLC, Class A   $ 12,503,951   
  111,346      ACE Ltd.     11,912,909   
  288,566      Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings AG     11,871,605   
  229,706      Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.     11,958,494   
  534,984      Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP     23,501,847   
  110,719      Bunge Ltd.     9,562,800   
  95,179      Core Laboratories NV(a)     12,495,099   
  218,052      Eaton Corp. PLC     14,986,714   
  2,519,080      Ensco PLC, Class A     68,720,503   
  430,443      Garmin Ltd.(a)     19,451,719   
  345,923      Invesco Ltd.(d)     14,328,131   
  260,034      Lazard Ltd., Class A     13,789,603   
  1,260,147      Maiden Holdings Ltd.     18,309,936   
  626,369      OFG Bancorp(a)     8,825,539   
  10,344      Perrigo Co. PLC     1,895,848   
  61,901      RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.     6,344,234   
  1,134,205      Teekay LNG Partners LP(a)     44,710,361   
  2,509,772      Teekay Offshore Partners LP(a)     58,879,251   
  1,013,378      Textainer Group Holdings Ltd.(a)     30,705,354   
  481,988      Thomson Reuters Corp.     19,790,427   
   

 

 

 
      414,544,325   
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments (excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $1,461,008,375)—100.0%
    1,571,898,539   
   

 

 

 
   
  Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan    
   
  Money Market Fund—11.1%  
  174,643,153      Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio—Institutional Class(e)(f)
(Cost $174,643,153)
    174,643,153   
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments
(Cost $1,635,651,528)—111.1%
    1,746,541,692   
  Other assets less liabilities—(11.1)%     (174,695,417
   

 

 

 
  Net Assets—100.0%   $ 1,571,846,275   
   

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

ADR—American Depositary Receipt

GDR—Global Depositary Receipt

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2015.
(b)  Security purchased or received in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). The security may be resold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act, typically to qualified institutional buyers. The aggregate value of these securities at April 30, 2015 was $156,018,981, which represented 9.93% of the Fund’s Net Assets.
(c)  Non-income producing security.
(d)  Affiliated company. The Fund’s Adviser is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Invesco Ltd. and therefore, Invesco Ltd. is considered to be affiliated. See Note 4.
(e)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
(f)  The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower’s return of the securities loaned. See Note 2G. The following table presents the Fund’s gross and net amount of assets available for offset by the Fund as of April 30, 2015.

 

Counterparty

   Gross Amount
of Securities on
Loan at Value
     Cash Collateral
Received for
Securities
Loaned*
     Net
Amount
 
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    $ 169,203,137       $ (169,203,137    $   

 

* Amount does not include excess collateral received, if any.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

April 30, 2015

 

    PowerShares
BuyBack
Achievers™
Portfolio (PKW)
    PowerShares
Dividend
Achievers™
Portfolio (PFM)
    PowerShares
Financial
Preferred
Portfolio (PGF)
    PowerShares
High Yield
Equity
Dividend
Achievers™
Portfolio (PEY)
    PowerShares
International
Dividend
Achievers™
Portfolio (PID)
 
Assets:          

Unaffiliated investments, at value(a)

  $ 2,968,282,351      $ 342,706,224      $ 1,478,089,119      $ 537,343,093      $ 1,557,570,408   

Affiliated investments, at value

    25,957,224        921,802        26,731,610        10,848,215        188,971,284   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

    2,994,239,575        343,628,026        1,504,820,729        548,191,308        1,746,541,692   

Receivables:

         

Investments sold

    106,491,966        63,184                      2,150,301   

Shares sold

    71,665,551                               

Dividends

    1,307,813        580,270        3,516,094        1,500,378        3,321,343   

Securities lending

    57,814               60,860        3,895        141,856   

Foreign tax reclaims

                                892,274   

Settlement proceeds

                                1,765   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Assets

    3,173,762,719        344,271,480        1,508,397,683        549,695,581        1,753,049,231   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Liabilities:

Due to custodian

           6,870        6,895,021        280,646        3,040,865   

Payables:

         

Investments purchased

    107,888,503               1,286,250        580,491        1,805,693   

Shares repurchased

    70,736,282                               

Collateral upon return of securities loaned

    20,859,298               26,731,610        10,848,215        174,643,153   

Accrued advisory fees

    1,240,886        114,888        608,337        186,173        510,465   

Accrued trustees’ and officer’s fees

    57,052        25,847        88,785        29,415        56,977   

Accrued expenses

    2,056,578        305,044        1,071,232        446,213        1,145,803   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

    202,838,599        452,649        36,681,235        12,371,153        181,202,956   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 2,970,924,120      $ 343,818,831      $ 1,471,716,448      $ 537,324,428      $ 1,571,846,275   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Net Assets Consist of:

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 2,793,429,037      $ 298,255,494      $ 1,398,381,648      $ 639,047,289      $ 1,760,205,015   

Undistributed net investment income

    4,900,076        1,171,060        412,813        214,159        6,170,194   

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (90,270,456     (21,383,860     (33,271,130     (134,791,100     (305,419,098

Net unrealized appreciation

    262,865,463        65,776,137        106,193,117        32,854,080        110,890,164   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 2,970,924,120      $ 343,818,831      $ 1,471,716,448      $ 537,324,428      $ 1,571,846,275   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding (unlimited amount authorized, $0.01 par value)

    60,900,000        16,050,000        79,750,000        39,950,000        85,350,000   

Net asset value

  $ 48.78      $ 21.42      $ 18.45      $ 13.45      $ 18.42   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Market price

  $ 48.77      $ 21.40      $ 18.46      $ 13.45      $ 18.43   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

  $ 2,705,423,021      $ 276,920,295      $ 1,371,896,002      $ 504,489,013      $ 1,446,531,230   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Affiliated investments, at cost

  $ 25,951,091      $ 931,594      $ 26,731,610      $ 10,848,215      $ 189,120,298   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

  $ 2,731,374,112      $ 277,851,889      $ 1,398,627,612      $ 515,337,228      $ 1,635,651,528   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a) Includes securities on loan with an aggregate value of

  $ 20,265,102      $      $ 25,980,614      $ 10,330,643      $ 169,203,137   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations

For the year ended April 30, 2015

 

    PowerShares
BuyBack
Achievers™
Portfolio (PKW)
     PowerShares
Dividend
Achievers™
Portfolio (PFM)
     PowerShares
Financial
Preferred
Portfolio (PGF)
     PowerShares
High Yield
Equity
Dividend
Achievers™
Portfolio (PEY)
     PowerShares
International
Dividend
Achievers™
Portfolio (PID)
 
Investment Income:              

Unaffiliated dividend income

  $ 47,892,651       $ 9,337,772       $ 92,602,762       $ 19,079,968       $ 46,671,540   

Securities lending income

    695,629                 551,554         74,456         2,581,057   

Affiliated dividend income

    69,518         33         329         70         89   

Foreign withholding tax

                                    (3,350,405
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Income

    48,657,798         9,337,805         93,154,645         19,154,494         45,902,281   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Expenses:

Advisory fees

    14,107,538         1,427,875         7,161,890         1,997,011         5,539,846   

Sub-licensing fees

    2,821,508         356,968         1,357,180         499,252         1,384,961   

Accounting & administration fees

    545,152         70,726         278,803         93,351         267,573   

Trustees’ and officer’s fees

    61,620         14,622         34,863         16,661         33,075   

Custodian & transfer agent fees

    42,968         24,461         59,254         12,108         182,900   

Other expenses

    245,043         67,184         153,542         92,021         189,631   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Expenses

    17,823,829         1,961,836         9,045,532         2,710,404         7,597,986   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less: Waivers

    (2,768      (269      (2,804      (590      (574
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Expenses

    17,821,061         1,961,567         9,042,728         2,709,814         7,597,412   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

    30,836,737         7,376,238         84,111,917         16,444,680         38,304,869   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

Net realized gain (loss) from:

             

Investment securities

    (44,625,379      833,803         5,565,276         (5,213,252      (33,784,473

In-kind redemptions

    302,786,864         23,947,660         12,980,643         61,033,054         37,713,928   

Foreign currencies

                                    991   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized gain

    258,161,485         24,781,463         18,545,919         55,819,802         3,930,446   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities

    37,064,023         (8,826,932      17,654,230         (9,435,272      (19,752,892
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    295,225,508         15,954,531         36,200,149         46,384,530         (15,822,446
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 326,062,245       $ 23,330,769       $ 120,312,066       $ 62,829,210       $ 22,482,423   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended April 30, 2015 and 2014

 

    PowerShares
BuyBack Achievers™
Portfolio (PKW)
     PowerShares
Dividend Achievers™
Portfolio (PFM)
 
    2015      2014      2015      2014  
Operations:           

Net investment income

  $ 30,836,737       $ 17,305,602       $ 7,376,238       $ 6,689,623   

Net realized gain

    258,161,485         126,786,066         24,781,463         20,581,678   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    37,064,023         186,899,277         (8,826,932      16,307,260   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    326,062,245         330,990,945         23,330,769         43,578,561   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Distributions to Shareholders from:

Net investment income

    (32,756,576      (10,911,610      (7,214,576      (6,755,875
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Shareholder Transactions:

Proceeds from shares sold

    1,366,740,866         3,285,171,345         49,356,388         79,961,620   

Value of shares repurchased

    (1,594,242,954      (1,118,751,473      (73,210,711      (62,155,717
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from shares transactions

    (227,502,088      2,166,419,872         (23,854,323      17,805,903   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    65,803,581         2,486,499,207         (7,738,130      54,628,589   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets:

Beginning of year

    2,905,120,539         418,621,332         351,556,961         296,928,372   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 2,970,924,120       $ 2,905,120,539       $ 343,818,831       $ 351,556,961   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income (loss) at end of year

  $ 4,900,076       $ 6,767,023       $ 1,171,060       $ 797,016   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Changes in Shares Outstanding:

Shares sold

    28,850,000         82,050,000         2,300,000         4,100,000   

Shares repurchased

    (34,850,000      (27,250,000      (3,400,000      (3,150,000

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

    66,900,000         12,100,000         17,150,000         16,200,000   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

    60,900,000         66,900,000         16,050,000         17,150,000   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares
Financial Preferred
Portfolio (PGF)
     PowerShares
High Yield Equity Dividend
Achievers™ Portfolio (PEY)
     PowerShares
International Dividend
Achievers™ Portfolio (PID)
 
2015      2014      2015      2014      2015      2014  
              
$ 84,111,917       $ 96,727,623       $ 16,444,680       $ 12,883,764       $ 38,304,869       $ 38,477,799   
  18,545,919         69,653,790         55,819,802         41,966,345         3,930,446         51,317,591   
  17,654,230         (149,768,967      (9,435,272      5,744,238         (19,752,892      25,895,334   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  120,312,066         16,612,446         62,829,210         60,594,347         22,482,423         115,690,724   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (83,658,606      (96,939,622      (16,547,207      (12,646,964      (36,588,767      (39,823,589

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  96,086,975         84,078,357         394,961,598         143,056,402         570,101,010         406,219,189   
  (96,582,262      (459,644,875      (297,022,280      (120,376,506      (144,801,898      (198,773,646

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (495,287      (375,566,518      97,939,318         22,679,896         425,299,112         207,445,543   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  36,158,173         (455,893,694      144,221,321         70,627,279         411,192,768         283,312,678   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,435,558,275         1,891,451,969         393,103,107         322,475,828         1,160,653,507         877,340,829   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 1,471,716,448       $ 1,435,558,275       $ 537,324,428       $ 393,103,107       $ 1,571,846,275       $ 1,160,653,507   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 412,813       $ (70,006    $ 214,159       $ 316,686       $ 6,170,194       $ 2,479,352   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  5,250,000         4,800,000         30,300,000         12,250,000         30,700,000         22,950,000   
  (5,300,000      (26,300,000      (22,250,000      (10,300,000      (7,900,000      (11,200,000
  79,800,000         101,300,000         31,900,000         29,950,000         62,550,000         50,800,000   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  79,750,000         79,800,000         39,950,000         31,900,000         85,350,000         62,550,000   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

33

 


 

Financial Highlights

 

PowerShares BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio (PKW)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015     2014     2013      2012      2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:            

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 43.42     $ 34.60     $ 29.40      $ 27.27      $ 22.36  

Net investment income(a)

    0.51       0.39       0.37         0.27         0.11   

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    5.38       8.70       5.18         2.12         4.87   

Total from investment operations

    5.89       9.09       5.55        2.39        4.98  

Distributions to shareholders from:

           

Net investment income

    (0.53 )     (0.27 )     (0.35      (0.26      (0.07

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 48.78     $ 43.42     $ 34.60      $ 29.40      $ 27.27  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 48.77     $ 43.42     $ 34.61      $ 29.40      $ 27.27  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     13.63     26.36     19.08      8.91      22.34
Market Price Total Return(c)     13.61     26.32     19.11      8.91      22.29
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 2,970,924     $ 2,905,121     $ 418,621       $ 139,641       $ 43,637   

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.63 %(d)      0.66 %(d)      0.70      0.71      0.70

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.63 %(d)      0.66 %(d)      0.70      0.79      1.00

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.09     0.95     1.21      1.00      0.49

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    68     92     80      32      26

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests. Estimated investment company expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the investment companies and are deducted from the value of the funds that the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated investment company expenses that the Fund bears indirectly is included in the Fund’s total return.
(e)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PFM)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012      2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:              

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 20.50      $ 18.33      $ 15.81      $ 15.29      $ 13.21  

Net investment income(a)

    0.44        0.39        0.38         0.34         0.31   

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    0.90        2.16        2.52         0.51         2.08   

Total from investment operations

    1.34        2.55        2.90        0.85        2.39  

Distributions to shareholders from:

             

Net investment income

    (0.42 )      (0.38 )      (0.38      (0.33      (0.31

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 21.42      $ 20.50      $ 18.33      $ 15.81      $ 15.29  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 21.40      $ 20.50      $ 18.32      $ 15.80      $ 15.29  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     6.54      14.11      18.67      5.78      18.39
Market Price Total Return(c)     6.44      14.17      18.68      5.71      18.39
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 343,819      $ 351,557      $ 296,928       $ 252,988       $ 217,859   

Ratio to average net assets of:

             

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.55      0.55      0.58      0.60      0.60

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.55      0.55      0.58      0.60      0.61

Net investment income, after Waivers

    2.07      2.05      2.28      2.28      2.30

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    20      21      18      20      11

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio (PGF)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012      2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:              

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 17.99      $ 18.67      $ 17.79      $ 18.26      $ 16.97  

Net investment income(a)

    1.07        1.10        1.18         1.17         1.18   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    0.45        (0.68 )      0.85         (0.42      1.36   

Total from investment operations

    1.52        0.42        2.03        0.75        2.54  

Distributions to shareholders from:

             

Net investment income

    (1.06 )      (1.10 )      (1.15      (1.17      (1.21

Return of capital

                           (0.05      (0.04

Total distributions

    (1.06 )      (1.10 )      (1.15      (1.22      (1.25

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 18.45      $ 17.99      $ 18.67      $ 17.79      $ 18.26  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 18.46      $ 17.98      $ 18.70      $ 17.83      $ 18.28  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     8.73      2.63      11.78      4.56      15.57
Market Price Total Return(c)     8.85      2.41      11.71      4.68      15.97
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 1,471,716      $ 1,435,558      $ 1,891,452       $ 1,612,698       $ 1,832,516   

Ratio to average net assets of:

             

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.63      0.63      0.64      0.66      0.66

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.63      0.63      0.64      0.66      0.66

Net investment income, after Waivers

    5.87      6.28      6.47      6.76      6.75

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    9      30      18      6      26

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PEY)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012      2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:              

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 12.32      $ 10.77      $ 9.36      $ 9.06      $ 8.44  

Net investment income(a)

    0.43        0.42        0.42         0.35         0.34   

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    1.13        1.54        1.41         0.29         0.63   

Total from investment operations

    1.56        1.96        1.83        0.64        0.97  

Distributions to shareholders from:

             

Net investment income

    (0.43 )      (0.41 )      (0.42      (0.34      (0.34

Return of capital

                                  (0.01

Total distributions

    (0.43 )      (0.41 )      (0.42      (0.34      (0.35

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 13.45      $ 12.32      $ 10.77      $ 9.36      $ 9.06  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 13.45      $ 12.32      $ 10.76      $ 9.36      $ 9.06  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     12.89      18.61      20.16      7.37      11.91
Market Price Total Return(c)     12.89      18.72      20.05      7.37      11.91
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 537,324      $ 393,103      $ 322,476       $ 276,169       $ 208,471   

Ratio to average net assets of:

             

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.54      0.55      0.57      0.60      0.60

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.54      0.55      0.57      0.60      0.62

Net investment income, after Waivers

    3.29      3.70      4.31      3.88      4.02

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    45      51      32      35      44

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PID)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014     2013      2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:            

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 18.56      $ 17.27      $ 15.35      $ 16.85     $ 14.26  

Net investment income(a)

    0.51          0.67 (b)      0.40         0.48        0.47   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    (0.17 )      1.26        1.93         (1.49     2.59   

Total from investment operations

    0.34        1.93        2.33        (1.01     3.06  

Distributions to shareholders from:

           

Net investment income

    (0.48 )      (0.64     (0.41      (0.49     (0.47

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 18.42      $ 18.56      $ 17.27      $ 15.35     $ 16.85  

Market price at end of year(c)

  $ 18.43      $ 18.58      $ 17.31      $ 15.37     $ 16.89  
Net Asset Value Total Return(d)     1.83      11.50     15.63      (5.87 )%      21.95
Market Price Total Return(d)     1.77      11.35     15.75      (5.97 )%      22.23
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 1,571,846      $ 1,160,654      $ 877,341       $ 690,196      $ 550,282   

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.55      0.54     0.56      0.55     0.58

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.55      0.54     0.56      0.56     0.58

Net investment income, after Waivers

    2.77      3.82 %(b)      2.57      3.20     3.20

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    66      49     46      33     42

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets include a significant dividend during the year. Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets excluding the significant dividend are $0.43 and 2.42%, respectively.
(c)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(d)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(e)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

April 30, 2015

 

Note 1. Organization

PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (the “Trust”) was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on June 9, 2000 and is authorized to have multiple series of portfolios. The Trust is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As of April 30, 2015, the Trust offered fifty-three portfolios. This report includes the following portfolios:

 

Full Name

  

Short Name

PowerShares BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio (PKW)    “BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio”
PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PFM)    “Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio”
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio (PGF)    “Financial Preferred Portfolio”
PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PEY)    “High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio”
PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PID)    “International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio”

Each portfolio (each, a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”) represents a separate series of the Trust. The shares of the Funds are referred to herein as “Shares” or “Fund’s Shares.” Each Fund’s Shares are listed and traded on NYSE Arca, Inc.

The market price of each Share may differ to some degree from the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”). Unlike conventional mutual funds, each Fund issues and redeems Shares on a continuous basis, at NAV, only in a large specified number of Shares, each called a “Creation Unit.” Creation Units are issued and redeemed principally in exchange for the deposit or delivery of a basket of securities (“Deposit Securities”). Except when aggregated in Creation Units by Authorized Participants, the Shares are not individually redeemable securities of the Funds.

The investment objective of each Fund is to seek investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of its respective index listed below (each, an “Underlying Index”):

 

Fund

  

Underlying Index

BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio    NASDAQ US BuyBack AchieversTM Index
Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio    NASDAQ US Broad Dividend AchieversTM Index
Financial Preferred Portfolio    Wells Fargo® Hybrid & Preferred Securities Financial Index
High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio    NASDAQ US Dividend AchieversTM 50 Index
International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio    NASDAQ International Dividend AchieversTM Index

Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies

The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from these estimates. In addition, the Funds monitor for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print. The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in preparation of their financial statements.

A. Security Valuation

Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policies:

A security listed or traded on an exchange (except convertible securities) is valued at its last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded, or lacking any sales or official closing price on a particular day, the security may be valued at the closing bid price on that day. Securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued based on prices furnished by independent pricing services or market makers. When such securities are valued by an independent pricing service they may be considered fair valued. Futures contracts are valued at the final settlement price set by an exchange on which they are principally traded. Listed options are valued at the mean between the last bid and asked prices from the exchange on which they are principally traded. Options not listed on an exchange are valued by an independent source at the mean between the last bid and asked prices. For purposes of determining NAV per Share, futures and option contracts generally are valued 15 minutes after the close of the customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).

 

 

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Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end of day NAV per share. Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded.

Debt obligations (including convertible securities) and unlisted equities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate (for unlisted equities), yield (for debt obligations), quality, type of issue, coupon rate (for debt obligations), maturity (for debt obligations), individual trading characteristics and other market data. Securities with a demand feature exercisable within one to seven days are valued at par. Debt obligations are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt obligations involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

Foreign securities’ (including foreign exchange contracts’) prices are converted into U.S. dollar amounts using the applicable exchange rates as of the close of the London world markets. If market quotations are available and reliable for foreign exchange-traded equity securities, the securities will be valued at the market quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a particular security and the close of the customary trading session on the NYSE, events occur that Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”) determines are significant and make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. If the event is likely to have affected the closing price of the security, the security will be valued at fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Adjustments to closing prices to reflect fair value may also be based on a screening process of an independent pricing service to indicate the degree of certainty, based on historical data, that the closing price in the principal market where a foreign security trades is not the current value as of the close of the NYSE. Foreign securities’ prices meeting the approved degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be priced at the indication of fair value from the independent pricing service. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining adjustments to reflect fair value and may include information relating to sector indices, American Depositary Receipts and domestic and foreign index futures. Foreign securities may have additional risks including exchange rate changes, potential for sharply devalued currencies and high inflation, political and economic upheaval, the relative lack of issuer information, relatively low market liquidity and the potential lack of strict financial and accounting controls and standards.

Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by independent sources. The last bid price may be used to value equity securities. The mean between the last bid and asked prices is used to value debt obligations, including corporate loans.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or became unreliable are valued at fair value as determined in good faith following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Issuer-specific events, market trends, bid/asked quotes of brokers and information providers and other market data may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of a security’s fair value.

Each Fund may invest in securities that are subject to interest rate risk, meaning the risk that the prices will generally fall as interest rates rise and, conversely, the prices will generally rise as interest rates fall. Specific securities differ in their sensitivity to changes in interest rates depending on their individual characteristics. Changes in interest rates may result in increased market volatility, which may affect the value and/or liquidity of certain Fund investments.

Valuations change in response to many factors, including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of the issuer’s assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

B. Other Risks

Index Risk. Unlike many investment companies, the Funds do not utilize investing strategies that seek returns in excess of their Underlying Indexes. Therefore, a Fund would not necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed, respectively, from its respective Underlying Index, even if that security generally is underperforming.

Equity Risk. Equity risk is the risk that the value of the securities that each Fund holds will fall due to general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding the industries in which the issuers of securities that a Fund holds participate or factors relating to specific companies in which the Fund invests. For example, an adverse event, such as an unfavorable earnings report, may depress the value of securities a Fund holds; the price of securities may be particularly sensitive to general movements in the stock market; or a drop in the stock market may depress the price of most or all of the securities a Fund holds. In addition, securities of an issuer in the Fund’s portfolio may decline in price if the issuer fails to make anticipated dividend payments because, among other reasons, the issuer of the security experiences a decline in its financial condition.

 

 

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Industry Concentration Risk. In following its methodology, each Fund’s Underlying Index from time to time may be concentrated to a significant degree in securities of issuers located in a single industry or a sector. To the extent that an Underlying Index concentrates in the securities of issuers in a particular industry or sector, each Fund will also concentrate its investments to approximately the same extent. By concentrating its investments in an industry or sector, a Fund may face more risks than if it were diversified broadly over numerous industries or sectors. In addition, at times, an industry or sector may be out of favor and underperform other industries or the market as a whole. Any factors detrimental to the performance of such industry or sector will disproportionately impact a Fund’s NAV.

Non-Diversified Fund Risk. BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio and Financial Preferred Portfolio are non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of their assets in securities of individual issuers than diversified funds. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in Share price than would occur in a diversified fund. This may increase a Fund’s volatility and cause the performance of a relatively small number of issuers to have a greater impact on a Fund’s performance.

Non-Correlation Risk. Each Fund’s return may not match the return of its Underlying Index for a number of reasons. For example, each Fund incurs operating expenses not applicable to its Underlying Index, and incurs costs in buying and selling securities, especially when rebalancing the Fund’s securities holdings to reflect changes in the composition of its Underlying Index. In addition, the performance of each Fund and its Underlying Index may vary due to asset valuation differences and differences between each Fund’s portfolio and its Underlying Index resulting from legal restrictions, cost or liquidity constraints.

Sampling Risk. Financial Preferred Portfolio’s use of a representative sampling approach will result in the Fund holding a smaller number of securities than are in its Underlying Index. As a result, an adverse development to an issuer of securities held by the Fund could result in a greater decline in NAV than would be the case if the Fund held all of the securities in its Underlying Index. To the extent the assets in the Fund are smaller, these risks will be greater.

Small and Medium Capitalization Company Risk. Investing in securities of small and medium capitalization companies involves greater risk than customarily is associated with investing in larger, more established companies. These companies’ securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies. These securities may have returns that vary, sometimes significantly, from the overall securities market. Often small and medium capitalization companies and the industries in which they focus are still evolving and, as a result, they may be more sensitive to changing market conditions.

Dividend Paying Security Risk. Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio, High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio and International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio invest in securities that pay high dividends. As a group, these securities can fall out of favor with the market, causing such companies to underperform companies that do not pay high dividends. Also, changes in the dividend policies of the companies in an Underlying Index and the capital resources available for such companies’ dividend payments may affect a Fund.

Foreign Securities Risk. For Financial Preferred Portfolio and International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio, investments in foreign securities involve risks in addition to the risks associated with domestic securities. In general, foreign companies are not subject to the regulatory requirements of U.S. companies and, as such, there may be less publicly available information about these companies. Moreover, foreign companies often are subject to less stringent requirements regarding accounting, auditing, financial reporting and record-keeping than are U.S. companies. Therefore, not all material information regarding these companies will be available.

In addition, securities of foreign issuers may be less liquid than comparable securities of U.S. issuers and, as such, their price changes may be more volatile. Furthermore, foreign exchanges and broker-dealers generally are subject to less government and exchange scrutiny and regulation than their U.S. counterparts. In addition, differences in clearance and settlement procedures in foreign markets may cause delays in settlement of a Fund’s trades effected in those markets and could result in losses to a Fund due to subsequent declines in the value of the securities subject to the trades. Depositary receipts also involve substantially identical risks to those associated with investments in foreign securities. Additionally, the issuers of certain depositary receipts, particularly unsponsored or unregistered depositary receipts, have no obligation to distribute shareholder communications to the holders of such receipts or to pass through to them any voting rights with respect to the deposited securities.

High Yield Securities Risk. For Financial Preferred Portfolio and High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio, high yield securities typically involve greater risk and are less liquid than higher grade issues. Changes in general economic conditions, changes in the financial condition of the issuers and changes in interest rates may adversely impact the ability of issuers of high yield securities to make timely payments of interest and principal.

Preferred Securities Risk. Financial Preferred Portfolio faces special risks associated with investing in preferred securities. Preferred securities may include provisions that permit the issuer, in its discretion, to defer or omit distributions for a certain period of time. If the Fund owns a security that is deferring or omitting its distributions, the Fund may be required to report the distribution on its tax returns, even though it may not have received this income. Further, preferred securities may lose substantial value due to the omission or deferment of dividend payments. Preferred securities may be less liquid than many other securities, such as common stocks, and generally offer no voting rights with respect to the issuer. Preferred securities also may be subordinated to bonds or other debt

 

 

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instruments in an issuer’s capital structure, subjecting them to a greater risk of non-payment than more senior securities. In addition, in certain circumstances, an issuer of preferred securities may redeem the securities prior to a specified date, and this may negatively impact the return of the security.

C. Federal Income Taxes

Each Fund intends to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to its shareholders. As such, the Funds will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized gains) that is distributed to the shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

Each Fund recognizes the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only when the position is more likely than not to be sustained. Management has analyzed each Fund’s uncertain tax positions and concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions. Management is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next 12 months.

Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences are primarily due to differing book and tax treatments for in-kind transactions, losses deferred due to wash sales, and passive foreign investment company adjustments, if any.

The Funds file U.S. federal tax returns and tax returns in certain other jurisdictions. Generally, a Fund is subject to examinations by such taxing authorities for up to three years after the filing of the return for the tax period.

D. Investment Transactions and Investment Income

Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses from the sale or disposition of securities are computed on the specific identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Realized gains, dividends and interest received by a Fund may give rise to withholding and other taxes imposed by foreign countries. Tax conventions between certain countries and the United States may reduce or eliminate such taxes.

Corporate actions (including cash dividends) are recorded net of non-reclaimable foreign tax withholdings on the ex-date.

E. Expenses

Expenses of the Trust that are directly identifiable to a specific Fund are applied to that Fund. Expenses of the Trust that are not readily identifiable to a specific Fund are allocated in such a manner as deemed equitable, taking into consideration the nature and type of expense and the relative net assets of each Fund.

Each Fund is responsible for all of its expenses, including the investment advisory fees, costs of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, legal, audit and other services, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with executions of portfolio transactions, sub-licensing fees related to its respective Underlying Index, any distribution fees or expenses, litigation expenses, fees payable to the Trust’s Board members who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”) or the Adviser, expenses incurred in connection with the Board members’ services, including travel expenses and legal fees of counsel for the Independent Trustees, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, and extraordinary expenses.

To the extent a Fund invests in other investment companies, the expenses shown in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of the Fund and do not include any expenses of the investment companies in which it invests. The effects of such investment companies’ expenses are included in the realized and unrealized gain or loss on the investments in the investment companies.

F. Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders

Each Fund (except for Financial Preferred Portfolio and High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio, which declare and pay dividends from net investment income, if any, monthly) declares and pays dividends from net investment income, if any, to its shareholders quarterly and records such dividends on ex-dividend date. Generally, each Fund distributes net realized taxable capital gains, if any, annually in cash and records them on ex-dividend date. Such distributions on a tax basis are determined in conformity with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. Distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits, if any, are reported in such Fund’s financial statements as a tax return of capital at fiscal year-end.

G. Securities Lending

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio, Financial Preferred Portfolio, High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio and International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio participated in securities lending. Each Fund loaned portfolio securities having a market value up to one-third of each Fund’s total assets. Such loans are secured by cash collateral equal to no less than 102% (105% for international) of the market value of the loaned securities determined daily by the securities lending provider. Cash collateral received in connection with these loans is invested in an affiliated money market fund and is shown as such on the Schedule of Investments. It is the policy of these Funds to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by

 

 

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the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to a Fund if, and to the extent that, the market value of the securities loaned were to increase, and the borrower did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower failed to return the securities. Upon the failure of the borrower to return the securities, collateral may be liquidated and the securities may be purchased on the open market to replace the loaned securities. A Fund could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral. A Fund bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested. Dividends received on cash collateral investments for securities lending transactions, which are net of compensation to counterparties, are included in Securities lending income on the Statements of Operations. The aggregate value of securities out on loan, if any, is shown on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Note 3. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Agreements

The Trust has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Adviser on behalf of each Fund, pursuant to which the Adviser has overall responsibility for the selection and ongoing monitoring of the Funds’ investments, managing the Funds’ business affairs and providing certain clerical, bookkeeping and other administrative services. Pursuant to that Investment Advisory Agreement, each Fund has agreed to pay the Adviser an annual fee of 0.40% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, except for BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio and Financial Preferred Portfolio, each of which pay the Adviser an annual fee of 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

The Trust also has entered into an Amended and Restated Excess Expense Agreement (the “Expense Agreement”) with the Adviser on behalf of each Fund, pursuant to which the Adviser has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses (excluding interest expenses, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, sub-licensing fees, offering costs, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, and extraordinary expenses) of each Fund (except for BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio and Financial Preferred Portfolio) from exceeding 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year (0.60% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year for the BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio and Financial Preferred Portfolio) (the “Expense Cap”), through at least August 31, 2016. Offering costs excluded from the Expense Cap for each Fund are: (a) initial legal fees pertaining to the Funds’ Shares offered for sale; (b) initial Securities and Exchange Commission and state registration fees; and (c) initial fees paid to be listed on an exchange. Unless the Adviser continues the Expense Agreement, it will terminate on August 31, 2016. The Expense Agreement cannot be terminated during its term. For each Fund, the Adviser did not waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses during the period under this Expense Cap.

Further, through August 31, 2017, the Adviser has contractually agreed to waive a portion of each Fund’s management fee in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fees an affiliate of the Adviser receives that are attributable to certain of the Fund’s investments in money market funds managed by that affiliate (excluding investments of cash collateral from securities lending). The Adviser cannot discontinue this waiver prior to its expiration. This agreement is not subject to recapture by the Adviser.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the Adviser waived fees and/or paid Fund expenses for each Fund in the following amounts:

 

BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio    $ 2,768   
Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      269   
Financial Preferred Portfolio      2,804   
High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      590   
International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      574   

The Expense Agreement provides that the fees waived or expenses borne by the Adviser are subject to recapture by the Adviser for up to three years from the date the fee was waived or expense was borne by the Adviser, but no recapture payment will be made by a Fund if it would result in the Fund exceeding its Expense Cap as specified above.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, there were no amounts available for potential recapture by the Adviser under the Expense Agreement.

The Trust has entered into a Distribution Agreement with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), which serves as the distributor of Creation Units for each Fund. The Distributor does not maintain a secondary market in the Shares. The Funds are not charged any fees pursuant to the Distribution Agreement. The Distributor is an affiliate of the Adviser.

The Adviser has entered into a licensing agreement for each Fund with the following entities (each, a “Licensor”):

 

Fund

  

Licensor

BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio    NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio    NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
Financial Preferred Portfolio    Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio    NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio    NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

 

 

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Each Underlying Index name trademark is owned by its respective Licensor. These trademarks have been licensed to the Adviser for use by the Funds. Each Fund is entitled to use its Underlying Index pursuant to the Trust’s sub-licensing agreement with the Adviser. The Funds are required to pay the sub-licensing fees that are shown on the Statements of Operations. The Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by the Licensors, and the Licensors make no representation regarding the advisability of investing in any of the Funds.

The Trust has entered into service agreements whereby The Bank of New York Mellon, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, serves as the administrator, custodian, fund accountant and transfer agent for each Fund.

Note 4. Investments in Affiliates

The Adviser and Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd., and therefore Invesco Ltd. and Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT are considered to be affiliated with the Funds. The table below shows certain Funds’ transactions in, and earnings from, investments in affiliates for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015.

BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio

 

     Value
April 30, 2014
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Value
April 30, 2015
     Dividend
Income
 
Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT    $       $ 2,515,792       $ (19,444    $ 6,133       $ (43    $ 2,502,438       $ 69,215   

Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

 

     Value
April 30, 2014
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)
     Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Value
April 30, 2015
     Dividend
Income
 
Invesco Ltd.    $       $ 957,508       $ (25,020    $ (9,792    $ (894    $ 921,802       $   

International DividendTM Achievers Portfolio

 

     Value
April 30, 2014
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)
     Realized
Gain
     Value
April 30, 2015
     Dividend
Income
 
Invesco Ltd.    $       $ 14,694,284       $ (219,014    $ (149,014    $ 1,875       $ 14,328,131       $   

Note 5. Additional Valuation Information

GAAP defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, under current market conditions. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation methods, giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical assets (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), generally when market prices are not readily available or are unreliable. Based on the valuation inputs, the securities or other investments are tiered into one of three levels. Changes in valuation methods may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned level:

 

  Level 1 — Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets.

 

  Level 2 — Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others.

 

  Level 3 — Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect a Fund’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information.

As of April 30, 2015, all of the securities in each Fund were valued based on Level 1 inputs (see the Schedules of Investments for security categories). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

 

 

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Note 6. Distributions to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended April 30, 2015 and 2014:

 

     2015      2014  
     Ordinary
Income
     Ordinary
Income
 
BuyBack Achievers™ Portfolio    $ 32,756,576       $ 10,911,610   
Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio      7,214,576         6,755,875   
Financial Preferred Portfolio      83,658,606         96,939,622   
High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio      16,547,207         12,646,964   
International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio      36,588,767         39,823,589   

Tax Components of Net Assets at Fiscal Year-End:

 

     Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
     Temporary
Book/Tax
Differences
     Net
Unrealized
Appreciation—
Investment
Securities
     Capital Loss
Carryforwards
     Post-October
Capital
Loss
Deferrals*
     Shares of
Beneficial
Interest
     Total Net
Assets
 
BuyBack Achievers™ Portfolio    $ 4,940,425       $ (40,349    $ 245,649,966       $ (36,432,644    $ (36,622,315    $ 2,793,429,037       $ 2,970,924,120   
Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio      1,192,871         (21,811      62,573,765         (18,181,488              298,255,494         343,818,831   
Financial Preferred Portfolio      492,213         (79,400      97,832,754         (24,910,767              1,398,381,648         1,471,716,448   
High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio      238,561         (24,402      28,031,662         (129,374,645      (594,037      639,047,289         537,324,428   
International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio      6,864,523         (47,303      84,906,672         (247,606,089      (32,476,543      1,760,205,015         1,571,846,275   

 

* The Funds will elect to defer net capital losses incurred after October 31 (“Post-October Capital Losses”) within the taxable year that are deemed to arise on the first business day of each Fund’s next taxable year.

Capital loss carryforwards are calculated and reported as of a specific date. Results of transactions and other activity after that date may affect the amount of capital loss carryforwards actually available for the Funds to utilize. Capital losses generated in years beginning after December 22, 2010 can be carried forward for an unlimited period, whereas previous losses expire in eight tax years. Capital losses with an expiration period may not be used to offset capital gains until all net capital losses without an expiration date have been utilized. Capital loss carryforwards with no expiration date will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses instead of as short-term capital losses as under prior law. The ability to utilize capital loss carryforwards in the future may be limited under the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations based on the results of future transactions.

The following table presents available capital loss carryforwards and expiration dates for each Fund as of April 30, 2015:

 

                            Post-effective/no
expiration
             
    2016     2017     2018     2019     Short-Term     Long-Term     Total*     Expired  
BuyBack Achievers™ Portfolio   $ 2,915,680      $ 800,254      $ 12,142,749      $ 2,107,645      $ 18,466,316      $      $ 36,432,644      $   
Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio            1,209,931        14,632,363        2,339,194                      18,181,488          
Financial Preferred Portfolio     8,521,274        9,034,558        7,354,935                             24,910,767          
High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio     884,585        81,487,358        44,815,128        2,187,574                      129,374,645          
International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio     1,975,339        59,472,841        145,514,837        11,745,409        25,801,378        3,096,285        247,606,089        148,582   

 

* Capital loss carryforwards as of the date listed above are reduced for limitations, if any, to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Code and may be further limited depending upon a variety of factors, including the realization of net unrealized gains or losses as of the date of any reorganization.

 

 

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Note 7. Investment Transactions

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the cost of securities purchased and proceeds from sales of securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations, money market funds and in-kind transactions, if any) were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  
BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio    $ 1,926,395,997       $ 1,942,733,334   
Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      71,902,800         70,461,320   
Financial Preferred Portfolio      157,492,455         133,303,126   
High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      224,864,803         225,988,780   
International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      924,560,442         910,748,502   

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, in-kind transactions associated with creations and redemptions were as follows:

 

     Cost of
Securities
Received
     Value of
Securities
Delivered
 
BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio    $ 1,365,111,863       $ 1,590,162,340   
Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      49,064,767         73,898,327   
Financial Preferred Portfolio      72,394,625         93,907,594   
High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      394,937,228         295,598,053   
International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      569,418,905         145,514,440   

Gains (losses) on in-kind transactions are generally not considered taxable gains (losses) for federal income tax purposes.

At April 30, 2015, the aggregate cost and the net unrealized appreciation of investments for tax purposes were as follows:

 

     Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
     Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Cost  
BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio    $ 285,469,149       $ (39,819,183    $ 245,649,966       $ 2,748,589,609   
Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      65,093,308         (2,519,543      62,573,765         281,054,261   
Financial Preferred Portfolio      107,958,919         (10,126,165      97,832,754         1,406,987,975   
High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      31,734,366         (3,702,704      28,031,662         520,159,646   
International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      144,611,714         (59,705,042      84,906,672         1,661,635,020   

Note 8. Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of in-kind transactions and expired capital loss carryforwards on April 30, 2015, amounts were reclassified between undistributed net investment income, undistributed net realized gain (loss) and Shares of beneficial interest. These reclassifications had no effect on the net assets of each Fund. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the reclassifications were as follows:

 

     Undistributed
Net Investment
Income
     Undistributed
Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Shares of
Beneficial
Interest
 
BuyBack Achievers™ Portfolio    $ 52,892       $ (297,414,167    $ 297,361,275   
Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio      212,382         (23,428,067      23,215,685   
Financial Preferred Portfolio      29,508         (12,320,001      12,290,493   
High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio              (58,925,139      58,925,139   
International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio      1,974,740         (37,582,031      35,607,291   

Note 9. Trustees’ and Officer’s Fees

Trustees’ and Officer’s Fees include amounts accrued by the Funds to pay remuneration to the Independent Trustees and an Officer of the Trust. The Trustee who is an “interested person” of the Trust does not receive any Trustees’ fees.

The Trust has adopted a deferred compensation plan (the “Plan”). Under the Plan, an Independent Trustee who has executed a Deferred Fee Agreement (a “Participating Trustee”) may defer receipt of all or a portion of his compensation (“Deferral Fees”). Such Deferral Fees are deemed to be invested in select PowerShares Funds. The Deferral Fees payable to the Participating Trustee are valued as of the date such Deferral Fees would have been paid to the Participating Trustee. The value increases with contributions or with increases in the value of the Shares selected, and the value decreases with distributions or with declines in the value of the Shares selected. Obligations under the Plan represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Funds.

 

 

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Note 10. Capital

Shares are created and redeemed by each Fund only in Creation Units of 50,000 Shares. Only Authorized Participants are permitted to purchase or redeem Creation Units from the Funds. Such transactions are principally permitted in exchange for Deposit Securities, with a balancing cash component to equate the transaction to the NAV per Share of a Fund of the Trust on the transaction date. However, for all Funds, cash in an amount equivalent to the value of certain securities may be substituted, generally when the securities are not available in sufficient quantity for delivery, not eligible for trading by the Authorized Participant or as a result of other market circumstances.

To the extent that the Funds permit transactions in exchange for Deposit Securities, each Fund may issue Shares in advance of receipt of Deposit Securities subject to various conditions, including a requirement to maintain on deposit with the Trust cash at least equal to 105% of the market value of the missing Deposit Securities. In accordance with the Trust’s Participant Agreement, Creation Units will be issued to an Authorized Participant, notwithstanding the fact that the corresponding Deposit Securities have not been received in part or in whole, in reliance on the undertaking of the Authorized Participant to deliver the missing Deposit Securities as soon as possible, which undertaking shall be secured by the Authorized Participant’s delivery and maintenance of collateral consisting of cash in the form of U.S. dollars in immediately available funds having a value (marked-to-market daily) at least equal to 105%, which the Adviser may change from time to time, of the value of the missing Deposit Securities.

Transactions in each Fund’s Shares are disclosed in detail in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

Note 11. Indemnifications

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. Each Independent Trustee is also indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of his duties to the Trust pursuant to an Indemnification Agreement between the Independent Trustee and the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Trust believes the risk of loss to be remote.

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust:

 

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of PowerShares Buyback AchieversTM Portfolio, PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio, PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio and PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (each an individual portfolio of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, hereafter referred to as the “Funds”) at April 30, 2015, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at April 30, 2015 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, and the application of alternative auditing procedures where confirmations of security purchases have not been received, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Chicago, IL

June 24, 2015

 

 

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Fees and Expenses

 

As a shareholder of a Fund of the PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, you incur advisory fees and other Fund expenses. The expense examples below are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the six-month period ended April 30, 2015.

In addition to the fees and expenses which the PowerShares BuyBack Achievers Portfolio (the “Portfolio”) bears directly, the Portfolio indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the investment companies in which the Portfolio invests. The amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Portfolio will vary because the investment companies have varied expenses and fee levels and the Portfolio may own different proportions of the investment companies at different times. Estimated investment companies’ expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Portfolio. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the investment companies and are deducted from the value of the investment companies the Portfolio invests in. The effect of the estimated investment companies’ expenses that the Portfolio bears indirectly are included in the Portfolio’s total returns.

Actual Expenses

The first line in the following table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading “Expenses Paid During the Six-Month Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the following table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed annualized rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only, and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges and brokerage commissions. Therefore, the second line in the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, expenses shown in the table do not include the expenses of the underlying funds, which are borne indirectly by a Fund. If transaction costs and indirect expenses were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

    Beginning
Account Value
November 1, 2014
    Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2015
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Number of Days
in the Period
    Expenses Paid
During the
Six-Month Period(1)
 
PowerShares BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio (PKW)        

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,065.79        0.63   $ 3.23   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.67        0.63        3.16   
PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PFM)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,015.48        0.55        2.75   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,022.07        0.55        2.76   
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio (PGF)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,047.11        0.63        3.20   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.67        0.63        3.16   
PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PEY)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,043.81        0.54        2.74   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,022.12        0.54        2.71   

 

 

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Fees and Expenses (continued)

 

    Beginning
Account Value
November 1, 2014
    Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2015
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Number of Days
in the Period
    Expenses Paid
During the
Six-Month Period(1)
 
PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PID)        

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,016.64        0.56   $ 2.80   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,022.02        0.56        2.81   

 

(1)  Expenses are calculated using the annualized expense ratio, which represents the ongoing expenses as a percentage of net assets for the six-month period ended April 30, 2015. Expenses are calculated by multiplying the Fund’s annualized expense ratio by the average account value for the period, then multiplying the result by 181/365. Expense ratios for the most recent six-month period may differ from expense ratios based on the annualized data in the Financial Highlights.

 

 

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Tax Information

 

Form 1099-DIV, Form 1042-S and other year-end tax information provide shareholders with actual calendar year amounts that should be included in their tax returns. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers.

The following distribution information is being provided as required by the Internal Revenue Code or to meet a specific state’s requirement.

Each Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended April 30, 2015:

Federal Income Tax Information

 

     Qualified Dividend
Income*
  Dividends-Received
Deduction*
BuyBack Achievers Portfolio        100 %       100 %
Dividend Achievers Portfolio        100 %       100 %
Financial Preferred Portfolio        100 %       61 %
High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio        100 %       100 %
International Dividend Achievers Portfolio        64 %       0 %

 

* The above percentages are based on ordinary income dividends paid to shareholders during the Fund’s fiscal year.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers

 

The Independent Trustees of the Trust, their term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during at least the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex overseen by each Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by a Trustee are shown below.

The Trustees and officers information is current as of April 30, 2015.

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Independent Trustees
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Term of
Office
and
Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years
   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex**
Overseen by
Independent
Trustees
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Independent
Trustees During
the Past 5 Years

Ronn R. Bagge—1958

c/o Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2003    Founder and Principal, YQA Capital Management LLC (1998-Present); formerly Owner/CEO of Electronic Dynamic Balancing Co., Inc. (high-speed rotating equipment service provider).    120    None

Todd J. Barre—1957

c/o Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2010    Assistant Professor of Business, Trinity Christian College (2010-Present); formerly Vice President and Senior Investment Strategist (2001-2008), Director of Open Architecture and Trading (2007-2008), Head of Fundamental Research (2004-2007) and Vice President and Senior Fixed Income Strategist (1994-2001), BMO Financial Group/Harris Private Bank.    120    None

Marc M. Kole—1960

c/o Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2006    Retired. Formerly, Chief Financial Officer, Hope Network (social services) (2008-2012); Assistant Vice President and Controller, Priority Health (health insurance) (2005-2008); Senior Vice President of Finance, United Healthcare (2004-2005); Chief Accounting Officer, Senior Vice President of Finance, Oxford Health Plans (2000-2004); Audit Partner, Arthur Andersen LLP (1996-2000).    120    None

Yung Bong Lim—1964

c/o Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2013    Managing Partner, Residential Dynamics Group LLC (2008-Present); formerly, Managing Director, Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C. (1999-2007).    120    None

Philip M. Nussbaum—1961

c/o Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2003    Chairman, Performance Trust Capital Partners (2004-Present).    120    None

 

* This is the date the Independent Trustee began serving the Trust. Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Fund Complex includes all open-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser. At April 30, 2015, the “Fund Family” consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 67 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Independent Trustees
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Term of
Office
and
Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years
   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex**
Overseen by
Independent
Trustees
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Independent
Trustees During
the Past 5 Years

Gary R. Wicker—1961

c/o Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2013    Senior Vice President of Global Finance and Chief Financial Officer at RBC Ministries (publishing company) (2013-Present); formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Zondervan Publishing (A division of Harper Collins/NewsCorp) (2007-2012); Senior Vice President and Group Controller (2005-2006), Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2003-2004), Chief Financial Officer (2001-2003), Vice President, Finance and Controller (1999-2001) and Assistant Controller (1997-1999), divisions of The Thomson Corporation (information services provider).    120    None

Donald H. Wilson—1959

c/o Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Chairman of the Board and Trustee   

Chairman

since

2012;

Trustee

since

2006

   Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Community Financial Shares, Inc. and Community Bank—Wheaton/Glen Ellyn (subsidiary) (2013-Present); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Stone Pillar Advisors, Ltd. (2010-Present); formerly, Chief Operating Officer, AMCORE Financial, Inc. (bank holding company) (2007-2009); Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, AMCORE Financial, Inc. (2006-2007); Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Marshall & Ilsley Corp. (bank holding company) (1995-2006).    120    None

 

* This is the date the Independent Trustee began serving the Trust. Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Fund Complex includes all open-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser. At April 30, 2015, the “Fund Family” consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 67 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

The Trustee who is an “interested person” (the “Non-Independent Trustee”) and the executive officers of the Trust, their term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during at least the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex overseen by the Non-Independent Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by the Non-Independent Trustee are shown below.

