PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust
301 West Roosevelt Road
Wheaton, IL 60187
February 5, 2013
BY EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street NE
Washington DC 20549
Ladies and Gentlemen:
PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust
1933 Act Registration No. 333-102228
1940 Act Registration No. 811-21265
On behalf of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, we are transmitting for electronic filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 497(e) thereunder, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, exhibits containing XBRL interactive data format risk/return summary information that mirrors the risk/return summary information contained in the prospectus, dated August 31, 2012, relating to the PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio, as supplemented January 14, 2013, and filed pursuant to Rule 497(e) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The purpose of this filing is to submit the data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language format for the PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio.
Very truly yours,
POWERSHARES EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND TRUST
/s/ Anna Paglia |
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Anna Paglia |
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SUPPLEMENT DATED JANUARY 14, 2013 TO THE PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio PowerShares DWA Technical LeadersTM Portfolio PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio PowerShares Lux Nanotech Portfolio PowerShares Morningstar StockInvestor Core Portfolio PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio Effective immediately, the following changes are made to the prospectus: • The following replaces the table and footnotes included under the section titled "Summary Information—Fund Fees and Expenses" on page 46 of the prospectus for the PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio: |
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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• The following replaces the section titled "Summary Information—Example" on page 46 of the prospectus for the PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio: This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses are equal to the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and Expense Assumption in the first year and the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses thereafter. This example does not include the brokerage commissions that investors may pay to buy and sell Shares of the Fund. |
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Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, your costs, based on these assumptions, would be: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Supplement [Text Block] | ck0001209466_SupplementTextBlock | SUPPLEMENT DATED JANUARY 14, 2013 TO THE PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio PowerShares DWA Technical LeadersTM Portfolio PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio PowerShares Lux Nanotech Portfolio PowerShares Morningstar StockInvestor Core Portfolio PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio Effective immediately, the following changes are made to the prospectus: • The following replaces the table and footnotes included under the section titled "Summary Information—Fund Fees and Expenses" on page 46 of the prospectus for the PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio: |
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Risk/Return [Heading] | rr_RiskReturnHeading | PowerShares S&P 500 High Quality Portfolio | ||||
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] | rr_OperatingExpensesCaption | Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) | ||||
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination | rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination | 2014-08-31 | ||||
Expenses Restated to Reflect Current [Text] | rr_ExpensesRestatedToReflectCurrent | Management fees and Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses in the table above have been restated to reflect current fees. | ||||
Expense Example [Heading] | rr_ExpenseExampleHeading | Example | ||||
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] | rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock | • The following replaces the section titled "Summary Information—Example" on page 46 of the prospectus for the PowerShares S&P 500® High Quality Portfolio: This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses are equal to the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and Expense Assumption in the first year and the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses thereafter. This example does not include the brokerage commissions that investors may pay to buy and sell Shares of the Fund. |
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Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] | rr_ExpenseExampleByYearCaption | Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, your costs, based on these assumptions, would be: | ||||
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||
Management Fees | rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets | 0.29% | [1] | |||
Other Expenses | rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets | 0.20% | ||||
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | rr_ExpensesOverAssets | 0.49% | [1] | |||
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement | rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets | (0.20%) | [2] | |||
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and Expense Assumption | rr_NetExpensesOverAssets | 0.29% | [2] | |||
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year | rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 | 30 | ||||
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 | 137 | ||||
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 | 254 | ||||
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 | 597 | ||||
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