485BXT 1 a09-12764_6485bxt.htm 485BXT

 

AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MAY 22, 2009.

No. 333-138490

No. 811-21977

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM N-1A

 

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

 

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

o

 

Pre-Effective Amendment No.

o

 

Post-Effective Amendment No. 99

x

 

 

and/or

 

 

 

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

 

ACT OF 1940

 

 

Amendment No. 100

x

 

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

 


 

POWERSHARES EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND TRUST II

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

301 West Roosevelt Road

Wheaton, IL 60187

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code:  (800) 983-0903

 

H. Bruce Bond

 

With a copy to:

301 West Roosevelt Road

 

Stuart M. Strauss

Wheaton, IL 60187

 

Clifford Chance US LLP

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

31 West 52nd Street

 

 

New York, NY 10019

 

APPROXIMATE DATE OF PROPOSED PUBLIC OFFERING:

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

 

o            immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.

 

x           on June 19, 2009 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.

 

o            60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485.

 

o            on [date] pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485.

 

o            75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

 

o            on [date] pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485.

 

 

 



 

The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Trust’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 to its Registration Statement until June 19, 2009. Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 to the Trust’s Registration Statement relates to the PowerShares 1-10 Laddered Treasury Portfolio, PowerShares 1-20 Laddered Treasury Portfolio, PowerShares 1-5 Laddered Treasury Portfolio, PowerShares Aggregate Bond Portfolio and PowerShares Investment Grade Corporate Bond Portfolio, which were created pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Trust’s Registration Statement filed on July 24, 2007.  The effectiveness of the Registration Statement was delayed pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment Nos. 14, 24, 27, 32, 34, 39, 42, 46, 53, 59, 65, 69, 74, 75, 78, 81, 84, 88, 93, 96 and 99 to the Trust’s Registration Statement filed on October 3, 2007, December 3, 2007, January 2, 2008, February 1, 2008, February 29, 2008, March 28, 2008, April 25, 2008, May 23, 2008, June 20, 2008, July 18, 2008, August 15, 2008, September 12, 2008, October 10, 2008, November 7, 2008, December 5, 2008, January 2, 2009, January 30, 2009, February 27, 2009, March 27, 2009 and April 24, 2009 and May 22, 2009, respectively. Parts A, B and C of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 15 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on October 3, 2007, are incorporated by reference herein.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Investment Company Act, the Fund certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Wheaton and State of Illinois, on the 22nd day of May, 2009.

 

PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Harold Bruce Bond

 

 

 

Title: Harold Bruce Bond, President

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the dates indicated.

 

SIGNATURE

 

TITLE

 

DATE

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Harold Bruce Bond

 

President and Chairman

 

May 22, 2009

Harold Bruce Bond

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Bruce T. Duncan

 

Chief Financial Officer,

 

May 22, 2009

Bruce T. Duncan

 

Treasurer and Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*/s/ Ronn R. Bagge

 

Trustee

 

May 22, 2009

Ronn R. Bagge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*/s/ Marc M. Kole

 

Trustee

 

May 22, 2009

Marc M. Kole

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*/s/ Philip M. Nussbaum

 

Trustee

 

May 22, 2009

Philip M. Nussbaum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*/s/ Donald S. Wilson

 

Trustee

 

May 22, 2009

Donald S. Wilson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*By: /s/ Stuart M. Strauss

 

 

 

May 22, 2009

Stuart M. Strauss

 

 

 

 

Attorney-In-Fact

 

 

 

 

 

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