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Non-Independent Trustee
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Term of
Office
and
Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years
   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex**
Overseen by
Non-Independent
Trustees
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Non-Independent
Trustees During
the Past 5 Years

Kevin M. Carome—1956

Invesco Ltd.

Two Peachtree Pointe,

1555 Peachtree St., N.E.,

Suite 1800

Atlanta, GA 30309

   Trustee    Since 2010    Senior Managing Director, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Ltd. (2006-Present); Director, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2009-Present); Director, Invesco Finance PLC, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc., and Invesco Holding Company Limited; Director and Executive Vice President, Invesco Finance, Inc., Invesco Group Services, Inc., Invesco Investments (Bermuda) Ltd., Invesco North American Holdings, Inc., and IVZ, Inc. and Invesco Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd.; Manager, Horizon Flight Works LLC; Director and Secretary, IVZ Bahamas Private Limited; formerly, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2003-2005); Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. (2000-2001); General Counsel of certain investment management subsidiaries of Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. (1998-2000); Associate General Counsel, Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. (1993-1998); Associate, Ropes & Gray LLP.    120    None

 

* This is the date the Non-Independent Trustee began serving the Trust. Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Fund Complex includes all open-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser. At April 30, 2015, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 67 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Executive Officers
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years

Andrew Schlossberg—1974 Invesco Management

Group, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza,

Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046

   President    Since 2009    President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2009-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Managing Director—U.S. Strategy and Marketing (2010-Present) and Principal Executive Officer (2015-Present), Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Managing Director, U.S. head of business strategy and chief marketing officer for Invesco Ltd. in the United States (2008-Present); and Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser) (2009-Present); formerly, Mr. Schlossberg served in multiple roles within Invesco, including head of corporate development, as well as global leadership roles in strategy and product development in the company’s North American Institutional and Retirement divisions (2002-2007) and Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (2012-2015).

Peter Hubbard—1981

Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President    Since 2009    Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2009-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Vice President and Director of Portfolio Management—Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2008-Present); formerly, Portfolio Manager, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2007-2008); Research Analyst, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2005-2007); Research Analyst and Trader, Ritchie Capital, a hedge fund operator (2003-2005).

David Warren—1957

Invesco Canada Ltd.

5140 Yonge Street

Suite 800, Toronto,

Ontario M2N 6X7

   Vice President    Since 2009    Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2009-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Managing Director—Chief Administrative Officer, Americas, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2009-Present); Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Inc. (2009-Present); Senior Vice President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (2007-Present); Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly, Invesco Trimark Ltd.) and Chief Administrative Officer, North American Retail, Invesco Ltd. (2007-Present); Director, Invesco Canada Holdings Inc. (2002-Present), Invesco Corporate Class Inc., and Invesco Canada Fund Inc.; Director, Invesco Financial Services Ltd. and Trimark Investments Ltd. (2014-Present); formerly, Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly, Invesco Trimark Ltd.) (2000-2006).

Sheri Morris—1964

Invesco Management Group, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza,

Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046

   Vice President    Since 2012    Vice President, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser) (2009-Present) and Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2012-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); formerly, Treasurer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2011-2013); Vice President, Invesco Aim Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; Assistant Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds and Assistant Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.

 

* This is the date the Officers began serving the Trust. Each Officer serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Executive Officers
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years

Rudolf E. Reitmann—1971 Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President    Since 2013    Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2013-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Head of Global Exchange Traded Funds Operations, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2013-Present).

Daniel E. Draper—1968

Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President    Since 2013    Senior Vice President, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (2014-Present); Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2013-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Managing Director, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2013-Present); formerly, Managing Director, Credit Suisse Asset Management (2010-2013) and Lyxor Asset Management/Societe Generale (2007-2010).

Steven M. Hill—1964

Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President and Treasurer    Since 2013    Vice President and Treasurer of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2013-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Head of Global ETF Administration, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2011-Present); Principal Financial and Accounting Officer—Investment Pools, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2015-Present); formerly, Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, Destra Capital Management LLC and its subsidiaries (2010-2011); Chief Financial Officer, Destra Investment Trust and Destra Investment Trust II (2010-2011); Senior Managing Director, Claymore Securities, Inc. (2003-2010); and Chief Financial Officer, Claymore sponsored mutual funds (2003-2010).

Christopher Joe—1969

Invesco Management Group, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza,

Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046

   Chief Compliance Officer   

Since

2012

   Deputy Chief Compliance Officer of Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2014-Present); Chief Compliance Officer of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2012-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); U.S. Compliance Director, Invesco, Ltd. (2006-Present); formerly, Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Investment Advisers, LLC (registered investment adviser) (2010-2013).

Anna Paglia—1974

Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Secretary    Since 2011    Secretary, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2011-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Head of Legal, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2010-Present); formerly, Partner, K&L Gates LLP (formerly, Bell Boyd & Lloyd LLP) (2007-2010); Associate Counsel at Barclays Global Investors Ltd. (2004-2006).

Availability of Additional Information About the Trustees

The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request at (800) 983-0903.

 

* This is the date the Officers began serving the Trust. Each Officer serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

 

 

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Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreement

 

At a meeting held on April 16, 2015, the Board of Trustees of the PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (the “Trust”), including the Independent Trustees, approved the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement between Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”) and the Trust for the following 51 series (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):

 

PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio

PowerShares BuyBack Achievers™ Portfolio

PowerShares Cleantech™ Portfolio

PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio

PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio

PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio

PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio

PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio

PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio

PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers TM Portfolio

PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio

PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio

PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio

PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio

PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio

 

 

The Trustees reviewed information from the Adviser describing: (i) the nature, extent and quality of services provided, (ii) the investment performance of the Funds and the Adviser, (iii) the costs of services provided and estimated profits realized by the Adviser, (iv) the extent to which economies of scale are realized as a Fund grows, (v) whether fee levels reflect any possible economies of scale for the benefit of Fund shareholders, (vi) comparisons of services rendered to and amounts paid by other registered investment companies and (vii) any benefits realized by the Adviser from its relationship with each Fund. Based on all of the information considered and the conclusions reached, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, determined to approve the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund. No single factor was determinative in the Board’s analysis.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. In evaluating the nature, extent and quality of the Adviser’s services, the Trustees reviewed information concerning the functions performed by the Adviser for the Funds, information describing the Adviser’s current organization and staffing, including operational support provided by the Adviser’s parent organization, Invesco Ltd., and the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds. The Trustees reviewed matters related to the Adviser’s execution and/or oversight of execution of portfolio transactions on behalf of the Funds. The Trustees also reviewed information on the performance of the Funds and their underlying indexes for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year and since-inception periods ended December 31, 2014, as applicable, including reports for each of those periods on the correlation and tracking error between each Fund’s performance and the performance of its underlying index, as well as the Adviser’s analysis of the tracking error between PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio and its underlying index. In reviewing the tracking error report, the Trustees considered information provided by Ibbotson Associates, a consultant to the Independent Trustees, with respect to general expected tracking error ranges and various explanations for any tracking error. The Trustees noted that for each applicable period the

 

 

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Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreement (continued)

 

correlation and tracking error for each Fund was within the targeted range set forth in the Trust’s registration statement. The Trustees concluded that each Fund was correlated to its underlying index and that the tracking error for each Fund was within an acceptable range given that Fund’s particular circumstances.

The Trustees also considered the services provided by the Adviser in its oversight of the Funds’ administrator, custodian and transfer agent. They noted the significant amount of time, effort and resources that had been devoted to this oversight function.

Based on their review, the Trustees concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Adviser to the Funds under the Investment Advisory Agreement were appropriate and reasonable.

Fees, Expenses and Profitability. The Trustees reviewed and discussed the information provided by the Adviser on each Fund’s advisory fee and net expense ratio, as compared to information compiled by the Adviser from Lipper Inc. databases on the advisory fees and net expense ratios of comparable exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), open-end (non-ETF) index funds and open-end (non-ETF) actively-managed funds. The Trustees noted that the annual advisory fee charged to each Fund is:

 

    0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each Fund other than PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio;

 

    0.40% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each of PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio and PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio; and

 

    0.29% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each of PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio1, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio1, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio1, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio.

The Trustees also noted that the Adviser has agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee and/or pay expenses (an “Expense Cap”) to the extent necessary to prevent the annual operating expenses of each Fund from exceeding the percentage of that Fund’s average daily net assets, at least until August 31, 2016, as set forth below:

 

    0.60%, excluding interest expenses, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for each of PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio and PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio;

 

    0.50%, excluding interest expenses, licensing fees, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for each of PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio and PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio;

 

    0.39%, excluding interest expenses, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for each of PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio2, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio2, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio2, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio and PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio;

 

    0.29%, excluding interest expenses, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio;

 

1  The annual management fee for PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio and PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio will be reduced to 0.25% of each Fund’s average daily net assets, effective May 22, 2015.
2  The Expense Cap for PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio and PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio will be reduced such that annual operating expenses of each Fund will not exceed 0.25% of its average daily net assets, effective May 22, 2015.

 

 

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    0.60%, excluding interest expenses, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio and PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio; and

 

    0.60%, excluding interest expenses, licensing fees, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for each other Fund.

The Trustees noted that the Adviser represented that it does not serve as the investment adviser to any clients, other than other ETFs also overseen by the Trustees, with comparable investment strategies as the Funds, but that the Adviser provides sub-advisory services to clients with comparable investment strategies as certain of the Funds. The Trustees further noted the Adviser’s explanation with respect to the sub-advisory fees it receives for such services in comparison to the advisory fees charged to the Funds. The Trustees noted that the advisory fees for certain Funds were equal to or lower than the median advisory fees of their ETF and open-end index peer funds as illustrated in the table below. The Trustees also noted that the advisory fees for all of the Funds were lower than the median advisory fees of their open-end actively-managed peer funds.

 

PowerShares Fund

     Equal to/Lower
than ETF Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Median3
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Buyback Achievers Portfolio                X
PowerShares Cleantech Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dividend Achievers Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio           N/A      X

 

 

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PowerShares Fund

     Equal to/Lower
than ETF Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Median3
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio                X
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio                X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio      X           X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio                X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio                X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio      X           X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares International Dividend Achievers Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares S&P 500 High Quality Portfolio                X
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio                X

 

3  The information provided by the Adviser indicated that certain Funds did not have open-end index fund peers. Those Funds have been designated with an “N/A” for not available.

The Trustees determined that the advisory fees were reasonable, noting the nature of the indexes, the distinguishing factors of the Funds, and the administrative, operational and management oversight costs for the Adviser. The Trustees noted that the net expense ratios for certain Funds were equal to or lower than the median net expense ratios of their ETF and open-end index peer funds as illustrated in the table below. The Trustees also noted that the net expense ratios for all of the Funds were lower than the median net expense ratios of their open-end actively-managed peer funds.

 

PowerShares Fund

     Equal to/Lower
than ETF Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Buyback Achievers Portfolio                X
PowerShares Cleantech Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dividend Achievers Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X

 

 

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Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreement (continued)

 

PowerShares Fund

     Equal to/Lower
than ETF Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio                X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio                X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares International Dividend Achievers Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares S&P 500 High Quality Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio                X

 

 

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Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreement (continued)

 

The Trustees noted that a significant component of the non-advisory fee expenses was the license fees paid by the Funds, and noted those Funds for which license fees are included in the Funds’ Expense Caps.

The Board concluded that the advisory fee and expense ratio of each Fund (giving effect to the Fund’s Expense Cap) were reasonable and appropriate in light of the services provided.

In conjunction with their review of fees, the Trustees also considered information provided by the Adviser on the revenues received by the Adviser under the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund, as well as the fees waived and expenses reimbursed by the Adviser for the Funds. The Trustees reviewed information provided by the Adviser on its overall profitability as well as the estimated profitability to the Adviser from its relationship to each Fund. The Trustees concluded that the overall and estimated profitability to the Adviser was not unreasonable.

Economies of Scale and Whether Fee Levels Reflect These Economies of Scale. The Trustees reviewed the information provided by the Adviser as to the extent to which economies of scale are realized as each Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect economies of scale for the benefit of shareholders. The Trustees reviewed each Fund’s asset size, expense ratio and expense limitation agreed to by the Adviser. The Trustees noted that, for Funds whose expenses are higher than their respective Expense Caps, any reduction in that Fund’s expenses would be enjoyed by the Adviser, but that Fund shareholders benefit from the lower expense ratio as a result of the Fund’s Expense Cap. The Trustees also noted that the Excess Expense Agreement with the Trust provides that the Adviser is entitled to be reimbursed by each Fund, other than PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio and PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio, for fees waived or expenses absorbed pursuant to the Expense Cap for a period of three years from the date the fee or expense was incurred, provided that no reimbursement would be made that would result in a Fund exceeding its Expense Cap. The Trustees considered whether the advisory fee rate for each Fund was reasonable in relation to the asset size of that Fund, and concluded that the flat advisory fee was reasonable and appropriate, noting the Fund expenses the Adviser has borne as a result of the Expense Cap.

The Trustees noted that the Adviser had not identified any further benefits that it derived from its relationship with the Funds and had noted that it does not have any soft-dollar arrangements.

Based on all of the information considered and the conclusions reached, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, determined to approve the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund.

 

 

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Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the Trust’s proxy voting policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge and upon request, by calling (800) 983-0903. This information is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“Commission”) website at www.sec.gov.

Information regarding how each Fund voted proxies for portfolio securities, if applicable, during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, is also available, without charge and upon request, by (i) calling (800) 983-0903; or (ii) accessing the Trust’s Form N-PX on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolios

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings for the Funds with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Forms N-Q are available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330.

Frequency Distribution of Discounts and Premiums

A table showing the number of days the market price of each Fund’s shares was greater than the Fund’s net asset value, and the number of days it was less than the Fund’s net asset value (i.e., premium or discount) for the most recently completed calendar year, and the calendar quarters since that year end (or the life of the Fund, if shorter) may be found at the Fund’s website at www.invescopowershares.com.


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  April 30, 2015

2015 Annual Report to Shareholders

 

PBE PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio
PKB PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio
PXE PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio
PBJ PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio
PEJ PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio
PBS PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio
PXQ PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio
PXJ PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio
PJP PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio
PMR PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio
PSI PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio
PSJ PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio

 

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Table of Contents

 

The Market Environment   3   
Manager’s Analysis   4   
Industry Portfolios
Schedules of Investments

PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio (PBE)

  37   

PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio (PKB)

  38   

PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio (PXE)

  39   

PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio (PBJ)

  40   

PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio (PEJ)

  41   

PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio (PBS)

  42   

PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio (PXQ)

  43   

PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio (PXJ)

  44   

PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio (PJP)

  45   

PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio (PMR)

  46   

PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio (PSI)

  47   

PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio (PSJ)

  48   
Statements of Assets and Liabilities   50   
Statements of Operations   52   
Statements of Changes in Net Assets   54   
Financial Highlights   58   
Notes to Financial Statements   65   
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm   75   
Fees and Expenses   76   
Tax Information   78   
Trustees and Officers   79   
Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreement   84   

 

 

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The Market Environment

 

 

 

Domestic Equity

Slow and steady improvement in the US economy and continued low interest rates led the US equity market higher during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. As the US economy continued along a slow growth path, the US Federal Reserve steadily reduced its asset purchase program, finally ending all purchases in October 2014. The reporting period began with corporate earnings bouncing back from a weather-related downturn resulting from an unusually harsh winter that negatively affected consumer spending. Stocks generally rallied through the summer of 2014 despite political upheaval in Ukraine and signs of economic sluggishness in China. In mid-September, as investors wrestled with evidence that economic growth appeared to be stronger in the US than in the rest of the world, the price of oil began a sharp and prolonged decline, causing US equities to fall. US equities recovered before the end of calendar year 2014, however. As calendar year 2015 began, investors were generally heartened by positive US economic data, but there was concern that if Greece failed to reach an agreement with the eurozone on a financial bailout plan, the repercussions would be felt more broadly. On balance, however, the general trend for US equities was positive.

 

 

 

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PBE    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio (PBE)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Dynamic Biotech & Genome IntellidexSM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of biotechnology companies and genome companies that comprise the Index. These companies are engaged principally in the research, development, manufacture, marketing and distribution of various biotechnological products, services and processes, and are companies that benefit significantly from scientific and technological advances in biotechnology and genetic engineering and research.

NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider includes 30 biotechnology and genome stocks from a universe of the 2,000 largest U.S. stocks (by market capitalization) traded on the NYSE, NYSE MKT and the NASDAQ, after having ranked the stocks based on their capital appreciation potential using a proprietary NYSE Arca IntellidexSM model. The Index Provider splits stocks in the Biotechnology & Genome Group Universe into quintiles based on market capitalization. Larger stocks are defined by inclusion in the top quintile and smaller stocks are the bottom four quintiles. The 8 top-ranked relatively larger stocks collectively receive 40% of the Index weighting (each stock receives on average a 5% weighting) and the 22 top-ranked relatively smaller stocks collectively receive 60% of the Index weighting (each stock receives on average a 2.73% weighting). The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 34.28%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 34.25%. During the same time period, the Index returned 34.51%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P Composite 1500 Biotech Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 36.62%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 15 securities. The Fund provided this comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a benchmark similar to the Index.

The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure

for investors as a representation of the biotech industry market. It is important to note, however, that the Index includes stocks from its Biotechnology & Genome Group Universe of which approximately 90% are considered pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and life sciences, while the remaining 10% of the Index contains stocks in other industry groups including materials, health care equipment & services, and technology hardware & equipment. The Benchmark Index contains 100% biotechnology companies. This Benchmark Index is relevant as a comparison, but the disparity compared to pure biotechnology exposure may produce potentially significant differences in performance when compared to the Fund. Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the life sciences tools & services sub-industry and most underweight in the biotechnology sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during the period can be attributed to an allocation to the life sciences tools & services sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the biotechnology sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the specialty chemicals (no longer held) and life sciences tools & services (no longer held) sub-industries, respectively. The health care equipment sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the pharmaceuticals sub-industry.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Pharmacyclics, Inc., a biotechnology company (portfolio average weight of 3.96%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included ImmunoGen, Inc., a biotechnology company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Biotechnology      92.6   
Pharmaceuticals      5.1   
Health Care Equipment      2.3   
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio (PBE) (continued)

 

Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Pharmacyclics, Inc.      6.1   
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A      5.7   
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.      5.4   
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.      5.3   
Amgen, Inc.      5.2   
Gilead Sciences, Inc.      5.0   
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.      4.8   
Biogen, Inc.      4.7   
Dyax Corp.      4.4   
Repligen Corp.      3.2   
Total      49.8   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio (PBE) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Dynamic Biotech & Genome IntellidexSM Index     34.51     34.41     142.81     22.76     178.79       14.55     281.27
S&P Composite 1500 Biotech Index     36.62        41.73        184.72        32.75        312.24          18.44        429.74   
Fund                
NAV Return     34.25        33.79        139.49        22.07        171.02          14.02        264.10   
Market Price Return     34.28        33.87        139.89        22.04        170.73          14.00        263.65   

 

Fund Inception: June 23, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.59%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund

at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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PKB    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio (PKB)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Dynamic Building & Construction IntellidexSM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of building and construction companies that comprise the Index. These companies are engaged primarily in providing construction and related engineering services for building and remodeling residential properties, commercial or industrial buildings, or working on large-scale infrastructure projects, such as highways, tunnels, bridges, dams, power lines and airports.

NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider includes 30 building and construction stocks from a universe of the 2,000 largest U.S. stocks (by market capitalization) traded on the NYSE, NYSE MKT and the NASDAQ, after having ranked companies based on their capital appreciation potential using a proprietary NYSE Arca Intellidex model. The Index Provider splits stocks in the Building & Construction Industry Group Universe into quintiles based on market capitalization. Larger stocks are defined by inclusion in the top quintile and smaller stocks are the bottom four quintiles. The 8 top-ranked relatively larger stocks collectively receive 40% of the Index weighting (each stock receives on average a 5% weighting) and the 22 top-ranked relatively smaller stocks collectively receive 60% of the Index weighting (each stock receives on average a 2.73% weighting). The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 4.08%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 4.17%. During the same time period, the Index returned 4.88%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P Composite 1500 Construction & Engineering Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned (13.56)%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 10 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of another building & construction industry benchmark. The Benchmark Index was also selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a representation of the building & construction industry market.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an index that employs a modified equal weighting and stock selection methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the construction materials sub-industry and most underweight in the construction & engineering sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to its allocation among home improvement retail, construction materials, and building products sub-industries.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the home improvement retail sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the building products and construction materials sub-industries, respectively. The diversified support services (no longer held) sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the construction & engineering and construction machinery & heavy trucks (no longer held) sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Lowe’s Cos., Inc., a home improvement retail company (portfolio average weight of 5.25%), and Home Depot, Inc., a home improvement retail company (portfolio average weight of 5.17%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Civeo Corp., a diversified support services company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Quanta Services, Inc., a construction & engineering company (portfolio average weight of 4.54%).

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Construction & Engineering      21.8   
Building Products      16.9   
Construction Materials      13.2   
Home Improvement Retail      9.4   
Forest Products      7.9   
Homebuilding      7.8   
Industrial Machinery      5.0   
Specialty Stores      4.9   
Home Furnishings      4.8   
Industrial Conglomerates      2.9   
Diversified Real Estate Activities      2.8   
Distributors      2.6   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio (PKB) (continued)

 

Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Fluor Corp.      5.2   
Vulcan Materials Co.      5.2   
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.      5.1   
Ingersoll-Rand PLC      4.9   
Tractor Supply Co.      4.9   
Mohawk Industries, Inc.      4.8   
Home Depot, Inc. (The)      4.7   
Lowe’s Cos., Inc.      4.7   
Apogee Enterprises, Inc.      3.2   
KBR, Inc.      3.0   
Total      45.7   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio (PKB) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
       

Fund Inception

 
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Dynamic Building & Construction IntellidexSM Index     4.88     18.59     66.77     12.94     83.73       6.08     75.38
S&P Composite 1500 Construction & Engineering Index     (13.56     4.77        15.02        2.97        15.77          6.61        83.81   
Fund                
NAV Return     4.17        17.59        62.61        12.04        76.52          5.19        61.73   
Market Price Return     4.08        17.66        62.88        12.03        76.45          5.17        61.54   

 

Fund Inception: October 26, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.63%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund

at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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PXE    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio (PXE)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production IntellidexSM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of companies engaged in energy exploration and production that comprise the Index. These companies are engaged principally in exploration, extraction and production of crude oil and natural gas from land-based or offshore wells.

NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider includes 30 energy exploration and production stocks from the 2,000 largest U.S. stocks (by market capitalization) traded on the NYSE, NYSE MKT and the NASDAQ, after having ranked the stocks for investment potential using a proprietary model. The Index Provider splits stocks in the Energy Exploration & Production Industry Group Universe into quintiles based on market capitalization. Larger stocks are defined by inclusion in the top quintile and smaller stocks are the bottom four quintiles. The 8 top-ranked relatively larger stocks collectively receive 40% of the Index weighting (each stock receives on average a 5% weighting) and the 22 top-ranked relatively smaller stocks which receive 60% of the Index weighting (each stock receives on average a 2.73% weighting). The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned (14.54)%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned (14.51)%. During the same time period, the Index returned (13.93)%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P Composite 1500 Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned (13.48)%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 40 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a similar energy exploration & production industry benchmark. The Benchmark Index was also selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its shared exposure to the oil & gas exploration & production industry.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an Index that employs a modified

equal weighting and stock selection methodology whereas the indexes select and weight stocks based on market capitalization.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the oil & gas refining & marketing sub-industry and most underweight in the oil & gas exploration & production sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to stock selection within the oil & gas exploration & production sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the oil & gas refining & marketing sub-industry was the only contributing sub-industry. The oil & gas exploration & production sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the integrated oil & gas and gas utilities (no longer held) sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Devon Energy Corp., an oil & gas exploration & production company (portfolio average weight of 2.54%), and Tesoro Corp., an oil & gas refining & marketing company (portfolio average weight of 1.94%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included W&T Offshore, Inc., an oil & gas exploration & production company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Stone Energy Corp., an oil & gas exploration & production company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production      63.3   
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing      31.8   
Integrated Oil & Gas      4.9   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Devon Energy Corp.      5.2   
EOG Resources, Inc.      5.2   
ConocoPhillips      4.9   
Apache Corp.      4.9   
Occidental Petroleum Corp.      4.9   
Chesapeake Energy Corp.      4.5   
Marathon Petroleum Corp.      4.4   
Valero Energy Corp.      4.4   
EP Energy Corp., Class A      3.4   
Rosetta Resources, Inc.      3.3   
Total      45.1   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio (PXE) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production IntellidexSM Index     (13.93 )%      11.87     40.02     14.07     93.15       9.24     131.85
S&P Composite 1500 Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Index     (13.48     6.43        20.57        5.05        27.92          6.91        88.79   
Fund                
NAV Return     (14.51     11.03        36.88        13.22        86.07          8.53        117.90   
Market Price Return     (14.54     11.04        36.89        13.22        86.02          8.52        117.57   

 

Fund Inception: October 26, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.64%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund

at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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PBJ    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio (PBJ)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Dynamic Food & Beverage IntellidexSM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of food and beverage companies that comprise the Index. These companies are engaged principally in the manufacture, sale or distribution of food and beverage products, agricultural products and products related to the development of new food technologies.

NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider includes 30 food and beverage stocks from a universe of the 2,000 largest U.S. stocks (by market capitalization) traded on the NYSE, NYSE MKT and the NASDAQ after having ranked the stocks based on their capital appreciation potential using a proprietary NYSE Arca IntellidexSM model. The Index Provider splits stocks in the food & Beverage Group Universe into quintiles based on market capitalization. Larger stocks are defined by inclusion in the top quintile and smaller stocks are the bottom four quintiles. The 8 top-ranked relatively larger stocks collectively receive 40% of the Index weighting (each stock receives on average a 5% weighting) and the 22 top-ranked relatively smaller stocks collectively receive 60% of the Index weighting (each stock receives on average a 2.73% weighting). The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 18.13%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 18.25%. During the same time period, the Index returned 19.00%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P Composite 1500 Food Beverage & Tobacco Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 14.39%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 45 securities. The Fund provided this comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a similar food & beverage benchmark.

The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the food & beverage industry.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an Index that employs a modified equal weighting and stock selection methodology whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization. More specifically, the Fund benefited from exposure to the restaurant sub-industry and being overweight in the packaged foods & meats sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The Fund was most underweight in the tobacco (no longer held) sub-industry during the period. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during the period can be attributed to allocation among and stock selection within the soft drinks sub-industry as well as stock selection within the packaged foods & meats sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the packaged foods & meats sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the soft drinks and agricultural products sub-industries, respectively. The food retail sub-industry was the only detracting sub-industry.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Kroger Co. (The), a food retail company (portfolio average weight of 5.29%), and Monster Beverage Corp., a soft drinks company (portfolio average weight of 2.78%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Whole Foods Market, Inc., a food retail company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc., a food retail company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Packaged Foods & Meats      38.5   
Agricultural Products      13.4   
Food Retail      12.4   
Food Distributors      10.4   
Restaurants      10.2   
Soft Drinks      10.0   
Brewers      5.1   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio (PBJ) (continued)

 

Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Kraft Foods Group, Inc.      6.6   
Starbucks Corp.      5.3   
General Mills, Inc.      5.1   
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.      5.1   
Kellogg Co.      4.9   
Kroger Co. (The)      4.8   
PepsiCo, Inc.      4.8   
Sysco Corp.      4.7   
Calavo Growers, Inc.      3.3   
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., Class A      3.2   
Total      47.8   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio (PBJ) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Index Dynamic Food & Beverage IntellidexSM Index     19.00     19.05     68.72     16.66     116.09       10.20     160.46
S&P Composite 1500 Food Beverage & Tobacco Index     14.39        14.44        49.88        16.93        118.61          12.88        229.91   
Fund                
NAV Return     18.25        18.26        65.38        15.87        108.84          9.47        143.81   
Market Price Return     18.13        18.23        65.28        15.84        108.57          9.46        143.65   

 

Fund Inception: June 23, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.61%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund

at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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PEJ    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio (PEJ)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Dynamic Leisure & Entertainment IntellidexSM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of leisure companies and entertainment companies that comprise the Index. These companies are engaged principally in the design, production or distribution of goods or services in the leisure and entertainment industries.

NYSE Arca, Inc. (or the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider includes 30 leisure and entertainment stocks from a universe of the 2,000 largest U.S. stocks (by market capitalization) traded on the NYSE, NYSE MKT and the NASDAQ, after having ranked the stocks based on their capital appreciation potential using a proprietary NYSE Arca IntellidexSM model. The Index Provider splits stocks in the Leisure and Entertainment Group Universe into quintiles based on market capitalization. Larger stocks are defined by inclusion in the top quintile and smaller stocks are the bottom four quintiles. The 8 top-ranked relatively larger stocks collectively receive 40% of the Index weighting (each stock receives on average a 5% weighting) and the 22 top-ranked relatively smaller stocks collectively receive 60% of the Index weighting (each stock receives on average a 2.73% weighting). The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 13.47%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 13.47%. During the same time period, the Index returned 14.33%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P Composite 1500 Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 15.01%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 40 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to other indices in the leisure & entertainment industry.

The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the leisure & entertainment industry.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an Index that employs a modified

equal weighting and stock selection methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the movies & entertainment sub-industry and most underweight in the restaurants sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to allocation among and stock selection within restaurants, casinos & gaming, and leisure facilities sub-industries.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the hotels resorts & cruise lines sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the restaurants and movies & entertainment sub-industries, respectively. The casinos & gaming sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the airlines and broadcasting (no longer held) sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Walt Disney Co. (The), a movies & entertainment company (portfolio average weight of 5.06%), and Jack in the Box, Inc., a restaurants company (portfolio average weight of 2.89%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Las Vegas Sands Corp., a casinos & gaming company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Wynn Resorts Ltd., a casinos & gaming company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Restaurants      33.4   
Airlines      31.9   
Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines      15.2   
Movies & Entertainment      7.8   
Cable & Satellite      3.3   
Internet Retail      2.9   
Leisure Facilities      2.8   
Casinos & Gaming      2.8   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.1)   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio (PEJ) (continued)

 

Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Starbucks Corp.      5.5   
Walt Disney Co. (The)      5.4   
American Airlines Group, Inc.      5.2   
Delta Air Lines, Inc.      5.2   
Marriott International, Inc., Class A      5.0   
Southwest Airlines Co.      4.8   
United Continental Holdings, Inc.      4.7   
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.      4.6   
Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.      3.5   
JetBlue Airways Corp.      3.4   
Total      47.3   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio (PEJ) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

   

1 Year

   

3 Years

Average
Annualized

   

3 Years
Cumulative

   

5 Years

Average
Annualized

   

5 Years
Cumulative

        Fund Inception  
Index               Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Dynamic Leisure & Entertainment IntellidexSM Index     14.33     19.66     71.35     18.84     137.06       11.25     185.84
S&P Composite 1500 Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure Index     15.01        12.55        42.56        15.77        107.93          11.76        198.97   
Fund                
NAV Return     13.47        18.74        67.40        17.94        128.18          10.58        169.41   
Market Price Return     13.47        18.69        67.20        17.90        127.85          10.58        169.42   

 

Fund Inception: June 23, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.63%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund

at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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PBS    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio (PBS)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Dynamic Media IntellidexSM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of media companies that comprise the Index. These companies are engaged principally in the development, production, sale and distribution of goods or services used in the media industry.

NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider includes 30 media stocks from a universe of the 2,000 largest U.S. stocks (by market capitalization) traded on the NYSE, NYSE MKT and the NASDAQ. NYSE Arca, Inc., after having ranked the stocks based on their capital appreciation potential using a proprietary NYSE Arca IntellidexSM model. The Index Provider splits stocks in the Media Group Universe into quintiles based on market capitalization. Larger stocks are defined by inclusion in the top quintile and smaller stocks are the bottom four quintiles. The 8 top-ranked relatively larger stocks collectively receive 40% of the Index weighting (each stock receives on average a 5% weighting) and the 22 top-ranked relatively smaller stocks collectively receive 60% of the Index weighting (each stock receives on average a 2.73% weighting). The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 13.09%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 13.04%. During the same time period, the Index returned 13.77%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P Composite 1500 Media Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 17.42%. The S&P Composite 1500 Media Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 30 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a media industry benchmark.

The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a general representation of the media industry.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an Index that employs a modified

equal weighting and stock selection methodology whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the internet software & services sub-industry and most underweight in the movies & entertainment sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to allocation among internet software & services and IT consulting & other services (no longer held) sub-industries, as well as allocation to and stock selection within the movies & entertainment sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the cable & satellite sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the movies & entertainment and advertising sub-industries, respectively. The IT consulting & other services (no longer held) sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the research & consulting services and internet retail (no longer held) sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Walt Disney Co., a movies & entertainment company (portfolio average weight of 5.17%), and Facebook, Inc., Class A, an internet software & services company (portfolio average weight of 5.17%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Twitter, Inc., an internet software & services company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Cumulus Media, Inc., Class A, a broadcasting & cable TV company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Cable & Satellite      26.3   
Movies & Entertainment      15.2   
Internet Software & Services      15.0   
Publishing      13.4   
Advertising      7.8   
Broadcasting      6.0   
Catalog Retail      5.1   
Research & Consulting Services      2.9   
Data Processing & Outsourced Services      2.9   
Specialized Finance      2.7   
Specialized REITs      2.7   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio (PBS) (continued)

 

Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Walt Disney Co. (The)      5.2   
Time Warner, Inc.      5.1   
DIRECTV      5.1   
Time Warner Cable, Inc.      5.0   
Facebook, Inc., Class A      5.0   
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A      4.8   
LinkedIn Corp., Class A      4.7   
DISH Network Corp., Class A      4.5   
Starz, Class A      3.2   
E.W. Scripps Co. (The), Class A      3.1   
Total      45.7   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio (PBS) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Dynamic Media IntellidexSM Index     13.77     23.35     87.68     15.88     108.93       7.39     101.90
S&P Composite 1500 Media Index     17.42        27.34        106.49        22.38        174.51          11.08        181.52   
Fund                
NAV Return     13.04        22.44        83.57        15.03        101.41          6.77        90.60   
Market Price Return     13.09        22.43        83.50        14.99        101.04          6.76        90.52   

 

Fund Inception: June 23, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.62%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund

at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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PXQ    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio (PXQ)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Dynamic Networking IntellidexSM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of networking companies that comprise the Index. These companies are engaged principally in the development, manufacture, sale or distribution of products, services or technologies that support the flow of electronic information, including voice, data, images and commercial transactions.

NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider includes 30 common stocks of networking companies in the Index principally on the basis of their capital appreciation potential that NYSE Arca identifies pursuant to a proprietary selection methodology. The Index Provider includes networking stocks from the 2,000 largest U.S. stocks (by market capitalization) traded on the NYSE, NYSE MKT and the NASDAQ, after having ranked the stocks for investment potential using a proprietary model. The Index Provider splits stocks in the Networking Group Universe into quintiles based on market capitalization. Larger stocks are defined by inclusion in the top quintile and smaller stocks are the bottom four quintiles. The 8 top-ranked relatively larger stocks collectively receive 40% of the Index weighting (each stock receives on average a 5% weighting) and the 22 top-ranked relatively smaller stocks collectively receive 60% of the Index weighting (each stock receives on average a 2.73% weighting). The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 17.48%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 17.47%. During the same time period, the Index returned 18.25%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P Composite 1500 Communications Equipment Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 7.23%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 20 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a similar networking industry benchmark.

The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its exposure to the communications equipment

industry. These reasons make its performance relevant when comparing to the Fund’s performance. The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an Index that employs a modified equal weighting and stock selection methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the systems software sub-industry and most underweight in the communications equipment sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to allocation among the systems software sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the systems software sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the communications equipment and semiconductors sub-industries, respectively. The consumer electronics sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the technology hardware, storage & peripherals sub-industry.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Qualys, Inc., a systems software company (portfolio average weight of 2.97%), and Palo Alto Networks, Inc., a communications equipment company (portfolio average weight of 3.52%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Sonus Networks, Inc., a communications equipment company (portfolio average weight of 2.51%), and Finisar Corp., a communications equipment company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Communications Equipment      44.4   
Systems Software      19.3   
Application Software      10.7   
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals      7.6   
Electronic Components      7.5   
Consumer Electronics      4.6   
Internet Software & Services      3.3   
Semiconductors      2.6   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio (PXQ) (continued)

 

Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Juniper Networks, Inc.      5.5   
Citrix Systems, Inc.      5.3   
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.      5.2   
Amphenol Corp., Class A      4.9   
Cisco Systems, Inc.      4.9   
CA, Inc.      4.9   
Apple, Inc.      4.9   
Garmin Ltd.      4.6   
LogMeIn, Inc.      3.3   
ARRIS Group, Inc.      3.1   
Total      46.6   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio (PXQ) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year    

3 Years

Average
Annualized

    3 Years
Cumulative
   

5 Years

Average

Annualized

   

5 Years

Cumulative

        Fund Inception  
Index                

Average

Annualized

    Cumulative  
Dynamic Networking IntellidexSM Index     18.25     10.91     36.43     12.80     82.63       10.40     165.00
S&P Composite 1500 Communications Equipment Index     7.23        9.66        31.86        6.87        39.42          4.87        59.74   
Fund                
NAV Return     17.47        10.12        33.52        12.00        76.23          9.67        148.33   
Market Price Return     17.48        10.15        33.63        11.96        75.93          9.67        148.26   

 

Fund Inception: June 23, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.82% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.63%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that

dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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PXJ    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio (PXJ)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Dynamic Oil Services IntellidexSM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of companies that assist in the production, processing and distribution of oil and gas that comprise the Index. These companies are engaged in the drilling of oil and gas wells; manufacturing oil and gas field machinery and equipment; or providing services to the oil and gas industry, such as well analysis, platform and pipeline engineering and construction, logistics and transportation services, oil and gas well emergency management and geophysical data acquisition and processing.

NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider includes 30 common stocks of oil and gas services companies in the Index principally on the basis of their capital appreciation potential that NYSE Arca identifies pursuant to a proprietary selection methodology. The Index Provider includes stocks of companies that provide support for oil and gas operations from the 2,000 largest U.S. stocks (by market capitalization) traded on the NYSE, NYSE MKT and the NASDAQ, after having ranked the stocks for investment potential using a proprietary model. The Index Provider splits stocks in the Oil Services Industry Group Universe into quintiles based on market capitalization. Larger stocks are defined by inclusion in the top quintile and smaller stocks are the bottom four quintiles. The 8 top-ranked relatively larger stocks collectively receive 40% of the Index weighting (each stock receives on average a 5% weighting) and the 22 top-ranked relatively smaller stocks collectively receive 60% of the Index weighting (each stock receives on average a 2.73% weighting). The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned (31.61)%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned (31.67)%. During the same time period, the Index returned (31.16)%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P Composite 1500 Energy Equipment & Services Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned (17.52)%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 40 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how

the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a similar oil & gas services industry benchmark.

The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the oil & gas services industry.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an Index that employs a modified equal weighting and stock selection methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the oil & gas drilling sub-industry and most underweight in the oil & gas equipment & services sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to stock selection within the oil & gas equipment & services sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the oil & gas storage & transportation sub-industry was the only contributing sub-industry. The oil & gas equipment & services sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the oil & gas drilling and trading companies & distributors (no longer held) sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Navigator Holdings Ltd., an oil & gas storage & transportation company (portfolio average weight of 0.48%), and C&J Energy Services Ltd., an oil & gas equipment & services company (portfolio average weight of 1.98%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Key Energy Services, Inc., an oil & gas equipment & services company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Transocean Ltd., an oil & gas drilling company (portfolio average weight of 4.37%).

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services      69.6   
Oil & Gas Drilling      24.9   
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation      5.5   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio (PXJ) (continued)

 

Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Cameron International Corp.      5.2   
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.      5.2   
Halliburton Co.      5.1   
Schlumberger Ltd.      5.0   
FMC Technologies, Inc.      5.0   
Baker Hughes, Inc.      4.9   
Dresser-Rand Group, Inc.      4.6   
National Oilwell Varco, Inc.      4.5   
Nabors Industries Ltd.      3.2   
C&J Energy Services Ltd.      3.1   
Total      45.8   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio (PXJ) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Dynamic Oil Services IntellidexSM Index     (31.16 )%      (1.40 )%      (4.13 )%      2.09     10.90       2.42     25.57
S&P Composite 1500 Energy Equipment & Services Index     (17.52     4.16        13.01        5.50        30.71          5.79        70.86   
Fund                
NAV Return     (31.67     (2.08     (6.10     1.37        7.06          1.80        18.53   
Market Price Return     (31.61     (2.06     (6.05     1.40        7.18          1.81        18.59   

 

Fund Inception: October 26, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.61%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively.

The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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PJP    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio (PJP)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Dynamic Pharmaceutical IntellidexSM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of pharmaceutical companies that comprise the Index. These companies are engaged principally in the research, development, manufacture, sale or distribution of pharmaceuticals and drugs of all types.

NYSE Arca, Inc. (or the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider includes 30 pharmaceuticals stocks from a universe of the 2,000 largest U.S. stocks (by market capitalization) traded on the NYSE, NYSE MKT and the NASDAQ after having ranked the stocks based on their capital appreciation potential using a proprietary NYSE Arca IntellidexSM model. The Index Provider splits stocks in the Pharmaceutical Group Universe into quintiles based on market capitalization. Larger stocks are defined by inclusion in the top quintile and smaller stocks are the bottom four quintiles. The 8 top-ranked relatively larger stocks collectively receive 40% of the Index weighting (each stock receives on average a 5% weighting) and the 22 top-ranked relatively smaller stocks collectively receive 60% of the Index weighting (each stock receives on average a 2.73% weighting). The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 32.97%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 32.95%. During the same time period, the Index returned 33.73%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P Composite 1500 Pharmaceuticals Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 16.97%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 20 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a similar pharmaceuticals industry benchmark.

The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a general representation of the pharmaceuticals industry.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an Index that employs a modified

equal weighting and stock selection methodology whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization.

Relative to the Index, the Fund was most overweight in the biotechnology sub-industry and most underweight in the pharmaceuticals sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to stock selection within the pharmaceuticals sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the pharmaceuticals sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the biotechnology and health care equipment sub-industries, respectively. There were no detracting sub-industries.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceuticals company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Hospira, Inc., a pharmaceuticals company (portfolio average weight of 3.21%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc., a pharmaceuticals company (portfolio average weight of 1.84%), and Omeros Corp., a pharmaceuticals company (portfolio average weight of 0.59%).

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Pharmaceuticals      65.7   
Biotechnology      27.7   
Health Care Equipment      6.6   
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.      5.6   
Merck & Co., Inc.      5.4   
Amgen, Inc.      5.3   
Pfizer, Inc.      5.3   
Gilead Sciences, Inc.      5.2   
Johnson & Johnson      5.2   
Biogen, Inc.      4.9   
Actavis PLC      4.8   
Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.      4.7   
Celgene Corp.      4.7   
Total      51.1   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio (PJP) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index               Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Dynamic Pharmaceutical IntellidexSM Index     33.73     35.56     149.10     33.16     318.70       19.69     487.74
S&P Composite 1500 Pharmaceuticals Index     16.97        24.12        91.20        19.74        146.13          10.40        165.07   
Fund                
NAV Return     32.95        34.72        144.49        32.32        305.61          18.95        452.79   
Market Price Return     32.97        34.70        144.40        32.31        305.53          18.95        452.78   

 

Fund Inception: June 23, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.58%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund

at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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PMR    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio (PMR)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Dynamic Retail IntellidexSM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of retail companies that comprise the Index. These companies are engaged principally in operating general merchandise stores such as department stores, discount stores, warehouse clubs and superstores; specialty stores, including apparel, electronics, accessories and footwear stores; and home improvement and home furnishings stores.

NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider includes 30 retail stocks from a universe of the 2,000 largest U.S. stocks (by market capitalization) traded on the NYSE, NYSE MKT and the NASDAQ after having ranked the stocks based on their capital appreciation potential using a proprietary NYSE Arca IntellidexSM model. The Index Provider splits stocks in the Retail Industry Group Universe into quintiles based on market capitalization. Larger stocks are defined by inclusion in the top quintile and smaller stocks are the bottom four quintiles. The 8 top-ranked relatively larger stocks collectively receive 40% of the Index weighting (each stock receives on average a 5% weighting) and the 22 top-ranked relatively smaller stocks collectively receive 60% of the Index weighting (each stock receives on average a 2.73% weighting). The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 17.04%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 16.97%. During the same time period, the Index returned 17.78%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P Composite 1500 Retailing Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 28.90%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 85 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a retail industry benchmark.

The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the retail industry.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an Index that employs a modified

equal weighting and stock selection methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the food retail sub-industry and most underweight in the internet retail sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to allocation among food retail, apparel accessories & luxury goods (no longer held) sub-industries as well as allocation among and stock selection within the home improvement retail sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the automotive retail sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the apparel retail and drug retail sub-industries, respectively. The apparel accessories & luxury goods (no longer held) sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the internet retail and specialized consumer services (no longer held) sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Kroger Co. (The), a food retail company (portfolio average weight of 5.32%), and O’Reilly Automotive, Inc., an automotive retail company (no longer held at fiscal year-end). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Whole Foods Market, Inc., a food retail company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Gap, Inc., an apparel retail company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Food Retail      18.8   
Drug Retail      10.2   
Hypermarkets & Super Centers      9.9   
Specialty Stores      8.3   
Department Stores      7.9   
Apparel Retail      7.9   
General Merchandise Stores      7.6   
Home Improvement Retail      4.8   
Internet Retail      4.7   
Food Distributors      3.2   
Internet Software & Services      3.1   
Automotive Retail      3.0   
Forest Products      2.8   
Homefurnishing Retail      2.7   
Computer & Electronics Retail      2.6   
Trucking      2.5   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio (PMR) (continued)

 

Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.      5.2   
Costco Wholesale Corp.      5.1   
Kohl’s Corp.      5.0   
Kroger Co. (The)      5.0   
Dollar Tree, Inc.      5.0   
CVS Health Corp.      5.0   
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.      4.8   
Lowe’s Cos., Inc.      4.8   
Smart & Final Stores, Inc.      3.3   
SpartanNash Co.      3.2   
Total      46.4   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio (PMR) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Dynamic Retail IntellidexSM Index     17.78     16.49     58.06     17.87     127.50       12.04     194.84
S&P Composite 1500 Retailing Index     28.90        20.41        74.58        19.92        147.96          12.11        196.63   
Fund                
NAV Return     16.97        15.54        54.26        16.99        119.18          11.30        176.82   
Market Price Return     17.04        15.56        54.30        16.99        119.12          11.30        176.71   

 

Fund Inception: October 26, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.79% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.63%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund

at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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PSI    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio (PSI)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Dynamic Semiconductor IntellidexSM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of semiconductor companies that comprise the Index. These companies are engaged principally in the manufacture of semiconductors.

NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider includes 30 semiconductor stocks from a universe of the 2,000 largest U.S. stocks (by market capitalization) traded on the NYSE, NYSE MKT and the NASDAQ, after having ranked companies based on their capital appreciation potential using a proprietary NYSE Arca IntellidexSM model. The Index Provider splits stocks in the Semiconductor Group Universe into quintiles based on market capitalization. Larger stocks are defined by inclusion in the top quintile and smaller stocks are the bottom four quintiles. The 8 top-ranked relatively larger stocks collectively receive 40% of the Index weighting (each stock receives on average a 5% weighting) and the 22 top-ranked relatively smaller stocks collectively receive 60% of the Index weighting (each stock receives on average a 2.73% weighting). The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 29.95%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 29.90%. During the same time period, the Index returned 31.10%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P Composite 1500 Semiconductor Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 26.00%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 50 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a similar semiconductors industry benchmark.

The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a general representation of the semiconductors sub-industry.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an Index that employs a modified

equal weighting and stock selection methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the semiconductor equipment sub-industry and most underweight in the semiconductors sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to stock selection within the semiconductors sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the semiconductors sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the semiconductor equipment sub-industry. The communications equipment sub-industry was the only detracting sub-industry.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Ambarella, Inc., a semiconductors company (portfolio average weight of 3%), and Skyworks Solutions, Inc., a semiconductors company (portfolio average weight of 4%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Lattice Semiconductor Corp., a semiconductors company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., a semiconductors company (portfolio average weight of 1.07%).

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Semiconductors      85.1   
Semiconductor Equipment      12.0   
Communications Equipment      2.9   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
NXP Semiconductors NV      5.8   
Analog Devices, Inc.      5.4   
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.      5.3   
Intel Corp.      5.0   
Broadcom Corp., Class A      5.0   
Texas Instruments, Inc.      4.7   
Micron Technology, Inc.      4.7   
Lam Research Corp.      4.7   
Ambarella, Inc.      3.5   
Cirrus Logic, Inc.      3.1   
Total      47.2   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio (PSI) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Dynamic Semiconductor IntellidexSM Index     31.10     20.98     77.05     14.72     98.70       7.21     98.65
S&P Composite 1500 Semiconductor Index     26.00        15.40        53.69        12.75        82.24          6.15        80.09   
Fund                
NAV Return     29.90        19.96        72.64        13.84        91.16          6.43        84.73   
Market Price Return     29.95        20.08        73.14        13.84        91.23          6.42        84.68   

 

Fund Inception: June 23, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 1.05% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.63%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that

dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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PSJ    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio (PSJ)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Dynamic Software IntellidexSM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of software companies that comprise the Index. These companies are engaged principally in the research, design, production or distribution of products or processes that relate to software applications and systems and information-based services.

NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider includes 30 software stocks from a universe of the 2,000 largest U.S. stocks (by market capitalization) traded on the NYSE, NYSE MKT and the NASDAQ, after having ranked the stocks based on their capital appreciation potential using a proprietary NYSE Arca IntellidexSM model. The Index Provider splits stocks in the Software Group Universe into quintiles based on market capitalization. Larger stocks are defined by inclusion in the top quintile and smaller stocks are the bottom four quintiles. The 8 top-ranked relatively larger stocks collectively receive 40% of the Index weighting (each stock receives on average a 5% weighting) and the 22 top-ranked relatively smaller stocks collectively receive 60% of the Index weighting (each stock receives on average a 2.73% weighting). The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 25.32%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 25.18%. During the same time period, the Index returned 26.03%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P Composite 1500 Software & Services Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 16.65%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 110 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a similar software industry benchmark.

The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the software industry.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an Index that employs a modified

equal weighting and stock selection methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the application software sub-industry and underweight in the internet software & services sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to allocation among home entertainment software and application software sub-industries as well as allocation among and stock selection within the IT consulting & other services sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the application software sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the home entertainment software and health care technology sub-industries, respectively. The education services (no longer held) sub-industry was the only detracting sub-industry.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Electronic Arts, Inc., a home entertainment software company (portfolio average weight of 5.28%), and Paycom Software, Inc., an application software company (no longer held at fiscal year-end). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Splunk, Inc., an application software company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and PROS Holdings, Inc., an application software company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Application Software      38.2   
Systems Software      28.6   
Health Care Technology      9.6   
Data Processing & Outsourced Services      5.6   
Internet Software & Services      5.5   
IT Consulting & Other Services      5.2   
Home Entertainment Software      5.0   
Semiconductor Equipment      2.4   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.1)   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio (PSJ) (continued)

 

Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Microsoft Corp.      5.4   
Red Hat, Inc.      5.3   
Amdocs Ltd.      5.1   
Intuit, Inc.      5.0   
Electronic Arts, Inc.      5.0   
Cerner Corp.      4.9   
Symantec Corp.      4.9   
ServiceNow, Inc.      4.8   
LogMeIn, Inc.      3.3   
Blackbaud, Inc.      3.0   
Total      46.7   
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio (PSJ) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Dynamic Software IntellidexSM Index     26.03     17.31     61.45     14.28     94.96       11.85     201.55
S&P Composite 1500 Software & Services Index     16.65        16.62        58.59        15.57        106.13          9.88        153.05   
Fund                
NAV Return     25.18        16.52        58.21        13.53        88.61          11.17        183.79   
Market Price Return     25.32        16.53        58.25        13.53        88.57          11.16        183.67   

 

Fund Inception: June 23, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.69% and the net annual operating expense ratio was 0.63%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and

capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio (PBE)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%   
   Biotechnology—92.6%   
  1,183,335       Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)    $ 10,354,181   
  424,518       Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      12,765,256   
  146,017       Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      24,710,457   
  166,987       Amgen, Inc.      26,368,917   
  1,804,734       Array BioPharma, Inc.(b)(c)      11,279,588   
  64,301       Biogen, Inc.(b)      24,044,073   
  245,980       BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(b)      27,562,059   
  950,740       Dyax Corp.(b)      22,732,193   
  479,336       Emergent Biosolutions, Inc.(b)      14,231,486   
  254,391       Gilead Sciences, Inc.(b)      25,568,839   
  167,335       Incyte Corp.(b)      16,258,269   
  945,111       Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      11,974,556   
  239,189       Insys Therapeutics, Inc.(b)(c)      12,574,166   
  209,534       Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      11,884,769   
  2,214,744       MannKind Corp.(b)(c)      9,501,252   
  122,230       Medivation, Inc.(b)      14,758,050   
  421,652       Myriad Genetics, Inc.(b)(c)      13,927,166   
  367,879       Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(b)      12,540,995   
  986,655       OPKO Health, Inc.(b)(c)      13,576,373   
  2,058,121       PDL BioPharma, Inc.(c)      13,727,667   
  121,971       Pharmacyclics, Inc.(b)(c)      31,248,970   
  63,641       Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A(b)      29,113,212   
  558,758       Repligen Corp.(b)      16,488,949   
  854,084       Sangamo BioSciences, Inc.(b)      10,565,019   
  396,295       Seattle Genetics, Inc.(b)(c)      13,608,770   
  92,652       United Therapeutics Corp.(b)      14,795,598   
  220,523       Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      27,186,075   
     

 

 

 
        473,346,905   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Equipment—2.3%   
  380,952       Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.(b)      11,923,797   
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals—5.1%   
  213,268       ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      13,005,083   
  795,442       Theravance, Inc.(c)      12,925,932   
     

 

 

 
        25,931,015   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $453,388,477)
     511,201,717   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.0%   
  204,280       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)
(Cost $204,280)
     204,280   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $453,592,757)—100.0%
     511,405,997   
     

 

 

 
     
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan    
     
   Money Market Fund—16.0%   
  81,899,696       Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)(e)
(Cost $81,899,696)
   $ 81,899,696   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $535,492,453)—116.0%
     593,305,693   
   Other assets less liabilities—(16.0)%      (82,043,567
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 511,262,126   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2015.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
(e)  The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower’s return of the securities loaned. See Note 2G. The following table presents the Fund’s gross and net amount of assets available for offset by the Fund as of April 30, 2015.

 

Counterparty

   Gross Amount
of Securities on
Loan at Value
     Cash Collateral
Received for
Securities
Loaned*
     Net
Amount
 
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    $ 77,755,803       $ (77,755,803    $   

 

* Amount does not include excess collateral received, if any.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio (PKB)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%   
   Building Products—16.9%   
  24,156       A.O. Smith Corp.    $ 1,543,568   
  28,912       American Woodmark Corp.(b)      1,465,838   
  33,206       Apogee Enterprises, Inc.      1,747,300   
  72,985       Continental Building Products, Inc.(b)      1,606,400   
  30,238       Trex Co., Inc.(b)      1,418,767   
  28,168       Universal Forest Products, Inc.      1,558,254   
     

 

 

 
        9,340,127   
     

 

 

 
   Construction & Engineering—21.8%   
  34,329       Dycom Industries, Inc.(b)      1,578,447   
  34,579       EMCOR Group, Inc.      1,543,261   
  48,124       Fluor Corp.      2,894,177   
  34,337       Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.(b)      1,471,684   
  93,462       KBR, Inc.      1,632,781   
  52,901       Quanta Services, Inc.(b)      1,529,368   
  65,428       Tutor Perini Corp.(b)      1,387,074   
     

 

 

 
        12,036,792   
     

 

 

 
   Construction Materials—13.2%   
  92,722       Headwaters, Inc.(b)      1,630,053   
  19,610       Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.      2,797,366   
  33,629       Vulcan Materials Co.      2,875,952   
     

 

 

 
        7,303,371   
     

 

 

 
   Distributors—2.6%   
  22,010       Pool Corp.      1,428,229   
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Real Estate Activities—2.8%   
  89,611       St. Joe Co. (The)(b)      1,563,712   
     

 

 

 
   Forest Products—7.9%   
  42,754       Boise Cascade Co.(b)      1,483,564   
  23,006       Deltic Timber Corp.      1,472,384   
  90,463       Louisiana-Pacific Corp.(b)      1,378,656   
     

 

 

 
        4,334,604   
     

 

 

 
   Home Furnishings—4.8%   
  15,142       Mohawk Industries, Inc.(b)      2,627,137   
     

 

 

 
   Home Improvement Retail—9.4%   
  24,324       Home Depot, Inc. (The)      2,602,181   
  37,673       Lowe’s Cos., Inc.      2,594,163   
     

 

 

 
        5,196,344   
     

 

 

 
   Homebuilding—7.8%   
  1,143       NVR, Inc.(b)      1,516,178   
  33,462       Ryland Group, Inc. (The)      1,379,304   
  39,741       Toll Brothers, Inc.(b)      1,412,395   
     

 

 

 
        4,307,877   
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Conglomerates—2.9%   
  16,358       Carlisle Cos., Inc.      1,578,547   
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Machinery—5.0%   
  41,544       Ingersoll-Rand PLC      2,735,257   
     

 

 

 
   Specialty Stores—4.9%   
  31,675       Tractor Supply Co.      2,725,951   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $50,919,135)
     55,177,948   
     

 

 

 
     
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Money Market Fund—0.2%   
  99,723       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)
(Cost $99,723)
   $ 99,723   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $51,018,858)—100.2%
     55,277,671   
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.2)%      (100,258
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 55,177,413   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio (PXE)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%    
   Integrated Oil & Gas—4.9%   
  71,232       Occidental Petroleum Corp.    $ 5,705,683   
     

 

 

 
   Oil & Gas Exploration & Production—63.3%   
  84,258       Apache Corp.      5,763,247   
  112,278       Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.(b)      3,094,382   
  63,582       Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.(b)      3,543,425   
  332,585       Chesapeake Energy Corp.      5,244,865   
  61,679       Clayton Williams Energy, Inc.(b)      3,433,670   
  85,085       ConocoPhillips      5,778,973   
  360,227       Denbury Resources, Inc.      3,173,600   
  90,071       Devon Energy Corp.      6,143,743   
  61,832       EOG Resources, Inc.      6,118,276   
  268,970       EP Energy Corp., Class A(b)      3,972,687   
  91,611       Newfield Exploration Co.(b)      3,594,816   
  211,160       Oasis Petroleum, Inc.(b)      3,788,210   
  58,550       PDC Energy, Inc.(b)      3,322,127   
  170,665       Rosetta Resources, Inc.(b)      3,896,282   
  1,709,552       SandRidge Energy, Inc.(b)      3,231,053   
  62,365       SM Energy Co.      3,615,299   
  120,649       Southwestern Energy Co.(b)      3,381,792   
  89,445       Whiting Petroleum Corp.(b)      3,390,860   
     

 

 

 
        74,487,307   
     

 

 

 
   Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing—31.8%   
  217,066       Alon USA Energy, Inc.      3,492,592   
  167,919       Alon USA Partners LP      3,282,816   
  72,063       CVR Energy, Inc.      2,885,403   
  155,493       CVR Refining LP      3,349,319   
  81,167       Delek US Holdings, Inc.      2,996,686   
  68,787       HollyFrontier Corp.      2,667,560   
  52,833       Marathon Petroleum Corp.      5,207,749   
  97,078       PBF Energy, Inc., Class A      2,755,074   
  32,947       Tesoro Corp.      2,827,841   
  89,925       Valero Energy Corp.      5,116,732   
  64,244       Western Refining, Inc.      2,829,948   
     

 

 

 
        37,411,720   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $111,887,696)
     117,604,710   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%   
  117,176       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)
(Cost $117,176)
     117,176   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $112,004,872)—100.1%
     117,721,886   
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.1)%      (129,165
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 117,592,721   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio (PBJ)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%   
   Agricultural Products—13.4%   
  275,672       Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.    $ 13,474,848   
  88,036       Bunge Ltd.      7,603,669   
  204,472       Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.      7,551,151   
  87,575       Ingredion, Inc.      6,953,455   
     

 

 

 
        35,583,123   
     

 

 

 
   Brewers—5.1%   
  26,904       Boston Beer Co., Inc. (The), Class A(b)      6,666,811   
  94,867       Molson Coors Brewing Co., Class B      6,973,673   
     

 

 

 
        13,640,484   
     

 

 

 
   Food Distributors—10.4%   
  162,626       Andersons, Inc. (The)      6,942,504   
  271,169       SpartanNash Co.      8,181,169   
  338,526       Sysco Corp.      12,535,618   
     

 

 

 
        27,659,291   
     

 

 

 
   Food Retail—12.4%   
  166,501       Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A      6,969,732   
  185,510       Kroger Co. (The)      12,783,494   
  728,696       SUPERVALU, Inc.(b)      6,405,238   
  152,629       Weis Markets, Inc.      6,769,096   
     

 

 

 
        32,927,560   
     

 

 

 
   Packaged Foods & Meats—38.5%   
  171,620       Calavo Growers, Inc.      8,692,553   
  191,325       Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., Class A      8,554,141   
  154,528       Campbell Soup Co.      6,908,947   
  245,383       General Mills, Inc.      13,579,495   
  123,050       Hormel Foods Corp.      6,687,767   
  204,702       Kellogg Co.      12,963,778   
  56,431       Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.      6,566,875   
  206,045       Kraft Foods Group, Inc.      17,462,314   
  262,470       Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.      6,483,009   
  198,334       Pinnacle Foods, Inc.      8,042,444   
  1,798       Seaboard Corp.(b)      6,472,800   
     

 

 

 
        102,414,123   
     

 

 

 
   Restaurants—10.2%   
  74,462       Jack in the Box, Inc.      6,461,068   
  226,470       Sonic Corp.      6,488,365   
  282,379       Starbucks Corp.      14,000,351   
     

 

 

 
        26,949,784   
     

 

 

 
   Soft Drinks—10.0%   
  91,377       Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.      6,814,896   
  51,016       Monster Beverage Corp.(b)      6,994,804   
  133,350       PepsiCo, Inc.      12,684,252   
     

 

 

 
        26,493,952   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $250,964,417)
     265,668,317   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.0%   
  38,965       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)
(Cost $38,965)
     38,965   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $251,003,382)—100.0%
     265,707,282   
   Other assets less liabilities—0.0%      13,316   
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 265,720,598   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio (PEJ)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity
Interests—100.1%
   
   Airlines—31.9%   
  85,060       Alaska Air Group, Inc.    $ 5,448,944   
  29,485       Allegiant Travel Co.      4,533,614   
  207,216       American Airlines Group, Inc.      10,005,425   
  222,946       Delta Air Lines, Inc.      9,952,309   
  292,487       Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.(b)      6,750,600   
  314,948       JetBlue Airways Corp.(b)      6,465,882   
  229,546       Southwest Airlines Co.      9,310,386   
  152,280       United Continental Holdings, Inc.(b)      9,097,207   
     

 

 

 
        61,564,367   
     

 

 

 
   Cable & Satellite—3.3%   
  162,875       Starz, Class A(b)      6,405,874   
     

 

 

 
   Casinos & Gaming—2.8%   
  332,349       Penn National Gaming, Inc.(b)      5,344,172   
     

 

 

 
   Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines—15.2%   
  119,443       Marriott International, Inc., Class A      9,561,412   
  71,181       Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.      5,851,790   
  129,882       Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.      8,839,769   
  59,183       Wyndham Worldwide Corp.      5,054,228   
     

 

 

 
        29,307,199   
     

 

 

 
   Internet Retail—2.9%   
  467,527       Orbitz Worldwide, Inc.(b)      5,479,416   
     

 

 

 
   Leisure Facilities—2.8%   
  96,798       Cedar Fair LP      5,462,311   
     

 

 

 
   Movies & Entertainment—7.8%   
  157,474       AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A      4,733,668   
  95,366       Walt Disney Co. (The)      10,368,192   
     

 

 

 
        15,101,860   
     

 

 

 
   Restaurants—33.4%   
  103,675       BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.(b)      4,851,990   
  91,052       Brinker International, Inc.      5,041,549   
  28,328       Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.(b)      4,512,650   
  35,847       Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.      4,749,011   
  470,371       Denny’s Corp.(b)      4,896,562   
  49,884       DineEquity, Inc.      4,810,314   
  55,994       Jack in the Box, Inc.      4,858,599   
  87,548       Papa John’s International, Inc.      5,372,821   
  90,217       Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc.(b)      5,023,283   
  170,304       Sonic Corp.      4,879,210   
  212,349       Starbucks Corp.      10,528,263   
  143,833       Texas Roadhouse, Inc.      4,832,789   
     

 

 

 
        64,357,041   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $186,725,154)
     193,022,240   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.0%   
  71,221       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)
(Cost $71,221)
     71,221   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $186,796,375)—100.1%
     193,093,461   
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.1)%      (153,010
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 192,940,451   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio (PBS)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%    
   Advertising—7.8%   
  177,047       Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)    $ 3,689,660   
  259,068       National CineMedia, Inc.      3,948,196   
  49,637       Omnicom Group, Inc.      3,760,499   
     

 

 

 
        11,398,355   
     

 

 

 
   Broadcasting—6.0%   
  192,824       E.W. Scripps Co. (The), Class A      4,490,871   
  72,403       Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc., Class A      4,232,679   
     

 

 

 
        8,723,550   
     

 

 

 
   Cable & Satellite—26.3%   
  54,820       AMC Networks, Inc., Class A(b)      4,135,621   
  210,235       Cablevision Systems Corp., Class A      4,200,495   
  81,700       DIRECTV(b)      7,410,599   
  96,459       DISH Network Corp., Class A(b)      6,526,416   
  1,014,956       Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(b)      4,009,076   
  118,777       Starz, Class A(b)      4,671,499   
  46,987       Time Warner Cable, Inc.      7,307,418   
     

 

 

 
        38,261,124   
     

 

 

 
   Catalog Retail—5.1%   
  58,431       HSN, Inc.      3,647,263   
  133,703       Liberty Interactive Corp., Series A(b)      3,845,298   
     

 

 

 
        7,492,561   
     

 

 

 
   Data Processing & Outsourced Services—2.9%   
  14,176       Alliance Data Systems Corp.(b)      4,214,667   
     

 

 

 
   Internet Software & Services—15.0%   
  97,393       AOL, Inc.(b)      3,885,981   
  91,659       Facebook, Inc., Class A(b)      7,219,979   
  93,981       GrubHub, Inc.(b)      3,869,198   
  27,093       LinkedIn Corp., Class A(b)      6,830,958   
     

 

 

 
        21,806,116   
     

 

 

 
   Movies & Entertainment—15.2%   
  88,422       Time Warner, Inc.      7,463,701   
  206,807       Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A      7,047,983   
  69,545       Walt Disney Co. (The)      7,560,932   
     

 

 

 
        22,072,616   
     

 

 

 
   Publishing—13.4%   
  111,530       Gannett Co., Inc.      3,827,710   
  73,604       Meredith Corp., Class B      3,830,352   
  282,212       New York Times Co. (The), Class A      3,778,819   
  106,678       Scholastic Corp., Class A      4,335,394   
  166,588       Time, Inc.      3,803,204   
     

 

 

 
        19,575,479   
     

 

 

 
   Research & Consulting Services—2.9%   
  33,592       IHS, Inc., Class A(b)      4,214,788   
     

 

 

 
   Specialized Finance—2.7%   
  38,294       McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.      3,994,064   
     

 

 

 
   Specialized REITs—2.7%   
  67,954       Lamar Advertising Co., Class A REIT      3,938,614   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $136,660,519)
     145,691,934   
     

 

 

 
     
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Money Market Fund—0.1%   
  126,221       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)
(Cost $126,221)
   $ 126,221   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $136,786,740)—100.1%
     145,818,155   
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.1)%      (149,923
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 145,668,232   
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio (PXQ)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%   
   Application Software—10.7%   
  21,639       Citrix Systems, Inc.(b)    $ 1,453,275   
  18,640       NetScout Systems, Inc.(b)      766,104   
  14,815       SolarWinds, Inc.(b)      722,676   
     

 

 

 
        2,942,055   
     

 

 

 
   Communications Equipment—44.4%   
  10,859       Arista Networks, Inc.(b)      695,085   
  25,581       ARRIS Group, Inc.(b)      861,440   
  30,293       Aruba Networks, Inc.(b)      745,511   
  60,658       Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.      685,435   
  35,925       Ciena Corp.(b)      765,202   
  46,691       Cisco Systems, Inc.      1,346,102   
  23,859       CommScope Holding Co., Inc.(b)      704,079   
  6,363       F5 Networks, Inc.(b)      776,413   
  44,080       Infinera Corp.(b)      828,704   
  57,627       Juniper Networks, Inc.      1,523,082   
  9,688       Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(b)      1,431,111   
  14,900       Plantronics, Inc.      793,723   
  54,382       Polycom, Inc.(b)      709,685   
  44,054       Sonus Networks, Inc.(b)      348,908   
     

 

 

 
        12,214,480   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Electronics—4.6%   
  27,763       Garmin Ltd.      1,254,610   
     

 

 

 
   Electronic Components—7.5%   
  24,404       Amphenol Corp., Class A      1,351,249   
  8,465       Belden, Inc.      710,637   
     

 

 

 
        2,061,886   
     

 

 

 
   Internet Software & Services—3.3%   
  14,261       LogMeIn, Inc.(b)      915,271   
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductors—2.6%   
  10,973       Cavium, Inc.(b)      710,941   
     

 

 

 
   Systems Software—19.3%   
  19,731       Barracuda Networks, Inc.(b)      799,697   
  42,370       CA, Inc.      1,346,095   
  22,361       Fortinet, Inc.(b)      843,904   
  32,325       Infoblox, Inc.(b)      761,577   
  16,328       Qualys, Inc.(b)      808,563   
  29,335       VASCO Data Security International, Inc.(b)      745,696   
     

 

 

 
        5,305,532   
     

 

 

 
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals—7.6%   
  10,726       Apple, Inc.      1,342,359   
  50,070       QLogic Corp.(b)      736,029   
     

 

 

 
        2,078,388   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $22,801,193)
     27,483,163   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.3%   
  81,203       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)
(Cost $81,203)
     81,203   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $22,882,396)—100.3%
     27,564,366   
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.3)%      (79,609
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 27,484,757   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio (PXJ)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%    
   Oil & Gas Drilling—24.9%   
  57,357       Atwood Oceanics, Inc.    $ 1,914,577   
  48,626       Helmerich & Payne, Inc.      3,791,369   
  138,849       Nabors Industries Ltd.      2,318,778   
  106,890       Noble Corp. PLC      1,850,266   
  95,191       Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.      2,127,519   
  154,263       Seadrill Ltd. (Norway)      2,019,303   
  110,270       Transocean Ltd.      2,075,281   
  129,923       Transocean Partners LLC      2,057,980   
     

 

 

 
        18,155,073   
     

 

 

 
   Oil & Gas Equipment & Services—69.6%   
  52,165       Baker Hughes, Inc.      3,571,216   
  130,495       C&J Energy Services Ltd.(b)      2,277,138   
  69,262       Cameron International Corp.(b)      3,796,943   
  16,181       Core Laboratories NV      2,124,242   
  40,065       Dresser-Rand Group, Inc.(b)      3,312,174   
  24,479       Dril-Quip, Inc.(b)      1,951,466   
  54,778       Exterran Holdings, Inc.      2,030,620   
  81,664       FMC Technologies, Inc.(b)      3,601,382   
  91,073       Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.(b)      2,118,358   
  75,940       Halliburton Co.      3,717,263   
  115,198       Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.(b)      1,898,463   
  59,997       National Oilwell Varco, Inc.      3,264,437   
  187,820       Newpark Resources, Inc.(b)      1,927,033   
  32,618       Oceaneering International, Inc.      1,797,578   
  40,907       Oil States International, Inc.(b)      1,946,764   
  132,340       RPC, Inc.      2,105,529   
  38,746       Schlumberger Ltd.      3,665,759   
  24,530       SEACOR Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,782,350   
  79,475       Superior Energy Services, Inc.      2,026,613   
  63,073       Tidewater, Inc.      1,746,491   
     

 

 

 
        50,661,819   
     

 

 

 
   Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation—5.5%   
  96,613       Navigator Holdings Ltd. (United Kingdom)(b)      2,069,450   
  81,069       Teekay Offshore Partners LP      1,901,879   
     

 

 

 
        3,971,329   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $77,978,441)
     72,788,221   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%   
  96,729       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)
(Cost $96,729)
     96,729   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $78,075,170)—100.1%
     72,884,950   
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.1)%      (99,260
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 72,785,690   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio (PJP)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%   
   Biotechnology—27.7%   
  650,491       Amgen, Inc.    $ 102,719,034   
  250,479       Biogen, Inc.(b)      93,661,612   
  844,193       Celgene Corp.(b)      91,223,496   
  990,966       Gilead Sciences, Inc.(b)      99,601,993   
  1,176,624       Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)(c)      91,353,087   
  7,081,607       Novavax, Inc.(b)      54,740,822   
     

 

 

 
        533,300,044   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Equipment—6.6%   
  1,367,886       Abbott Laboratories      63,497,268   
  937,046       Baxter International, Inc.      64,412,542   
     

 

 

 
        127,909,810   
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals—65.7%   
  324,930       Actavis PLC(b)      91,909,700   
  1,204,174       Akorn, Inc.(b)      50,141,805   
  4,321,219       BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc.(b)(c)      34,829,025   
  1,684,090       Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.      107,327,056   
  2,952,012       Depomed, Inc.(b)      68,663,799   
  923,428       Eli Lilly & Co.      66,366,770   
  740,198       Hospira, Inc.(b)      64,611,884   
  1,608,261       Impax Laboratories, Inc.(b)      72,789,893   
  1,000,824       Johnson & Johnson      99,281,741   
  1,038,409       Lannett Co., Inc.(b)      59,708,518   
  2,252,623       Medicines Co. (The)(b)      57,689,675   
  1,752,556       Merck & Co., Inc.      104,382,235   
  1,130,339       Mylan NV(b)      81,678,296   
  3,104,776       Omeros Corp.(b)(c)(d)      62,468,093   
  419,475       Perrigo Co. PLC      76,881,378   
  2,989,354       Pfizer, Inc.      101,428,781   
  1,681,287       Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.(b)      65,990,515   
     

 

 

 
        1,266,149,164   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $1,639,862,596)
     1,927,359,018   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.0%   
  136,848       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(e)
(Cost $136,848)
     136,848   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $1,639,999,444)—100.0%
     1,927,495,866   
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan    
     
   Money Market Fund—2.3%   
  43,069,125       Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio—Institutional Class(e)(f)
(Cost $43,069,125)
     43,069,125   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $1,683,068,569)—102.3%
     1,970,564,991   
   Other assets less liabilities—(2.3)%      (43,631,304
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 1,926,933,687   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  Affiliated investments. See Note 4.
(d)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2015.
(e)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
(f)  The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower’s return of the securities loaned. See Note 2G. The following table presents the Fund’s gross and net amount of assets available for offset by the Fund as of April 30, 2015.

 

Counterparty

   Gross Amount
of Securities on
Loan at Value
     Cash Collateral
Received for
Securities
Loaned*
     Net
Amount
 
Citibank    $ 39,409,044       $ (39,409,044    $   

 

* Amount does not include excess collateral received, if any.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio (PMR)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%   
   Apparel Retail—7.9%   
  24,520       Cato Corp. (The), Class A    $ 964,617   
  19,077       Children’s Place, Inc. (The)      1,157,211   
  28,005       Zumiez, Inc.(b)      888,038   
     

 

 

 
        3,009,866   
     

 

 

 
   Automotive Retail—3.0%   
  13,818       Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.(b)      1,161,126   
     

 

 

 
   Computer & Electronics Retail—2.6%   
  28,891       Best Buy Co., Inc.      1,001,073   
     

 

 

 
   Department Stores—7.9%   
  8,350       Dillard’s, Inc., Class A      1,098,777   
  27,008       Kohl’s Corp.      1,935,123   
     

 

 

 
        3,033,900   
     

 

 

 
   Drug Retail—10.2%   
  19,192       CVS Health Corp.      1,905,574   
  23,995       Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.      1,989,905   
     

 

 

 
        3,895,479   
     

 

 

 
   Food Distributors—3.2%   
  40,951       SpartanNash Co.      1,235,492   
     

 

 

 
   Food Retail—18.8%   
  28,565       Fresh Market, Inc. (The)(b)      1,003,774   
  25,142       Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A      1,052,444   
  28,013       Kroger Co. (The)      1,930,376   
  72,190       Smart & Final Stores, Inc.(b)      1,250,331   
  110,040       SUPERVALU, Inc.(b)      967,252   
  23,047       Weis Markets, Inc.      1,022,134   
     

 

 

 
        7,226,311   
     

 

 

 
   Forest Products—2.8%   
  30,531       Boise Cascade Co.(b)      1,059,426   
     

 

 

 
   General Merchandise Stores—7.6%   
  19,563       Burlington Stores, Inc.(b)      1,008,864   
  25,017       Dollar Tree, Inc.(b)      1,911,549   
     

 

 

 
        2,920,413   
     

 

 

 
   Home Improvement Retail—4.8%   
  26,902       Lowe’s Cos., Inc.      1,852,472   
     

 

 

 
   Homefurnishing Retail—2.7%   
  33,869       Select Comfort Corp.(b)      1,043,843   
     

 

 

 
   Hypermarkets & Super Centers—9.9%   
  13,566       Costco Wholesale Corp.      1,940,616   
  23,747       Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.      1,853,454   
     

 

 

 
        3,794,070   
     

 

 

 
   Internet Retail—4.7%   
  87,116       1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc., Class A(b)      920,816   
  31,243       FTD Cos., Inc.(b)      891,675   
     

 

 

 
        1,812,491   
     

 

 

 
   Internet Software & Services—3.1%   
  19,395       Stamps.com, Inc.(b)      1,200,356   
     

 

 

 
   Specialty Stores—8.3%   
  38,553       Michaels Cos., Inc. (The)(b)      996,981   
  116,029       Office Depot, Inc.(b)      1,069,787   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks (continued)   
   Specialty Stores (continued)   
  16,852       Outerwall, Inc.    $ 1,119,478   
     

 

 

 
        3,186,246   
     

 

 

 
   Trucking—2.5%   
  17,935       Avis Budget Group, Inc.(b)      971,001   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $37,609,549)
     38,403,565   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.2%   
  66,101       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)
(Cost $66,101)
     66,101   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $37,675,650)—100.2%
     38,469,666   
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.2)%      (59,282
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 38,410,384   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio (PSI)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%   
   Communications Equipment—2.9%   
  41,416       InterDigital, Inc.    $ 2,266,284   
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductor Equipment—12.0%   
  225,073       Amkor Technology, Inc.(b)      1,582,263   
  136,871       Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (Singapore)(b)      2,068,121   
  48,687       Lam Research Corp.      3,679,764   
  61,930       MKS Instruments, Inc.      2,155,783   
     

 

 

 
        9,485,931   
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductors—85.1%   
  38,160       Ambarella, Inc.(b)      2,791,404   
  68,584       Analog Devices, Inc.      4,241,235   
  88,760       Broadcom Corp., Class A      3,923,636   
  31,977       Cavium, Inc.(b)      2,071,790   
  72,730       Cirrus Logic, Inc.(b)      2,456,819   
  148,479       Cypress Semiconductor Corp.(b)      1,977,740   
  125,577       Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc.(b)      2,281,106   
  60,652       Freescale Semiconductor Ltd.(b)      2,370,887   
  106,098       Integrated Device Technology, Inc.(b)      1,929,923   
  120,757       Intel Corp.      3,930,640   
  140,471       Intersil Corp., Class A      1,875,288   
  64,939       M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,978,691   
  63,669       Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.      2,090,253   
  42,717       Microchip Technology, Inc.      2,035,679   
  130,914       Micron Technology, Inc.(b)      3,682,611   
  67,926       Microsemi Corp.(b)      2,266,011   
  41,529       Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.      2,152,448   
  99,282       NVIDIA Corp.      2,203,564   
  47,290       NXP Semiconductors NV (Netherlands)(b)      4,545,515   
  81,678       OmniVision Technologies, Inc.(b)      2,278,408   
  171,770       ON Semiconductor Corp.(b)      1,978,790   
  230,526       PMC—Sierra, Inc.(b)      1,943,334   
  43,251       Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(b)      2,234,779   
  45,763       Skyworks Solutions, Inc.      4,221,637   
  68,282       Texas Instruments, Inc.      3,701,567   
     

 

 

 
        67,163,755   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $76,360,705)
     78,915,970   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%   
  79,651       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)
(Cost $79,651)
     79,651   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $76,440,356)—100.1%
     78,995,621   
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.1)%      (85,010
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 78,910,611   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio (PSJ)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.1%   
   Application Software—38.2%   
  34,731       Advent Software, Inc.    $ 1,507,673   
  33,789       Blackbaud, Inc.      1,707,358   
  29,027       Ellie Mae, Inc.(b)      1,596,485   
  18,021       Fair Isaac Corp.      1,594,138   
  28,808       Intuit, Inc.      2,890,307   
  103,306       King Digital Entertainment PLC (Ireland)      1,638,433   
  30,774       Manhattan Associates, Inc.(b)      1,617,481   
  8,602       MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A(b)      1,566,596   
  25,281       SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc., Class A      1,521,158   
  34,661       Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.(b)      1,590,247   
  33,055       Synopsys, Inc.(b)      1,549,618   
  12,852       Tyler Technologies, Inc.(b)      1,567,301   
  25,200       Verint Systems, Inc.(b)      1,548,036   
     

 

 

 
        21,894,831   
     

 

 

 
   Data Processing & Outsourced Services—5.6%   
  14,433       DST Systems, Inc.      1,660,949   
  23,421       Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.      1,557,731   
     

 

 

 
        3,218,680   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Technology—9.6%   
  39,031       Cerner Corp.(b)      2,802,816   
  88,268       Quality Systems, Inc.      1,376,540   
  49,696       Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A(b)      1,319,429   
     

 

 

 
        5,498,785   
     

 

 

 
   Home Entertainment Software—5.0%   
  49,187       Electronic Arts, Inc.(b)      2,857,273   
     

 

 

 
   Internet Software & Services—5.5%   
  37,118       Constant Contact, Inc.(b)      1,293,562   
  29,110       LogMeIn, Inc.(b)      1,868,280   
     

 

 

 
        3,161,842   
     

 

 

 
   IT Consulting & Other Services—5.2%   
  53,571       Amdocs Ltd.      2,950,155   
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductor Equipment—2.4%   
  38,295       Tessera Technologies, Inc.      1,382,833   
     

 

 

 
   Systems Software—28.6%   
  64,138       Microsoft Corp.      3,119,672   
  56,111       Progress Software Corp.(b)      1,481,330   
  33,328       Qualys, Inc.(b)      1,650,403   
  40,691       Red Hat, Inc.(b)      3,062,405   
  36,880       ServiceNow, Inc.(b)      2,760,837   
  111,785       Symantec Corp.      2,786,241   
  59,879       VASCO Data Security International, Inc.(b)      1,522,124   
     

 

 

 
        16,383,012   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $51,161,017)
     57,347,411   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%   
  79,405       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)
(Cost $79,405)
     79,405   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $51,240,422)—100.2%
     57,426,816   
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.2)%      (97,425
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 57,329,391   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

April 30, 2015

 

    PowerShares
Dynamic
Biotechnology &
Genome
Portfolio (PBE)
     PowerShares
Dynamic Building
& Construction
Portfolio (PKB)
     PowerShares
Dynamic Energy
Exploration &
Production
Portfolio (PXE)
     PowerShares
Dynamic Food &
Beverage
Portfolio (PBJ)
     PowerShares
Dynamic Leisure
and
Entertainment
Portfolio (PEJ)
 
Assets:              

Unaffiliated investments, at value(a)

  $ 511,201,717       $ 55,177,948       $ 117,604,710       $ 265,668,317       $ 193,022,240   

Affiliated investments, at value

    82,103,976         99,723         117,176         38,965         71,221   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

    593,305,693         55,277,671         117,721,886         265,707,282         193,093,461   

Cash

                                      

Receivables:

             

Investments sold

    2,599,915                                   

Securities lending

    376,379                                   

Dividends

            13,257         23,531         293,845         56,571   

Shares sold

                            1,610,273           
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets

    596,281,987         55,290,928         117,745,417         267,611,400         193,150,032   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liabilities:

Payables:

             

Collateral upon return of securities loaned

    81,899,696                                   

Shares repurchased

    2,649,027                                   

Investments purchased

                            1,608,263           

Expenses recaptured

                                    8,000   

Accrued advisory fees

    227,781         20,465         41,235         109,856         81,600   

Accrued trustees’ and officer’s fees

    26,997         16,850         19,103         22,794         17,379   

Accrued expenses

    216,360         76,200         92,358         149,889         102,602   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

    85,019,861         113,515         152,696         1,890,802         209,581   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 511,262,126       $ 55,177,413       $ 117,592,721       $ 265,720,598       $ 192,940,451   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets Consist of:

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 594,941,381       $ 73,184,125       $ 182,008,994       $ 302,984,597       $ 210,224,238   

Undistributed net investment income (loss)

    721,335         13,897         603,317         643,888         (14,515

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (142,213,830      (22,279,422      (70,736,604      (52,611,787      (23,566,358

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    57,813,240         4,258,813         5,717,014         14,703,900         6,297,086   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 511,262,126       $ 55,177,413       $ 117,592,721       $ 265,720,598       $ 192,940,451   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding (unlimited amount authorized, $0.01 par value)

    9,650,000         2,400,000         3,700,000         8,450,000         5,300,000   

Net asset value

  $ 52.98       $ 22.99       $ 31.78       $ 31.45       $ 36.40   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market price

  $ 52.95       $ 22.98       $ 31.77       $ 31.43       $ 36.39   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

  $ 453,388,477       $ 50,919,135       $ 111,887,696       $ 250,964,417       $ 186,725,154   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Affiliated investments, at cost

  $ 82,103,976       $ 99,723       $ 117,176       $ 38,965       $ 71,221   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

  $ 535,492,453       $ 51,018,858       $ 112,004,872       $ 251,003,382       $ 186,796,375   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(a) Includes securities on loan with an aggregate value of

  $ 77,755,803       $       $       $       $   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares
Dynamic Media
Portfolio (PBS)
         
PowerShares
Dynamic
Networking
Portfolio (PXQ)
     PowerShares
Dynamic Oil
& Gas Services
Portfolio (PXJ)
     PowerShares
Dynamic
Pharmaceuticals
Portfolio (PJP)
     PowerShares
Dynamic Retail
Portfolio (PMR)
     PowerShares
Dynamic
Semiconductors
Portfolio (PSI)
     PowerShares
Dynamic
Software
Portfolio (PSJ)
 
                 
$ 145,691,934       $ 27,483,163       $ 72,788,221       $ 1,738,708,813       $ 38,403,565       $ 78,915,970       $ 57,347,411   
  126,221         81,203         96,729         231,856,178         66,101         79,651         79,405   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  145,818,155         27,564,366         72,884,950         1,970,564,991         38,469,666         78,995,621         57,426,816   
  18,158                                                 3,693   
                 
  2,695,614                 43,609         7,434,380                           
                          32,378                           
  16,299                 53,877         914,213         25,722         23,217           
                  903,528                                 2,161,819   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  148,548,226         27,564,366         73,885,964         1,978,945,962         38,495,388         79,018,838         59,592,328   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                 
                          43,069,125                           
  2,696,048                         7,439,898                           
                  969,201                                 2,161,554   
                                                    
  61,347         6,572         24,092         822,411         13,066         30,650         19,674   
  19,376         15,757         24,495         39,029         14,986         15,616         16,264   
  103,223         57,280         82,486         641,812         56,952         61,961         65,445   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  2,879,994         79,609         1,100,274         52,012,275         85,004         108,227         2,262,937   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 145,668,232       $ 27,484,757       $ 72,785,690       $ 1,926,933,687       $ 38,410,384       $ 78,910,611       $ 57,329,391   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 196,562,376       $ 57,729,343       $ 282,007,985       $ 1,570,155,011       $ 57,733,987       $ 121,691,445       $ 74,944,980   
  365,169         (13,446      152,146         1,561,990         33,064         (13,243      69,256   
  (60,290,728      (34,913,110      (204,184,221      67,720,264         (20,150,683      (45,322,856      (23,871,239
  9,031,415         4,681,970         (5,190,220      287,496,422         794,016         2,555,265         6,186,394   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 145,668,232       $ 27,484,757       $ 72,785,690       $ 1,926,933,687       $ 38,410,384       $ 78,910,611       $ 57,329,391   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

5,450,000

  

     750,000         3,850,000         25,900,000         1,000,000         3,000,000         1,350,000   
$ 26.73       $ 36.65       $ 18.91       $ 74.40       $ 38.41       $ 26.30       $ 42.47   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 26.72       $ 36.64       $ 18.92       $ 74.35       $ 38.42       $ 26.31       $ 42.48   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 136,660,519       $ 22,801,193       $ 77,978,441       $ 1,453,629,499       $ 37,609,549       $ 76,360,705       $ 51,161,017   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 126,221       $ 81,203       $ 96,729       $ 229,439,070       $ 66,101       $ 79,651       $ 79,405   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 136,786,740       $ 22,882,396       $ 78,075,170       $ 1,683,068,569       $ 37,675,650       $ 76,440,356       $ 51,240,422   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

$

  

   $       $       $ 39,409,044       $       $       $   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

51

 


 

Statements of Operations

For the year ended April 30, 2015

 

    PowerShares
Dynamic
Biotechnology &
Genome
Portfolio (PBE)
     PowerShares
Dynamic Building
& Construction
Portfolio (PKB)
     PowerShares
Dynamic Energy
Exploration &
Production
Portfolio (PXE)
     PowerShares
Dynamic Food &
Beverage
Portfolio (PBJ)
     PowerShares
Dynamic Leisure
and
Entertainment
Portfolio (PEJ)
 
Investment Income:              

Unaffiliated dividend income

  $ 3,443,808       $ 661,948       $ 2,201,271       $ 4,965,841       $ 2,437,950   

Affiliated dividend income

    39         18         20         29         20   

Securities lending income

    2,082,558                                   

Foreign withholding tax

                                    (4,276
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Income

    5,526,405         661,966         2,201,291         4,965,870         2,433,694   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Expenses:

Advisory fees

    2,180,384         425,521         596,189         1,527,900         804,261   

Sub-licensing fees

    130,823         25,531         35,771         91,674         48,255   

Accounting & administration fees

    79,407         36,771         36,771         62,115         36,595   

Professional fees

    31,400         26,847         29,324         29,998         29,274   

Custodian & transfer agent fees

    21,975         5,256         7,735         10,273         5,647   

Trustees’ and officer’s fees

    15,551         9,946         10,256         14,055         10,747   

Recapture (Note 3)

                    10,186                 55,272   

Other expenses

    43,144         22,537         39,156         34,037         23,318   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Expenses

    2,502,684         552,409         765,388         1,770,052         1,013,369   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less: Waivers

    (341      (16,400      (147      (269      (166
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Expenses

    2,502,343         536,009         765,241         1,769,783         1,013,203   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

    3,024,062         125,957         1,436,050         3,196,087         1,420,491   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

Net realized gain (loss) from:

             

Investment securities

    62,694         (7,995,090      (21,849,627      (14,045,576      (12,914,071

In-kind redemptions

    75,432,431         8,610,515         8,992,589         60,405,936         22,537,053   

Foreign currencies

                                    (5,841
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

    75,495,125         615,425         (12,857,038      46,360,360         9,617,141   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities

    39,345,361         (2,912,498      (9,926,226      (2,123,925      5,914,162   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    114,840,486         (2,297,073      (22,783,264      44,236,435         15,531,303   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 117,864,548       $ (2,171,116    $ (21,347,214    $ 47,432,522       $ 16,951,794   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

52

 


 

 

PowerShares
Dynamic Media
Portfolio (PBS)
         
PowerShares
Dynamic
Networking
Portfolio (PXQ)
     PowerShares
Dynamic Oil
& Gas Services
Portfolio (PXJ)
     PowerShares
Dynamic
Pharmaceuticals
Portfolio (PJP)
     PowerShares
Dynamic Retail
Portfolio (PMR)
     PowerShares
Dynamic
Semiconductors
Portfolio (PSI)
     PowerShares
Dynamic
Software
Portfolio (PSJ)
 
                 
$ 2,244,903       $ 168,187       $ 1,486,273       $ 13,885,553       $ 293,330       $ 604,604       $ 473,684   
  25         13         17         153         11         13         12   
                          1,129,887                           
  (2,681              (9,001                                

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  2,242,247         168,200         1,477,289         15,015,593         293,341         604,617         473,696   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  785,903         138,170         463,634         7,185,322         118,390         182,632         257,382   
  47,154         8,290         27,818         431,119         7,103         10,958         15,443   
  34,856         36,770         36,771         258,383         36,771         36,771         36,771   
  28,646         25,318         28,154         43,908         25,569         25,313         25,735   
  7,233         3,031         5,447         35,552         3,921         3,739         4,118   
  10,806         8,383         9,833         32,070         8,246         8,390         8,779   
                                                    
  14,356         15,679         23,604         107,983         14,588         17,056         17,099   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  928,954         235,641         595,261         8,094,337         214,588         284,859         365,327   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (198      (61,653      (11,218      (1,313      (65,504      (54,847      (41,127

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  928,756         173,988         584,043         8,093,024         149,084         230,012         324,200   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,313,491         (5,788      893,246         6,922,569         144,257         374,605         149,496   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                 
  (14,919,597      (1,707,623      (19,164,046      108,560,138         (2,021,833      (626,459      (4,270,041
  18,961,846         5,147,515         6,459,484         180,471,236         2,824,997         6,070,811         8,325,321   
                                                    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  4,042,249         3,439,892         (12,704,562      289,031,374         803,164         5,444,352         4,055,280   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
 
 
    
14,815,252
 
  
     915,524         (25,846,369      92,127,128         827,688         165,344         7,072,718   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  18,857,501         4,355,416         (38,550,931      381,158,502         1,630,852         5,609,696         11,127,998   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 20,170,992      

$

4,349,628

  

   $ (37,657,685    $ 388,081,071       $ 1,775,109       $ 5,984,301       $ 11,277,494   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

53

 


 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended April 30, 2015 and 2014

 

    PowerShares Dynamic
Biotechnology & Genome
Portfolio (PBE)
     PowerShares Dynamic
Building & Construction
Portfolio (PKB)
 
    2015      2014      2015      2014  
Operations:           

Net investment income

  $ 3,024,062       $ 244,059       $ 125,957       $ 11,556   

Net realized gain (loss)

    75,495,125         87,977,271         615,425         15,368,923   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    39,345,361         (20,969,168      (2,912,498      (5,474,689
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    117,864,548         67,252,162         (2,171,116      9,905,790   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Distributions to Shareholders from:

Net investment income

    (2,402,943              (69,918        
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Shareholder Transactions:

Proceeds from shares sold

    250,854,414         370,953,512         59,533,158         98,038,267   

Value of shares repurchased

    (216,373,603      (232,339,347      (125,802,719      (88,376,874
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from shares transactions

    34,480,811         138,614,165         (66,269,561      9,661,393   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    149,942,416         205,866,327         (68,510,595      19,567,183   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets:

Beginning of year

    361,319,710         155,453,383         123,688,008         104,120,825   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 511,262,126       $ 361,319,710       $ 55,177,413       $ 123,688,008   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income (loss) at end of year

  $ 721,335       $ 100,216       $ 13,897       $ (42,142
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Changes in Shares Outstanding:

Shares sold

    4,800,000         9,650,000         2,700,000         4,600,000   

Shares repurchased

    (4,250,000      (6,050,000      (5,900,000      (4,300,000

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

    9,100,000         5,500,000         5,600,000         5,300,000   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

    9,650,000         9,100,000         2,400,000         5,600,000   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

54

 


 

 

PowerShares Dynamic Energy
Exploration & Production
Portfolio (PXE)
     PowerShares Dynamic Food &
Beverage Portfolio (PBJ)
     PowerShares Dynamic Leisure
and Entertainment
Portfolio (PEJ)
     PowerShares Dynamic Media
Portfolio (PBS)
 
2015      2014      2015      2014      2015      2014      2015      2014  
                    
$ 1,436,050       $ 1,548,772       $ 3,196,087       $ 4,131,010       $ 1,420,491       $ 760,630       $ 1,313,491       $ 947,374   
  (12,857,038      19,166,300         46,360,360         36,856,531         9,617,141         32,569,351         4,042,249         64,610,167   
  (9,926,226      4,474,440         (2,123,925      (2,492,106      5,914,162         (13,361,430      14,815,252         (27,651,727

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (21,347,214      25,189,512         47,432,522         38,495,435         16,951,794         19,968,551         20,170,992         37,905,814   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (1,923,020      (1,698,221      (4,913,796      (1,980,743      (1,429,697      (649,713      (1,051,471      (902,729

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  130,833,909         188,944,898         308,461,538         418,924,441         181,183,360         250,556,813         165,292,831         437,394,072   
  (120,243,852      (186,590,268      (519,631,016      (257,294,105      (181,694,812      (177,711,187      (210,173,828      (453,755,849

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  10,590,057         2,354,630         (211,169,478      161,630,336         (511,452      72,845,626         (44,880,997      (16,361,777

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (12,680,177      25,845,921         (168,650,752      198,145,028         15,010,645         92,164,464         (25,761,476      20,641,308   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  130,272,898         104,426,977         434,371,350         236,226,322         177,929,806         85,765,342         171,429,708         150,788,400   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 117,592,721       $ 130,272,898       $ 265,720,598       $ 434,371,350       $ 192,940,451       $ 177,929,806       $ 145,668,232       $ 171,429,708   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 603,317       $ 565,347       $ 643,888       $ 2,361,597       $ (14,515    $ 94,984       $ 365,169       $ 103,996   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  3,850,000         5,850,000         10,300,000         16,150,000         4,950,000         7,900,000         6,550,000         18,700,000   
  (3,600,000      (5,850,000      (17,950,000      (10,050,000      (5,150,000      (5,550,000      (8,300,000      (19,000,000
  3,450,000         3,450,000         16,100,000         10,000,000         5,500,000         3,150,000         7,200,000         7,500,000   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  3,700,000         3,450,000         8,450,000         16,100,000         5,300,000         5,500,000         5,450,000         7,200,000   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

55

 


 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

For the years ended April 30, 2015 and 2014

 

    PowerShares Dynamic
Networking Portfolio (PXQ)
     PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas
Services Portfolio (PXJ)
 
    2015      2014      2015      2014  
Operations:           

Net investment income (loss)

  $ (5,788    $ (37,678    $ 893,246       $ 376,843   

Net realized gain (loss)

    3,439,892         3,603,157         (12,704,562      4,703,749   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    915,524         3,901,364         (25,846,369      22,095,104   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    4,349,628         7,466,843         (37,657,685      27,175,696   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Distributions to Shareholders from:

Net investment income

            (230,610      (1,024,494      (414,523

Net realized gains

                              

Return of capital

                              
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

            (230,610      (1,024,494      (414,523
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Shareholder Transactions:

Proceeds from shares sold

    17,339,824         15,967,749         45,413,320         89,598,341   

Value of shares repurchased

    (23,847,484      (23,560,809      (69,794,901      (97,482,772
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from shares transactions

