8-A12B 1 a07-30931_58a12b.htm 8-A12B

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-A

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Massachusetts

 

(See Below)

(State of Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

301 West Roosevelt Road, Wheaton, Illinois

 

60187

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

 

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class

 

Name of Each Exchange on Which

to be so Registered:

 

Each Class is to be so Registered:

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share

 

American Stock Exchange, LLC

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box.  x

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box.  o

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:  333-138490; 811-21977.

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

 

NONE

 

 


 

Item 1.  Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

 

A description of the shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value, of the PowerShares Autonomic Growth NFA Global Asset Portfolio, PowerShares Autonomic Balanced Growth NFA Global Asset Portfolio and PowerShares Autonomic Balanced NFA Global Asset Portfolio, three series of the PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II (the “Trust”), to be registered hereunder is set forth in Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (Commission File Nos. 333-138490; 811-21977) filed on January 22, 2008, which description is incorporated herein by reference as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

The Trust’s investment portfolios to which this filing relates and their I.R.S. Employer Identification Numbers are as follows:

 

PowerShares Autonomic Balanced NFA Global Asset Portfolio

 

37-1558131

PowerShares Autonomic Balanced Growth NFA Global Asset Portfolio

 

37-1558129

PowerShares Autonomic Growth NFA Global Asset Portfolio

 

74-3245800

 

Item 2.    Exhibits

 

1. The Trust’s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust is included as Exhibit (a) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-138490; 811-21977), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 20, 2007.

 

2. The Trust’s By-Laws is included as Exhibit (b) to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-138490; 811-21977), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 6, 2007.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

POWERSHARES EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND TRUST II

 

 

 

Date: January 22, 2008

By:

/s/ H. Bruce Bond

 

 

H. Bruce Bond

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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