EX-99.A1 2 d677442dex99a1.htm EX-99.A1 EX-99.A1

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO

THE TRUST INDENTURE AND AGREEMENT,

DATED March 4, 1999, AND AS AMENDED March 21, 2007,

BETWEEN

INVESCO POWERSHARES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC, AS SPONSOR

AND

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS TRUSTEE

This Amendment No. 2 to the Trust Indenture and Agreement, dated April 25th, 2018, and effective as of June 4, 2018 (the “Amendment”), between Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, as sponsor (in such capacity, the “Sponsor”) and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) amends the Trust Indenture and Agreement, dated March 4, 1999 and as amended March 21, 2007 (the “Indenture”), between the Sponsor and the Trustee. Defined terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture.

WHEREAS, the parties hereto have entered into the Indenture, which sets forth certain of its provisions in full and incorporates other of its provisions by reference to the Standard Terms and Conditions of Trust, dated as of March 1, 1999, and effective as of March 4, 1999, as amended on April 17, 2001, February 4, 2004, January 1, 2006, November 16, 2012, August 2, 2017, and January 26, 2018 (the “Agreement” and, together with the Indenture the “Indenture and Agreement”), between the Sponsor and the Trustee; and

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Indenture as more fully set forth below;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreement contained herein, the Sponsor and the Trustee agree as follows:

1. The third recital in the Indenture shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

“WHEREAS, this first series of the Trust shall be designated and known as the “Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1” and shall be subject to the terms and provisions of this Indenture and of the Agreement incorporated herein;”.

2. Any references to the “PowerShares QQQ TrustSM, Series 1” or the “PowerShares QQQ Trust” in the Indenture and Agreement shall be deemed references to the “Invesco QQQ TrustSM, Series 1” or the “Invesco QQQ Trust”, as applicable.

3. Pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Agreement, the parties hereby agree that this Amendment is made in compliance with the provisions of Section 10.01(a) thereof and that the parties hereto have determined in good faith that the change contained in this Amendment will not adversely affect the interests of Beneficial Owners.

4. Pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Agreement, the Sponsor shall publish notice of this Amendment on the Sponsor’s website promptly following execution of this Amendment and shall include the text of the Amendment in the annual report provided to Beneficial Owners pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Agreement.


5. Except as amended hereby, the Indenture and Agreement now currently in effect are in all respects ratified and confirmed hereby, and this Amendment and all of its provisions shall be deemed to be part of the Indenture and Agreement.

6.     This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflicts of laws thereof, and all laws or rules of construction of such State shall govern the rights of the parties thereto and the Beneficial Owners and the interpretation of the provisions hereof.

7.    This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which, when so executed and delivered, shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same Amendment. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges having received an executed counterpart of this Amendment. Facsimile and PDF or other similar format signatures shall be acceptable and binding.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date hereof.

 

INVESCO POWERSHARES CAPITAL
MANAGEMENT LLC, as Sponsor
By:  

/s/ Steven Hill

 

Name:

Title:

 

Steven Hill

Principal Financial & Accounting Officer – Investments Pool

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Gerard Connors

 

Name:

Title:

 

Gerard Connors

Vice President