    (6,507,660      (7,593,060      (24,381,581      (7,884,431
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    (2,158,032      (356,827      (63,063,760      18,876,742   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets:

Beginning of year

    29,642,789         29,999,616         135,849,450         116,972,708   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 27,484,757       $ 29,642,789       $ 72,785,690       $ 135,849,450   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income (loss) at end of year

  $ (13,446    $ (22,986    $ 152,146       $ 206,370   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Changes in Shares Outstanding:

Shares sold

    500,000         550,000         2,000,000         3,650,000   

Shares repurchased

    (700,000      (800,000      (3,000,000      (4,000,000

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

    950,000         1,200,000         4,850,000         5,200,000   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

    750,000         950,000         3,850,000         4,850,000   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic
Pharmaceuticals Portfolio (PJP)
     PowerShares Dynamic Retail
Portfolio (PMR)
     PowerShares Dynamic
Semiconductors Portfolio (PSI)
     PowerShares Dynamic Software
Portfolio (PSJ)
 
2015      2014      2015      2014      2015      2014      2015      2014  
                    
$ 6,922,569       $ 4,199,747       $ 144,257       $ 307,680       $ 374,605       $ 90,462       $ 149,496       $ (6,877
  289,031,374         145,620,775         803,164         6,391,166         5,444,352         4,076,053         4,055,280         15,011,409   
  92,127,128         109,005,911         827,688         (3,531,138      165,344         1,207,489         7,072,718         (8,514,120

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  388,081,071         258,826,433         1,775,109         3,167,708         5,984,301         5,374,004         11,277,494         6,490,412   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (6,839,864      (3,255,531      (205,959      (250,815      (415,087      (107,690      (49,038        
  (36,562,562                                                        
                                  (146,696                        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (43,402,426      (3,255,531      (205,959      (250,815      (561,783      (107,690      (49,038        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  896,877,939         645,323,430         38,457,393         52,577,848         89,671,046         20,754,635         47,870,360         50,413,954   
  (418,629,721      (265,192,841      (26,479,719      (55,381,501      (36,803,945      (22,144,327      (56,104,715      (50,826,283

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  478,248,218         380,130,589         11,977,674         (2,803,653      52,867,101         (1,389,692      (8,234,355      (412,329

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  822,926,863         635,701,491         13,546,824         113,240         58,289,619         3,876,622         2,994,101         6,078,083   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,104,006,824         468,305,333         24,863,560         24,750,320         20,620,992         16,744,370         54,335,290         48,257,207   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 1,926,933,687       $ 1,104,006,824       $ 38,410,384       $ 24,863,560       $ 78,910,611       $ 20,620,992       $ 57,329,391       $ 54,335,290   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 1,561,990       $ 1,479,285       $ 33,064       $ 94,766       $ (13,243    $ 27,239       $ 69,256       $ (31,202

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  12,950,000         12,600,000         1,000,000         1,600,000         3,450,000         1,150,000         1,200,000         1,500,000   
  (6,200,000      (4,950,000      (750,000      (1,700,000      (1,450,000      (1,250,000      (1,450,000      (1,500,000
  19,150,000         11,500,000         750,000         850,000         1,000,000         1,100,000         1,600,000         1,600,000   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  25,900,000         19,150,000         1,000,000         750,000         3,000,000         1,000,000         1,350,000         1,600,000   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Financial Highlights

 

PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio (PBE)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013     2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:            

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 39.71      $ 28.26       $ 22.26     $ 23.14     $ 19.67  

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    0.34         0.03         (0.05     (0.04     (0.05

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    13.21         11.42         6.05        (0.84     3.52   

Total from investment operations

    13.55        11.45         6.00       (0.88 )     3.47  

Distributions to shareholders from:

           

Net investment income

    (0.28                              

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 52.98      $ 39.71       $ 28.26     $ 22.26     $ 23.14  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 52.95      $ 39.68       $ 28.27     $ 22.21     $ 23.18  
Net Asset Value Total Return:(c)     34.25      40.52      26.96     (3.80 )%      17.64
Market Price Total Return(c)     34.28      40.36      27.29     (4.18 )%      17.78
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 511,262       $ 361,320       $ 155,453      $ 136,903      $ 217,553   

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.57      0.59      0.63     0.63     0.63

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.57      0.59      0.63     0.64     0.65

Net investment income (loss), after Waivers

    0.69      0.09      (0.20 )%      (0.21 )%      (0.23 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    95      64      53     53     81

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio (PKB)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012      2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:              

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 22.09      $ 19.65       $ 14.23      $ 14.11      $ 13.92  

Net investment income(a)

    0.03         0.00 (b)       0.07         0.02         0.68 (c) 

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    0.89         2.44         5.44         0.12         0.29 (d) 

Total from investment operations

    0.92        2.44         5.51        0.14        0.97  

Distributions to shareholders from:

             

Net investment income

    (0.02              (0.09      (0.02      (0.66

Return of capital

                                    (0.12

Total distributions

    (0.02 )              (0.09 )      (0.02 )      (0.78 )

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 22.99      $ 22.09       $ 19.65      $ 14.23      $ 14.11  

Market price at end of year(e)

  $ 22.98      $ 22.10       $ 19.63      $ 14.20      $ 14.09  
Net Asset Value Total Return:(f)     4.17      12.42      38.85      0.99      7.49
Market Price Total Return(f)     4.08      12.58      39.01      0.92      7.34
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 55,177       $ 123,688       $ 104,121       $ 30,600       $ 40,204   

Ratio to average net assets of:

             

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.63      0.63      0.63      0.63      0.63

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.65      0.63      0.69      1.01      0.91

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.15      0.01      0.44      0.12      5.25 %(c) 

Portfolio turnover rate(g)

    96      117      95      72      75

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  Amount represents less than $0.005.
(c)  Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets include a special cash dividend received of $1.65 per share owned of Weyerhaeuser Co. on July 20, 2010. Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets excluding the special dividend are $0.03 and 0.26%, respectively.
(d)  Due to the timing of creations and redemptions of capital shares, the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share is not in accord with the Fund’s change in net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities and in-kind transactions for the period.
(e)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(f)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(g)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio (PXE)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015     2014      2013      2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:            

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 37.76     $ 30.27       $ 24.58      $ 27.67     $ 18.46  

Net investment income(a)

    0.39        0.48         0.53         0.19        0.12   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    (5.84     7.55         5.81         (2.94     9.21   

Total from investment operations

    (5.45 )     8.03         6.34        (2.75 )     9.33  

Distributions to shareholders from:

           

Net investment income

    (0.53     (0.54      (0.65      (0.34     (0.12

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 31.78     $ 37.76       $ 30.27      $ 24.58     $ 27.67  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 31.77     $ 37.76       $ 30.23      $ 24.57     $ 27.65  
Net Asset Value Total Return:(c)     (14.51 )%      26.93      26.14      (9.86 )%      50.80
Market Price Total Return(c)     (14.54 )%      27.10      26.03      (9.83 )%      50.69
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 117,593      $ 130,273       $ 104,427       $ 67,592      $ 118,975   

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.64     0.64      0.65      0.65     0.63

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.64     0.64      0.69      0.73     0.76

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.20     1.46      1.97      0.81     0.57

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    140     96      80      94     57

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio (PBJ)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012      2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:              

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 26.98      $ 23.62       $ 19.77      $ 19.76      $ 16.00  

Net investment income(a)

    0.31         0.38         0.26         0.22         0.24   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    4.58         3.19         3.92         (0.03      3.73   

Total from investment operations

    4.89        3.57         4.18        0.19        3.97  

Distributions to shareholders from:

             

Net investment income

    (0.42 )      (0.21      (0.33 )      (0.18 )      (0.21 )

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 31.45      $ 26.98       $ 23.62      $ 19.77      $ 19.76  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 31.43      $ 26.99       $ 23.61      $ 19.77      $ 19.81  
Net Asset Value Total Return:(c)     18.25      15.16      21.45      1.02      24.99
Market Price Total Return(c)     18.13      15.25      21.40      0.77      25.23
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 265,721       $ 434,371       $ 236,226       $ 169,039       $ 91,881   

Ratio to average net assets of:

             

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.58      0.61      0.63      0.63      0.63

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.58      0.61      0.63      0.64      0.71

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.05      1.47      1.28      1.13      1.39

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    124      145      92      134      73

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio (PEJ)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012      2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:              

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 32.35      $ 27.23       $ 22.18      $ 19.34      $ 16.52  

Net investment income(a)

    0.31         0.15         0.12         0.15         0.16   

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    4.04         5.10         5.09         2.82         2.81   

Total from investment operations

    4.35        5.25         5.21        2.97        2.97  

Distributions to shareholders from:

             

Net investment income

    (0.30 )      (0.13      (0.16 )      (0.13 )      (0.15 )

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 36.40      $ 32.35       $ 27.23      $ 22.18      $ 19.34  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 36.39      $ 32.34       $ 27.21      $ 22.20      $ 19.34  
Net Asset Value Total Return:(c)     13.47      19.29      23.67      15.49      18.03
Market Price Total Return(c)     13.47      19.34      23.47      15.59      17.89
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 192,940       $ 177,930       $ 85,765       $ 57,679       $ 60,933   

Ratio to average net assets of:

             

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.63      0.63      0.63      0.63      0.63

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.63      0.63      0.69      0.80      0.78

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.88      0.48      0.52      0.80      0.92

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    187      171      93      90      58

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio (PBS)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 23.81      $ 20.11       $ 14.84      $ 15.61     $ 13.68  

Net investment income(a)

    0.21         0.09         0.12         0.08        0.07   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    2.89         3.70         5.28         (0.76     1.93   

Total from investment operations

    3.10        3.79         5.40        (0.68 )     2.00  

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.18      (0.09      (0.13      (0.09     (0.07

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 26.73      $ 23.81       $ 20.11      $ 14.84     $ 15.61  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 26.72      $ 23.79       $ 20.10      $ 14.84     $ 15.61  
Net Asset Value Total Return:(c)     13.04      18.87      36.62      (4.33 )%      14.68
Market Price Total Return(c)     13.09      18.83      36.55      (4.33 )%      14.51
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 145,668       $ 171,430       $ 150,788       $ 137,975      $ 156,881   

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.59      0.62      0.63      0.63     0.63

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.59      0.62      0.63      0.65     0.69

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.84      0.38      0.71      0.60     0.57

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    131      120      70      89     53

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio (PXQ)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015     2014     2013     2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:          

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 31.20     $ 25.00      $ 27.71     $ 29.20     $ 21.08  

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    (0.01     (0.04     0.20 (b)      (0.06     (0.10

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    5.46        6.44        (2.85     (1.43     8.33   

Total from investment operations

    5.45       6.40        (2.65 )     (1.49 )     8.23  

Distributions to shareholders from:

         

Net investment income

          (0.20     (0.06              

Return of capital

                                (0.11

Total distributions

           (0.20     (0.06 )            (0.11 )

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 36.65     $ 31.20      $ 25.00     $ 27.71     $ 29.20  

Market price at end of year(c)

  $ 36.64     $ 31.19      $ 24.97     $ 27.68     $ 29.20  
Net Asset Value Total Return:(d)     17.47     25.69     (9.57 )%      (5.10 )%      39.08
Market Price Total Return(d)     17.48     25.80     (9.58 )%      (5.20 )%      38.89
Ratios/Supplemental Data:          

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 27,485      $ 29,643      $ 30,000      $ 81,739      $ 172,291   

Ratio to average net assets of:

         

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.63     0.63     0.64     0.63     0.63

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.85     0.82     0.75     0.67     0.70

Net investment income (loss), after Waivers

    (0.02 )%      (0.12 )%      0.81 %(b)      (0.22 )%      (0.38 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    74     69     68     84     61

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets include a special cash dividend received of $1 per share owned of Tellabs, Inc. on December 24, 2012. Net investment loss per share and the ratio of net investment loss to average net assets excluding the special dividend are $(0.01) and (0.05)%, respectively.
(c)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(d)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(e)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio (PXJ)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015     2014     2013      2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:           

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 28.01     $ 22.49      $ 20.48      $ 26.38     $ 18.03  

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    0.22        0.08        0.04         (0.01     0.07   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    (9.07     5.53 (b)      2.00         (5.89     8.36   

Total from investment operations

    (8.85 )     5.61        2.04        (5.90 )     8.43  

Distributions to shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

    (0.25     (0.09     (0.03      (0.00 )(c)      (0.08

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 18.91     $ 28.01      $ 22.49      $ 20.48     $ 26.38  

Market price at end of year(d)

  $ 18.92     $ 28.00      $ 22.49      $ 20.48     $ 26.38  
Net Asset Value Total Return:(e)     (31.67 )%      24.98 %(b)      9.95      (22.36 )%      46.84
Market Price Total Return(e)     (31.61 )%      24.94     9.95      (22.36 )%      46.93
Ratios/Supplemental Data:           

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 72,786      $ 135,849      $ 116,973       $ 147,485      $ 309,972   

Ratio to average net assets of:

          

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.63     0.61     0.62      0.63     0.63

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.64     0.61     0.62      0.63     0.64

Net investment income (loss), after Waivers

    0.96     0.31     0.18      (0.03 )%      0.36

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

    79     259 %(b)      68      70     39

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  Amount includes the effect of the Adviser pay-in for an economic loss of $0.43 per share. Had the pay-in not been made, the net asset value total return would have been 23.06%. In addition, the portfolio turnover calculation includes the value of securities purchased and sold related to this transaction.
(c)  Amount represents less than $0.005.
(d)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(e)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(f)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio (PJP)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013     2012      2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of period

  $ 57.65      $ 40.72       $ 32.00     $ 26.15      $ 19.55  

Net investment income(a)

    0.32         0.26         0.54 (b)      0.22         0.17   

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    18.42         16.90         8.72        5.83         6.56   

Total from investment operations

    18.74        17.16         9.26       6.05        6.73  

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.34      (0.23      (0.54     (0.20      (0.13

Net realized gains

    (1.65                               

Total distributions

    (1.99 )      (0.23      (0.54     (0.20      (0.13

Net asset value at end of period

  $ 74.40      $ 57.65       $ 40.72     $ 32.00      $ 26.15  

Market price at end of period(c)

  $ 74.35      $ 57.60       $ 40.72     $ 31.99      $ 26.17  
Net Asset Value Total Return:(d)     32.95      42.27      29.25     23.29      34.55
Market Price Total Return(d)     32.97      42.15      29.29     23.16      34.73
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

  $ 1,926,934       $ 1,104,007       $ 468,305      $ 270,385       $ 87,606   

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.56      0.58      0.63     0.63      0.63

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.56      0.58      0.63     0.64      0.76

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.48      0.52      1.52 %(b)      0.77      0.78

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    47      39      24     23      9

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets include a special cash dividend received of $4 per share owned of Warner Chilcott PLC. on August 29, 2012. Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets excluding the special dividend are $0.32 and 0.91%, respectively.
(c)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(d)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(e)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio (PMR)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012      2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:              

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 33.15      $ 29.12       $ 25.98      $ 21.88      $ 18.67  

Net investment income(a)

    0.22         0.32         0.66         0.16         0.18   

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    5.38         3.99         3.11         4.17         3.21   

Total from investment operations

    5.60        4.31         3.77        4.33        3.39  

Distributions to shareholders from:

             

Net investment income

    (0.34 )      (0.28      (0.63 )      (0.23 )      (0.18 )

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 38.41      $ 33.15       $ 29.12      $ 25.98      $ 21.88  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 38.42      $ 33.14       $ 29.11      $ 25.98      $ 21.90  
Net Asset Value Total Return:(c)     16.97      14.81      14.87      20.06      18.35
Market Price Total Return(c)     17.04      14.81      14.83      19.95      18.39
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 38,410       $ 24,864       $ 24,750       $ 76,643       $ 13,130   

Ratio to average net assets of:

             

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.63      0.63      0.63      0.63      0.63

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.91      0.79      0.74      0.87      1.63

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.61      0.96      2.59      0.75      1.01

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    111      184      83      111      102

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio (PSI)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015     2014      2013     2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:           

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 20.62     $ 15.22       $ 15.75     $ 18.19     $ 14.29  

Net investment income(a)

    0.25 (b)      0.10         0.11        0.06        0.01   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    5.88        5.41         (0.52     (2.47     3.92   

Total from investment operations

    6.13       5.51         (0.41 )     (2.41 )     3.93  

Distribution to shareholder from:

          

Net investment income

    (0.33     (0.11      (0.12     (0.03     (0.01

Return of capital

    (0.12                           (0.02

Total distributions

    (0.45 )     (0.11      (0.12 )     (0.03 )     (0.03 )

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 26.30     $ 20.62       $ 15.22     $ 15.75     $ 18.19  

Market price at end of year(c)

  $ 26.31     $ 20.62       $ 15.19     $ 15.71     $ 18.20  
Net Asset Value Total Return:(d)     29.90     36.38      (2.56 )%      (13.20 )%      27.57
Market Price Total Return(d)     29.95     36.66      (2.50 )%      (13.47 )%      27.64
Ratios/Supplemental Data:           

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 78,911      $ 20,621       $ 16,744      $ 21,261      $ 42,749   

Ratio to average net assets of:

          

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.63     0.63      0.63     0.63     0.63

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.78     1.05      1.05     1.02     0.97

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.03 %(b)      0.55      0.77     0.42     0.04

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    103     126      91     57     64

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets include a significant dividend received of $16.50 per share owned of KLA-Tencor Corp. on November 26, 2014. Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets excluding the significant dividend are $0.05 and 0.22%, respectively.
(c)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(d)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(e)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio (PSJ)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014     2013     2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:           

Net asset value at beginning of period

  $ 33.96      $ 30.16      $ 26.87     $ 27.47     $ 22.54  

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    0.11         (0.00 )(b)      (0.01     (0.07     (0.07

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    8.44         3.80        3.30        (0.53     5.00   

Total from investment operations

    8.55        3.80        3.29       (0.60 )     4.93  

Distributions to shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

    (0.04 )                             

Net asset value at end of period

  $ 42.47      $ 33.96      $ 30.16     $ 26.87     $ 27.47  

Market price at end of period(c)

  $ 42.48      $ 33.93      $ 30.12     $ 26.87     $ 27.48  
Net Asset Value Total Return:(d)     25.18      12.60     12.24     (2.19 )%      21.87
Market Price Total Return(d)     25.32      12.65     12.09     (2.22 )%      21.86
Ratios/Supplemental Data:           

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

  $ 57,329       $ 54,335      $ 48,257      $ 49,710      $ 83,774   

Ratio to average net assets of:

          

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.63      0.63     0.63     0.63     0.63

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.71      0.69     0.74     0.78     0.77

Net investment income (loss), after Waivers

    0.29      (0.01 )%      (0.03 )%      (0.29 )%      (0.29 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    132      150     95     100     46

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  Amount represents less than $0.005.
(c)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(d)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(e)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

April 30, 2015

 

Note 1. Organization

PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (the “Trust”) was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on June 9, 2000 and is authorized to have multiple series of portfolios. The Trust is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As of April 30, 2015, the Trust offered fifty-three portfolios. This report includes the following portfolios:

 

Full Name

  

Short Name

PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio (PBE)    “Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio”
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio (PKB)    “Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio”
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio (PXE)    “Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio”
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio (PBJ)    “Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio”
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio (PEJ)    “Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio”
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio (PBS)    “Dynamic Media Portfolio”
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio (PXQ)    “Dynamic Networking Portfolio”
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio (PXJ)    “Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio”
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio (PJP)    “Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio”
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio (PMR)    “Dynamic Retail Portfolio”
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio (PSI)    “Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio”
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio (PSJ)    “Dynamic Software Portfolio”

Each portfolio (each, a “Fund”, and collectively, the “Funds”) represents a separate series of the Trust. The shares of the Funds are referred to herein as “Shares” or “Fund’s Shares.” Each Fund’s Shares are listed and traded on NYSE Arca, Inc.

The market price of each Share may differ to some degree from the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”). Unlike conventional mutual funds, each Fund issues and redeems Shares on a continuous basis, at NAV, only in a large specified number of Shares, each called a “Creation Unit.” Creation Units are issued and redeemed principally in exchange for the deposit or delivery of a basket of securities (“Deposit Securities”). Except when aggregated in Creation Units by Authorized Participants, the Shares are not individually redeemable securities of the Funds.

The investment objective of each Fund is to seek investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of its respective index listed below (each, an “Underlying Index”):

 

Fund

  

Underlying Index

Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio    Dynamic Biotech & Genome IntellidexSM Index
Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio    Dynamic Building & Construction IntellidexSM Index
Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio    Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production IntellidexSM Index
Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio    Dynamic Food & Beverage IntellidexSM Index
Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio    Dynamic Leisure & Entertainment IntellidexSM Index
Dynamic Media Portfolio    Dynamic Media IntellidexSM Index
Dynamic Networking Portfolio    Dynamic Networking IntellidexSM Index
Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio    Dynamic Oil Services IntellidexSM Index
Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio    Dynamic Pharmaceutical IntellidexSM Index
Dynamic Retail Portfolio    Dynamic Retail IntellidexSM Index
Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio    Dynamic Semiconductor IntellidexSM Index
Dynamic Software Portfolio    Dynamic Software IntellidexSM Index

Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies

The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from these estimates. In addition, the

 

 

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Funds monitor for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print. The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in preparation of their financial statements.

A. Security Valuation

Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policies:

A security listed or traded on an exchange (except convertible securities) is valued at its last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded, or lacking any sales or official closing price on a particular day, the security may be valued at the closing bid price on that day. Securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued based on prices furnished by independent pricing services or market makers. When such securities are valued by an independent pricing service they may be considered fair valued. Futures contracts are valued at the final settlement price set by an exchange on which they are principally traded. Listed options are valued at the mean between the last bid and asked prices from the exchange on which they are principally traded. Options not listed on an exchange are valued by an independent source at the mean between the last bid and asked prices. For purposes of determining NAV per Share, futures and option contracts generally are valued 15 minutes after the close of the customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).

Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end of day NAV per share. Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded.

Debt obligations (including convertible securities) and unlisted equities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate (for unlisted equities), yield (for debt obligations), quality, type of issue, coupon rate (for debt obligations), maturity (for debt obligations), individual trading characteristics and other market data. Securities with a demand feature exercisable within one to seven days are valued at par. Debt obligations are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt obligations involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

Foreign securities’ (including foreign exchange contracts’) prices are converted into U.S. dollar amounts using the applicable exchange rates as of the close of the London world markets. If market quotations are available and reliable for foreign exchange-traded equity securities, the securities will be valued at the market quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a particular security and the close of the customary trading session on the NYSE, events occur that Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”) determines are significant and make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. If the event is likely to have affected the closing price of the security, the security will be valued at fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Adjustments to closing prices to reflect fair value may also be based on a screening process of an independent pricing service to indicate the degree of certainty, based on historical data, that the closing price in the principal market where a foreign security trades is not the current value as of the close of the NYSE. Foreign securities’ prices meeting the approved degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be priced at the indication of fair value from the independent pricing service. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining adjustments to reflect fair value and may include information relating to sector indices, American Depositary Receipts and domestic and foreign index futures. Foreign securities may have additional risks including exchange rate changes, potential for sharply devalued currencies and high inflation, political and economic upheaval, the relative lack of issuer information, relatively low market liquidity and the potential lack of strict financial and accounting controls and standards.

Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by independent sources. The last bid price may be used to value equity securities. The mean between the last bid and asked prices is used to value debt obligations, including corporate loans.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or became unreliable are valued at fair value as determined in good faith following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Issuer-specific events, market trends, bid/asked quotes of brokers and information providers and other market data may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of a security’s fair value.

Each Fund may invest in securities that are subject to interest rate risk, meaning the risk that the prices will generally fall as interest rates rise and, conversely, the prices will generally rise as interest rates fall. Specific securities differ in their sensitivity to changes in interest rates depending on their individual characteristics. Changes in interest rates may result in increased market volatility, which may affect the value and/or liquidity of certain Fund investments.

 

 

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Valuations change in response to many factors, including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of the issuer’s assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

B. Other Risks

Index Risk. Unlike many investment companies, the Funds do not utilize investing strategies that seek returns in excess of their Underlying Indexes. Therefore, a Fund would not necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed, respectively, from its respective Underlying Index, even if that security generally is underperforming.

Equity Risk. Equity risk is the risk that the value of the securities that each Fund holds will fall due to general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding the industries in which the issuers of securities that a Fund holds participate or factors relating to specific companies in which the Fund invests. For example, an adverse event, such as an unfavorable earnings report, may depress the value of securities a Fund holds; the price of securities may be particularly sensitive to general movements in the stock market; or a drop in the stock market may depress the price of most or all of the securities a Fund holds. In addition, securities of an issuer in the Fund’s portfolio may decline in price if the issuer fails to make anticipated dividend payments because, among other reasons, the issuer of the security experiences a decline in its financial condition.

Industry Concentration Risk. In following its methodology, each Fund’s Underlying Index from time to time may be concentrated to a significant degree in securities of issuers located in a single industry or a sector. To the extent that an Underlying Index concentrates in the securities of issuers in a particular industry or sector, each Fund will also concentrate its investments to approximately the same extent. By concentrating its investments in an industry or sector, a Fund may face more risks than if it were diversified broadly over numerous industries or sectors. In addition, at times, an industry or sector may be out of favor and underperform other industries or the market as a whole. Any factors detrimental to the performance of such industry or sector will disproportionately impact a Fund’s NAV.

Non-Diversified Fund Risk. Each Fund is non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than diversified funds. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in Share price than would occur in a diversified fund. This may increase a Fund’s volatility and cause the performance of a relatively small number of issuers to have a greater impact on a Fund’s performance.

Non-Correlation Risk. Each Fund’s return may not match the return of its Underlying Index for a number of reasons. For example, each Fund incurs operating expenses not applicable to its Underlying Index, and incurs costs in buying and selling securities, especially when rebalancing the Fund’s securities holdings to reflect changes in the composition of its Underlying Index. In addition, the performance of each Fund and its Underlying Index may vary due to asset valuation differences and differences between each Fund’s portfolio and its Underlying Index resulting from legal restrictions, cost or liquidity constraints.

Small and Medium Capitalization Company Risk. Investing in securities of small and medium capitalization companies involves greater risk than customarily is associated with investing in larger, more established companies. These companies’ securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies. These securities may have returns that vary, sometimes significantly, from the overall securities market. Often small and medium capitalization companies and the industries in which they focus are still evolving and, as a result, they may be more sensitive to changing market conditions.

Portfolio Turnover Risk. The Funds may engage in frequent trading of their portfolio securities in connection with the rebalancing or adjustment of their respective Underlying Index. A portfolio turnover rate of 200%, for example, is equivalent to a Fund buying and selling all of its securities two times during the course of a year. A high portfolio turnover rate (such as 100% or more) could result in high brokerage costs for a Fund. While a high portfolio turnover rate can result in an increase in taxable capital gain distributions to a Fund’s shareholders, each Fund will seek to utilize an in-kind creation and redemption mechanism to minimize realization of capital gains to the extent possible.

C. Federal Income Taxes

Each Fund intends to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to its shareholders. As such, the Funds will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized gains) that is distributed to the shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

Each Fund recognizes the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only when the position is more likely than not to be sustained. Management has analyzed each Fund’s uncertain tax positions and concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions. Management is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next 12 months.

 

 

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Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences are primarily due to differing book and tax treatments for in-kind transactions, losses deferred due to wash sales, and passive foreign investment company adjustments, if any.

The Funds file U.S. federal tax returns and tax returns in certain other jurisdictions. Generally, a Fund is subject to examinations by such taxing authorities for up to three years after the filing of the return for the tax period.

D. Investment Transactions and Investment Income

Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses from the sale or disposition of securities are computed on the specific identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Realized gains, dividends and interest received by a Fund may give rise to withholding and other taxes imposed by foreign countries. Tax conventions between certain countries and the United States may reduce or eliminate such taxes.

Corporate actions (including cash dividends) are recorded net of non-reclaimable foreign tax withholdings on the ex-date.

E. Expenses

Expenses of the Trust that are directly identifiable to a specific Fund are applied to that Fund. Expenses of the Trust that are not readily identifiable to a specific Fund are allocated in such a manner as deemed equitable, taking into consideration the nature and type of expense and the relative net assets of each Fund.

Each Fund is responsible for all of its expenses, including the investment advisory fees, costs of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, legal, audit and other services, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with executions of portfolio transactions, sub-licensing fees related to its respective Underlying Index, any distribution fees or expenses, litigation expenses, fees payable to the Trust’s Board members who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”) or the Adviser, expenses incurred in connection with the Board members’ services, including travel expenses and legal fees of counsel for the Independent Trustees, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, and extraordinary expenses.

To the extent a Fund invests in other investment companies, the expenses shown in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of the Fund and do not include any expenses of the investment companies in which it invests. The effects of such investment companies’ expenses are included in the realized and unrealized gain or loss on the investments in the investment companies.

F. Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders

Each Fund declares and pays dividends from net investment income, if any, to its shareholders quarterly and records such dividends on ex-dividend date. Generally, each Fund distributes net realized taxable capital gains, if any, annually in cash and records them on ex-dividend date. Such distributions on a tax basis are determined in conformity with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. Distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits, if any, are reported in such Fund’s financial statements as a tax return of capital at fiscal year-end.

G. Securities Lending

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio and Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio participated in securities lending. Each Fund loaned portfolio securities having a market value up to one-third of each Fund’s total assets. Such loans are secured by cash collateral equal to no less than 102% (105% for international) of the market value of the loaned securities determined daily by the securities lending provider. Cash collateral received in connection with these loans is invested in an affiliated money market fund and is shown as such on the Schedule of Investments. It is the policy of these Funds to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to a Fund if, and to the extent that, the market value of the securities loaned were to increase, and the borrower did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower failed to return the securities. Upon the failure of the borrower to return the securities, collateral may be liquidated and the securities may be purchased on the open market to replace the loaned securities. A Fund could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral. A Fund bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested. Dividends received on cash collateral investments for securities lending transactions, which are net of compensation to counterparties, are included in Securities lending income on the Statements of Operations. The aggregate value of securities out on loan, if any, is shown on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Note 3. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Agreements

The Trust has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Adviser on behalf of each Fund, pursuant to which the Adviser has overall responsibility for the selection and ongoing monitoring of the Funds’ investments, managing the Funds’ business affairs and providing certain clerical, bookkeeping and other administrative services. Pursuant to that Investment Advisory Agreement, each Fund has agreed to pay the Adviser an annual fee of 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

 

 

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The Trust also has entered into an Amended and Restated Excess Expense Agreement (the “Expense Agreement”) with the Adviser on behalf of each Fund, pursuant to which the Adviser has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses (excluding interest expenses, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, sub-licensing fees, offering costs, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, and extraordinary expenses) of each Fund from exceeding 0.60% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year (the “Expense Cap”), through at least August 31, 2016. Offering costs excluded from the Expense Cap for each Fund are: (a) initial legal fees pertaining to the Fund’s Shares offered for sale; (b) initial Securities and Exchange Commission and state registration fees; and (c) initial fees paid to be listed on an exchange. Unless the Adviser continues the Expense Agreement, it will terminate on August 31, 2016. The Expense Agreement cannot be terminated during its term. The Adviser did not waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses during the period under this Expense Cap for Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio, Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio, Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio, Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio, Dynamic Media Portfolio and Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio.

Further, through August 31, 2017, the Adviser has contractually agreed to waive a portion of each Fund’s management fee in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fees an affiliate of the Adviser receives that are attributable to certain of the Fund’s investments in money market funds managed by that affiliate (excluding investments of cash collateral from securities lending). The Adviser cannot discontinue this waiver prior to its expiration. This agreement is not subject to recapture by the Adviser.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the Adviser waived fees and/or paid Fund expenses for each Fund in the following amounts:

 

Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio    $ 341   
Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio      16,400   
Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio      147   
Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio      269   
Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio      166   
Dynamic Media Portfolio      198   
Dynamic Networking Portfolio      61,653   
Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio      11,218   
Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio      1,313   
Dynamic Retail Portfolio      65,504   
Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio      54,847   
Dynamic Software Portfolio      41,127   

The Expense Agreement provides that the fees waived or expenses borne by the Adviser are subject to recapture by the Adviser for up to three years from the date the fee was waived or expense was borne by the Adviser, but no recapture payment will be made by a Fund if it would result in the Fund exceeding its Expense Cap as specified above.

For the following Funds, the amounts available for potential future recapture by the Adviser under the Expense Agreement and the expiration schedule at April 30, 2015 are as follows:

 

     Total
Potential
Recapture
Amounts
     Potential Recapture Amounts
Expiring
 
        04/30/16      04/30/17      04/30/18  
Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio    $ 51,259       $ 35,007       $       $ 16,252   
Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio      31,709           31,709                   
Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio      39,775         39,775                   
Dynamic Networking Portfolio      172,724         52,287           58,890           61,547   
Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio      11,082                         11,082   
Dynamic Retail Portfolio      173,973         55,726         52,831         65,416   
Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio      197,203         73,270         69,191         54,742   
Dynamic Software Portfolio      127,517         51,699         34,792         41,026   

The Trust has entered into a Distribution Agreement with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), which serves as the distributor of Creation Units for each Fund. The Distributor does not maintain a secondary market in the Shares. The Funds are not charged any fees pursuant to the Distribution Agreement. The Distributor is an affiliate of the Adviser.

The Adviser has entered into a licensing agreement for each Fund with NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Licensor”). Each Underlying Index name trademark is owned by the Licensor. These trademarks have been licensed to the Adviser for use by the Funds. Each Fund is entitled to

 

 

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use its Underlying Index pursuant to the Trust’s sub-licensing agreement with the Adviser. The Funds are required to pay the sub-licensing fees that are shown on the Statements of Operations. The Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by the Licensor, and the Licensor makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in any of the Funds.

The Trust has entered into service agreements whereby The Bank of New York Mellon, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, serves as the administrator, custodian, fund accountant and transfer agent for each Fund.

Note 4. Investments in Affiliates

The 1940 Act defines “affiliated person” to include issuers of which a fund holds 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities. The following is a summary of the transactions with affiliates for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015:

Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio

 

     Value
April 30, 2014
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)
     Realized
Gain

(Loss)
     Value
April 30 , 2015
     Dividend
Income
 
BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc.    $       $ 67,761,460       $ (1,494,438    $ (30,975,998    $ (461,999    $ 34,829,025       $             —   
Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.      29,442,274         45,415,149         (3,223,775      19,616,410         103,029         91,353,087           
Omeros Corp.              77,802,826         (569,939      (14,767,515      2,721         62,468,093           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments in Affiliates    $ 29,442,274       $ 190,979,435       $ (5,288,152    $ (26,127,103    $ (356,249    $ 188,650,205       $   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Note 5. Additional Valuation Information

GAAP defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, under current market conditions. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation methods, giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical assets (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), generally when market prices are not readily available or are unreliable. Based on the valuation inputs, the securities or other investments are tiered into one of three levels. Changes in valuation methods may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned level:

 

  Level 1 — Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets.

 

  Level 2 — Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others.

 

  Level 3 — Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect a Fund’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information.

As of April 30, 2015, all of the securities in each Fund were valued based on Level 1 inputs (see the Schedules of Investments for security categories). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

Note 6. Distributions to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended April 30, 2015 and 2014:

 

     2015      2014  
     Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Return of
Capital
     Ordinary
Income
 
Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio    $ 2,402,943       $                     —       $             —       $   
Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio      69,918                           
Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio      1,923,020                         1,698,221   
Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio      4,913,796                         1,980,743   
Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio      1,429,697                         649,713   
Dynamic Media Portfolio      1,051,471                         902,729   
Dynamic Networking Portfolio                              230,610   
Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio      1,024,494                         414,523   

 

 

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     2015      2014  
     Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Return of
Capital
     Ordinary
Income
 
Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio    $ 35,713,718       $ 7,688,708       $       $ 3,255,531   
Dynamic Retail Portfolio      205,959                         250,815   
Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio      415,087                 146,696         107,690   
Dynamic Software Portfolio      49,038                           

Tax Components of Net Assets at Fiscal Year-End:

 

    Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
    Undistributed
Long-term
Capital Gains
    Temporary
Book/Tax
Differences
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)—
Investment
Securities
    Capital Loss
Carryforward
    Late-Year
Ordinary/
Post-October
Deferrals*
    Shares of
Beneficial
Interest
    Total Net
Assets
 
Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio**   $ 743,966      $      $ (22,631   $ 55,607,621      $ (134,718,760   $ (5,289,451   $ 594,941,381      $ 511,262,126   
Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio**     43,189               (14,216     3,682,224        (16,787,302     (4,930,607     73,184,125        55,177,413   
Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio**     619,624               (16,307     1,977,189        (51,065,748     (15,931,031     182,008,994        117,592,721   
Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio**     663,070               (19,182     13,803,579        (49,905,180     (1,806,286     302,984,597        265,720,598   
Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio**                   (14,515     6,093,795        (17,761,611     (5,601,456     210,224,238        192,940,451   
Dynamic Media Portfolio**     381,824               (16,655     8,507,873        (54,117,961     (5,649,225     196,562,376        145,668,232   
Dynamic Networking Portfolio**                   (13,446     4,616,430        (34,444,150     (403,420     57,729,343        27,484,757   
Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio**     174,078               (21,932     (7,610,072     (186,657,621     (15,106,748     282,007,985        72,785,690   
Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio     42,106,456        37,675,517        (29,404     277,026,107                      1,570,155,011        1,926,933,687   
Dynamic Retail Portfolio**     45,750               (12,686     676,113        (19,477,733     (555,047     57,733,987        38,410,384   
Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio                   (13,243     2,197,349        (44,964,940            121,691,445        78,910,611   
Dynamic Software Portfolio**     83,127               (13,871     6,092,619        (23,094,420     (683,044     74,944,980        57,329,391   

 

* Includes net capital losses incurred after October 31 (“Post-October Capital Losses”) and the combination of ordinary losses incurred after December 31 within the taxable year and specified losses incurred after October 31 within the taxable year (“Late-Year Ordinary Losses”), that are deemed to arise on the first business day of each Fund’s next taxable year.

 

** The Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio, Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio, Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio, Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio, Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment, Dynamic Media Portfolio, Dynamic Networking Portfolio, Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio, Dynamic Retail Portfolio and Dynamic Software Portfolio incurred and will elect to defer Late-Year Ordinary Losses of $0, $15,076, $0, $0, $0, $0, $0, $0, $0 and $0 and Post-October Capital Losses of $5,289,451, $4,915,531, $15,931,031, $1,806,286, $5,601,456, $5,649,225, $403,420, $15,106,748, $555,047 and $683,044, respectively.

Capital loss carryforwards are calculated and reported as of a specific date. Results of transactions and other activity after that date may affect the amount of capital loss carryforwards actually available for the Funds to utilize. Capital losses generated in years beginning after December 22, 2010 can be carried forward for an unlimited period, whereas previous losses expire in eight tax years. Capital losses with an expiration period may not be used to offset capital gains until all net capital losses without an expiration date have been utilized. Capital loss carryforwards with no expiration date will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses instead of as short-term capital losses as under prior law. The ability to utilize capital loss carryforwards in the future may be limited under Internal Revenue Code and related regulations based on the results of future transactions.

 

 

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The following table presents available capital loss carryforwards and expiration dates for each Fund as of April 30, 2015:

 

                            Post-effective/no
expiration
             
    2016     2017     2018     2019     Short-Term     Long-Term     Total*     Expired  
Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio   $ 15,818,255      $ 34,286,844      $ 50,397,332      $ 12,898,182      $ 21,318,147      $      $ 134,718,760      $ 19,612,223   
Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio     742,893        2,843,349        3,001,058        6,653,613        2,766,977        779,412        16,787,302        2,263,182   
Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio     3,232,521        7,646,917        21,471,013        1,361,799        14,797,874        2,555,624        51,065,748        285,311   
Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio     1,260,041        7,585,250        10,245,302               30,394,757        419,830        49,905,180        239,185   
Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio     2,111,801        2,895,936        2,889,449        2,356,106        7,508,319               17,761,611        1,611,839   
Dynamic Media Portfolio     2,505,039        4,930,761        5,161,647        6,294,489        34,672,231        553,794        54,117,961        3,187,134   
Dynamic Networking Portfolio     1,064,275        1,975,581        512,618        730,670        20,410,717        9,750,289        34,444,150        1,939,441   
Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio     7,909,602        24,680,663        85,028,926        35,877,910        21,619,098        11,541,422        186,657,621        15,026,862   
Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio                                                        
Dynamic Retail Portfolio     1,908,967        2,427,604        1,816,180        2,176,015        11,068,330        80,637        19,477,733        937,070   
Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio     10,196,415        14,001,359        10,902,954        2,120,823        6,727,250        1,016,139        44,964,940        9,158,832   
Dynamic Software Portfolio     1,542,190        7,095,351        2,938,722        3,242,208        8,275,949               23,094,420        3,017,278   

 

* Capital loss carryforwards as of the date listed above are reduced for limitations, if any, to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Code and may be further limited depending upon a variety of factors, including the realization of net unrealized gains or losses as of the date of any reorganization.

Note 7. Investment Transactions

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the cost of securities purchased and proceeds from sales of securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations, money market funds and in-kind transactions, if any) were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  
Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio    $ 413,464,819       $ 411,744,789   
Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio      82,732,085         82,632,151   
Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio      169,610,346         169,117,644   
Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio      376,969,936         378,438,194   
Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio      306,193,279         305,192,835   
Dynamic Media Portfolio      207,206,301         205,645,044   
Dynamic Networking Portfolio      21,090,575         20,744,410   
Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio      75,490,285         74,150,410   
Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio      685,100,032         726,167,893   
Dynamic Retail Portfolio      27,563,427         27,421,283   
Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio      39,197,056         40,305,553   
Dynamic Software Portfolio      68,837,896         68,378,577   

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, in-kind transactions associated with creations and redemptions were as follows:

 

     Cost of
Securities
Received
     Value of
Securities
Delivered
 
Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio    $ 250,712,419       $ 217,353,342   
Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio      59,525,198         125,837,107   
Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio      130,838,163         119,953,847   
Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio      307,639,841         519,011,970   
Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio      180,648,025         181,940,696   
Dynamic Media Portfolio      164,724,318         210,584,518   
Dynamic Networking Portfolio      17,336,810         24,194,766   
Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio      44,728,534         70,315,327   
Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio      895,612,498         412,160,004   
Dynamic Retail Portfolio      38,424,378         26,657,452   
Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio      89,686,180         35,749,827   
Dynamic Software Portfolio      47,872,577         56,446,182   

 

 

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Gains (losses) on in-kind transactions are generally not considered taxable gains (losses) for federal income tax purposes.

At April 30, 2015, the aggregate cost and the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments for tax purposes were as follows:

 

     Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
     Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Cost  
Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio    $ 89,405,409       $ (33,797,788    $ 55,607,621       $ 537,698,072   
Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio      5,266,977         (1,584,753      3,682,224         51,595,447   
Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio      9,089,264         (7,112,075      1,977,189         115,744,697   
Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio      21,640,579         (7,837,000      13,803,579         251,903,703   
Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio      13,587,834         (7,494,039      6,093,795         186,999,666   
Dynamic Media Portfolio      10,155,372         (1,647,499      8,507,873         137,310,282   
Dynamic Networking Portfolio      5,475,967         (859,537      4,616,430         22,947,936   
Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio      2,857,623         (10,467,695      (7,610,072      80,495,022   
Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio      331,864,840         (54,838,733      277,026,107         1,693,538,884   
Dynamic Retail Portfolio      1,743,525         (1,067,412      676,113         37,793,553   
Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio      4,017,120         (1,819,771      2,197,349         76,798,272   
Dynamic Software Portfolio      6,994,894         (902,275      6,092,619         51,334,197   

Note 8. Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of in-kind transactions and expired capital loss carryforwards on April 30, 2015, amounts were reclassified between undistributed net investment income (loss), undistributed net realized gain (loss) and Shares of beneficial interest. These reclassifications had no effect on the net assets of each Fund. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the reclassifications were as follows:

 

     Undistributed
Net Investment
Income (Loss)
     Undistributed
Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Shares of
Beneficial
Interest
 
Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio    $       $ (55,431,124    $ 55,431,124   
Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio              (4,067,727      4,067,727   
Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio      524,940         (7,823,164      7,298,224   
Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio              (59,122,956      59,122,956   
Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio      (100,293      (20,333,512      20,433,805   
Dynamic Media Portfolio      (847      (15,360,844      15,361,691   
Dynamic Networking Portfolio      15,328         (3,043,682      3,028,354   
Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio      77,024         10,984,176         (11,061,200
Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio              (177,479,608      177,479,608   
Dynamic Retail Portfolio              (1,763,134      1,763,134   
Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio              3,469,959         (3,469,959
Dynamic Software Portfolio              (5,181,605      5,181,605   

Note 9. Trustees’ and Officer’s Fees

Trustees’ and Officer’s Fees include amounts accrued by the Funds to pay remuneration to the Independent Trustees and an Officer of the Trust. The Trustee who is an “interested person” of the Trust does not receive any Trustees’ fees.

The Trust has adopted a deferred compensation plan (the “Plan”). Under the Plan, an Independent Trustee who has executed a Deferred Fee Agreement (a “Participating Trustee”) may defer receipt of all or a portion of his compensation (“Deferral Fees”). Such Deferral Fees are deemed to be invested in select PowerShares Funds. The Deferral Fees payable to the Participating Trustee are valued as of the date such Deferral Fees would have been paid to the Participating Trustee. The value increases with contributions or with increases in the value of the Shares selected, and the value decreases with distributions or with declines in the value of the Shares selected. Obligations under the Plan represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Funds.

Note 10. Capital

Shares are created and redeemed by each Fund only in Creation Units of 50,000 Shares. Only Authorized Participants are permitted to purchase or redeem Creation Units from the Funds. Such transactions are principally permitted in exchange for Deposit Securities, with a balancing cash component to equate the transaction to the NAV per Share of a Fund of the Trust on the transaction date. However, for all Funds, cash in an amount equivalent to the value of certain securities may be substituted, generally when the securities are not available in sufficient quantity for delivery, not eligible for trading by the Authorized Participant or as a result of other market circumstances.

 

 

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To the extent that the Funds permit transactions in exchange for Deposit Securities, each Fund may issue Shares in advance of receipt of Deposit Securities subject to various conditions, including a requirement to maintain on deposit with the Trust cash at least equal to 105% of the market value of the missing Deposit Securities. In accordance with the Trust’s Participant Agreement, Creation Units will be issued to an Authorized Participant, notwithstanding the fact that the corresponding Deposit Securities have not been received in part or in whole, in reliance on the undertaking of the Authorized Participant to deliver the missing Deposit Securities as soon as possible, which undertaking shall be secured by the Authorized Participant’s delivery and maintenance of collateral consisting of cash in the form of U.S. dollars in immediately available funds having a value (marked-to-market daily) at least equal to 105%, which the Adviser may change from time to time, of the value of the missing Deposit Securities.

Transactions in each Fund’s Shares are disclosed in detail in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

Note 11. Indemnifications

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. Each Independent Trustee is also indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of his duties to the Trust pursuant to an Indemnification Agreement between the Independent Trustee and the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Trust believes the risk of loss to be remote.

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of PowerShares Exchange-Traded

Fund Trust:

 

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio, PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio, PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio, PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio, PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio, PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio, PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio, PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio, PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio, PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio, PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio and PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio (each an individual portfolio of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, hereafter referred to as the “Funds”) at April 30, 2015, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at April 30, 2015 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, and the application of alternative auditing procedures where confirmations of security purchases have not been received, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Chicago, IL

June 24, 2015

 

 

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Fees and Expenses

 

As a shareholder of a Fund of the PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, you incur advisory fees and other Fund expenses. The expense examples below are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the six-month period ended April 30, 2015.

Actual Expenses

The first line in the following table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading “Expenses Paid During the Six-Month Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the following table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed annualized rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only, and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges and brokerage commissions. Therefore, the second line in the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

    Beginning
Account Value
November 1, 2014
    Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2015
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Six-Month Period
    Expenses Paid
During the
Six-Month  Period(1)
 
PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio (PBE)        

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,062.99        0.57   $ 2.92   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.97        0.57        2.86   
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio (PKB)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,064.69        0.63        3.23   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.67        0.63        3.16   
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio (PXE)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,010.99        0.66        3.29   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.52        0.66        3.31   
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio (PBJ)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,066.44        0.58        2.97   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.92        0.58        2.91   
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio (PEJ)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,068.59        0.63        3.23   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.67        0.63        3.16   
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio (PBS)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,074.87        0.57        2.93   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.97        0.57        2.86   
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio (PXQ)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,099.61        0.63        3.28   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.67        0.63        3.16   

 

 

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Fees and Expenses (continued)

 

    Beginning
Account Value
November 1, 2014
    Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2015
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Six-Month Period
    Expenses Paid
During the
Six-Month  Period(1)
 
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio (PXJ)        

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 853.50        0.63   $ 2.90   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.67        0.63        3.16   
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio (PJP)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,111.02        0.56        2.93   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,022.02        0.56        2.81   
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio (PMR)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,111.62        0.63        3.30   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.67        0.63        3.16   
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio (PSI)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,156.54        0.63        3.37   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.67        0.63        3.16   
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio (PSJ)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,134.84        0.63        3.33   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.67        0.63        3.16   

 

(1)  Expenses are calculated using the annualized expense ratio, which represents the ongoing expenses as a percentage of net assets for the six-month period ended April 30, 2015. Expenses are calculated by multiplying the Fund’s annualized expense ratio by the average account value of the period, then multiplying the results by 181/365. Expense ratios for the most recent six-month period may differ from expense ratios based on the annualized data in the Financial Highlights.

 

 

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Tax Information

 

Form 1099-DIV, Form 1042-S and other year-end tax information provide shareholders with actual calendar year amounts that should be included in their tax returns. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers.

The following distribution information is being provided as required by the Internal Revenue Code or to meet a specific state’s requirement.

Each Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended April 30, 2015:

Federal Income Tax Information

 

     Qualified Dividend
Income*
  Dividends-Received
Deduction*
Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio        90 %       90 %
Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio        100 %       100 %
Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio        100 %       100 %
Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio        100 %       100 %
Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio        100 %       100 %
Dynamic Media Portfolio        100 %       100 %
Dynamic Networking Portfolio        0 %       0 %
Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio        100 %       78 %
Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio        36 %       36 %
Dynamic Retail Portfolio        100 %       100 %
Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio        100 %       100 %
Dynamic Software Portfolio        100 %       100 %

 

* The above percentages are based on ordinary income dividends paid to shareholders during the Fund’s fiscal year.

Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio designates $7,688,708 as a long-term capital gain distribution for the year ended April 30, 2015.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers

 

The Independent Trustees of the Trust, their term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during at least the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex overseen by each Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by a Trustee are shown below.

The Trustees and officers information is current as of April 30, 2015.

 

Name, Address and Year of Birth of
Independent Trustees
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Term of
Office
and
Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years
   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex**
Overseen by
Independent
Trustees
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Independent
Trustees During
the Past 5 Years
Ronn R. Bagge—1958
c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC
3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700
Downers Grove, IL 60515
   Trustee    Since 2003    Founder and Principal, YQA Capital Management LLC (1998-Present); formerly Owner/CEO of Electronic Dynamic Balancing Co., Inc. (high-speed rotating equipment service provider).    120    None
Todd J. Barre—1957
c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC
3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700
Downers Grove, IL 60515
   Trustee    Since 2010    Assistant Professor of Business, Trinity Christian College (2010-Present); formerly Vice President and Senior Investment Strategist (2001-2008), Director of Open Architecture and Trading (2007-2008), Head of Fundamental Research (2004-2007) and Vice President and Senior Fixed Income Strategist (1994-2001), BMO Financial Group/Harris Private Bank.    120    None
Marc M. Kole—1960
c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC
3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700
Downers Grove, IL 60515
   Trustee    Since 2006    Retired. Formerly, Chief Financial Officer, Hope Network (social services) (2008-2012); Assistant Vice President and Controller, Priority Health (health insurance) (2005-2008); Senior Vice President of Finance, United Healthcare (2004-2005); Chief Accounting Officer, Senior Vice President of Finance, Oxford Health Plans (2000-2004); Audit Partner, Arthur Andersen LLP (1996-2000).    120    None
Yung Bong Lim—1964
c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC
3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700
Downers Grove, IL 60515
   Trustee    Since 2013    Managing Partner, Residential Dynamics Group LLC (2008-Present); formerly, Managing Director, Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C. (1999-2007).    120    None
Philip M. Nussbaum—1961
c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC
3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700
Downers Grove, IL 60515
   Trustee    Since 2003    Chairman, Performance Trust Capital Partners (2004-Present).    120    None

 

* This is the date the Independent Trustee began serving the Trust. Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Fund Complex includes all open-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser. At April 30, 2015, the “Fund Family” consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 67 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

Name, Address and Year of Birth of
Independent Trustees
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Term of
Office
and
Length of
Time
Served*
  Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years
   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex**
Overseen by
Independent
Trustees
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Independent
Trustees During
the Past 5 Years
Gary R. Wicker—1961
c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC
3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700
Downers Grove, IL 60515
   Trustee    Since 2013   Senior Vice President of Global Finance and Chief Financial Officer at RBC Ministries (publishing company) (2013-Present); formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Zondervan Publishing (A division of Harper Collins/NewsCorp) (2007-2012); Senior Vice President and Group Controller (2005-2006), Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2003-2004), Chief Financial Officer (2001-2003), Vice President, Finance and Controller (1999-2001) and Assistant Controller (1997-1999), divisions of The Thomson Corporation (information services provider).    120    None
Donald H. Wilson—1959
c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC
3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700
Downers Grove, IL 60515
   Chairman of the Board and Trustee    Chairman since 2012; Trustee since 2006   Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Community Financial Shares, Inc. and Community Bank—Wheaton/Glen Ellyn (subsidiary) (2013-Present); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Stone Pillar Advisors, Ltd. (2010-Present); formerly, Chief Operating Officer, AMCORE Financial, Inc. (bank holding company) (2007-2009); Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, AMCORE Financial, Inc. (2006-2007); Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Marshall & Ilsley Corp. (bank holding company) (1995-2006).    120    None

 

* This is the date the Independent Trustee began serving the Trust. Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Fund Complex includes all open-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser. At April 30, 2015, the “Fund Family” consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 67 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

The Trustee who is an “interested person” (the “Non-Independent Trustee”) and the executive officers of the Trust, their term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during at least the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex overseen by the Non-Independent Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by the Non-Independent Trustee are shown below.

 

Name, Address and Year of Birth of
Non-Independent Trustee
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Term of
Office
and
Length of
Time
Served*
  Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years
   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex**
Overseen by
Non-Independent
Trustees
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Non-Independent
Trustees During
the Past 5 Years
Kevin M. Carome—1956
Invesco Ltd.
Two Peachtree Pointe,
1555 Peachtree St., N.E.,
Suite 1800
Atlanta, GA 30309
   Trustee    Since 2010   Senior Managing Director, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Ltd. (2006-Present); Director, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2009-Present); Director, Invesco Finance PLC, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc., and Invesco Holding Company Limited; Director and Executive Vice President, Invesco Finance, Inc., Invesco Group Services, Inc., Invesco Investments (Bermuda) Ltd., Invesco North American Holdings, Inc., and IVZ, Inc. and Invesco Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd.; Manager, Horizon Flight Works LLC; Director and Secretary, IVZ Bahamas Private Limited; formerly, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2003-2005); Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. (2000-2001); General Counsel of certain investment management subsidiaries of Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. (1998-2000); Associate General Counsel, Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. (1993-1998); Associate, Ropes & Gray LLP.    120    None

 

* This is the date the Non-Independent Trustee began serving the Trust. Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Fund Complex includes all open-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser. At April 30, 2015, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 67 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

Name, Address and Year of Birth of
Executive Officers
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years
Andrew Schlossberg—1974
Invesco Management Group, Inc. 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000 Houston, TX 77046
   President    Since 2009    President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2009-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Managing Director—U.S. Strategy and Marketing (2010-Present) and Principal Executive Officer (2015-Present), Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Managing Director, U.S. head of business strategy and chief marketing officer for Invesco Ltd. in the United States (2008-Present); and Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser) (2009-Present); formerly, Mr. Schlossberg served in multiple roles within Invesco, including head of corporate development, as well as global leadership roles in strategy and product development in the company’s North American Institutional and Retirement divisions (2002-2007) and Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (2012-2015).
Peter Hubbard—1981
Invesco PowerShares
Capital Management LLC
3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700
Downers Grove, IL 60515
   Vice President    Since 2009    Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2009-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Vice President and Director of Portfolio Management—Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2008-Present); formerly, Portfolio Manager, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2007-2008); Research Analyst, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2005-2007); Research Analyst and Trader, Ritchie Capital, a hedge fund operator (2003-2005).
David Warren—1957
Invesco Canada Ltd.
5140 Yonge Street Suite 800,
Toronto, Ontario M2N 6X7
   Vice President    Since 2009    Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2009-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Managing Director—Chief Administrative Officer, Americas, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2009-Present); Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Inc. (2009-Present); Senior Vice President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (2007-Present); Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly, Invesco Trimark Ltd.) and Chief Administrative Officer, North American Retail, Invesco Ltd. (2007-Present); Director, Invesco Canada Holdings Inc. (2002-Present), Invesco Corporate Class Inc., and Invesco Canada Fund Inc.; Director, Invesco Financial Services Ltd. and Trimark Investments Ltd. (2014-Present); formerly, Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly, Invesco Trimark Ltd.) (2000-2006).
Sheri Morris—1964
Invesco Management Group, Inc. 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046
   Vice President    Since 2012    Vice President, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser) (2009-Present) and Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2012-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); formerly, Treasurer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2011-2013); Vice President, Invesco Aim Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; Assistant Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds and Assistant Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.

 

 

* This is the date the Officers began serving the Trust. Each Officer serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

Name, Address and Year of Birth of
Executive Officers
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years
Rudolf E. Reitmann—1971 Invesco PowerShares
Capital Management LLC
3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700
Downers Grove, IL 60515
   Vice President    Since 2013    Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2013-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Head of Global Exchange Traded Funds Operations, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2013-Present).
Daniel E. Draper—1968
Invesco PowerShares
Capital Management LLC
3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700
Downers Grove, IL 60515
   Vice President    Since 2013    Senior Vice President, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (2014-Present); Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2013-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Managing Director, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2013-Present); formerly, Managing Director, Credit Suisse Asset Management (2010-2013) and Lyxor Asset Management/Societe Generale (2007-2010).
Steven M. Hill—1964
Invesco PowerShares
Capital Management LLC
3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700
Downers Grove, IL 60515
   Vice President and Treasurer    Since 2013    Vice President and Treasurer of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2013-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Head of Global ETF Administration, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2011-Present); Principal Financial and Accounting Officer—Investment Pools, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2015-Present); formerly, Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, Destra Capital Management LLC and its subsidiaries (2010-2011); Chief Financial Officer, Destra Investment Trust and Destra Investment Trust II (2010-2011); Senior Managing Director, Claymore Securities, Inc. (2003-2010); and Chief Financial Officer, Claymore sponsored mutual funds (2003-2010).
Christopher Joe—1969
Invesco Management Group, Inc. 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046
   Chief Compliance Officer   

Since

2012

   Deputy Chief Compliance Officer of Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2014-Present); Chief Compliance Officer of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2012-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); U.S. Compliance Director, Invesco, Ltd. (2006-Present); formerly, Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Investment Advisers, LLC (registered investment adviser) (2010-2013).
Anna Paglia—1974
Invesco PowerShares
Capital Management LLC
3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700
Downers Grove, IL 60515
   Secretary    Since 2011    Secretary, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2011-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Head of Legal, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2010-Present); formerly, Partner, K&L Gates LLP (formerly, Bell Boyd & Lloyd LLP) (2007-2010); Associate Counsel at Barclays Global Investors Ltd. (2004-2006).

Availability of Additional Information About the Trustees

The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request at (800) 983-0903.

 

* This is the date the Officers began serving the Trust. Each Officer serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

 

 

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Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment

Advisory Agreement

 

At a meeting held on April 16, 2015, the Board of Trustees of the PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (the “Trust”), including the Independent Trustees, approved the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement between Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”) and the Trust for the following 51 series (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):

 

PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio

PowerShares BuyBack Achievers™ Portfolio

PowerShares Cleantech™ Portfolio

PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio

PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio

PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio

PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio

PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio

PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio

PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers TM Portfolio

PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio

PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio

PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio

PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio

PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio

 

 

The Trustees reviewed information from the Adviser describing: (i) the nature, extent and quality of services provided, (ii) the investment performance of the Funds and the Adviser, (iii) the costs of services provided and estimated profits realized by the Adviser, (iv) the extent to which economies of scale are realized as a Fund grows, (v) whether fee levels reflect any possible economies of scale for the benefit of Fund shareholders, (vi) comparisons of services rendered to and amounts paid by other registered investment companies and (vii) any benefits realized by the Adviser from its relationship with each Fund. Based on all of the information considered and the conclusions reached, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, determined to approve the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund. No single factor was determinative in the Board’s analysis.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. In evaluating the nature, extent and quality of the Adviser’s services, the Trustees reviewed information concerning the functions performed by the Adviser for the Funds, information describing the Adviser’s current organization and staffing, including operational support provided by the Adviser’s parent organization, Invesco Ltd., and the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds. The Trustees reviewed matters related to the Adviser’s execution and/or oversight of execution of portfolio transactions on behalf of the Funds. The Trustees also reviewed information on the performance of the Funds and their underlying indexes for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year and since-inception periods ended December 31, 2014, as applicable, including reports for each of those periods on the correlation and tracking error between each Fund’s performance and the performance of its underlying index, as well as the Adviser’s analysis of the tracking error between PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio and its underlying index. In reviewing the tracking error report, the Trustees considered information provided by Ibbotson Associates, a consultant to the Independent Trustees, with respect to general

 

 

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expected tracking error ranges and various explanations for any tracking error. The Trustees noted that for each applicable period the correlation and tracking error for each Fund was within the targeted range set forth in the Trust’s registration statement. The Trustees concluded that each Fund was correlated to its underlying index and that the tracking error for each Fund was within an acceptable range given that Fund’s particular circumstances.

The Trustees also considered the services provided by the Adviser in its oversight of the Funds’ administrator, custodian and transfer agent. They noted the significant amount of time, effort and resources that had been devoted to this oversight function.

Based on their review, the Trustees concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Adviser to the Funds under the Investment Advisory Agreement were appropriate and reasonable.

Fees, Expenses and Profitability. The Trustees reviewed and discussed the information provided by the Adviser on each Fund’s advisory fee and net expense ratio, as compared to information compiled by the Adviser from Lipper Inc. databases on the advisory fees and net expense ratios of comparable exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), open-end (non-ETF) index funds and open-end (non-ETF) actively-managed funds. The Trustees noted that the annual advisory fee charged to each Fund is:

 

    0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each Fund other than PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio;

 

    0.40% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each of PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio and PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio; and

 

    0.29% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each of PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio1, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio1, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio1, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio.

The Trustees also noted that the Adviser has agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee and/or pay expenses (an “Expense Cap”) to the extent necessary to prevent the annual operating expenses of each Fund from exceeding the percentage of that Fund’s average daily net assets, at least until August 31, 2016, as set forth below:

 

    0.60%, excluding interest expenses, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for each of PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio and PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio;

 

    0.50%, excluding interest expenses, licensing fees, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for each of PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio and PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio;

 

    0.39%, excluding interest expenses, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for each of PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio2, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio2, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio2, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio and PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio;

 

1  The annual management fee for PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio and PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio will be reduced to 0.25% of each Fund’s average daily net assets, effective May 22, 2015.
2  The Expense Cap for PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio and PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio will be reduced such that annual operating expenses of each Fund will not exceed 0.25% of its average daily net assets, effective May 22, 2015.

 

 

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    0.29%, excluding interest expenses, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio;

 

    0.60%, excluding interest expenses, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio and PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio; and

 

    0.60%, excluding interest expenses, licensing fees, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for each other Fund.

The Trustees noted that the Adviser represented that it does not serve as the investment adviser to any clients, other than other ETFs also overseen by the Trustees, with comparable investment strategies as the Funds, but that the Adviser provides sub-advisory services to clients with comparable investment strategies as certain of the Funds. The Trustees further noted the Adviser’s explanation with respect to the sub-advisory fees it receives for such services in comparison to the advisory fees charged to the Funds. The Trustees noted that the advisory fees for certain Funds were equal to or lower than the median advisory fees of their ETF and open-end index peer funds as illustrated in the table below. The Trustees also noted that the advisory fees for all of the Funds were lower than the median advisory fees of their open-end actively-managed peer funds.

 

PowerShares Fund      Equal to/Lower
than ETF Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Median3
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Buyback Achievers Portfolio                X
PowerShares Cleantech Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dividend Achievers Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio           N/A      X

 

 

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Agreement (continued)

 

PowerShares Fund      Equal to/Lower
than ETF Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Median3
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio                X
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio                X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio      X           X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio                X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio                X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio      X           X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares International Dividend Achievers Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares S&P 500 High Quality Portfolio                X
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio                X

 

3  The information provided by the Adviser indicated that certain Funds did not have open-end index fund peers. Those Funds have been designated with an “N/A” for not available.

The Trustees determined that the advisory fees were reasonable, noting the nature of the indexes, the distinguishing factors of the Funds, and the administrative, operational and management oversight costs for the Adviser. The Trustees noted that the net expense ratios for certain Funds were equal to or lower than the median net expense ratios of their ETF and open-end index peer funds as illustrated in the table below. The Trustees also noted that the net expense ratios for all of the Funds were lower than the median net expense ratios of their open-end actively-managed peer funds.

 

PowerShares Fund    Equal to/Lower
than ETF Median
   Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Median
   Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares Buyback Achievers Portfolio          X
PowerShares Cleantech Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares Dividend Achievers Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio       N/A    X

 

 

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Agreement (continued)

 

PowerShares Fund    Equal to/Lower
than ETF Median
   Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Median
   Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio    X    N/A    X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio          X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio          X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio    X    X    X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio    X    N/A    X
PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares International Dividend Achievers Portfolio    X    X    X
PowerShares S&P 500 High Quality Portfolio    X    X    X
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio          X

 

 

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Agreement (continued)

 

The Trustees noted that a significant component of the non-advisory fee expenses was the license fees paid by the Funds, and noted those Funds for which license fees are included in the Funds’ Expense Caps.

The Board concluded that the advisory fee and expense ratio of each Fund (giving effect to the Fund’s Expense Cap) were reasonable and appropriate in light of the services provided.

In conjunction with their review of fees, the Trustees also considered information provided by the Adviser on the revenues received by the Adviser under the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund, as well as the fees waived and expenses reimbursed by the Adviser for the Funds. The Trustees reviewed information provided by the Adviser on its overall profitability as well as the estimated profitability to the Adviser from its relationship to each Fund. The Trustees concluded that the overall and estimated profitability to the Adviser was not unreasonable.

Economies of Scale and Whether Fee Levels Reflect These Economies of Scale. The Trustees reviewed the information provided by the Adviser as to the extent to which economies of scale are realized as each Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect economies of scale for the benefit of shareholders. The Trustees reviewed each Fund’s asset size, expense ratio and expense limitation agreed to by the Adviser. The Trustees noted that, for Funds whose expenses are higher than their respective Expense Caps, any reduction in that Fund’s expenses would be enjoyed by the Adviser, but that Fund shareholders benefit from the lower expense ratio as a result of the Fund’s Expense Cap. The Trustees also noted that the Excess Expense Agreement with the Trust provides that the Adviser is entitled to be reimbursed by each Fund, other than PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio and PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio, for fees waived or expenses absorbed pursuant to the Expense Cap for a period of three years from the date the fee or expense was incurred, provided that no reimbursement would be made that would result in a Fund exceeding its Expense Cap. The Trustees considered whether the advisory fee rate for each Fund was reasonable in relation to the asset size of that Fund, and concluded that the flat advisory fee was reasonable and appropriate, noting the Fund expenses the Adviser has borne as a result of the Expense Cap.

The Trustees noted that the Adviser had not identified any further benefits that it derived from its relationship with the Funds and had noted that it does not have any soft-dollar arrangements.

Based on all of the information considered and the conclusions reached, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, determined to approve the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund.

 

 

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Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the Trust’s proxy voting policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge and upon request, by calling (800) 983-0903. This information is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“Commission”) website at www.sec.gov.

Information regarding how each Fund voted proxies for portfolio securities, if applicable, during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, is also available, without charge and upon request, by (i) calling (800) 983-0903; or (ii) accessing the Trust’s Form N-PX on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolios

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings for the Funds with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Forms N-Q are available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330.

Frequency Distribution of Discounts and Premiums

A table showing the number of days the market price of each Fund’s shares was greater than the Fund’s net asset value, and the number of days it was less than the Fund’s net asset value (i.e., premium or discount) for the most recently completed calendar year, and the calendar quarters since that year end (or the life of the Fund, if shorter) may be found at the Fund’s website at www.invescopowershares.com.

 


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  April 30, 2015

2015 Annual Report to Shareholders

 

PYZ PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio
PEZ PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio
PSL PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio
PXI PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio
PFI PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio
PTH PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio
PRN PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio
PTF PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio
PUI PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio
PNQI PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio

 

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Table of Contents

 

The Market Environment   3   
Manager’s Analysis   4   
Sector Portfolios
Schedules of Investments

PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio (PYZ)

  34   

PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio (PEZ)

  35   

PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio (PSL)

  36   

PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio (PXI)

  37   

PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio (PFI)

  38   

PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio (PTH)

  39   

PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio (PRN)

  40   

PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio (PTF)

  41   

PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio (PUI)

  42   

PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio (PNQI)

  43   
Statements of Assets and Liabilities   46   
Statements of Operations   48   
Statements of Changes in Net Assets   50   
Financial Highlights   54   
Notes to Financial Statements   60   
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm   70   
Fees and Expenses   71   
Tax Information   73   
Trustees and Officers   74   
Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreement   79   

 

 

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The Market Environment

 

 

 

Domestic Equity

Slow and steady improvement in the US economy and continued low interest rates led the US equity market higher during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. As the US economy continued along a slow growth path, the US Federal Reserve steadily reduced its asset purchase program, finally ending all purchases in October 2014. The reporting period began with corporate earnings bouncing back from a weather-related downturn resulting from an unusually harsh winter that negatively affected consumer spending. Stocks generally rallied through the summer of 2014 despite political upheaval in Ukraine and signs of economic sluggishness in China. In mid-September, as investors wrestled with evidence that economic growth appeared to be stronger in the US than in the rest of the world, the price of oil began a sharp and prolonged decline, causing US equities to fall. US equities recovered before the end of calendar year 2014, however. As calendar year 2015 began, investors were generally heartened by positive US economic data, but there was concern that if Greece failed to reach an agreement with the eurozone on a financial bailout plan, the repercussions would be felt more broadly. On balance, however, the general trend for US equities was positive.

 

 

 

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PYZ Manager’s Analysis
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio (PYZ)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Dorsey Wright Basic Materials Technical LeadersTM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of companies that comprise the Index. The basic materials companies that comprise the Index are principally engaged in the business of producing raw materials, including paper or wood products, chemicals, construction materials, and mining and metals.

Dorsey Wright & Associates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider uses a proprietary methodology intended to identify objectively those securities within the universe of eligible securities that have the greatest potential for capital appreciation. The methodology evaluates these companies quarterly, based on a variety of criteria, including price momentum, earnings momentum, quality, management action, and value factors, to determine their relative strength, and it then ranks and sorts them based on their cumulative scores. Component securities for the Index are selected from among the companies with the highest-ranking cumulative score (“Model Score”) within the basic materials sub-group. In general, momentum is the tendency of an investment to exhibit persistence in its relative performance; a “momentum” style of investing emphasizes investing in securities that have had better recent performance compared to other securities. The momentum score for each security included in the Index is based on intermediate and long-term upward price movements of the security as compared to a representative benchmark and other eligible securities within the universe. The Index is composed of at least 30 common stocks of companies in the relevant sector with powerful relative strength characteristics, selected from a universe of approximately 3,000 common stocks traded on U.S. exchanges. “Relative strength” is an investing technique that seeks to determine the strongest performing securities by measuring certain factors, such as a security’s relative performance against the overall market or a security’s relative strength value, which is derived by comparing the rate of increase of the security’s price over a set period as compared to that of a benchmark index. The Index Provider weights each security according to its adjusted relative strength score, securities exhibiting greater relative strength and higher liquidity representing a greater weight in the Index. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 3.77%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 3.82%. During the same time period, the Index returned 4.50%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated

the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P 500® Materials Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 7.30%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 30 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of other indices similar to the Index. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace as well as its shared exposure to the materials sector.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Index employs a proprietary stock selection and weighting methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization. More specifically, relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the specialty chemicals sub-industry and most underweight in the fertilizers & agricultural chemicals sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during the period can be attributed to the Fund’s stock selection within steel and diversified chemicals sub-industries as well as an allocation among the oil & gas equipment & services (no longer held) sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the specialty chemicals sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the life sciences tools & services and aluminum sub-industries, respectively. The steel sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the diversified chemicals and oil & gas equipment & services sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Ashland, Inc., a diversified chemicals company (portfolio average weight of 4.63%), and Sigma-Aldrich Corp., a specialty chemicals company (no longer held at fiscal year-end). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included US Silica Holdings, Inc., an oil & gas equipment & services company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and FMC Corp., a diversified chemicals company (portfolio average weight of 2.5%).

 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio (PYZ) (continued)

 

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Specialty Chemicals      41.1   
Diversified Chemicals      13.5   
Industrial Gases      10.1   
Commodity Chemicals      8.5   
Paper Products      8.4   
Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals      6.6   
Aluminum      2.4   
Forest Products      2.1   
Specialized REITs      2.0   
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing      1.7   
Diversified Metals & Mining      1.5   
Life Sciences Tools & Services      1.2   
Steel      0.9   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Ashland, Inc.      5.2   
Airgas, Inc.      4.8   
International Paper Co.      4.7   
Westlake Chemical Corp.      4.5   
Cytec Industries, Inc.      3.8   
W.R. Grace & Co.      3.8   
PPG Industries, Inc.      3.7   
Dow Chemical Co. (The)      3.7   
Valspar Corp. (The)      3.4   
Monsanto Co.      3.4   
Total      41.0   
 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio (PYZ) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Blended-Dorsey Wright Basic Materials Technical LeadersTM Index     4.50     14.23     49.07     13.95     92.12       11.55     154.62
S&P 500® Materials Index     7.30        13.41        45.85        11.39        71.48          7.83        90.55   
Fund                
NAV Return     3.82        13.47        46.10        13.12        85.22          10.61        136.70   
Market Price Return     3.77        13.47        46.12        13.07        84.81          10.60        136.57   

 

Fund Inception: October 12, 2006

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.68% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.60%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Blended-Index and Benchmark returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Blended-Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Blended-Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.

 

  The Blended-Dorsey Wright Basic Materials Technical LeadersTM Index performance is comprised of the performance of the Dynamic Basic Materials Sector IntellidexSM Index, the Fund’s previous underlying index, from Fund inception through the conversion date, February 19, 2014, followed by the performance of the Index, starting from the conversion date through April 30, 2015.
 

 

 

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PEZ Manager’s Analysis
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio (PEZ)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Dorsey Wright Consumer Cyclicals Technical LeadersTM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of companies that comprise the Index. The consumer cyclicals companies that comprise the Index are principally engaged in the businesses of providing consumer goods and services that are cyclical in nature, including retail, automotive, leisure and recreation, media and home construction and furnishing.

Dorsey Wright & Associates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider uses a proprietary methodology intended to identify objectively those securities within the universe of eligible securities that have the greatest potential for capital appreciation. The methodology evaluates these companies quarterly, based on a variety of criteria, including price momentum, to determine their relative strength, and it then ranks and sorts them based on their cumulative scores. Component securities for the Index are selected from among the companies with the highest-ranking cumulative score (“Model Score”) within the consumer cyclicals sub-group. In general, momentum is the tendency of an investment to exhibit persistence in its relative performance; a “momentum” style of investing emphasizes investing in securities that have had better recent performance compared to other securities. The momentum score for each security included in the Index is based on intermediate and long-term upward price movements of the security as compared to a representative benchmark and other eligible securities within the universe. The Index is composed of at least 30 common stocks of companies in the consumer discretionary sector with powerful relative strength characteristics, selected from a universe of approximately 3,000 common stocks traded on U.S. exchanges. “Relative strength” is an investing technique that seeks to determine the strongest performing securities by measuring certain factors, such as a security’s relative performance against the overall market or a security’s relative strength value, which is derived by comparing the rate of increase of the security’s price over a set period as compared to that of a benchmark index. The Index Provider weights each security according to its adjusted relative strength score, securities exhibiting greater relative strength and higher liquidity representing a greater weight in the Index. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 16.06%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 15.91%. During the same time period, the Index returned 16.70%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully

replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fee and operating expenses incurred by the Fund

During this same time period, the S&P 500® Consumer Discretionary Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 19.84%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 85 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of other indices similar to the Index as well as to that of the broader-based market benchmarks. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace and its shared exposure to the consumer discretionary sector.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Index employs a proprietary stock selection and weighting methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization. More specifically, relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the airlines sub-industry and most underweight in the movies & entertainment sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund being underweight the movies & entertainment sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the automotive retail sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the apparel, accessories & luxury goods and airlines sub-industries, respectively. The drug retail sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included O’Reilly Automotive, Inc., an automotive retail company (portfolio average weight of 5.15%), and Domino’s Pizza, Inc., a restaurants company (portfolio average weight of 4.24%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Rite Aid Corp., a drug retail company (portfolio average weight of 2.59%), and TripAdvisor, Inc., an internet retail company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio (PEZ) (continued)

 

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Restaurants      13.9   
Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods      11.7   
Automotive Retail      10.3   
Airlines      10.0   
Apparel Retail      8.5   
Department Stores      7.8   
Specialty Stores      7.4   
Footwear      4.8   
Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines      4.3   
Drug Retail      3.7   
Leisure Products      3.1   
Homefurnishing Retail      2.9   
Home Entertainment Software      2.5   
Broadcasting      2.3   
Internet Retail      2.2   
Cable & Satellite      2.2   
Industrial Machinery      1.6   
Movies & Entertainment      0.8   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.      6.1   
Dillard’s, Inc., Class A      5.5   
Domino’s Pizza, Inc.      5.4   
Wyndham Worldwide Corp.      4.3   
VF Corp.      4.1   
Signet Jewelers Ltd.      4.0   
Under Armour, Inc., Class A      3.8   
Alaska Air Group, Inc.      3.7   
Rite Aid Corp.      3.7   
Tractor Supply Co.      3.4   
Total      44.0   
 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio (PEZ) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Blended-Dorsey Wright Consumer Cyclical Technical LeadersTM Index     16.70     16.98     60.09     15.78     108.04       8.56     101.89
S&P 500® Consumer Discretionary Index     19.84        20.14        73.39        18.69        135.57          10.58        136.22   
Fund                
NAV Return     15.91        16.18        56.83        14.94        100.59          7.91        91.67   
Market Price Return     16.06        16.20        56.88        14.92        100.43          7.91        91.73   

 

Fund Inception: October 12, 2006

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.91% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.60%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Blended-Index and Benchmark returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Blended-Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Blended-Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.

 

  The Blended-Dorsey Wright Consumer Cyclicals Technical LeadersTM Index performance is comprised of the performance of the Dynamic Consumer Discretionary Sector IntellidexSM Index, the Fund’s previous underlying index, from Fund inception through the conversion date, February 19, 2014, followed by the performance of the Index, starting from the conversion date through April 30, 2015.
 

 

 

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PSL Manager’s Analysis
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio (PSL)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Dorsey Wright Consumer Staples Technical LeadersTM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of companies that comprise the Index. The consumer staples companies that comprise the Index are principally engaged in the businesses of providing consumer goods and services that have non-cyclical characteristics, including tobacco, textiles, food and beverage, and non-discretionary retail goods and services.

Dorsey Wright & Associates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider uses a proprietary methodology intended to identify objectively those securities within the universe of eligible securities that have the greatest potential for capital appreciation. The methodology evaluates these companies quarterly, based on a variety of criteria, including price momentum, to determine their relative strength, and it then ranks and sorts them based on their cumulative scores. Component securities for the Index are selected from among the companies with the highest-ranking cumulative score (“Model Score”) within the consumer staples sub-group. In general, momentum is the tendency of an investment to exhibit persistence in its relative performance; a “momentum” style of investing emphasizes investing in securities that have had better recent performance compared to other securities. The momentum score for each security included in the Index is based on intermediate and long-term upward price movements of the security as compared to a representative benchmark and other eligible securities within the universe. The Index is composed of at least 30 common stocks of companies in the consumer staples sector with powerful relative strength characteristics, selected from a universe of approximately 3,000 common stocks traded on U.S. exchanges. “Relative strength” is an investing technique that seeks to determine the strongest performing securities by measuring certain factors, such as a security’s relative performance against the overall market or a security’s relative strength value, which is derived by comparing the rate of increase of the security’s price over a set period as compared to that of a benchmark index. The Index Provider weights each security according to its adjusted relative strength score, securities exhibiting greater relative strength and higher liquidity representing a greater weight in the Index. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 21.31%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 21.28%. During the same time period, the Index returned 21.98%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully

replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s

performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P 500® Consumer Staples Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 12.36%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 40 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of other indices similar to the Index. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace and its shared exposure to the consumer staples sector.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Index employs a proprietary stock selection and weighting methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization. More specifically, relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the packaged foods & meats sub-industry and most underweight in the household products sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to stock selection within the packaged foods & meats and soft drinks sub-industries, as well as allocation to, and stock selection within, the household products sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the packaged foods & meats sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the soft drinks and housewares & specialties sub-industries, respectively. The education services sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the food distributors and food retail sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Monster Beverage Corp., a soft drinks company (portfolio average weight of 3.87%), and Hillshire Brands Company, a packaged foods & meats company (no longer held at fiscal year-end). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Apollo Education Group, Inc., an education services company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Capella Education Co., an education services company (portfolio average weight of 0.91%).

 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio (PSL) (continued)

 

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Packaged Foods & Meats      18.6   
Food Retail      11.6   
Tobacco      8.7   
Soft Drinks      7.8   
Housewares & Specialties      7.5   
Household Products      7.1   
Distillers & Vintners      6.9   
Education Services      4.3   
Specialized Consumer Services      3.4   
Industrial Machinery      3.1   
Environmental & Facilities Services      3.0   
Trucking      2.8   
Household Appliances      2.7   
Internet Software & Services      2.6   
Health Care Facilities      2.6   
Food Distributors      2.6   
Health Care Services      2.5   
Distributors      2.2   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Altria Group, Inc.      4.5   
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.      4.2   
Monster Beverage Corp.      4.2   
Reynolds American, Inc.      4.2   
Jarden Corp.      4.2   
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A      4.0   
Kraft Foods Group, Inc.      3.8   
Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (The)      3.6   
Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.      3.6   
Service Corp. International      3.4   
Total      39.7   
 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio (PSL) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Blended-Dorsey Wright Consumer Staples Technical LeadersTM Index     21.98     19.07     68.83     16.63     115.81       11.19     147.66
S&P 500® Consumer Staples Index     12.36        15.33        53.41        15.15        102.42          10.93        142.85   
Fund                
NAV Return     21.28        18.34        65.71        15.88        108.91          10.44        133.75   
Market Price Return     21.31        18.35        65.77        15.88        108.93          10.44        133.70   

 

Fund Inception: October 12, 2006

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.79% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.60%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Blended-Index and Benchmark returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Blended-Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Blended-Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.

 

  The Blended-Dorsey Wright Consumer Staples Technical LeadersTM Index performance is comprised of the performance of the Dynamic Consumer Staples Sector IntellidexSM Index, the Fund’s previous underlying index, from Fund inception through the conversion date, February 19, 2014, followed by the performance of the Index, starting from the conversion date through April 30, 2015.
 

 

 

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PXI    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio (PXI)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Dorsey Wright Energy Technical LeadersTM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of companies that comprise the Index. The energy companies that comprise the Index are principally engaged in the business of producing, distributing or servicing energy-related products, including oil and gas exploration and production, refining, oil services, pipeline, and solar, wind and other non-oil based energy.

Dorsey Wright & Associates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider uses a proprietary methodology intended to identify objectively those securities within the universe of eligible securities that have the greatest potential for capital appreciation. The methodology evaluates these companies quarterly, based on a variety of criteria, including price momentum, to determine their relative strength, and it then ranks and sorts them based on their cumulative scores. Component securities for the Index are selected from among the companies with the highest-ranking cumulative score (“Model Score”) within the energy sub-group. In general, momentum is the tendency of an investment to exhibit persistence in its relative performance; a “momentum” style of investing emphasizes investing in securities that have had better recent performance compared to other securities. The momentum score for each security included in the Index is based on intermediate and long-term upward price movements of the security as compared to a representative benchmark and other eligible securities within the universe. The Index is composed of at least 30 common stocks of companies in the energy sector with powerful relative strength characteristics, selected from a universe of approximately 3,000 common stocks traded on U.S. exchanges. “Relative strength” is an investing technique that seeks to determine the strongest performing securities by measuring certain factors, such as a security’s relative performance against the overall market or a security’s relative strength value, which is derived by comparing the rate of increase of the security’s price over a set period as compared to that of a benchmark index. The Index Provider weights each security according to its adjusted relative strength score, with securities exhibiting greater relative strength representing a greater weight in the Index. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned (17.02)%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned (17.08)%. During the same time period, the Index returned (16.53)%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the

Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P 500® Energy Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned (9.85)% The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 40 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of other indices similar to the Index. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace as well as its shared exposure to the energy sector.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Index employs a proprietary stock selection and weighting methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization. More specifically, relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the oil & gas exploration & production sub-industry and most underweight in the integrated oil & gas sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during the period can be attributed to stock selection within the oil & gas exploration & production and oil & gas equipment & services sub-industries.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the oil & gas storage & transportation sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the oil & gas refining & marketing sub-industry. The oil & gas exploration & production sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the oil & gas equipment & services and oil & gas drilling (no longer held) sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Cheniere Energy, Inc., an oil & gas exploration & production company (portfolio average weight of 6.35%), and Tesoro Corp., an oil & gas refining & marketing company (portfolio average weight of 3.2%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Continental Resources, Inc., an oil & gas exploration & production company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Flotek Industries, Inc., a specialty chemicals company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production      42.5   
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing      22.3   
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation      16.8   
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services      11.0   
Integrated Oil & Gas      7.3   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.1   
 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio (PXI) (continued)

 

Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Concho Resources, Inc.      5.2   
Cheniere Energy, Inc.      4.4   
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.      4.4   
Tesoro Corp.      3.9   
Williams Cos., Inc. (The)      3.5   
Western Refining, Inc.      3.3   
Valero Energy Corp.      3.2   
Marathon Petroleum Corp.      3.0   
Cimarex Energy Co.      3.0   
Phillips 66      3.0   
Total      36.9   
 

 

 

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Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

   

1 Year

    3 Years
Average
Annualized
   

3 Years
Cumulative

    5 Years
Average
Annualized
   

5 Years
Cumulative

        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Blended-Dorsey Wright Energy Technical LeadersTM Index     (16.53 )%      8.93     29.25     12.52     80.39       9.39     115.45
S&P 500® Energy Index     (9.85     6.71        21.51        8.45        50.04          6.82        75.74   
Fund                
NAV Return     (17.08     8.18        26.60        11.76        74.36          8.72        104.30   
Market Price Return     (17.02     8.16        26.54        11.76        74.36          8.73        104.46   

 

Fund Inception: October 12, 2006

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.79% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.60%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Blended-Index and Benchmark returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Blended-Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Blended-Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.

 

  The Blended-Dorsey Wright Energy Technical LeadersTM Index performance is comprised of the performance of the Dynamic Energy Sector IntellidexSM Index, the Fund’s previous underlying index, from Fund inception through the conversion date, February 19, 2014, followed by the performance of the Index, starting from the conversion date through April 30, 2015.
 

 

 

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PFI Manager’s Analysis
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio (PFI)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Dorsey Wright Financials Technical LeadersTM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of companies that comprise the Index.

Dorsey Wright & Associates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider uses a proprietary methodology intended to identify objectively those securities within the universe of eligible securities that have the greatest potential for capital appreciation. The methodology evaluates these companies quarterly, based on a variety of criteria, including price momentum, to determine their relative strength, and it then ranks and sorts them based on their cumulative scores. Component securities for the Index are selected from among the companies with the highest-ranking cumulative score (“Model Score”) within the financials sub-group. In general, momentum is the tendency of an investment to exhibit persistence in its relative performance; a “momentum” style of investing emphasizes investing in securities that have had better recent performance compared to other securities. The momentum score for each security included in the Index is based on intermediate and long-term upward price movements of the security as compared to a representative benchmark and other eligible securities within the universe. The Index is composed of at least 30 common stocks of companies in the financial sector with powerful relative strength characteristics, selected from a universe of approximately 3,000 common stocks traded on U.S. exchanges. “Relative strength” is an investing technique that seeks to determine the strongest performing securities by measuring certain factors, such as a security’s relative performance against the overall market or a security’s relative strength value, which is derived by comparing the rate of increase of the security’s price over a set period as compared to that of a benchmark index. The Index Provider weights each security according to its adjusted relative strength score, securities exhibiting greater relative strength and higher liquidity representing a greater weight in the Index. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 11.96%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 11.84%. During the same time period, the Index returned 12.58%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fee and operating expenses incurred by the fund.

During this same time period, the S&P 500® Financials Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 11.88%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 90 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of a broad-based market benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its shared exposure to the financials sector.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Index employs a proprietary stock selection and weighting methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization. More specifically, relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the data processing & outsourced services sub-industry and most underweight in the diversified banks sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the regional banks sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the data processing & outsourced services and residential REITs sub-industries, respectively. The retail REITs sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the thrifts & mortgage finance and office REITs sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Extra Space Storage, Inc. REIT, a specialized REITs company (portfolio average weight of 3.35%), and NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. REIT, a diversified REITs company (portfolio average weight of 3.26%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A, a multi-line insurance company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and MGIC Investment Corp., a thrifts & mortgage finance company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio (PFI) (continued)

 

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Retail REITs      19.5   
Health Care REITs      11.5   
Specialized REITs      9.6   
Regional Banks      8.1   
Asset Management & Custody Banks      7.0   
Residential REITs      6.5   
Specialized Finance      4.6   
Office REITs      4.1   
Hotel & Resort REITs      3.8   
Data Processing & Outsourced Services      3.6   
Multi-line Insurance      3.2   
Real Estate Services      3.0   
Diversified REITs      2.7   
Internet Software & Services      2.5   
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance      2.4   
Property & Casualty Insurance      2.2   
Diversified Banks      2.1   
Diversified Capital Markets      1.3   
Industrial REITs      1.2   
Life & Health Insurance      1.1   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
OMEGA Healthcare Investors, Inc. REIT      5.1   
Simon Property Group, Inc. REIT      5.1   
Public Storage REIT      4.9   
Federal Realty Investment Trust REIT      4.5   
Health Care REIT, Inc. REIT      4.4   
Camden Property Trust REIT      3.6   
Macerich Co. (The) REIT      3.4   
Realty Income Corp. REIT      3.3   
Extra Space Storage, Inc. REIT      3.2   
CBRE Group, Inc., Class A      3.0   
Total      40.5   
 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio (PFI) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

   

1 Year

    3 Years
Average
Annualized
   

3 Years
Cumulative

    5 Years
Average
Annualized
   

5 Years
Cumulative

        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Blended-Dorsey Wright Financials Technical LeadersTM Index     12.58     17.72     63.15     13.14     85.36       4.48     45.48
S&P 500® Financials Index     11.88        18.35        65.75        10.27        63.05          (2.29     (17.94
Fund                
NAV Return     11.84        16.87        59.63        12.32        78.80          3.67        36.09   
Market Price Return     11.96        16.89        59.71        12.34        78.90          3.68        36.14   

 

Fund Inception: October 12, 2006

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.92%, including estimated acquired fund fees and expenses of 0.01% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.61%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Blended-Index and Benchmark returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Blended-Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Blended-Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.

 

  The Blended-Dorsey Wright Financials Technical LeadersTM Index performance is comprised of the performance of the Dynamic Financial Sector IntellidexSM Index, the Fund’s previous underlying index, from Fund inception through the conversion date, February 19, 2014, followed by the performance of the Index, starting from the conversion date through April 30, 2015.
 

 

 

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PTH    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio (PTH)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Dorsey Wright Healthcare Technical LeadersTM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of companies that comprise the Index. The health care companies that comprise the Index are principally engaged in the business of providing health care-related products and services, including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical technology and supplies, and facilities.

Dorsey Wright & Associates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider uses a proprietary methodology intended to identify objectively those securities within the universe of eligible securities that have the greatest potential for capital appreciation. The methodology evaluates these companies quarterly, based on a variety of criteria, including price momentum, to determine their relative strength, and it then ranks and sorts them based on their cumulative scores. Component securities for the Index are selected from among the companies with the highest-ranking cumulative score (“Model Score”) within the health care sub-group. In general, momentum is the tendency of an investment to exhibit persistence in its relative performance; a “momentum” style of investing emphasizes investing in securities that have had better recent performance compared to other securities. The momentum score for each security included in the Index is based on intermediate and long-term upward price movements of the security as compared to a representative benchmark and other eligible securities within the universe. The Index is composed of at least 30 common stocks of companies in the health care sector with powerful relative strength characteristics, selected from a universe of approximately 3,000 common stocks traded on U.S. exchanges. “Relative strength” is an investing technique that seeks to determine the strongest performing securities by measuring certain factors, such as a security’s relative performance against the overall market or a security’s relative strength value, which is derived by comparing the rate of increase of the security’s price over a set period as compared to that of a benchmark index. The Index Provider weights each security according to its adjusted relative strength score, securities exhibiting greater relative strength and higher liquidity representing a greater weight in the Index. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 27.13%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 27.22%. During the same time period, the Index returned 28.09%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the

Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P 500® Health Care Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 25.12%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 55 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of other indices similar to the Index. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace and its shared exposure to the health care sector.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Index employs a proprietary stock selection and weighting methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization. More specifically, relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the biotechnology sub-industry and most underweight in the pharmaceuticals sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during the period can be attributed to stock selection within the biotechnology sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the biotechnology sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the pharmaceuticals and managed health care sub-industries, respectively. There were no detracting sub-industries.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Class A, a pharmaceuticals company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Medivation, Inc., a biotechnology company (portfolio average weight of 4.48%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included MannKind Corp., a biotechnology company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Biotechnology      45.9   
Pharmaceuticals      18.2   
Managed Health Care      12.8   
Health Care Equipment      8.4   
Health Care Supplies      5.2   
Life Sciences Tools & Services      5.0   
Health Care Facilities      4.5   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)   
 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio (PTH) (continued)

 

Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.      5.1   
Medivation, Inc.      4.6   
Actavis PLC      4.3   
Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)      4.3   
Mylan NV      3.9   
Cigna Corp.      3.9   
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.      3.6   
Incyte Corp.      3.5   
Illumina, Inc.      3.3   
Biogen, Inc.      3.3   
Total      39.8   
 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio (PTH) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Blended-Dorsey Wright Healthcare Technical LeadersTM Index     28.09     22.76     85.00     18.73     135.90       11.31     149.95
S&P 500® Health Care Index     25.12        26.38        101.87        20.71        156.26          11.59        155.32   
Fund                
NAV Return     27.22        21.91        81.20        17.90        127.84          10.50        134.83   
Market Price Return     27.13        21.87        81.02        17.90        127.76          10.49        134.67   

 

Fund Inception: October 12, 2006

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.68% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.60%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Blended-Index and Benchmark returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Blended-Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Blended-Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.

 

  The Blended-Dorsey Wright Healthcare Technical LeadersTM Index performance is comprised of the performance of the Dynamic Healthcare Sector IntellidexSM Index, the Fund’s previous underlying index, from Fund inception through the conversion date, February 19, 2014, followed by the performance of the Index, starting from the conversion date through April 30, 2015.
 

 

 

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PRN Manager’s Analysis
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio (PRN)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Dorsey Wright Industrials Technical LeadersTM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of companies that comprise the Index. The industrial companies that comprise the Index are principally engaged in the business of providing industrial products and services, including engineering, heavy machinery, construction, electrical equipment, aerospace and defense and general manufacturing products and services.

Dorsey Wright & Associates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider uses a proprietary methodology intended to identify objectively those securities within the universe of eligible securities that have the greatest potential for capital appreciation. The methodology evaluates these companies quarterly, based on a variety of criteria, including price momentum, to determine their relative strength, and it then ranks and sorts them based on their cumulative scores. Component securities for the Index are selected from among the companies with the highest-ranking cumulative score (“Model Score”) within the industrials sub-group. In general, momentum is the tendency of an investment to exhibit persistence in its relative performance; a “momentum” style of investing emphasizes investing in securities that have had better recent performance compared to other securities. The momentum score for each security included in the Index is based on intermediate and long-term upward price movements of the security as compared to a representative benchmark and other eligible securities within the universe. The Index is composed of at least 30 common stocks of companies in the industrials sector with powerful relative strength characteristics, selected from a universe of approximately 3,000 common stocks traded on U.S. exchanges. “Relative strength” is an investing technique that seeks to determine the strongest performing securities by measuring certain factors, such as a security’s relative performance against the overall market or a security’s relative strength value, which is derived by comparing the rate of increase of the security’s price over a set period as compared to that of a benchmark index. The Index Provider weights each security according to its adjusted relative strength score, securities exhibiting greater relative strength and higher liquidity representing a greater weight in the Index. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 1.23%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 1.12%. During the same time period, the Index returned 1.79%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance,

on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P 500® Industrials Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 7.05%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 65 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of indices similar to the Index. The Benchmark Index was selected for its shared exposure to the industrial sector and recognition in the marketplace.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Index employs a proprietary stock selection and weighting methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization. More specifically, relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the data processing & outsourced services sub-industry and most underweight in the industrial conglomerates sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to stock selection within the construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks sub-industry, as well as allocation to the railroads sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the aerospace & defense sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the specialty chemicals and data processing & outsourced services sub-industries, respectively. The construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the industrial machinery and electrical components & equipment sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Sherwin-Williams Co., a specialty chemicals company (portfolio average weight of 4.7%), and SunPower Corp., a semiconductors company (no longer held at fiscal year-end). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Trinity Industries, Inc., a construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Generac Holdings, Inc., an electrical components & equipment company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio (PRN) (continued)

 

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Aerospace & Defense      18.2   
Railroads      14.7   
Industrial Machinery      7.4   
Building Products      5.4   
Specialty Chemicals      4.8   
Trucking      4.7   
Paper Packaging      4.6   
Research & Consulting Services      4.1   
IT Consulting & Other Services      3.8   
Life Sciences Tools & Services      3.3   
Data Processing & Outsourced Services      3.2   
Construction Materials      2.4   
Diversified Support Services      2.3   
Trading Companies & Distributors      2.3   
Human Resource & Employment Services      2.3   
Industrial Conglomerates      2.0   
Health Care Services      2.0   
Commercial Printing      1.8   
Electronic Equipment & Instruments      1.7   
Internet Software & Services      1.5   
Electrical Components & Equipment      1.3   
Application Software      1.3   
Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks      1.2   
Air Freight & Logistics      1.0   
Distributors      1.0   
Electronic Manufacturing Services      1.0   
Consumer Electronics      0.7   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)      4.8   
TransDigm Group, Inc.      4.5   
Lockheed Martin Corp.      4.4   
CSX Corp.      4.3   
Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The)      4.1   
Union Pacific Corp.      4.1   
Norfolk Southern Corp.      3.7   
Northrop Grumman Corp.      3.4   
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.      3.3   
FleetCor Technologies, Inc.      3.2   
Total      39.8   
 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio (PRN) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Blended-Dorsey Wright Industrials Technical LeadersTM Index     1.79     18.12     64.82     15.24     103.26       9.12     110.95
S&P 500® Industrials Index     7.05        17.07        60.44        13.57        88.97          7.47        85.09   
Fund                
NAV Return     1.12        17.15        60.78        14.21        94.32          8.19        96.01   
Market Price Return     1.23        17.18        60.92        14.22        94.44          8.20        96.14   

 

Fund Inception: October 12, 2006

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.66% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.60%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Blended-Index and Benchmark returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Blended-Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Blended-Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.

 

  The Blended-Dorsey Wright Industrials Technical LeadersTM Index performance is comprised of the performance of the Dynamic Industrials Sector IntellidexSM Index, the Fund’s previous underlying index, from Fund inception through the conversion date, February 19, 2014, followed by the performance of the Index, starting from the conversion date through April 30, 2015.
 

 

 

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PTF Manager’s Analysis
PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio (PTF)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Dorsey Wright Technology Technical LeadersTM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of companies that comprise the Index. The technology companies that comprise the Index are principally engaged in the business of providing technology-related products and services, including computer hardware and software, Internet, electronics and semiconductors, and communication technologies.

Dorsey Wright & Associates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider uses a proprietary methodology intended to identify objectively those securities within the universe of eligible securities that have the greatest potential for capital appreciation. The methodology evaluates these companies quarterly, based on a variety of criteria, including price momentum, to determine their relative strength, and it then ranks and sorts them based on their cumulative scores. Component securities for the Index are selected from among the companies with the highest-ranking cumulative score (“Model Score”) within the technology sub-group. In general, momentum is the tendency of an investment to exhibit persistence in its relative performance; a “momentum” style of investing emphasizes investing in securities that have had better recent performance compared to other securities. The momentum score for each security included in the Index is based on intermediate and long-term upward price movements of the security as compared to a representative benchmark and other eligible securities within the universe. The Index is composed of at least 30 common stocks of companies in the technology sector with powerful relative strength characteristics, selected from a universe of approximately 3,000 common stocks traded on U.S. exchanges. “Relative strength” is an investing technique that seeks to determine the strongest performing securities by measuring certain factors, such as a security’s relative performance against the overall market or a security’s relative strength value, which is derived by comparing the rate of increase of the security’s price over a set period as compared to that of a benchmark index. The Index Provider weights each security according to its adjusted relative strength score, securities exhibiting greater relative strength and higher liquidity representing a greater weight in the Index. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 25.22%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 25.29%. During the same time period, the Index returned 26.22%. During the fiscal year, the Fund attempted to fully replicate the components of the Index, subject

to restrictions associated with being a diversified fund. The Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees, operating expenses and rebalance transaction costs that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P 500® Information Technology Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 20.53%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 65 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of other indices similar to the Index. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace and its shared exposure to the technology sector.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Index employs a proprietary stock selection and weighting methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization. More specifically, relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the application software sub-industry and most underweight in the technology hardware, storage & peripherals sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to stock selection within the semiconductors sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the semiconductors sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the application software and technology hardware, storage & peripherals sub-industries, respectively. The electronic manufacturing services (no longer held) sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the IT consulting & other services and construction & engineering (no longer held) sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Skyworks Solutions, Inc., a semiconductors company (portfolio average weight of 4.24%), and Apple, Inc., a technology hardware, storage & peripherals company (portfolio average weight of 5.93%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc., a communications equipment company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Maxwell Technologies, Inc., an electronic manufacturing services company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio (PTF) (continued)

 

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Application Software      23.7   
Semiconductors      17.0   
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals      11.4   
Electronic Components      8.1   
Internet Software & Services      7.2   
Communications Equipment      6.3   
Systems Software      5.5   
Wireless Telecommunication Services      4.8   
IT Consulting & Other Services      3.6   
Alternative Carriers      3.5   
Health Care Technology      2.9   
Data Processing & Outsourced Services      1.7   
Electronic Equipment & Instruments      1.6   
Technology Distributors      1.5   
Semiconductor Equipment      1.2   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Apple, Inc.      7.0   
Amphenol Corp., Class A      6.4   
Intuit, Inc.      5.2   
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.      5.0   
Ellie Mae, Inc.      3.0   
Cerner Corp.      2.9   
SBA Communications Corp., Class A      2.7   
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.      2.6   
Manhattan Associates, Inc.      2.5   
Facebook, Inc., Class A      2.5   
Total      39.8   
 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio (PTF) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
   

3 Years
Cumulative

    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Blended-Dorsey Wright Technology Technical LeadersTM Index     26.22     15.44     53.83     12.55     80.59       6.47     70.95
S&P 500® Information Technology Index     20.53        15.22        52.96        14.68        98.33          10.00        125.84   
Fund                
NAV Return     25.29        14.55        50.32        11.70        73.91          5.71        60.70   
Market Price Return     25.22        14.56        50.34        11.71        73.94          5.70        60.67   

 

Fund Inception: October 12, 2006

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.80% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.60%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Blended-Index and Benchmark returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Blended-Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Blended-Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.

 

  The Blended-Dorsey Wright Technology Technical LeadersTM Index performance is comprised of the performance of the Dynamic Technology Sector IntellidexSM Index, the Fund’s previous underlying index, from Fund inception through the conversion date, February 19, 2014, followed by the performance of the Index, starting from the conversion date through April 30, 2015.
 

 

 

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PUI Manager’s Analysis
PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio (PUI)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the Dorsey Wright Utilities Technical LeadersTM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of companies that comprise the Index. The utilities companies that comprise the Index may include companies that generate and supply electricity, including electricity wholesalers; distribute natural gas to customers; provide water to customers, as well as deal with associated wastewater; and provide land line or wireless telephone services.

Dorsey Wright & Associates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider uses a proprietary methodology intended to identify objectively those securities within the universe of eligible securities that have the greatest potential for capital appreciation. The methodology evaluates these companies quarterly, based on a variety of criteria, including price momentum, to determine their relative strength, and it then ranks and sorts them based on their cumulative scores. Component securities for the Index are selected from among the companies with the highest-ranking cumulative score (“Model Score”) within the utilities sub-group. In general, momentum is the tendency of an investment to exhibit persistence in its relative performance; a “momentum” style of investing emphasizes investing in securities that have had better recent performance compared to other securities. The momentum score for each security included in the Index is based on intermediate and long-term upward price movements of the security as compared to a representative benchmark and other eligible securities within the universe. The Index is composed of at least 30 common stocks of companies in the utilities sector with powerful relative strength characteristics, selected from a universe of approximately 3,000 common stocks traded on U.S. exchanges. “Relative strength” is an investing technique that seeks to determine the strongest performing securities by measuring certain factors, such as a security’s relative performance against the overall market or a security’s relative strength value, which is derived by comparing the rate of increase of the security’s price over a set period as compared to that of a benchmark index. The Index Provider weights each security according to its adjusted relative strength score, with securities exhibiting greater relative strength and higher liquidity representing a greater weight in the Index. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 2.53%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 2.48%. During the same time period, the Index returned 3.16%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance,

on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P 500® Utilities Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 6.09%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 30 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compare to the performance of other indices similar to the Index. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace as well as its exposure to the utilities sector.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Index employs a proprietary stock selection and weighting methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization. More specifically, relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the gas utilities sub-industry and most underweight in the electric utilities sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during the period can be attributed to allocation among the oil & gas storage & transportation sub-industry as well as stock selection within the multi-utilities sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the electric utilities sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the alternative carriers (no longer held) and multi-utilities sub-industries, respectively. The oil & gas storage & transportation sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the independent power producers & energy traders (no longer held) and oil & gas exploration & production sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included tw telecom Inc., an alternative carriers company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and American Water Works Co., Inc., a water utilities company (portfolio average weight of 3.39%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included ONEOK, Inc., an oil & gas storage & transportation company (portfolio average weight of 3.97%), and NRG Energy, Inc., an independent power producers & energy traders company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio (PUI) (continued)

 

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Multi-Utilities      37.2   
Electric Utilities      33.7   
Gas Utilities      10.5   
Water Utilities      6.1   
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation      5.1   
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production      4.4   
Integrated Telecommunication Services      2.9   
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.1   
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Edison International      4.5   
Duke Energy Corp.      4.4   
Sempra Energy      4.3   
Wisconsin Energy Corp.      3.8   
NiSource, Inc.      3.6   
PG&E Corp.      3.6   
American Water Works Co., Inc.      3.5   
NextEra Energy, Inc.      3.5   
Southern Co. (The)      3.4   
Xcel Energy, Inc.      3.4   
Total      38.0   
 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio (PUI) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Blended-Dorsey Wright Utilities Technical LeadersTM Index     3.16     14.01     48.21     12.44     79.69       7.92     106.54
S&P 500® Utilities Index     6.09        11.70        39.39        12.27        78.35          8.06        109.09   
Fund                
NAV Return     2.48        13.25        45.25        11.50        72.37          7.12        92.26   
Market Price Return     2.53        13.30        45.46        11.49        72.29          7.12        92.41   

 

Fund Inception: October 26, 2005

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through August 31, 2016. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.79% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.60%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholders Report presents the expense ratios based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Blended-Index and Benchmark returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Blended-Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Blended-Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.

 

  The Blended-Dorsey Wright Utilities Technical LeadersTM Index performance is comprised of the performance of the Dynamic Utilities IntellidexSM Index, the Fund’s previous underlying index, from Fund inception through the conversion date, February 19, 2014, followed by the performance of the Index, starting from the conversion date through April 30, 2015.
 

 

 

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PNQI    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio (PNQI)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio (the “Fund”) is passively managed and attempts to track the returns of an underlying index. The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the NASDAQ Internet IndexSM (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of Internet software and service companies that comprise the Index. These companies include those involved in Internet-related services, including Internet access providers, Internet search engines, web hosting, website design and e-commerce.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index. Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider selects constituents for the Index, which is designed to track the performance of the largest and most liquid U.S.-listed companies that are involved in Internet-related business. In order to be eligible for inclusion in the Index, in addition to being engaged in Internet-related business, a security must: be listed on NASDAQ, the NYSE or the NYSE MKT; have a minimum market capitalization of $200 million; have a minimum three-month average daily trading volume of 100,000 shares; have a minimum closing price of $3.00; be issued by a company that has not entered into a definitive agreement or other arrangement that would likely result in the security no longer being Index eligible; and may not be issued by a company in bankruptcy proceedings or that has annual financial statements with an audit opinion that is currently withdrawn. The Index Provider weights securities included in the Index according to a modified market capitalization methodology. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 17.48%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 17.30%. During the same time period, the Index returned 17.95%. During the fiscal year, the Fund fully replicated the components of the Index; therefore, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the NASDAQ-100® Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 24.75%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by modified market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 100 securities. The Fund provided this additional comparative benchmark because of its recognition in the marketplace and to help investors better understand how the investment results of the Fund compares to the performance of a broad-based market benchmark.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund contains a set of companies engaged in Internet-related businesses, whereas the Benchmark Index

consists of the approximately 100 largest non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the internet software & services sub-industry and most underweight in the technology hardware storage & peripherals sub-industry industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund’s allocation to the internet software & services and technology hardware storage & peripherals (no longer held) sub-industries.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the internet software & services sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the internet retail and movies & entertainment (no longer held) sub-industries, respectively. The application software sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the casinos & gaming and systems software (no longer held) sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Amazon.com, Inc., an internet retail company (portfolio average weight of 7.95%), and Netflix, Inc., an internet retail company (portfolio average weight of 4.05%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Twitter, Inc., an internet software & services company (portfolio average weight of 0.45%), and Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd. ADR, an internet software & services company (portfolio average weight of 1.54%).

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Internet Software & Services      63.9   
Internet Retail      34.2   
Application Software      1.3   
Alternative Carriers      0.3   
Casinos & Gaming      0.1   
IT Consulting & Other Services      0.1   
Wireless Telecommunication Services      0.1   
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)   
 

 

 

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PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio (PNQI) (continued)

 

Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2015
 
Security   
Amazon.com, Inc.      8.6   
eBay, Inc.      7.8   
Priceline Group, Inc. (The)      7.8   
Facebook, Inc., Class A      7.8   
Google, Inc., Class C      7.5   
Netflix, Inc.      4.6   
Baidu, Inc., Class A ADR      3.8   
Yahoo!, Inc.      3.7   
JD.com, Inc. Class A ADR      3.6   
Twitter, Inc.      3.2   
Total      58.4   
 

 

 

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PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio (PNQI) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2015

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
        Fund Inception  
Index                 Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
NASDAQ Internet IndexSM     17.95     21.31     78.50     21.52     165.05       18.02     212.89
NASDAQ-100® Index     24.75        19.05        68.71        18.52        133.82          13.97        146.04   
Fund                
NAV Return     17.30        20.75        76.05        20.91        158.37          17.41        201.85   
Market Price Return     17.48        20.74        76.00        20.88        158.12          17.14        197.06   

 

Fund Inception: June 12, 2008

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the expense ratio of 0.60% is expressed as a unitary management fee to cover operating expenses and expenses incurred in connection with managing the portfolio. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the

deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invescopowershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in its constituent securities. Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Index and Benchmark Index do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

 

  Fund, Index and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio (PYZ)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%    
   Aluminum—2.4%   
  55,017       Century Aluminum Co.(b)    $ 709,169   
  14,652       Kaiser Aluminum Corp.      1,177,581   
     

 

 

 
        1,886,750   
     

 

 

 
   Commodity Chemicals—8.5%   
  19,549       Cabot Corp.      835,525   
  22,110       LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A      2,288,827   
  45,151       Westlake Chemical Corp.      3,520,875   
     

 

 

 
        6,645,227   
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Chemicals—13.5%   
  55,963       Dow Chemical Co. (The)      2,854,113   
  24,249       E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.      1,775,027   
  20,741       Eastman Chemical Co.      1,580,879   
  37,379       FMC Corp.      2,216,948   
  92,858       Huntsman Corp.      2,140,377   
     

 

 

 
        10,567,344   
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Metals & Mining—1.5%   
  13,038       Compass Minerals International, Inc.      1,151,647   
     

 

 

 
   Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals—6.6%   
  8,578       CF Industries Holdings, Inc.      2,465,918   
  23,539       Monsanto Co.      2,682,504   
     

 

 

 
        5,148,422   
     

 

 

 
   Forest Products—2.1%   
  110,284       Louisiana-Pacific Corp.(b)      1,680,728   
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Gases—10.1%   
  17,061       Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.      2,447,059   
  37,231       Airgas, Inc.      3,770,756   
  13,425       Praxair, Inc.      1,636,910   
     

 

 

 
        7,854,725   
     

 

 

 
   Life Sciences Tools & Services—1.2%   
  24,114       Cambrex Corp.(b)      928,148   
     

 

 

 
   Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing—1.7%   
  43,303       Green Plains, Inc.      1,348,455   
     

 

 

 
   Paper Products—8.4%   
  68,407       International Paper Co.      3,674,824   
  57,690       KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp.      1,612,436   
  24,215       P.H. Glatfelter Co.      600,532   
  42,213       Resolute Forest Products, Inc.(b)      650,924   
     

 

 

 
        6,538,716   
     

 

 

 
   Specialized REITs—2.0%   
  49,679       Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT      1,565,385   
     

 

 

 
   Specialty Chemicals—41.1%   
  16,746       A. Schulman, Inc.      710,868   
  32,087       Ashland, Inc.      4,054,513   
  30,146       Chemtura Corp.(b)      908,299   
  54,214       Cytec Industries, Inc.      2,997,492   
  16,514       Ecolab, Inc.      1,849,238   
  87,922       Ferro Corp.(b)      1,186,068   
  17,980       H.B. Fuller Co.      751,024   
  17,027       Innophos Holdings, Inc.      899,707   
  24,983       Innospec, Inc.      1,091,757   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Specialty Chemicals (continued)   
  10,547       International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.    $ 1,210,268   
  9,142       Minerals Technologies, Inc.      619,188   
  3,759       NewMarket Corp.      1,679,897   
  47,516       PolyOne Corp.      1,855,500   
  12,988       PPG Industries, Inc.      2,877,621   
  11,830       Quaker Chemical Corp.      984,493   
  27,828       RPM International, Inc.      1,322,943   
  21,334       Sensient Technologies Corp.      1,394,390   
  33,169       Valspar Corp. (The)      2,690,006   
  30,739       W.R. Grace & Co.(b)      2,973,076   
     

 

 

 
        32,056,348   
     

 

 

 
   Steel—0.9%   
  26,893       Worthington Industries, Inc.      726,918   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $74,017,821)
     78,098,813   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%   
  94,342       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)
(Cost $94,342)
     94,342   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $74,112,163)—100.1%
     78,193,155   
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.1)%      (111,057
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 78,082,098   
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio (PEZ)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%   
   Airlines—10.0%   
  55,715       Alaska Air Group, Inc.    $ 3,569,103   
  55,681       Delta Air Lines, Inc.      2,485,600   
  59,026       Southwest Airlines Co.      2,394,095   
  18,103       Spirit Airlines, Inc.(b)      1,239,512   
     

 

 

 
        9,688,310   
     

 

 

 
   Apparel Retail—8.5%   
  38,373       Foot Locker, Inc.      2,281,275   
  35,818       L Brands, Inc.      3,200,696   
  27,081       Ross Stores, Inc.      2,677,769   
     

 

 

 
        8,159,740   
     

 

 

 
   Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods—11.7%   
  12,670       G-III Apparel Group Ltd.(b)      1,408,650   
  71,200       Hanesbrands, Inc.      2,212,896   
  47,785       Under Armour, Inc., Class A(b)      3,705,727   
  55,053       VF Corp.      3,987,489   
     

 

 

 
        11,314,762   
     

 

 

 
   Automotive Retail—10.3%   
  17,163       Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.(b)      1,442,207   
  3,837       AutoZone, Inc.(b)      2,580,996   
  26,996       O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(b)      5,880,539   
     

 

 

 
        9,903,742   
     

 

 

 
   Broadcasting—2.3%   
  37,308       Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc., Class A      2,181,026   
     

 

 

 
   Cable & Satellite—2.2%   
  11,173       Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(b)      2,090,021   
     

 

 

 
   Department Stores—7.8%   
  40,498       Dillard’s, Inc., Class A      5,329,132   
  34,292       Macy’s, Inc.      2,216,292   
     

 

 

 
        7,545,424   
     

 

 

 
   Drug Retail—3.7%   
  460,878       Rite Aid Corp.(b)      3,553,369   
     

 

 

 
   Footwear—4.8%   
  28,650       NIKE, Inc., Class B      2,831,766   
  20,470       Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A(b)      1,840,662   
     

 

 

 
        4,672,428   
     

 

 

 
   Home Entertainment Software—2.5%   
  40,841       Electronic Arts, Inc.(b)      2,372,454   
     

 

 

 
   Homefurnishing Retail—2.9%   
  38,337       Williams-Sonoma, Inc.      2,818,920   
     

 

 

 
   Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines—4.3%   
  48,522       Wyndham Worldwide Corp.      4,143,779   
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Machinery—1.6%   
  15,126       Middleby Corp. (The)(b)      1,532,869   
     

 

 

 
   Internet Retail—2.2%   
  22,373       Expedia, Inc., Class A      2,108,208   
     

 

 

 
   Leisure Products—3.1%   
  21,978       Polaris Industries, Inc.      3,010,107   
     

 

 

 
   Movies & Entertainment—0.8%   
  26,715       Carmike Cinemas, Inc.(b)      806,259   
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks (continued)   
   Restaurants—13.9%   
  47,394       Brinker International, Inc.    $ 2,624,206   
  47,893       Domino’s Pizza, Inc.      5,165,260   
  22,132       Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.(b)      1,118,773   
  18,390       Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc.(b)      1,023,955   
  37,090       Sonic Corp.      1,062,628   
  49,138       Starbucks Corp.      2,436,262   
     

 

 

 
        13,431,084   
     

 

 

 
   Specialty Stores—7.4%   
  28,652       Signet Jewelers Ltd.      3,843,093   
  38,408       Tractor Supply Co.      3,305,392   
     

 

 

 
        7,148,485   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $89,857,294)
     96,480,987   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%   
  99,851       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)
(Cost $99,851)
     99,851   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $89,957,145)—100.1%
     96,580,838   
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.1)%      (117,955
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 96,462,883   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio (PSL)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%   
   Distillers & Vintners—6.9%   
  32,225       Brown-Forman Corp., Class B    $ 2,907,662   
  33,370       Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A(b)      3,868,918   
     

 

 

 
        6,776,580   
     

 

 

 
   Distributors—2.2%   
  40,588       Core-Mark Holding Co., Inc.      2,139,393   
     

 

 

 
   Education Services—4.3%   
  44,851       Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.(b)      2,255,108   
  36,421       Capella Education Co.      1,967,827   
     

 

 

 
        4,222,935   
     

 

 

 
   Environmental & Facilities Services—3.0%   
  116,561       Rollins, Inc.      2,890,713   
     

 

 

 
   Food Distributors—2.6%   
  36,899       United Natural Foods, Inc.(b)      2,489,207   
     

 

 

 
   Food Retail—11.6%   
  35,216       Casey’s General Stores, Inc.      2,894,051   
  513,805       Fairway Group Holdings Corp., Class A(b)      2,728,304   
  46,102       Kroger Co. (The)      3,176,889   
  293,457       SUPERVALU, Inc.(b)      2,579,487   
     

 

 

 
        11,378,731   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Facilities—2.6%   
  49,838       VCA, Inc.(b)      2,540,243   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Services—2.5%   
  21,578       Chemed Corp.      2,486,865   
     

 

 

 
   Household Appliances—2.7%   
  30,158       Helen of Troy Ltd.(b)      2,642,142   
     

 

 

 
   Household Products—7.1%   
  51,045       Church & Dwight Co., Inc.      4,143,322   
  30,474       Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.      2,786,238   
     

 

 

 
        6,929,560   
     

 

 

 
   Housewares & Specialties—7.5%   
  79,793       Jarden Corp.(b)      4,083,806   
  84,711       Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.      3,230,030   
     

 

 

 
        7,313,836   
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Machinery—3.1%   
  20,127       Snap-on, Inc.      3,009,993   
     

 

 

 
   Internet Software & Services—2.6%   
  41,775       Stamps.com, Inc.(b)      2,585,455   
     

 

 

 
   Packaged Foods & Meats—18.6%   
  58,863       Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (The)(b)      3,545,907   
  47,187       Hormel Foods Corp.      2,564,613   
  28,050       J & J Snack Foods Corp.      2,926,457   
  44,098       Kraft Foods Group, Inc.      3,737,306   
  64,715       Pinnacle Foods, Inc.      2,624,193   
  63,685       WhiteWave Foods Co. (The)(b)      2,800,229   
     

 

 

 
        18,198,705   
     

 

 

 
   Soft Drinks—7.8%   
  47,066       Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.      3,510,182   
  30,121       Monster Beverage Corp.(b)      4,129,891   
     

 

 

 
        7,640,073   
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks (continued)   
   Specialized Consumer Services—3.4%   
  118,317       Service Corp. International    $ 3,275,015   
     

 

 

 
   Tobacco—8.7%   
  87,773       Altria Group, Inc.      4,393,038   
  55,769       Reynolds American, Inc.      4,087,868   
     

 

 

 
        8,480,906   
     

 

 

 
   Trucking—2.8%   
  8,381       AMERCO      2,699,017   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $90,892,260)
     97,699,369   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%   
  138,857       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)
(Cost $138,857)
     138,857   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $91,031,117)—100.1%
     97,838,226   
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.1)%      (124,814
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 97,713,412   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio (PXI)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—99.9%   
   Integrated Oil & Gas—7.3%   
  41,631       Chevron Corp.    $ 4,623,539   
  43,977       Exxon Mobil Corp.      3,842,270   
  62,443       Occidental Petroleum Corp.      5,001,684   
     

 

 

 
        13,467,493   
     

 

 

 
   Oil & Gas Equipment & Services—11.0%   
  48,864       Bristow Group, Inc.      3,035,920   
  39,725       Dril-Quip, Inc.(b)      3,166,877   
  110,684       Era Group, Inc.(b)      2,454,971   
  97,769       Exterran Holdings, Inc.      3,624,297   
  75,067       Halliburton Co.      3,674,530   
  77,246       Oceaneering International, Inc.      4,257,027   
     

 

 

 
        20,213,622   
     

 

 

 
   Oil & Gas Exploration & Production—42.5%   
  53,945       Anadarko Petroleum Corp.      5,076,224   
  79,327       Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.(b)      4,420,894   
  44,565       Cimarex Energy Co.      5,543,886   
  75,635       Concho Resources, Inc.(b)      9,579,929   
  77,431       ConocoPhillips      5,259,114   
  61,662       Diamondback Energy, Inc.(b)      5,091,431   
  54,113       EOG Resources, Inc.      5,354,481   
  212,357       Laredo Petroleum, Inc.(b)      3,355,241   
  120,339       Marathon Oil Corp.      3,742,543   
  132,450       Newfield Exploration Co.(b)      5,197,338   
  66,071       PDC Energy, Inc.(b)      3,748,869   
  487,450       Penn Virginia Corp.(b)      3,256,166   
  46,427       Pioneer Natural Resources Co.      8,021,657   
  214,352       Sanchez Energy Corp.(b)      3,148,831   
  243,139       Synergy Resources Corp.(b)      2,912,805   
  107,008       Whiting Petroleum Corp.(b)      4,056,673   
     

 

 

 
        77,766,082   
     

 

 

 
   Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing—22.3%   
  219,485       Alon USA Energy, Inc.      3,531,514   
  120,035       Delek US Holdings, Inc.      4,431,692   
  56,424       Marathon Petroleum Corp.      5,561,714   
  99,866       PBF Energy, Inc., Class A      2,834,197   
  68,480       Phillips 66      5,431,149   
  83,172       Tesoro Corp.      7,138,653   
  102,369       Valero Energy Corp.      5,824,796   
  137,330       Western Refining, Inc.      6,049,386   
     

 

 

 
        40,803,101   
     

 

 

 
   Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation—16.8%   
  106,562       Cheniere Energy, Inc.(b)      8,150,927   
  101,419       EnLink Midstream LLC      3,564,878   
  109,288       Kinder Morgan, Inc.      4,693,920   
  54,324       SemGroup Corp., Class A      4,573,537   
  33,807       Targa Resources Corp.      3,548,721   
  123,578       Williams Cos., Inc. (The)      6,325,958   
     

 

 

 
        30,857,941   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $170,461,642)
     183,108,239   
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Money Market Fund—0.2%   
  298,040       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)
(Cost $298,040)
   $ 298,040   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $170,759,682)—100.1%
     183,406,279   
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.1)%      (228,596
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 183,177,683   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio (PFI)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%    
   Asset Management & Custody Banks—7.0%   
  8,574       Ameriprise Financial, Inc.    $ 1,074,151   
  26,911       Invesco Ltd.(b)      1,114,653   
  11,445       SEI Investments Co.      522,579   
     

 

 

 
        2,711,383   
     

 

 

 
   Data Processing & Outsourced Services—3.6%   
  11,096       Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.      598,296   
  19,815       Total System Services, Inc.      783,882   
     

 

 

 
        1,382,178   
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Banks—2.1%   
  14,476       Wells Fargo & Co.      797,628   
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Capital Markets—1.3%   
  13,264       HFF, Inc., Class A      519,816   
     

 

 

 
   Diversified REITs—2.7%   
  54,365       NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. REIT      1,019,887   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care REITs—11.5%   
  23,282       Health Care REIT, Inc. REIT      1,676,770   
  7,226       LTC Properties, Inc. REIT      314,042   
  7,008       National Health Investors, Inc. REIT      467,574   
  54,237       OMEGA Healthcare Investors, Inc. REIT      1,957,413   
     

 

 

 
        4,415,799   
     

 

 

 
   Hotel & Resort REITs—3.8%   
  26,106       FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc. REIT      290,037   
  14,172       Hospitality Properties Trust REIT      426,294   
  62,393       Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT(c)      729,998   
     

 

 

 
        1,446,329   
     

 

 

 
   Industrial REITs—1.2%   
  22,721       First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      448,285   
     

 

 

 
   Internet Software & Services—2.5%   
  5,942       Envestnet, Inc.(c)      304,587   
  6,700       Zillow Group, Inc., Class A(c)      654,188   
     

 

 

 
        958,775   
     

 

 

 
   Life & Health Insurance—1.1%   
  15,432       American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.      415,892   
     

 

 

 
   Multi-line Insurance—3.2%   
  15,363       HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.      875,077   
  10,059       Horace Mann Educators Corp.      341,704   
     

 

 

 
        1,216,781   
     

 

 

 
   Office REITs—4.1%   
  13,759       Highwoods Properties, Inc. REIT      592,188   
  8,123       SL Green Realty Corp. REIT      993,930   
     

 

 

 
        1,586,118   
     

 

 

 
   Property & Casualty Insurance—2.2%   
  12,309       Allstate Corp. (The)      857,445   
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate Services—3.0%   
  30,368       CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(c)      1,164,309   
     

 

 

 
   Regional Banks—8.1%   
  9,942       Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.      385,352   
  12,710       East West Bancorp, Inc.      515,899   
  74,341       Huntington Bancshares, Inc.      807,343   
  7,382       Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.      351,752   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Regional Banks (continued)   
  15,666       Webster Financial Corp.    $ 561,313   
  15,580       Western Alliance Bancorp(c)      481,734   
     

 

 

 
        3,103,393   
     

 

 

 
   Residential REITs—6.5%   
  18,509       Camden Property Trust REIT      1,389,656   
  10,928       Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. REIT      577,217  
  8,291       Sun Communities, Inc. REIT      514,539   
     

 

 

 
        2,481,412   
     

 

 

 
   Retail REITs—19.5%   
  12,886       Federal Realty Investment Trust REIT      1,722,472   
  15,776       Macerich Co. (The) REIT      1,289,846  
  27,157       Realty Income Corp. REIT      1,275,564   
  12,199       Regency Centers Corp. REIT      765,853   
  10,763       Simon Property Group, Inc. REIT      1,953,377   
  14,862       Weingarten Realty Investors REIT      486,879   
     

 

 

 
        7,493,991   
     

 

 

 
   Specialized Finance—4.6%   
  10,590       MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.      909,151   
  8,136       Moody’s Corp.      874,783   
     

 

 

 
        1,783,934   
     

 

 

 
   Specialized REITs—9.6%   
  24,762       CubeSmart REIT      571,260   
  18,838       Extra Space Storage, Inc. REIT      1,241,989   
  10,066       Public Storage REIT      1,891,502   
     

 

 

 
        3,704,751   
     

 

 

 
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance—2.4%   
  10,020       BofI Holding, Inc.(c)      919,936   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $36,822,385)
     38,428,042   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.2%   
  78,415       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)
(Cost $78,415)
     78,415   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $36,900,800)—100.2%
     38,506,457   
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.2)%      (59,860
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 38,446,597   
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Affiliated company. The Fund’s Adviser is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Invesco Ltd. and therefore, Invesco Ltd. is considered to be affiliated. See Note 4.
(c)  Non-income producing security.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio (PTH)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%   
   Biotechnology—45.9%   
  65,693       Alkermes PLC(b)    $ 3,637,422   
  21,184       Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      2,158,014   
  42,348       Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      2,231,316   
  630,874       ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      5,469,678   
  15,777       Biogen, Inc.(b)      5,899,494   
  31,202       BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(b)      3,496,184   
  35,370       Celgene Corp.(b)      3,822,082   
  145,691       Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      3,496,584   
  152,443       Dyax Corp.(b)      3,644,912   
  64,688       Incyte Corp.(b)      6,285,086   
  29,067       Insys Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      1,528,052   
  6,242       Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      1,578,040   
  70,095       Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      3,975,788   
  67,488       Medivation, Inc.(b)      8,148,501   
  214,954       Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      2,385,989   
  84,772       Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(b)      2,889,878   
  36,774       Newlink Genetics Corp.(b)      1,640,120   
  355,939       Novavax, Inc.(b)      2,751,409   
  19,942       Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      9,122,667   
  44,396       TESARO, Inc.(b)      2,418,250   
  23,393       United Therapeutics Corp.(b)      3,735,628   
  207,047       ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc.(b)      1,824,084   
     

 

 

 
        82,139,178   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Equipment—8.4%   
  44,125       ABIOMED, Inc.(b)      2,789,583   
  62,082       DexCom, Inc.(b)      4,194,881   
  50,973       IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(b)      6,390,485   
  45,033       Natus Medical, Inc.(b)      1,698,194   
     

 

 

 
        15,073,143   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Facilities—4.5%   
  53,959       Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(b)      3,696,192   
  57,929       HCA Holdings, Inc.(b)      4,287,325   
     

 

 

 
        7,983,517   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Supplies—5.2%   
  43,333       Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)      7,716,307   
  63,306       Spectranetics Corp. (The)(b)      1,623,799   
     

 

 

 
        9,340,106   
     

 

 

 
   Life Sciences Tools & Services—5.0%   
  140,705       Affymetrix, Inc.(b)      1,706,752   
  36,040       Fluidigm Corp.(b)      1,350,058   
  32,155       Illumina, Inc.(b)      5,924,559   
     

 

 

 
        8,981,369   
     

 

 

 
   Managed Health Care—12.8%   
  34,873       Aetna, Inc.      3,726,878   
  52,086       Centene Corp.(b)      3,228,811   
  55,522       Cigna Corp.      6,920,262   
  28,737       Humana, Inc.      4,758,847   
  38,037       UnitedHealth Group, Inc.      4,237,322   
     

 

 

 
        22,872,120   
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals—18.2%   
  27,351       Actavis PLC(b)      7,736,504   
  186,853       Chelsea Therapeutics International Ltd.(b)      14,948   
  87,996       Depomed, Inc.(b)      2,046,787   
  45,001       Endo International PLC(b)      3,783,009   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks (continued)   
   Pharmaceuticals (continued)   
  79,824       Horizon Pharma PLC(b)    $ 2,244,651   
  51,839       Impax Laboratories, Inc.(b)      2,346,233   
  39,082       Lannett Co., Inc.(b)      2,247,215   
  97,566       Mylan NV(b)      7,050,119   
  98,132       Omeros Corp.(b)      1,974,416   
  78,331       Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.(b)      3,074,492   
     

 

 

 
        32,518,374   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $163,506,879)
     178,907,807   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%   
  116,298       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)
(Cost $116,298)
     116,298   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $163,623,177)—100.1%
     179,024,105   
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.1)%      (221,658
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 178,802,447   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio (PRN)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%   
   Aerospace & Defense—18.2%   
  70,739       Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.(b)    $ 1,390,729   
  12,410       Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.      1,633,032   
  26,406       Lockheed Martin Corp.      4,927,360   
  24,551       Northrop Grumman Corp.      3,781,836   
  23,181       Raytheon Co.      2,410,824   
  24,695       Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)      1,256,728   
  23,687       TransDigm Group, Inc.      5,024,723   
     

 

 

 
        20,425,232   
     

 

 

 
   Air Freight & Logistics—1.0%   
  23,936       XPO Logistics, Inc.(b)      1,160,896   
     

 

 

 
   Application Software—1.3%   
  16,160       Fair Isaac Corp.      1,429,514   
     

 

 

 
   Building Products—5.4%   
  33,451       A.O. Smith Corp.      2,137,519   
  18,863       American Woodmark Corp.(b)      956,354   
  23,746       Apogee Enterprises, Inc.      1,249,514   
  36,855       Trex Co., Inc.(b)      1,729,237   
     

 

 

 
        6,072,624   
     

 

 

 
   Commercial Printing—1.8%   
  31,438       Deluxe Corp.      2,035,611   
     

 

 

 
   Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks—1.2%   
  14,174       Wabtec Corp.      1,333,065   
     

 

 

 
   Construction Materials—2.4%   
  156,066       Headwaters, Inc.(b)      2,743,640   
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Electronics—0.7%   
  94,265       ZAGG, Inc.(b)      785,227   
     

 

 

 
   Data Processing & Outsourced Services—3.2%   
  22,379       FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(b)      3,600,557   
     

 

 

 
   Distributors—1.0%   
  17,493       Pool Corp.      1,135,121   
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Support Services—2.3%   
  85,665       Healthcare Services Group, Inc.      2,593,080   
     

 

 

 
   Electrical Components & Equipment—1.3%   
  8,872       Acuity Brands, Inc.      1,481,180   
     

 

 

 
   Electronic Equipment & Instruments—1.7%   
  43,768       Cognex Corp.(b)      1,964,746   
     

 

 

 
   Electronic Manufacturing Services—1.0%   
  25,943       Methode Electronics, Inc.      1,101,540   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Services—2.0%   
  49,101       AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.(b)      1,119,994   
  26,293       ExamWorks Group, Inc.(b)      1,076,698   
     

 

 

 
        2,196,692   
     

 

 

 
   Human Resource & Employment Services—2.3%   
  21,260       Barrett Business Services, Inc.      945,432   
  32,296       WageWorks, Inc.(b)      1,627,719   
     

 

 

 
        2,573,151   
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Conglomerates—2.0%   
  14,306       3M Co.      2,237,315   
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Machinery—7.4%   
  26,217       IDEX Corp.      1,966,537   
  38,689       Ingersoll-Rand PLC      2,547,284   
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks (continued)   
   Industrial Machinery (continued)   
  155,726       Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A    $ 1,457,595   
  23,752       Pall Corp.      2,311,545   
     

 

 

 
        8,282,961   
     

 

 

 
   Internet Software & Services—1.5%   
  8,466       CoStar Group, Inc.(b)      1,730,704   
     

 

 

 
   IT Consulting & Other Services—3.8%   
  32,078       Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., Class A      882,145   
  28,288       Gartner, Inc.(b)      2,347,338   
  21,633       iGATE Corp.(b)      1,028,866   
     

 

 

 
        4,258,349   
     

 

 

 
   Life Sciences Tools & Services—3.3%   
  11,705       Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(b)      3,710,602   
     

 

 

 
   Paper Packaging—4.6%   
  181,199       Graphic Packaging Holding Co.      2,554,906   
  38,229       Packaging Corp. of America      2,645,064   
     

 

 

 
        5,199,970   
     

 

 

 
   Railroads—14.7%   
  134,893       CSX Corp.      4,868,289   
  27,870       Kansas City Southern      2,856,396   
  41,681       Norfolk Southern Corp.      4,203,529   
  43,240       Union Pacific Corp.      4,593,385   
     

 

 

 
        16,521,599   
     

 

 

 
   Research & Consulting Services—4.1%   
  36,107       Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The)      4,609,781   
     

 

 

 
   Specialty Chemicals—4.8%   
  19,519       Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)      5,426,282   
     

 

 

 
   Trading Companies & Distributors—2.3%   
  40,255       H&E Equipment Services, Inc.      995,103   
  13,247       Watsco, Inc.      1,593,482   
     

 

 

 
        2,588,585   
     

 

 

 
   Trucking—4.7%   
  51,440       ArcBest Corp.      1,836,408   
  32,106       Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.(b)      2,283,700   
  46,338       Swift Transportation Co., Class A(b)      1,121,379   
     

 

 

 
        5,241,487   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $106,004,803)
     112,439,511   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%   
  111,650       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)
(Cost $111,650)
     111,650   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $106,116,453)—100.1%
     112,551,161   
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.1)%      (137,340
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 112,413,821   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio (PTF)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%   
   Alternative Carriers—3.5%   
  25,838       Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.    $ 904,072   
  24,540       Level 3 Communications, Inc.(b)      1,372,767   
     

 

 

 
        2,276,839   
     

 

 

 
   Application Software—23.7%   
  16,924       Adobe Systems, Inc.(b)      1,287,240   
  34,926       Ebix, Inc.      953,131   
  34,759       Ellie Mae, Inc.(b)      1,911,745   
  19,983       Guidewire Software, Inc.(b)      998,151   
  33,268       Intuit, Inc.      3,337,778   
  31,079       Manhattan Associates, Inc.(b)      1,633,512   
  27,017       SolarWinds, Inc.(b)      1,317,889   
  18,157       SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.      1,092,507   
  10,944       Tyler Technologies, Inc.(b)      1,334,621   
  8,769       Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (The)(b)      1,457,583   
     

 

 

 
        15,324,157   
     

 

 

 
   Communications Equipment—6.3%   
  110,738       Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.      1,251,340   
  61,191       Infinera Corp.(b)      1,150,391   
  11,331       Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(b)      1,673,815   
     

 

 

 
        4,075,546   
     

 

 

 
   Data Processing & Outsourced Services—1.7%   
  16,036       Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.      1,066,554   
     

 

 

 
   Electronic Components—8.1%   
  74,133       Amphenol Corp., Class A      4,104,744   
  13,603       Belden, Inc.      1,141,972   
     

 

 

 
        5,246,716   
     

 

 

 
   Electronic Equipment & Instruments—1.6%   
  10,930       Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(b)      1,006,434   
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Technology—2.9%   
  26,387       Cerner Corp.(b)      1,894,851   
     

 

 

 
   Internet Software & Services—7.2%   
  20,661       Facebook, Inc., Class A(b)      1,627,467   
  14,720       j2 Global, Inc.      1,021,126   
  15,843       LogMeIn, Inc.(b)      1,016,804   
  14,947       SPS Commerce, Inc.(b)      975,441   
     

 

 

 
        4,640,838   
     

 

 

 
   IT Consulting & Other Services—3.6%   
  25,166       Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A(b)      1,473,217   
  21,966       Virtusa Corp.(b)      874,247   
     

 

 

 
        2,347,464   
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductor Equipment—1.2%   
  21,135       Tessera Technologies, Inc.      763,185   
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductors—17.0%   
  16,104       Ambarella, Inc.(b)      1,178,008   
  12,680       Avago Technologies Ltd. (Singapore)      1,482,038   
  40,297       Cirrus Logic, Inc.(b)      1,361,233   
  56,225       Integrated Device Technology, Inc.(b)      1,022,733   
  22,011       Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.      1,140,830   
  34,843       Skyworks Solutions, Inc.      3,214,267   
  18,531       Synaptics, Inc.(b)      1,569,946   
     

 

 

 
        10,969,055   
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks (continued)   
   Systems Software—5.5%   
  14,890       NetSuite, Inc.(b)    $ 1,423,037   
  15,061       Proofpoint, Inc.(b)      812,993   
  18,023       ServiceNow, Inc.(b)      1,349,202   
     

 

 

 
        3,585,232   
     

 

 

 
   Technology Distributors—1.5%   
  12,803       SYNNEX Corp.      979,430   
     

 

 

 
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals—11.4%   
  36,348       Apple, Inc.      4,548,952   
  40,445       Hewlett-Packard Co.      1,333,472   
  15,160       Western Digital Corp.      1,481,738   
     

 

 

 
        7,364,162   
     

 

 

 
   Wireless Telecommunication Services—4.8%   
  14,893       SBA Communications Corp., Class A(b)      1,724,907   
  39,574       T-Mobile US, Inc.(b)      1,347,099   
     

 

 

 
        3,072,006   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $57,507,743)
     64,612,469   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.2%   
  98,758       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(c)
(Cost $98,758)
     98,758   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $57,606,501)—100.2%
     64,711,227   
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.2)%      (123,498
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 64,587,729   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio (PUI)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—99.9%   
   Electric Utilities—33.7%   
  19,904       Duke Energy Corp.    $ 1,543,953   
  25,899       Edison International      1,578,285   
  20,435       Eversource Energy      996,411   
  10,209       IDACORP, Inc.      615,909   
  21,976       ITC Holdings Corp.      791,136   
  12,000       NextEra Energy, Inc.      1,211,160  
  16,994       OGE Energy Corp.      555,364   
  10,325       Pinnacle West Capital Corp.      631,890  
  26,764       PNM Resources, Inc.      743,504   
  27,153       Southern Co. (The)      1,202,878   
  18,545       Westar Energy, Inc.      698,219   
  35,048       Xcel Energy, Inc.      1,188,478   
     

 

 

 
        11,757,187   
     

 

 

 
   Gas Utilities—10.5%   
  14,935       AGL Resources, Inc.      750,782   
  14,316       Atmos Energy Corp.      773,064   
  19,459       New Jersey Resources Corp.      593,694   
  19,620       Questar Corp.      459,893  
  18,586       UGI Corp.      646,979   
  8,102       WGL Holdings, Inc.      445,691  
     

 

 

 
        3,670,103   
     

 

 

 
   Integrated Telecommunication Services—2.9%   
  146,035       Frontier Communications Corp.      1,001,800   
     

 

 

 
   Multi-Utilities—37.2%   
  10,696       Alliant Energy Corp.      646,787  
  8,853       Black Hills Corp.      436,364  
  33,520       CenterPoint Energy, Inc.      702,914   
  34,900       CMS Energy Corp.      1,184,157  
  9,860       Consolidated Edison, Inc.      606,883  
  15,827       Dominion Resources, Inc.      1,134,479   
  13,359       DTE Energy Co.      1,063,777   
  29,069       NiSource, Inc.      1,262,176   
  10,772       NorthWestern Corp.      561,114  
  23,507       PG&E Corp.      1,243,991   
  11,772       SCANA Corp.      623,681   
  14,294       Sempra Energy      1,517,594   
  15,646       Vectren Corp.      675,438  
  26,741       Wisconsin Energy Corp.      1,313,518   
     

 

 

 
        12,972,873   
     

 

 

 
   Oil & Gas Exploration & Production—4.4%   
  11,730       Energen Corp.      834,824   
  7,964       EQT Corp.      716,282   
     

 

 

 
        1,551,106   
     

 

 

 
   Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation—5.1%   
  23,936       ONEOK, Inc.      1,151,322   
  17,126       Spectra Energy Corp.      637,943  
     

 

 

 
        1,789,265   
     

 

 

 
   Water Utilities—6.1%   
  10,994       American States Water Co.      422,059  
  22,690       American Water Works Co., Inc.      1,237,059  
  17,418       Aqua America, Inc.      467,151  
     

 

 

 
        2,126,269   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $32,464,386)
     34,868,603   
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Money Market Fund—0.2%   
  71,483       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(b)
(Cost $71,483)
   $ 71,483   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $32,535,869)—100.1%
     34,940,086   
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.1)%      (46,665
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 34,893,421   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio (PNQI)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%    
   Alternative Carriers—0.3%   
  19,576       Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.    $ 684,964   
     

 

 

 
   Application Software—1.3%   
  33,496       NQ Mobile, Inc. Class A ADR (China)(b)(c)      128,625   
  51,526       Open Text Corp. (Canada)      2,606,185   
     

 

 

 
        2,734,810   
     

 

 

 
   Casinos & Gaming—0.1%   
  9,915       500.com Ltd., Class A ADR (China)(b)(c)      177,578   
     

 

 

 
   Internet Retail—34.2%   
  11,785       1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc., Class A(c)      124,567   
  44,424       Amazon.com, Inc.(c)      18,737,155   
  4,999       Blue Nile, Inc.(c)      136,023   
  186,215       Cnova NV (Netherlands)(b)(c)      1,052,115   
  63,758       Ctrip.com International Ltd. ADR (China)(c)      4,060,109   
  48,071       Expedia, Inc., Class A      4,529,730  
  12,318       FTD Cos., Inc.(c)      351,556  
  283,969       Groupon, Inc., Class A(c)      1,965,065  
  232,171       JD.com, Inc. Class A ADR (China)(c)      7,791,659   
  13,484       Lands’ End, Inc.(c)      396,160  
  29,875       Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc., Class A(c)      887,586  
  17,587       MakeMyTrip Ltd. (India)(c)      372,493   
  17,781       Netflix, Inc.(c)      9,895,126   
  12,141       Nutrisystem, Inc.      231,286   
  10,143       Overstock.com, Inc.(c)      217,770   
  8,550       PetMed Express, Inc.(b)      135,347   
  13,648       Priceline Group, Inc. (The)(c)      16,893,631   
  19,925       Qunar Cayman Islands Ltd. Class B ADR (China)(b)(c)      933,088   
  15,930       Shutterfly, Inc.(c)      713,027   
  54,910       TripAdvisor, Inc., Class A(c)      4,419,706   
  28,839       zulily, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      359,478   
     

 

 

 
        74,202,677   
     

 

 

 
   Internet Software & Services—63.9%   
  20,026       21Vianet Group, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(b)(c)      411,935   
  17,124       Actua Corp.(c)      247,784   
  75,110       Akamai Technologies, Inc.(c)      5,541,616   
  24,692       Angie’s List, Inc.(b)(c)      144,942  
  33,089       AOL, Inc.(c)      1,320,251   
  16,850       Autohome, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(b)(c)      860,024   
  41,443       Baidu, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(c)      8,300,204  
  44,068       Bankrate, Inc.(c)      546,443  
  33,181       Bazaarvoice, Inc.(b)(c)      178,514   
  12,009       Benefitfocus, Inc.(b)(c)      414,911  
  17,319       Blucora, Inc.(c)      236,751  
  13,486       Borderfree, Inc.(c)      85,232  
  13,618       Brightcove, Inc.(c)      94,237   
  11,486       Carbonite, Inc.(c)      117,617  
  13,763       Cimpress NV(c)      1,155,266  
  17,095       comScore, Inc.(c)      895,094  
  13,559       Constant Contact, Inc.(c)      472,531  
  22,737       Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.(c)      650,960   
  13,635       CoStar Group, Inc.(c)      2,787,403   
  19,421       Criteo SA ADR (France)(c)      805,195   
  22,940       Dealertrack Technologies, Inc.(c)      901,771  
  15,322       Demandware, Inc.(c)      943,835  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Internet Software & Services (continued)   
  22,793       DHI Group, Inc.(c)    $ 173,227   
  43,169       EarthLink Holdings Corp.      204,189   
  291,628       eBay, Inc.(c)      16,990,247   
  55,851       Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)      1,024,307   
  14,474       Envestnet, Inc.(c)      741,937   
  23,180       Equinix, Inc. REIT      5,932,457   
  213,856       Facebook, Inc., Class A(c)      16,845,437   
  35,999       Gogo, Inc.(b)(c)      761,019   
  30,327       Google, Inc., Class C(c)      16,295,910   
  39,890       HomeAway, Inc.(c)      1,114,926   
  33,067       IAC/InterActiveCorp.      2,308,738   
  22,986       Internap Corp.(c)      216,068  
  20,173       j2 Global, Inc.      1,399,401  
  41,484       Limelight Networks, Inc.(c)      153,491   
  12,650       Liquidity Services, Inc.(c)      118,404   
  23,062       LivePerson, Inc.(c)      216,783   
  10,323       LogMeIn, Inc.(c)      662,530   
  15,490       Marin Software, Inc.(c)      93,560   
  17,390       Marketo, Inc.(c)      494,746   
  18,632       MercadoLibre, Inc. (Argentina)      2,651,893   
  38,322       Monster Worldwide, Inc.(c)      225,717   
  31,434       NetEase, Inc. ADR (China)      4,029,524   
  27,584       NIC, Inc.      468,928   
  88,242       Pandora Media, Inc.(c)      1,574,237  
  29,174       Perion Network Ltd. (Israel)(b)(c)      102,109   
  41,471       Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd., Class A ADR (China)(b)(c)      2,500,701   
  18,774       QuinStreet, Inc.(c)      101,943   
  60,575       Rackspace Hosting, Inc.(c)      3,264,993  
  15,234       RealNetworks, Inc.(c)      100,087   
  22,912       RetailMeNot, Inc.(b)(c)      421,123   
  17,426       Rocket Fuel, Inc.(b)(c)      139,582   
  11,637       SciQuest, Inc.(c)      178,861   
  15,049       Shutterstock, Inc.(c)      1,015,657   
  27,885       SINA Corp. (China)(c)      1,226,801   
  16,240       Sohu.com, Inc. (China)(c)      1,079,148   
  6,714       Stamps.com, Inc.(c)      415,529  
  13,643       TechTarget, Inc.(c)      147,617  
  32,553       TrueCar, Inc.(b)(c)      501,967   
  175,626       Twitter, Inc.(c)      6,842,389  
  6,030       United Online, Inc.(c)      95,455  
  49,322       VeriSign, Inc.(c)      3,132,440  
  21,914       Web.com Group, Inc.(c)      402,560  
  15,702       WebMD Health Corp.(c)      693,243   
  19,248       Weibo Corp., Class A ADR (China)(c)      321,057   
  16,111       Wix.com Ltd. (Israel)(c)      313,681  
  16,285       Xoom Corp.(b)(c)      287,756   
  190,698       Yahoo!, Inc.(c)      8,117,060  
  107,853       Yandex NV, Class A (Russia)(c)      2,075,092   
  15,589       YY, Inc. ADR (China)(b)(c)      990,837   
  24,400       Zillow Group, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      2,382,416   
     

 

 

 
        138,660,296   
     

 

 

 
   IT Consulting & Other Services—0.1%   
  14,526       Perficient, Inc.(c)      299,671   
     

 

 

 
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio (PNQI) (continued)

April 30, 2015

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)    
   Wireless Telecommunication Services—0.1%   
  15,304       Boingo Wireless, Inc.(c)    $ 126,411   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $207,726,157)
     216,886,407   
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.0%   
  63,879       Invesco Premier Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)
(Cost $63,879)
     63,879   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $207,790,036)—100.0%
     216,950,286  
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan    
   Money Market Fund—4.1%   
  8,833,889       Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio—Institutional Class(d)(e)
(Cost $8,833,889)
     8,833,889   
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $216,623,925)—104.1%
     225,784,175   
   Other assets less liabilities—(4.1)%      (8,933,249
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 216,850,926   
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

ADR—American Depositary Receipt

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2015.
(c)  Non-income producing security.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated.
(e)  The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower’s return of the securities loaned. See Note 2G. The following table presents the Fund’s gross and net amount of assets available for offset by the Fund as of April 30, 2015.

 

Counterparty

   Gross Amount
of Securities on
Loan at Value
     Cash Collateral
Received for
Securities
Loaned*
     Net
Amount
 
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    $ 8,510,763       $ (8,510,763    $   

 

* Amount does not include excess collateral received, if any.

This Fund has holdings greater than 10% of net assets in the following country:

 

China   15.1%
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

April 30, 2015

 

    PowerShares
DWA Basic
Materials
Momentum
Portfolio (PYZ)
     PowerShares
DWA Consumer
Cyclicals
Momentum
Portfolio (PEZ)
     PowerShares
DWA Consumer
Staples
Momentum
Portfolio (PSL)
     PowerShares
DWA Energy
Momentum
Portfolio (PXI)
 
Assets:           

Unaffiliated investments, at value(a)

  $ 78,098,813       $ 96,480,987       $ 97,699,369       $ 183,108,239   

Affiliated investments, at value

    94,342         99,851         138,857         298,040   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

    78,193,155         96,580,838         97,838,226         183,406,279   

Receivables:

          

Dividends

    26,205         35,117         18,531         105,377   

Securities lending

                              

Shares sold

                    2,630,819           
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets

    78,219,360         96,615,955         100,487,576         183,511,656   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liabilities:

Payables:

          

Investments purchased

                    2,627,714           

Collateral upon return of securities loaned

                              

Accrued advisory fees

    25,145         23,302         26,956         45,066   

Accrued trustees’ and officer’s fees

    16,910         14,962         15,588         19,529   

Accrued expenses

    95,207         114,808         103,906         269,378   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

    137,262         153,072         2,774,164         333,973   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 78,082,098       $ 96,462,883       $ 97,713,412       $ 183,177,683   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets Consist of:

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 100,611,111       $ 102,783,199       $ 101,850,934       $ 237,193,393   

Undistributed net investment income (loss)

    174,712         28,193         100,936         798,939   

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (26,784,717      (12,972,202      (11,045,567      (67,461,246

Net unrealized appreciation

    4,080,992         6,623,693         6,807,109         12,646,597   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 78,082,098       $ 96,462,883       $ 97,713,412       $ 183,177,683   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding (unlimited amount authorized, $0.01 par value)

    1,450,000         2,100,000         1,900,000         3,700,000   

Net asset value

  $ 53.85       $ 45.93       $ 51.43       $ 49.51   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market price

  $ 53.80       $ 45.93       $ 51.43       $ 49.51   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

  $ 74,017,821       $ 89,857,294       $ 90,892,260       $ 170,461,642   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Affiliated investments, at cost

  $ 94,342       $ 99,851       $ 138,857       $ 298,040   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

  $ 74,112,163       $ 89,957,145       $ 91,031,117       $ 170,759,682   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(a) Includes securities on loan with an aggregate value of

  $       $       $       $   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares
DWA Financial
Momentum
Portfolio (PFI)
     PowerShares
DWA Healthcare
Momentum
Portfolio (PTH)
     PowerShares
DWA Industrials
Momentum
Portfolio (PRN)
     PowerShares
DWA Technology
Momentum
Portfolio (PTF)
     PowerShares
DWA Utilities
Momentum
Portfolio (PUI)
     PowerShares
NASDAQ Internet
Portfolio (PNQI)
 
              
$ 37,313,389       $ 178,907,807       $ 112,439,511       $ 64,612,469       $ 34,868,603       $ 216,886,407   
  1,193,068         116,298         111,650         98,758         71,483         8,897,768   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  38,506,457         179,024,105         112,551,161         64,711,227         34,940,086         225,784,175   
              
  39,514                 14,583         1,603         43,458           
                                          9,335   
                                            

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  38,545,971         179,024,105         112,565,744         64,712,830         34,983,544         225,793,510   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
                                            
                                          8,833,889   
  6,322         62,932         41,351         16,644         7,232         108,695   
  14,679         18,198         17,172         15,638         15,679           
  78,373         140,528         93,400         92,819         67,212           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  99,374         221,658         151,923         125,101         90,123         8,942,584   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 38,446,597       $ 178,802,447       $ 112,413,821       $ 64,587,729       $ 34,893,421       $ 216,850,926   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 48,746,914       $ 221,026,640       $ 157,427,433       $ 92,592,443       $ 48,056,897       $ 220,541,886   
  88,523         (267,356      127,791         (45,530      124,956         (305,444
  (11,994,497      (57,357,765      (51,576,111      (35,063,910      (15,692,649      (12,545,766
  1,605,657         15,400,928         6,434,708         7,104,726         2,404,217         9,160,250   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 38,446,597       $ 178,802,447       $ 112,413,821       $ 64,587,729       $ 34,893,421       $ 216,850,926   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,250,000         3,100,000         2,400,000         1,600,000         1,550,000         3,000,000   
$ 30.76       $ 57.68       $ 46.84       $ 40.37       $ 22.51       $ 72.28   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 30.76       $ 57.64       $ 46.85       $ 40.36       $ 22.50       $ 72.26   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 35,845,124       $ 163,506,879       $ 106,004,803       $ 57,507,743       $ 32,464,386       $ 207,726,157   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 1,055,676       $ 116,298       $ 111,650       $ 98,758       $ 71,483       $ 8,897,768   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 36,900,800       $ 163,623,177       $ 106,116,453       $ 57,606,501       $ 32,535,869       $ 216,623,925   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$       $       $       $       $       $ 8,510,763   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Statements of Operations

For the year ended April 30, 2015

 

    PowerShares
DWA Basic
Materials
Momentum
Portfolio (PYZ)
     PowerShares
DWA Consumer
Cyclicals
Momentum
Portfolio (PEZ)
     PowerShares
DWA Consumer
Staples
Momentum
Portfolio (PSL)
     PowerShares
DWA Energy
Momentum
Portfolio (PXI)
 
Investment Income:           

Unaffiliated dividend income

  $ 1,322,084       $ 756,188       $ 1,201,418       $ 3,237,457   

Affiliated dividend income

    18         16         16         41   

Securities lending income

    5,577                           

Foreign withholding tax

            (1,220              (1,752
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Income

    1,327,679         754,984         1,201,434         3,235,746   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Expenses:

Advisory fees

    476,488         306,956         280,882         1,026,902   

Sub-licensing fees

    69,400         86,407         57,375         366,840   

Accounting & administration fees

    36,770         36,804         36,804         44,029   

Professional fees

    31,076         30,186         29,780         34,432   

Trustees’ and officer’s fees

    9,745         9,027         8,739         12,000   

Custodian & transfer agent fees

    6,877         4,522         5,030         6,675   

Other expenses

    24,529         21,838         20,422         37,932   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Expenses

    654,885         495,740         439,032         1,528,810   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less: Waivers

    (82,563      (127,515      (102,091      (290,380
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Expenses

    572,322         368,225         336,941         1,238,430   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

    755,357         386,759         864,493         1,997,316   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

Net realized gain (loss) from:

          

Investment securities

    (8,727,022      (3,656,449      (3,318,427      (45,998,938

In-kind redemptions

    11,478,788         3,391,569         2,839,552         8,261,709   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

    2,751,766         (264,880      (478,875      (37,737,229
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities

    (2,563,405      8,042,533         7,201,245         (11,115,391
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    188,361         7,777,653         6,722,370         (48,852,620
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 943,718       $ 8,164,412       $ 7,586,863       $ (46,855,304
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares
DWA Financial
Momentum
Portfolio (PFI)
     PowerShares
DWA Healthcare
Momentum
Portfolio (PTH)
     PowerShares
DWA Industrials
Momentum
Portfolio (PRN)
     PowerShares
DWA Technology
Momentum
Portfolio (PTF)
     PowerShares
DWA Utilities
Momentum
Portfolio (PUI)
     PowerShares
NASDAQ Internet
Portfolio (PNQI)
 
              
$ 662,435       $ 252,800       $ 1,222,427       $ 646,728       $ 1,267,354       $ 659,922   
  37,781         15         17         21         8         19   
                                          164,986   
                  (2,752              (1,127      (8,392

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  700,216         252,815         1,219,692         646,749         1,266,235         816,535   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  190,642         584,473         634,045         304,403         205,108         1,694,618   
  30,564         98,204         64,697         63,023         24,138           
  36,770         36,771         36,770         36,777         36,771           
  30,846         30,718         31,922         30,025         30,076           
  8,559         9,697         10,384         8,959         8,531           
  6,544         6,835         6,979         5,242         5,759           
  19,049         23,245         24,429         21,347         18,998           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  322,974         789,943         809,226         469,776         329,381         1,694,618   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (94,304      (88,691      (48,520      (104,640      (83,320      (119

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  228,670         701,252         760,706         365,136         246,061         1,694,499   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  471,546         (448,437      458,986         281,613         1,020,174         (877,964

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  (1,807,174      (9,092,920      (14,854,762      (5,639,040      (1,188,157      (9,400,608
  3,945,029         14,076,061         5,922,786         8,767,755         3,544,904         32,558,387   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  2,137,855         4,983,141         (8,931,976      3,128,715         2,356,747         23,157,779   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,494,315         19,902,877         8,773,867         10,043,793         (2,176,606      20,785,790   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  3,632,170         24,886,018         (158,109      13,172,508         180,141         43,943,569   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 4,103,716       $ 24,437,581       $ 300,877       $ 13,454,121       $ 1,200,315       $ 43,065,605   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended April 30, 2015 and 2014

 

    PowerShares DWA Basic Materials
Momentum Portfolio (PYZ)
       PowerShares DWA Consumer
Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio (PEZ)
 
    2015        2014        2015        2014  
Operations:                 

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 755,357         $ 854,877         $ 386,759         $ 112,484   

Net realized gain (loss)

    2,751,766           17,417,241           (264,880        6,822,592   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (2,563,405        (2,979,184        8,042,533           (4,467,963
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    943,718           15,292,934           8,164,412           2,467,113   
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
Distributions to Shareholders from:

Net investment income

    (881,072        (855,864        (352,829        (129,334
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
Shareholder Transactions:

Proceeds from shares sold

    64,480,821           73,661,881           74,536,962           59,400,392   

Value of shares repurchased

    (80,651,397        (74,162,058        (31,639,305        (39,917,618
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from shares transactions

    (16,170,576        (500,177        42,897,657           19,482,774   
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    (16,107,930        13,936,893           50,709,240           21,820,553   
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
Net Assets:

Beginning of year

    94,190,028           80,253,135           45,753,643           23,933,090   
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 78,082,098         $ 94,190,028         $ 96,462,883         $ 45,753,643   
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income (loss) at end of year

  $ 174,712         $ 241,490         $ 28,193         $ (39
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
Changes in Shares Outstanding:

Shares sold

    1,150,000           1,550,000           1,650,000           1,500,000   

Shares repurchased

    (1,500,000        (1,600,000        (700,000        (1,050,000

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

    1,800,000           1,850,000           1,150,000           700,000   
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

    1,450,000           1,800,000           2,100,000           1,150,000   
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Consumer
Staples Momentum Portfolio (PSL)
     PowerShares DWA Energy
Momentum Portfolio (PXI)
     PowerShares DWA Financial
Momentum Portfolio (PFI)
     PowerShares DWA Healthcare
Momentum Portfolio (PTH)
 
2015      2014      2015      2014      2015      2014      2015      2014  
                    
$ 864,493       $ 600,840       $ 1,997,316       $ 1,039,264       $ 471,546       $ 313,310       $ (448,437    $ 5,402   
  (478,875      11,759,367         (37,737,229      28,951,519         2,137,855         5,834,367         4,983,141         18,995,154   
  7,201,245         (8,568,511      (11,115,391      8,823,850         1,494,315         (2,648,471      19,902,877         (12,438,845

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  7,586,863         3,791,696         (46,855,304      38,814,633         4,103,716         3,499,206         24,437,581         6,561,711   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (932,548      (519,961      (2,298,949      (942,939      (460,625      (327,300              (245,316

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  76,936,911         40,671,117         116,145,756         211,564,193         31,087,185         41,859,075         161,411,849         129,950,062   
  (24,616,231      (42,912,351      (98,254,563      (172,910,991      (32,450,739      (29,193,899      (113,607,415      (89,776,750

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  52,320,680         (2,241,234      17,891,193         38,653,202         (1,363,554      12,665,176         47,804,434         40,173,312   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  58,974,995         1,030,501         (31,263,060      76,524,896         2,279,537         15,837,082         72,242,015         46,489,707   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  38,738,417         37,707,916         214,440,743         137,915,847         36,167,060         20,329,978         106,560,432         60,070,725   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 97,713,412       $ 38,738,417       $ 183,177,683       $ 214,440,743       $ 38,446,597       $ 36,167,060       $ 178,802,447       $ 106,560,432   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 100,936       $ 168,991       $ 798,939       $ 496,931       $ 88,523       $ 42,017       $ (267,356    $ (155,606

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,500,000         950,000         1,950,000         3,950,000         1,000,000         1,550,000         2,900,000         2,850,000   
  (500,000      (1,000,000      (1,800,000      (3,250,000      (1,050,000      (1,100,000      (2,150,000      (2,050,000
  900,000         950,000         3,550,000         2,850,000         1,300,000         850,000         2,350,000         1,550,000   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,900,000         900,000         3,700,000         3,550,000         1,250,000         1,300,000         3,100,000         2,350,000   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

For the years ended April 30, 2015 and 2014

 

    PowerShares DWA Industrials
Momentum Portfolio (PRN)
       PowerShares DWA Technology
Momentum Portfolio (PTF)
 
    2015        2014        2015        2014  
Operations:                 

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 458,986         $ 426,248         $ 281,613         $ 50,166   

Net realized gain (loss)

    (8,931,976        20,871,490           3,128,715           9,068,960   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    8,773,867           (7,691,104        10,043,793           (7,416,013
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    300,877           13,606,634           13,454,121           1,703,113   
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
Distributions to Shareholders from:

Net investment income

    (407,957        (341,196        (406,069        (65,769
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
Shareholder Transactions:

Proceeds from shares sold

    48,061,097           216,269,719           48,504,403           56,477,215   

Value of shares repurchased

    (105,162,426        (98,486,362        (50,489,939        (36,642,270
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from shares transactions

    (57,101,329        117,783,357           (1,985,536        19,834,945   
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    (57,208,409        131,048,795           11,062,516           21,472,289   
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
Net Assets:

Beginning of year

    169,622,230           38,573,435           53,525,213           32,052,924   
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 112,413,821         $ 169,622,230         $ 64,587,729         $ 53,525,213   
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income (loss) at end of year

  $ 127,791         $ 76,762         $ (45,530      $ (41,992
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
Changes in Shares Outstanding:

Shares sold

    1,000,000           4,800,000           1,250,000           1,700,000   

Shares repurchased

    (2,250,000        (2,200,000        (1,300,000        (1,150,000

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

    3,650,000           1,050,000           1,650,000           1,100,000   
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

    2,400,000           3,650,000           1,600,000           1,650,000   
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Utilities
Momentum Portfolio (PUI)
     PowerShares NASDAQ
Internet Portfolio (PNQI)
 
2015      2014      2015      2014  
        
$ 1,020,174       $ 902,306       $ (877,964    $ (871,050
  2,356,747         7,202,577         23,157,779         34,722,920   
  (2,176,606      (2,181,700      20,785,790         (19,851,903

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,200,315         5,923,183         43,065,605         13,999,967   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (982,578      (929,718                

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  11,737,939         16,775,859         65,104,807         317,679,346   
  (18,663,468      (22,772,053      (180,947,163      (106,576,777

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (6,925,529      (5,996,194      (115,842,356      211,102,569   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (6,707,792      (1,002,729      (72,776,751      225,102,536   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  41,601,213         42,603,942         289,627,677         64,525,141   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 34,893,421       $ 41,601,213       $ 216,850,926       $ 289,627,677   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 124,956       $ 87,360       $ (305,444    $ (459,490

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  500,000         850,000         950,000         4,950,000   
  (800,000      (1,150,000      (2,650,000      (1,650,000
  1,850,000         2,150,000         4,700,000         1,400,000   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,550,000         1,850,000         3,000,000         4,700,000   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Financial Highlights

 

PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio (PYZ)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 52.33       $ 43.38       $ 38.24      $ 40.66     $ 31.30  

Net investment income(a)

    0.43         0.51         0.63         0.47        0.86 (b) 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    1.57         8.95         5.16         (2.46     9.34   

Total from investment operations

    2.00         9.46         5.79        (1.99 )     10.20  

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.48      (0.51      (0.65      (0.43     (0.84

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 53.85       $ 52.33       $ 43.38      $ 38.24     $ 40.66  

Market price at end of year(c)

  $ 53.80       $ 52.31       $ 43.29      $ 38.20     $ 40.67  
Net Asset Value Total Return(d)     3.82      21.97      15.37      (4.76 )%      33.12
Market Price Total Return(d)     3.77      22.18      15.26      (4.88 )%      32.98
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 78,082       $ 94,190       $ 80,253       $ 66,924      $ 97,591   

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.60      0.64      0.65      0.65     0.65

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.69      0.68      0.72      0.76     0.79

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.79      1.08      1.59      1.33     2.56 %(b) 

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    80      158      63      78     28

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets include a special cash dividend received of $1.65 per share owned of Weyerhaeuser Co. on July 20, 2010. Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets excluding the special dividend are $0.26 and 0.78%, respectively.
(c)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(d)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(e)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2014, the portfolio turnover calculation includes the value of securities purchased and sold in the effort to realign the Fund’s portfolio holdings due to the underlying index change.

PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio (PEZ)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012      2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:              

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 39.79       $ 34.19       $ 29.90      $ 27.54      $ 23.72  

Net investment income(a)

    0.27         0.17         0.39         0.18         0.20   

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    6.06         5.63         4.24         2.37         3.79   

Total from investment operations

    6.33         5.80         4.63        2.55        3.99  

Distributions to shareholders from:

             

Net investment income

    (0.19      (0.20      (0.34      (0.19      (0.17

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 45.93       $ 39.79       $ 34.19      $ 29.90      $ 27.54  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 45.93       $ 39.74       $ 34.16      $ 29.89      $ 27.53  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     15.91      16.97      15.67      9.41      16.91
Market Price Total Return(c)     16.06      16.93      15.60      9.41      16.77
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 96,463       $ 45,754       $ 23,933       $ 19,437       $ 20,657   

Ratio to average net assets of:

             

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.60      0.64      0.65      0.65      0.65

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.81      0.91      0.93      1.19      1.24

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.63      0.42      1.29      0.69      0.86

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    114      236      130      88      68

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2014, the portfolio turnover calculation includes the value of securities purchased and sold in the effort to realign the Fund’s portfolio holdings due to the underlying index change.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio (PSL)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015     2014      2013      2012      2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 43.04      $ 39.69       $ 32.61      $ 31.36      $ 26.74  

Net investment income(a)

    0.76 (b)      0.66         0.66         0.48         0.52   

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    8.37        3.26         7.13         1.22         4.61   

Total from investment operations

    9.13        3.92         7.79        1.70        5.13  

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.74     (0.57      (0.71      (0.45      (0.51

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 51.43      $ 43.04       $ 39.69      $ 32.61      $ 31.36  

Market price at end of year(c)

  $ 51.43      $ 43.03       $ 39.67      $ 32.60      $ 31.37  
Net Asset Value Total Return(d)     21.28     9.93      24.29      5.53      19.46
Market Price Total Return(d)     21.31     9.97      24.27      5.47      19.50
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 97,713      $ 38,738       $ 37,708       $ 39,131       $ 40,772   

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.60     0.64      0.65      0.65      0.65

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.78     0.79      0.82      0.89      0.94

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.54 %(b)      1.56      1.94      1.54      1.91

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    83     175      57      35      54

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets include a significant dividend received of $5.77 per share owned of Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. on January 28, 2015.. Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets excluding the significant dividend are $0.28 and 0.55%, respectively.
(c)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(d)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(e)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2014, the portfolio turnover calculation includes the value of securities purchased and sold in the effort to realign the Fund’s portfolio holdings due to the underlying index change.

PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio (PXI)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015     2014      2013      2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:            

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 60.41      $ 48.39       $ 40.45      $ 44.63     $ 29.75  

Net investment income(a)

    0.53        0.34         0.47         0.21        0.32   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    (10.82     12.01         8.13         (4.15     14.77   

Total from investment operations

    (10.29     12.35         8.60        (3.94 )     15.09  

Distributions to shareholders from:

           

Net investment income

    (0.61     (0.33      (0.66      (0.24     (0.21

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 49.51      $ 60.41       $ 48.39      $ 40.45     $ 44.63  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 49.51      $ 60.37       $ 48.36      $ 40.47     $ 44.65  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     (17.08 )%      25.66      21.48      (8.79 )%      51.01
Market Price Total Return(c)     (17.02 )%      25.66      21.35      (8.78 )%      51.07
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 183,178      $ 214,441       $ 137,916       $ 141,562      $ 191,903   

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.60     0.64      0.66      0.65     0.65

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.74     0.64      0.69      0.66     0.74

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.97     0.65      1.10      0.54     0.90

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    109     198      80      107     35

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2014, the portfolio turnover calculation includes the value of securities purchased and sold in the effort to realign the Fund’s portfolio holdings due to the underlying index change.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio (PFI)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 27.82       $ 23.92       $ 20.08      $ 20.45     $ 18.46  

Net investment income(a)

    0.37         0.32         0.35         0.25        0.27   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    2.92         3.93         3.83         (0.42     2.04   

Total from investment operations

    3.29         4.25         4.18        (0.17 )     2.31  

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.35      (0.35      (0.34      (0.20     (0.32

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 30.76       $ 27.82       $ 23.92      $ 20.08     $ 20.45  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 30.76       $ 27.79       $ 23.90      $ 20.07     $ 20.44  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     11.84      17.89      21.07      (0.66 )%      12.76
Market Price Total Return(c)     11.96      17.86      21.03      (0.66 )%      12.77
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 38,447       $ 36,167       $ 20,330       $ 18,071      $ 22,492   

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers(d)

    0.60      0.64      0.66      0.65     0.65

Expenses, prior to Waivers(d)

    0.85      0.91      1.10      1.21     1.30

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.24      1.20      1.66      1.33     1.50

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    115      232      118      102     59

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests. Estimated investment company expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the investment companies and are deducted from the value of the funds that the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated investment company expenses that the Fund bears indirectly is included in the Fund’s total return.
(e)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2014, the portfolio turnover calculation includes the value of securities purchased and sold in the effort to realign the Fund’s portfolio holdings due to the underlying index change.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio (PTH)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015     2014      2013      2012      2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 45.34      $ 38.76       $ 32.29      $ 31.41      $ 25.68  

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    (0.20     0.00 (b)       0.43         0.02         (0.05

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    12.54        6.73         6.39         0.86         5.78   

Total from investment operations

    12.34        6.73         6.82        0.88        5.73  

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

           (0.15      (0.35                

Return of capital

                                     

Total distributions

           (0.15      (0.35 )                

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 57.68      $ 45.34       $ 38.76      $ 32.29      $ 31.41  

Market price at end of year(c)

  $ 57.64      $ 45.34       $ 38.69      $ 32.30      $ 31.44  
Net Asset Value Total Return(d)     27.22     17.41      21.31      2.80      22.31
Market Price Total Return(d)     27.13     17.62      21.06      2.74      22.48
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 178,802      $ 106,560       $ 60,071       $ 37,134       $ 62,822   

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.60     0.64      0.65      0.65      0.65

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.68     0.68      0.74      0.82      0.84

Net investment income (loss), after Waivers

    (0.38 )%      0.01      1.26      0.05      (0.21 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    151     278      93      99      63

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  Amount represents less than $0.005.
(c)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(d)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(e)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2014, the portfolio turnover calculation includes the value of securities purchased and sold in the effort to realign the Fund’s portfolio holdings due to the underlying index change.

PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio (PRN)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 46.47       $ 36.74       $ 30.02      $ 32.47     $ 25.21  

Net investment income(a)

    0.17         0.19         0.52         0.22        0.17   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    0.35         9.72         6.89         (2.48     7.29   

Total from investment operations

    0.52         9.91         7.41        (2.26 )     7.46  

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.15      (0.18      (0.65      (0.19     (0.20

Return of capital

                    (0.04               

Total distributions

    (0.15      (0.18      (0.69 )      (0.19 )     (0.20 )

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 46.84       $ 46.47       $ 36.74      $ 30.02     $ 32.47  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 46.85       $ 46.43       $ 36.72      $ 30.00     $ 32.48  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     1.12      27.01      25.18      (6.91 )%      29.83
Market Price Total Return(c)     1.23      26.97      25.19      (7.00 )%      29.92
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 112,414       $ 169,622       $ 38,573       $ 30,017      $ 113,629   

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.60      0.63      0.65      0.65     0.65

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.64      0.66      0.92      0.80     0.88

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.36      0.43      1.65      0.77     0.62

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    121      285      116      129     48

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2014, the portfolio turnover calculation includes the value of securities purchased and sold in the effort to realign the Fund’s portfolio holdings due to the underlying index change.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio (PTF)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 32.44       $ 29.14       $ 27.29      $ 27.66     $ 23.60  

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    0.17         0.04         0.17         0.01        (0.02

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    8.02         3.32         1.88         (0.38     4.09   

Total from investment operations

    8.19         3.36         2.05        (0.37 )     4.07  

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.26      (0.06      (0.20               

Return of capital

                                   (0.01

Total distributions

    (0.26      (0.06      (0.20 )             (0.01 )

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 40.37       $ 32.44       $ 29.14      $ 27.29     $ 27.66  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 40.36       $ 32.45       $ 29.06      $ 27.28     $ 27.65  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     25.29      11.52      7.59      (1.34 )%      17.26
Market Price Total Return(c)     25.22      11.86      7.34      (1.34 )%      17.27
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 64,588       $ 53,525       $ 32,053       $ 31,387      $ 49,793   

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.60      0.64      0.65      0.65     0.65

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.77      0.80      0.89      0.94     0.91

Net investment income (loss), after Waivers

    0.46      0.13      0.63      0.03     (0.07 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    157      263      95      108     67

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2014, the portfolio turnover calculation includes the value of securities purchased and sold in the effort to realign the Fund’s portfolio holdings due to the underlying index change.

PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio (PUI)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015      2014      2013      2012      2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:              

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 22.49       $ 19.82       $ 16.69      $ 17.12      $ 14.96  

Net investment income(a)

    0.57         0.47         0.45         0.41         0.48   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    (0.01      2.68         3.14         (0.38      2.19   

Total from investment operations

    0.56         3.15         3.59        0.03        2.67  

Distributions to shareholders from:

             

Net investment income

    (0.54      (0.48      (0.46      (0.46      (0.51

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 22.51       $ 22.49       $ 19.82      $ 16.69      $ 17.12  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 22.50       $ 22.47       $ 19.79      $ 16.66      $ 17.13  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     2.48      16.27      21.90      0.26      18.36
Market Price Total Return(c)     2.53      16.35      21.94      0.02      18.42
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 34,893       $ 41,601       $ 42,604       $ 43,393       $ 47,089   

Ratio to average net assets of:

             

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.60      0.63      0.63      0.63      0.63

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.80      0.77      0.81      0.77      0.89

Net investment income, after Waivers

    2.49      2.31      2.54      2.45      3.12

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    47      131      48      71      68

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2014, the portfolio turnover calculation includes the value of securities purchased and sold in the effort to realign the Fund’s portfolio holdings due to the underlying index change.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio (PNQI)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2015     2014     2013     2012     2011  
Per Share Operating Performance:          

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 61.62      $ 46.09      $ 41.08     $ 41.37     $ 27.99  

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    (0.21     (0.27     (0.01     (0.08     (0.06

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    10.87        15.80        5.04        (0.21     13.44   

Total from investment operations

    10.66        15.53        5.03       (0.29 )     13.38  

Distributions to shareholders from:

         

Net investment income

                  (0.02              

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 72.28      $ 61.62      $ 46.09     $ 41.08     $ 41.37  

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 72.26      $ 61.51      $ 46.08     $ 41.08     $ 41.40  
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     17.30     33.70     12.26     (0.70 )%      47.80
Market Price Total Return(c)     17.48     33.48     12.23     (0.77 )%      47.81
Ratios/Supplemental Data:          

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

  $ 216,851      $ 289,628      $ 64,525      $ 63,678      $ 45,507   

Ratio to average net assets of:

         

Expenses

    0.60     0.60     0.60     0.60     0.60

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.31 )%      (0.42 )%      (0.02 )%      (0.22 )%      (0.17 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    31     21     20     23     20

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(b)  The mean between the last bid and ask prices.
(c)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(d)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

April 30, 2015

 

Note 1. Organization

PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (the “Trust”) was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on June 9, 2000 and is authorized to have multiple series of portfolios. The Trust is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As of April 30, 2015, the Trust offered fifty-three portfolios. This report includes the following portfolios:

 

Full Name

  

Short Name

PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio (PYZ)    “DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio”
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio (PEZ)    “DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio”
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio (PSL)    “DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio”
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio (PXI)    “DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio”
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio (PFI)    “DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio”
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio (PTH)    “DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio”
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio (PRN)    “DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio”
PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio (PTF)    “DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio”
PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio (PUI)    “DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio”
PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio (PNQI)    “NASDAQ Internet Portfolio”

Each portfolio (each, a “Fund”, and collectively, the “Funds”) represents a separate series of the Trust. The shares of the Funds are referred to herein as “Shares” or “Fund’s Shares.” Each Fund’s Shares are listed and traded on NYSE Arca, Inc., except for Shares of NASDAQ Internet Portfolio, which are listed and traded on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC.

The market price of each Share may differ to some degree from the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”). Unlike conventional mutual funds, each Fund issues and redeems Shares on a continuous basis, at NAV, only in a large specified number of Shares, each called a “Creation Unit.” Creation Units are issued and redeemed principally in exchange for the deposit or delivery of a basket of securities (“Deposit Securities”). Except when aggregated in Creation Units by Authorized Participants, the Shares are not individually redeemable securities of the Funds.

The investment objective of each Fund is to seek investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of its respective index listed below (each, an “Underlying Index”):

 

Fund

  

Underlying Index

DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright Basic Materials Technical LeadersTM Index
DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright Consumer Cyclicals Technical LeadersTM Index
DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright Consumer Staples Technical LeadersTM Index
DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright Energy Technical LeadersTM Index
DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright Financials Technical LeadersTM Index
DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright Healthcare Technical LeadersTM Index
DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright Industrials Technical LeadersTM Index
DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright Technology Technical LeadersTM Index
DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright Utilities Technical LeadersTM Index
NASDAQ Internet Portfolio    NASDAQ Internet IndexSM

Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies

The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from these estimates. In addition, the Funds monitor for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print. The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in preparation of their financial statements.

 

 

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A. Security Valuation

Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policies:

A security listed or traded on an exchange (except convertible securities) is valued at its last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded, or lacking any sales or official closing price on a particular day, the security may be valued at the closing bid price on that day. Securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued based on prices furnished by independent pricing services or market makers. When such securities are valued by an independent pricing service they may be considered fair valued. Futures contracts are valued at the final settlement price set by an exchange on which they are principally traded. Listed options are valued at the mean between the last bid and asked prices from the exchange on which they are principally traded. Options not listed on an exchange are valued by an independent source at the mean between the last bid and asked prices. For purposes of determining NAV per Share, futures and option contracts generally are valued 15 minutes after the close of the customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).

Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end of day NAV per share. Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded.

Debt obligations (including convertible securities) and unlisted equities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate (for unlisted equities), yield (for debt obligations), quality, type of issue, coupon rate (for debt obligations), maturity (for debt obligations), individual trading characteristics and other market data. Securities with a demand feature exercisable within one to seven days are valued at par. Debt obligations are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt obligations involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

Foreign securities’ (including foreign exchange contracts’) prices are converted into U.S. dollar amounts using the applicable exchange rates as of the close of the London world markets. If market quotations are available and reliable for foreign exchange-traded equity securities, the securities will be valued at the market quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a particular security and the close of the customary trading session on the NYSE, events occur that Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”) determines are significant and make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. If the event is likely to have affected the closing price of the security, the security will be valued at fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Adjustments to closing prices to reflect fair value may also be based on a screening process of an independent pricing service to indicate the degree of certainty, based on historical data, that the closing price in the principal market where a foreign security trades is not the current value as of the close of the NYSE. Foreign securities’ prices meeting the approved degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be priced at the indication of fair value from the independent pricing service. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining adjustments to reflect fair value and may include information relating to sector indices, American Depositary Receipts and domestic and foreign index futures. Foreign securities may have additional risks including exchange rate changes, potential for sharply devalued currencies and high inflation, political and economic upheaval, the relative lack of issuer information, relatively low market liquidity and the potential lack of strict financial and accounting controls and standards.

Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by independent sources. The last bid price may be used to value equity securities. The mean between the last bid and asked prices is used to value debt obligations, including corporate loans.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or became unreliable are valued at fair value as determined in good faith following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Issuer-specific events, market trends, bid/asked quotes of brokers and information providers and other market data may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of a security’s fair value.

Each Fund may invest in securities that are subject to interest rate risk, meaning the risk that the prices will generally fall as interest rates rise and, conversely, the prices will generally rise as interest rates fall. Specific securities differ in their sensitivity to changes in interest rates depending on their individual characteristics. Changes in interest rates may result in increased market volatility, which may affect the value and/or liquidity of certain Fund investments.

Valuations change in response to many factors, including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of the issuer’s assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

 

 

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B. Other Risks

Index Risk. Unlike many investment companies, the Funds do not utilize investing strategies that seek returns in excess of their Underlying Indexes. Therefore, a Fund would not necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed, respectively, from its respective Underlying Index, even if that security generally is underperforming.

Equity Risk. Equity risk is the risk that the value of the securities that each Fund holds will fall due to general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding the industries in which the issuers of securities that a Fund holds participate or factors relating to specific companies in which the Fund invests. For example, an adverse event, such as an unfavorable earnings report, may depress the value of securities a Fund holds; the price of securities may be particularly sensitive to general movements in the stock market; or a drop in the stock market may depress the price of most or all of the securities a Fund holds. In addition, securities of an issuer in the Fund’s portfolio may decline in price if the issuer fails to make anticipated dividend payments because, among other reasons, the issuer of the security experiences a decline in its financial condition.

Industry Concentration Risk. In following its methodology, each Fund’s Underlying Index from time to time may be concentrated to a significant degree in securities of issuers located in a single industry or a sector. To the extent that an Underlying Index concentrates in the securities of issuers in a particular industry or sector, each Fund will also concentrate its investments to approximately the same extent. By concentrating its investments in an industry or sector, a Fund may face more risks than if it were diversified broadly over numerous industries or sectors. In addition, at times, an industry or sector may be out of favor and underperform other industries or the market as a whole. Any factors detrimental to the performance of such industry or sector will disproportionately impact a Fund’s NAV.

Non-Diversified Fund Risk. NASDAQ Internet Portfolio is non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than diversified funds. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in Share price than would occur in a diversified fund. This may increase the Fund’s volatility and cause the performance of a relatively small number of issuers to have a greater impact on the Fund’s performance.

Non-Correlation Risk. Each Fund’s return may not match the return of its Underlying Index for a number of reasons. For example, each Fund incurs operating expenses not applicable to its Underlying Index, and incurs costs in buying and selling securities, especially when rebalancing the Fund’s securities holdings to reflect changes in the composition of its Underlying Index. In addition, the performance of each Fund and its Underlying Index may vary due to asset valuation differences and differences between each Fund’s portfolio and its Underlying Index resulting from legal restrictions, cost or liquidity constraints.

Momentum Investing Risk. Each Fund (except NASDAQ Internet Portfolio) employs a “momentum” style of investing that is subject to the risk that the securities may be more volatile than the market as a whole, or that the returns on securities that have previously exhibited price momentum are less than returns on other styles of investing. Momentum can turn quickly, and stocks that previously exhibited high momentum may not experience continued positive momentum. In addition, there may be periods when the momentum style of investing is out of favor and therefore, the investment performance of the Fund may suffer.

Small and Medium Capitalization Company Risk. Investing in securities of small and medium capitalization companies involves greater risk than customarily is associated with investing in larger, more established companies. These companies’ securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies. These securities may have returns that vary, sometimes significantly, from the overall securities market. Often small and medium capitalization companies and the industries in which they focus are still evolving and, as a result, they may be more sensitive to changing market conditions.

Portfolio Turnover Risk. The Funds may engage in frequent trading of their portfolio securities in connection with the rebalancing or adjustment of their respective Underlying Index. A portfolio turnover rate of 200%, for example, is equivalent to a Fund buying and selling all of its securities two times during the course of a year. A high portfolio turnover rate (such as 100% or more) could result in high brokerage costs for a Fund. While a high portfolio turnover rate can result in an increase in taxable capital gain distributions to a Fund’s shareholders, each Fund will seek to utilize an in-kind creation and redemption mechanism to minimize realization of capital gains to the extent possible.

C. Federal Income Taxes

Each Fund intends to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to its shareholders. As such, the Funds will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized gains) that is distributed to the shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

Each Fund recognizes the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only when the position is more likely than not to be sustained. Management has analyzed each Fund’s uncertain tax positions and concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions. Management is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next 12 months.

 

 

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Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences are primarily due to differing book and tax treatments for in-kind transactions, losses deferred due to wash sales, and passive foreign investment company adjustments, if any.

The Funds file U.S. federal tax returns and tax returns in certain other jurisdictions. Generally, a Fund is subject to examinations by such taxing authorities for up to three years after the filing of the return for the tax period.

D. Investment Transactions and Investment Income

Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses from the sale or disposition of securities are computed on the specific identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Realized gains, dividends and interest received by a Fund may give rise to withholding and other taxes imposed by foreign countries. Tax conventions between certain countries and the United States may reduce or eliminate such taxes.

Corporate actions (including cash dividends) are recorded net of non-reclaimable foreign tax withholdings on the ex-date.

E. Expenses

Expenses of the Trust that are directly identifiable to a specific Fund are applied to that Fund. Expenses of the Trust that are not readily identifiable to a specific Fund are allocated in such a manner as deemed equitable, taking into consideration the nature and type of expense and the relative net assets of each Fund.

Each Fund (except for NASDAQ Internet Portfolio) is responsible for all of its own expenses, including the investment advisory fees, costs of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, legal, audit and other services, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with executions of portfolio transactions, sub-licensing fees related to its respective Underlying Index, any distribution fees or expenses, litigation expenses, fees payable to the Trust’s Board members who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”) or the Adviser, expenses incurred in connection with the Board members’ services, including travel expenses and legal fees of counsel for the Independent Trustees, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, and extraordinary expenses.

NASDAQ Internet Portfolio has agreed to pay an annual unitary management fee to the Adviser. Out of the unitary management fee, the Adviser has agreed to pay for substantially all expenses of the Fund, including the cost of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, legal, audit and other services, except for advisory fees, distribution fees, if any, brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, litigation expenses and other extraordinary expenses (including acquired fund fees and expenses, if any).

To the extent a Fund invests in other investment companies, the expenses shown in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of the Fund and do not include any expenses of the investment companies in which it invests. The effects of such investment companies’ expenses are included in the realized and unrealized gain or loss on the investments in the investment companies.

F. Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders

Each Fund declares and pays dividends from net investment income, if any, to its shareholders quarterly and records such dividends on ex-dividend date. Generally, each Fund distributes net realized taxable capital gains, if any, annually in cash and records them on ex-dividend date. Such distributions on a tax basis are determined in conformity with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. Distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits, if any, are reported in such Fund’s financial statements as a tax return of capital at fiscal year-end.

G. Securities Lending

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio and NASDAQ Internet Portfolio participated in securities lending. Each Fund loaned portfolio securities having a market value up to one-third of each Fund’s total assets. Such loans are secured by cash collateral equal to no less than 102% (105% for international) of the market value of the loaned securities determined daily by the securities lending provider. Cash collateral received in connection with these loans is invested in an affiliated money market fund and is shown as such on the Schedule of Investments. It is the policy of these Funds to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to a Fund if, and to the extent that, the market value of the securities loaned were to increase, and the borrower did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower failed to return the securities. Upon the failure of the borrower to return the securities, collateral may be liquidated and the securities may be purchased on the open market to replace the loaned securities. A Fund could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral. A Fund bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested. Dividends received on cash collateral investments for securities lending transactions, which are net of compensation to counterparties, are included in Securities lending income on the Statements of Operations. The aggregate value of securities out on loan, if any, is shown on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

 

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Note 3. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Agreements

The Trust has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Adviser on behalf of each Fund, pursuant to which the Adviser has overall responsibility for the selection and ongoing monitoring of the Funds’ investments, managing the Funds’ business affairs and providing certain clerical, bookkeeping and other administrative services. Pursuant to that Investment Advisory Agreement, each Fund (except for NASDAQ Internet Portfolio) has agreed to pay the Adviser an annual fee of 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

As compensation for its services, NASDAQ Internet Portfolio has agreed to pay the Adviser an annual unitary management fee of 0.60% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. Out of the unitary management fee, the Adviser has agreed to pay for substantially all expenses of NASDAQ Internet Portfolio, including the cost of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, legal, audit and other services, except for advisory fees, distribution fees, if any, brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, litigation expenses and other extraordinary expenses (including acquired fund fees and expenses, if any).

The Trust also has entered into an Amended and Restated Excess Expense Agreement (the “Expense Agreement”) with the Adviser on behalf of each Fund (except NASDAQ Internet Portfolio), pursuant to which the Adviser has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses (excluding interest expenses, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, offering costs, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, and extraordinary expenses) of each Fund (except NASDAQ Internet Portfolio) from exceeding 0.60% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year (the “Expense Cap”), through at least August 31, 2016. Offering costs excluded from the Expense Cap for each Fund are: (a) initial legal fees pertaining to the Fund’s Shares offered for sale; (b) initial Securities and Exchange Commission and state registration fees; and (c) initial fees paid to be listed on an exchange. Unless the Adviser continues the Expense Agreement, it will terminate on August 31, 2016. The Expense Agreement cannot be terminated during its term.

Further, through August 31, 2017, the Adviser has contractually agreed to waive a portion of each Fund’s management fee in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fees an affiliate of the Adviser receives that are attributable to certain of the Fund’s investments in money market funds managed by that affiliate (excluding investments of cash collateral from securities lending). The Adviser cannot discontinue this waiver prior to its expiration. This agreement is not subject to recapture by the Adviser.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the Adviser waived fees and/or paid Fund expenses for each Fund in the following amounts:

 

DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio    $ 82,563   
DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio      127,515   
DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio      102,091   
DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio      290,380   
DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio      94,304   
DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio      88,691   
DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio      48,520   
DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio      104,640   
DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio      83,320   
NASDAQ Internet Portfolio      119   

The Expense Agreement provides that the fees waived or expenses borne by the Adviser are subject to recapture by the Adviser for up to three years from the date the fee was waived or expense was borne by the Adviser, but no recapture payment will be made by a Fund if it would result in the Fund exceeding its Expense Cap as specified above. The Expense Agreement does not apply to NASDAQ Internet Portfolio.

For the following Funds, the amounts available for potential future recapture by the Adviser under the Expense Agreement and the expiration schedule at April 30, 2015 are as follows:

 

     Total
Potential
Recapture
Amounts
     Potential Recapture Amounts
Expiring
 
        4/30/16      4/30/17      4/30/18  
DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio    $ 161,565       $ 46,379       $ 32,772       $ 82,414   
DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio      276,171         76,493         72,285         127,393   
DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio      224,106         63,480         58,654         101,972   
DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio      321,854         31,818                 290,036   
DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio      247,098         83,041         69,854         94,203   
DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio      168,246         41,317         38,353         88,576   
DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio      161,045         82,100         30,573         48,372   
DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio      237,153         72,589         60,072         104,492   
DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio      208,827         71,758         53,817         83,252   

 

 

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The Trust has entered into a Distribution Agreement with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), which serves as the distributor of Creation Units for each Fund. The Distributor does not maintain a secondary market in the Shares. The Funds are not charged any fees pursuant to the Distribution Agreement. The Distributor is an affiliate of the Adviser.

The Adviser has entered into a licensing agreement for each Fund with the following entities (each, a “Licensor”):

 

Full Name

  

Licensor

DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright & Associates, Inc.
DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright & Associates, Inc.
DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright & Associates, Inc.
DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright & Associates, Inc.
DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright & Associates, Inc.
DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright & Associates, Inc.
DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright & Associates, Inc.
DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright & Associates, Inc.
DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright & Associates, Inc.
NASDAQ Internet Portfolio    NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

Each Underlying Index name trademark is owned by its respective Licensor. These trademarks have been licensed to the Adviser for use by the Funds. Each Fund is entitled to use its Underlying Index pursuant to the Trust’s sub-licensing agreement with the Adviser. The Funds (except for NASDAQ Internet Portfolio) are required to pay the sub-licensing fees that are shown on the Statements of Operations. The Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by the Licensors, and the Licensors make no representation regarding the advisability of investing in any of the Funds.

The Trust has entered into service agreements whereby The Bank of New York Mellon, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, serves as the administrator, custodian, fund accountant and transfer agent for each Fund.

Note 4. Investments in Affiliates

The Adviser is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Invesco Ltd., and therefore Invesco Ltd. is considered to be affiliated with the Funds. The table below shows DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio’s transactions in, and earnings from, its investment in affiliates for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015.

DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio

 

     Value
April 30, 2014
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Realized
Gain
     Value
April 30, 2015
     Dividend
Income
 
Invesco Ltd.    $ 1,316,326       $ 1,241,767       $ (1,627,369    $ 102,056       $ 81,873       $ 1,114,653       $ 37,768   

Note 5. Additional Valuation Information

GAAP defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, under current market conditions. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation methods, giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical assets (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), generally when market prices are not readily available or are unreliable. Based on the valuation inputs, the securities or other investments are tiered into one of three levels. Changes in valuation methods may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned level:

 

  Level 1 — Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets.

 

  Level 2 — Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others.

 

  Level 3 — Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect a Fund’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information.

Except for the Fund listed below, as of April 30, 2015, all of the securities in each Fund were valued based on Level 1 inputs (see the Schedules of Investments for security categories). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or

 

 

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liquidity associated with investing in those securities. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

 

     Investments in Securities  
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  
DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio            

Equity Securities

   $ 179,009,157       $       $ 14,948       $ 179,024,105   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Note 6. Distributions to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended April 30, 2015 and 2014:

 

     2015      2014  
     Ordinary
Income
     Ordinary
Income
 
DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio    $ 881,072       $ 855,864   
DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio      352,829         129,334   
DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio      932,548         519,961   
DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio      2,298,949         942,939   
DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio      460,625         327,300   
DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio              245,316   
DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio      407,957         341,196   
DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio      406,069         65,769   
DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio      982,578         929,718   

Tax Components of Net Assets at Fiscal Year-End:

 

    Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
    Temporary
Book/Tax
Differences
    Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)—
Investment
Securities
    Capital Loss
Carryforwards
    Late-Year
Ordinary/
Post-October
Deferrals*
    Shares of
Beneficial
Interest
    Total Net
Assets
 
DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio   $ 188,975      $ (14,263   $ 3,438,457      $ (21,852,135   $ (4,290,047   $ 100,611,111      $ 78,082,098   
DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio     40,535        (12,342     6,408,234        (11,061,329     (1,695,414     102,783,199        96,462,883   
DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio     114,036        (13,100     6,649,085        (8,553,360     (2,334,183     101,850,934        97,713,412   
DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio     815,332        (16,393     12,198,898        (33,428,115     (33,585,432     237,193,393        183,177,683   
DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio     100,805        (12,282     1,525,003        (11,257,410     (656,433     48,746,914        38,446,597   
DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio**            (15,469     14,537,610        (53,587,034     (3,159,300     221,026,640        178,802,447   
DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio     142,201        (14,410     6,049,792        (45,676,431     (5,514,764     157,427,433        112,413,821   
DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio**            (13,155     6,926,319        (33,151,124     (1,766,754     92,592,443        64,587,729   
DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio     138,353        (13,397     2,337,831        (14,660,946     (965,317     48,056,897        34,893,421   
NASDAQ Internet Portfolio**                   6,221,774        (7,423,170     (2,489,564     220,541,886        216,850,926   

 

* Includes net capital losses incurred after October 31 (“Post-October Capital Losses”) and the combination of ordinary losses incurred after December 31 within the taxable year and specified losses incurred after October 31 within the taxable year (“Late-Year Ordinary Losses”), that are deemed to arise on the first business day of each Fund’s next taxable year.

 

** The DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio, DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio and NASDAQ Internet Portfolio incurred and will elect to defer Late-Year Ordinary Losses of $251,887, $32,375 and $305,444 and Post-October Capital Losses of $2,907,413, $1,734,379 and $2,184,120, respectively.

Capital loss carryforwards are calculated and reported as of a specific date. Results of transactions and other activity after that date may affect the amount of capital loss carryforwards actually available for the Funds to utilize. Capital losses generated in years beginning after December 22, 2010 can be carried forward for an unlimited period, whereas previous losses expire in eight tax years. Capital losses with an expiration period may not be used to offset capital gains until all net capital losses without an expiration date have been utilized. Capital loss carryforwards with no expiration date will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses instead of as short-term capital losses as under prior law. The ability to utilize capital loss carryforwards in the future may be limited under the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations based on the results of future transactions.

 

 

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The following table presents available capital loss carryforwards and expiration dates, for each Fund as of April 30, 2015:

 

                            Post-effective/no
expiration
             
    2016     2017     2018     2019     Short-Term     Long-Term     Total*     Expired  
DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio   $ 205,528      $ 3,783,798      $ 4,534,904      $ 2,521,492      $ 9,481,610      $ 1,324,803      $ 21,852,135      $   
DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio     1,246,058        1,993,654               2,042,056        5,779,561               11,061,329          
DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio     562,037        2,156,980        3,935,363        1,180,566        718,414               8,553,360          
DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio     880,885        2,869,667        3,914,682        1,167,692        24,595,189               33,428,115          
DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio     614,940        1,821,971        4,413,894        1,979,006        2,427,599               11,257,410          
DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio     2,234,184        17,890,879        18,737,951        2,739,963        11,984,057               53,587,034          
DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio     1,476,057        6,525,387        21,245,288        2,746,746        13,682,953               45,676,431          
DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio     2,465,875        8,220,697        7,658,564        3,016,840        11,789,148               33,151,124          
DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio     2,124,736        1,366,073        5,885,935        874,386        3,759,657        650,159        14,660,946        430,964   
NASDAQ Internet Portfolio                   3,360        74,863        4,425,721        2,919,226        7,423,170          

 

* Capital loss carryforwards as of the date listed above is reduced for limitations, if any, to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Code and may be further limited depending upon a variety of factors, including the realization of net unrealized gains or losses as of the date of any reorganization.

Note 7. Investment Transactions

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the cost of securities purchased and proceeds from sales of securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations, money market funds and in-kind transactions, if any) were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  
DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio    $ 76,170,749       $ 75,424,412   
DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio      72,287,193         71,881,454   
DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio      47,201,975         47,439,224   
DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio      225,699,052         226,098,746   
DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio      45,078,319         44,549,068   
DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio      185,169,933         186,568,014   
DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio      157,096,431         158,297,566   
DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio      100,856,702         97,233,910   
DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio      19,632,489         19,266,329   
NASDAQ Internet Portfolio      86,003,338         92,688,388   

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, in-kind transactions associated with creations and redemptions were as follows:

 

     Cost of
Securities
Received
     Value of
Securities
Delivered
 
DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio    $ 64,473,735       $ 81,418,980   
DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio      74,539,272         32,007,545   
DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio      76,873,684         24,344,439   
DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio      116,036,767         98,140,397   
DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio      31,022,740         32,795,025   
DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio      161,791,247         112,978,451   
DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio      48,015,423         103,804,231   
DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio      45,626,768         51,235,900   
DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio      11,735,596         18,923,774   
NASDAQ Internet Portfolio      65,104,327         175,150,494   

Gains (losses) on in-kind transactions are generally not considered taxable gains (losses) for federal income tax purposes.

 

 

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At April 30, 2015, the aggregate cost and the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments for tax purposes were as follows:

 

     Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
     Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Cost  
DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio    $ 5,078,584       $ (1,640,127    $ 3,438,457       $ 74,754,698   
DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio      7,203,685         (795,451      6,408,234         90,172,604   
DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio      9,079,987         (2,430,902      6,649,085         91,189,141   
DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio      16,007,032         (3,808,134      12,198,898         171,207,381   
DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio      2,620,019         (1,095,016      1,525,003         36,981,454   
DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio      20,909,156         (6,371,546      14,537,610         164,486,495   
DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio      9,408,266         (3,358,474      6,049,792         106,501,369   
DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio      7,749,243         (822,924      6,926,319         57,784,908   
DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio      2,939,244         (601,413      2,337,831         32,602,255   
NASDAQ Internet Portfolio      23,255,920         (17,034,146      6,221,774         219,562,401   

Note 8. Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of in-kind transactions and expired capital loss carryforwards on April 30, 2015, amounts were reclassified between undistributed net investment income (loss), undistributed net realized gain (loss) and Shares of beneficial interest. These reclassifications had no effect on the net assets of each Fund. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015, the reclassifications were as follows:

 

     Undistributed
Net Investment
Income (Loss)
     Undistributed
Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Shares of
Beneficial
Interest
 
DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio    $ 58,937       $ (10,865,142    $ 10,806,205   
DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio      (5,698      (3,250,167      3,255,865   
DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio              (2,694,512      2,694,512   
DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio      603,641         (7,589,202      6,985,561   
DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio      35,585         (3,861,946      3,826,361   
DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio      336,687         (13,402,896      13,066,209   
DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio              (5,792,308      5,792,308   
DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio      120,918         (8,627,745      8,506,827   
DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio              (2,997,578      2,997,578   
NASDAQ Internet Portfolio      1,032,010         (26,979,180      25,947,170   

Note 9. Trustees’ and Officer’s Fees

Trustees’ and Officer’s Fees include amounts accrued by the Funds to pay remuneration to the Independent Trustees and an Officer of the Trust. The Adviser, as a result of the unitary management fee, pays for such compensation for NASDAQ Internet Portfolio. The Trustee who is an “interested person” of the Trust does not receive any Trustees’ fees.

The Trust has adopted a deferred compensation plan (the “Plan”). Under the Plan, an Independent Trustee who has executed a Deferred Fee Agreement (a “Participating Trustee”) may defer receipt of all or a portion of his compensation (“Deferral Fees”). Such Deferral Fees are deemed to be invested in select PowerShares Funds. The Deferral Fees payable to the Participating Trustee are valued as of the date such Deferral Fees would have been paid to the Participating Trustee. The value increases with contributions or with increases in the value of the Shares selected, and the value decreases with distributions or with declines in the value of the Shares selected. Obligations under the Plan represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Funds.

Note 10. Capital

Shares are created and redeemed by each Fund only in Creation Units of 50,000 Shares. Only Authorized Participants are permitted to purchase or redeem Creation Units from the Funds. Such transactions are generally permitted in exchange for Deposit Securities, with a balancing cash component to equate the transaction to the NAV per Share of a Fund of the Trust on the transaction date. However, for all Funds, cash in an amount equivalent to the value of certain securities may be substituted, generally when the securities are not available in sufficient quantity for delivery, not eligible for trading by the Authorized Participant or as a result of other market circumstances.

 

 

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To the extent that the Funds permit transactions in exchange for Deposit Securities, each Fund may issue Shares in advance of receipt of Deposit Securities subject to various conditions, including a requirement to maintain on deposit with the Trust cash at least equal to 105% of the market value of the missing Deposit Securities. In accordance with the Trust’s Participant Agreement, Creation Units will be issued to an Authorized Participant, notwithstanding the fact that the corresponding Deposit Securities have not been received in part or in whole, in reliance on the undertaking of the Authorized Participant to deliver the missing Deposit Securities as soon as possible, which undertaking shall be secured by the Authorized Participant’s delivery and maintenance of collateral consisting of cash in the form of U.S. dollars in immediately available funds having a value (marked-to-market daily) at least equal to 105%, which the Adviser may change from time to time, of the value of the missing Deposit Securities.

Transactions in each Fund’s Shares are disclosed in detail in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

Note 11. Indemnifications

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. Each Independent Trustee is also indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of his duties to the Trust pursuant to an Indemnification Agreement between the Independent Trustee and the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Trust believes the risk of loss to be remote.

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust:

 

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio and PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio (each an individual portfolio of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, hereafter referred to as the “Funds”) at April 30, 2015, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at April 30, 2015 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, and the application of alternative auditing procedures where confirmations of security purchases have not been received, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Chicago, IL

June 24, 2015

 

 

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Fees and Expenses

 

As a shareholder of a Fund of the PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (excluding PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio), you incur advisory fees and other Fund expenses. As a shareholder of a Fund of the PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio, you incur a unitary management fee. In addition to the unitary management fee, a shareholder may pay distribution fees, if any, brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, litigation expenses and other extraordinary expenses (including acquired fund fees and expenses, if any). The expense examples below are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the six-month period ended April 30, 2015.

In addition to the fees and expenses which the PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio (the “Portfolio”) bears directly, the Portfolio indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the investment companies in which the Portfolio invests. The amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Portfolio will vary because the investment companies have varied expenses and fee levels and the Portfolio may own different proportions of the investment companies at different times. Estimated investment companies’ expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Portfolio. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the investment companies and are deducted from the value of the investment companies the Portfolio invests in. The effect of the estimated investment companies’ expenses that the Portfolio bears indirectly are included in the Portfolio’s total returns.

Actual Expenses

The first line in the following table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading “Expenses Paid During the Six-Month Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the following table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed annualized rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only, and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges and brokerage commissions. Therefore, the second line in the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, expenses shown in the table do not include the expenses of the underlying funds, which are borne indirectly by a Fund. If transaction costs and indirect expenses were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

    Beginning
Account Value
November 1, 2014
    Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2015
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Six-Month Period
    Expenses Paid
During the
Six-Month  Period(1)
 
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio (PYZ)        

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 996.06        0.60   $ 2.97   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.82        0.60        3.01   
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio (PEZ)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,102.73        0.60        3.13   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.82        0.60        3.01   
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio (PSL)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,058.33        0.60        3.06   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.82        0.60        3.01   
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio (PXI)        

Actual

    1,000.00        937.22        0.61        2.93   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.77        0.61        3.06   

 

 

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Fees and Expenses (continued)

 

    Beginning
Account Value
November 1, 2014
    Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2015
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Six-Month Period
    Expenses Paid
During the
Six-Month  Period(1)
 
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio (PFI)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,028.43        0.60        3.02   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.82        0.60        3.01   
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio (PTH)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,091.36        0.60        3.11   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.82        0.60        3.01   
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio (PRN)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,001.95        0.60        2.98   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.82        0.60        3.01   
PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio (PTF)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,126.20        0.60        3.16   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.82        0.60        3.01   
PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio (PUI)        

Actual

    1,000.00        972.03        0.60        2.93   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.82        0.60        3.01   
PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio (PNQI)        

Actual

    1,000.00        1,059.34        0.60        3.06   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00        1,021.82        0.60        3.01   

 

(1)  Expenses are calculated using the annualized expense ratio, which represents the ongoing expenses as a percentage of net assets for the six-month period ended April 30, 2015. Expenses are calculated by multiplying the Fund’s annualized expense ratio by the average account value for the period, then multiplying the result by 181/365. Expense ratios for the most recent six-month period may differ from expense ratios based on the annualized data in the Financial Highlights.

 

 

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Tax Information

 

Form 1099-DIV, Form 1042-S and other year-end tax information provide shareholders with actual calendar year amounts that should be included in their tax returns. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers.

The following distribution information is being provided as required by the Internal Revenue Code or to meet a specific state’s requirement.

Each Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended April 30, 2015:

Federal Income Tax Information

 

     Qualified Dividend
Income*
  Dividends-Received
Deduction*
DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio        100 %       100 %
DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio        100 %       100 %
DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio        100 %       100 %
DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio        100 %       100 %
DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio        100 %       100 %
DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio        0 %       0 %
DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio        100 %       100 %
DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio        100 %       100 %
DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio        100 %       100 %
NASDAQ Internet Portfolio        0 %       0 %

 

* The above percentages are based on ordinary income dividends paid to shareholders during the Fund’s fiscal year.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers

 

The Independent Trustees of the Trust, their term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during at least the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex overseen by each Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by a Trustee are shown below.

The Trustees and officers information is current as of April 30, 2015.

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Independent Trustees
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Term of
Office
and
Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years
   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex**
Overseen by
Independent
Trustees
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Independent
Trustees During
the Past 5 Years

Ronn R. Bagge—1958

c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2003    Founder and Principal, YQA Capital Management LLC (1998-Present); formerly Owner/CEO of Electronic Dynamic Balancing Co., Inc. (high-speed rotating equipment service provider).    120    None

Todd J. Barre—1957

c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2010    Assistant Professor of Business, Trinity Christian College (2010-Present); formerly Vice President and Senior Investment Strategist (2001-2008), Director of Open Architecture and Trading (2007-2008), Head of Fundamental Research (2004-2007) and Vice President and Senior Fixed Income Strategist (1994-2001), BMO Financial Group/Harris Private Bank.    120    None

Marc M. Kole—1960

c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2006    Retired. Formerly, Chief Financial Officer, Hope Network (social services) (2008-2012); Assistant Vice President and Controller, Priority Health (health insurance) (2005-2008); Senior Vice President of Finance, United Healthcare (2004-2005); Chief Accounting Officer, Senior Vice President of Finance, Oxford Health Plans (2000-2004); Audit Partner, Arthur Andersen LLP (1996-2000).    120    None

Yung Bong Lim—1964

c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2013    Managing Partner, Residential Dynamics Group LLC (2008-Present); formerly, Managing Director, Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C. (1999-2007).    120    None

Philip M. Nussbaum—1961

c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2003    Chairman, Performance Trust Capital Partners (2004-Present).    120    None

 

* This is the date the Independent Trustee began serving the Trust. Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Fund Complex includes all open-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser. At April 30, 2015, the “Fund Family” consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 67 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Independent Trustees
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Term of
Office
and
Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years
   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex**
Overseen by
Independent
Trustees
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Independent
Trustees During
the Past 5 Years

Gary R. Wicker—1961

c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2013    Senior Vice President of Global Finance and Chief Financial Officer at RBC Ministries (publishing company) (2013-Present); formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Zondervan Publishing (A division of Harper Collins/NewsCorp) (2007-2012); Senior Vice President and Group Controller (2005-2006), Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2003-2004), Chief Financial Officer (2001-2003), Vice President, Finance and Controller (1999-2001) and Assistant Controller (1997-1999), divisions of The Thomson Corporation (information services provider).    120    None

Donald H. Wilson—1959

c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Chairman of the Board and Trustee    Chairman since 2012; Trustee since 2006    Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Community Financial Shares, Inc. and Community Bank—Wheaton/Glen Ellyn (subsidiary) (2013-Present); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Stone Pillar Advisors, Ltd. (2010-Present); formerly, Chief Operating Officer, AMCORE Financial, Inc. (bank holding company) (2007-2009); Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, AMCORE Financial, Inc. (2006-2007); Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Marshall & Ilsley Corp. (bank holding company) (1995-2006).    120    None

 

* This is the date the Independent Trustee began serving the Trust. Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Fund Complex includes all open-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser. At April 30, 2015, the “Fund Family” consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 67 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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The Trustee who is an “interested person” (the “Non-Independent Trustee”) and the executive officers of the Trust, their term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during at least the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex overseen by the Non-Independent Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by the Non-Independent Trustee are shown below.

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Non-Independent Trustee
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Term of
Office
and
Length of
Time
Served*
  

Principal
Occupation(s) During

Past 5 Years

   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex**
Overseen by
Non-Independent
Trustees
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Non-Independent
Trustees During
the Past 5 Years

Kevin M. Carome—1956 Invesco Ltd.

Two Peachtree Pointe,

1555 Peachtree St., N.E.,

Suite 1800

Atlanta, GA 30309

   Trustee    Since 2010    Senior Managing Director, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Ltd. (2006-Present); Director, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2009-Present); Director, Invesco Finance PLC, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc., and Invesco Holding Company Limited; Director and Executive Vice President, Invesco Finance, Inc., Invesco Group Services, Inc., Invesco Investments (Bermuda) Ltd., Invesco North American Holdings, Inc., and IVZ, Inc. and Invesco Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd.; Manager, Horizon Flight Works LLC; Director and Secretary, IVZ Bahamas Private Limited; formerly, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2003-2005); Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. (2000-2001); General Counsel of certain investment management subsidiaries of Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. (1998-2000); Associate General Counsel, Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. (1993-1998); Associate, Ropes & Gray LLP.    120    None

 

* This is the date the Non-Independent Trustee began serving the Trust. Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Fund Complex includes all open-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser. At April 30, 2015, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 67 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Executive Officers
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years

Andrew Schlossberg—1974

Invesco Management Group, Inc. 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000 Houston, TX 77046

   President    Since 2009    President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2009-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Managing Director—U.S. Strategy and Marketing (2010-Present) and Principal Executive Officer (2015-Present), Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Managing Director, U.S. head of business strategy and chief marketing officer for Invesco Ltd. in the United States (2008-Present); and Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser) (2009-Present); formerly, Mr. Schlossberg served in multiple roles within Invesco, including head of corporate development, as well as global leadership roles in strategy and product development in the company’s North American Institutional and Retirement divisions (2002-2007) and Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (2012-2015).

Peter Hubbard—1981

Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President    Since 2009    Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2009-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Vice President and Director of Portfolio Management—Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2008-Present); formerly, Portfolio Manager, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2007-2008); Research Analyst, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2005-2007); Research Analyst and Trader, Ritchie Capital, a hedge fund operator (2003-2005).

David Warren—1957

Invesco Canada Ltd.

5140 Yonge Street

Suite 800, Toronto,

Ontario M2N 6X7

   Vice President    Since 2009    Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2009-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Managing Director—Chief Administrative Officer, Americas, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2009-Present); Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Inc. (2009-Present); Senior Vice President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (2007-Present); Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly, Invesco Trimark Ltd.) and Chief Administrative Officer, North American Retail, Invesco Ltd. (2007-Present); Director, Invesco Canada Holdings Inc. (2002-Present), Invesco Corporate Class Inc., and Invesco Canada Fund Inc.; Director, Invesco Financial Services Ltd. and Trimark Investments Ltd. (2014-Present); formerly, Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly, Invesco Trimark Ltd.) (2000-2006).

Sheri Morris—1964

Invesco Management Group, Inc. 11 Greenway Plaza,

Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046

   Vice President    Since 2012    Vice President, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser) (2009-Present) and Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2012-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); formerly, Treasurer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2011-2013); Vice President, Invesco Aim Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; Assistant Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds and Assistant Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.

 

* This is the date the Officers began serving the Trust. Each Officer serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

 

 

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Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Executive Officers
   Position(s)
Held
with Trust
   Length of
Time
Served*
   Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years

Rudolf E. Reitmann—1971

Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President    Since 2013    Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2013-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Head of Global Exchange Traded Funds Operations, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2013-Present).

Daniel E. Draper—1968

Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President    Since 2013    Senior Vice President, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (2014-Present); Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2013-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Managing Director, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2013-Present); formerly, Managing Director, Credit Suisse Asset Management (2010–2013) and Lyxor Asset Management/Societe Generale (2007-2010).

Steven M. Hill—1964

Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President and Treasurer    Since 2013    Vice President and Treasurer of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2013-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Head of Global ETF Administration, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2011-Present); Principal Financial and Accounting Officer—Investment Pools, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2015-Present); formerly, Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, Destra Capital Management LLC and its subsidiaries (2010-2011); Chief Financial Officer, Destra Investment Trust and Destra Investment Trust II (2010-2011); Senior Managing Director, Claymore Securities, Inc. (2003-2010); and Chief Financial Officer, Claymore sponsored mutual funds (2003-2010).

Christopher Joe—1969

Invesco Management Group, Inc. 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000 Houston, TX 77046

   Chief Compliance Officer   

Since

2012

   Deputy Chief Compliance Officer of Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2014-Present); Chief Compliance Officer of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2012-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); U.S. Compliance Director, Invesco, Ltd. (2006-Present); formerly, Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Investment Advisers, LLC (registered investment adviser) (2010-2013).

Anna Paglia—1974

Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Secretary    Since 2011    Secretary, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2011-Present) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present); Head of Legal, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2010-Present); formerly, Partner, K&L Gates LLP (formerly, Bell Boyd & Lloyd LLP) (2007-2010); Associate Counsel at Barclays Global Investors Ltd. (2004-2006).

Availability of Additional Information About the Trustees

The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request at (800) 983-0903.

 

 

* This is the period for which the Officers began serving the Trust. Each Officer serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

 

 

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At a meeting held on April 16, 2015, the Board of Trustees of the PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (the “Trust”), including the Independent Trustees, approved the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement between Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”) and the Trust for the following 51 series (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):

 

PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio

PowerShares BuyBack Achievers™ Portfolio

PowerShares Cleantech™ Portfolio

PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio

PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio

PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio

PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio

PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio

PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio

PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio

PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers TM Portfolio

PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio

PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio

PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio

PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio

PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio

 

 

The Trustees reviewed information from the Adviser describing: (i) the nature, extent and quality of services provided, (ii) the investment performance of the Funds and the Adviser, (iii) the costs of services provided and estimated profits realized by the Adviser, (iv) the extent to which economies of scale are realized as a Fund grows, (v) whether fee levels reflect any possible economies of scale for the benefit of Fund shareholders, (vi) comparisons of services rendered to and amounts paid by other registered investment companies and (vii) any benefits realized by the Adviser from its relationship with each Fund. Based on all of the information considered and the conclusions reached, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, determined to approve the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund. No single factor was determinative in the Board’s analysis.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. In evaluating the nature, extent and quality of the Adviser’s services, the Trustees reviewed information concerning the functions performed by the Adviser for the Funds, information describing the Adviser’s current organization and staffing, including operational support provided by the Adviser’s parent organization, Invesco Ltd., and the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds. The Trustees reviewed matters related to the Adviser’s execution and/or oversight of execution of portfolio transactions on behalf of the Funds. The Trustees also reviewed information on the performance of the Funds and their underlying indexes for the one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year and since-inception periods ended December 31, 2014, as applicable, including reports for each of those periods on the correlation and tracking error between each Fund’s performance and the performance of its underlying index, as well as the Adviser’s analysis of the tracking error between PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio and its underlying index. In reviewing the tracking error report, the Trustees considered information provided by Ibbotson Associates, a consultant to the Independent Trustees, with respect to general expected tracking error ranges and various explanations for any tracking error. The Trustees noted that for each applicable period the

 

 

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correlation and tracking error for each Fund was within the targeted range set forth in the Trust’s registration statement. The Trustees concluded that each Fund was correlated to its underlying index and that the tracking error for each Fund was within an acceptable range given that Fund’s particular circumstances.

The Trustees also considered the services provided by the Adviser in its oversight of the Funds’ administrator, custodian and transfer agent. They noted the significant amount of time, effort and resources that had been devoted to this oversight function.

Based on their review, the Trustees concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Adviser to the Funds under the Investment Advisory Agreement were appropriate and reasonable.

Fees, Expenses and Profitability. The Trustees reviewed and discussed the information provided by the Adviser on each Fund’s advisory fee and net expense ratio, as compared to information compiled by the Adviser from Lipper Inc. databases on the advisory fees and net expense ratios of comparable exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), open-end (non-ETF) index funds and open-end (non-ETF) actively-managed funds. The Trustees noted that the annual advisory fee charged to each Fund is:

 

    0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each Fund other than PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio;

 

    0.40% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each of PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio and PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio; and

 

    0.29% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each of PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio1, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio1, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio1, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio.

The Trustees also noted that the Adviser has agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fee and/or pay expenses (an “Expense Cap”) to the extent necessary to prevent the annual operating expenses of each Fund from exceeding the percentage of that Fund’s average daily net assets, at least until August 31, 2016, as set forth below:

 

    0.60%, excluding interest expenses, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for each of PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio and PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio;

 

    0.50%, excluding interest expenses, licensing fees, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for each of PowerShares Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio and PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio;

 

    0.39%, excluding interest expenses, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for each of PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio2, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio2, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio2, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio and PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio;

 

1  The annual management fee for PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio and PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio will be reduced to 0.25% of each Fund’s average daily net assets, effective May 22, 2015. Pure Small Value Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio.
2  The Expense Cap for PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio, PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio and PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio will be reduced such that annual operating expenses of each Fund will not exceed 0.25% of its average daily net assets, effective May 22, 2015.

 

 

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    0.29%, excluding interest expenses, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio;

 

    0.60%, excluding interest expenses, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio, PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio and PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio; and

 

    0.60%, excluding interest expenses, licensing fees, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses, for each other Fund.

The Trustees noted that the Adviser represented that it does not serve as the investment adviser to any clients, other than other ETFs also overseen by the Trustees, with comparable investment strategies as the Funds, but that the Adviser provides sub-advisory services to clients with comparable investment strategies as certain of the Funds. The Trustees further noted the Adviser’s explanation with respect to the sub-advisory fees it receives for such services in comparison to the advisory fees charged to the Funds. The Trustees noted that the advisory fees for certain Funds were equal to or lower than the median advisory fees of their ETF and open-end index peer funds as illustrated in the table below. The Trustees also noted that the advisory fees for all of the Funds were lower than the median advisory fees of their open-end actively-managed peer funds.

 

PowerShares Fund      Equal to/Lower
than ETF Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Median3
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Buyback Achievers Portfolio                X
PowerShares Cleantech Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dividend Achievers Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio                X

 

3  The information provided by the Adviser indicated that certain Funds did not have open-end index fund peers. Those Funds have been designated with an “N/A” for not available.

 

 

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PowerShares Fund      Equal to/Lower
than ETF Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Median3
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio                X
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio                X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio      X           X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio                X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio                X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio      X           X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares International Dividend Achievers Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares S&P 500 High Quality Portfolio                X
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio                X

The Trustees determined that the advisory fees were reasonable, noting the nature of the indexes, the distinguishing factors of the Funds, and the administrative, operational and management oversight costs for the Adviser. The Trustees noted that the net expense ratios for certain Funds were equal to or lower than the median net expense ratios of their ETF and open-end index peer funds as illustrated in the table below. The Trustees also noted that the net expense ratios for all of the Funds were lower than the median net expense ratios of their open-end actively-managed peer funds.

 

PowerShares Fund      Equal to/Lower
than ETF Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Buyback Achievers Portfolio                X
PowerShares Cleantech Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dividend Achievers Portfolio           X      X

 

 

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PowerShares Fund      Equal to/Lower
than ETF Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio                X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Core Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Value Portfolio                X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Value Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Core Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Fundamental Pure Small Value Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares International Dividend Achievers Portfolio      X      X      X

 

 

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Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreement (continued)

 

PowerShares Fund      Equal to/Lower
than ETF Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Median
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares S&P 500 High Quality Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio                X

The Trustees noted that a significant component of the non-advisory fee expenses was the license fees paid by the Funds, and noted those Funds for which license fees are included in the Funds’ Expense Caps.

The Board concluded that the advisory fee and expense ratio of each Fund (giving effect to the Fund’s Expense Cap) were reasonable and appropriate in light of the services provided.

In conjunction with their review of fees, the Trustees also considered information provided by the Adviser on the revenues received by the Adviser under the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund, as well as the fees waived and expenses reimbursed by the Adviser for the Funds. The Trustees reviewed information provided by the Adviser on its overall profitability as well as the estimated profitability to the Adviser from its relationship to each Fund. The Trustees concluded that the overall and estimated profitability to the Adviser was not unreasonable.

Economies of Scale and Whether Fee Levels Reflect These Economies of Scale. The Trustees reviewed the information provided by the Adviser as to the extent to which economies of scale are realized as each Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect economies of scale for the benefit of shareholders. The Trustees reviewed each Fund’s asset size, expense ratio and expense limitation agreed to by the Adviser. The Trustees noted that, for Funds whose expenses are higher than their respective Expense Caps, any reduction in that Fund’s expenses would be enjoyed by the Adviser, but that Fund shareholders benefit from the lower expense ratio as a result of the Fund’s Expense Cap. The Trustees also noted that the Excess Expense Agreement with the Trust provides that the Adviser is entitled to be reimbursed by each Fund, other than PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio and PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio, for fees waived or expenses absorbed pursuant to the Expense Cap for a period of three years from the date the fee or expense was incurred, provided that no reimbursement would be made that would result in a Fund exceeding its Expense Cap. The Trustees considered whether the advisory fee rate for each Fund was reasonable in relation to the asset size of that Fund, and concluded that the flat advisory fee was reasonable and appropriate, noting the Fund expenses the Adviser has borne as a result of the Expense Cap.

The Trustees noted that the Adviser had not identified any further benefits that it derived from its relationship with the Funds and had noted that it does not have any soft-dollar arrangements.

Based on all of the information considered and the conclusions reached, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, determined to approve the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund.

 

 

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Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreement

 

At a meeting held on April 16, 2015, the Board of Trustees of the PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (the “Trust”), including the Independent Trustees, approved the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement between Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”) and the Trust for PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio (each, a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”).

The Trustees reviewed information from the Adviser describing: (i) the nature, extent and quality of services provided, (ii) the investment performance of the Funds and the Adviser, (iii) the costs of services provided and estimated profits realized by the Adviser, (iv) the extent to which economies of scale are realized as a Fund grows, (v) whether fee levels reflect any possible economies of scale for the benefit of Fund shareholders, (vi) comparisons of services rendered to and amounts paid by other registered investment companies and (vii) any benefits realized by the Adviser from its relationship with each Fund. Based on all of the information considered and the conclusions reached, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, determined to approve the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund. No single factor was determinative in the Board’s analysis.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. In evaluating the nature, extent and quality of the Adviser’s services, the Trustees reviewed information concerning the functions performed by the Adviser for the Funds, information describing the Adviser’s current organization and staffing, including operational support provided by the Adviser’s parent organization, Invesco Ltd., and the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds. The Trustees reviewed matters related to the Adviser’s oversight of the execution of portfolio transactions on behalf of the Funds. The Trustees also reviewed information on the performance of the Funds and their underlying indexes for the one-year, three-year, five-year and since-inception (June 12, 2008 for PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio and December 20, 2007 for PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio) periods ended December 31, 2014, including reports for each of those periods on the correlation and tracking error between each Fund’s performance and the performance of its underlying index, as well as the Adviser’s analysis of the tracking error between each Fund and its underlying index. In reviewing the tracking error report, the Trustees considered information provided by Ibbotson Associates, a consultant to the Independent Trustees, with respect to general expected tracking error ranges and various explanations for any tracking error. The Trustees noted that for each period, the correlation and tracking error for each Fund was within the targeted range set forth in the Trust’s registration statement. The Trustees concluded that each Fund was correlated to its underlying index and that the tracking error for each Fund was within an acceptable range given that Fund’s particular circumstances.

The Trustees also considered the services provided by the Adviser in its oversight of the Funds’ administrator, custodian and transfer agent. They noted the significant amount of time, effort and resources that had been devoted to this oversight function.

Based on their review, the Trustees concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Adviser to the Funds under the Investment Advisory Agreement were appropriate and reasonable.

Fees, Expenses and Profitability. The Trustees reviewed and discussed the information provided by the Adviser on each Fund’s net expense ratio and unitary advisory fee, as compared to information compiled by the Adviser from Lipper Inc. databases on the net expense ratios of comparable exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), open-end (non-ETF) index funds and open-end (non-ETF) actively-managed funds. The Trustees noted that the annual unitary advisory fee is 0.60% for PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio and 0.75% for PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio, and that the Adviser pays all other operating expenses of each Fund, except that each Fund pays its brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, litigation expenses and other extraordinary expenses.

The Trustees noted that the Adviser represented that it does not serve as an investment adviser to any clients, other than other ETFs also overseen by the Trustees, with comparable investment strategies as the Funds. The Trustees noted that PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio’s net expense ratio was higher than the median net expense ratio of its ETF peer funds, but was lower than the median net expense ratios of its open-end index peer funds and open-end actively-managed peer funds. The Trustees noted that PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio’s net expense ratio was lower than the median net expense ratios of its ETF peer funds, open-end index peer funds and open-end actively-managed peer funds. The Trustees noted that each Fund’s advisory fee was reasonable because of the nature of the indexes, the distinguishing factors of the Funds and the administrative, operational and management oversight costs for the Adviser. The Trustees also noted that a portion of each Fund’s advisory fee was attributable to a license fee payable out of the unitary fee charged to that Fund. The Board concluded that the unitary advisory fee charged to each Fund was reasonable and appropriate in light of the services provided.

In conjunction with their review of the unitary advisory fee, the Trustees also considered information provided by the Adviser on the revenues received by the Adviser under the Investment Advisory Agreement. The Trustees reviewed information provided by the

 

 

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Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreement (continued)

 

Adviser on its overall profitability as well as the estimated profitability to the Adviser from its relationship to each Fund. The Trustees concluded that the overall and estimated profitability to the Adviser was not unreasonable.

Economies of Scale and Whether Fee Levels Reflect These Economies of Scale. The Trustees reviewed the information provided by the Adviser as to the extent to which economies of scale are realized as each Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect economies of scale for the benefit of shareholders. The Trustees reviewed each Fund’s asset size and expense ratio. The Trustees noted that any reduction in fixed costs associated with the management of the Funds would be enjoyed by the Adviser, but a unitary fee provides a level of certainty in expenses for the Funds. The Trustees considered whether the advisory fee rate for each Fund was reasonable in relation to the asset size of that Fund, and concluded that the flat advisory fee was reasonable and appropriate.

The Trustees noted that the Adviser had not identified any further benefits that it derived from its relationships with the Funds and had noted that it does not have any soft-dollar arrangements.

Based on all of the information considered and the conclusions reached, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, determined to approve the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund.

 

 

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Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the Trust’s proxy voting policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge and upon request, by calling (800) 983-0903. This information is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“Commission”) website at www.sec.gov.

Information regarding how each Fund voted proxies for portfolio securities, if applicable, during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, is also available, without charge and upon request, by (i) calling (800) 983-0903; or (ii) accessing the Trust’s Form N-PX on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolios

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings for the Funds with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Forms N-Q are available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330.

Frequency Distribution of Discounts and Premiums

A table showing the number of days the market price of each Fund’s shares was greater than the Fund’s net asset value, and the number of days it was less than the Fund’s net asset value (i.e., premium or discount) for the most recently completed calendar year, and the calendar quarters since that year end (or the life of the Fund, if shorter) may be found at the Fund’s website at www.invescopowershares.com.

 


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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

The Registrant has adopted a Code of Ethics that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer. This Code is filed as an exhibit to this report on Form N-CSR under Item 12(a)(1). No substantive amendments to this Code were made during the reporting period. There were no waivers for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The Registrant’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) has determined that the Registrant has three “audit committee financial experts” serving on its audit committee: Mr. Marc M. Kole, Mr. Gary R. Wicker and Mr. Donald H. Wilson. Each of these audit committee members is “independent,” meaning that he is not an “interested person” of the Registrant (as that term is defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) and he does not accept any consulting, advisory, or other compensatory fee from the Registrant (except in his capacity as a Board or committee member).

An “audit committee financial expert” is not an “expert” for any purpose, including for purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as a result of being designated as an “audit committee financial expert.” Further, the designation of a person as an “audit committee financial expert” does not mean that person has any greater duties, obligations, or liability than those imposed on a person without the “audit committee financial expert” designation. Similarly, the designation of a person as an “audit committee financial expert” does not affect the duties, obligations, or liability of any other member of the audit committee or Board of trustees.


Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

(a) to (d)

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) billed the Registrant aggregate fees for services rendered to the Registrant for the last two fiscal years as follows:

 

  Fees Billed by
PwC for
Services
Rendered to the
Registrant for
fiscal
year end 2015

(e)(2)

Percentage of
Services
Approved for
fiscal year end
2015 Pursuant
to Waiver of
Pre-Approval
Requirement(1)

Fees Billed by
PwC for
Services
Rendered to
the Registrant
for fiscal year
end 2014

(e)(2)

Percentage of
Services
Approved for
fiscal year end
2014 Pursuant to
Waiver of Pre-
Approval
Requirement(1)

Audit Fees

$ 702,453

N/A

$ 671,700

N/A

Audit-Related Fees

$0

0%

$0

0%

Tax Fees(2)

$400,749

0%

$408,510

0%

All Other Fees

$0

0%

$0

0%

Total Fees

$1,103,202

0%

$1,080,210

0%
                     

(1) For the provision of non-audit services, the pre-approval requirement is waived pursuant to a de minimis exception if (i) such services were not recognized as non-audit services by the Registrant at the time of engagement,

(ii) the aggregate amount of all such services provided is no more than 5% of the aggregate audit and non-audit fees paid by the Registrant during the fiscal year in which the services are provided; and (iii) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Registrant’s Audit Committee and approved by the Registrant’s Audit Committee prior to the completion of the audit.

(2) Tax fees for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015 include fees billed for reviewing tax returns, 2014 excise tax returns and excise tax distributions calculations. Tax fees for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2014 included fees billed for reviewing tax returns, 2013 excise tax returns and excise tax distribution calculations in addition to preparing the final tax returns for the two liquidated portfolios of the Registrant.


(e) (1) Audit Committee Pre Approval Policies and Procedures

PRE-APPROVAL OF AUDIT AND NON-AUDIT SERVICES

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

As Adopted by the Audit Committee of

the PowerShares Funds (the “Funds”)

Adopted June 26, 2009, amended March 12, 2015

Statement of Principles

Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) (“Rules”), the Audit Committee of the Funds’ (the “Audit Committee”) Board of Trustees (the “Board”) is responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of independent accountants (an “Auditor”). As part of this responsibility and to assure that the Auditor’s independence is not impaired, the Audit Committee pre-approves the audit and non-audit services provided to the Funds by each Auditor, as well as all non-audit services provided by the Auditor to the Funds’ investment adviser and to affiliates of the adviser that provide ongoing services to the Funds (“Service Affiliates”) if the services directly impact the Funds’ operations or financial reporting. The SEC Rules also specify the types of services that an Auditor may not provide to its audit client. The following policies and procedures comply with the requirements for pre-approval and provide a mechanism by which management of the Funds may request and secure pre-approval of audit and non-audit services in an orderly manner with minimal disruption to normal business operations.

Proposed services either may be pre-approved without consideration of specific case-by-case services by the Audit Committee (“general pre-approval”) or require the specific pre-approval of the Audit Committee (“specific pre-approval”). As set forth in these policies and procedures, unless a type of service has received general pre-approval, it will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee. Additionally, any fees exceeding 110% of estimated pre-approved fee levels provided at the time the service was pre-approved will also require specific approval by the Audit Committee before payment is made. The Audit Committee will also consider the impact of additional fees on the Auditor’s independence when determining whether to approve any additional fees for previously pre-approved services.

The Audit Committee will annually review and generally pre-approve the services that may be provided by each Auditor without obtaining specific pre-approval from the Audit Committee. The term of any general pre-approval runs from the date of such pre-approval through June 30th of the following year, unless the Audit Committee considers a different period and states otherwise. The Audit Committee will add to or subtract from the list of general pre-approved services from time to time, based on subsequent determinations.

The purpose of these policies and procedures is to set forth the guidelines to assist the Audit Committee in fulfilling its responsibilities.


Delegation

The Chairman of the Audit Committee (or, in his or her absence, any member of the Audit Committee) may grant specific pre-approval for non-prohibited services. All such delegated pre-approvals shall be presented to the Audit Committee no later than the next Audit Committee meeting.

Audit Services

The annual Audit services engagement terms will be subject to specific pre-approval of the Audit Committee. Audit services include the annual financial statement audit and other procedures such as tax provision work that is required to be performed by the independent auditor to be able to form an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements. The Audit Committee will obtain, review and consider sufficient information concerning the proposed Auditor to make a reasonable evaluation of the Auditor’s qualifications and independence.

In addition to the annual Audit services engagement, the Audit Committee may grant either general or specific pre-approval of other Audit services, which are those services that only the independent auditor reasonably can provide. Other Audit services may include services such as issuing consents for the inclusion of audited financial statements with SEC registration statements, periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC or other documents issued in connection with securities offerings.

Non-Audit Services

The Audit Committee may provide either general or specific pre-approval of any non-audit services to the Funds and its Service Affiliates if the Audit Committee believes that the provision of the service will not impair the independence of the Auditor, is consistent with the SEC’s Rules on auditor independence, and otherwise conforms to the Audit Committee’s general principles and policies as set forth herein.

Audit-Related Services

“Audit-related services” are assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Funds’ financial statements or that are traditionally performed by the independent auditor. Audit-related services include, among others, accounting consultations related to accounting, financial reporting or disclosure matters not classified as “Audit services”; and assistance with understanding and implementing new accounting and financial reporting guidance from rulemaking authorities.

Tax Services

“Tax services” include, but are not limited to, the review and signing of the Funds’ federal tax returns, the review of required distributions by the Funds and consultations regarding tax matters such as the tax treatment of new investments or the impact of new regulations. The Audit Committee will scrutinize carefully the retention of the Auditor in connection with a transaction


initially recommended by the Auditor, the major business purpose of which may be tax avoidance or the tax treatment of which may not be supported in the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations. The Audit Committee will consult with the Funds’ Treasurer (or his or her designee) and may consult with outside counsel or advisors as necessary to ensure the consistency of Tax services rendered by the Auditor with the foregoing policy.

No Auditor shall represent any Fund or any Service Affiliate before a tax court, district court or federal court of claims.

Under rules adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and approved by the SEC, in connection with seeking Audit Committee pre-approval of permissible Tax services, the Auditor shall:

 

  1. Describe in writing to the Audit Committee, which writing may be in the form of the proposed engagement letter:

 

  a. The scope of the service, the fee structure for the engagement, and any side letter or amendment to the engagement letter, or any other agreement between the Auditor and the Fund, relating to the service; and

 

  b. Any compensation arrangement or other agreement, such as a referral agreement, a referral fee or fee-sharing arrangement, between the Auditor and any person (other than the Fund) with respect to the promoting, marketing, or recommending of a transaction covered by the service;

 

  2. Discuss with the Audit Committee the potential effects of the services on the independence of the Auditor; and

 

  3. Document the substance of its discussion with the Audit Committee.

All Other Auditor Services

The Audit Committee may pre-approve non-audit services classified as “All other services” that are not categorically prohibited by the SEC, as listed in Exhibit 1 to this policy.

Pre-Approval Fee Levels or Established Amounts

Pre-approval of estimated fees or established amounts for services to be provided by the Auditor under general or specific pre-approval policies will be set periodically by the Audit Committee. Any proposed fees exceeding 110% of the maximum estimated pre-approved fees or established amounts for pre-approved audit and non-audit services will be reported to the Audit Committee at the quarterly Audit Committee meeting and will require specific approval by the Audit Committee before payment is made. The Audit Committee will always factor in the overall relationship of fees for audit and non-audit services in determining whether to pre-approve any such services and in determining whether to approve any additional fees exceeding 110% of the maximum pre-approved fees or established amounts for previously pre-approved services.


Procedures

On an annual basis, the Auditor will submit to the Audit Committee for general pre-approval, a list of non-audit services that the Funds or Service Affiliates of the Funds may request from the Auditor. The list will describe the non-audit services in reasonable detail and will include an estimated range of fees and such other information as the Audit Committee may request.

Each request for services to be provided by the Auditor under the general pre-approval of the Audit Committee will be submitted to the Funds’ Treasurer (or his or her designee) and must include a detailed description of the services to be rendered. The Treasurer or his or her designee will ensure that such services are included within the list of services that have received the general pre-approval of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee will be informed at the next quarterly scheduled Audit Committee meeting of any such services for which the Auditor rendered an invoice and whether such services and fees had been pre-approved and if so, by what means.

Each request to provide services that require specific approval by the Audit Committee shall be submitted to the Audit Committee jointly by the Funds’ Treasurer or his or her designee and the Auditor, and must include a joint statement that, in their view, such request is consistent with the pre-approval policies and procedures and the SEC Rules.

Each request to provide Tax services under either the general or specific pre-approval of the Audit Committee will describe in writing: (i) the scope of the service, the fee structure for the engagement, and any side letter or amendment to the engagement letter, or any other agreement between the Auditor and the audit client, relating to the service; and (ii) any compensation arrangement or other agreement between the Auditor and any person (other than the audit client) with respect to the promoting, marketing, or recommending of a transaction covered by the service. The Auditor will discuss with the Audit Committee the potential effects of the services on the Auditor’s independence and will document the substance of the discussion.

Non-audit services pursuant to the de minimis exception provided by the SEC Rules will be promptly brought to the attention of the Audit Committee for approval, including documentation that each of the conditions for this exception, as set forth in the SEC Rules, has been satisfied.

On at least an annual basis, the Auditor will prepare a summary of all the services provided to any entity in the investment company complex as defined in section 2-01(f)(14) of Regulation S-X in sufficient detail as to the nature of the engagement and the fees associated with those services.

The Audit Committee has designated the Funds’ Treasurer to monitor the performance of all services provided by the Auditor and to ensure such services are in compliance with these policies and procedures. The Funds’ Treasurer will report to the Audit Committee on a periodic basis as to the results of such monitoring. Both the Funds’ Treasurer and management will immediately report to the Chairman of the Audit Committee any breach of these policies and procedures that comes to the attention of the Funds’ Treasurer or senior management.


Exhibit 1 to Pre-Approval of Audit and Non-Audit Services Policies and Procedures

Conditionally Prohibited Non-Audit Services (not prohibited if the Fund can reasonably conclude that the results of the service would not be subject to audit procedures in connection with the audit of the Fund’s financial statements)

 

    Bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial statements of the audit client
    Financial information systems design and implementation
    Appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions, or contribution-in-kind reports
    Actuarial services
    Internal audit outsourcing services

Categorically Prohibited Non-Audit Services

 

    Management functions
    Human resources
    Broker-dealer, investment adviser, or investment banking services
    Legal services
    Expert services unrelated to the audit
    Any service or product provided for a contingent fee or a commission
    Services related to marketing, planning, or opining in favor of the tax treatment of confidential transactions or aggressive tax position transactions, a significant purpose of which is tax avoidance
    Tax services for persons in financial reporting oversight roles at the Fund
    Any other service that the Public Company Oversight Board determines by regulation is impermissible.

 

(f)

Not applicable.

 

(g) PwC billed the Registrant aggregate fees of $400,749 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015 and $408,510 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2014 for non-audit services rendered to the Registrant.

 

    

PwC did not bill any fees for non-audit services rendered to the Registrant’s investment adviser (not including any Sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser) or any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Registrant’s investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2015 and April 30, 2014.


(h)

Not applicable.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

   (a) The Registrant has a separately designated Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which consists solely of independent trustees. The Audit Committee members are, Marc M. Kole, Gary R. Wicker, and Donald H. Wilson.

 

   (b)

Not applicable

Item 6. Schedule of Investments.

 

   (a) The Schedules of Investments are included as a part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

 

   (b)

Not applicable.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.


Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees that would require disclosure herein.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

    (a) Based on their evaluation of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, the Registrant’s President (principal executive officer) and Treasurer (principal financial officer) have concluded that such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

 

    (b) There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Exhibits.

 

(a)(1) Code of Ethics is attached as Exhibit 99.CODEETH.
(a)(2) Certifications of the Registrant’s President and Treasurer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached as Exhibit 99.CERT.
(a)(3) Not applicable.
(b) Certifications of the Registrant’s President and Treasurer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached as Exhibit 99.906CERT.


SIGNATURES

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

(Registrant)   PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

 

By:     /s/ Andrew Schlossberg            
Name: Andrew Schlossberg
Title: President
Date: June 24, 2015

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:     /s/ Andrew Schlossberg            
Name: Andrew Schlossberg
Title: President
Date: June 24, 2015
By:     /s/ Steven Hill                          
Name: Steven Hill
Title: Treasurer
Date: June 24, 2015